#progress update

[ri-writes-if]

Progress Update — 30/04/25

Hi! A short update this month as I'm neck-deep in editing and have nothing else to say, lol

The first draft is finished, the editing stage is 65% done. What's left: Az's branch, three last scenes (one of which has variations with all the characters + hobbies, so it's big-ish in comparison to the other two). I should be done with it next month and begin coding.

[moastudiess]

04.30.2025~ Daily Productivity Challenge 6/10

Probabilities and effective study rituals before my last final exam :))

I’ve fully claimed my boyfriends’ room while he went long boarding and I’m planning on compiling every possible set of notes I can get my hands on for this open note exam

[intimidatingpuffinstudios]

The Soul Stone War 3 is Complete

I am shocked. Baffled. Speechless.

Riding the high of having just finished writing The Soul Stone War 3.

The game is complete.

[sofia-d-asb]

Arcadie: Cold Lands - Progress Update - January 2025

I've spent literal days working on the mobile interface of Arcadie: Cold Lands, and I'm finally happy with the results!

It involved reworking the UI completely and re-coding all the menus, as there was no easy way of making it mobile-friendly like with Twine.

Other exciting news:

I am aiming for a Q4 2025 full release on PC/macOS. Mobile versions will come early 2026.

The public demo will be available in June 2025.

I will be launching a Patreon very shortly! If you choose to support me, you will get access to the alpha version of Arcadie: Cold Lands, playable on both PC/Mac and mobile, updated monthly as I work on the game. More info soon!

[speakergame]

Progress Report - 12/25/24

Hello and happy holidays!

It’s been a while, huh? 😅 my apologies for disappearing on you all. Long story short, I had a severe case of tendonitis in my shoulder, and have spent the last few months heavily restricted in my ability to type or do pretty much anything on the computer. And since I’m left-handed, and it was my left shoulder, writing the old fashioned way wasn’t much of an option either. It’s been absolute hell for me, to put it lightly.

I’ve finally recovered enough to be able to get back to work… slowly. More slowly than I’d like, honestly, but it is what it is. I’m trying my best not to overdo it and set my healing back. It’s easier said than done.

Besides the speed, however, work is actually going really well! Well enough that I have the next update very nearly ready to go. I have a really bad, game-breaking bug lurking somewhere in my code that I’m trying to unravel, but once I’ve found and squashed it, I’ll be able to roll the update out to patreon 😁

Beyond that, I also have a couple mini-stories planned (akin to the Spooktacular from a couple years back), the first of which is written and mostly-coded. I wanted to have it ready earlier this month, but again, work is slower than I want it to be. In addition, I want to roll out an updated version of the Idle Hands prologue/demo to my lovely and infinitely patient patrons, and I really hope to finally, finally release the first episode of Partially Stars.

Most of all, I hope to start being more active again on tumblr and to stop disappearing for months at a time. That’s my number 1 goal for 2025.

So that’s everything I’ve got for y’all for now! I’m gonna go back to fumigating my code so I can kill this bug, and with luck I’ll have something fun for you all very soon.

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, happy Wednesday to those who don’t, and a Happy New Year to everyone. Enjoy the liminal week remaining until 2025, I love you all, and thank you as always for reading 💙💙💙

[pressplay-if]

Public service announcement: I've started coding Chapter 3. Will take a bit. But yeah, it's coming.

[otaku553]

Progress for the next spade pirate sabo au chapter!!

Lineart: 8/23 pages

[loveafterdeath-if]

We're currently over 40k words and around, I dunno, 20% of the chap I'd say?

Some of you might know by now that I'm super quiet here when I want to focus on a chap, but I'll just say it anyway: I'm not ignoring your asks or anything; I'm just waking up with LAD, eating LAD, doing my business with LAD, thinking LAD, and sleeping LAD. I'm literally living for LAD at this point, lol

That's it, that's the random progress update.

