Throne of Blood [RELEASED!]

Oops, warning is not meant to be there any longer. Thanks for the heads up! :slight_smile:

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Just big FYI, I’ll be updating and polishing the previous chapters over the next couple of weeks.

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any way to absorb the magic? it’s like no matter what i do, that option is always greyed out for me lol. I made sure to play zero’s chapter first as well so idk

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You can, but I’m unsure atm what choices I made to be able to do it. I’ll mess around with it and find out if no one responds with the exact steps- but every time I do Cyrus’ quest first, then Zero and then Dai

Ok I am able to absorb the magic without doing any of the other’s quests first and I also have the option no matter what I choose during the fight itself. Idk how to check the code like others could, but if it’s not choices made previously in the chapters then I assume it has something to do with stats so here are what mine were at the choice:

The option to not care about it is greyed out for me, so it could be an alignment thing?

Speaking of stats though, I’ve wondered for awhile why Rygel’s death counts as a kill whilst Agrithar’s does not

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Your “Just” stats need to be above 40 for this option to be unlocked since it’s a self-sacrificing option.

And thanks for that other bug report too, I’ll take a look at it!

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I saw this slide into the “latest updates” on CoGDemos… time to play through it all over again! Gotta see my new content.

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Does anyone know how to unlock the greyed out option?

All the others seem to lead to an encounter were MC tops Dai, which is just, ugh, no. I did not make a smol soft boy MC just for the big muscley guy to be a freakin bottom. I had to skip out on the scene entirely and just sleep.

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At the moment it’s locked to assertiveness/shy attribute. I’m rebalancing the attribute distribution since I noticed there aren’t many options that can tick the shy box.

The reason why I locked the option is to not have jarring change in MC personality. For instance, if you’re always so meek and passive, it’ll be weird if suddenly MC goes “Okay I’m gonna eff u so good u see stars”.

I am adding and editing a few things, though. So I might change the mechanic entirely. Sit tight!

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It seems strange to tie it to assertive/shy attributes. After all, tops can be shy and bottoms can be assertive. Though I don’t know if that’d then mean having to write more scenes or flavor text or what to accommodate the different options. :thinking:

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I love the update, so so amazingly good😍 (is Eli a RO too?)

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I hear ya, I’ll see what I can do :slight_smile:

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Not planned as one right now! But maybe I might change my mind~

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A criticism and a suggestion - there are moments that feel forced, and and while the story needs to move in that direction there is no need to make it obvious lack of agency. Making it more smooth might be advised. For example in the flashback about meeting Cyan, the player chose not to follow the witch and later in prison laments that all this trouble began with following the witch(which did not happen). Instead a more gentle way could be to be lost(first time in the city), and blame the meeting and following inprisonment on that fact? Still not ideal but better than *choose not my business do not follow => still run into witch => complain in prison not to be a busybody because ended in prison after following witch.

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I love the new chapter!
Also i have a shy stat over 60 and got this flirt option?

Summary

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Sorry, for chapter 6 I could play the demo but now I get;
“startup line 171: Invalid *achievement. not permitted in achievement description: [pre-earned description]” .
Don’t know If it my browser (firefox) or something else.

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Is there any way we can have character customisation, inherited choices for eyes, hair and skin colour? because it could add another layer to the story in terms of how the world interacts with your MC.

For example:

If your MC looks more like their Mother than their Father, then the demon world would be more cruel towards them, but the rest of the world would be inclined to be nicer and less hostile.

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Hi everyone!!! I’m in the middle of rebalancing all stat distribution, and also reworking the flirt options. The game will be constantly updated… so play with caution.

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Sorry, this is probably a little too complex ;o; cool idea, though!

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this is a necessary psa that i adore eliazar and his roguish charms, give me any character calling me ‘love’ or ‘sweetheart’ and im immediately smitten. thoroughly enjoyed playing through the story :heart_hands:t2:

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The game has been updated.

A big one!

Stats have been completely REBALANCED. The distribution should be a lot more even now.

They have been capped at 5/95, and if your score will not go over/under these values (for instance, you can’t be 100% just or 100% proud).

I added ~2k words for Dai’s chapter… because favouritism.

I added (very short) bonus scenes in chapter 6 featuring the NPCs. 7 total scenes for each one of them. You can trigger these if you gained all of their friendship points during your playthrough (50).

I will make no further updates for a while, so it should be safe to play!

Thank you for bearing with me.

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