#chronicles of tal’dun: the longing

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Some of the art I did for the illustrated novel Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Longing

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I made a new artwork of Near! Their dye is so tricky to draw, >_< but I think it turned out lovely. <3 This art willbe used in the illustrated novel CoT: The Longing

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And that’s a wrap for our Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Thank you to everyone who participated and supported us in this event!

Zico, author of The Night Abridged.

Mouse and Ram, authors of Beau Ideals.

Nacre, Author of Joint Venture (and Morning Star).

Jinx author of Elsinore: After Hamlet (and The Harrowed and the Hushed and Rougi).

Allie, author of College Tennis: Origin Story (and Merry Crisis).

Shan, author of Deliverance.

Neha, author of Demurela.

Sou, author of Cherry Soda.

Ze Hai Lu, one of authors of Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Remainder.

We enjoy hosting these events and getting to know the many authors in our communities, their work, and what has inspired them along the road. We hope that with this month’s featured authors, more aspiring creators/developers of a similar background were inspired to step into the interactive fiction community.

There’s still a long road ahead of us in terms of creating diverse media and making communities such as this one a safe space for diverse creators but it’s one we, both readers and authors alike, are willing to march on.

Once again, thank you to everyone who supported and continues to support us in our endeavors!

Here’s the Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Masterlist, featuring our wonderful authors for this month. Remember to take a look at our previous events’ masterlists as well and look forward to future ones!

We’ll see you on the next event!

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I drew a younger version on Evin! I think they turned out quite cute. ^^ It’s for our story CoT: The Longing

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We are Ze and Nim, a couple who journeys through the waking and dreaming world together. We strive to write stories awash in warmth and sadness. Our characters are flawed but worth saving. Their journeys will make you think, and may break your heart, just to put it together again in a way that is a bit more hopeful, a bit more wholesome than before.

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Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Remainder

This is a story of two magi, Vyn and Ilar, who find themselves trapped in a collapsing tower with their only hope for salvation being a difficult ritual. Or at least that is what Ilar tells you. The thing is - you don’t remember anything, and Ilar’s story makes less and less sense the closer you are to the ritual. Are they hiding things to protect you from the bitter truth, or are they deceiving you for some more nefarious reason?

Guide Vyn’s actions to death and beyond and uncover Ilar’s truth. Are they your colleague, lover or something completely different? Read between the lines of what they are telling you, explore your surroundings for clues and use hands-on deduction to break the vicious circle and set them free.

form: VN/IF hybrid | status: finished | price: $19.99 | play at: Steam | Itchio

Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Longing

Most people spend their whole lives never touching magick, and some are gripped by it before they ever open their eyes. Is there a place in this world for a child cursed with the hunger of the moons? For a child with a song that wants to be sung? Will they devour one another or find salvation in each other’s embrace?

The world of Tal'Dun is shaped by mysterious forces of the Sea, a power that gives and takes life. Touching its waters brings death to most people, but in rare cases some survive it and become magi. Evin and Near come from very different circumstances, one grew up in a tiny village and stumbled upon magick by accident, and the other was born with it and spent their life locked away in a temple. Despite this, as if pulled together by the currents of the Sea, their paths cross, and now a storm is brewing.

form: illustrated novel | status: ongoing | price: currently free, $ when finished | read at: Itchio | wishlist: Steam | more chapters at: Kofi | Patreon

Our Winding Road

Disillusioned with civilian life, former heroes Rowan and Jori retrace the steps of the journey on which they fell in love, with the hopes of rekindling their strained relationship.

Assume the role of the-great-“Ogre Slayer”-turned-desk-jockey Rowan, brave the various dangers lurking on your way, yourself being chief among them. Will you and your love find your way back together again, or will this journey mark the end for you two?

form: VN | status: finished | price: free | Play at: itchio

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Finished with the ink style Evin! Which one do you like more? Ink or pixel?

Evin is a character from a novel Ze and I are releasing chapter by chapter. Read The Longing here.

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I tweaked the recent drawing of Evin so it fits the background’s colours. Looks pretty good. ^^

Made for the illustrated story CoT: The Longing

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Heey, it’s been a while! Look at one of the backgrounds for CoT: The Longing I recently finished. Took me about a week to draw it, but it was worth it. ^^

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Currently redrawing Evin’s sprite in the inky style. Going good so far. ^^

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Art of Near for CoT: The Longing

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Illustration for CoT: The Longing

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Illustration for CoT: The Longing

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I redrew the tent scene and made a version without snow. Also, we decided to give this story a proper name, so from now on it will be known as Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Longing.

You can read it here.

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First free chapter of Evin’s story is up!

Read it here.

We will post one chapter every month on our Itch page. It’s a linear story set in the world of Tal’Dun which will introduce you to our new characters and set up the scene for our next game Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Hunger.

Reading our first game Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Remainder is not required to make sense of the story. However some lore might require some explanation if this is your first step into our world, but we will have a glossary so it shouldn’t be much of a problem.

The first chapter is just a few pages long and each future chapter will be around 10-15 pages. Each of our 6 charcters will start as a separate story and they will with the stories of others somewhere along the way.

I’m also making some art to accompany the text.

This whole thing is still a work in progress, so the chapters might get tweaked with time. So far we have around 80k words written and that is just a fraction of the story we have planned.

In case you don’t want to wait so long for the each chapter you can become a supporter on our Kofi or Patreon where we post chapters every two weeks.