[childrenofcain-if]

apologies for the radio silence on my end, i’ve stayed offline for a few weeks so i can get most of my stuff in order. it hasn’t gone without some productivity though because i’ve done some significant editing to chapter 4 and made some progress with that.

i’m not sure if the release of the chapter will be affected by the fact that i have to borrow my friends’ laptops to write everything, but i’ll still do my best to have it out by early 2025. the current word count is 30k and it becomes so breezy to write once you get into the meat of the chapter.

idk if it’s gonna be a double chapter release like the last update but with the way it’s going, it’s highly likely it’d happen. either way, i’m just happy the laptop situation wasn’t a major setback to the development until i figure something else out.

thank you, again, everyone for the patience and support!

[ri-writes-if]

The first draft is finished 🎉🎉🎉😭😭😭

[moastudiess]

Daily Productivity Challenge: 4/10

04.08.2025~ Getting started on my complexity theory homework that was due yesterday :D, also working on my computer graphics GPU programming project on the side. Working towards finishing the wrapper assignment for my Bayesian Net project as well :)

[ramonag-if]

Progress Update - Crown of Exile

So. It's been a while. I'm alive, sort of. Do I dare tempt fate by saying I'm on the last chapter of Crown of Exile and if all goes well, we'll have the first draft done later this year? Probably.

In all seriousness, I should have stuck to traditional novels. No one tells you that branching variations are crazy until you're sitting there and writing three outcomes for four variations for four different paths. It's a lot but on the plus, I'm on the battle scenes which is when everything you've been working towards suddenly gets tested.

It's been fun but I can't say I love writing variations. Eventually, when this behemoth is done, edits will begin and when that happens, I'll be looking for some detailed feedback for implementing additional choices, dialogues and of course romance option(s). For fans of Virion, let's just say, it'll happen one day 👀

For now, rest assured that while things aren't being posted every few seconds, minutes and days, I am still very active on working on the game. Hopefully, the next post like this will be announcing the completion of the first draft 🎉

I know there are some asks I haven't answered, but I will be getting back to that soon so if you have anything to ask, please send them through 💖

Thank you to everyone who has continued to support, play and gush about the game. The end is nearly in sight ✨️

[sofia-d-asb]

Arcadie: Cold Lands - Progress Update - November 2024

(I know it's almost December but better late than never right?)

Arcadie: Cold Lands is gearing up to be much more complex to write and code than Second-Born, purely by virtue of it acknowledging your past choices.

Whether a certain person lives or dies, whether you even take them along, whether you accepted a certain deal...

It's a lot of work to keep it all cohesive and not have one path seem better than another, but it's also pretty fun and rewarding.

I've also just come off playing a game that is a sequel to one of my favorite gaming franchises, and saying I was disappointed is an understatement. I really was not fond of what they did with the world, and the... dumbing-down of the writing. My fault for buying a game day one!

Anyway, that made me really want to honor your past choices, and not shy away from giving you more role-playing options. So the possibility of being a force of... chaos, is back, though only when it makes sense. I don't want to write stupid or gratuitous evil, but rather self-interested tyrant. We'll see how it goes as I write along.

Oh and I have disabled access to the demo for Arcadie: Cold Lands, as it doesn't reflect the current state of the game. I'll probably be posting an updated version next month or in January.

Cheers!

[wings-of-ink]

Plans, Updates and News!

The Future (and why that's a little scary)

Hello everyone! I hope you are all safe and well.

I wanted to make a post to keep everyone in the loop of where I'm at personally and what that means for the future of my creations, and also give an exciting update!

How about the update first! After some concerns brought to my attention via this post. I decided to change the MC's best friend (Lakota's) name. I received a lot of feedback with reassurances that it was okay to keep this as his name, but at the end of the day, I realized it still has the potential to do harm. That's not what I'm about. Even if most people feel okay with this, someone out there may genuinely not be. The name is easy to change here, and it's not something I feel comfortable trying to justify or anything like that. It hurts me and readers less to change the name than it could by not changing it.

So, I had subscribers on Patreon and Ko-fi vote on a new name! I chose a list starting with 7 names. Voters narrowed down the selection to a top 3. The first 7 were: Kuno, Thamir, Emre, Lailoken, Kalei, Avi, and Asa. After the first round of votes, we narrowed it down to: Emre, Lailoken, and Kalei.

