Royal Wedding Quest! Official blog

@lunarcassiopeia made some fanart of the game, thanks!

Free Demo | Latest Early Access version | Ko-fi

Hello! Not a lot done this week since I'm gearing up for nano- writing an additional 50000 words should put me much closer to finishing the game :)

Done this week:

Patreon rewards

To do next:

Add more sprites

Hello everyone!

I'm proud to announce that thanks to my patreons, I managed to get the game on steam.

Which is why I'd really like to thank all of them for their continued support; without them it wouldn't have been possible.

I've been working on this for a while now, without talking about it. Steam asks for a lot of steps and verifications before letting a game on their store; I didn't want to mention it without being 100% sure it would be happening.

Since the game is still in development, the Steam store page only offers the demo for now; it's the same as the one offered on itch.io, so no big changes game content wise. For now I'll keep on focusing on finishing the game.

Free Demo | Latest Early Access version | Ko-fi

Hello everyone!

As promised I’m resuming my weekly updates.

Done this week:

Editing (mostly correcting small mistakes or typos)

Debugging the early access version

Worked on rewards for patreons

added more to my game guide (not ready yet)

To do next week/soon:

Make more patreon rewards

Add more expression to new sprites

Start on the next part of the game

Hello everyone!

Sorry for the month of absence; I had a lot to do during that time :)

I’m coming back to tumblr with something nice though; the extended free demo is now available!

When previously you could play up to the end of the introduction, you now can play the first part of the game! That means you can see the main route and the beginning of 4/7 romances :) Your MC gets to face her first trials and gets to know her companions better in this demo!

Do you want more? Well good news; patreons get to see the first few neutral/good endings as well as much more romance :) Plus if you chose to become a patreon, you chose to support me and help further develop the game ;)

Free Demo | Latest Early Access version | Ko-fi

As a giant terrifying monster of a spider decided to take residence on my desk I regretfully have to announce I cannot continue developpment,I need to burn my whole house down- Okay just kidding, the giant hairy spider situation is under control. Plus I wouldn’t seriously stop developpment over a spider- my work is saved elsewhere so I could soldier on.

More seriously, I’m now reaching a part of the game writing wise where the first good/neutral endings happen, so cheers to that :) I’m hoping to be able to release the game before the end of 2018 and it’s looking more and more likely!

Done this week:

Finished the in-between scenes, started on Astrill’s next story arc(~9000 words)

To do next week:

Continue writing pretty much!

Free Demo | Latest Early Access version | Ko-fi

I apologise for the lack of update last week; I’ve been hard at work and struggling with the heatwave, so I plain forgot to post. I did make good progress though :)

I’m currently trying to write as much as I possibly can in a nanowrimo like self-imposed challenge this month, so I can hopefully be done with the game as soon as possible!

If all goes well, by the end of the month I should be able to release the longer demo to the public for free and have a much longer early access version with the first real endings implemented (and not just the “whoops you died” ones ;) )

Done this week:

Finished rewriting Ariavik’s scenes

Started writing the next story arc (~7000 words)

made a website for the studio

To do next week:

Continue writing the next story arc

Free Demo | Latest Early Access version | Ko-fi

I started working on the next part of the game this week :) Most planning for the next arc is done, including the first few “neutral” endings! They’re admittedly close to what you’d expect in a good ending, but since the MC can do much better, it’s not considered one ;)

Done this week:

Finished planning the next story arc

Rewrote some of Ariavik’s scene (~850 words) to add more MC variety

Started working on a patreon’s reward (designing their own cameo sprite)

To do next week:

Finish rewriting Ariavik’s scenes

Start writing the next arc

First of all I'd like to wish a happy 14 Juillet to my fellow frogs!

I've been working mostly on behind the scenes stuff in the past two weeks, so I don't have impressive work to show off sadly. I also took the opportunity for a small break after releasing the early access.

Done:

-started on the game guide's design (2 pages done)

-Organised my plot so I can start writing the next part of the game

-A lot of advertising

To do next week:

-rewrite Ariavik's scenes a little to better represent the various MCs

-start writing the next part

-work on my patreon rewards

-write some more of my ask meme answers since I paused that to work on the game

I ended up moving the progress log back a few days due to needing a bit of time to rest after all the hard work I put in to release the early access :)

Done this week:

Finished the common route CG

Finished implementing everything in game

Published the early access

took a small break ;)

To do:

Correct any bugs/mistakes that might crop up

start reworking a few plot points I’m not satisfied with anymore

start working on the next story arc

The first part of Royal Wedding Quest! is out for Patreons!

ON PATREON:

I set things up so my patreons will get the game in early access. That means anytime I finish another part of the story, patreons get to enjoy it as soon as it’s out instead of having to wait like others. 

For as little as 1$/month, you can enjoy the game before anyone else and support me, so I might be able to afford good voice actors instead of leaving the game unvoiced. You also get to enjoy exclusive content such as a few tutorials, illustrations or simply articles on my experience making otome games.

Giving more will unlock different rewards, such as access to the official discord, some custom art, the game guide/artbook, or, for the highest tiers- a chance to design your own MC to implement in game.

ON THE GAME ITSELF:

The game currently features the common route with a small story arc involving each of the romances currently available; Astrill, Yuriko, Daniel and Ariavik all have a first arc that can solidify your relationship with them and go from simple travel companions to a friendship of sort.

When running a part of the program that checks the code for mistakes, I get a note telling me how many words are in the game; to quote it “The game contains 2,347 dialogue blocks, containing 59,995 words”. When play testing it I had around 1h30 of playtime.

In its current state, most of the feature I want implemented are at least present and showing in game, even if everything isn’t working 100% yet; the text is still being edited so subject to changes (for the better; I’m ESL, so I do freely admit I make mistakes. It’s slowly being worked on!). I have tested it thoroughly so there shouldn’t be any bugs, though if anything arises a corrected version should take at most a week to come out. Right now the mac version hasn’t been tested so it’s only available on PC, though the mac version should come out as soon as I’m sure it works properly- give it a few days.

I’d put its rating at something like 13+; It contains some violence and talks of sexual nature, though no downright smut or pictures of said violence. Character death also is present for people who may be sensitive to that.

Patreon | Itch.io | commissions  | Redbubble | Kofi

Because of the results on my poll when posted on the otome amino, my paid demo idea is going to get scraped; instead I’ll be going for an early access for patreons model :) More details will be revealed on the release date, which, if all goes well, should be in six days(28/06) for patreons! 

Done this week:

Finished Ariavik’s first CG

Started a common route CG

Finished writing Ariavik’s first scenes (~1200 words)

Finished writing the common route scenes for this chapter (~1100 words)

To Do:

Finish the common route CG

Getting fanart got me all pumped up so I worked extra hard this week :)

Done:

Started on a CG (lineart done, just need some colors/Shading now :) )

Paperwork (having your own business to make video games is actually a big chore-)

Wrote more of Ariavik’s scenes (~1500 words)

To do: