DEMO UPDATE: CHAPTER 2
DEMO LINK | INTRO POST | ROMANCE OPTIONS
Happy April 1st, otherwise known as Chapter 2 Release Day!
THE LOADING TIMES ARE BETTER as of August last year. If you couldn't get the game to load when it launched, and still want to play, please try again and let me know how it goes! I have more improvements planned to make it faster, but those will take some time.
And now - the update is finally live!
YEAR OF AGES
This is more a collection of vignettes (starring your MC) than a single storyline, but that is very intentional - everything here serves a purpose! Depending on your choices and how fast you read, it should be anywhere from 1-2 hours of new content.
It will, however, certainly break your saves.
There now a "skip to chapter" index, so you can set your most important variables there instead of speedrunning through the original demo! Unless, of course, you haven't played since release day and are interested in seeing what changed with the previous update[s] à la the arson route and some new descriptions of the servant and the guard.
Chapter 2 is also the prelude to what I am calling your first "companion cutscene" in the next chapter; not that your choices in THIS update won't echo through the narrative and future gameplay.
Because they will.
For now, I hope you enjoy version 0.2.0!
Note: there are NEW content warnings for this chapter, so although there is a possibility of spoilers, consider re-reading them if you have any concerns.
IN THIS CHAPTER
Lose all track of time and your grasp on reality.
Encounter the Land which binds you...
Adopt a tiny winged friend [optional].
Get to know the servant and the guard slightly better.
4 new achievements.
Unlock a new codex page and item.
Training montage. Git gud, scrub.
Flirt with the Younger Twin - or return to your senses.
Find more reasons to hate the Younger Twin - or understand them?
Enjoy a hazy conversation with your benefactor [mostly optional].
Suffer [not optional].
FEATURES
100,000+ total words
carefully curated soundscape
a few original background WIPs
codex pages under construction
4 in-progress personality variants
chapter index for returning players
CHANGELOG
you can set your MC's height now!
custom titles for saves [THIS TOOK SO LONG PLEASE APPRECIATE MY EFFORTS]
new chapter selection page to set the important variables
the affection stat for the Younger Twin will not appear unless you either flirt once [deceptively or genuinely] or find them physically attractive
currently overhauling the trust / affection stats, so the skip feature might be a bit broken until a future update [I am frankly too tired to tear Chapter 1's code apart atm]
finally eradicated an error [repeated word] on the introductory page that has been making my eye twitch for months now
new codex background image [was changed in an unofficial patch for load times so may not be new to most of you]
a few minor changes to Chapter 1
UPDATE NOTES
Ignore if you don't want any spoilers!
As with the previous chapter, don't sweat too many of your decisions here... although if you managed to make U (the Younger Twin) unhappy with their chosen mortal by the end of Chapter 1, your experience might be slightly different in tone.
Not an abundance of Z (the Elder Twin) content, but they'll have their time to shimmer and shine like the ghostly ethereal being they are in the coming chapters! Trust!
The entire story is a slow-burn and this chapter is no exception, so grab your tea and settle in.
If you have any suggestions or possible improvements, my inbox is open! Even if I can't reply to everything, I'll see it and take it into consideration for future edits. This update has spent sooooo much time in limbo, but rest assured I've poured my heart into it for you. Once again, this is all early access, my first attempt at coding anything ever, and my very first IF, so please be kind!
You can read the revised intro post HERE or jump straight into the DEMO.
