I finally read this and now I’m kicking myself for not reading it sooner, it’s so good. I love the world, I love our role in the world, I love Alessa and Hadrian (especially Alessa).
My favorite thing about what’s there so far is how…lived in our relationships with our companions feel. The choices and the writing really sell that we are settling into an ongoing relationship with these people.
I’ve never been more interested in someone taking off a glove than I am about the MC and theirs…
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Am I dreaming?! WELCOME BACK! I’m in love with your writing and my MC!
UPDATE 
Hello! I know it has been a while, but The Golden Rose never died. Life and university have limited my time to work on it, but progress was made. Even if a slow one.
This update contains:
Chapter 3
The Second Interlude
The very beginning of Chapter 4
Current word count: 188k
Average playthrough length: 38k
I would advise not to use old saves, since I’m pretty sure those will be corrupt/ bring up new errors. So a fresh playthrough is recommended!
Regarding feedback, I could really use your help in a couple of things:
As always, I would really appreciate being told of any spelling mistakes, typos, incorrect wording, etc that you may find. Preferable with a screenshot.
Also, any big walls of text, or sentences sticking together when they shouldn’t. That means I’ve forgotten to put a line_break or page_break somewhere!
Continuity errors spotting would also help me a lot! I’ve playtested many times, but those can - and often will - slip through the cracks. So if a character you’re romancing suddenly acts cold towards you, or you find yourself carrying a weapon you choose not to bring along, or a character is pronounced dead when they really shouldn’t be - please tell me!
Those errors are the hardest to find but ironically, the easiest to fix.
Regarding more advanced feedback, I’ll ask some more specific questions under details. It is thus advised you only read it after playing through the update, for they contain some minor spoilers.
I love character interactions in these type of games, so I wrote what I like. But do you find it too long? Are you eager to just move on with the plot? I wanted this chapter to settle things between you and your companions (not all things, but some) before the plot really kicks off in the next one.
Also, I wanted to give a sense of how Tarragona is like. Not only in landscape but its people. That’s why I wrote that headache-inducing ride scene through the city. I wanted to layout a feel of Tarragona. But, did you find it boring? Unnecessary? Do you think the story would benefit if I just cut it?
How’s the character customization? Do you have any suggestions? What to add, what to take? I was honestly struggling to think of what things you’d like to choose for your character.
Do you believe the MC has a good enough range of reaction/responses? Did you feel like the MC was “yours”? Was there ever a point where you thought “my character wouldn’t have said that”.That’s something I want to get right, so any feedback would be appreciated!
For those of you who tried the romance routes, were you satisfied with the interactions? And for those who want nothing to do with romance - did you like to get a chance to tell them so?
Also, here’s a little poll. I’d like to know what “endings” people got. 
The new chapters don’t have fancy headers because I don’t have access to my desktop at the moment, and the images are there 
. I’ll have them in the minor update that’s coming.
Also, a BIG thank you to @Viking7373. Because I cannot write poetry for the life of me, he was kind enough to write a ballad for me. It is in the scene in the tavern, the first song the minstrel sings. I’ll leave the poem’s entirety down below 
The road it ever onward goes,
Through summer’s heat and winter’s snows,
By light of sun and ray of star,
The road stretches out far,
Over mountains the swift paths roam,
And down beside the white sea-foam,
Through forests deep and dark and green,
And over plains where miles are seen,
Far afield the pathway flies,
Under bright and stormy skies,
And down the road many feet have tread,
In times of joy and of dread,
Still the road ever onward strays,
Ever onward till the end of days,
Until at last homeward sped,
To rest your feet and weary head,
Last but not least, my sister was kind enough to draw a portrait of a new character you meet this update.
I have more incredible art of The Golden Rose on my Tumblr, from amazing artists who I’ll try to get permission to post here on the forum.
I think that is all. Again, I cannot thank you enough if you decide to take the time to play through the demo and provide me some feedback. Every comment helps me improving my game.
I hope you enjoy the update! 
Gaaaaah, it’s here! Glad to see you doing well, hope things haven’t been too exhausting for you.
I have this on Watching so I got a notification and I was like What’s this?, and then I realized what it was and that best girl Alessa’s back and now I’m crying.
How do you get the Alessa crush confession scene?
So glad to see you back. 
Also I love the fact that you can just ignore everyone and just love on Billy. I’m sorry to everyone my character romances Billy comes first!
Ooo, such a good one, this update. Will play again tomorrow, took the shy route this time, it was so cute. 
Made me stay up past my bedtime, you did, @Anathema. 
I so enjoy this WIP. 
@anon57188313, @Fish_Moby Thank you for the warm welcome and your kind words 
You can’t have any romance points nor flat out rejected her at any point.So basically, remain oblivious.
Thank you for the catch! Will be fixed in the upcoming update.
Billy is as much a part of the team as the others! 
If your MC wants to focus on him, your MC should have the option.
Thank you, Taylor! 
I would say I’m sorry to keep you up past your bedtime, but I would be lying! I am glad you enjoyed it, however. And thank you for the detailed feedback. Body type could be added, but I honestly don’t know if I would ever use it again.
I’m generally not a fan of “empty” choices, but if people don’t mind it just being mentioned once or twice… it’s a possibility. 
Oh, so glad you are back! And your sister is extremely talented, what beautiful art. I’m very excited to check out the new update.
Oh, Lord. So, I actually looked at your error and realized: You shouldn’t have gotten that scene.
That’s the Male Romance scene. The Female MC scene is very different. So! It’s now fixed. You should get the proper ending with Alessa.
You can now play the real Female MC Alessa Romance scene.
I’m sorry everyone who has already played! I’ll test for the Hadrian Male MC scene next. Hopefully, it doesn’t have the same issue.
Edit: To read it, you will have to start a new game. No old saves.
Man I really love playing as a sarcastic person. These scenes with Master Vaughan was pure comedy gold! And the slow wearing down on Alessa was amazing as well.
And it appears that I just jumped onto the Billy bandwagon. No one touches Billy.
GAH. I love this project so much! I can’t believe I just found it.
I had a question that’s hopefully not spoiler-y. Do we get Juturna’s Favor in that first part of the game or later on? I just want to make sure I’m not missing it somehow.
In the very beginning. Juturna Favors you with a gift long stored in a forgotten ruin.
Rush through the halls of the tombs and then explore the room. When you find an altar, approach it.
