#twstfournights

[twstfournights]

We're stopping development

First I'd like to apologize for the silence. I suffered another heart attack shortly after arriving home, which left me in critical condition. After that I truly tried my hardest to recover, but I simply cannot get myself into a remotely functional working state. Development had slowed down considerably since two of my team had almost entirely disappeared, and the holidays took up everyone else's time. Leaving me to try and charge ahead blindly.

I loved this project dearly, it was a wonderful beacon in the dark when I was in a terrible situation, and I loved crafting its story and putting my twists on the characters, excited to give back something to the TWST community. But sometimes, life just doesn't work out. And after a long long battle with my first heart attack, then getting diagnosed with a chronic illness from it, it just continued to get worse and worse.

I don't want to give up entirely on Four Nights, but I do not have the strength to be the lead developer. With this in mind, I'll be releasing the entire design doc with all of our planned routes and story beats for everyone to read. We never did finalize everything, but my belief is if anyone likes what we were trying to do, and wants to take it and use it. They should be free to. I don't want the hundreds of hours I spent writing and putting work into this to be wasted. That would be disrespectful to everyone who had worked or supported this project.

The patreon has been left up with all of its public posts and previews. I will post any remaining content on there and tumblr. The Ko-fi has also been deleted, and after this post goes live, I will start compiling all of our notes and documents into one post that should be coming in the next few days. I'm still severely ill, so it may take a little while. I'm sorry about this.

I'm mostly sorry to all of you, who waited an entire year for a demo I couldn't deliver. What build we have will be made public, and even include the unfinished sprites. I'll also be releasing the entire script, including what didn't get to be released into the build. All side works I created will also be released.

I once again apologize. I know I can't control my health, but my brain has always nagged me that there should of been more I could of done. Especially when I was so confident I could do this. I wanted to do better for all of you. I'm sorry.

Thank you for following development after all of this time, and I hope to see you around somewhere.

[wysteriadelights]

homie where are u 💔

I'm so sorry!!! I hope that when you awake to hopefully see all this activity from me, you can see what happened inside of the update post!

But I'm alive now, honest! Even once again drawing abs! And fainting! But it is my duty!! My joy!!! My honor!!!!!

Ah... what year is it again...?

Aru is fine, she's just dramatic.

[spring-archive701]

An illustration of the female MC by @twstfournights AAAA

Reference and illustration

[anarchytaken]

I wanted to try my hand at the male Mc of @twstfournights

I’m interested in the game they’re making and the story.

[remmupom]

@twstfournights I still love laelia w/ all my heart— dia quartet can go cry in a corner about it 😤😤

[twstfournights]

Character Concepts: Malleus and Lilia Full-body

It's here!! I've finished the full-body with color for both Malleus and Lilia. Along with showing you some of the layers that you'll see get shuffled around!

Note: These are NOT the sprites for the game, simply the finished designs, and are just a reference for when I make the actual sprites.

I drew them accurate to their heights in game, and the same will apply to every one of these full renders. I'm already working on Sebek, and my cohorts are egging me on to make him way beefy to stand out from these two shapely gentlemen and their snatched waists.

Wondering how tall they are? Well, Malleus is at a humble... 7' feet tall, without his horns. He's a bit of an absolute beast, MC barely comes up to his chest!! While Lilia is taller than both of his little wards, at 6'5". They're both supernatural fae, we had to lean into the "by the seven you're TALL!"

In the game, their pants will also come off, but I can't show that just yet!! Also.... I'm putting off drawing feet until I absolutely have to!

Thanks for keeping up with development, and hopefully I'll see you in another couple days with Sebek and Silver!!

[twstfournights]

Frequently Asked Questions

We've heard you loud and clear, you're excited to hear more about Four Nights. With that in mind we've compiled a F.A.Q. that should help you.

Don't know what Four Nights is? Check out the Announcement Post!

The F.A.Q. has gotten pretty long, so it's now under a Read More!

Q: Who is making the game?

