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[thesovereignsring-if]

You’re eighteen now. You are no longer the child you used to be when you first stepped foot in the capital.  Some things have changed, while others stayed the same.

Demo: Chapter 1 Part 1 (Play here!)

(09/16/2023)

Update word count: 22000+

Total Word Count: 38,000+

IMPORTANT: A lot of things were added to game that MAY cause errors with old save files. If they do please give me a heads up! Also if there's any weird bugs in the update that's all on me being insane and doing last minute edits and changes without my playtesters-

What to expect:

✦ A few things have changed over you years. Have you?

✦ Meet the Imperial Generals, Ignatus Bellerophyn and Wolfram Brynhildr!

✦ Have dinner with mummy dearest the Empress!

✦ Reunite with one of your brothers!

✦ Meet the Wizard and his assistant!

Changelog:

✦ Additional stoic choices for players at the birthday party with Thea and Finn.

✦ Light Mode implemented!

✦ Player Profile & Cast Profiles get unlocked in Chapter 1!

CONTENT WARNING: The Sovereign's Ring is intended for an 18+ audience. The Sovereign’s Ring contains disturbing/dark subject matter that is not for everyone, such as graphic depictions of violence, gore, death, trauma, sexism, racism, poverty, misogyny, sexual assault/violence, child abuse/grooming, suicide, depression, alcohol more.

Have fun guys <3 Tell me what you think afterwards!! Just realized that tomorrow is the one month anniversary of the prologue ; w ;

#tsr #the sovereign’s ring #interactive fiction #twine game #interactive novel #choice game #interactive story #text based adventure #twine wip #twine interactive fiction #twine if #cyoa #twine #game update #if wip #ITS DONE #IM LIBERATED

[untitled-smp]

So there's been something I've wanted to announce for a ..while now, even hinted at it every now and then if I remember correctly, this is coming a LOT later than i thought (there were some very important things that set the release of this further away haha oops) but I think now it's time.

For the past few months I've been working on..

The Royal Wedding - An [Untitled] Visual novel

Yep, you've heard right !

Despite what the blogs inactivity and general lack of videos may make it seem (oops), the smp has been more active than ever before! We developed our own fun little system to roleplay our characters in game, and even developed many storylines and character arcs. It's honestly been really fun, and I hope I speak for all when I say, that we're very happy with what we have made this season!!

But, (unfortunately) most won't people want to go through almost a hundred transcripts of these sessions to experience this season. So, I thought of making a visual novel myself :]

This game will cover the first arc of season 3. the [Political Union Arc]. There are 6 "episodes" that are planned to release eventually (I have an idea to add 2-3 extra episodes if there's enough support for the game tho!)

After escaping the grasp of the void, the players of [Untitled] settled upon a new world to temporarily call home. However, due to the growing distrust brewing between the group, they were fragmented into factions. ...Eventually, an agreement is made between all factions to maintain diplomacy amongst one another, the Peace Treaty.  But said peace is disturbed when a certain faction ruler causes discord upon the players with a simple question.

I'm sure you're wondering, when will it come out? I don't have a set deadline yet, since the last part of the game, the soundtrack, is still in production and I do not wish to rush that, but stay tuned for updates on the blog!!

#untitled smp #visual novel #minecraft smp #mcytblr #bubble fell from a high place #fr gonna change my tag one day !!! #the royal wedding VN #the royal wedding VN updates #<- thought it would be useful to have a tag for those #anyway WOW . this is the first post of the year . isnt that wild.that doesnt sound right #sorry about that our dear . 3 active followers . its probably less but ily this is for u #plss reblog this if u can ^^

[reel-fear]

Wow, so umm... This looks bad, not only is it inaccurate due to using the wrong ink demon design [unless this is confirmation BATIM Ink Demon has been outright retconned... Which would make me pissed enough to make a new post just about THAT] but from an art standpoint this is just... Confusing and poorly done.

I wouldn't care if this was fanart, of course you should support young, indie artists... But for a Graphic Novel making sure your cover doesn't look like something Butch Hartman shat out in an afternoon is kind of important. Remember they're going to be asking us to give money to them to read this. The artist likely won't see any of that money and neither do the authors most of the time, not to mention this art screams of the artist being underpaid and overworked.

