First Two Stretch Goals - Hit!
Thanks to your support, we recently hit the first two stretch goals! That means the game will now feature 10 more CGs and we will make a free prequel game featuring the Divine Speaker himself called The Divine Speaker: The Sun and the Moon.
We’re really pumped about that last one, and like mentioned in the previous update, this prequel will be around 25-30k words, which means around 3 hours long. The prequel will be released after the main game and will feature adult content (if you pick the 18+ version).
Moving on, we’d like to show you a new side (but important) character that will appear in the extended demo.
Nox is the young heir of the influential Murano family located in Oxhabor, one of the places Raen will visit during his journey. Because he would like to keep a certain distance from other people, Nox wears slightly tinted eyeglasses as they make him feel more secure.
What could have caused him to be so shy? And what does he want from Raen and his group? We hope you’ll get some answers in the extended demo.
So, which goals have we hit? Firstly, ten additional CGs for the final game. Yay! We already have so many ideas about where to use them.
Next is something we were really excited about - the prequel! Allow me to introduce you to “The Divine Speaker: The Sun and the Moon”!
The prequel follows the young, 18-year-old Speaker, 19 years before the events of the main game, on a journey both similar and completely different to Raen’s. I’m sure you’ll draw some comparisons between the full game and the prequel - after all, history tends to repeat itself. I hope you’re all as excited as me to experience his story.
You’ll find that when the Speaker was younger, his personality wasn’t quite the same, and he’s a very different protagonist to Raen. He’s not as gullible or innocent, with a bit of a cold streak, but he holds a lot of respect for the people above him. Still, he feels trapped in a life that he had no choice over, but accepts his duties nonetheless. A lack of confidence leaves him unsure about the path he’s been set on.
You’ll find the content and consequences of what happens in the prequel heavily linked in with the events of the main game, but you should also be able to enjoy it as a standalone story.
So, what can you expect?
Unlike TDS, there is only one love interest. This is a canon telling of what happened in the past. Choices are a little different, and can lead to different conversations and events, but won’t affect the ending as heavily as other games.
We plan for the prequel to be around 25k-30k words. To put this into perspective, the demo for TDS was less than 10k words, so it should be around triple the length.
For everyone that was sad that you couldn’t date the Speaker - this is for you! You’ll get to learn about what made him the man he is today - good and bad. We’re really excited for this project, and around 11k words have already been written in preparation.
It will use some of the same BGs and some new ones. It will feature brand new CGs (number to be confirmed) and 18+ sex scenes.
The prequel will be completely free. You can play it for free whether you backed us on Kickstarter or not.
There’s only SIX days left to back us on Kickstarter! Let’s use these last few days to push that funding level as high as we can! With enough effort, we’ll be able to hit the full VA goal!
Thank you all again for your support so far. Without all of you, we’d never be able to make TDS the game we want it to be. I hope you’re all as excited as us!
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