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6/4/21 Update!

Um...hey guys. 

Remember me? LOL. 

As you can see, I have been away for quite a while. Don’t worry, the game has not been abandoned! In fact, not only have I been working on it, today is an update day!

I’ll give you guys a moment to compose yourself. 

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Great. Let’s get on with it!

This update, which concludes Chapter 2, will introduce you to a variety of characters (aka the rest of the contestants). Each of them are very unique and yes, very attractive. Sorry in advance if you fall in love with them. 

I tried to have a decent amount of choices this update, but I realize it might be a bit wordy. Still, I hope you don’t mind sitting through these wordy parts! If they are too wordy, feel free to let me know. 

In addition to the new update, there’s been changes on the parts already available to play. The early ending has been polished and establishing how you feel about your roommate in the first chapter is now available. More details can be found in the forum if you’re interested!

Please direct any coding/grammar/spelling/etc issues to the forum topic. The link is right HERE if you need it. I like to reserve Tumblr for questions, gushing and simping lol. 

Speaking of the forum, over there I ask for a one week spoiler tag policy so people have the chance to scroll the topic and not get spoiled, but I won’t require that here! So gush away. 

With the update, the demo now stands at 370,285 words. That’s more than 80k added since the last update, which was November of last year. 

What’s up next for the game is to, of course, work out any issues with this update, and finally get into the first competition round. I also have not forgotten about the singing arrival. That’s next on my to-do list as well!

So, without further ado, play the new update HERE. 

Enjoy!

[a-consuming-passion]

[theodessadatinggames]

Welcome to The Odessa Dating Games!

After losing a bet to your roommate, you’re forced to sign up for Odessa Dates, a wildly popular dating website taking your country, Odessa, by storm.

When an announcement made by the Odessa Royal Family thrusts you into a competition for the heir’s hand in marriage, you quickly begin to realize that you’re in a lot more trouble than trying to figure out what spoon is the dessert spoon.

With rivals, romance and rituals around every corner, welcome to The Odessa Dating Games!

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Hi, I’m Tandra. The Odessa Dating Games is an interactive fiction novel that I started over on the Choice of Games website. It’s been just over a year over there and I decided it was time to take the game to Tumblr!

Here’s the quick rundown of what you need to know about the game! A more detailed list is over at the forum.

Play as a man, woman, or as non-binary! Be gay, straight, bisexual or pansexual.

Romance loads of characters, including your roommate, the heir to the throne and more!

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer as you work to uncover what threatens your home country of Odessa, all while competing in a competition with loads of challenges to test your skills, strength and more. 

Create the royal of your dreams, or play as a default royal character.

Now, a more detailed look at The Odessa Dating Games:

THE RO’s

The Heir to Odessa, who can have pre determined looks, or can be custom made to your liking, right down to their hair, height, gender and more. 

The Heir’s younger sibling, Mozelle Wyman, a redhead with a love of speaking before she thinks.

Your roommate, Odi/Odanna Baxley, whom you’ve been living with for quite a while. O has tattoos, brown hair, blue eyes and is the whole reason you get into the competition in the first place. 

Lyon Powers, a tech intern in charge of keeping track of your performance while in the games. 

Jenna Young, leader of the Odessenters, a group aimed at trying to take down the Odessa Royal Family once and for all. 

And a few others that I’ll let you guys discover for yourselves!

Some questions you might have...

What was your inspiration for this game? I’ve always loved reading and playing games that involved royal families and royals! As far as games/material, I was inspired by Princess Academy by Shannon Hale, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, as well as Drag Star from COG and various other HG and COG royal inspired games.

When will this game be finished? Totally up in the air at the moment. I have a full-time job, so this is only a side hobby. I would love to have this out by 2022. 

How often do you update? Pretty randomly. There’s no set time for updates, but I always update the title on the topic on the COG forum. I’m a night owl, so they tend to come in the middle of the night haha. I will do weekly updates on here just to keep myself accountable and you guys interested!

How many chapters will this game be? At least 12.

Will there be a sequel? No, this will be a standalone novel, but as the game nears competition, I might entertain a new story set in the same world, or writing a prequel. 

