#novel updates

[sidhedust]

The cover for the prologue is done, and can also be seen in the novel’s gallery (and whole you’re there, you should read the few chapters up...if you want 👀)! It feels nice to finish another piece after years of burnout. The speedpaint for it will be up tomorrow.

And while we’re at it, Happy (Belated) New Year to everyone! Let’s hope this year is more peaceful than the last.

[punksnom]

Reading After Being Forced To Marry The Evil Star General and my god is it a good read so far!!!!

Im only halfwah through but!!!! So good!!!

Sure theres the political intrigue and sad mc backstory (and ml) but its the chemistry

THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN MC AND ML!!!!!!

The way they bicker in the beginning!!!! And eventually manage to understand each other!!!!

Like you can see the love slowly blossoming between those two (even if mc denies it)

And the way they get jealous like my gooooood

The mc and ml spending the ml's birthday together was so sweet <3

Ignoring whats being foreshadowed uwu

Can't wait to catch up to the most recent update 💖

[hell-river]

Made it to the 45k words and 100 pages milestone last night! This is officially my longest piece of writing ever!

[cada5h]

the thing i love the most about the mc of my new novel is the fact that she is just a sopping wet, pathetic, angry wet feral cat of a human and is at all times hissing to be left alone and if you pet her she will claw you alive except oh wait is she sobbing? Is she....? Wait whats just happened... uhhh

[devoutjunk]

Good: drafted scraps of new scenes, did some vague plotting/planning for the new POV, ordered some books to do more background research, solidified some setting and character details more clearly

Bad: decided again to utterly rework a central aspect of the setting. am almost as excited about the opportunities it presents as I am pissed about having to rewrite/revise thousands of words

[dualityvn]

Date 4 Launch!

Date 4 is here, folks! You get to go on a date with Keith, Tenebris or both at the same time! Now inside an eerie forest that's probably out to get you. Enjoy your new dose of creepy romance, darlings.

[redspringstudio]

May’s Kickstarter Update is now available 🌙 Take a look for some new, never before seen art and more!

Read the full update

[ataleofcrowns]

New Chapter Released!

Hello again! Hope your summer has gone well ☀️

With the public release of this new chapter, the romances are starting to intersect and interact with the main plot:

Unique paths for each love interest, encompassing a completely different plot event that the Crown will have to deal with

D and X's routes heavily involve the Imperial Court, where the Crown's previous choices on court positions will be first illustrated in the story

Meanwhile, R and A have unique events happening regarding some concerning magic that has left R in trouble, and an investigation that has lead A astray

Each route will force the Crown to make an important decision that will be remembered by their love interest. If you pick a bad choice here, even if you get a good romance later on, your love interest will remember it...

An additional note on this chapter: due to its sheer size and variability, I didn't have a chance to send it to my beta readers on time, so you may find more errors/bugs in it than what you're used to from me. Please report them in this Google Form or in the Discord server if possible!

Thank you for all your patience and support, I hope you enjoy the new chapter ✨

For those that are unfamiliar with the game

A Tale of Crowns is a high fantasy romance story, told in the form of a text-based interactive novel with choice mechanics. The setting is inspired by Kurdish culture as well as other historical settings in the Middle East such as Ancient Persia, but it also draws heavily from other cultures and countries in the region.

Your character is native to Arsur, a vast empire overseen by a single ruler known as the Crown. Unlike traditional monarchies, however, the title is not inherited through blood. Whenever the Crown dies, their famed golden eyes pass on to the one chosen by the Spirits of this world to be the new Crown. In this story, your MC takes on that role.

There are four different love interests to choose from, whose genders will be customized to suit the preferences of your Crown. You can find more info about them on the blog page!

Also note that this current version of the game is safe for those 16 years and older.

Like the premise so far? Play it and give it a try! The entire game is free!

If you enjoyed the game, please reblog! Share it with your friends! Recognition and reader interaction is just about the only thing I get in return for creating it ❤️

[vendetta-if]

Chapter 7 + Ash Hangout Public Update is now live! 🎉

The Chapter 7 and Ash Hangout update is finally here 🔥😁 I'm sorry for the slight delay, I had something urgent to attend to today and I just got home and I just basically went straight to my computer to upload this update.

Finally, we are starting to get into the ROs' first hangout sessions. Of course, to start us off, we'll have Ash's hangout session 😁This update adds around 31K of new words, bringing the total word count so far to around 356,701K words!

Anyway, this update also brings quite a lot of changes in the coding, especially for the skip chapter function, so I'm going to strongly suggest you guys play with clean save, either from the beginning or using the skip chapter function.

I have recently added another skip-chapter checkpoint, which is Chapter 3 in addition to the already existing one on Chapter 6. There is also now an autosave function at the beginning of every chapter starting on Chapter 2, so you'll be able to replay any chapter you're currently reading and try out different options in that chapter.

Anyway, enough of the technicalities.

Here's what you can expect in this update:

The set up to the ROs'  first hangout sessions

Ash's first hangout session

Go down the memory lane and see snippets of MC's most cherished memories.

Some more Viktor 😔

A mix of angst, wholesome, and even potential fluff 🤭

🔥🧡😉

Ash/Rin poly route is not yet ready for this hangout and it's still work-in-progress 🙏

New stuff added to previous chapters:

Added autosave/reload function for Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, and Chapter 5.

Added another skip-chapter point to Chapter 3, in addition to the already existing Chapter 6.

