#moonlight lovers

[julytheartist]

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[kanraandchrome]

Chinomiko Q&A (Nantes, France, Art to Play, 15th of November, 2025)

1- Will there ever be new content for Eldarya?

Eldarya has come to an end. There won’t be any updates or new stories in the Eldarya universe.

2- Which of the characters you created is your favorite? 

I no longer answer this question as I unfortunately receive multiple hate comments and I get accused of favoring some characters over others. On top of that, I tend to appreciate a character more the more I work on them and develop their story and appearance. Each and every character of mine gets the same amount of attention so that players can pick what they like best. Plus, each character has its own fandom and/or fanclub.

3- How much time did it take you to create a full My Candy Love (MCL) High School Life (HSL) episode? 

The time I spent working on an episode would vary greatly because I used to work (almost) alone back then and I created the episodes from start to finish. Thus, I can’t give an accurate estimation of the overall time spent.

We now have a full-fledged team so production is different when it comes to MCL NG: it takes several weeks or even months to provide a finished episode from scriptwriting, sketching and rendering the illustrations, creating different iterations for said illustrations, designing the clothes, testing and translating the game

It generally takes three months to finish an episode but it may take more or less time depending on the complexity of the episode.

4- If you could go out with one of MCL’s crushes, which one would it be ?

I can’t say… They all have their own intricate qualities which makes choosing all the more difficult. This is also one of the greatest qualities of the otome genre.

5- Why have Kentin and other crushes been deleted in University Life (UL) and Love Life (LL) ?

That choice was made by the direction. I was neither told about it nor was I given the choice to contest their decision. Some original crushes were deleted in favor of adding new ones such as Rayan and Hyun. I enjoyed writing the new characters and their stories still, but the original decision did not come from me.

(continued) How many characters do you like to work on? 

Usually, I like working on 5 characters because it isn’t too big a panel to sacrifice the different character stories in favor of choice. In the future however, I’d like to work on a smaller panel of 3 characters so that I can fully focus on each character creation and its development which includes more detailed interactions and more in-game choices in a way that is not overwhelming.

(continued) How do you incorporate choices in a Visual Novel (VN) ?

In order to successfully add choices in your VN you must go from broad choices to more precise choices: it’s like a tree structure. Each character has its own main story, its turning points, and its less important yet more natural choices to make. The more choices you add to your VN, the more difficult it becomes to keep track of the scriptwriting because you must keep in mind all of the different junctions in the story that can occur. This can make it challenging to write a coherent story but in the end it does make a compelling and complex story.

6- Do you take inspiration from existing characters when creating your own ?

We as humans are always influenced by what we read and see. However, I try to distance myself from what I know so as to not copy the things I like and therefore offer original and never seen before content.

7- Considering that generative AI being used everywhere is becoming the norm, do you intend on using it in your games?

No. I am strongly against AI and so is the graphic design team. The direction has already tried to persuade us to use it in the future but we strongly oppose it and we will stand in the way of using AI in our projects. As of now, no AI was used in any of our games and there is no plan to add it in the future.

8- What sparked the idea of creating Eldarya ?

>Eldarya is a mashup of things I like in general with a touch of originality, all of which is displayed in an innovative form.

9- Do you play other video games or VNs during your free time ?

I do not have much time to play anymore but I recently played Sweet Carol and Dispatch. When it comes to otome games, I played Mystic Messenger a while back.

10- Many in the community see Thomas from MCL New Gen (NG) as someone on the autistic spectrum. Did you write his character intending for him to be autistic? 

I did not create Thomas specifically for him to be on the spectrum. I’m not well-versed enough on the subject to offer proper representation. Both his personality and his manner of talking came to mind naturally… because, you know, that’s how Thomas is. If the community likes Thomas and considers him to be autistic as well as relate to him because of that, all the better.

11- How would you explain what an otome game is to someone not familiar with the genre ?

I would say it’s based on the same principle as choose-your-own-adventure books which would focus on the evolving relationship between the main characters and the drama ensuing from it.

12- Why did you decide that Thomas would be a crush in MCL NG when the community first knew Thomas as Iris’s minor little brother in HSL? What pushed you to make the shift from little kid to full-fledged crush?