Currently as of 11.1.23, FIVE people are working on the game. First there is Aru (me!) who is the main creative head, I create the story, art, and am the current programmer. Two are my friends Neko and Salt (check out Salt at @writingseaslugs!), who are helping me with writing. Then there's Xing (check them out at @qierxing!) who's helping with background art! And finally Rem/Ciel (@remturtle) who does delightful work on character concepts, and will handle CGs as well. I tell everyone what I want to do for a route and I run it past them to make sure they like or if they have ideas that they think will work better. Together we are here to bring to life your Twisted Desires.

Q: Do you have any other social media we can follow you on? Twitter? Instagram?

We now have a Twitter! We do not, and will not have a Instagram.

Q: Will there be a discord?

Yes! You can join here!

Q: What engine are you using to make the game?

Ren'py!

Q: What platforms will the game be released on?

Currently we'll be taking advantage of every platform available to Ren'Py, that being Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and Android!

Q: Are there any types of asks that aren’t allowed?

We will answer all asks to the best of our ability, but there are certain asks that can't be answered straightforwardly, or we might have to delete. Such as asking if there will be X scenes. We'll try to answer everything, and we're always open to suggestions and the like, but I'm only one person. If your ask goes unanswered, send it in again, and add a note you're doing so, so I can either answer it (sometimes things slip through the cracks) or send you a DM as to why it can't be answered. Otherwise I'll make a post outlining why I can't answer.

Q: How long does it take to get an answer if it follows all the rules?

Not long, I check tumblr often, about 3 times a day, chances are it'll be answered fairly quickly!

Q: Will Four Nights be free to play?

Yes! As a TWST fangame, I feel its not appropriate to ask for payment, but there will be an option to donate a Ko-fi, support on Patreon, or add your own price on Itch.io if you like the game that much!

Q: Will Four Nights release over time or all at once in a single launch?

At the moment, we plan to release the game in multiple builds. But we also want to release a demo that shows the game in action and as a "proof of concept" to those who are following along now, this early in development. The demo will (likely) contain just the prologue. There is also going to be beta and alpha builds of the in-development demo on Patreon and Itch.io.

Q: Do you have an expected release date planned?

It's too early in development to say, too many things are up in the air. But if I have my way, it will be released Winter 2023, or perhaps Spring 2024.

Q: Will there be a Patreon?

There is now a Patreon! You can check it out, here!

Q: With that in mind, what would the Patreon do?

So far the Patreon serves as early access to behind the scenes content, and will offer exclusive beta build access that run before and after publically available alpha builds.

Q: How can we support?

We have the Patreon, but also a Ko-fi! Which you can find here!

Q: What content sensitivity warnings should I be aware of?

There will be heavy sexual content for one thing. Full nudity will be shown in certain CGs along with sexual acts. There will also be: yanderes, dubcon, noncon, kidnapping, unhealthy relationships, physical torture, harsh language, major character death, dismemberment, disfigurement, blood play, knife play, marking (magical and physical), domestic abuse, and psychological manipulation. All gore outside of blood will be written but not visually shown (either through sprites or CGs)

Q: Are you going to make the game stream friendly?

Considering all we've got to censor, you'd think I'd say no, BUT- I will be creating a version of the game where sexual scenes can be censored and the worst of the violence also waved over.

Q: How different will the characters be from their TWST counterparts? How many changes to the lore of TWST are you making?

There will be many major differences, we're not just changing the ages! Some characters have entirely different sides to them, and their more primal instincts will be brought out to play. This is all to say, I had fun with them (lol). I want you to see this Twisted world for yourself and find some parts you still love, and more you can come to love.

Q: Will there be any other TWST characters beyond Diasomnia?

Yes, the "hero" you are betrothed to is none other than our very own Yuuken Enma. What? You thought you were Yuu?

Q: Is the MC Yuu?

No. You possess magic, and are certainly not from another world.

Q: Does the MC have a backstory?

Yes! You cannot change it, it's important to the story. But you can change how you might feel about certain parts of it.

Q: Do you plan on having the MC being female?

MC's gender, sex, and pronouns are entirely up to you. You choose of one of three appearances: Feminine, Neutral, and Masculine. Your sex assigned at birth, and what pronouns you go by. They're all interchangeable, and we're looking into a system where you can change your pronouns at any time.

Q: Will there be any bonus content, and what will they be?

