#SavePortia

[iliveforyouilongforyouvesuvia]

is it a hot take to say

idc that julian is a doctor he is so bard coded, he plays the vielle and he does theaters (defo a lot of musicals) he doesnt even have a medical license wth!!! sure hes experienced but,,, BARD! his emo gloves coat and boots are cool and all but omg imagine him in a silly lil emo bard outfit... thats defo an au that should exist,, bard!julian

anw ty for the last ask, i might draw it if i have the energy,,,,

-🌼

Wait wait wait there are posts I can link to this -

There's this ask arcana post from 2017 that classes Julian as a Rogue and Portia as a Bard:

And then in 2020 during the #SavePortia campaign, they released his D&D sheet showing him as Rogue 18/Bard 2!:

I love how multifaceted the writers made him - it certainly gives a lot of material to work with ^.^

#ask arcana brainrot #the arcana #julian the arcana #julian devorak #ask arcana #the arcana game

[gmbencompetence]

Heyo! I wanted to let you know that I’m so incredibly grateful for your work on the Arcana Deck and getting it made. It was my first ever tarot deck and really kickstarted my interest in the hobby. The art is absolutely gorgeous and even after all these years of use the deck still holds up with no weakness or damage at all! Truly, it’s a masterpiece of a deck and I’m glad you and your coworker were able to make it.

I guess on a more serious note, I have been trying to gather information to make sense of the merger for fans who still don’t know what’s going on and what lead up to it, so I was wondering if I could share part of your story in it? If it’s too much or if you just don’t want me to, I won’t! It’s totally up to you.

I'll take these two parts at a time!

Thank you so much for the kind words about the Tarot Deck. Messages like this are major moments of joy and validation for my time there. I hope you are enjoying Tarot.

I left more than 2 years before the merger. It doesn't surprise me that this was happening, though. Nix Hydra had a massive inconsistency with income.

When players were mad at us, they would very often paint us as evil schemers who sat in castles and planned to sap money. To them, we'd laugh as lightning struck in the distance...

The truth, however, was that we were continually just trying to keep the lights on. The new CEO came on because the previous one left rather quickly. After she did, the the company scrambled to find a new leader, and he was the best candidate they could find in a pinch. I was explicitly told that if he had not accepted that offer within that week, the studio very likely would have closed its doors and abruptly ended.

This isn't even the first time they came this close. Nix Hydra had several projects before The Arcana that people don't even talk about. Remember Egg? I doubt it! The company had pretty successful games that then dried up. There were layoffs and the studio was brought down to a bare-bones crew.

When I say I was "The Community Manager", I mean that I did everything customer-facing. Coordinating focus groups, all customer support issues, managing social media, establishing our presence at conventions, and representing the player perspective to the developers when discussing new features. Let me be clear: The company did not have employees for these roles before me. Those tasks did not have an assigned person. THAT is how bare bones they were.

The fact that The Arcana's Kickstarter went off well is the only reason the company functioned at all.

I've seen speculation that "#SavePortia" was a publicity stunt. It wasn't. It was the result of an internal fight between the creative team, myself, and the CEO. Portia's route was actively losing money, and we could prove with internal data that people weren't even trying it. You can submit opinions about its quality all day, but we can prove people weren't even opening the route. It was costing us money, but we fought like hell cats, because we needed there to be more than one WLW option in the game.

What I'm saying is that people think that Nix Hydra was this rich, scheming company that was nefariously draining money and blood from all of its players. We weren't. We were a bunch of passionate fans of the genre who were trying to keep the lights on.

So it never surprised me that this transition happened. I think that everyone at the company was genuinely great, though. I am very happy to see that the vast majority of them landed solidly, strongly on their feet. :)

#nix hydra #the arcana

[alotsgonnachange]

The #SavePortia thing was so crazy when you think about it….it was giving emotional manipulation and lack of transparency to the max…

[yandere-romanticaa]

Omg! You go girl! I remember being determined getting enough coins of all the side stories like the Christmas special. I want to ask how do you think of Arcana so far? What even is so far been your favorite? Which one is your least favorite?- 🃏 Anon

I played Asra's and Nadia's routes way back when but I don't remember them too much, oops. I actually don't have a favorite or least favorite route though, I love them all! I kinda have a new appreciation for Lucio but I'm glad the game didn't really just let him get completely scot free because he is still a bastard. A funny one, mind you. But still a bastard!! I'm especially excited for Portia's route for some reason. It can go in any direction, I think characters like her usually don't get these kinds of stories. I even remember that there was a #SavePortia thing going on because not a lot of people were interested in her story but that changed, thankfully.

