#speaker game

[speakergame]

Progress Update - 3/4/24

Hello and happy March!

It’s been a while, hasn’t it? 😅 Well, I finally have some good news for you this time: I have some actual news!

I'm happy to be able to announce at last that an update is on its way! I’ve still got some assets to make and code cleanup and testing to finish, but I should finally have something to show you soon.

I’ll put a cut at the end of this and go into more detail about the what and why of what I’ve been working on during this long and unintended hiatus, but the tl;dr is that I hope to have an update out by the end of the month, and that said update will break any saves made in Chapter 4. Unfortunate, but unavoidable, since Chapter 4 had to be recoded from the beginning 😞

I just want to thank all of you once again for sticking with me through my extended silence! Especially to my patrons who’ve put up with me putting everything on pause month after month while I dealt with my real life shit, and to everyone who’s sent me kind and supportive messages to let me know Speaker hasn’t been forgotten. It really means a lot to me.

Okay, enough of that sappy shit! I’m gonna get back to work finishing this up 😁 I’ll put out another update later this month once I have a more definite release date.

Thank you all for reading! I hope you’re having a fantastic 2024 so far, and that the rest of the week treats you kindly. See y’all soon! 💙💙💙

(For those who want a more detailed breakdown on what’s been happening and what to expect, hit the readmore)

I won’t go into the personal life stuff I’ve been dealing with this past year that has slowed down my work, but as far as the actual game goes: 

To put it simply, I just wasn’t happy with it. Some of it could be because of how many times I had to reread the same section while I was coding the scenes that would’ve taken place after the last update, but no matter how much I edited or rearranged it, I didn’t like how that scene turned out. There was something… formulaic that had been happening with the way I always laid out scenes, and a bit of stagnation in the story, character, and relationship development that bothered me.

So I rewrote it. And when I still didn’t like it, I rewrote it again. And I still didn’t like it. I thought about scrapping the whole thing on more than one occasion as I struggled to get out of the corner I’d written myself into.

Inspiration finally struck at the beginning of this year, thanks in part to another interactive novel I follow, and I really like the direction I’ve taken it now. 

Instead of the RO split scenes happening where the last one left off, Speaker, Seer, and Gavin are gonna have a chat about Things™ to move the next story arc forward. Then Speaker will get some downtime, by themself at first and then in an extended scene split with the RO of their choosing. 

All the Big Plot Things that were going to happen in Chapter 4 will be moved to Chapter 5 instead, and 4 will be a bit more of a filler episode. A deep breath before the plunge, as it were.

This split won’t just be a quick conversation/reaction from the RO, but a full on different direction for the rest of the chapter based on who you choose. Most of them will involve leaving the house; all of them will involve actual one-on-one time (or one-on-two time, as the case may be) away from the others. And though romance isn’t required, all of them will have the potential to really move the romance forward if you so choose. One or two might even have a lock-in choice (maybe. I’m not 100 percent on that, so don’t hold me to it) 

These scenes won’t be in the next update, because they’re all very complex, but the update will definitely have the Seer chat and at least some of the by-yourself stuff. The update after will have the rest of the alone time stuff (including the clothes/body CC you’ve all been waiting for), and then the one after will start the RO scenes. I think.

I may actually split the RO scenes into separate updates, and let my darlings over at Patreon vote for the order they’re released. That way I can focus on one at a time instead of trying to split my attention six ways at once.

Okay, that’s enough rambling for me today. Time to get back to work! Still got a lot to get done before this is ready, but it’s so close now.

#speaker game #progress update #so happy to finally have some progress to update about XD #maybe I can finally start answering some asks again too and fully resurrect this poor blog

[cozmiccore]

I was browsing through my photos and saw my lil drawing of the Cowles siblings from @speakergame using the draw squad template. It was like 2 years ago and I was so happy after I was done but at the same time so shy to post it because Speaker have a lot of great fan arts from really great artists during that time... annnd I'm not an artist as you can see 😅 but still I wanted to give it a try. I think it looks cute? lol

#cant believe I actually have a decent drawing #i love how gavin turned out tho lol #speaker #speaker game #interactive fiction #⭐ #!!