Like they Had to get something on someone's desk and their boss said 'good enough'. A concept Joey Drew Studios is very familiar with considering the allegations of poor working environments that Kindly Beast. Not to mention Mike Mood admitting in a Reddit AMA that they did in fact rush projects like Showdown Bandit. [Which they sold at full price]

He also says they can in fact say no or yes to designs involving their IP. Either Mike or Meatly had to say yes to this cover, according to his own damn words.

And do you really think this company in particular would care enough about its fanbase to not sell them garbage? They have done exactly that on several occasions. It's not like they care particularly about art either, considering their previous use of AI Art. There was no apology or even posts addressing it... Instead, they just rushed out an archives update to their game to get people to stop talking about it... Even forgetting an entire character in it. Again

This company is [or at least SHOULD BE] on thin ice when it comes to being suspected of misleading their fans or rushing out crappy products to them.

So with all that context in mind, I'm gonna talk about why this cover sucks ass.

The light sources are all over the place? Why does it look like someone put maces or knight armor on his shoulders but it's just flesh?? It looks both gross and weird [not in a good way either]

To explain more I'm going on a rant below but sadly this seems to have been confirmed to not just be a rough pass but the final cover and man... I am not excited about this graphic novel just at all. This felt like it really drained any possibility of it turning out good for me and I already had expectations low.

Okay first point, the light sources?? And there is no consistency here with the shadows or lighting, it looks like there's a hundred light sources all at once but none of them are even consistent!

the arrows here represent all the different light sources I can make out and yet the the shadow clearly implies there's only one. I understand wanting to use highlights to give the character a more clear shape but then just give him one or two lights behind him or in front of him? No matter how u follow the light sources, the highlights make no sense and the shadows make even less sense.

Why are the shoulders like that? Like on the legs it's a little understandable, at least those are clearly very heavily affected by perspective, for me I think they are so exaggerated it makes it look like one of the legs is either huge or one is small but that's maybe subjective.

However, the shoulders are unjustifiable, what happened there, what did they do??

I could pick on so much more honestly, how the color choices of piss yellow with no other colors being used, and the harsh pitch black being used for every part of his body is weird. How it looks straight out of Butch Hartman's recent crappy art. But to put bluntly bad start! Also what the HELL is going on with this background??

Seems once again the Bendy team is fine with sending out stuff thinking it's "Good Enough" for Bendy fans and honestly the people trying to tell me to "Be Grateful" for this are just proving that no matter how many times you betray your audience some of em will defend you!

Which is sad tbh. If anything we should be putting MORE pressure on the Bendy team to do better. Cause we deserve better than this, honestly we do. There are amazing artists in the bendy community who could do so much better for a cover. They've employed their fan artists before... Wouldn't it be great to do that for such a lore important book? The book that gives us the identity of one of the main characters in BATIM? The character you spend the entirety of Chapter 4 fighting to save? Not to mention will give several major characters their human designs?

But I guess this is... Good enough...

#ramblez #batim #batdr #bendy and the ink machine #bendy and the dark revival #sorry I've been on a positivity streak with bendy I know but I have to be honest and being honest I think this sucks lol #Im sure plenty of people Disagree and while I would argue this is more objective than subjective people will ignore me if they want to #maybe Im just a hater idk #but I do know one thing I sure do hate this and Im pretty sure Ill hate this novel and its designs #but maybe I wont ya never know #anyways if they do retcon batim ink demon I will make a post abt how much I dislike batdrs ink demon design #and why I think all the people saying its better than the og seriously arent understanding #what made batims ink demon good or character design in general tbh #to put bluntly just bc something is popular opinion DOES NOT make it right or a good idea design wise #not everyone is qualified to be a character designer and thats just good advice in general tbh #anyways yeah thats it sorry im being mean today </3 #I simply think corporations shouldnt be able to rush out crappy products to their fans and get paid for it but ig thats a hot take now #but esp with how bad that updated employee handbook was too and it still had stolen renders from fans in it... #yeah I dont think theyve learned a damn thing

[sirenofthegreenbanks]

deeply enjoy that the novel can also be read as a commentary on the fallacy of information. we have zzs as the main narrator who adds to this nuance by being a former spymaster and leader of a bunch of proficient investigators. hes very intimate with the process of verification of information, and even his vast databank of knowledge and his abilities of filtering and sorting the "true" from the "fake" is tested throughout the novel through many instances and events. its especially interesting because he makes a major mistake, almost from the very start, that he resolves only after a very long time, and only after overcoming personal weaknesses. his personal weakness at recognizing truth vs decept reveals itself in the inability to meet personal events with a human perspective; he is basically functioning like a person with two lives, and most of the time, he at least acts as if he is regarding wkx, suspected master of ghosts, from the professional business grounds of the retired leader of shadows rather than from the perspective of a person with an adventurous life and wishes of his own. in this lies the danger to misinterpret and to refuse to confront what is truly going on. if zzs cant 'find' the "true reason" for the ghost master following his humble retired self, he is going to do his utmost to make up one (on the basis of his personal and professional experience with such situations), instead of considering at least once the admittedly unlikely chance that wkx might like him and is even deeply sincere about him. this doesnt signal anything less but that we, as the reader, should not irrevocably trust even the one person who is in most stories the most trustworthy; the main narrator. instead, we are advised to reserve us the right to doubt and think for ourself, to look critically upon even zzs, which only circles back to the novel's theme of the fallacy of information. it even lends to the novel's dialogue with the human right to form your own opinion and your own thoughts and come to your own conclusions, no matter how much they might diverge from norm or mainstream or traditions, and no matter how tempting it might be not to.

#tian ya ke #just thoughts im having while im continuing my reread #zhou zishu from tyk #zhou zishu #this has me wondering if zzs's struggle with himself regarding trusting in wkx's display of sincerity #can also be read as his general struggle with being a person with a life of his own and private opinions in service of no other than himsel #one of the things he learns is that is okay to have desires and its okay to Be a person #oftentimes that reveals itself in the novel's question of morality as a concept and the conditions for receiving love and care #'are villains and ppl whove done bad stuff deserving of love and care? do they need to earn it?' #but i think it also comes true here where zzs essentially needs to find a way to be human again #going from having lived a life with a truly atrocious work/life balance to a life that is fully and entirely his own #(i always think that zzs taking the nails has a lot to do with reclaiming ownership) #(and also with 'detoolifying' himself; hes turning himself into a cripple he is 'useless'. this gives him the justification #he needs to live according to his own personal whims and desires.) #updating my tags to find my insane chat with geneticcatalyst again-> #bouncing thoughts back and forth #the mutual tag #geneticcatalyst

[thek1ngtalks]

MtN spoilers because the second chapter is almost done (🤞)

one scene that takes place during chapter one and one that happens after! try and guess which one is causing me more duress (hint: it's both)

#k1ng writes #k1ng updates #kim hajin #the novel's extra #kim suho #k1ng spoils #Mountain To No One #it has been. 5 months. #this chapter is focused on Hajin #if you cant tell #and its a massive huge hulk of a chap lemme tell you

[inkedmyths]

GOD. Kdj's silly goofy background extra guy energy has really made his life both easier and harder huh

Kdj: Well we don't know for sure if Junghyeok is the most powerful incarnation. I mean, it could be could be anyone here, you, or me—

Everyone: (laughing) You? That's really funny great joke, thanks for lightening the mood

Kdj, being followed by a big glowing pop-up saying MOST POWERFUL: Hahaha yeah. Yeah. Funny joke.

#ink thinks #orv #orv spoilers #im not caught up to the webtoon in-novel yet so. webtoon update blogging. #ITS SO FUNNY IN A REALLY TERRIBLE WAY

[dallonwrites]

the first chapter of lover boy is really intense on an emotional level because So Many Things happen in quick succession it's like beau barely gets a chance to breathe and process it. meanwhile RR opening chapter is just felix and dorothy arguing in a laundromat.

#i used to have a problem with the lover boy first chapter bc i was like #i know what needs to happen thematically and i know the main plot beat that needs to happen to push it forward #but i didnt have any actual like. action to move to story to that place #in a way that had a causal chain #and now im like um!!!! is too much happening #anyway my other writing problem i realised via this chapter is i worry sooo much about the idea of coincidences #like the idea of just 'letting' something happen...in lb mainly two characters being in the same place at the same time #im like there has to be an intricate explanation for all of this which like yeah thats good to think about #but i also think coincidences are an important part of plot bc first of all coincidences happen #but its also not just the coincidence its the decisions the character s made that got them to that time and place #why they made those decisions and what they do afterwards etc.... #anyway! i dont know where i was going with that #RR chapter one.....ngl....its SOOO bad lol #like structurally. the prose is fine #but its been 3 years and 5 different opening scenes for that novel and NONE of them hit #but that's a problem for future me #the thing is most of my ideas now come with an opening but RR never came with an opening just the concept #because the rest of the novel slayyyyys #actually i think out of all 3 my favourite atm is the third book LOL #update literally 10 minutes after writing these tags i have an idea for a new RR opening team that i want to sink my teeth into #6th time's a charm!

