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Alpha Preview Update (November)
🕑 Added 2025-11-27 06:21:53 +0000 UTCPassword: sorry_for_the_cliffhanger
Shepherds of Haven Development Log
Content Added:
13,000 words of new content
Chapter 10 (well, really 11) begins!
Changelog:
Critical Fixes
Fixed a bug that caused Blade's festival souvenir to show up, even at the beginning of new play files. This should be resolved, but only if you start a new file from scratch. On old files, his festival souvenir may still show up in your room, even if you didn't go with him to the Ascendancy Festival. This shouldn't be a big deal, though, and again can be resolved by starting a new play file!
In the interest of not gaslighting/Mandela Effect-ing players, I will say that I had to swap around the chronology of the Wild Hunt with St. Balthazar's Day in the calendar. So those calendar docs are different as of this update!
Miscellaneous Notes:
As always, hard refreshing your game may help load these new bug fixes if you don't find them implemented on your side.
Notes
Hi everyone! This is a fairly straightforward update... Chapter 10 is here! It's... not going to be as long as some other chapters... for reasons you will probably intuit by the end of this update... I'm so sorry. I've been putting off starting this chapter for some time, but it had to be done! But rest assured that all questions will be answered eventually! I do have a plan!
Not much to say this time; this month was busy with the usual wedding planning, novel writing, and miscellaneous other shenanigans. I randomly decided that I was the type to assemble a huge cookie box for Thanksgiving this year, despite not having baked any other cookie besides a chocolate chip in my life, so we'll see how that goes... and I've been taking some time to paint a bit more, too!
Subscribers of the Captain tier and higher voted that Haven University should be the next story I port to Twine, and I've already been sketching out the UI in my head in my scant free time. I predict it will take me some time to get things up and running, but I also found this SugarCube tool, which simulates texting on a phone, and now my brain is vibrating with excitement imagining how much fun it would be to get real-time texts from the characters while playing the story!! *cue Chase spamming the game notification alert as he texts you incessantly asking if you're coming to get pizza*
I think that's all I have for now! If I'm feeling beneficent, Chapter 10 will continue next month; if not, an Ascendancy Festival interlude for one of the other characters is more likely. I'll be traveling out of town the week of Christmas, so it just depends on what I manage to get done before the end-of-year holiday mayhem hits!
As we head into (US) Thanksgiving tomorrow, I'd just like to take a moment to extend my sincere thanks to you guys, as always. Every year, I find myself reflecting how profoundly grateful I am for this community and your support. Your kindness, curiosity, enthusiasm, patience, and encouragement are what keep this story going, and I'm so lucky to have the opportunity to share this world and these characters with such a thoughtful and supportive community of readers and fans. Thank you so much for everything! Every kind message, excited reaction, silly joke, funny meme, and creative fanwork you send means more than you know. 💕
I hope you all get some warm rest, good food, and happy times as we move into closing out the year!
Estimated total wordcount: 1,392,000 words
Comments
Badger!
Late to the party, but finally getting to play through again after not having the time. * Chase-mancing is tearing my heart out, with the option for the MC to be like "ahaha, no you dork I'm as damaged as you are" at the end of the gambling hangout * I'm entirely here for Ayla "I panicked cause you were hurt and Monk Gyatso'd a guy" Aescar
Lena Nguyen
Hi there, were you able to check the Incomplete Guide at the top of the post? It should tell you exactly how to avoid that route! :) And thanks so much for the kind words, I truly appreciate it!
Alizel Myers
Hello, first I really like this IF so far ! Unfortunately I'm stuck in ch7, Saranae is captured and I have 64 (!) in the razor wits stat ! I absolutely don't know what to do to avoid that route. The second condition is fulfilled. Could you please give me some insight ? Edit : Once again, I love this story, one of the best I've played with Zombie exodus : Safe haven. Can't wait to see the IF completed and available !
emeraldgreaves
girl that cliffhanger..... i feel like that one kronk reaction image (oh yeah. it's all coming together) also, a giant cookie box sounds incredible!!
Cattro
Update I caught up and welp I'm glad I boosted those base defences because Lena what was that ending ?!?! 😭
Lena Nguyen
Hi, what does the message say when you can’t hang out with Tallys? If it says it’s incomplete and the content hasn’t been written yet, that’s exactly why! :)
Lo
Hey there I was wondering since we're are on chap 10-11ish, in chap 5 it's says we can't hang out with Tallys, if that's a glitch or if it's a me problem. I tried leaving and going back in, but it's still the same. Anyways thanks for all your hard work!!!
Raena Gaeve
"If you hire supplemental healers for the order, there may be a day where they save Caine's life" ...Lena... is this coming back? Lena did you hurt my son?🥹
Sierra
Lena, this new update was da bomb 😍
honor
just played through the new update: mother of god.
kingdom-dance
About the cliffhanger— Lena I mean this with all the love in my heart: what is wrong with you? 🥲(kidding😂) But my stomach just dropped to my butt. So exciting and scary to see it seriously hitting the fan now 🙈 happy Thanksgiving! Thank you for gifting us with your talent and presence month after month, year after year! Enjoy your family time 🩵
shambl
Thank YOU for sharing the world of ShoH Lena! Hope you have some happy holidays!
Cattro
Ooh exciting update! Probably take me a couple days to catch up but I am nervous of what this update entails now. 😭 Happy holidays to you!
kotis
my excitement is immeasurable and my day instantly got better!!1!1!1!
Q
happy holidays! 🦃 thank you for such an amazing story and world; your dedication and craft is a great inspiration as a fellow writer. excited to dive into the update!! ✨️✨️✨️ :D
Oh Binnie the Jinnie
MORE MAIN STORY CONTENT... I USED TO PRAY FOR TIMES LIKE THIS 😭😭 (thank you so much for the update and happy holidays!!)
Sophia Strange
lena….. lena why are u apologizing……….. shaking in my boots……. (i’m so excited)……………..