None of the characters really hit that sweet spot for me per say but if Nadia was a man, I'd die. I would however love to be friends with allllllll of the characters, the shenanigans would be so beyond entertaining!! Julian, ah, the things we'd do <33

#🃏 anon #girlie says

[jilljoycearts]

Doctor Portia? Doctor Portia.

#the arcana #the arcana game #saveportia #portia devorak #save portia #my art #artists on tumblr

[bastart13]

This was such a great update for Portia. I loved the imagery of the magic in the air and the action at the end?? I loved it.

Also the CG was gorgeous!!

#the arcana #the arcana game #the arcana oc #portia devorak #portia x apprentice #the arcana cg #saveportia #fan apprentice #isha the apprentice #art #portia and two sleepy beepies

[dottiesfantrash]

Portia, as fall. My art.

@thearcanagame

#saveportia #portia #the arcana portia #arcana #arcana portia #portia devorak #the arcana #the arcana game #dress up portia #portia dress up #costume design

[nightleycosplay]

#save portia #saveportia #portia #portia the arcana #portia devorak #portia fanart #the arcana game #the arcana #asra #asra alnazar #julian #julian devorak #nadia #nadia satrinava #countess nadia #count lucio #lucio #lucio montag #Muriel #nix hydra #nyx hydra

[arimesi]

decided to fool around with dressing portia to some summer-y dress but also couldn’t decide what color to go with🥺😞👊 [insert gif of sleeping beauty’s fairy godmothers bickering]

#the arcana #portia #portia devorak #the arcana game #saveportia #go play her route and save my wife #artmesi #? #i mean i made the dress but the sprite is made by devs OBVIOSLY hdhjgs

[thearcanagame]

Thank you everyone who participated in our #SavePortia live stream! We hope to do something like this again soon. 😺 As promised, here are the doodles from the stream:

#the arcana game #save portia #saveportia

[painteralex28]

FINISHED IT! 

Now I just got to catch up with everything else, god... I’m so slow lmao

#SavePortia

#SavePortia #NTBP art #the arcana #the arcana portia #portia #pepi #the arcana game #arcana #arcana portia #portia devorak #day 1 #slow

[bitcxes-n-cream]

Modern AU Nadia and Portia being all cute and vintage-y  😊<3

(Continuation to the Asrian piece! Muriel, Lucio and maybe even Valerius coming soon!)

Also psst...#SavePortia !! Play her route!!

#the arcana #the Arcana fandom #The Arcana Game #vintage #portia #portia fanart #the arcana portia #portia devorak #nadia #the arcana nadia #nadia satrinava #Countess Nadia #art #my art #nadia x portia #portia x nadia #the arcana modern au #modern au #saveportia

[leconcombrerit]

Some people insisted that I finished coloring my sweet Portia in her spring dress, so I did ! I can’t make backgrounds to save my life but I’m practicing. One day, one day... 

#portia devorak #save portia #saveportia #the arcana #the arcana game #drawing #yay I fiished my Portia #did I say I love her #yes ? #Well I'll say it again #I love Portia

[pocket-dragon]

This is a PSA  to go play Portia’s route, she’s the best character in the game WAKE UP AMERICA

#the arcana #the arcana game #Portia #portia devorak #Chandra #yes this is technically not in the game but lemme imagine #saveportia #nyx hydra

[theartofflorence]

I haven’t caught up with Portia’s route, sadly (though I’m not really reading any Arcana at the moment) and with Spring coming and going and the virus keeping us inside, I thought Portia as Persephone would be fitting. Save Portia. Save Persephone. Save Spring. Spring, if you’re out there listening, please come back.

#saveportia #the arcana game portia #portia devorak #theartofflorence #thearcanagame #the arcana game

[bettinadoodles]

Portia is amazing and you should really go read her route right now.

Here's a low quality expression pack to celebrate Portia in all her moods. ❤️

Portia belongs to @thearcanagame

#save portia #saveportia #the arcana portia #portia cosplay #portia #portia devorak #the arcana cosplay #arcana cosplay #closet cosplay #makeup test #the arcana