And the winner is...

Emre!

The name will be updated in a future patch!

Up next, I'll give you a heads up on future developments. Here I'll dip into a bit of my personal life. I'm not dipping too far for my comfort zone, and I might put a few things...delicately. But I want you to know what's up and where my head is at right now and why.

So, the second IF is likely not going to happen right now - I think (more on that below). I am not writing this to "stir the pot" or create fear or debate, but it's no secret that things in the States are super not okay. This happens to be where I am. My future is feeling rather uncertain and unsteady and some days I am just scared and not just for myself and loved ones. I am not going to go into all the little details, but my time is already at a premium with working full time and my personal life, and that free time is about to get a bit more narrow in the next 6 or 7 months.

I am prioritizing God-Cursed and Subscriber benefits and have decided that now is not the time to start a second project. I would rather focus on getting GC updates out if my extra time will have more limitations.

Now, the reason I said "I think" it's not going to happen is that - frankly - I'm at risk for suddenly losing my job. Yaay, go me! Part of what I do is funded through the federal government. I'm not employed through them directly, but no money for social services means I'm out of work. If this happens though - I'll have the time for a second project! Yaay???

My partner and I have some emergency plans in place for all kinds of things that might happen be it job loss or something much worse. If this happens, I will prioritize and expand my subscriber benefits to help us survive financially until more work can be found. I am already looking for a new job since the uncertainty is...difficult.

So, if I do find myself with extra time and still employed, I will work on a short story-based IF instead where you can romance 1 character per story. It will be much easier to produce than a fully plotted game. It will likely be a subscriber-only project, but full stories should be released at once (fully interactive with optional spice of course). If I lose my job, you can expect details on a new public IF shortly after, lol.

Okay, moving on to happier things...March is like...here. And March is Duri-month on Patreon and Ko-fi! Around the middle of the month you can expect a cute extra story featuring our favorite demigod for the "Crows" tier and a spicy extra for the "Ravens" tier. I anticipate posting around the 15th or 16th.

Here's a sample!

Currently chapter 6 sits at around 15k words and the first section of it is done (just needs some editing and the like). I'm also making my way passage by passage in previous chapters to improve grammar, word choice, coding, etc....

Anyway, I think that's everything! Take care and be safe!

~Lunan ^_^

[pressplay-if]

Chapter 3 now sits at ~53.700 words!! I've made great progress these last two days, mainly by cutting back on non-essentials like sleep.

Word goal is still ~80k-90k for this chapter, so there's still quite a ways to go, and I have to take a little break soon since I need to focus on work and important real life academic achievements. But I'm enjoying the progress and I'm very proud of where this chapter is headed <3 thanks for being here

[intimidatingpuffinstudios]

Progress Update Feb 2025

Hey, everyone!

It's time for another progress update, don't you think? I've been REALLY excited for this one, because uh….

It might just be one of the last ones for TSSW 3?!!!!! YES, YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT! I finished Straasa's route, as well as the MS route!

Now, I'm already halfway through Eledwen and Daelynn's solo routes!! And then I have to write the MD and DE poly (which are also 1/3 of the way done).

These things really shouldn't take more than…3 more months? AT MAXIMUM! So YEAH! This update might just be one of the last 4 before the game is complete!

I expect to be done with both Eledwen and Daelynn solo routes by the end of March, and then it will also depend on how fast the last two polys go, because these routes are always the longest.

(If I ever decide to do more than one poly per game again, someone please knock me out and put me out of my misery, BECAUSE I WILL HAVE LOST MY MIND!)

It's been a wild ride, but it's ALMOST over now!! I just have the last push left! WISH ME LUCK, EVERYONE!

And BtM has been going great too! Still making steady progress on the second to last big segment, and we are nearly there with the art department as well! Maybe 4 more backgrounds left? Give or take!

We're seriously at the final countdown for both games, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO FINISH THEM SO I CAN SHOW YOU ALL!!

Thank you so much for the support, everyone! And make some NOISE! 🤣

Cheers!✨