Phoenix Rising | (updated - 09/15/23) (WIP) | Imperial Chinese Harem Political Intrigue

I promise I’m working on it! I really am!

Wait, which scene with the woman crying? o.o TAT It should tell you how little time I’ve had to work on the game that I’ve completely forgotten sections I wrote. TAT

I dare you.

Ohhhhh ok. That makes sense.

I recommend reading the code of some of your favorite games, and then picking something tiny they implemented and then starting to make your own from there. I parsed the code for Samurai of Hyuuga, Creme De La Creme and a bunch of other games while trying to figure out how to work my own code.

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We beleaguered authors struggling under the crushing weight of reality. :smiling_face_with_tear:

I also dare you.

If anyone of you needs help understanding how to code, the Choicescript wiki is actually a pretty good resource. There are also a bunch of people here on this forum who are more than willing to help you figure out anything you are struggling with.

Also, as Niki mentioned, to rifle through the code of other games can also be a great opportunity to learn. Each author might have their own techniques as well so you can see a bunch of different ways to go about what you wish to do.

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I just got again very quickly into the game to see if I remembered correctly the part with a woman crying and I think that I confused the games between them, as I last played this game a few months ago. So, in short, there wasn’t any scene with a woman crying. The real bug that I encountered was, in fact, this one: chapter1 line 2262: Non-existent variable ‘him’
So sorry for the confusion.

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Hi!I like this game,but i noticed the game seems to be no save files,why not consider adding it?:smile:
em,my expression may be a bit strange or something else,that’s because I used a translator and my own words,i‘m trying…:confounded:

When you pick he/him and you pick your chest is like boobs or just big chest like muscular?

Also when you confort the bully and after that you choose the peng guy it pop ups a mistake

wanted check the update well got an error sorry did forgot to screenshot it.

Edit: got the same error twice now on the same choice

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It’s ok take your time to fix it

I’m liking the game, it’s definitely caught my interest, but man having no saves sucks when you get an error. Slogging back to my old spot sucks

So, as everyone pointed out, having no saves makes play testing hard. In light of this, I am going to be adding a save function to it on the next update. Until then ya’ll are gonna have to chill. The game is in a state right now where I can’t just pop a new version up, as it’ll be even more big ridden than the current demo is. Please have patience.

It could be either. There are he/hims in the world with very large breasts, and he/hims with large pecs. I leave it up to your imagination.

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I just realized that the suggested threads below this are Royal Affairs and Court of Guilded Roses, which legitimately made me squeal out of joy. I am honored!

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Not an actual update, but I found someone who is wearing traditional Chinese clothes in modern day!

Look at how lovely some of these clothes look! None of them are Tang Dynasty, but some of them are very pretty!

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In case anyone was curious about what the Tang Dynasty looked like at it’s largest:
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This is the kingdom the game’s dynasty is based off of. The dynasty in the game is called the Hao Dynasty, ruled by the Hao clan. as of right now, I don’t have any further worldbuilding around the dynasty itself, but as it comes, I’ll keep you all apprised!

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Early days yet, I know, but I am very excited at the possibilities. I can feel your passion and interest in the time period in the game, and I think the addition of (optional)… I guess honestly body horror, is an amazing one. It’s just different and more than that it is realistic (I assume anyway), and it’s bold of you to include it. I like it! Excited for more.

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One of the inspirations for the concubines in the game:

A calamitous Beauty indeed.

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Here’s a more detailed one, quite the sad story too to tell the truth.
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Thank you so much for this map! This is really amazing, and definitely helps me understand how the armies were moving back then!

Frankly speaking that change was due to An LuShan’s rebellion, the long story short, when An LuShan rebelled, Xuanzhong emperor had no solid troops in his imperial corps, and he and his successor, Suzhong emperor had to pull out the majority of troops that were stationed in the Anxi and the borders that was watching over the Tibetan empire, and ever since Tibet always had their eyes on the Anxi’s wealth and strategic importance since the first day, they invaded and annexed the Anxi. Thus the Great Tang loss the western territories to the Tibetans, the Muslims and the horse tribes. A sad story, sad and painful story.

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I love these types of stories so I’m hyped to see what’s next.

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Had this error after choosing Peng after the “nobody likes a bully” option.

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