Beautiful! The cover especially has my heart 
@Anathema Iām curious, is your icon MC with the rose? Also, do we know already what the Golden Rose is? If itās mentioned in the demo, I forgot 
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Wasnāt the golden rose an emblem of the Theers in the first, longer public demo? Or is my memory playing tricks on me?
My profile picture has nothing to do with the rose! Itās just a gift, although I suppose, it has a little bit to do with the game because Matt, the artist, was clearly inspired by it 
But it isnāt any character or symbol from the game, itās just something that I like to use as my pfp.
I have not yet disclosed what the Golden Rose itself is, no.
The Theersā banner is a rose against a field of green, itās true. Good memory!
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@Anathema
I just wanted to tell you that ever since I played your demo Iāve been absolutely in love with this game. Thank you so very much for giving us the opportunity to be able to play your amazing story. Congratulations on your success, I very much look forward to playing the full game.
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Rayvn looks at the artwork with a smile of approval. Riese grins at her from the couch.
Well, it seems that Rave here will be waiting a few more months, oy? Donāt worry, thisāll be goodā¦I promise. 
Rayvn shrugs and nods as she heads to the couch & stretches out next to Riese, who strokes her hair affectionately.
Thatās some excellent work, @Anathema 
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How many ROs is there
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Itās in the first post! Iād recommend reading it. Two confirmed: Hadrian and Alessa. But there is a bit of flirting with Lieutenant Vallen, and pretty clear signs of romance with the Theers; Alain and Ysabella.
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Iāve had this saved as a must come read post for like a year. Iām so sad I never got a chance to before the demo got shortened since I have to wait until next year (according to the release date thread) to read it!!!
I did read the public demo and I cannot wait until the release of the full thing!
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Finished the first draft of the Prologue!
And how long overdue this announcement is. Iāve been quiet about my writing process, and for that I am sorry. Truth be told, while I believed at the time that I had truly finished with the outline, it turns out that wasnāt quite accurate.
It also turned out that I wasnāt ready, mentally, to officially start writing. It was only after I had sent all the assets for Book 1 to Hosted Games - so when the art files were sent - that I could truly focus on Book 2. Itās a flaw of mine, not being able to compartmentalize and push worries out of my mind. So it wasnāt until the 20th of September that I could say to myself: āOkay, Iāve done everything, and Book 1 is done.ā
As a result, it wasnāt until then that I started book 2, and I had to go back and work even more on the outline. I expanded it - a LOT . As I was writing it, conversations and sentences came to mind, so I noted them all down and mapped the game as in-depth as I possibly could. I was writing almost entire scenes before I forced myself to reel back. So, now the outline is really done, and if anything, it made me so incredibly eager to write this book. There are some scenes I cannot wait to get to.
Cannot wait.
Just as I couldnāt wait to write the Prologue! And what a beast it turned out to be. This bookās prologue is different from the first one - this one will be as big as a chapter. Standing at 193 notebooks pages long, it grew and grew and deepened and deepened, and I could not be happier with how it turned out. Of course, being only the first draft, there are a lot of sentences and dialogue that is complete rubbish, but the core of the scenes are there - and Iām proud of them.
Next, itās time to put all those scribbles into Word and fill in the choices, the paths, and the variations. Time to try and put eloquence in my sentences and flow in my descriptions and refine my poor characterās voices. Make nonsense sound sensible.
Iāll start writing the second draft tomorrow! For now, I hope youāve all been doing well. Itās Autumn where I live, and the skies seem to forget theyāre supposed to be darkening. My days are still bright and warm, but the nights are starting to carry a chill that speaks of turning seasons. And so time passes, never stopping, never waiting, always traveling at its own rhythm.
And weāre left trying to keep pace. 
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Even your updates are poetry, Anathema 
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