I'm 95% done with writing the next chapter of Merry Crisis (i.e. 27th Dec) and it's already a banger at 56k words!
Features
The lead-up to the Nat surprise(!!)
Visit the columbarium with your family (to commemorate your grandparents 👴👵), and relive some childhood memories! <flesh out your MC's family life!>
Skip the columbarium family trip and have lunch with Qiu (at their workplace 💼🌶) or Shay (includes an optional boxing 🥊 session, and potentially meet someone dear to them 🍲). Or play boardgames with Joony 🎲 instead!
Meet Qiu or Shay at a 'winter'-themed funfair/carnival in the evening (or save it for a future Nat date)🧸🎄🍻 <win stuffed animals, drink mulled wine, sit on the lawn and... experience... snow(?)>
Release dates
Early: 22 Mar
Public: 5 Apr
Call for Beta-testers
Merry Crisis has reached a really substantial word count (past 200k with this new chapter), so it's about time I started editing it more systematically! :)
I would love to get a couple of beta testers involved, so do drop me an email at [email protected] if you're interested to help beta-test the newest chapter and the entire IF!
If you have noticed some errors, do also drop them here (much appreciated!)
Sneak peak scenes
As you guys know, I was meant to publish an early sneak peek for Qiu's lunch scene a long time ago--and it just took a long time to take shape.
I'll be releasing not just Qiu's lunch, but also Shay's lunch, and both will be fully interactive. You will need to do a quick input of your MC's/Qiu/Shay's pronouns though.
Hiya fellas, sorry for the long hiatus, shit's been crazy and I can't say it's stopped, but I wanna tell ya'll B.E.N.T will be returning soon!! Including Night Watch and possibly some more mini stories aboard Keya :]
Their may be a drastic style change and budget cuts, but the road ahead continues nonetheless! Miss you fuckers everyday and thanks especially to those keeping this AU alive (you know who you are >:]) and showing support in my inbox, I cannot thank you all enough.
There is so much I have yet to share in this comic and AU, and I hope I can shove these thoughts into your craniums through visual medium as soon as possible.
...is how this was going to start when I intended to post it this past Friday. But I spent my birthday as a side character in the hit 1996 movie Twister. By which I mean there was a really big tornadoful storm here, the likes of which I've never seen before. It's never a fun time when the words "historic" and "record-breaking" are involved.
But anyway! My birthday was a few days ago, and to celebrate I have a slightly belated gift for all of you!
A release date
That's right, we're back in business here in Speakerland 😁 I'm so relieved to finally return to some semblance of normalcy, and I'm very hopeful that I'll be able to get back to doing regular monthly updates again.
As for this one, the update will be going up on Patreon TONIGHT! I'll be uploading that momentarily, in fact. That means that, barring any strange game-breaking bugs or overly tangled code, the update will be out for public release on Tuesday, May 7th!
I just want to thank everyone one more time for your patience, and for all the messages of support 💙 it really does mean the world to me.
I think that's it for this time! I hope you all have a fantastic week with only mild-to-moderate tornadoes, and I'll see you all next week! 💙💙🌪️💙
After a long time of anticipation, I have finally finished up TSTT Chapter Three and with much love and excitement, share it with you. And now it's time to work on Chapter Four!
Public release of CT:OS update #8 will go out to everyone on 21 Dec! 🎉
Chapter: +72k words, ~13k words in a single playthrough (estimated).
Whole story: 468k words, ~98k words in a single playthrough (est.)
Personal rambles
My recovery has gone well, and beta-testing / editing is also going smoothly! I can't wait to release this to everyone and hear your thoughts on this update at long last!
Features
Meet Sam again(if you chose to have them come over for the weekend)—yes, running bear hugs are possible, and you can even choose to wear Sam's jacket! 👕️️️️️️
Your hallmates will come watch your game (with a poster!) 👭👬
Play your first doubles match [Includes some sneaky tactics [spoiler]like pretending to argue/fight with your partner, to the astonishment of those watching[/spoiler]] (achievement up for grabs) 🎾
Seal your win with a kiss! Or go find Tobin, Rayyan, Sam, G, or your hallmates after the doubles match (before the singles match) [kisses for Rayyan/Tobin possible]. 💋
Edits to earlier chapters include a holistic nickname framework added! You can now have nicknames from Sam, your teammates, hallmates, and G!
Whether you win or lose the doubles match will also affect whether or not Cargill wins the point for doubles (which will have a big impact on whether Cargill wins overall!)
Dear 5+ asks I have had since last saturday which I wont be answering individually cause I don't want to put a target on your back:
Don't send me messages asking about GITM updates without reading my bajillion posts/ANs on the subject.
'not trying to be rude' - well you are being rude, actually, friend. receiving these messages doesnt make me feel good. In fact, it makes me feel very bad. If you spent half the effort it takes to write an ask actually reading the information I have already given people, rather than demanding a personalised answer, then we would all be a lot happier.
Another reminder, a bit louder for people in the back:
My chapters are now 12-15k words each for gitm, because of this I am now following a 3 weekly update schedule. I work full time and write for hours every evening. If that is not good enough for you, you can kindly fuck off.
btw I took down the old version of Red Eyes, Moonlight from spotify and put the updated one up bc it was really bothering me that the demo was on there and not the vastly superior one lol. so now the nice version is up there. everyone can re-add it to your playlists and whatnot