Hello, I’m writing this on my phone (and I’m an awful texter so please forgive any typos) because I tried to use my laptop charging cable (despite the fact that it electrocuted me) because my computer was dying as I was finishing up bug-testin...
2020-06-24 16:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
If you have access to the new character page (going public soon), you'll know we needed portraits of each of the characters on the page! Here are Croelle, Halek, Caine, Prihine, and Mimir, done by 2020-06-23 23:04:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Blade won the commissioned art poll, so now we have to vote on what style commission we want him to be portrayed in! I'm adding more options to this poll as well, so you can vote on multiple options, mix and match, and combine! Ho...
2020-06-23 23:00:34 +0000 UTC View PostFlash poll! I am beginning to incorporate the "Captain's squad" into the game: you get your own little squad of green recruits to lead and mold if you're a captain or higher. Each day off you can take some time to train them, and their performance...
2020-06-22 23:44:17 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody! I hope you're doing well as we enter the final weeks of June! Here's some updates:
We're down to our last two tarot cards! You know what that means... we'll have to make more... jk... (?) Vote below on who you'd like to see next!
2020-06-20 19:30:41 +0000 UTC View PostHello, everybody.
For this month's goody, I'm going to reveal to you something that I vowed I would never breathe a word of to any living soul. This is something I've buried down deep, out of cringe, embarrassment, and loathing of my younger...
2020-06-10 20:05:23 +0000 UTC View PostCharacters and ROs won the last poll, so now it's time to decide WHO will be the subject of our latest art commission! Remember that I will have new art styles and mediums as options this time around, as well! :)
Vote below on who you'd like...
2020-06-08 21:56:00 +0000 UTC View PostSo the Wild Hunt absolutely trounced the Wild Ride, so here's another poll for you! If you recall, I need help naming Briony's two companions: the first one was decided to be Ronan. This second one is another childhood friend of hers, a half-Elf h...
2020-06-07 15:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello! If you have access to the alpha build (see the pinned post at the top of the Patreon feed), I have uploaded a new build with some stat fixes and changes implemented. The problem I detailed in the last update (regarding fairmath) has been mo...
2020-06-07 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
So I'm starting to finalize the major holidays of the Blest calendar year, both for a codex document and for some other secret things... And there's a summer holiday that I'm planning on incorporating (with spooky pagan roots...
2020-06-01 23:36:14 +0000 UTC View PostIf you haven't done so already, please message me or comment below if you'd like to have your name added to the Shepherds of Haven credits! 😃 Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred by Hosted Games (over...
2020-06-01 22:36:19 +0000 UTC View PostI hope you enjoyed Caine's story! It was actually going to be the basis of a novella for a long while, in which the journey to Lindell took much longer and was fraught with more peril, and eventually Caine would run away to search for his father, ...
2020-06-01 22:34:36 +0000 UTC View Post[CONTENT WARNING: there is a description of animal death/sacrifice (the killing of a chicken) as well as one mention of the R word (referring to sexual assault). Please read at your own caution!]
The horse fair at Orlop smel...
2020-06-01 00:08:09 +0000 UTC View Post5/31 Edit: Several bugs are now fixed! Please see my notes at the bottom of this post!
Hello, Zuko here! I bet you thought I wasn't going to update this month, didn't you? I pulled 18-hour workdays to make t...
2020-05-30 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostAnonymous: Hi Lena! As an IF writer, how do you feel about the following: 1) choices that don’t result in an outcome favorable for the MC (not a game over though) 2) locking romances if the MC does someth...
2020-05-28 00:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello, it's time for the author Q&A for the month! :) I will answer the first 20 questions sent in before the deadline! Any questions after the first 20 will be saved and answered in next month's Q&A! ❤ (Please keep in mind th...
2020-05-25 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Not even half an hour after I first posted, the commission was completed lol! Look at his clothes... the hammer! *dying* I will definitely have to make a better Tumblr page to view all of the commissioned art and character design/reference pages w...
2020-05-21 20:56:15 +0000 UTC View PostSee my newest update post for my context about this: it's time to vote on our next commissioned art piece!
I'll be including more style options and examples this time around, so be on the lookout for that! 👀 What subject do you want us to...
2020-05-21 20:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone--wow, this week just flew by!
I've gotten a wee bit done on ShoH these past few days: I'm really hoping to update the alpha build before the end of the month with at least one route of Chapter 4 done (probably not the on...
2020-05-21 20:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostI'm going to have to start coming up with more art for you guys, since we're starting to run out of character cards to reveal! 👀 Unless we start making character cards for all the side characters...
Vote below on which character ...
2020-05-20 18:56:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Briony won last month's character card art poll, which makes this month a little bit of a the month of Briony (what with her portrait as well)! <3 This card, like Croelle's, was also done by mafuriah on Tumblr, and is full of symbolism that wil...
2020-05-20 18:53:35 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, welcome to the 2nd week of May!
Unfortunately I don't have any news on ShoH this week: I've been swamped with trying to meet a deadline for work, so I haven't had any time to work on it! (I'm also up north visiting family for Mo...
2020-05-14 23:21:10 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody! For this month's goody, I'm publicly releasing the visual references and moodboards I've made on Pinterest for Blest's world, setting, and characters...
2020-05-10 18:53:17 +0000 UTC View PostSo we've done this a few times now and it's actually been very helpful in solidifying certain characters to me! As with Lavinet's lady-in-waiting, Clara, Chase's ex Saya, Caine's mom Oleandra, and even Naolin and Avonis--I always have these vivid ...
2020-05-08 01:29:26 +0000 UTC View PostHi there everyone, I hope your May has gotten off to a fantastic start!
My update for this week:
As usual when I've put out a big alpha update, I tend to have a "cooldown period" immediately after where I quietly work on other aspects ...
2020-05-07 23:49:40 +0000 UTC View PostI hope you enjoyed Tallys' story: I found it weirdly haunting for April! Whose story would you like to see next? (I'm going to have to start throwing characters like Moonsilk and Mekduk into the mix someday, lol, but then I'm afraid you won't be a...
2020-05-01 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostIf you haven't done so already, please message me or comment below if you'd like to have your name added to the Shepherds of Haven credits! 😃 Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred by HG (over use...
2020-05-01 22:14:46 +0000 UTC View Post[ANGST WARNING: If you know anything about Tallys' past, this story could be a major bummer. Read at your own caution!]
When the clan settled in a forest on the edges of the Norm township, Tallys felt an uneasy stirring in h...
2020-04-30 22:57:56 +0000 UTC View Post