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me - also a non-native english speaker - not noticing what's off with the language lol. I loved the demo!

We non-native English speakers need to band together, goddammit!

Jokes aside, I thank you! I am very glad you enjoyed! I enjoyed making it too and I hope Chapter 1 will be even better!

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On a scale of least to most slowburn, where do all of the ROs lie? Can you tag this question with #slowburn, please?

hmm, gimme a moment to think.

I believe it goes something like this:

Least

Helena

Meryem

Ahmad & Nazli

Emil

Selim

Most

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What????

So I logged in just to answer some asks and I saw we have reached 100 followers!!!

Like that's insane to me. I honestly was not expecting a third of that interest for my wip.

I want to say that I thank you all so much for following, it means the world to me, and I also wanted to announce that I feel I need to do something special for 100 followers goddammit!

I am still not sure what that is going to be. Perhaps I will write a scene with an RO of your choosing. I just want to repay you back somehow for the support.

If you have any other suggestions for how I can thank you all, do not hesitate to suggest. I am very excited 😊

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Here's what I think so far;

the concept ★★★★★ It hooked me and that's why I'm here.

The Ros ★★★★★The M!Ros Had me on my knees.

The writing ★★★ Here's where it in my humble opinion could use some improving; The grammar seems to be Off.and that's affecting the gameplay,I understand what's it trying to say but the descriptions feels off because of it.Here's a solution I myself go with while writing my If games(Ideas just to be clear)since English is not my first language. Write the story with no concern for the grammar on the medium you usually write on( lap-paper-phone..) then write it again on phone using a writing app,I use foretelling for example ,and download Grammarly. It will spot your mistakes and will help,Not indefinitely, of course but for the most part. I'm sure there are other ones maybe even better that you can use but that's what I personally use and hasn't failed me.Also that's only my opinion and suggestion,take both as a grain of salt.

The descriptions ★★★★ They are not bad, maybe because of the grammar I feel that it too needs some improving. You have got a good vocabulary range tho and that's good!

For this one maybe make more deceptions to make us feel immersed in the story and the pain the character is going through,as for example when The MC sees the c*rpses of her mother and friend ( forgive me for I have forgot her name) ,while the friend being horribly taken care of and witnessed by the MC at such a young age,The mc is likely to be traumatized and I honestly feel like they're sad sure but not enough and certainly are not tramatized, so yeah. Or another suggestion would be to just be straight to point with not so much descriptions (you already have that but)like stating that the event had you tramatized for life ,for example; “Their Dead bodies are forever engraved in your mind, leaving you traumatized for life.”( it's bad I know but that what I immediately thought of and it matched what I'm trying to say)

again, that's just in my opinion and you're free to throw it out the window.

The game mechanics- okay this one I won't judge since you mentioned that's your first time using it and I must confess twine sounds so complicated that's why I'm sticking to choice script. But I just wanted to say that I find that when we are having a conversation with a character, the friend for example and choose a choice, it will present you with the flavour of the choice and then take you again to the choices with the same choice being not removed even though we chose it. So- yup.

and overall these problems are not something to be overly concerned about,like for the most part it's really good and I understand What's the story is telling.

Obviously, I'm not an expert in writing or anything and I'm not being humble,I just started writing this year lol. So it just what I felt and maybe the others felt another way than I did and it's just me,I just thought I will give you some feedback with solutions I could think of rather than throwing you the problem and not offering how to right it.and my opinions can be totally ignored too as like I said maybe it's Just me so yeah you're the author do what you feel it's good .

Regardless, it's not really a problem as I said and it really is just the beginning and things can improve with time so yeah that's just what I thought of the current demo !and am awaiting further updates for sure .

Good game overall ★★★★!

First of all, I want to thank you for all your helpful commentary and critique. It is clear you have put thought into this and it brings me so much joy you can't imagine.

Writing

I am also not a native English speaker so perhaps some stuff slipped through my attention. I will be sure to do a thorough spell check before the next update since I will have more time to work on it. I thank you for mentioning so I can check for it.

I will also work on improving descriptions. The writing suffered partly because I wanted to get the demo out quick enough so that people would not be disappointed. I want to generally improve many scenes and descriptions (particularly the ones close to the end).

Coding

Part of the code is placeholder until I can learn more complex tricks on twine. It is funny that you mention choicscript because at first I meant to code there, but it was really hard for me because I am a visual learner.

Regardless, I am working on rebuilding part of that code and making improvements where I can. Some will also include improving the general layout appearance and UI of the game.

