The Abyssal (WIP) - 11/23 DEMO Update. Play as death itself!

Why what happens on July 10th

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I checked the Abyssal’s tumblr, and that’s the date for the next public update, apparently.

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This is really interesting, so awesome so far! Looking forward to this.

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This is really, really good. I love it so far. I’m planning on romancing Sol so far and will probably do another playthrough romancing someone else honestly.

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Soon my brothers and sisters and nb comrades we shall hopefully see justice for our MCs incarceration. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: :upside_down_face: Don’t forget old saves won’t work for when new update is out.

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Demo Update 07/10 - Public

It’s here! This month public update is finally ready!!

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First things first, I think I owe everybody an explanation as to why I’ve been absent during the great part of June. Unfortunately my mother had some unexpected side effects from the covid vaccine due to her past cancer treatment, she had to be hospitalized and I had to stay with her full time. Add that to my finals and is safe to say I was pretty overwhelmed, but she’s doing much better now and I’m happy to say I aced all my tests so i’m officially on vocation! Thank you everybody for the well wishes!

Before I go on about what you can expect in this update, a few announcements are in order:

  • My patrons voted and is oficial! Two poly couples were picked and I gotta say I’m pretty happy with the results. The couples are: Death x Leon/Leona x Ɖoin (25 votes) and Death x Wulfric x Kazael (14 votes). I might add one last poly option in the future, but I’m currently maturing the idea :wink:

  • A new RO added! You read that right, I’ve made the decision of adding a new romance option. It might be a little sudden for some, but it took me a long time and several hours of back and forth with my best friend to make this decision possible, and judging by the dozens of messages I received you guys were begging for this hahah. Without further ado, the new RO is: Amorr, the deity of love :two_hearts:

  • A F.A.Q was added to the first post, so before asking any questions please read it first.

What’s new to this update:

  • Content added to chapter 01, unfortunately the old saves won’t work;

  • Half of chapter 02 done, the total word count now is of 45k;

  • Choose one of seven new dominions, each with unique story variations;

  • Glimpse at the past;

  • Finally break free from your prison, and pay a deadly price for your freedom;

  • Angst, angst and more angst;

You can play the updated demo HERE.

If you find any typos, bugs or mistakes please inform me so I can fix them! All in all I hope everyone is having a blessed weekend, stay safe out there! :hugs:

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I didn’t know if this is happening to anyone else but for me the demo stops were The previous one stops at.

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At the end of chapter 1? For me it ends at the end of the first part of chapter 2.

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Can we still romance them individually? Also will there be any RO portraits in the future?

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An accurate representation of me after I finished reading the updated demo:

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My Death ripped off the sunstone and god damnit Matt, you are too good at writing angst :(((

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@N.e.r.d works fine for me. Try closing the tab open a new one and don’t use old saves then it might work. Maybe.
Anyway @Holtzmann loved the update, been a while, but was definitely worth the long wait. I’m very happy with the domain choices and all the flashbacks where very interesting :face_with_monocle:. Anyway you have done it again you have left me on a cliffhanger. I hate but also love you for it, oh you torture me so. But I know the wait for next times update will have me back in a split second. :rofl: So with out further ado many thx for the update, happy to hear your mom’s OK, and you aced and finished your exams, congrats on that. :grin:
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Awesome love the update

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Good to know that everything is well with you,but can you please tell me which vaccine it was?coz even my brother had cancer,and he’s not vaccinated yet!!And by the way,great work with the demo

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I hope your mother feels better now. D:

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Omagerd it’s heerreee!!!

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Love the update :two_hearts: some questions were answered but more arised as well lol. I guess Death ā€˜killed’ Chamion’s mortal wife…? Or, well, reaped her soul?
Played all 3 of Sol routes and I have to say, the scene when Death bit Sol has to be my favourite moment :joy: I don’t know why exactly but I just imagine smol Death chomping on Sol and he just flails around screaming. It’s kinda comical and surprising that I just laughed out loud reading that.
I just find it a little sad that in the enemy route, the hatred you feel toward each others is innate :pensive: because it seems that no matter what action each of them take or what kinda personality they have, they will always hate each other. But it’s understandable since Sol’s creation means more work for Death and Death takes his creations away one after another.
Other than that, I’m just gonna say that my Death would never doubt Quaboth :joy: I love him. It’s the abyssal bros against the world :skull::fire: lmao

We don’t count Nemeya :angry: sis, we see you plotting for centuries

One thing that I've noticed, I think it should be *fair* here instead of *fare*?

Oh I’m also very curious about Amorr now. I wonder how it’s gonna be like, being loved by the deity of love? :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

Lastly, I’m very happy to hear that your mother has recovered! And that everything went well with your exams, congrats!

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Well, I’ll start with saying I’m glad things are getting better for you in real life!

Now, onto the update!
Hmm it’s a bit strange - I’m slightly conflicted about that one? :thinking:
One one hand, I love the new content, the things we learn, and all of that stuff. Just as great as always!
On the other hand, I’m starting to feel at little bit unconfortable at not being able to determine what my character feels about things, in a way? Don’t get me wrong, I understand the need for it eh! But may I ask if it’ll be long before I can stop that rampaging and uncontrolled hatred? Sadly, it caused a bit of a disconnect to me at that point. It will get better once I can change that, but I may prefer to skip an update if it won’t happen soon, that’s all!
Also a bit sad at the lack of more positive secondary domains - the dreams one was the only one that remotely fit, but oh well - that is fine. And it makes sense not to put a ton of them or it would be impossible to deal with it for you!

I also like the idea of Amorr being a RO, even if it isn’t relevant to me per se! It’s nice for people to have another divine to choose from!

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Hi Matt, great as per usual! I wasn’t expecting it to go the direction it did, and I get why Chamion hates you now (if the whole dead woman in the white dress thing is what I think it is)… but I still don’t get why the twins do.

I don’t know whether you’re still looking for us to keep an eye out for spelling and stuff, but if you are, I noticed these:

Is the } supposed to be like that?

Between waves of pain your ${eyecolor } eyes follow the streams of lava that begin to cascade from the crevices on the ceiling

In this context, it should be "pessimistic."

The thought crosses your mind, and after everything that happened you can’t help but be pessimist about your chances.

Likewise, it should be "brandishes."

One brandish a long sword, the weapon being taller than their companion that wields a menacing looking spear.

I'm not sure on this one, so somebody else should look this over -- but I believe it should be "may" rather than "can."

Hulda and Helmos can be behind their creation but they still committed a grave mistake giving these puppets life.

"It should be "your old companion's assurances ease" and "turn" should be plural.

Even though your old companion assurances eases your troubled mind somewhat, grief and deep seated heartache take turn torturing your already fractured psyche, but something catches your attention.

Can’t wait for more! :smiley: :heart:

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do we really have to pick hatered for Sol to not be in love with him? Because I kinda don’t wanna. I wanna be friends. But for some reason picking that route keeps saying we’re married when I wanna try a new romance route.

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Typos/Bugs


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