New Project Devlog, info and previews (Patreon)

Hey hey!

I hope you all have had a good week so far! Today, I decided to do a little write-up to be transparent and keep you all informed about how things are going when it comes to the new project I've been mentioning a few times! I'm gonna write a little bit about what it is, what to expect from it, and show a little of all the planning work so far. I can elaborate on the planning later on if it's of people's interest, but for now, I'll try to keep this from getting TOO large!

What it is:

This new project stems from my will to work on something... bigger. I have a few larger written series out there, but heck, I have a college degree on game development and design (did you know?)! I had never acted on it so far, but I saw an opportunity to merge my passion for writing in something a little more... game-y, and I thought, what the hell! And now I intend to go for it and give it a try. The Mage's Tower was my first attempt, although focused mostly on the kink. With this new project, I intend on focusing more on story rather than JUST kink (but it'll be there!). If any of you have read my How Royalty Works series (FA / SF), it's kind of that, but I have grown way more experienced in many areas since I wrote that, so I hope that this one will be even better.

Okay, but what is it REALLY?

All of this I have said before in different occasions. The project in itself has many facets, all of which will be seen as it comes into existence and develops. The premise for it, however, is as follows:

You, the player, will be playing as an entity called 'Lust' (pretty telling ;) ) that just so happens to end up inside the body of a young wolf soldier called Resnick, who belongs to a powerful order called the Dawnbreak Order. Within him, you'll see his life through his eyes, and as your host, it turns out that when he feels lust, it strengthens you. Not only that, but connected to him and being what you are, you will have the power to induce and increase Resnick's lust, as well as and nudge the feelings of people around him. Your powers to manipulate people might not be limited to just lust, and with this power, the goal will be to help shape Resnick's path, what he does, and all of that in a way that, hopefully, benefits the both of you while you're stuck together. All of that while the wolf himself discovers that the world he lives in holds way more secrets than he ever imagined.

Is that enough of a premise? Geez, it sounds a little cheesy to write it like a book premise, but these are made for a reason, right? I hope that gives enough of a teaser of what this will be about!

The making of it

I'm still figuring this all out, but The Mage's Tower was a good experience when it comes to game releases. My initial plan is to work in the same way as I did with The Mage's Tower. That means that, I'll aim for an update with new content every month to play through. Patrons will have access to a build that will be ahead of the public one, with more stuff, as well as insider knowledge of its development and any other perks I manage to think up on the way. I definitely want to hold some polls to let you guys define some aspects of the game as well, but unlike Mage's Tower, since the story is a bit grander and more elaborate, I need to have full control of it to make sure it'll come out as good as I hope at the beginning!

In these past few weeks and for a while now, I've been working hard in using my experience outlining stories and series to create this project. It's intended to be something with a beginning, middle and end, so it will NOT run forever. In fact, the ending is planned and everything (sort of), although I predict it'll take a while to get there if all of this gets going. Here's a little preview of my outlining board, for those interested:

(super zoomed out on purpose, would contain MAJOR spoilers otherwise!)

And that brings me to the my last topic on this post...

Visuals and assets

When I first concepted this project, I planned for it to be exactly like The Mage's Tower. An interactive story for all intents and purposes. Now, however, I found a possible opportunity to add an investment of my own into trying to make this more awesome by adding some level of artwork with it. With the help of my buddy, BlainWolf , and his availability to do commissioned work for me, we have the possibility of having some art to go along with the story! I've talked to him and all of that is still in the works. For now, however, I DO have a WIP sketch preview to show! Keep in mind that this is very much NOT final and very subject to change, but you get an insider look at it:

^ this being a first sketch of Resnick, our brave wolven protagonist.

Did you have any doubt he was going to be a wolf? You know me... I promise there'll be a bunch of other species around, though! But also more wolves. ;)

Closing thoughts and the immediate future

Well, this has gotten long enough. Again, for the brave ones that read this far, thank you! I hope this shed some light on what I've been working on. Since I want to get you all more content even while this is happening, I have one original story in the works that is almost done, and two more collaboration stories that are also close to done. I hope to be able to finish and share them very soon and on Patreon first, as always. ;)

If you all have any questions, feel free to ask!

And, as always, thank you SO MUCH for supporting me and making all of this possible! Hopefully this will bring something even more awesome to pay you all back for your amazing support! This is gonna be BIG, guys!