That I leave up to my friend Salt, they've offered to create fics and other writings for this universe to help promote it, so please look forward to that! I may create more art that isn't strictly related to sprites and CGs, so that's also in the cards. If you mean bonus references in the game itself, ah... that's up for you to see.

Q: Will there be X type of story or character scenes in Four Nights? What will happen or change if I make X type of choices/etc.?

It's still too early in development to say anything concrete, especially without giving away spoilers. So I'm sorry but I can't concretely answer this, but you're still free to suggest things you'd like to see! Though I won't directly confirm it if I decide to use your idea...

Q: How many routes will each character be getting?

Silver and Sebek have two routes, though their B routes are only unlocked after finding a secret in Lilia's route. Lilia and Malleus only have one route, but their length varies, and they have three endings instead of two to compensate.

[twstfournights]

Character Concepts: Sebek and Silver Full-body

It's the last two bachelors!! I actually had a lot of technical issues doing Silver, as if he was getting revenge for me leaving him for last lol. Just in time for chapter 7 to drop!

Note: These are NOT the sprites for the game, simply the finished designs, and are just a reference for when I make the actual sprites.

Despite me having worked on Silver first and being pretty certain on what I wanted for him... by the time I got to him I had decided to change my mind lol. As for Sebek, the cohorts were a great help in making him an absolute UNIT. I hope you enjoy being carried by these strong knights!!

Their heights are humble compared to Malleus! Sebek stands at 6'4", and Silver is just 5'11", they're both tall, but not superhumanly so (or at least, Sebek isn't as bad as Malleus.)

Next will be all three versions of MC! I'm starting work again so I won't be able to chip away at these as much as I have been, but even so, I hope to see you soon! Thanks for following development!!

Curious about Malleus and Lilia? View them here!

[twstfournights]

A Little Sneak Preview...

I've been home for a few days, and I've been VERY hard at work on my tablet. I planned to release the fullbody with color concepts in the same order I did with the pencil sketches but... I. Couldn't help myself.

EDIT: It's done!! View it here!!

I'm working backwards!! Malleus is done, but I want to give y'all a little more to chew on. So while you get this preview, when I finish him and Lilia, you'll get those two with all their clothing layers. Then I'll be posting Silver with Sebek, and finally all the MC designs!! Hope to see y'all again soon!

[twstfournights]

Character Concepts: Lilia Vanrouge. "The Archduke of the Night"

Excited about development? So are we! Currently, I'm away from home and can't work at my home studio. But that doesn't mean I still can't do art! It just means I have to revert back to caveman tools.... that's right. Old fashioned pencil and paper...

All kidding aside, so y'all have something to chew on, every other day I'm going to be sharing the current beta designs for the MC and our beautiful Male leads. Today, you get Lilia, and soon you'll get Malleus and NPC's if people wish to see the colorful side characters!

Note: These are early designs, and thus are subject to change, especially if we get feedback!!

What's that? Lilia looks a little different? Well, personally I'm a big fan of the fan theory that Lilia isn't using his true form. This is simply my take on what that true form would look like in my universe. His design was the one I was most eager to work on, and thus I worked on it first, going through a few ideas until I came out with this one.

"Now, lil' pet. Shall I let you have a taste of your own medicine?"

Lilia Vanrouge. What isn't there to say about the man, the myth, the legend? He was there when the former Queen marched off to war, and called the troops back when she passed. It's said he's been protecting Briar Valley far longer than anyone else, but that due to his age he's become a bit... quirky. He's long since retired, and now just does as he pleases, unless it's a favor from the dear young King.

It's both surprising and not that he's decided to participate in the hunt, and to go after a human on the King's behalf no less. In his eyes, it's nothing personal, he'll hardly need two nights, sure, one could do, but that'd be boring. This will just be a momentary distraction to whatever he's been up to these days.

Or so that's what he thinks.

Lilia is one of the three hunters you can choose when you begin the game, and is suggested to play last by the author. However I must warn you, his route is not easy, and the knowledge you gain in Silver and Sebek's route will help you. Try his first for a challenge, if you wish.

[twstfournights]

Character Concepts: Malleus Draconia. "The King of the Dark Dwellers"

Excited about development? So are we! Currently, I'm away from home and can't work at my home studio. But that doesn't mean I still can't do art! It just means I have to revert back to caveman tools.... that's right. Old fashioned pencil and paper...

