I just bought and played both Life of a wizard and The Lost Heir: Fall of Daria this same week and I have to say I’m really happy to see it has been well-spent money. I still will take some days to try every option, even if just for the sake of trying everything out at least once, but I wanted to give my own appreciations for your work, @Lucid.
That said, in regards to The Lost Heir, considering the estimated length -three volumes-, I hope we see meaningful changes in terms of narrative divergences towards the ending of this tale. Other choice games like Fatehaven which focus on plot are great, but they understandably tend to railroad you through the story by sacrificing some depth of choices, just like @Havenstone said here, so I hope that the length of TLH means we’ll see real change on it.
I also wanted to point out what I believe is an oversight in TLH, though not really a bug. In the evil temple, where you can get the Cloak, if you are an evil priest/ess you can invoke your evil deity’s help to control the esqueletons. Jess/Jace approves of such action, if I remember right, but you don’t net disapproval from Petra/Peter if you do (don’t know about the farmer’s child). Shouldn’t there be a loss of relationship since s/he follows the Good gods?
Thanks for you kind words @Somniari I like the dream motif of your name. You may notice a few dream references made in my games and in my own name.
I’ll put the bug on my bug-list. It’s gotten lengthy, but perhaps I’ll someday have the time to fix them.
It’s a real balancing act: plot vs choice. I try to give both, as well as I can. I try to include lots of cool side-stories and extras, but for the sake of making a good story, I have to return to key points and remerge the story. I hope that the decisions and reasons that put you back into these combined spots have enough impact so that when the same choice emerges from multiple play-throughs, the player experiences the choice differently, depending upon their perspective on how they got there.
Needless to say, you can make the most impactful choices near the end of the game, since the consequences don’t have to be played out. Writing a trilogy is a real challenge, since every choice has to carry through all of the future story. I have plans to make some very large divergences and to make the choices you’ve already made continue to have large effects. I guess we’ll see how it all snaps together.
I am having trouble building up a blades/magic character, with agility and charms mixed in too, I always lose to the boss at the end, anyone got any tips? ( I also agree with the statement that magic is the best, it solves everything)
I’m glad Asexuality is finally given some recognition. From the title of the second installment it does sound like the MC will be reestablishing their realm or at least a part of it - though theoretically if the MC does somehow succeed in doing this I wonder if the orientation will have any long term impact (being the last and rightful heir, it seems only logical at some point to consider having off-spring for the sake of securing the MC’s bloodline, especially if a non-hetrosexual orientation would complicate this - though this is all just speculation n my part and the game might go a different direction all together). I do hope that at some point we get to learn more about the culture and history of the Kingdom of Daria, it would be amazing to learn about the lives of the MC’s royal ancestors, the previous rulers of Daria.
There will be a continuation of the love interests from the first part as well as a new character to be wooed. Yes, the subject of having an heir of your own will be brought up. Daria is a very inclusive kingdom, as you know, so respect and opportunity will be given to all choices.
On a side note, the artwork for Lost Heir 2: Building a Kingdom has been posted to my facebook page! Check it out, and if you haven’t already, “Like” the page: www.facebook.com/LucidsGames
Oh… That makes a lot of sense. I’ve been trying so hard to get Peter in all my walkthroughs but apparently, I always end up having him hate me for some weird reason. I ended up with Theo in my first run and I was just okay with it. Peter turned me down :< Oh well… At least now I know I have to be like legit good T^T
(The realism in the stats is amazing. Ugh. Like, I cry.)
After some work I finally manage to get it on with Jace! As other characters seem to practically throw themselves on me, I really appreciate that there’s someone you have to actually pursue. Of course this is much about the choices I’ve made so far, but at least I wasn’t sure if Jace was even on the menu at first. Nice detail anyway! I just wonder how hard it is to keep him alive in the future, considering the nature of his magic.
As a pansexual I too enjoy the fact that many Choice of Games give room for non-heterosexual orientations and some even have the “other” option for gender. As someone already mentioned, asexuals should of course me taken to account too, but of course in some games romance (including sexuality) is an essential part of the storyline.
I really hope that you are allowed to continue with the same stats in the future, and saving options would really come in handy!