The two games occur during different timelines. The characters from MCL NG never knew Thomas when he was a child. In NG, Thomas is an adult, and not only does his addition to the game allow for the two games to be metaphorically linked, but it also recalls the characters from both games. 

13- Why do Jason and Ysaline use french casual speech (tutoiement) from the beginning despite being in a professional environment? 

Jason was never professional to begin with so casual speech came naturally.

(continued) Was this choice made for the translation to be easier?

No. The game is first written in french. It is later translated by a team of professionals who come from a country for whom the text is translated and adapted, so casual speech and formal speech (vouvoiement) were never a translation-related problem to consider.

14- Which story in MCL impacted you the most ?

I had the most fun creating Debrah’s story.

15- Any tips to share for someone just starting their own VN ?

I unfortunately do not have any specific tips to share as I am self-taught.

The best advice I could give you would be to surround yourself with people who will help you better yourself and grow. Also, don’t forget that VN creation takes way more time than you think it would.

16- Will there be an online shop in the future ?

We do not intend to re-open an online shop at the time being.

Back when it was operational, the online shop wasn’t profitable and it was a hassle to manage all year long. For instance, the cost of managing and storing the stock would pile up and on top of that we could only order medium sized stock at best due to lack of demand.

17- Do you have a favorite game between MCL and Eldarya?

I do not have a favorite between the two even if I tend to like fantasy settings in stories more.

18- Have you already planned the end and the final number of episodes for MCL NG ?

Yes, the number of episodes is set and so is the ending. However the story is still being written.

19- Do you have anything against fanfiction ?

As long as the author is honest and credits the source material I have no problem with it, have fun !

20- Does the Beemoov team have a schedule for 1AP weeks?

Direction decides when to place 1AP weeks spontaneously, there is no schedule to speak of and I don’t know when the next 1AP week will take place.

21- Considering you’ve been creating visual novels and otome games for a while now, how do you manage to remain motivated? What made you decide to create visual novels? How do you deal with negative/hate comments online? 

My beginnings were spontaneous, I did not bother myself with any questions before jumping in. I wanted to do it, so I did.

The community’s feedback was very useful as it helped me grow. When the feedback becomes more negative I do some reflection.

The Internet as a whole is getting worse as time runs by: it’s becoming more and more violent so that makes it difficult to stay motivated. Some days I find myself wishing to create something else and I wonder if I haven’t already explored all the different possibilities of my line of work.

Nevertheless, my on-and-off will to create pushes me to move forward. I am trying my very best to please every player even if it’s becoming somewhat more complicated to do so as time goes by.

22- If we were in another timeline, what game would you have loved to work on?

I would have loved to work on Baldur’s Gate. I like its universe, the RPG side of it as well as the story and its romance options.

23- How did you write Castiel, exactly?

He was written to be complicated to deal with: the player has to be able to manage his mood swings and his sense of humour, which makes him puzzling to understand since the way he takes an answer may be positive or negative depending on his mood. 

24- What do you take inspiration from?

I do not have any specific source of inspiration… I used to read mangas back when I was a teenager, I watch series and movies but I simply do not have as much time as I used to. I recently started to read romantasy again a year ago. A lot of my inspirations come from my own experiences.

25- How do you pronounce the names of your characters?

I don’t enforce upon anyone my own pronunciation, but here is how i articulate some of the names : 

Armin (aʀmɛ̃ / arm-in) (FR phonetics)

Kentin (kɑ̃tɛ̃ / kent-in) (FR phonetics) 

Castiel (kɑ:siɛ:l / ka-ssiel) (FR phonetics) 

Lysandre (ɫi:sɑ̃dʀ / lee-ss-and-r) (FR phonetics) 

Jason ('dʒɛzɔn / jay-zon) (ENG phonetics) 

Leigh (ɫi:s / lee-ss) (FR phonetics)

26- Will you create a new fantastic story after MCL NG is over?

Currently there is no new project in production at Beemoov. MCL NG takes up most of my time (especially scriptwriting) which ultimately doesn’t allow me to focus on other projects for now.

27- Will the MCL anime ever have a comeback?

Back then Beemoov financed the MCL cartoon pilot available on Youtube hoping to send it to producers, to no avail. We do not have any contact with any animation studio and this particular medium requires specific abilities as well as an extensive budget. The cartoon will not resume in the future… unless Netflix wants to send me an e-mail ?

