Ace of Spades COG

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[steph-writing]

Ace of Spades | Demo Update 2.0 (25/Jan)

Next Demo Update: February 28 (subject to changes)

Current word count: 61k (average of 25k words per gameplay)

Next update goal: 70k (for now, but this is all rough guessing)

The new demo update is live now! :D

Play it here: https://dashingdon.com/play/leyendecker7/ace-of-spades/mygame/

Edit: it seems the game will crash if you load an old save, because I had to make some stat changes on the code. Please start a fresh game, hopefully this will be the last time this happens!

It features MC’s childhood story, meeting the final two ROs, L and R, all thieves gathered and chatting for a while, gossips, several pop culture references, and a lot of crime planning coupled with a small dose of info dump that just had to happen.

For the previous content, I made changes to chapter one in regards to the transition between past and present scenes, there's a longer scene with J at the end of chap one, and the muscle backstory was changed for extortion now, so it'd fit better with the rest. Made some minor stat changes, but at least now I'm more satisfied with it overall; it just looks better this way in my opinion.

For the next update, we'll have more crime planning, but this time a bit more hands on, as well as crime doing. 😌 It'll be so much fun and I can't wait to get started on it aaaa

I hope you all enjoy it! And please feel free to let me know of any mistakes you run into, and I'd also love to know how you like it 🥰

[quadrennial-if]

I'm so excited for your story, in the meantime do you have any other IFs that you recommend?

thank you!! & hell yeah i do, this is my time to shine, i've read so many amazing demos.

here's some that i'm obsessed with:

The Northern Passage - @northern-passage

Attollo - @attollo

Nevermoore - @asteristories

Love & Friendship - @salty-stories

Golden - @milaswriting

Remember, you will die - @vapolis

Greenwarden - @fiddles-ifs

Into the Shadows - @wynnakang

Ace of Spades - @steph-writing

Mind Blind - @mindblindbard

Scout: An Apocalypse Story - @anya-dev

Virtue's End - @crimsiswrites

Conspiracy in Emerson - @emersonfreepress

The Nameless - @parkerlyn

[steph-writing]

Thank you so much for mentioning me aaaaa 🥺❤️ 

This is A DAMN GOOD list of recs, so be sure to check’em out!

[steph-writing]

Sorry for being off topic, I forgot to ask, but did you get Xiao in the end? 👀

YES I DID!!! 😭😭😭 KJHDFKASHFKJHKF that grumpy, handsome man came home 🥰 cost me a kidney and a finger but..... totally worth it.

Thankfully I already have Venti and Tartaglia so I can give my wallet a REST BRUH KDSFJHKSHFKSD I hope you got a Xiao too if you pulled for him, he’s so good 🥺

I swear my genshin addiction will be the death of me. My twitter feed is now 70% fanart *send help*

[steph-writing]

Hello and first, thanks for the game, it's awesome! I have one quick question : can we be locked out of a romance because of our choice to be still criminal or the reverse? As can the mc still pursue J or P if they choose to remain on the criminal side or can they romance M, or A if they choose to abandon that kind of life? I'm just wondering, feel free to ignore if it's too much spoilers. Take care and thanks for your wonderful game! Also I apologize for my English, I'm not a native speaker.

Your english is great, don’t worry about that! 🥰

And all MCs can romance all ROs. I won’t go into details on how their criminal stat will influence that because it’d be too spoiler-y, but it won’t lock you out of the romance. It’ll make for a looooot of variation, but that’s a good thing!

[steph-writing]

I'm an R lover, so my question is R-related: since it's said MC knows them from meeting them before the meeting with the player in the game, what was their first impression of MC? And how would that have changed if they found out MC was a hacker, too?

The moment I saw the option of our MC being a hacker I HAD to choose it. I love being one in games if that's possible lol

Love your game and I was so happy seeing your name on my dashboard again!

Have a nice day/evening!!

Aaa I’m so glad R is getting some love 🥰 and yessss, playing a hacker is so much fun jkhakjsdhas I have a neat scene coming up on the next update for this ehe

I’m so glad you enjoy Ace of Spades!!! I hope you’ll continue to enjoy it as we go along 🥺❤️ As for your question--

R’s first thought upon meeting MC was “now that’s a fiiine person there ehe”, then it changed depending on how they interacted. If MC was nice, R thought they'd be fun to work with. If MC was rude, R definitely just wanted to yeet them out of their sight.

They are very impressed if MC is also a hacker, they love to geek about that stuff so if MC was game, so were they! Plus, they get a bit competitive if MC is a hacker, because MC is good and they love a good challenge. :D

But they also get impressed by MC’s skills regardless of their field of expertise, they just find it neat how good MC is at what they do.

[steph-writing]

its missing N hours also A and J and literally everyone else 💔 anyways I wanted to ask if any of the characters speak any other languages than english ? and also if they’re oldest/middle/youngest sibling or an only child

They’ll be back around with more antics soon! 🥺❤️

And yes, they do speak other languages! Here you go:

A: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian (they have perfect recollection, it’s almost cheating in a way sjdhfsk also, they dabble in some dead languages too as a hobby)

J: English, Spanish (intermediary)

L: English, Italian (intermediary)

M: English, French, German

N: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese (A helped them learn and they travel a lot for different cons, so they get a lot of practice in. N can read a bit of latin but it’s definitely not something they do often or are 100% confident on)

P: English, Spanish, French

R: English, Spanish

As for the sibling situation:

Only child: A, L, M, N, P

Younger sibling: J (one older sister)

Middle sibling: R (two older and two younger)

[steph-writing]

how simps-y for mc are the ros on a scale from 1 tp 10 😳 (N is def in the negatives lmaoooo)

You’ll be surprised! HAHAHAH All my characters are a little bit of a simp 😌 some do take much longer to get there, though.

A: 8 

J: 12 

L: 8 

M: 3 

N: 4.5 

P: 6 

R: 7

[steph-writing]

Hello! How closely are the specialization and personality stats related? For example, thief MC is described as someone more charismatic in the description, so presumably any relevant skill checks would lean towards being charming > intimidating as that is more relevant to their specialization. In the case of more unconventional MCs who fit less into the archetypal traits of their specializations, is it still plausible/recommended gameplay wise? Thanks! ❤️

MC’s personality and their work persona are not necessarily the same! A thief MC knows how to charm people if need be because of their job, but that doesn’t mean they have to behave that way outside of a job, for instance. I have yet to add a crime-doing scene in game (next demo update!), but there will definitely be variations related to MC’s personality.

[steph-writing]

Hii cutie! ♡ So on the ex!N route, can we make our MC so they didn't take their relationship seriously either? I love the idea of 2 people who are bastards until they unexpectedly are like "oh no, I think I'm catching feelings" take care!

Hiiii! And yes, you can! An MC who is indifferent or fine with the breakup might very well have taken the same approach as N to their relationship in the past. :D

[steph-writing]

hi! just finished playing the demo and I LOVED IT! just wondering tho: why is it that the only options we get for the people who we suspect is the betrayer are only A, N and M??? we know J and P are not the betrayer but why aren't L and R included? hmmmm 🤔

Aaa I’m so glad you enjoyed it!!! And you will get the chance to suspect L and R, but I’m only going to add that choice on the next present-time scene. This option isn’t in the demo yet because the next scene like that is only coming up at the end of chapter 2 (next update is massive istg), which is where the flashbacks end and the story *really* gets going :D

[steph-writing]

I don't know if this has already been asked, but say the ROs and MC are getting married, and as the priest asks if anyone has any objections someone stands up and objects loudly. How would the ROs react?

Arrest them immediately: J

Shoot them on sight and carry on unbothered: L, N, P

“I will ruin your life and you will regret ever being born”: A, M, R

[steph-writing]

lksfjlisfls i might be an idiot and missed something, but you do you pick your specialization? i only have "stealing" as a skill, so i'm guessing it's mostly to do with personality? again, sorry if im being a dummy lol ❤️

Don’t feel bad for having a question! Your skill will always be related to your specialization, which is why you have only one visible on the stats page.

And you pick it when you choose what your MC was arrested for:

Bond forgery: forgery specialization, MC is a forger

Breaking and entering: stealing specialization, MC is a thief

Extortion: muscle specialization, MC is a muscle

Hacking: hacking specialization, MC is a hacker

I hope this helps! 🥰

[steph-writing]

if N doesn't consider sex as intimacy, would they be willing to have an ~open relationship~ that's sexually non-monogamous? 🤔

Nope, N is a very greedy and selfish person (it’s why they became a thief!), they’re definitely not open to sharing MC with anyone else once they’re together.

[steph-writing]

What are the RO's lockscreen before and after getting together with MC?

Before MC

A: default screen

J: default screen

L: their yacht against the sunset

M: any artwork they fancy at the moment

N: the night sky

P: a selfie from their latest trip

R: any fanart they find the coolest at the moment

After MC

A: default screen (IT’S A BURNER PHONE, they’d never put MC there to risk losing it or tossing it)

J: a selfie with MC that they were probably forced to take but now refuse to change

L: a pic of MC on their yacht against the sunset

M: any artwork they fancy at the moment.... but the home screen is a candid pic of MC

N: an embarrassing pic from MC so they can snigger whenever they pick up their phone, and they will not change it unless they get a better (aka worse) one

P: a selfie with MC while doing something fun

R: the most stunning pic of MC they can get their hands on.... but the home screen is the most embarrassing one

[steph-writing]

is there any times N would get soft for the mc? like maybe if they are hurt very badly or smth bc they seem very out together and don’t show emotions.

N will never be super soft (even M can be softer, honestly aksjdhaks), if that’s what you’re asking. That’s just not who they are. BUT they obviously soften and open up to MC once they get involved for real... while still being a sarcastic bastard.

I won’t say the instances soft!N might happen, though. That’s for the story to show hehe

[steph-writing]

Not gonna lie, I do feel bad for J in the LT route. They spent years chasing the Mc and now, as those probably entirely unwanted feelings are surfacing in them, they have to share the Mc's affections with a CRIMINAL. Like. If I was J, a Clown School Graduate, I would just change my name and hair colour, and move to a different continent.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I’M LAUGHING AT “CLOWN SCHOOL GRADUATE” BAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh god if you knew how much I clown J while writing... the poor suit (said no one, ever).

And you’re not wrong at all. J is just a 🤡. They feel a lot of things in the LT, and I can’t WAIT to write it hhhh

[steph-writing]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but would it be possible to get some spicy A facts?♡

It hasn’t! Under the cut for spicy A.

- Praise kink, giving and receiving

- Prefers to be on the giving end of oral

- Body worshipping, they enjoy touching every inch of their partner until they melt in their arms

- Hands; they love touching and being touched, there are just so many sensations they can bring about with their hands that they want to do it all (plus, they have gorgeous hands)

- Intelligence is HOT!!!

- Gets satisfied enough by making their partner come with their own hands, but would not complain at all if they wanted to return the favor afterwards

- Loves watching their partner, and are not that big on being watched

- Have no problem letting their partner take charge, but they can grow quite impatient and flip it around if they’re teased for too long