Conclusion

Once again, I thank you for your thoughtful review and for all your suggestions. I am genuinely very grateful that anyone spend that much time typing and thinking about my silly little game.

So again thank you very much (I am repeating myself I know, sorry for that) and I hope you will enjoy the next update even more!

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Hellos!

What's the Ros opinions on marriage and do they want kids ?

Ahmad

Alright so for Ahmad, I am going to have tp do a deepdive on the Zephyran Empire lmao.

So basically Sultans don't get married. Period. It is not a written law, but it is the equivalent of a cultural one.

Sultans are generally kept separate from the Zephyran nobility. One way in which that is achieved is by the Sultan not marrying into them. And since they are also not allowed to marry outsiders, they just don't get married. That's why the harem exists cause they need heirs somehow.

So for Ahmad, that possibility has never existed. It is not so much that he does not want to be married, but he was never presented with it as an option so it never crossed his mind.

I think Ahmad believes marriage is very important, partly because it also ties into his religion, which values it. But he does not believe he is allowed to want it because that would require he go against his duty as Sultan.

(Also yes it is an option to marry Ahmad in game and yes, it will be the scandal of the century)

Selim

Selim sees marriage as an economic proposition. Its purpose is to advance one's political career and to produce heirs. That's it.

Because he perceives it in such a way, I don't think he truly wants to be married. He just sees it as another aspect of his job basically.

The companionship aspect presents some interest to him but ultimately he does not trust anyone so the potential spouse would just be another tool or another threat.

He does want children. In his mind, having children is the only way he can make sure he has someone to depend on. But he also fears he won't be a good father so he is holding off on it as long as he can.

Nazli

Nazli was married (not to Ahmad's father, that's a long story) and she does have a child. As far as she is concerned, it is a been there, done that, kind of situation.

When she was young, she dreamed of having babies, a large family, a loving husband. But time has hardened her.

In a way, she is done with that part of her life. She can't go through it again. She does not want to go through it again.

Meryem

Meryem is somewhat similiar to young Nazli in a way. She dreamed of romance, a big wedding, a bunch of children running around. The most consistent problem of her relationship with Ahmad was that he could not give her that. Or rather he could technically, he is the Sultan after all, but he did not find it a risk worth taking.

Meryem also has a son and she is very close to her son. She wishes she could have more children, but the rules of the harem allow only one son per woman so she can't.

Overall, Meryem has a very idealized version of marriage and motherhood in her head, which she longs for, probably partly because she knows she cannot have it.

Emil De Angelis

Emil has a hopeless romantic hidden very deep inside his chest. He definitely dreams of eventually getting married and having children, but he does want it at the moment.

His reasoning for waiting is that he wants to stabilize his economical situation as much as possible because he starved as a kid and he wants to make sure his children will never go through that.

I think he also partly just wants to live his life for a bit longer. Travel around to faraway destinations, all that.

Emil will only marry and have kids with someone he truly loves. He may be all fun and games, but his parents drilled the importance of true love in his head and he is too attached to it to let go.

Helena

Helena is not the type to settle down. She likes traveling, flirting, playing the field. I think she would prefer to adopt rather than have kids of her own.

I do think she would make an exception for someone she truly loves. But left to her own accord, she would just prefer she and her partner love each other without need for oaths and ceremonies.

I do not think she would like the idea of childbirth. Maybe when she is a bit older but for now she wants to be fully able to move, jump and dance around. She is the less likely to settle down in one place after all.

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Plans for Chapter 1!

Hello, everyone! As you probably know, a few days ago I released the first version of the demo. While there were a few bugs and things I wish to improve on, I am overall glad with the progress I have made so far in my coding.

The demo functioned as a prototype of sorts for me to get used to the basics of twine. Now that I have a good enough understanding of the basics, I will move on to more complex stuff. In the next major update, which will be Chapter 1, aside from new game material, the game will also have the following:

•A save system

•Two stats screens

•A generally more pleasant lay out and sidebar

•Improved descriptions of scenes in the Prologue

•Possibly a few more scenes added to said Prologue.

Truth is the deadline I had imposed upon myself of getting the first version out within a couple of days proved to be doable, but left room for finessing. I will take my time between the Prologue and Chapter 1 to fine-tune things as much as I can.