28- How much time did it take to finish Moonlight Lovers? What were your inspirations when creating the vampire characters?

When it comes to character creation I wanted to detach myself from modern representation of vampires in media such as Edward from the Twilight saga who is inoffensive and sparkles under the sunlight.

Unfortunately, when it comes to ML, it came to a halt multiple times during its production due to frequent staff turnover which in turn generated important delays.

(continued) Who among the vampires would be the most evil/violent?

It would either be Neil or Ethan. It’s a battle between the white-haired men.

29- Has MCL NG suffered changes midway through production? What about episode 21?

AS NG didn’t go through any major changes midway through production since episodes are made a long time in advance and changes following the player’s feedback can only be applied much later. A few adjustments were made in order to cater to the player’s demands although I won’t say anything more so I won’t spoil anyone.

Regarding episode 21, I do not recall any major change being made on this specific episode, however it did happen on a few previous episodes. We try to anticipate the player’s needs as much as possible, however only the final result can testify to our success or not.

A few changes were planned from the beginning such as alternative outfits for the LIs. We try to balance episodes so if one episode is more centered around Jason then the next episode will revolve around another character and vice-versa.

30- Rayan’s character is seen as problematic by many, notably due to his role as the player character’s professor and the age gap between the two. How did you create Rayan?

The direction made the original decision to include a professor crush in the game. I was skeptical about this decision at first, but not opposed to it. Rayan was added to the cast to create a hidden/taboo romance story between a teacher and his student. Even though I don’t like it very much to be told what to do I still found this “scandalous” relationship interesting to work on.

The character might be surrounded by controversy; however, he remained respectful in his behavior from start to finish. Furthermore, we added an option in the game letting the player choose a dialogue locking Rayan out of interactions with the player character in a romantic setting. Everyone is free of choice, whether it comes to choosing your favorite character, messing with the different options available, or testing the different consequences just to have fun discovering the multiple options.

31- Which historical era would you like your next story to be set in?

Futuristic and post-apocalyptic stories aren’t my cup of tea. If I were to create a new story I’d like it to be in an older era, maybe in a medieval or a fantastic setting.

32- Would you rather have kept all the original crushes from MCL HSL and moved them over to UL and LL? Has Hyun’s character been created to cater to some demands during the rise of Kpop?

I would have liked to create UL and LL featuring all of the original cast from HSL but the decision was made before I even had the chance to think about the project. The only thing I know is that if UL kept the original cast, I would have written something reasonable about Lysander’s breakup as he is very calm and is a good communicator. It might have been more difficult to add drama resulting from this specific breakup.

Regarding Hyun, his creation wasn’t to cater to a specific demand but rather an attempt at innovating.

As for the creation of AL, the project was greenlit after countless demands me and my manager addressed the direction. I think I coaxed the agreement out of them.

33- Canonically, do Lysander and Castiel ever make up?

Lysander and Castiel were never on bad terms. They continued to see each other and Lysander never stopped helping Castiel in his music career.

34- Which process is your favorite during the creation of a story?

My favorite part would be brainstorming the basics of the story, its characters and their background, as well as how to convey emotions. Presently, I edit my scenarios a lot which is time-consuming and thus takes all of my focus. However, it allows me to reconnect with the joys of creation.

35- A picture of an exclusively male Beemoov team is circulating online and because of that there have been rumors that Beemoov is a male-centered company which aims at making money off of women-centered media and interests. Is that true? 

The picture you’re mentioning dates back from the very beginnings of Beemoov. In this picture you can see the developers of the studio who are mostly men. However, the rest of the team is composed almost exclusively of women, whether they’re in marketing, in testing, or in translation… I myself work on the scenario and take the responsibility of editing or re-writting if necessary.

36- Will there be any new crushes on MCL NG such as Brune?

Secondary characters will not become datable in the future since the core scenario has been approved already. Including additional LIs at this stage of the story would add a ton of work and would disturb the pace of the blooming relationship between the player character and the LIs. 

37- How is it to work at Beemoov?

Beemoov enforces decisions at the beginning and towards the end of each project. One example would be to remove/add a character or to cater to a specific demand. They intervene on the economic model of the game but I have full creative freedom once the project is in production. I might have to defend and explain my choices from time to time but my creative freedom is seldom impacted.

