The Shadow Society (Remake) (WIP) ~34k words (Small update released, details on #35)

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Small Update Released

Since I’m pretty much done with it and won’t have much time tomorrow, I’ve released the planned small update for the TSS rewrite now. This update focuses on completing some missing parts of the demo such as the profile page, certain continuity etc. that I felt should be present.

Chapter 3 (which from now on is going to be referred to as chapter 2; more info on that at the end of this post) is still in its early stages, but I’ve been working on it alongside this update.

Things added/changed:

  • More customization options, ex. whether the MC wears glasses/contact lenses or not and clothing style. I tried to add a height option but couldn’t find a place where that fit and decided to save that choice for the next chapter instead.
  • Updated R, A and G’s descriptions.
  • Added continuity and reactivity to certain choices depending on how you approach M.
  • Edited some of the wording and text.
  • Added a profile for the MC that shows your base personality depending on your choices early on in the game as well as your appearance once all appearance choices have been set. The personality can change as the story continues depending on your choices.
  • Added in-game profiles for all of the main cast.
  • Added past relationship for MC (former best friend or ex-girlfriend/boyfriend).

Though I had planned to include a whole flashback sequence including Jaelyn, I realized as I was writing it that it slowed the pacing of chapter 1 which is a chapter already dedicated to setting up the beginning, customization and flashbacks, so it was cut short.

I also decided to make chapter 1 and 2 one longer chapter 1 instead, since I’m pretty sure the next chapter and future ones are going to be longer. Plus I feel like the story flows better with longer chapters.

Thank you for your support, as always :heart: I might edit and polish things further as I go (will definitely do so if any misspellings/errors are found or I get some good feedback on how to improve certain things), but for now this is probably what the demo’s going to look like until the next chapter releases :slight_smile:

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