Is there a way to get through this game without getting your teeth kicked in towards the end of the game? I was essentially a master wizard by the time I reached the end but got annihilated when I got there. I’ve tried many times to find that perfect run where you get the best outcome but each time it’s ended in tragedy.
its been a long time since i did a magic build but the unarmed one was able to get through that segment only losing the mentor and not the companion so i would imagine it would be possible to do it with a magic build as well,(might need to buy the magic shield though)
Nope you can do it if you have the cape , you also have to shoot the main villain with magic well he’s giving his speech ( /not at the banquet). This well cause his body guard (AKA the boss) to jump and take the hit leaving him with 75/100 health. Another thing is when you use the cape during the boss fight use the webbing to kill the guards first. Then it just a matter of spamming magic. And congratulation you got yourself a new Magic belt. Oh and save your companions…
Spoiler: Yes, your foster parent always dies. It’s one of those restrictions needed to keep a good plot. And yes, you always lose to Zusak and leave defeated. It’s necessary so there can be a part 2.
Although, there are some small wins possible in the end game. As mentioned, you can get Thuja’s magic belt and save both friends.
Harmond, your tutor, was almost a possible foster parent, but I felt that having two men and two women with no wizards would be a little different. I hope to continue making that choice have repercussions in the sequels.
Part 2 is going very well. I passed the 100k mark, although that doesn’t mean much. I feel that I am somewhere around the halfway to two-third mark… but, it’ll be done when it’s done.
Hey Lucid. Just wanted to say I’m a big fan of The Lost Heir: The Fall of Darla. I pretty much have one of the best character builds) or what I like to think of as one of the best character builds) with each possible romance saved to port to the next game when it comes out (Btw it’s a Magical Bard who is pretty proficient with blades.) I really enjoy the game and am excited for when the next installment comes out. It’s too bad your fosterparent has to die no matter what, but I agree it needs to go with the plot.
Also I was just wondering how far exactly would the timeline go in depth? I believe atm of the ending of the first game your character is around 18-20 years old. I’m just wondering how long your character will be in hiding and the like and if you’re going to be able to have a child or children and if so would it be at the ending epilogues of the entire series or be somewhere in the story and you’d be able to see your child grow up (sort of like LOW. Although it kind of breezed through the whole watching your child grow up thing).
Haha sorry if I’m only giving you more stuff to think about, but I’m just burning with anticipation and questions for the next The Lost Heir and I hope it comes out soon so I can spend my money on it! (Honestly speaking these COG and Hosted CYOA games are some of the few things I’ll ever bother buying from the app store. A lot of them are fantastic and great and combines my love of RPGs and reading. Kind of wish I could fast forward in time to when all titles are released so I can purchase them all and read them all immediantly ha!)
Keep up the great work and don’t mind me. Just a bit of a raving fanatic fan.
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Okay, there’s something I’ve been really curious about for a while now. I know Life of a Wizard and The Lost Heir take place in the same universe, but in which order do they happen? Is your character in TLH the ancestor or descendant of the royals in LoaW?
Also, good luck with your work! I’m a big fan of your games and I can’t wait to play Part II.
The ‘‘Lucidverse’’ - I always thought Life of a Wizard was a prequel to The Lost Heir trilogy - like how maybe there was a golden age of magic during LoaW but that’s all gone by the time of TLH.
Since in LoaW we had a multitude of non-human races - goblins, dwarves, elves, orcs, etc, they couldn’t have all originated from man, so its likely they went extinct by the time of TLH since we don’t see any non-human races except for demons.
*Though I don’t think I’ve ever come across any explicit references to LoaW in TLH.
A part of me always thought that Life of a Mobster was set in the present day - and that ‘‘New Daria’’ was a city in the USA named after a place in Europe called Daria - which may have once been the Kingdom of Daria in a time long forgotten.
On a different note - I am curious if it is possible for the MC to have children at some point - and if so, what kind of characters would they be - like are they just there - or if they have personalities that develop overtime and whether or not you can you interact with them and influence how they turn they turn out.
My MC was asexual however - though I wouldn’t mind producing a child for the sake of continuing the royal bloodline.
You may notice a few dream references made in my games and in my own name. 
As other characters seem to practically throw themselves on me, I really appreciate that there’s someone you have to actually pursue. Of course this is much about the choices I’ve made so far, but at least I wasn’t sure if Jace was even on the menu at first. Nice detail anyway! I just wonder how hard it is to keep him alive in the future, considering the nature of his magic. 
I feel there pain.
It’s one of those restrictions needed to keep a good plot. And yes, you always lose to Zusak and leave defeated. It’s necessary so there can be a part 2.