chapter 10 draft

For Whose Majesty (WIP) » Devlog
3 years ago by brushmen
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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 updates to fix things in the coming weeks/months. Sorry for flooding your inbox with notifications.

So far…

  • 174,608 words (based on illume proofing calculation)
  • average of 290 clicks per read-through
  • I’m not fully satisfied with chapter 10 either. Many characters feel flat due to not enough time to develop them further. Need more efficient ways to give them nuance without bloating the branching scope.

Thinking about the potential branching, I don’t know how long the next chapter will take to finish. I probably also need to take it easier for a while, because I might be experiencing a bit of burnout. 😂 Thank you for checking it out and your continued interest in the project.

p.s. Stay warm, and have a safe Halloween. 🎃

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siyufox3 years ago

Hi, I've been looking at the game's code mostly just out of curiosity, but I'm kind of confused by one part (or it could just be my questionable code-reading skills, but I thought I would ask).

In this part here, I don't think I've lost any qi so far (I had 4 at the end of chapter 9), but I can't pick the first option. Is there another requirement for it, or am I just missing something?

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brushmen3 years ago (5 edits)

I hope it wasn’t an error in your case, but
== SPOILER ==








if your MC suffered spirit poison (not the food poisoning) during a fight in chapter 8, the MC will slowly lose Qi over time in chapter 10.

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siyufox3 years ago

Ah okay, thanks. Possibly a spoiler-y question, but will we eventually get our stats back or is it permanent?

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brushmen3 years ago (2 edits)

==== SPOILER ====










I don’t intend for the reduced stats to become permanent, though recovery may or may not restore MC to their exactly previous state.

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siyufox3 years ago(+1)

(Oops, accidentally deleted my post.)

One more thing, (should I post on the forum instead if I think of anything else?) I played again and ended up with no injuries this time, but somehow lost 1 from the mind stat that I couldn't find a reason for in the code. Was that supposed to happen, because I saw that at some points you can lose qi even without any injuries?

On an somewhat unrelated note, I noticed that the emperor sometimes calls the MC by their birth name instead of their courtesy name. It looks like an error to me, at least based on the explanation about names given in the story.

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brushmen2 years ago (4 edits)

You’re welcome to post in the forum. :)








Would you like to discuss in private? I can show you some relevant code. I think in that case it’s because your MC’s highest stat was mind. The highest mind/body will always deteriorate just because of being almost buried, if that’s reasonable (it might not, but right now that’s my logic for the “cost”)? I don’t have a detailed design document and thus sometimes code can get out of control, and I need reader feedback to help me find bugs. 😅

As for courtesy name and birth name, I haven’t nailed down when is appropriate to switch. But it’s based on trust level and/or romance situation. But sometimes it just doesn’t “feel” right, you know. Hard to explain. (Sometimes I wonder if western-audience uses an English name, then it definitely feels more personal to them than a Chinese name that they had a limited choice of, but yeah I should try to be internally consistent… 😅)

Thanks so much for your time!

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vieoza3 years ago(+2)

Good day! Been following your game for a while now and I’m just wondering if you uploaded already the draft for Chapter 10? Played it again but it’s not yet there. Honestly I’m just really excited for the next chapter. Maybe I misunderstood or I came too early…. 

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brushmen3 years ago

Hi, thanks for letting me know. It should be linked now. 😅 (if not I’ll check again)

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vieoza3 years ago(+1)

It’s working, thank you. 

Though I encountered this error whenever I try to pick the upper choice. Even when I tried another route. But the rest was okay, I just had to pick the second choice for it to proceed. 


(1st photo caption: error after this part)


(2nd photo caption: error result 1)

(3rd photo caption: error result 2)


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brushmen3 years ago

Thanks for the detailed explanation! I uploaded the fixed version. :fingerscrossed:

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