Also, little news that I'm going to make a post of tomorrow, I'm about to open both the Side Story and Spicy Side Story ideas and suggestions for this month on both Patreon and Ko-Fi, so if you're interested in supporting me while also getting some exclusive stuff, please do consider checking out my pages and subscribing 💖

I hope you guys enjoy the update! Oh, and also, feel free to send asks about the new update, but I'll probably hold off on answering them until a few days have passed to make sure a lot of readers already have the chance to check out the update and not accidentally spoil them 😊

[DEMO] | [PATREON] | [KO-FI] | [DISCORD] | [COG FORUM]

[leoneliterary]

Honor Amongst Thieves (WIP) — UPDATED 2/21/2024

The demo has been updated! Play it HERE!

Hope y'all are doing alright so far this week!

Let me know if it breaks and I hope y'all enjoy!

FORUM ~ KOFI ~ PATREON

[poruvoron]

orving

[acourtofserpents]

DEMO UPDATE

AAAHHH!!! chapter 2 is out!!!! finally!!!! i know i took my sweet time with it and made you guys wait A WHILE for it, but if any of you are still here after all this time i hope you'll enjoy the new chapter :D

big big thanks to @kamanok (fim, they/them) for coding everything (and super fast too!!). i really appreciate all the help, i can always count on them to do a great job🫶🏻

this update includes:

- chapter 2

- plaguing nightmares of ... eyes?

- your old life is haunting you!!! you can't escape it no matter what you do!!!

- a very serious talk with Caerus about what happened at the Revel.

- Zale being stressful. or sweet. depends on if you like him or not 🫣

CHAPTER 2

[boinin]

Resource Post: Blue Lock Light Novel Translations

Volume 1: Isagi, Nagi and Bachira

Isagi part 1

Isagi part 2 (translated by Hoshi801_)

Nagi part 1

Nagi part 2 (translated by Hoshi801_)

Bachira part 1

Bachira part 2 (translated by Hoshi801_)

Illustrations (sourced from Hoshi801_ and around the web)

Volume 2: Chigiri, Reo and Rin

Chigiri part 1

Chigiri part 2 (translated by Hoshi801_)

Reo (full) (translated by 705point8)(deleted)

Reo (full) (translated by mzk_70)

Rin part 1

Rin part 2 (translated by Hoshi801_)

Illustrations (sourced from Hoshi801_ and around the web)

Volume 3: Niko, Kunigami and Hiori

Niko (full) (translated by carbunnyra)

Kunigami part 1

Kunigami part 2 (translated by Hoshi801_)

Hiori part 1

Hiori part 2 (translated by Hoshi801_)

Illustrations (sourced from Hoshi801_ and around the web)

Disclaimer: I do not own Blue Lock or any of its characters. Blue Lock was created by Kaneshiro Muneyuki and Nomura Yusuke. The light novels were written by Moegi Momo. All rights belong to the publisher, Kodansha. These are fan translations of the original Japanese and distributed for entertainment only.

[thedinanshiral]

What to read before The Veilguard drops

Yes people, we have homework. In case you missed it, or need to refresh that memory because hey, it's been a while, here's a quick short list of what to (re)read in preparation for this new entry in the series.

Books:

From Tevinter Nights: Down among the dead men (introduces Emmrich and Manfred), The wigmaker job (introduces Lucanis), The streets of Minrathous (introduces Neve).

The Last Flight, last novel released somewhere around DA: Inquisition. Takes the action to Weisshaupt, Grey Wardens HQ, and jumps between that present and the past explaining how the Griffons became extinct during the Fourth Blight. Will explain where Davrin's griffon came from.

Comics:

Magekiller. It's pretty introductory overall, set around Inquisition but it introduces "magekillers" as a job some people do. While in Tevinter Nights Lucanis is introduced as an Antivan Crow seems he's decided to change careers so it can't hurt to learn a bit about it.

The missing. Gives us Varric and Scout Harding already working together, and introduces us to Neve.

Short Stories:

Posted a while back in the BioWare page for Dragon Age day as crumbs to feast on while we waited, and waited, and waited..I recommend reading all of them simply because most people may have missed them and they add to lore and characters that while not among the new companions may still make an appearance and be relevant in Veilguard.

Of course I recommend reading EVERYTHING if possible, it all adds more layers and flavor and we know Solas is in the details, we can't miss a thing, but I think if you're short on time this counts as light reading enough to know where you'll land when Dragon Age: The Veilguard finally arrives.

[lightweaver-chosen-if]

MOODY.INK | DASHINGDON | FORUM | MAIN POST

I know it took awhile but… tadaah!

New 20k words of content just dropped, bringing the game to 50k! Each playthrough is around 22k~ words with mini paths to explore.

I tried to edit this as much as I could, but with the new amount of branches I'm starting to get cross-eyed after re-reading the game so many times. As always feedback is always welcome! I'm having some trouble in linking scenes together with code. So if there are parts where it seems weirdly formatted or abrupt, please let me know in the forums.

IMPORTANT: Please use a new save! A lot has changed since the last update so it's most likely broken. The game passed both the quick and random test, so if you encounter any errors please make sure you didn't use an old save before reporting game breaking bugs.

What's New:

Continue the tour with A and L!

Learn about future events

Officially become a Launwyce Academy student

MC lore ;)

Meet and interact with your potential pet 🐶😺

Meet and interact with J

What's Edited:

Prologue

World lore

More physical banter variations for A and L when they have different genders

Hope everyone enjoys the update! :D PS: Ignore the main re-post, just wanted to transfer the main post to this account. PPS: omg I just realized it's April 1 - this is not an April fools joke !!!

[kaburion]

Sirius of Earth Chapter 1 (part 1/?), follows right after the prologue!

(Whole chapter not complete yet)