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05/04/23 — Game update 02.6 — Chapter 2, part 6

Word count with code: ~ 308k Word count without code: ~ 245k

Hi!

Chapter 2’s final part is finally here! The update is not a huge one, with 23k words worth of new content added to the game, but it wraps up the chapter and introduces you to what to expect from chapter 3.

There’s not much to say about it, except that I hope you enjoy it!

The update includes:

A birthday celebration

Zanetta delivering some more exposition

A moment of bonding with either Lady Domara or Ajmal

A letter finally read

Please, let me know what you thought of the update through comments, asks, ratings, etc.!

Links

Demo | Bonus content directory | Support me on Patreon or Ko-Fi | Join the Discord server

#interactive fiction #8 years revolution #im chinshandsing #<3

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oh hi! I haven’t played Smoke and Velvet in?? a year? 2 years? is it still going ahead? I know we got a new title and it was moving to itch? but I haven’t heard anything since then? sorry if this is rude or info I could find but I looked on your blog and was struggling to find recent updates :((

No you're fine! Basically since that announcement sheesh.....year and a half/two years ago I've been struggling with a lot of IRL issues and WIH had to take a back seat.

And it still does. Long story short I've been job hunting since the start of the year trying to find something that doesn't eat up all my creative energies so that I can put that energy towards WIH and other stories.

But so far I haven't gotten any hits. The field im in is rife with nepotism and every day I leave work exhausted with no energy to cook dinner let alone sit down and write.

So updates about the game have been slim to non-existent. Truly I'm just trying to get my footing but its hard to do that when the ground keeps shaking, you know?

I hope that once I get settled with a new position I can find the energy to create again. Fingers crossed for 2023 🤞

#lbr living paycheck to paycheck is jusg a real creative mood killer too

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new game cover courtesy of @forystr 💗

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The first demo of Gonzague is now available for early access on Patreon (16+ and 18+ versions) and Ko-Fi (16+ version only) for tiers Little Heir and up!

The demo will be public on March 21st.

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living porcelain whispering asmr when

I'd be all over that tbh <3 can you imagine the asmr community of this world?? So many new sounds and options 👀

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Was curious abt whether Hellhound voices sounded different than humans, or if their vocal cords were pretty much the same

I hadn't really thought about it until you mentioned it but yeah for sure--for all the species tbh.

Hellhounds I would say probably have consistent bit of rough to their voices--whether that's a high or low pitch rough is up to the voice in question. Just as how every dog's bark has a bit of gravel to it. A bit of subvocals, generally pitchier.

Porcelains ofc have two versions of voice depending on if they're using their mouth to mimic speech or not. Technically speaking, a porcelain doesn't really need to move their mouth to speak, but they do if they're capable as either a learned behavior or one latent in the souls that they've absorbed. So a kind of ethereal undertone. If they use their mouth, you'll hear tiny clicks and tinks of porcelain.

Basilisks--I mean look at that jaw structure. There's a natural lisp there. Some individuals it may be more pronounced others more subtle, but every basilisk is going to be slipping on their s's.

#worldbuilding

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how do you love?

Richard Siken, Peter Wever, Ilya Kaminsky, Margaret Atwood, Ada Limón, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Richard Siken, @maieste, Madeline Miller, Holly Warburton, Shauna Barbosa, Benjamin Alire Sáenz

buy me a coffee

#a lot of these are very reminiscent of both isla and fatima #either solo or poly

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happy chanukah!!

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Beginning of chapter two when you meet back up with Fatima and Isla

#djcndkxnnckskz #i mean yeah

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so… did i spend several days making a portrait of my tragic oc Bobby Abaroa (I’m obsessed with the idea of living porcelain) from the awesome game Smoke & Velvet by @roast-ifs

maybe

#i have literally never seen this and it was posted last year omg #porcelain!mc #fan agent

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Saucy fanart for When it Hungers! An interactive horror novel by @roast-ifs

This particular piece shows one of the RO’s, Maeng Isla, with my cockatrice, Spiridon

#maeng isla #basilisk!mc #nsfw// #oho

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Fashion:

Cozy/comfortable

Notes:

Height-> 5'9"

