For Whose Majesty (WIP)

Devlog

• [progress] check-in (Q3, 2024)
  September 30, 2024 by brushmen

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  #dotgraph, #progress

  So far… 320,021 words (based on illume proofing method calculation) dotgraph image shows overview of chapter 14’s current branching progress (2 sort of completed routes other than a few early-endi... Continue reading

  
• [progress] check-in (Q2, 2024)
  June 30, 2024 by brushmen

  5

  #dotgraph, #progress

  So far… 309,549 words (based on illume proofing method calculation) dotgraph image shows overview of chapter 14’s current branching progress (1 sort of completed route other than a few early-endin... Continue reading

  
• [progress] check-in (Q1, 2024)
  April 01, 2024 by brushmen

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  #dotgraph, #progress

  Stuck on more plot issues. It’s hard to solve problems in the story that I can’t solve in real life… 💀 So far… 299,298 words (based on illume proofing method calculation) dotgraph image sho... Continue reading

  
• [progress] check-in (Q4, 2023)
  December 31, 2023 by brushmen

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  #dotgraph, #progress

  Stuck on some plot issues. The difficulties with always needing to give MC a way out of a situation without forcing an “end story” choice (which exists for RP reason), while also making choices... Continue reading

  
• [progress] check-in (Q3, 2023)
  September 30, 2023 by brushmen

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  #dotgraph, #progress

  So far… 261,413 words (based on illume proofing method calculation) dotgraph image shows overview of chapter 14’s current branching progress I want to thank the few reviewers for leaving nice comm... Continue reading

  
• [bug fix] Fei might have died in chapter 10 due to code error!
  September 28, 2023 by brushmen

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  #bugfix

  I’m adding ad hoc fixes to the beginning of chapter 11, 12, and 13, so the side effect of this fix might make a Fei that shouldn’t have died suddenly be alive again if you are currently in between... Continue reading
• itch.io's CDN change may affect your saved progress (if in-browser-only)
  August 29, 2023 by brushmen

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  https://itch.io/t/3099694/notice-for-html-game-devs-upcoming-change-to-cdn-domain Games that used save game state within the browser will lose all their save data, as things like localStorage are tied... Continue reading
• chapter 13 draft
  July 09, 2023 by brushmen

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  #progress

  As mentioned in the previous devlog post , there are user-interface changes to the project, mainly the hiding of directly clickable menu options behind an extra click. This tidies up the main screen,... Continue reading
• [progress] check-in (Q2, 2023)
  June 30, 2023 by brushmen

  4

  #dotgraph, #progress

  So far… 249,565 words (based on illume proofing method calculation) dotgraph image shows overview of chapter 13’s current branching progress I’m mostly done with chapter 13 first draft, but stil... Continue reading

  
• [progress] check-in (Q1, 2023)
  March 31, 2023 by brushmen

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  #dotgraph, #progress

  So far… 231,998 words (based on illume proofing method calculation) dotgraph image shows overview of chapter 13’s current branching progress Still working on freelance gigs. Thanks to everyone who... Continue reading

  
• chapter 12 draft
  December 30, 2022 by brushmen

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  #progress

  Hello, happy holiday season, and best wishes for the coming new year! There have been more people choosing to follow (presumably for this project) in December than the whole year before then. Welcome!... Continue reading
• [progress] check-in (Sep, 2022)
  September 30, 2022 by brushmen

  5

  #progress

  So far… 210,866 words (based on illume proofing method calculation) I might try a quarterly check-in schedule... Continue reading
• [progress] check-in (Aug, 2022)
  August 31, 2022 by brushmen

  3

  #dotgraph, #progress

  So far… 205,339 words (based on illume proofing method calculation) Forgot to check in last month, but the progress is very slow anyway. 😅 I’m pants-ing a “pretend negotiation” plot that I... Continue reading

  
• chapter 11 draft
  June 17, 2022 by brushmen

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  #progress

  The alpha-testing phase is technically not done, but in the process of playtesting chapter 11 myself, I fixed a few coding errors in the previous chapter(s), so I didn’t want to withhold an update f... Continue reading
• [progress] end of month check-in (May)
  May 31, 2022 by brushmen

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  #dotgraph, #progress

  So far… 196,831 words (based on illume proofing method calculation) average of 300 clicks through chapter 1-11 I’m testing chapter 11. The pacing is not satisfactory (especially some routes), but... Continue reading

  
• [progress] end of month check-in (Apr.)
  April 30, 2022 by brushmen

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  #dotgraph, #progress

  So far… 192,444 words (based on illume proofing method calculation)... Continue reading