38- How did you land on the final title for the game “Amour Sucré” in french?

It took a lot of time to find a suitable title for the game as the previous attempts we made would redirect to adult content online. The title of the game had to be cute, hint to romantic content, and be family-friendly.

39- Why does Alexy cheat on Morgan during MCL LL?

This was a narrative device used to add drama to the story: it further develops other elements of the main story without negatively impacting the player character itself. 

40- What are Ezarel’s parents’ names?

The names of the love interests’ parents are mentioned during Eldarya season 2– a season I barely worked on. Personally, I haven’t thought of Ezarel’s parents’ names.

Notes, editing and translation by @arcana-chan, @veraluminista et Chrome. Drawing of our pristine physical and mental state by the talented @arcana-chan !

[verystrxxwberry]

MOONLIGHT LOVERS routes with a talkative partner

♪¸¸.•*¨*•. ♪¸¸.•*¨*•. ♪¸¸.•*¨*•. ♪¸¸.•*¨*•. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭: fluff, all routes EXCEPT NEIL! (I cannot write for this man, my brain has officially broken up with him, my apologies) x reader, individual headcanons. ↝ 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: This was once a request, but I forgot who requested it and I don’t find the message so I’m writing this on your honor, dear anonymous. I hope you all enjoy this!! Also, I’m so sorry for any spelling mistakes, it’s been a while since I last wrote in English. ♪¸¸.•*¨*•. ♪¸¸.•*¨*•. ♪¸¸.•*¨*•. ♪¸¸.•*¨*•.

Aaron

At the beginning, it quite frustrates him. Not because he hates your voice, he quite likes the sound of it actually – but it broke his peaceful, lonely moments. However, he didn’t shut you up or anything similar, he never leaves when you start talking about anything, no matter what it is.

He made some jokes at first, such as “do you even breathe between sentences??” so you could genuinely have some time to catch a breath. 

He started liking the routine though. He even caught himself learning some of the tiniest details of your stories or interests: your childhood memories, your deepest passions, which weather you hate, what kind of food do you like…

Aaron actually uses this information about you to gift you subtle things. Maybe your favorite food, or maybe something comforting that could remind you of your childhood.

So basically, 1st talkative and listener dynamic.

By the time the relationship starts, he has already gotten used to make a part of his routine to simply listen to your rantings. And it is one of the main reasons why he loves you, because the sound of your voice along with so many interesting things makes you cute.

This would also achieve that Aaron talks more and opens up to you about his own stories.

Whenever you’re more quiet than usual, he genuinely gets worried and checks on you constantly. 

Beliath

He has always found this amusing. The moment he saw that you wouldn’t stop talking, he’d be actively asking you questions or comments so you can bring up more stuff to talk about. 

He thought you were cute but too naive by sharing so many stuff with someone you just met. 

Sometimes, he would try to tease you by interrupting you, trying to distract you constantly. He’d approach more than he should to you, he could stare at you with his intense emerald eyes, he could even caress your arm teasingly… and simply with the intention of seeing you stutter and lose track on your speech.

Late night talks! Well, actually it would be morning talks since they live during the night – but you get me! Late “night” talks as you both are in bed, staring at the ceiling and cuddling. You’d see him so relaxed that he’d even open his heart to reveal things about him as well. 

Talk without filters with him, he loves it.

He knows he can be vulnerable with you, even if it takes him a while to accept it himself.

Beliath would certainly make references to any story you explained him, mainly the funny and ridiculous ones. Obviously he wouldn’t make any reference about any sad story you’ve told him – and if he accidentally offends you, he’d apologize at the moment.

Loves when you get talkative in front of others as well, but deeply hopes that you only share the most personal ones with him.

Raphael

He listens to you as if every single word was important, and would actively listen to you. It might seem contradictory by the simple fact that he is almost always immersed on the quietness of the library, but the reality is that he enjoys when others remember that he can be a good listener.

He nods, smiles when you get excited about stuff or comforts you by holding your hand when you get more sensitive. 

Once you apologized to him for talking too much, and his main reaction was a quick “no, no! Please, keep talking. It’s not annoying at all.” And he means it. 