[queen-scribbles]

I lose my balance on these eggshells you tell me to tread, I'd rather be a wild one instead --- I got art of my @speakergame MC Callie from @commander-sarahs-art​ and she knocked it out of the fucking park as per usual bringing my adventure magnet gal to life. 🥰🥰🥰

#callie cole #speaker #speaker game #LOOK AT HER I'M SCREECHING #SHE'S SO PRETTY😍 #THANK YOU SARAH

[queerdetectiveblue]

Speaker Dominique “Nikky” Álvarez from @speakergame 💜

Pronouns: he/him

Seer: Olivia “Liv”

Dog: Bepo 

RO: Sebastian 

#my beloved son <3 #speaker game #speaker #moodboard #my oc #oc dominique

[triflingshadows]

Giveaway piece 1 of 2, Serafina Aguilar from the game Speaker for @sallyalavidze!

#art #sallyalavidze #speaker game #just about wrapped up w/ the second one! likely posting later today/tomorrow #v fun characters to draw all around #reqs

[boom-doodles]

sketching some Kana (from Speaker if)

#kana #if: speaker #speaker game #interactive fiction #been happy with my art lately but I'm so out of practice with sketching #slowly working through the mental queue that's been building for like a year now lol

[lilmeowmeowsagelesath]

wait wait WAIT I've been playing speaker and have seriously been struggling with having to choose between sebastian & liam because i love them both so much, but you're telling me there's actually a poly route for them so I can HAVE THEM BOTH??!?? 😭😍😭🙏🙏🙏 bless this author omg

#i was just gonna have two separate play throughs one for each route but THIS IS EVEN BETTER #ahhhhhhh im so happy dhdkfnhss #sebastian wynric #li cowles #liam cowles #speaker game #speaker if #if #personal #sebastian x liam #poly route

[sunshineandviolets]

The Dryad & The Shapeshifter aka my beloveds 😘💕

Azalea & Rory are from Speaker by @speakergame

#the sims 4 #speaker game #ts4 edits #azalea mirin #rory kane #ts4 cas #my edits #was gonna wait to post when i do the others #but like - im lazy and wanted to show off these two first #cause im biased <3 #my fav part is probs Az's arms #cause ehehe they beefy n big 😳🥰 #also trying to find good scars was a pain - but a found a few #not shown here - but rory was also a bunch of back scars too #if only i had that damned werewolf pack #cause i know that had a ton of scars in #but rory still came out looking good <3

[risualto]

High Priestess, Hermit, Tower for an OC of your choice?

02.  the high priestess  :  how does your muse make decisions ? do they trust their instinct or would they rather trust their heart / their logic ?

09.  the hermit  :  how introspective is your muse ? how often do they self - reflect ?

16.  the tower  :  what event drastically changed your muse’s life ? do they resent that event or are they glad of it ?

the high priestess : how does your muse make decisions ? do they trust their instinct or would they rather trust their heart / their logic ?

the hermit : how introspective is your muse ? how often do they self - reflect ?

the tower : what event drastically changed your muse’s life ? do they resent that event or are they glad of it ?

Ooh, thank you! I want to answer this about Yoshiko from @speakergame because I haven't written about her nearly enough, and I want to flesh her out.

The High Priestess: How does your muse make decisions? Do they trust their instinct or would they rather trust their heart/their logic? Yoshiko would like to believe she uses her head, but the truth is that her logic is mostly born of fear, so in reality, it's her heart. The problem is that she tends to trust her heart more when she doesn't realize she's doing it. When it comes to things like friendship and romance, she'll often purposefully ignore her heart, but again, this is based mostly in fear--for herself and for her twin.

The Hermit: How introspective is your muse? How often do they self-reflect? Yoshiko tries to be introspective. She spends a lot of time trying to judge whether she's doing the right thing and coming to terms with the harder parts of the life she leads as a result of the curse on her family. She would rather think about herself than talk to other people--but actually facing herself is very difficult.

