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Alpha Preview Update (June)
🕑 Added 2024-06-26 19:35:37 +0000 UTCPassword: lightningbug_june ⬅ ❗️
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What's New:
25,000 words of new content!
New Blade character interlude
New Tallys character interlude
New Caine character interlude
Experience an awkward parenting moment when Caine raises questions about the birds and the bees
Get Blade's self-control to crack a bit if you play your cards right (and if you're a Blademancer), as well as experience important revelations about his story
Hang out with Tallys and her friends in an Elven teahouse and defend or debate her over clashing beliefs
Multiple typo fixes and tweaks to past character interludes across the board; slight change to one of the endings in Chase's last interlude
Developer's Notes:
Ahhhhhh I ended up writing so much for the character interludes this time that I didn't have time to continue Chapter 9 this time! 🥹😭
Well, instead, you guys get chonky character interludes for Blade, Tallys, and Caine! This is the most I've written for a single update in a few months, and I'll probably continue the streak next month, since there are more character interludes I genuinely wanted to tackle but didn't have the time for!
Some things to note for this update:
I'm side-eyeing certain romancey moments in Blade's interlude, because at its earliest, it should take place before MC even heads to Heth Macoll, but sometimes even the slow-burn romantic tension is too slow-burn for me, so I had to let him crack a little. We'll see if certain actions end up staying once the timing of everything has been worked out, but for now, it feels natural, and I really like the feel of it!
Caine's interlude can read as extremely short if you just answer his question directly (though, to be fair, his interludes are always pretty straightforward and short). But if you decide to drag other people into the mess like the chaotic gremlin I know you can be, there's obviously lots more to explore! I'll probably never do that again for one of his interludes, though, 15 different scenarios was pretty brutal! 🙃
Certain tea choices in Tallys's interlude can actually give you a +1 bonus to a stat, for all you min-maxers out there!
That's all I've got for this time! The Twine port is puttering along--we're in Wallmire now, so we're closing in on fully porting the main story, though I still have to manually convert and edit the day off and training interludes next--and I'm planning on settling in for the summer now that all the big travel plans are done! I'm getting the sense that this is going to be a 'monsoon-and-movies' kind of summer for us... we're getting some dust storms in the evenings, which hopefully preludes some nice rain later in the month, and during the day it's so swelteringly-hot that I predict we're going to be watching a lot of things in theaters just to get out of the house! Has anyone seen anything good recently?? I'm hotly anticipating the release of Longlegs, even though it looks terrifying... 🫠
Total wordcount: 1,159,849 words without code
What's Next:
Chase, Red, Ayla, and Briony are on my radar for the character interludes next: I wanted to get Chase done this month, but things happen in his next interlude, so I had to let that one cook until I had the time to do it justice. The other three will be simpler, but I don't know yet which one I'll end up finishing by the next update! Hopefully I'll be able to sneak some time to wrap up Chapter 9, but I go where the muse takes me, and if she wants me to do more character interludes right now, I can only oblige...
Thank you for reading, everyone, and I hope you enjoy! As always, please feel free to leave your thoughts here, on Discord, or on Tumblr, and I hope your June comes to a beautiful close!
Comments
emeraldgreaves
the caine interlude SENT me. also i know it was a ton of work but it was lovely to briefly check in on all of our friends again <3 i love the little slice-of-life moments we get ingame
Lena Nguyen
I'm so glad you liked that part Ema lol! Also MC and Trouble just automatically being parents to Caine is very sweet 😉
Lena Nguyen
Ahhh I'm so glad you enjoyed this part lol, I had a scream writing it so I'm glad other people also found it funny! 🤣 Thank you so much for the lovely message! 💖
Ema
I am absolutely howling at the Caine interlude! Harassing all the other companions was SO funny. Also, you know me and any crumbs of Trouble content 💕
Chelsea
I need you to know that I've spent the past 20 min giggling over the various options from the Caine interlude. From Riel shutting the door on us, to confusing the hell out of Lavinet, to Halek sleeping so soundly that we had to make sure he's still breathing... There are so many moments that had me in stitches!! Thank you Lena for making my day 💕
aLan_4
i also am in az and monsoon season is a blessing and a curse because i’m not built for that humidity!! like wdym the air is moist?? it’s supposed to be dry??? BUT aside from horrible weather IM SO EXCITED TO READ THIS UPDATE 💞💞
Yuuugay
I awake for new caine interlude...thank you for your hardwork lena 🙇
L. Gonzales
Love this!! Am so excited ti see the interludes 🧡
Nicole Martinez
i’m a simple woman, i see “new blade character interlude” i am blessed with an unlimited supply of dopamine
Sophia Appleton
I shed a tear of joy at the prospect of new blade content. Thank you for your consistent and amazing work!!! I look forward to your releases every month <3