[sleepvines]

good news! We're workin' on a preview pdf for our story.

however! Winn went wild doing a revision thing and taking care of some consistency tweaks. I'm talking up to his elbows in the guts of the wip, fiddling with dialogue and characters. This means the work in progress preview doc needs replaced text lol

expect that...sometime? Not sure when. (we're so busy lately! ah!)

#sleep rambles #alderhill #I'm in charge of posting/writing updates but Winn does that on his blog for fun sometimes #the actual novel itself is getting there. slow going but its going with care

[bidokja]

EVERYONE GO READ FARAWAY PALADIN RIGHT FUCKING NOWWW GOD WHAT A GOOD SERIES CHILLS IVE GOT CHILLSSS

#im currently rereading the light novel as the manga updates and just. wow wow wow #GO READ IT RIGHT NOW GO GO GO #LIGHT NOVEL OR MANGA IDC IDC IDC JUST READ IT #the manga is doing the novels SO much justice goddd its so perfect #only bad thing i have to say about both is #cw for Gus' design and money obsession being an antisemitic caricature #like. gus is an EXCELLENT character hes one of my top favs. but he is like that and its so unfortunate rippp #ky speaks #faraway paladin

[smiegrin]

GOSH I can't help but become obsessed with a piece of art when it features a character that says/believes something that I just KNOW is absolutely wrongheaded and yet they articulate it in an incredibly poetic fashion.

#text post #smie speaks #spapa #this is about Spare Parts GO PLAY SPARE PARTS #IT HAS GAY ROBOTS!!!!! #robot #robot girl #media analysis #visual novel #spare parts #I am only one chapter into the latest update and I am VERY NORMAL #'a supernova inside of your soul made possible only by the soul itself intent on consuming everything in its orbit' O m0

[merlyn-bane]

when your fun little haha fic officially passes the fault in our stars in word count with (currently) two more chapters left

#this is going to be a full length fucking novel by the time i'm done with it #jfc #for scale i think the next longest thing i've written to date was like #37k??? #something like that #and i really only started seriously working on it in like?? september?? #also for the record i am Aware that foelu no longer classifies as a fun little haha fic #but that was the Intent #it was going to be like a little five chapter dick-around messing with speculative anatomy and fanon tropes #and then it grew LEGS #on its OWN #foelu #writing updates #kind of #writing process

[herotome]

Devlog #122

Hi-ho, Wudge here. Last devlog before the demo comes out and...

I Got Sick ∘* ✧･ﾟ

Yep. Ah. I mean, good news is that I shouldn't have to postpone anything; I have a handful of promo posts queued on here, the demo is pretty much done. I'll just ask y'all to be patient with me if any bugs crop up, since I... probably won't be at 100% for a lil while.

But uh, things I've been up to since the last devlog;

I started pecking away at outlines for the next parts of the game.

Finally got my ducks in a row with itch.io and a new payment processor

I started drawing for fun again!! I had some spots of free time... anddd apparently I can't draw anything more complicated than bust-up portraits but it's better than nothing

Put in Remnantation's gorgeous food art!! Like omg look at these

If you wanna see the other food options you'll just have to download the demo when it comes out eyyy

Okay, uh... That's all I remember doing. now I will sleep. Hopefully I'll feel better sooner rather than later.

Tata for now. Stay safe and keep warm,

Wudge.

#herotome update #interactive fiction #oelvn #visual novel #otome game #otome #english otome #indie game #ughhh i still have to write a post for itch and ping interactif on the 2nd... rlyrly hope i feel better before then hyping social medias is #well i hit the tag word count so i guess its a secret now too bad

[onomatopiya]

i have NOT been able to nano but after i finish my accursed stats homework its time to go back to writing about Her (lila)

#im also trying to be more active on tumby im just also like the guy drowning thumbs up pic #going to the library and being soooo brave #also fuck i need to introduce play dead as a wip now that i caught novel disease #its soo. for those who don’t know its about the actual worst relationship in the world #t4t toxic masculinity and obsession w violence #maybe i should make an update post #or smth #piya.txt #writeblr

[aranarumei]

🗣 for the wip ask game? :)

🗣: Share your favorite dialogue exchange.

