Big Sexy Update Post . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁
As promised, this post will discuss the progress I’ve made so far on FaeTrap and what I have planned for the near future~
When do I plan on updating the game?
As we all know, there are two major routes I have yet to finish, Leshi's route and the Shared route. I am currently working on the shared one, and I must say it has grown to be a lot bigger than I originally intended.
The shared route will feature the 'true ending' for the story. That is not to say that the others aren't canon, they are, but the MC's good ending is a final resolution to FaeTrap that concludes Nyxia's, Leshi's and the MC's stories all together. I already have the two major endings (one good ending with the MC and one good ending with Leshi) planned out, I just gotta finish writing and illustrating it. These will be long sequences, probably larger than the endings we already have in the game, but basically everything leading up to them is already finished. I am at the final act for the shared route, that is to say, I only gotta finish these branches, polish it a bit and it's ready to ship. I estimate I have around 60% of it done, considering all the work I will have to put into the finishing touches and all, but production will speed up a tad now that I am on winter break. I will try to finish it until mid to late August, but I really can't promise anything.
Leshi's route, however, is trickier. I know where I want to take the story, I just don’t have the path laid out yet. Leshi is a difficult character to write, y’know? ʕ ´•̥̥̥ω•̥̥̥`ʔ
For this reason, I suspect his route will take a lot longer to finish. I don’t want to go dry for such a long time, and I also think it would be much more manageable for me to deal with a smaller update, so, instead of releasing the two routes together, I will be releasing the shared one first.
Due to the way they are structured, I will have to include the start of Leshi’s route in the update. I plan on structuring it by days or chapters from then on.
So what will be featured in the update?
As mentioned above, I will be releasing the complete shared route and the first chapter of Leshi’s hopefully until late August.
I also plan on adding a little shortcut to these routes, so that players may know which options to pick to enter either one. Both of them will be branches of the “right path” option, and I want to have at least a few ways of entering each one. There will be more minor endings included like the minor death endings currently in the game.
After the feedback I’ve received on the first part, I decided to change some of the ways I handled things when compared to Nyxia’s route
Nyxia’s route was almost a proof of concept, so I decided to leave in a lot of dialogue over black screens without many visuals to go along, and I plan on minimizing the amount of these in the next update. As you can see in this video, I have and will try to illustrate as many storytime dialogues in the game. Currently there’s this one about the fae and one about Raverna and her partner.
2. More interactive elements
I also want to include interactive and dynamic elements such as draggable photos, animations, and a few scenes such as this one~
3. More exploration of surrounding characters and the world
Nyxia’s route was heavily restricted to him, Leshi, and his cavern. In the next update, I will focus also on parts of the lore and their backstory, particularly pertaining to Raverna and her whole deal. We will also be meeting one new fairy, and will unfortunately be seeing a little bit more of Laurel, too~
I will include as background characters for certain scenes other fairies too, some of which are fan made. If you want to have your OC featured as a background character, there’s still time to send me some illustrations~
And I do mean a lot more CGs. Some of which include:
I think that’s all I wanted to include in this post for now. I might revisit it to update it with new content as it comes out, but I will always post the most exciting things in my tumblr. I hope this was helpful, and I sincerely hope you guys stick around to see the end of this! Even if small, seeing my fanbase interact makes me so incredibly happy, I am very satisfied with how this project has turned out so far and just as excited to keep working on it.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here or elsewhere, and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day~ ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ
