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Hey guys. Sorry for the silence here... After I heard about all the stuff going on with Steam and Itch.io delisting and removing "adult" games, I've been very disheartened and worried about TLD's future, to the point that I've been scared to even check if it got removed from Itch.io or not. As of now it doesn't seem to have been delisted, but I don't know if that will change.

As you know, Those Long Dead, along with any other interactive fiction game I would make, is geared towards an adult, queer audience. The RO's in it are queer, and I have long planned to have various adult content, including completely optional sexual content in the romance routes, in the game. Because of this, payment processors pressuring Steam and Itch.io to delist or remove anything with the broad label of "adult" content is a huge deal to me and my work. I could remove much of the adult content of my games, despite the detriment to the story, but I will not remove the queer inclusion within it, and I have long seen queer media labelled as "adult" or "inappropriate" simply for being queer. I'm very scared the same will happen to Those Long Dead, because I've seen this kind of sweeping removal before, and I do not trust it. Even if it's just NSFW content today, what will it be tomorrow?

I really cannot overstate how terrified I am that this change in game hosting platforms will be permanent, because if it is, I'll have no idea where to host TLD as it develops, or where to publish it the day it's finished. I'm a mentally ill woman in her late twenties with regular physical pain, and because of this I don't currently have a job, or even a lot of hope to ever get one. I was really hoping to maybe be able to support myself a little through the few skills I have by making games, but if this restriction on game platforms is permanent, I genuinely don't know if I'll get to. I still want to finish TLD, no matter what, but I just don't know what's going to happen right now.

I don't know how many people are reading this, but please, do what you can to push back against this decision by payment processors, no matter how big or small. In the meantime, I'm going to do my best to keep working on the next update for Those Long Dead, and just hope the game is still listed on Itch.io when it's ready!! 😭💕

#sorry for long post this is just a huge deal to me 🥺#aevum.txt

Crawls out of a hole in the ground covered in blood. Along with very slowly working on chapter two, I've been refining the first chapter a bit more with edits and little additions, and one of the changes is that Kaine will nickname your MC something if on the BFF/Crush path. You can select the nickname from a list. It's really cute, I promise.

#anyways. crawls back into the hole #aevum.txt

Hello again! My last update I was waiting for doctors appointment and tests to be done, and I am now being treated for something that I am hoping is the source of my physical health issues. It's been about a week on the new medication, and I can't be sure yet, but I think I'm starting to feel a bit better, so I'm a little hopeful!

On that note, I've returned to working on TLD as regularly as I'm able. My plan for the immediate future is to finish edits to the first chapter, and get at least a rough draft of the full second chapter finished, and then I would like to share that as an early-access alpha build through Patreon.

There are two reasons for the alpha build: First, last time I pushed an update straight to the public demo, there were several bugs, typos, etc, that I had missed, and I would like to have these tested and fixed through sharing an alpha build via Patreon as a testing period, before the update is made public. Second, and I hate to say it, but as someone who cannot currently work because of mental and physical health issues, any kind of financial support I could possibly receive from this project, I sorely need. So, I would like to use Patreon as a way for readers to support my work, while gaining access to different benefits or behind-the-scenes content, such as the alpha builds.

I know I soft-launched a Patreon previously that has been quietly available, but if my health improvement holds, I would like to get much more serious about it with the next TLD update.

Sorry for the long update, but I hope it's nice to hear some good news this time? 😅

#aevum.txt #oof its so nice to be back! at least i hope i am...

TLD Complete Ch.1 Release!

You can play the full first chapter here! Have fun, and please report any bugs or issue to me!

#aevum.txt #those long dead if #demo update.txt

Hey there! Don't worry, I'm still around, and work on TLD is still ongoing. Unfortunately, I will admit things have slowed down in the past months, because of some health issues I'm still trying to figure out the cause of... I have a theory, and a referral to a specialist, but I still need to wait a while until the appointment to see if said theory has merit.

What bothers me the most about my laundry list of health issues is that it's getting harder and harder for me to concentrate... on anything at all, really, way beyond what could be written off as my ADHD diagnosis. So writing has become a lot harder, even if it's all I want to do. Which to be honest, really sucks, because I want to share more of TLD's story so bad! 😭

But yeah, summary of this update is that I am waiting for doctors appointments, but in the meantime I am still trying desperately to do the tiny bits of writing I can manage. Hopefully, I can get my health issues sorted out soon, and get back to doing things that I enjoy, like writing TLD. 🥲💕

#aevum.txt #this SUCKS i want to finish chapter 2 😭

My desire to finish a new update of TLD for you all (unstoppable force) VS my ADHD symptoms (immovable object).

#...and we are chipping away at that immovable object! something something never give up #aevum.txt #for real though i want to finish an update so bad....