  
• [progress] end of month check-in (Mar.)
  March 31, 2022 by brushmen

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  #dotgraph, #progress

  So far… 191,040 words (based on illume proofing method calculation) Been trying to get back into playing “story games” (indie ttrpg) more to attempt to recharge, which has its own set of challen... Continue reading

  
• [progress] end of month check-in (Feb.)
  February 28, 2022 by brushmen

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  #dotgraph, #progress

  Nowhere near completion of chapter 11 yet. Uploaded only for minor fixes. Some routes might even be unreachable since I only noticed the error through VSCode’s syntax parser for SugarCube. ^_^; So f... Continue reading

  
• [progress] end of month check-in (Jan.)
  January 31, 2022 by brushmen

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  #dotgraph, #progress

  So far… 183,013 words (based on illume proofing method calculation) Happy Lunar New Year! 🥟... Continue reading

  
• [progress] end of month check-in (Dec.)
  December 31, 2021 by brushmen

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  #progress, #dotgraph

  Happy New Year’s Eve! Thank you for your interest in this project. ^_^ The burnout from chapter 10 draft is still lingering, but I’m slowly chipping away at chapter 11, one chat at a time. I know... Continue reading

  
• [devtalk] load file patching
  November 30, 2021 by brushmen

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  There was not much progress on chapter 11, so in this month’s “check-in” post I will discuss briefly the load file patching method I learned from the Twine discord server. Some changes to the st... Continue reading
• chapter 10 draft
  October 31, 2021 by brushmen

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  #dotgraph, #progress

  The menu options are limited nearly through the entire Chapter 10. It is done on purpose to potentially create the feeling of uncertainty and fatigue. Sorry for the inconvenience. I may do sporadic up... Continue reading

  
• [progress] end of month check-in (Sep.)
  September 30, 2021 by brushmen#dotgraph, #progress

  Apologies for receiving alerts about the story file being updated when they are only bug fixes. I try to hold off updating minor text edits, but wanted to update bug fixes as soon as I could. So far... Continue reading

  
• [progress] end of month check-in (Aug.)
  August 31, 2021 by brushmen

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  #progress

  While waiting for further instruction for the paid freelance gig, I started working on chapter 10 draft. It’s a chapter about the main character trying to continue living, choosing what to sacrifice... Continue reading
• chapter 9 draft, please restart
  August 01, 2021 by brushmen#dotgraph, #progress

  Dotgraph showing passage-flow of chapter 8 and chapter 9 only. (I have already broken my own arbitrary rule about chapter length 😂) So far… 151,514 words (based on illume proofing calculation) av... Continue reading

  
• reviewing existing content, updating code
  July 30, 2021 by brushmen#devtalk

  For half of July I have been reviewing all the existing content of the project. This is why I haven’t been able to post the next update (but should soon because I need to put the project on hold for... Continue reading
• [progress] end of month check-in (Jun.)
  June 30, 2021 by brushmen

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  #progress, #dotgraph

  One year anniversary! ^_^; So far… 141,312 words (based on illume proofing calculation) Found a “minor” continuity error (forgot to check another flag value) in a previous chapter, should be fix... Continue reading

  
• [progress] end of month check-in (May)
  May 31, 2021 by brushmen

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  #dotgraph, #progress

  So far… 127,358 words (based on illume proofing calculation) Changed some flag value checks in previous chapters, but haven’t had time to do the auto-click-through testing. Hope they won’t becom... Continue reading

  
• [progress] end of month check-in (Apr.)
  May 02, 2021 by brushmen

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  #dotgraph, #progress

  Progress is a little slow at the moment. So far… 115,487 words (based on illume proofing calculation) I kind of had to think about chapter 8, 9 and 10 together in terms of branching. Since chapter... Continue reading

  
• chapter 8 draft, minor detail changes, codex updates
  March 30, 2021 by brushmen

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  #dotgraph, #progress

  Was eager to post new chapter after several months and then found so many continuity bugs and typographical errors, sorry for the constant tiny updates! ^_^; I should try not to do public “emergency... Continue reading

  
• [progress] end of month check-in (Feb.)
  February 28, 2021 by brushmen

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  #dotgraph, #progress

  So far… 100,325 words (calculated using illume proofing format) still on chapter 8’s second divergent path minor edit to reduce presence of “teapot” (not sure if it would be considered luxury... Continue reading

  
• [progress] end of month check-in (Jan.)
  January 31, 2021 by brushmen

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  #dotgraph, #progress

  So far… ~190,000 words (including code), still on chapter 8’s first divergent path The story is now unwieldy to work with using a single document (it was over 600 pages), so I decide to start chap... Continue reading