The Tower: What event drastically changed your muse’s life? Do they resent that event or are they glad of it? Well, up until very recently in the game, Yoshiko would have said the thing that most changed her life was their parents leaving them alone. She was never all that close with them, but it was more because their relationship was one of polite respect on both sides rather than deep emotional nurturing, and for them to just suddenly leave their daughters placed the actual weight of the Seer's curse into very sharp relief. The curse was something that was capable of great destruction, pulling their family apart instead of drawing them together in the face of danger. Yoshiko became even more determined to hold onto her sister, Mihoshi, after that point. She does still resent her parents for leaving, especially as their lives have recently become so difficult and stressful, and the people Yoshiko believed should have been there for them were all the way on the other side of the country. (She will come to be very grateful for the intervention of Mama Cowles, although right now she feels like the interference of their neighbors is some kind of affront to whether or not she is capable of protecting her sister personally.)

#speaker stuff #speaker game #oc: speaker yoshiko #oc: speaker mihoshi #mihoshi's the seer #risuresponds #dragonologist-phd

[vodka-citric]

Them

#my art #art #artist #artists on tumblr #speaker game #speaker #sabastian wynric #li cowles #lily/liam cowles

[speakergame]

Progress Update - 7/12/23

hello and happy Wednesday! 💙

things continue to happen So Much, but lucky for me one of those things is progress! A change in outlook on everything has done wonders for me when it comes to my creativity and also my productivity. instead of "soon things will slow down and get back to normal", I've finally accepted the fact that 2023 is the year of Things Happening All The Time Constantly, and that I can't keep waiting for normal.

the horrors persist, but so do I, and I'm not gonna let them slow me down anymore

that particular epiphany has done a lot for me. I think we're finally approaching the last leg of this endless code race! I miss writing so much, and I am really looking forward to getting back to that soon 💙

on a not quite Speaker-related note, my daughter (who is 7 1/2 and also reading this over my shoulder) has decided that I am going to write a story called "The Legend of the Wolf Men" and has also insisted I tell you all about it. it's a high fantasy story in which the player is a werewolf knight and fights zombies. there's a princess involved who is also a werewolf. that's all I know so far, but she wanted y'all to know about it 😂

werewolf princesses will have to wait until I finish this damn update though lmao

I think that's all I've got for this time! I hope you all are staying cool in this terrible heat (or staying warm, for my southern hemisphere friends), and I'll see you all next time 💙💙💙

#speaker game #weekly update #yes she said I HAD to tell you about the wolf men RIGHT NOW #she's naming all the characters and is giving me the plot and everything #all I have to do is the writing lol

[greenunoreversecard]

Recently, I've gotten really into this game called Speaker, and it is absolutely astounding! (by @speakergame here on tumblr) I am floored by how wonderfully its written, and adore the characters. Li especially has really grasped my attention with his style and personality so much so that I'm pretty sure im hyperfixating a bit.. He's actually the star of this post, as I drew him in my 4th period class today an. IWanted to share that, along with the playlist I made with songs that give me his vibes that is currently under construction. Anyways this is just a shameless promo for the game and it's creator. Go follow @speakergame and play Speaker! It's amazing!!! Anyways, have a good day yall.

(this playlist is currently a work in progress and subject to change.)

Li Playlist Here!

#speaker game #Li Cowles #no beta we die like jason todd #seer #Speaker #fanart #music #Speaker fanart #I'm not being weird I promise I just like the character bc their cool ;^;

[fanny-passerine]

"What did you See ?"

Yesterday I was bored in class, so I just decided to doodle some Speaker characters ! The morphology and colors are way off, but I still like it, so have our favorite witch, Liam Cowles, and my Seer and Speaker, Emily and Ophelie Delaney !

The interactive fiction Speaker and the story’s characters belong to @speakergame ! Go check it out, it’s incredible !

#li cowles #speaker game #speaker fanart #interactive fiction #my art #i didn’t know how to draw Li’s hair and didn’t have a reference so it was a painful experiment #and it probably isn’t accurate

[queen-scribbles]

I don't know if I'm right side up, I'm inside out but I won't give up --- @speakergame I also have a Phillip from @commander-sarahs-art that makes me just as giddy as the Callie one  :D :D :D

#phillip prince #speaker #speaker game #rory probably just complimented/flirted with him and he's trying to make his brain work lmao #i love my son but i will continue to tease him about how much she flusters him :3

[desnayy]

I played the most recent update to Speaker by @speakergame, so here is my MC

#speaker game

[dreamyzworldlove]

and is the speaker of the house in the room with us right now?🤨

#i’m a little late to the game #us politics #kevin mccarthy #speaker of the house