All kidding aside, so y'all have something to chew on, every other day I'm going to be sharing the current beta designs for the MC and our beautiful Male leads. Today, you get Lilia, and soon you'll get... why, there's only NPCs left! If people wish to see the colorful side characters!

Note: These are early designs, and thus are subject to change, especially if we get feedback!!

Ok. I lied in Lilia's post. His wasn't the design I was most eager to get to, it was Malleus's. I'm kind of obsessed with him, and have nearly every single one of his merch, he might be my favorite. But I was already so sure in what I wanted to do for his design, I felt i was more "exciting" to do the others first!

“What’s that face for? You act as if you weren't just screaming my name moments ago.”

The enigmatic king of Briar Valley. Every human fears him, and even some of his own people. After the passing of his grandmother, the last queen, he was looked up to as the final beacon against the menace that was the humans. As one of the most powerful sorcerers in the entire world, it's hard to not either feel overpowering fear and awe.

However, he has yet to wage direct war, and all battles are small skirmishes that are quickly swept under the rug. It's been decades since the passing of the Queen, what is he planning? And why is it now of all times, he's asked for a simple human to be brought to him for a great hunt? His subjects struggle to understand his motives, but they all obey his orders without question.

Though does that mean you're going to go along with his whims?

Malleus's route is only unlocked by beating both versions of Silver and Sebek's routes, as well as Lilia's route. Sorry, he's the last boss!

[twstfournights]

A Very Important Update

Sorry for the radio silence folks, it's been what, two months now?

I am so so so sorry.

Development for the game has not been entirely halted, it's had to take its pauses. I personally have gotten a few sprites worked on that will be needed for the prologue, and was even working on the extra special cg that will hopefully set the tone for the game.

There's just been one teensy problem... my health.

For those who just want a quick summary, I've had a string of unfortunate health issues, that while manageable at first, has now led to a very severe wrench into development plans for now. If you don't want any details, skip the cut. Especially if you're sensitive to the topics of cancer and heart problems.

With that in mind, development has NOT stopped entirely. It's just made me more glad I said not to expect the game anytime soon. I still want it finished, God himself can not tear this game out of my hands. I just have to be a little careful with how I go about it for a while.

I see we've gotten so many more followers, and there are plenty of messages for me to parse through, and I'll be getting through those! I hope to be more active now that I'm on what we could call the road to recovery, and I hope to deliver more content to you soon. For those who want more in-depth answers and insight into what's going on. The cut below has it all. I felt awful keeping you all in the dark, and Salt has suggested I finally tell y'all. So here it is.

To start with. I have Thyroid cancer, have had it for a little while, and I'm set to begin the real meat of treatment and chemo and all its fun stuff within the year. With that, it doesn't actually impact my life too much. I'm more tired yes, and I can only really do things in my free-time on days I don't work, since I work 10 hour days and those take up nearly ALL of my energy, so far it's been a good cycle.

I've found my rhythm, and I was working on the game through it! ....So, what changed? About almost 3 weeks ago now, I had a heart attack at work. It went untreated since I was unaware of the signs of a heart attack at the time, and due to that, I merely just finished my shift and went home. Yes, that's right. I had a heart attack and kept working.

I know. It was so so so stupid at the time, but I was so worried about inconveniencing my coworkers that I stayed. Thankfully it was not a severe one, more on the light to moderate side. I passed out for a few seconds, but mostly just felt like my heart had been kicked by a horse, starry vision, numb left arm, the works.

The next day I felt so awful I skipped work, but the day after I went back in, still feeling bad, but due to how my dad raised me... If I'm gonna suffer, might as well make money while doing it. Turns out, I was nowhere near better! I passed out at work, several times, and finally decided oh shit.. I should go to the hospital. They were able to diagnose that yes, I had a heart attack, and that I probably had caused some damage to my heart, damage they at the time couldn't see, and basically sent me home with a doctor's note to avoid work.

That's fine! Just a few days off, and I'll be better right?

Hahahaha, no.

