Spire, Surge, and Sea (WIP) - Prologue through Chapter 7, now with save files ~207k (2024-12-08)

Oooh, nice!

I haven’t seen the full cover art yet either, just a sketch. I’ll check in with Jason and see if there’s a full version I can share. :slight_smile:

Also I see I am hilariously unable to get the title of my own game right. I didn’t have that problem with The Bread Must Rise but it is definitely something I have had issues with in the past, with at least 3 or 4 stories I can think of off the top of my head! :joy:

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How so?

I keep calling it “Surge, Spire, and Sea” instead. (Both in my title and thread here and in my description on Steam.) :joy:

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Do you want to change it? Although it might be too late for that if they’re already commissioning cover art.

Finally another update!

I’ve added chapters 5 and 6 to my demo site, and those can now be played. This brings the total words in the game up to roughly 190k – chapter 5 was a beast!

Some other changes:

  • Implemented saved games using @CJW’s save plugin
  • Fixed bugginess (I sincerely hope!) in the early chapters, which was caused by gosub_scene
  • A buncha smaller typo and bug fixes, many found by the inimitable @AletheiaKnights!
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CJWs?

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What, now I have to actually finish my sentences? :joy:

(Yeah. Fixed that!)

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Heyy ch.5 has some continuity errors on which side u support

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Can you be specific? Preferably with screenshots?

Sry i dont have a computer but basically in ch5 i selected to help the surge reach out to citizens honestly by selecting:

-“I’ll help Gerran, and will make sure people know this is coming from the Surge.”

(But after speaking to the citizen i report back how it went i only received this:)

At last, you leave Mx. Lein to their solitude and rejoin Gerran outside.
“How did it go?” he asks.

“-I don’t mention that I said it was the king’s idea. What Gerran doesn’t know won’t hurt him.
-I feel guilty I said it was the king’s idea, but -I don’t want to tell Gerran that.
-I tell Gerran with a smirk that I said it was the king’s idea.”

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What device were you playing on?

An old kindle. Well not super old but yeah

It’s possible to take screenshots on a Kindle. Do you know what model you have?

Thanks! I will take a look at this–I can probably figure it out from this information. :slight_smile:

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Ty sorry for the lack of screen shots! Im rly into ur story so far! So detailed!

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Glad you’re enjoying it, and no worries! Screenshots are helpful but don’t stress about them if it’s a burden. And I definitely appreciate the heads up about the bug! :slight_smile:

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This should be fixed now!

I just put a variable in the wrong place, basically.

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I get an error when trying to pick the last two options with the seal during the first room cleaning scene. So the yell at it option and the soothing voice option.

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Is the new demo supposed to end this quick? I was about to deliver the glue and it said play again down there. :confused:

I had to move some variables around and must have messed this one up. I’ll fix it this weekend if I can!