Now regarding Chapter 1, this is where the story will truly kick off. You will go to the Jade Palace and meet all the ROs as well as have the main plot threads set up. This means Chapter 1 will be very meaty. So it will take more time to prepare properly than the Prologue. I am expecting to have it out by sometime next month, but I can't be sure if that will be near the middle or end of the month since I also need to make the above mentioned changes to the overall appearance of the game.

In the meantime, continue sending me asks, critiques, suggestions whatever you want! I have one ask in particular which I have been trying to write for some time, but my progress got deleted like 3 times and I had a mental breakdown. Anyway, it should be getting to you soon and it was fun to write so sorry to the person who sent it for it taking so long.

Again I thank you for all the support!

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I love what you've written so far! I especially liked having a sibling dynamic with Helena! Will players still be able to rekindle their friendship with her even when they're not on her romance route? Either way, I'm really curious to see how things will play out!

I am so happy you like it! And yes, regardless of whether you are in Helena's romance route or not, her and the MC always have a special bond that comes from growing up together. So you will always have the option of being close friends!

Thanks for the ask!

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Hello again, I reached the part where it says " your life after the fire..."

I clicked it and it showed nothing, just the black page,I have waited for some time but still as it is.

I have also tried the other options just in case,is this the end of prologue maybe?

That's the end of the prologue! So no worries it is supposed to end there.

I should have probably made it more clear, my apologies.

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Is the demo supposed to end at your life after the fire prompt because after clicking I just get a black screen.

No worries, it's supposed to end there. Chapter 1 picks up from there first with a brief description/presentation of choices of how your character's life has been and then straight into the main story.

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I tried opening the browser from my phone but it said that it isn't playable,it does ones but I can't get past the second page. so I open my lap,and still won't let me scroll down and get to the second page

Bug solved!

Turns out I had just forgotten to enable the scrollbars in my itchio game page. The game scrolls normally for me now and it should for you too.

Again thank you for all the support and sorry for the inconvenience. I hope you will enjoy the demo despite my mistakes as a newbie!

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Here are the other errors I found, in addition to the name for some reason being in all caps and repeated 3 times.

Thank you very much!

The name bug has been fixed. Basically in like a few names, instead of doing $name, I was doing ${name} cause I had transported the code from choicescript and forgotten to fix it.

The dialogue from Helena has also been fixed. From what I understand, my passages don't take into account the variables I have created so I will work my way around that issue until I figure out why that is.

So these bugs should be fixed now in the latest version I have updated to itchio. Just restart the game and they should be gone!

I thank you for helping me spot them! Programming is a bit new for me so my code may not be perfect, but I will try my best to learn and evolve in order to make the best game I can for you all.

Thank you for the support!

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So... I noticed none of the variables are actually variables. I'm not sure if you just wanted to get the prologue out and plan to finish the coding later, or didn't realize they aren't working?

Could you be a bit more specific about what the issue is? I am a bit newer to coding so I want to improve any way I can, but I have not understood the specific issue you are referring to. I am noticing some bugs regarding the name and fixing them at the moment, but please do explain what other variables I have misplaced/coded wrong.

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Demo Release!

The prologue is out everyone! You can check it out on itchio. Just click on the link below!

Thank you for all the support and I hope the prologue, though a small part of the wider story, was worth the wait!

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Guess who just finished the prologue?

No, really guess 😉 😉 😉

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NSFW incoming!!!

How's the ROs sex drive? Highest to lowest?

*can't wait for the demo!!! ><💖

Ahmad>Helena>Emil>Meryem>Selim>Nazli

Thank you for the ask and the support! I hope you will enjoy the demo as much as I am having fun making it ❤️

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Double NSFW asks: What are the ROs preferences in bed? And what are their kinks?

Preferences In Bed

Tops: Ahmad, Nazli

Switches leaning more towards topping: Selim, Helena

Switches (50/50): Emil

Bottoms: Meryem

Kinks

Ahmad: breeding, marking (giving and receiving), exhibitionism

Selim: sense deprivation, bondage

Nazli: breathplay, waxplay, blood play

Meryem: praise, dirty talk

Emil: roleplay, edging, teasing, orgasm control

Helena: pegging, s&m, impact play

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Daily Progress Update

So I did not make as much progress as I wanted to today. I could have done more, but I took like a 5 hour long nap lmao and wasted much of my day for that.

That's not to say I did not do any work. The word count now is 14.471 so I have written around 4.000 words or so.

Here are the pictures showing before and after:

Thank you for all the support! Send me all the asks you want, they really help keep me motivated, and I will respond to them as soon as possible!

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