I kept continuing to pass out, and as the days passed, it was happening more frequently. I'll save you some time, I was in and out of ER's, and finally two days ago, I was in-patient in a hospital for over 24 hours.

They found out that my heart is seemingly fine, but for no reason they can tell at the time, my BPM drops below 50, and sometimes even below 40 when I pass out. Walking, standing, heck, even sitting, can cause me to pass out. And even just laying down (I was marked as a high fall risk patient so I was basically locked to my bed the entire time watching Bluey ((I may be someone who writes awful things but even I love Bluey))) I still continued to pass out.

Literally just yesterday I was cleared to go home, with a little machine patch on my heart, that will record my heart rate for the next week, and if i pass out, I'm to hit the button on it, and record in their journal what happened, when, and why. Seems easy stuff, and for now I'm totally home-bound. I can't even walk out to my shed without having a severe fainting episode.

There's just one problem, besides moving around, and I feel like such a weak Victorian maiden saying this. But if I get too wound up or excited, I also grow faint. I literally. Faint at the sight of ankles now. I am so weak and dying.

What this means for the game is a little rough, since the game itself makes me so happy, heck, just talking ideas with Salt has me bouncing off the walls, and I have to take breaks from doing so to go lay down cause I'm gonna pass out from happiness.

For a... spicy game. With spicy elements. It means I have to pace myself so so so much cause my ass swooning harder than the girls over Gaston just cause I drew Malleus shirtless.

Good news is with this patch on me, recovery should be coming soon, they'll HAVE to find something. It can't last forever. I initially had an awful arrhythmia, and that went away, so the future is open! They've already determined it's not fatal, so I won't perish, but if I do go...

I hope I go out because I saw a spicy fanart of Malleus and got so excited I passed out and cracked my head open.

It's the only way to go.

Thanks for listening, and I hope to be able to give more updates soon, on the game, not me, please do not worry for me. I am literally immortal until proven otherwise.

[twstfournights]

Character Concepts: MC Full-body

It's our beautiful MC!! This sure took a while because of work, but I hope you enjoy them!

Note: These are NOT the sprites for the game, simply the finished designs, and are just a reference for when I make the actual sprites.

No shirtless this time, though I promise they'll get undressed in the game! Originally, I had zero intentions of giving them a little scarf/sash, but after seeing Remturtle's fanart I decided to add it as a bonus, though it might not end up in the actual sprites. Depends on how much we adore them!!

They stand at 5'8", we felt it was a good balance of tall but not quite tall for all three options. It doesn't change depending on your appearance at all!

Here's a full height chart of them with the male leads, gosh, Malleus sure is tall!!

Thanks for following development as always, with this, there's not much to show! Salt has plans for what we could do to lead into showing the sprites, but those will certainly take much longer. Thanks for your patience!!

Want to see the full references for Malleus and Lilia? View them here!

How about Silver and Sebek? They're here!

[twstfournights]

Sprites for the prologue!

I've been hard at work the past few days to create three sprites for the prologue as we begin coding and testing. For now, I went with one MC, the Gender neutral option, and two NPCs you'll get to know!

Here we have MC! They currently have about 17 facial expressions, boy that's sure a lot!

Then there's Celia! Seen her in some of our previews? Hopefully you enjoy her final form!

And now an NPC you haven't seen, he's known as the local butcher, but you may call him Garret. No, you can't flirt with him, he's happily married! Though a MC with a personality with a joke loving streak will have a very fun time with him!

And that's what I've done in the last three or so days, I'll be taking a break. And playing the new Story of Seasons that drops tomorrow. So I'll resume work after then, for now, my wrist is screaming, so I'll give it some air.

Thanks for following development, as always!

[twstfournights]

Work on the prologue!

It's going well! We have the character select screen (with all three MC's being playable!), pronouns, and all of the entirety of day 1 programmed, and a beta build is coming very VERY soon! ....As soon as I get some actual backgrounds for the actual village itself!

Thanks for following development, and know there's CONSTANT updates in the discord server! Which you can join through this post!

[twstfournights]

🎉MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! 🎉

hope everyone on the team has an awesome day!!! 💚❤️💚❤️

Merry Christmas to you and everyone who sees this as well!!

and I hope YOUR day is amazing!!!