Love it so far! Can’t wait for the next update!

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Heh, a bit of Wayhaven vibes - small town, detective. But that’s okay, I really like it.

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I know you didn’t mean this in a bad way, and you’re for sure not the only person who does this, you’re just the first I’ve seen this week, but jjjjjjjeeeeeezuuuuuus people need to stop comparing every damn CoG game to Wayhaven!!!

I’ve seen this happen dozens of times on these forums or on tumblr. Oh, there’s a small town detective? Wayhaven!! Oh there’s a group of supernaturals? Well no one did that before Wayhaven! There’s a group of people together for a common goal? Wayhaven? There’s multiple love interests? WAYHAVEN! The main character breathes oxygen??? WAYHAVEN!!

(and don’t get me wrong, I ADORE Wayhaven, but like… ppl need to stop saying everything is giving off Wayhaven vibes :sob::joy::sob:)
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:joy: oh dear; what’s next?

I do agree w/ you- just because another story has some sort of similar element, they’re still their own story and shouldn’t be compared to a more popular game.
(ofc, unless they are very similar, but that’s smth else)

okay- time to get back on topic

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THis is really good. I like it a lot.

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Topic has been opened! Omg, are we back??? Are we? plz plz plz :sweat_smile:

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Hi!! After a much longer hiatus than I anticipated, Swatheford is finally back! I’m planning on releasing Chapter 4 before July 10!

Thank you for your patience! Really excited to share this one :smiley:

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You just made many people’s days/weeks/months/years!

Chapter 4? The demo says ‘Chapter 3’ no? Or are you releasing both? (Could be mistaken)

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Aww, thank you so much for the kind words! :heart:

Chapter 3 should be available to play already and I’m adding Chapter 4 in the next update! If the demo says anything different, please let me know and I’ll correct it!

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My bad, it does say ‘End of Chapter 3’, I think my brain was so hooked on Cass, it read ‘Onto Smoochies and Chapter 3’ :sweat_smile:

Also forgot to say but…

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Yes! Yes! Yes! It’s back!

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UPDATE (V4.0)

(july 9, 2022) after an inexplicably long hiatus, i finally have a new update for y’all and it’s great to be back! here’s a list of features:

  • Chapter Four: 20k for a total of 57k!
  • Collins Has Dialogue: This one goes out to all of my collins romancers. They finally say things! And you can say things to them!
  • Lore Galore: Learn more (like a lot more) about Veillan and what you are!
  • Doodling: Have your portrait taken or make one of your own masterpieces!
  • Council Meetings: Meet the Chief of Veillan! Not stressful at all!
  • Theoretical Physics: I’m in my Christopher Nolan era. (I’m Not.)
  • Extras: Deleted scene from the chapter will be available to the public on my ko-fi shortly!

Link is on the main post! I hope y’all enjoy and please don’t hesitate to reach out or give feedback! I will say that I’m more active on my tumblr but I’ll try my best to be more active here too! Thanks for reading! :smiley:

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This isn’t a new bug (it was already there before, while the thread was locked) but I noticed again when I started replaying. If your MC is bald, the description of your hair is “Your skin is worn head.” which doesn’t make a lot of sense.

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Huh, how come a game with this premise has been around for checks post date two years, and I’m only learning about it now? Ah, well, better late than never.

Stuff and musings and spoilers

I’m pretty sure you’re missing something here. “Contains depictions of language”. I mean, it’s true. Wait, is this a dig at the morons who buy the games that are clearly described as “text only and powered by your imagination” and then leave negative reviews where they whine “it’s just text”? Please tell me it is. Pleasepleaseplease.

Oh, I see. So our surname isn’t our ORIGINAL surname, I see, I seeeeeeeeee.

You know, I could deal with creepy. And I could deal with haunting. And I could deal with disembodied, because hey, the world’s gone mad, I might as well join it. But this:


This? THIS?!
“Something terrible is going to happen, and you need to stop it.”
“What do I need to stop?”
“Not telling.”
This cryptic bullshit about important events? I’m punching this voice in the face first chance I get. “Disembodied voices don’t have fac-” I’LL FIND A WAY! See if I don’t!

Anyone that says “the rightful rule of light” sets off all of my alarm bells, by the way. Like, ALL of them.

I’m not sure in what tense you want to write the game, but “For you, these nightmares were a common occurrence, they always have been.” and “The familiar rays of light peeked from the window.” are in the past tense, but the choices are in the present tense.


Ok, further ahead things seem to be written in the present tense, so i guess that’s what you’re aiming for?

(just checked the stats screen, Stubborn/Logical sounds like a strange pairing, but maybe it makes sense in the context of the choices)

Tense disconnection shows up here again. The MC does things in the present tense, but Cass speaks in the past tense.

If I’m understanding correctly, this is a POV change from the MC to third person. You should consider adding a note at the start to show that that’s the case, something like “Meanwhile, in the woods.”, because I honestly thought this was a scene we ran into on the way to work.


See? In the next page you have “Swatheford Police Station” at the start, and that lets me know there’s a change, but there’s no such indicator for the woods scene.

Wow. Those options escalated quick. :eyes:

Oooof, sleep deprivation kicking in, TBC tomorrow.

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I don’t know. This sounds like a very you premise.

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found: “Her had to know! I wasn’t going to keep anything else from her!”(her=she)

The new Update didn’t disappoint, although the good stuff always ends too quickly! :hugs:

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@geldar - Sorry about that, should be fixed now! Thanks for letting me know :slight_smile:

@JBento Hi! Loved hearing your thoughts, I took note of all of your improvements and they should be implemented now!

@E_RedMark I completely missed that! Just corrected it! Thank you for the kind words, I’m glad you’re enjoying the story so far! :smiley:

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of course! Your dialogues are so good and flow so smoothly. Damn, I can’t get enough of this story and see where it goes! :grin:

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Okay I was just at the point where Cass told us that people were after us and I tried to click stats but it said something like error bald. I would show you a picture but after I restarted the game all my save data turned into Error smin plugins. This would be fine but even if I reload the game or delete the tab and reopen it, the saves are still broken.

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