“Is there something you’re worried about?”  I started, noting that Hanzawa’s coffee had appeared between his hands. He held the cup strangely, his fingers curled around the sides without any pressure. I worried that it might slip from his fingers if he tried to lift it. “I was just thinking…” I replied, tapping my reddened skin, “it’s going to bruise.” “Ah,” Hanzawa said, and offered no other words for a moment as he scanned my face with a blank expression. Then he sighed. “Are you worried about your weekend work?” “What—oh, you’re right,” I said, surprised he had realized. “I doubt a bruised face is good for customer service,” Hanzawa said, in agreement with the thoughts I hadn’t yet voiced. “I’d rather not scare the customers, and it’s something I’ve done even without my face like this, so…” “That would be troubling,” Hanzawa said. “I can’t say I’m too sorry about it, since…” “There’s no need for apologies,” I cut in. “You and Kaede have thanked me enough.”

i was like hmm what wip should i send and then when i opened this one i'd realized it was all bullet points and had to fix that like. immediately. sorry this answer comes so late! I'll probably edit this dialogue again but! I am excited abt writing this particular section of anomalous agate pt 2 bc its really like. a sort of turning point?

send me an ask! | ask game

#kiri.txt #the anomalous agate #ask #my writing #cfojr #hanzawa to tashiro #also TIL the difference between startled and started #the first ch went thru an excruciating editing round actually #i had to cut like half of hanzawas dialogue bc he was being too obvious and seigi knew too much #i dont think i'll have as much of an issue this ch but i do want to do a rescan #and see if i can meld the novel style more in the writing. fine if i cant its just an optional bonus for me #but. proof i Am working on it lol #*whispers* guys send me more WIP asks it forces me to actually write them bc i feel bad posting from a document i havent updated #harusono

[martyrbat]

“We were saved a retreat into the past, and I had learned my lesson. Read English news, yes, and English sport, politics, and pomposity, but in future keep the things that hurt to myself alone. They can be my secret indulgence. Color and scent and sound, rain and the lapping of water, even the mists of autumn and the smell of the flood tide, these are memories of Manderley that will not be denied.” GIRL LEAVE HIM !!!!

#reading Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier for the first time (no spoilers pls..) and already im just going 🫵 red flag 🫵 #i think its like. a bluebeard situation... i havent seen any spoilers other than the synopsis: #‘Rebecca is a 1938 Gothic novel written by English author Daphne du Maurier. The novel depicts an unnamed young woman who impetuously #marries a wealthy widower before discovering that both he and his household are haunted by the memory of his late first wife Rebecca.’ #but already i hate this guy. let her talk about pigeons!!!!! #ransom's livereads #<- i doubt ill update it a lot (esp saving post for hockey tonight to not hit the limit with 5 min left) but just in case

[todayisafridaynight]

i have to drive for like two hours tomorrow and all i can think of is old people

#snap chats #i always call them old but i never think of them when theyre ACTUALLY old.... #im lying. kinda. LISTEN I TRY TO THINK OF OLD ARASAWA BUT I JUST THINK OF DIVORCE #if you know me from kh you know two old men being divorced has not stopped me. its fueled me ever. still crying over the novel brb-- #BUT I JUST DONT HAVE TOO MUCH MATERIAL. I THINK. my brain puny. #i cant even think of anything to do WITH that tho. like sure i have an idea or two but nothing i think is worth executing #2019 the saddest year for the elderly i just think they should be happy #cant believe arakawa gave jo full custody this is so sad. jo is this what you wanted it should be but-- #tbh tho i told myself id do some comm sketches to have them ready for tomorrow #and that as a reward i could draw The Guys but im chillin with my sister and now im distracted #shes doing work and like. every five minutes she keeps saying 'this is bad' she lit just said it as i typed this LMAO #point is bro i need my fix. i just looked through the pixiv tag for them for the like. ninth time #it never updates and most of it's n/s/f/w and/or ads for doujins but still #i take what i can get dawg theyre just so funny to me. im going insane like actually its so bad tonight apparently #ok bye lemme go ACTUALLY work so i can cook my food. so to speak