A fuller FAQ list is posted on the forum topic on the COG forum website! I will eventually add the questions on the FAQ website, but I am currently holding off as to not spoil people for a little while. 

I am more active on the forums than Tumblr for now, but feel free to send questions, comments or anything like that to either place. Please reserve coding issues to the COG FORUM only, as that’s where my testing team is most active on and can help me out with those. 

I also track #the odessa dating games and #todg! I’d love to see any fanart/stories/mood boards/etc. that you guys come up with!

Without further ago, I present, The Odessa Dating Games.

Want something visual to go along with your game? Check out my Pinterest account for the game here!

Godspeed. 

[theodessadatinggames]

hello! a reminder in my asks to:

not ask when the next update is coming (I’ll post updates as things are worked on and I feel like I should update you guys as well!)

not send me errors in code/spelling/etc (please only post those in the FORUM topic! most of the errors I keep getting in my asks are things that have already been said many times)

not be rude about the questions I do post (I answer primarily on my phone so there’s many that don’t show up on here that I’ll see when I’m on desktop)

these are deleted immediately.

alternatives to the above questions can be to:

follow/bookmark the blog or forum topic so you’re updated as possible

make a forum account to post concerns there, or to see if your concern has already been made. often times I find issues on my own as well.

don’t send me an ask if you’re going to be rude LOL, just wasting your time babe 🤷🏾‍♀️

it’s totally fine to send in an ask asking for clarification on something, btw.

thanks for understanding!

[theodessadatinggames]

website updates

Hi everyone! 

I’ve updated the website to look cleaner, neater and more aesthetically pleasing. 

The links on the right give you easy access to the demo, the COG forum topic, the Pinterest account, as well as the tags (grouping asks, posts, etc. together). 

The bar on the right will contain what chapter I’m currently working on, the current word count of the game and the last time I updated the demo. I will likely add an estimated month or date for the next update as well, as that gets more concrete for each update. 

It is also easier to ask questions and search on the blog. :)

What I’m really excited about is being able to showcase tags on the website too, so people can see the memes and fanart under the tags!

Currently, I just have #todg, as there’s not enough images for the theme to do #theodessadatinggames. As more images/memes/etc. come in, I’ll be able to add those above the updates sidebar. 

I’m obsessed with this theme, so I hope you guys like it too.

Have a good one!

[theodessadatinggames]

12/11/20 update!

Hello everyone!

Like I mentioned in a previous ask, this week was a heavy writing week. I’ve rewritten some scenes in the beginning of the game, now that I have more of a direction of where I want to go. I’ll upload these into the game quietly, so check back from time to time to see what’s changed.

The prologue is my favorite bit right now. It gives more parallels to Queen Juliet than it used to, simply because she hadn’t been introduced yet. 

I’m also slowly fixing bugs that aren’t game breaking, but still necessary to change. 

Of course, I am also continuing work on the game past your arrival. I’ve written the introductions to a few of the contestants that I’m sure people will fall in love with as well, haha. I’m liking them. They’re really fun.

Keep sending in your asks and snippet requests. I answer asks pretty frequently, but only write snippets when I feel inspired, so don’t think I’m ignoring!

I’m nearing 500 followers...still can’t believe I’m halfway to 1,000 almost and aren’t even that big! Thanks so much for following. 

[a-consuming-passion]

[theodessadatinggames]

11/25/20 update!

Hello everyone!

Can I first start off by saying what a WARM WELCOME I’ve received on Tumblr! I was not expecting so many great questions and messages in roughly my first week here. Thanks a lot!

I also just reached over 300 followers. That’s super cool. Thanks for following!

I don’t have a game update, except for the fact that I’m working on the entrances for the other contestants right now! I cannot wait for you all to meet them. I’m also going back and working on some other little things, including fixing tense changes, adding in pathways I took a break on and we writing a bit to have the beginning of the game match up with the first.

Also, check out the tags section on the blog! As my asks continue to grow, I promise you’ll want to have it handy. 

Finally, I do get a lot of asks, so don’t worry if your question hasn’t been answered yet. I’ll get to it as soon as possible. I delete numerous submissions of the same question, but will always link the first ask of the question to your ask, if it has been answered before!

Have a great day!