Your voice calms him down. It is quite better to hear anyone’s voice rather than his when he is alone because his thoughts would ruin his day and you make it better by just being there. His anxiety leaves, his negative thoughts are silenced and he focus on you.

Your conversations can lead to have deep talks with him, as he’d make questions to stimulate you to keep talking. Emotionally, your relationship is truly intimate.

He recognizes your tones: when you’re happy or excited, when you’re mad, when you’re sad. And that helps him to know how to act about certain situations. 

And sometimes… you run out of topics to talk about, or you simply have no energy to talk that much. Raphael gets worried about you, naturally. But he’d invite you to enjoy he quietness of the library and simply enjoy his embrace or company. He might even be the one talking about anything interesting he has read lately if you wish to clear your mind from any negative thoughts.

You both love how the emotional intimacy makes your connection stronger.

Vladimir

This is quite a big contrast to him. Unlike Aaron, he used to voice his annoyance at the beginning. He crossed his arms as you kept talking, not interrupting you, but hoping to take advantage of any slight moment of silence to voice his irritation.

Obviously the first time he reacted this wrongly to you was a sign to stop. And Vladimir felt something strange about it the first days. He saw you talking too much to others and being awkwardly quiet when he was around, and that woke up an inner guilt on him. 

He had to make a big effort to get close to you and apologize for being that rude. 

Vladimir used to make efforts to be patient whenever you talked. But with time he realized that, just as Raphael felt, listening to you was like a great way to silence his negative thoughts. And this man truly needs to shut his brain from being so negative for once, so you were a great help.

He starts enjoying the constant ranting. Vladimir wouldn’t actively participate but would subtly react to your stories: maybe smiling a little at your excitement towards some topic, maybe softening his eyes when you share something personal with him, maybe frowning when something bad has happened to you.

As he works on taking care of his flowers, you’d be talking to him non-stop and he definitely adores that. It becomes a part of the routine and would miss it if you weren’t there –  he truly does miss you when you aren’t there.

During his reading time, you also share the quietness with him. Vladimir also enjoys to see you rest, enjoy of the silence and share the blanket with him under which he reads.

Ethan 

I hope you know that he won’t be nice at the beginning. While Vladimir was quite respectful to make you shut up, he is not. Definitely not. He isn’t patient and gets easily overstimulated and irritated, so the moment he saw you talked non-stop he spitted “don’t you ever get tired of talking this much?” with a rude tone.

He saw that it was common for you to talk that much, since you did it with everybody else. And one day in which he needed peace and to rest his mind, he decided to spend time with Beliath. You joined them to talk mainly with Beliath, and it was strange that Ethan didn’t interrupt you or anything as usual. That day he decided to listen to you, to give you a chance. And he got truly immersed on your words.

That day allowed him to be more opened to talk to you instead of dodging you whenever you approached. He tried to be more patient and less rude – it was an unique trait of your personality that he found interesting (he liked it but wouldn’t confess it).

It’s usual for him to tease you whenever you just talk and talk and talk. And even if he’s an asshole, he still pays attention to your words and remembers details about your stories. 

When you both start dating, he makes sure you know that your words are important and he cares about them. Actually, he’d have you cuddling with him whenever you open up about anything (personal or not) so it can feel intimate.

More than once he has taken both of your hands on his and has kissed them. Then he says “thanks for trusting me enough to tell me all of this”.

Ivan

He can get very talkative as well, so this isn’t a problem for him. He actually adores it! It’s truly cute for him that you easily get excited with your passions to rant about them non-stop, or that you’ve got many topics to talk about.

The bad thing is… he might dissociate every now and then whenever you’ve been talking too much because he has the attention span of a kid sometimes. So get ready to re-explain something twice or three times, or to get asked the most obvious and stupid questions. He might apologize for this because he doesn’t want you to think that he doesn’t care, because he actually cares!

If you both share the same interest, it would turn into an active dialogue instead of a monologue. He’d talk just as much as you, and you both might even interrupt each other from the many things you’ve gotta say.

There might be times in which it is your turn to be the listener of this man because he will get talkative as well.

More than once, you’ve been awake until late hours and Vladimir, Ethan or Aaron had to knock at your door to make you both shut up because you were raising your voices too much from the excitement.