Body type-> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ they're flat

Orientation-> Demiromantic Greysexual

❤️‍🩹Nicolás

▪︎ Billie is touch-averse. . .but also touch-starved :'( ▪︎ They tend to smoke when stressed ▪︎ When working Billie prefers to wear a glamor, they REALLY don't enjoy people looking™ at them; appearing like a "plain" human helps (though they do miss the comradery from other monsters) ▪︎ Their current body is sexless (in the future they'd like to invest in adjusting this model into 1 with a "female sexed" lower portion) ▪︎ Their scars are kintsugi (they have a lot, most are just from them being clumsy though) ▪︎ The only "memorabilia" they have displayed in their room is a sewing kit ▪︎ Billie has 0 relationship experience (mainly cuz they're pretty withdrawn & anxious AF)

☆ Before their 2nd stint at The Yard, Billie was kind & optimistic; often overcompensating when treated poorly. . .Nowadays that "light" is dim; their kindness, however, remains unchanged. ☆

Picrew used:

#ooooh this is a fun little setup #porcelain!mc #fan agent #god i wish tumblr would notify me when things get tagged or like my watched tags update ffs

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I’m gonna start crying listening to ‘What if I Forget Your Face’ from Centaurworld while thinking about Nico x MC (romantic past). Aaaaaaaaaa why have I done this to myself?!

I will have to give this a listen when its not an abhorrent time in the morning for me to be up lol 👀

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i need a scene where you go off on nico and the lot about the shit they pull (maybe with sibiling/witch/uncle encouragement??). i've been fuming about this for at least an hour, i love this story

Oh there is a scene planned, I promise 😊

There are mini-explosive events peppered around you can already call isla out on their behavior in the existing demo, and there's a big scene that is going to be a shit ton of fun to write >:D

#thank you lol #this story is designed entirely around consequences #and that includes the consequences the characters have to face with how they treat the mc

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this will sound incredibly dramatic but i have to say it’s getting a bit depressing being an artist online these days. and it’s frustrating that any time someone tries to talk about plagiarism or art theft people will hijack the discussion and immediately make a million assumptions about the artist and start talking about copyright regulation (which i don’t like and have no interest in applying to art) or piracy (i am pro piracy) and also make wild comparisons and say the artist is basically the same as disney constantly suing people which is just… an insane thing to say to someone who is only making like $300 a month (which is still way more than a lot of other people doing this) and freely posting their art online with the intention to share and collaborate.

it’s disappointing we can’t just… have a discussion about how it’s genuinely hurtful and demotivating to have your work stolen. and yes, there is a difference between an independent artist and disney, in case you really needed that spelled out for you (and disney steals art from independent artists, too, if we really want to split hairs). it’s one thing to pirate completed, published books - if you were never going to pay for them, then you were never going to pay for them, and that’s just how it is; and to be frank, i don’t care about that. but it’s particularly cruel to go on an artist’s patreon and leak their content. and i’m not talking about the money aspect, but the fact that you are breaking someone’s trust in their community and actively harming that artist and said community.

a lot of online art spaces are built on that trust, and that’s what a lot of people are trying to talk about - it’s not necessarily about the money, it’s not about suing people or whatever other dumb shit you all want to grandstand about on the internet today, it’s literally just about trust and respect. yes, this is the internet, people are always going to be mean and steal stuff, but it would be nice to at least be able to have a little bit of trust within our own communities, and when that’s broken it’s just really, genuinely hurtful, and it’s hard to want to keep creating art in a community that clearly doesn’t care about you or respect your work.

that’s why artists are frustrated; not because we expect payment, not because we want to “sue you”, but because it’s just hurtful, it’s hurtful that so many people care more about their own instant gratification than the real people making the art they supposedly love so much.

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and turn the aching to composure

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My hellhound MC for @roast-ifs​ interactive fiction “Smoke and Velvet”! His name is Malik Kurinová, he’s very stoic and withdrawn–till he gets angry. 

I highly recommend giving “Smoke and Velvet” a try, the characters are all so fun to interact with and I can’t wait to learn more about them!

#oh geez is it still snv on dashing don lol oops #but yay!! #hellhound mc #i love