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August Newsflash #1 and Special Announcement
🕑 Added 2023-08-04 18:30:01 +0000 UTCI've been doing lots of bits and pieces this fortnight. Chapter 5 is outlined and I've been doing work on coding it, I wrote a little character study for one of the Honor Bound characters, and I did some quick fixes on Elite Status: Platinum Concierge which came out last week. (Elite Status: Platinum Concierge by Emily Short used to be called Platinum Package, and over the last few months I did some work editing it and taking it through beta. It's lovely that it's now out in the world!)
It doesn't look terribly good on a wordcount tracker, but sometimes it's like that!
Current wordcount: 180312
Fortnight's wordcount: 6972
Average playthrough wordcount: ...something in the realm of 46000, but I don't have a version that passes RandomTest currently, so we will get an accurate number next fortnight
Behind the scenes:
I read The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor and enjoyed it quite a bit. It reminded me of Filthy Animals, though keeps the campus-novel feel of Real Life - more tightly-knit than the short stories in Filthy Animals, but still very spread between lots of characters. I didn't love every aspect of it - mostly the bits I wasn't so keen on were about how it hung together as a whole - but I really enjoyed the chapters on a smaller scale. Either way I always find his work interesting.
Special Announcement:
Last week I signed the contract to do an extended epilogue for Royal Affairs which will add a a free extra chapter to the game. I'm really excited about it! I was happy with where Royal Affairs ended, but as I made inroads into Honor Bound, I realised that some of the elements left open kind of... needed to be closed when the Royal Affairs PC is so important and it affects the world so much.
I could have added a couple of questions to the intro questionnaire in Honor Bound - but no. I wanted to make it more fun and enjoyable.
So. In this extra chapter which will take place a year after Royal Affairs, your MC will be:
- following up on some of the life plans they made at the end of the game
- going on holiday and having an adventure with their siblings
- hearing or catching up with how their friends have been doing in the meantime
and, if applicable:
- planning a wedding and getting married (platonically or romantically) with Estell's blessing, or eloping... including options to elope with Beaumont/Trevelyan or Dominique/Javi
So far I've made an outline for this, and my goal is to have it released by the end of this year. I'll keep you updated on progress!
Comments
Hannah Powell-Smith
It's possible to flirt with/romance both of them, but they're not romantically or sexually interested in each other - they're just friends while both romancing you. If you start romances with them early in the game, then one of them should talk to you about it in Chapter 9 :D You can do the same with Trevelyan and Dominique, but it's less "they're friends with each other while romancing you" and more "they vaguely tolerate each other while both having a connection with you".
emelsi
AHHHHH more Royal Affairs!!! Yessssssssssssss! I need more Beaumont in my life. Related, in the "what happened in Royal Affairs?" part of Honor Bound, you can answer that the MC had a thing with Beaumont/Trevelyan, but there's also an option for Beaumont/Dominique which I didn't even know was possible. Is that a bonus addition to HB or did I just completely miss an opportunity?