You might see him falling in love even more with you when you just talk, because you can see his eyes melt as he listens to you. He might stare, to the point in which you can easily tease him for staring that long at you.

[dialaiya]

Played the first chapters of Beliath's route of Moonlight lovers a few days ago with my friend

How I wish Eloise had a gun to take them vampires out

Eloise is so strong I would have crashed out 5min in her situation

[zackfougere666]

Is the Moonlight Lovers fandom even still a thing?

Vladimir my beloved

I haven't drawn that guy in FOREVER. I used to be obsessed with the game in 2020.. I was around 10 or 9 😭😭

I am now 16.. 😈

[tetrakys]

Some info!

This past weekend I went to the Ready, Set, Romance! convention in Paris. Beemoov's booth was very cute with so many posters of MCL and Eldarya. I couldn't attend the whole event but lots of interesting things happened including a Q&A, round table about visual novels, and lots of nice conversations between Chino and players, so I decided to collect in this post many of the questions that Chino answered. (Long post, more below the cut)

Q. Why did you include a threesome scene in Lysander AL when he is described as being very jealous? And did he and Castiel also touch each other? How did it work? A. Having a threesome scene was always part of part of the fandom's fantasy, it was something that was requested a lot and we do try to incorporate the fandom's requests to some measure, while trying to remain true to the characters and story. Of all threesomes requested, Castiel and Lysander are the two characters that have the strongest friendship, so this is the only threesome I could see potentially happening in the story. We know it's of course not something all players want that's why it's still a very clear choice, for the player as well as for Lysander (you can choose for Lysander not being into the idea). Also it's only one possible branch. It is less canon than the other branch, which includes the proposal and follows with the wedding. No, Lysander and Castiel did not touch each other, they focused on Candy of course! But as for everything else it's basically open to imagination, you can picture the logistics of it as you wish 😅

Q. What is the process of creating the illustrations? A. It's a long process: -I Brief the illustration, which means I describe in detail what scene we want, what pose we want, with description and photo references when we can + photos refs for the mood/colours. -Then an artist makes a sketch, to validate the overall illustration (pose, characters, expression). At this point I can ask to make changes, or even try something totally different. -Then someone else does the lineart with other adjustments if needed, sometimes I redraw over it myself. -Then the Colour with other adjustments if needed, sometimes I can also redraw over it myself at this stage. -Once everything is considered validated, it goes on declinations process (and sometimes we will still make changes if an error or something wrong slipped though the different steps).

Q. How involved are you in the scenario? A. Similar process as with the illustrations. -I work on the overall characters descriptions/background + overall plot line and a big idea of each episodes - with the help of another scenarist to keep a fresh eye on things. -Then I brief each episode to the scenarist who will actually write it, with more or less details of all the scenes I want. -Once the episode is written I read it all, and ask for changes or rewrite parts myself. -Once satisfied, another scenarist rereads the episodes to check for grammatical errors, coherency, etc, that I also review before approving. So changes still happen at this point. -Then the episode is read by a few other peoples (test/quality/community manager/translators) and also the integrators who will point out at this stage if they is anything looking off, e.g. incoherencies, or if we could add some more callbacks to other episodes we didn't think about etc…. So until the very end we keep adjusting the episode to try to make it the best possible. The whole process takes months, that's why we have to prepare so much in advance.

Q. So this means that Brune can't be added as a love interest. A. Correct, she cannot. Q. What is the most difficult aspect of creating these games? A. Keeping track of all the branching/choices to make it interesting to play and to replay. Also to find balance between player's feedback and expectations with my own vision of the games/story (it has to make sense for the story and for us) + as episodes are made so much in advance, feedback only "appears" months later. (E.g. as right now I am working on the final episodes basically, and the events for next year.) Of course when we can we add a few lines to give requested information or very little scenes when they don't require many words, but we can't redo big chunks or full episodes.