  
• [progress] end of year check-in (Dec., 2020)
  December 31, 2020 by brushmen#dotgraph, #progress

  Have a safe New Year’s Eve. Wish 2021 will be better for everyone! <3 So far… still ~170,000 words (including code), slowly getting into chapter 8, but I suspect I might need to think about... Continue reading

  
• chapter 7 draft, bug-fixes, minor detail changes
  December 18, 2020 by brushmen#dotgraph

  So far… ~170,000 words (including code), draft of chapter 7 done, might add more optional dialogue content in the future, but right now I want to move on I wrote a auto-clicker Selenium python scrip... Continue reading

  
• [progress] end of month check-in (Nov.)
  November 30, 2020 by brushmen#dotgraph, #progress

  So far… ~150,000 words including code, still working on chapter 7, the linear flow looks deceptively simple where the branching is done mostly with conditionals instead of hard divergent path like i... Continue reading

  
• [progress] month of Nov.
  November 13, 2020 by brushmen#progress, #dotgraph

  Wrapped up chapter 6 rough draft. Doing some testing while working on refactoring the entire code (particularly file organization and how I keep track of NPC trust values), because I have figured out... Continue reading

  
• [progress] week of Oct. 26
  October 31, 2020 by brushmen#progress

  Finally spent a few days to watch Nirvana in Fire (the Gary-Stu-ness is ridiculous, but the language, pacing/editing, acting and so on are excellent). Did not write during those days. The complexity o... Continue reading
• [progress] week of Oct. 19
  October 24, 2020 by brushmen#dotgraph, #progress

  So far… ~128,000 words including code, working on the 4th divergent path of chapter 6… The next time I upload the updated file, it should include a text-based map (that will be slowly populated as... Continue reading

  
• [progress] week of Oct. 12
  October 17, 2020 by brushmen#dotgraph, #progress

  So far… ~124,000 words including code, should start on the 4th and final divergent path of chapter 6 soon… The 3rd divergent path is visibly shorter than the previous two. Not sure if I should go... Continue reading

  
• [progress] week of Oct. 5
  October 10, 2020 by brushmen#dotgraph, #progress

  So far… ~119,000 words including code, still on third divergent path of chapter 6 changed a few minor word choices in earlier chapters... Continue reading

  
• [progress] week of September 28
  October 03, 2020 by brushmen#dotgraph, #progress

  So far… ~113,000 words including code, starting third divergent path of chapter 6… found out included passage will not count as a distinct entry in story history, thus can’t use hasVisited() on... Continue reading

  
• [progress] week of September 21
  September 26, 2020 by brushmen#dotgraph, #progress

  So far… ~106,000 words including code, still on second divergent path of chapter 6… T_T Ren and Jun’s backstories are slowly becoming less vague, but the details are also changing drastically (a... Continue reading

  
• [progress] week of September 14
  September 19, 2020 by brushmen#progress, #dotgraph

  So far… ~94,000 words including code, starting the second divergent path of chapter 6... Continue reading

  
• [progress] week of September 7
  September 12, 2020 by brushmen#progress, #dotgraph

  So far… ~85,000 words including code, not yet done with the first divergent branch of chapter 6... Continue reading

  
• [progress] week of August 24
  August 30, 2020 by brushmen#progress, #dotgraph

  So far… ~74,000 words including code chapter 1-5 rough draft form Act 1, tentatively assuming 3 more Acts to follow the Set, Rise, Twist and Tie storytelling structure, but it’s not exact... Continue reading

  
• [progress] week of August 17
  August 23, 2020 by brushmen#progress, #dotgraph

  So far… ~68,000 words including code still not enough stat-lowering choices, so MC is still mainly doing “good” more preachy (aka “not fun”) story content, might be off-putting to some reade... Continue reading

  
• [progress] week of August 10
  August 15, 2020 by brushmen#progress, #dotgraph

  So far... * ~58,000 words including code * There may be more bugs than I can quickly find... As the result of flag variables running amok... Continue reading

  
• [progress] week of August 3
  August 09, 2020 by brushmen#progress, #dotgraph

  So far... * ~47,000 words including code... Continue reading

  
• [progress] week of July 27
  July 31, 2020 by brushmen#dotgraph, #progress

  So far... * ~41,000 words including code * updated some code syntax (invisible to the players; may or may not be more work for me overall), changed code to do the ChoiceScript fairmath formula verbati... Continue reading

  
• [progress] week of July 20
  July 26, 2020 by brushmen#dotgraph, #progress

  I didn't really have a plan or a complete outline, so I have to plan as I write the story. So far... * ~34,000 words including code * Stuck on a branching part in Chapter 3 that's taking a while to so... Continue reading