These Reluctant Years (WIP) - New Update: July 5th, 2025

You are right.

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I hope the writer is doing well I haven’t seen any updates in a while.

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I’m fine! Just busy with work, mostly. I’ve been working on Years when I get the time, though! If you want more Years content between updates, though, I regularly post on my Tumblr blog and Patreon!

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Is there a discord server for this game? If so I would like to join.

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Yes, but access to it is restricted to people that support me on Patreon.

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Just finished reading the demo and i absolutely loved it! Thank you for writing this wonderful WIP author, I’ve enjoyed reading it so i’ll be rereading it again. Stay safe

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I’m so glad you enjoyed it!

You’re welcome! There are a lot of different paths to take… So many that even I lose track of them all, sometimes!

You, too! (:

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Sorry for the probably dumb question, out of curiosity is Gensburg meant to emulate Vienna circa 1920s? Like everything fits the energy of that so well, with a mishmash of intellectuals, philosophers, artists, hedonists and bohemians, and like radicals meeting in basements and all of that. This may totally just be me connecting the two when there’s no intended relation, but it seemed to fit super well.

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It’s meant to be a general amalgamation of the kinds of cosmopolitan centers we typically think of where the major players in history tended to congregate and do smart/influential people stuff, of which Vienna is/was one, but it I didn’t mean for it to be descriptive of any one place and/or time period. (:

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Also the attack that you show in the story reminded me a lot of the murder that occurred in Sarajevo in mid-1914, a moment of shock that paralyzed the world and that was only a precursor of dark days to come in the area in many parts of the world. (Also in your fantasy world)

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Well would you look at that! I guess I haven’t fallen off the face of the Earth, after all!

I’m back four years later with a new update available for the members of my Patreon page! This update will be accessible by the public one week from today. In the update, I’ve completed one fourth of chapter 5 (including romance interactions between all the Radical characters), updated the ā€œquick startā€ feature so it can properly jump to chapters 4 and 5, and written some 44,000 more words.

There’s also lore/supplementary content, commissioned artwork, and polls, so if that sounds like something you would be interested in, consider becoming a patron!

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Hell yeah, I’ve had it open in a tab to replay since the transfer to the new site, glad I’ve held off :slight_smile:

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Oh my god, it’s you! I’ve always loved this story in particular, and it’s been one of my most sad to see abandoned—like, I even wrote about it on one of the forums. I’m so glad that you’re back and writing again! I loved being able to play two very polar characters romancing one another.

This story is just so precious to me.

I can’t wait for the update! :face_holding_back_tears:

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I hope you enjoy the new update in a few days!

Thank you so much for the kind words! I’ll try not to take four years to write the next update, haha! (:

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There’s a new update up! In this update, I’ve:

  • Completed one quarter of chapter 5.
    • Including romance interactions between MC1 and LĆ”zaro, Belvidere, and Prudence.
  • Added to the ā€œquick startā€ feature so it properly jumps to chapters 4 and 5.
  • Added 44,128 words.

Follow my Tumblr blog or join my Patreon page to see additional lore, what-if scenarios, and early updates! You can also always feel free to ask/tell me anything on this thread! (:

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Damn, I had completely forgotten about this WIP

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such a shame everyone hates my mc1, and my poor little brainwashed traditionalist isnt even trying to be mean.

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I’m glad I could remind you, then! (:

I’ll get the Sovereignty path written soon, and then your poor little brainwashed traditionalist will be able to interact with people that don’t hate them!

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