Q. Is there going to be Alternate Eldarya? A. No, unfortunately the game doesn't have enough players since the ovh fire incident and season 2 who did not meet financial expectations to be able to invest in Alternate Eldarya episodes. Q. Why does Ysaline have no friends? Old Candy had more friends outside of school. A. Because a lot of feedbacks over the years has been of players complaining about "wasting APs" on friend dialogues and that they wanted to spend most of their time with their crush. Taking this into account, we decided to keep friends/family interactions to a minimum of lines and characters (in game it's mostly the mother, sister, Elenda and Brune). However, following recent feedbacks too, we have been adding a few lines here showing Ysaline speaking to other friends, but we kept it very short (because we can't change drastically the episodes done, as mentioned before, and to avoid players feeling like they're wasting APs). As for old Candy, her recurrent friends were actually mostly her schoolfriends. We made a few other appear but it was always quite short or on specific episodes.

Q. Would Castiel and Nath get together canonically if Candy were not involved? A. No, they won't. They're both straight. Q. Are the old crushes with someone else in New Gen? A. We kept the situation of the old crushes a bit blurry in New Gen so that each player can decide with "who" their candy ended up with. For example, in a later episode when meeting Castiel, the player has the choice to say if they know whether Castiel is married or not (so it can be closest to the player's choice original game). We did try our best on this matter to not have "one" defined canon ending. Q. What was the Farah/Leandra route supposed to be about in Moonlight Lovers? A. I'm not allowed to give much details on unfinished projects because we never know (even if it's not planned to rework on it of course.) But basically it was for the player to discover both of Farah and Leandra's lives and universes and eventually make a choice towards one, or the other, or both. Q. Are we going to see Lysander in New Gen? A. Maybe ! Actually yes, even sooner than you think 🙂 Q. Why a goose? A. Because we try to keep things original and fun. Cats and Dogs are cool but they are everywhere. Ferret, bunny, we did them already. Snake or Rats are very peculiar but also not so original in my option. So a goose ! Especially when I saw that they can have costumes for real, it sounded perfect! Also after research I also found out they can actually be funny companion pets in the right conditions.

Q. What happened to the players' designed packs? A. We started working on them almost as soon as the contest ended, but we got caught up with urgent deadlines. These pack did not have a deadline, so they have been pushed back. Now they have been completed for some time, but we will release them with a bunch of other novelties (such as the possibility for players to have the crush at their side on their profile if they can and want to), IN THEORY at the end of the month. I do say in theory because we never know if things can be delayed. Any update that looks to be "easy" needs to be discussed, approved, put in the production planning, have the web design done, the code done (for web and mobile - and mobile takes lot of time unfortunately), being tested again and again, being reworked/corrected, tested again until it works, being translated, and then it can be put online. Everything that looks "simple" always takes a lot more time than we might think. Q. Why no female love interests in Eldarya? A. It was planned to have one in the second season. But as episodes have limited words and we were already often short in MCL in general, we considered that a fantasy world needed more words for world building and adventure, so the decision was ton keep it to 4 LIs and not 5. As females routes are under-played in our games (basically they cost us more money to produce than what they earn) we decided to remove this one. Sorry 🥺 Q. Could players create new characters like it happened in old MCL? A. I don't think we will do it again. It's more complicated to manage with all servers (when we mostly used to do it on the French one only at first) and there is also the fact that these kind of contests (in general I mean, not just us) are always received 50/50 by the players. The ones happy to participate, and the ones who think it's taking advantage and stealing from artists. So to avoid issues we don't do it anymore. Q. Will there be new packs designed with the helps of players? A. As this is not a contest where we asks players to "create" something, but we work with their input instead, it's possible we might do it again in the future. But for now it's not planned.

Q. How do you create a character? A. I try to think of archetypes and be original with them, crafting a back story and little details and quirks that make them real and likeable. I also try to have characters for all tastes, either in behavior or design. the other challenge with MCL is to be original within all existing characters, to not do repeats so this is a workload that has been piling up because it applies to everything (character designs, illustrations, scenes, situations..) Trying to always come up with something new is always challenging. Q. What images the LIs have on their computers? A. Roy dolphins obviously. Amanda, probably bunnies. Thomas some space/galaxy picture I think. For Jason and Devon I'm not sure… 🤔 Jason most likely never changed the computer default wallpaper. Q. Will we See Jason blush? A. Jason is a confident man ! He doesn't blush much XD The sprite exists, but is unused for now. Request noted.

Q. Is Ioan ever going to show up? A. We have a sprite for him, him showing up has always been planned in the story, he will appear but later on.

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