#demo launch

Hello! Yes, the time has come: the Infamous demo is out! First I want to say that the response has been so unreal and the fact that people are so excited for this makes me both happy and nervous haha but I’m glad people have become invested in the characters that I love dearly!

The demo includes:

✮ PROLOGUE ✮

Audition for BOTB and attend the after-party hosted by Misfit Alley…and try not to get in trouble in the process.

Meet some new (and familiar faces) and spend the night three different ways.

Maybe have that long awaited conversation with your ex friend/partner that wants nothing to do with you :)

The prologue can be a bit NSFW-ish, if you so choose, so be wary of that!

✮ CHAPTER ONE ✮

Find your new drummer to replace Jazzy.

Kick off the tour!

⚠️ NOTE ⚠️ As there is quite a bit of variation and coding, it’s very hard for me as a one woman show to find every single error (trust me, I tried.) so for that I will be kindly outsourcing you guys as my makeshift alpha testers, if that’s alright (ha!).

If there are any errors, typos, or any passages that feel like they are out of context due to the game not reading the coding, please please let me know so I can fix it! Ideally I’d like the demo to be 100% polished before the next update!

Also, stat pages like Characters and Band Codex will be created next update so ignore that haha!

Band and character playlists will be up soon and I will share an update on that!

Also I would like to credit @magiciansvoyage for the pronoun template adapted from @hpowellsmith ! It is amazing and I’m very thankful for your generosity!

here it finally is!

Prologue & First Part of Chapter One out now! ( ~18k words)

I'm later than planned, but I unfortunately was dreadfully sick for a few weeks and couldn't rouse the energy to finish writing :(

Features

Meet all but one RO (Z will show up in Chap. 2)

Choose your tutelary deity.

Engage in some tasteful gossip (if you wish).

Ruminate over your upcoming step-up in the government- or don't and just have fun🤷‍♂️

I know it's short, but I'm hoping it's alright. Please report any bugs or errors you find, or if you just have some commentary, feel free to tell me.

The first demo of Gonzague is now available for early access on Patreon (16+ and 18+ versions) and Ko-Fi (16+ version only) for tiers Little Heir and up!

(at least for those not in my discord server)

I’m releasing the demo today!

It’s not quite the release I was gunning for, as it only contains chapter one instead of chapter one and two as I originally planned, so you won’t get to meet any of the ROs yet, unfortunately. I do have a big chunk of chapter two written, but at this point I’ve just been going back and forth so much and overthinking everything, that I’ve decided I just need to put something out there, rip the band aid off, so to speak. Otherwise my imposter syndrome brain never will. So this is like a... soft launch? ✌🏼 A little appetiser, if you will.

I’m just putting it out there – not to diss my own horn or anything — but I’m not really happy with this chapter. I am however, sick of it, and I just want to move on to chapter two where all the fun begins, and then I can always go back and rewrite chapter one later if I feel so inclined. This is the beauty of having a WIP, I guess. But I still wanted to put it out now, to get this show on the road, ya know?

I also really want to get some feedback on all the customisation so far, because chapter one is really all about building your MC, their personality, their appearance and their background, so if there’s something you feel is missing, or you would like to see added, I can add that in before we get to Regency Era and get to see all the reactions 👀 

So with that being said...

In this demo you get to:

       +   suffer through writing a paper        +   start shaping your MC’s personality        +   customise your MC        +   experience some spooky shit (v on brand for this time of the year 👀🎃)        +   get yeeted into time travel, completely out of the blue

I am ✨ nervous ✨, but I’m so excited to get some feedback and hear your guys’ opinions, so I can start improving things. Thank you for bearing with me! I will now retreat to my humble cave (actually I have work all weekend) and await your judgement with bated breath. I’m not too worried though, y’all are to nice to tell me I suck (to my face). Hope you enjoy! ✨🤎

You can find the demo HERE ✨

I pray that everything works 🙏🏻🤞🏻

You know the streets are dangerous. ‘Course you do. It’s the first thing you learn here, right after how to cry and right before how to hush. Children with velcro on their shoes know it before they learn to lace them up.

So why are you out here, alone, at night?

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Bringer is an Interactive Fiction story set in the town of Helmsvale, where everyone knows someone who has had a supernatural encounter. You’re about to have one yourself.

**This story involves the use of swear words and a lot of death** It’s not too gory, but if discussion of death is something you cannot or do not want to read, this story may not be for you.

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FEATURES:

- Customizable MC!

Set your name, pronouns, appearance, and personality. Are you a sinner, a saint, a dreamer, or a skeptic? Let our Achievement Badges tell you!

- Choices Matter!

You decide how to navigate Helmsvale! Are you kind? Cruel? Strong, Persuasive, Subtle, Intelligent, or Intimidating? Each choice you make will impact your future.

- Five Main Cast/ROs!

Choose whether to pursue friendship or romance (or hatred or hate-romance) with five main characters! Meet your antagonistic coworker, a bartender at a less-than-reputable club, a different coworker who moonlights as a vigilante, a bookworm who haunts the library, and an employee of the Occult Society of Helmsvale! You set the tone for your interactions, and they respond accordingly.

- Superpowers!

Yes, that’s right- you have powers. Figure out what you can do, and choose whether to use them for good or evil. Or whether to use them at all.

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... well, the demo at least.

The demo features:

A choice of character avatar and pronoun customization

Some partial voice acting [not complete]

Absolutely wonderful writing 10/10 very hilarious

6k+ words

Sound captions

11 love interests [yes. you heard me right. Eleven.] and a roommate

A custom UI

https://astralautumngames.itch.io/mcsmbts

As of December 9, 2020, Minecraft: Story Mode: Behind the Scenes (or MCSM: Behind the Scenes if you want slightly less of a mouthful) has been released!

There are a few things that are unfinished as of yet (namely the rest of the game, as well as the voice acting), but the demo is out!

Over the next few months, my main priority is finishing up writing the rest of the game. The dating sim isn't done-- not by a long shot-- but the prologue-y bit is complete, and that's what I wanted to get finished with this demo!

My plans for the next few months:

Finish up the writing. This will probably take a few months in itself, but if I work on it a little every day, I want to set a goal for myself to finish it by the end of February.

I do have other not-game-related projects I want to finish as well, so there is a chance I won't have the writing done by then anyhow.

That's pretty much it. I don't want to start on the CGs I will need until I'm absolutely certain that it won't be wasted, so by the latest I want to have the dating sim's writing completed by the end of March. This is a personal goal to avoid burnout or a loss of interest

My plans for after that:

Open up beta-testing. I only really need three people per platform to test (Mac, PC, Linux), so I will open those up once I begin coding routes.

Work on the art for the routes. I will probably do it one route at a time, so beta-testers will receive each update one route at a time.

Whew! Okay, time flies. I totally meant to post this yesterday just after I announced it in the Discord but whatever---

Chapter 6 is slowly but surely plugging along and I expect to have it done soon, but right now I do have the demo completed.

The chapter 6 demo is more or less Carter's entire route. Granted, it is not the chapter all the way through, as it does end just before we return to the "common" route at the very end, but I gotta leave some surprises for you guys.

Anyway, the demo is done and I will post it Wednesday, Jan 1st to kick off the new year properly.

Demos are only available to the Friends of the Court tiers and above on my Patreon.