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I swear I'm working on it.

Opera Scenes are HARD (like, the behavior in the breaks. New Hamelin is not a big city, but damn it, have some manners. Easier to pick pockets that way)

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Small announcement concerning the upcoming update

I've been going through the code for the new chapters again, and decided that I will NOT continue updating the choicescript version.

There are now a lot of little odds and ends, bits of flavourtext and the now infamous horsename shenanigans that I cannot (yet) pull off in CS.

So, when I'm done with the update, I will leave a note on the version on dashingdon redirecting people to the twine version on itch.

Thank you for understanding.

See you soon (hopefully)

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[devilscreekballad]

An Outlaws Guide to naming your god-damn horse.

A little preview/guide of what you can name your horse in the coming update:

Horsenames can be up to 30 characters (including spaces)

Horsenames can consist of up to three words (hyphenated words count as one word, but can't be checked for naming easter eggs)

You can name your horse after almost every NPC (with a few exceptions) and most of the NPC horses (again, with a few exceptions)

Two words names can end up using Charlie's full name for your horse, including varieties, you can combine Charlie's name with NPC names, but you cannot name you horse after the full names of other NPCs.

Three word names don't allow to use any of Charlie's names, nor elements of the other NPCs, except a handful of proper word-names.

You can, of course, name your horse 'Horse'. Other languages might follow, input is needed here.

Still polishing the code, and after a recount it is at 15k words...

All for small comments from the NPCs along the way...

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Important question, please answer in comments:

Going through ch7 (formerly ch8) again, contemplating to add in a scene of Charlie pulling you into a sobby hug because, like you almost died and everything.

Now it got me thinking: Is everyone alright with bits like that? Not everyone is fine with physical contact, so I'd rather ask. Should I leave that bit as is (while npcs will usually ask for hugs etc otgerwise*), make a choice at the start to set your MC is not keen on physical contact or something else entirely?

thanks

note: * it's part of Tess' character arc to learn to ask first. Tess is avery hearty and physical person.

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Added in a choice in the next chapter about the MC realising their severe injuries are healed miraculously. Choices are:

-Tell Charlie about the strange dream.

-No, really, tell him.

-You had multiple severe injuries that healed completely in less than two days, and the dream is the best explanation you can offer. Tell him.

Thoughts?

EDIT: I should note that this is about yet another dream (as well as the previous two, depending on what you've already told him)

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[devilscreekballad]

Relevant to the last reblog:

Yes, we HAVE received anons shitting on Florence, Tommy and Blayne, solely cause they're (half-)Black.

gracious.

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Important question:

Are there any Native American readers amongst the followers who could give me some pointers for research and sensitivity readers?

search engines have their limits (and are easily manipulated to begin with) so I'm looking for pointers to get research in and know what def. NOT to do in the story.

Thank you.

(reblogs appreciated)

PS: same goes for all other kinds of related research etc. Thank you all.

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[devilscreekballad]

Well, this just happened:

I won't update the choicescript versions anymore, as a lot of bits and bobs I did in the twine version are not possible in CS (or it's simply not documented, but lbr, the documentation for CS is not the greatest).

So, yeah. No more updates on Dashing. Once I got the new update ready (ch 7-9, expanded origins etc) I'll make a note on the CS version to hop over to itch.

Thank you for your patience.

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[devilscreekballad]

Hey, pssst. Hey, you. Would you like to see the full list of name varieties that will get a reaction from the NPCs?

:3

there you go.

All of these will prompt special dialogue here and there if you name your MC and/or your horse any combo of these names. (arfunky for MC only, though)

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Because apparently I am incapable of not making my life ridiculously and unnecessary complicated my brain ONLY JUST NOW decided to be all

"Hey, you know what? The horsename thing? You know that it would be much easier to restrict it to ONE word names and THEN have an NPC ask if that's short for anything? It would also make it easier to avoid bugs all together in that bit'

And... it is 100% correct...

HALP

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You know how about each year since Ballad started we got one bigoted comment hating on the game because there's diversity in it?

We got this year's one early. A one star review on itch by someone who, judging by their posts, hates the game because... diversity.

thumbs up

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"We are on our way to fight an ancient evil in a town where the laws o' nature don't apply an' yer askin' someone who casually talks to the dead if yer being healed by some other ancient beings in a dream is a ridiculous idea? No, I think yer being quite realistic."

~Charlie, upon MC wondering if the dreams they had and all might just be a sign of them losing their mind.

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Dunno what to make of this, but I did a count of handwritten pages for the next chapters after the rewrites:

ch8: 65

ch9: 72

ch10: 62

which is roughly 20k+ each without code...

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[devilscreekballad]

Let's play a game of 'Which character is going to end up with an absurd yet historically accurate number of pockets'

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[devilscreekballad]

The horse-name code is at 25k words with code now...

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[devilscreekballad]

Thoughts on the design?

EDIT:

dark mode

high contrast mode

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