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Saturday Devlog (June 12)
Hello everyone, and happy Saturday once again! Hope your weekend is going well :DI come bearing a bit of bad news today, namely that I've hit a pretty significant roadblock in writing content for AMR. There are numerous contributing factors to this that I'll discuss at length over the course of this devlog, but ultimately it culminates in the following couple of points:- I've been real...
Saturday Devlog (June 5)
Hi everyone, and happy Saturday! Hope you're all staying healthy and safe.It's been a pretty productive first week of development so far, with two major things on my to-do list having been checked-off. Betrayer, Ilya's side story, is now up and running, and the game-breaking bug that prevented me from releasing the Spirit Gate path's last bit has now been addressed.Its implementati...
Side Story: Betrayer
This took much longer than expected! Big apologies for the delay--if you recall the devlog from several weeks ago, I had intended to pursue a more innovative format, where the story is told from the perspective of a historian reviewing Ilya's letters centuries after the story had concluded. It was a fun idea to toy around with, but ultimately left little room for emotive writing! As a result, ...
Monthly Features (May)
Hi everyone! It's the end of the month, which means it's time for the Snapchat Stories and Patron Tweets features!Here they are, based on requests submitted by Arcanists:And that was everything that was requested! There was still quite a bit of the art budget leftover by the end of the month, so I found an artist to illustrate this scene from the Sienan liberation arc, featuring our dearly...
[UPDATE] Demo ver 4.0 is live!
Hi everyone, and happy update day! Thank you for your patience. :DThis update is roughly 21k words in length, split mainly into the following segments:- Plot advancement content, including the Eli reunion scene in full- Yu and F's paths in the Arcadia day-off scene (which now takes place before you commit to a division in Arcadia)- Spirit Gate path of the Reglaire arc- The break-in path of the...
Art Preview: Book 1 Cover!
Presented without caption because wow, what do you even say to that?Cover and character design done by Yangpeiv / Riizart, whose commission info you can find here!
Saturday Devlog (May 22)
Hello and happy Saturday! As always, I hope you're all staying safe and healthy.First of all, I'd like to extend my biggest gratitude for helping me reach my final goal! I was in tears when I first saw, y'all. It's incredibly validating that my work would resonate so much with so many people, and more than ever my confidence has been reaffirmed that there's a future for me in w...
Art Preview: Yurui (Full Body)
It's been a long time coming, but Yurui's portrait is finally finished! Her outfit is slightly less grandiose than Yusuha's is, but she makes up for it in side-eye and that glorious mane of red hair. And of course, it wouldn't be Yu without the side windows!Falco is up next!
Sneak Peek (May 22)
A bit out of order today, for the sneak peek to come before the devlog! Variety is the spice of life and all that. Devlog should go up sometime later today; in the meantime, please enjoy Part 2 of the Eli reunion scene! You've made no secret of how much you anticipated it, so trust and believe I'm doing everything I can not to disappoint. ;DFun times ;A;Please look forward to the full upda...
Art Preview: Cover Mages
The cover art for A Mage Reborn will feature a pair of mages (potential MCs, if you will), and I received their character design earlier this month! They turned out really well, and I'm super excited to show you guys the finished product, hopefully later this month!If you're at all curious about how the final piece will look like, you could take a look at the artist's instagram where s...
Sneak Peek (May 15)
As promised, a double feature! I'm withholding the Spirit Gate path of the Reglaire invasion because I'm not yet happy with how it turned out so far. Instead, the first thing I'll be showing off is the next update's opening scene, featuring the main antagonists of the next arc!And, as promised, a peek into the Eli reunion scene:Fun times. Please look forward to the rest! :D
Saturday Devlog (May 15)
Hello hello! Happy Saturday once again. :D Lots of things to talk about this week!I'll start with a piece of bad news first, just to get it out of the way: I will most likely have to reduce the wordcount goal for this month's update. :( I apologize! I had been confident that the holidays would provide me enough time to write a lengthier update than the last, but my professors have collecti...
Final Portrait Poll
We're in the last stretch! Please select which of these portraits you'd like to see next, after Yurui.
Side Story Poll
The results of this poll will determine which one of these requested prompts will be written for the April / May side story! You can pick multiple options if you so desire. :D
Saturday Devlog (May 8)
Hello and Happy Saturday once again! Or Sunday really, at least in most places. Sorry for the late update; it's the run-up to Eid al Fitr and things have been a bit hectic lately.That being said, progress is going smoothly for the next update! I'm up 5k words from last week, and the bulk of the next arc has been fully storyboarded. However, most of the progress writing-wise has been on fut...
Art Preview: Yusuha (Full-Body)
Yusuha is here!Power shoulders. Crop top. Skin-tight black leggings. Billowing sleeves. Gold-enameled belt. The rope from Adrian's fanart. Yusuha's combat outfit is far from practical and takes forever to get into...but such are the sacrifices one must make to be the most dashing assassin in all of Nightsaber.(The only thing he hates more than unnecessary bloodshed is Eli's fashion sen...
Patreon May 2021 Roadmap
Happy May Day! Hope everyone is staying healthy and safe coming into this month.I'll be integrating the Roundup and Roadmap feature into one post this month (and most likely for upcoming months as well) because there's usually a fair bit of overlap between contents, and also because I don't want to spam your inboxes! Before I get to the meat of this content, though, there's somethi...
Snapchat Stories (April)
CONTENT WARNING: Harsh gesture (the middle finger, to be specific) in image 1, and a swear word in image 2.Here the stories be!1. In which Aunt Bess is left wanting for work.2. In which Ante boldly attends a sermon.3. In which Saine witnesses his brother being Sunblind.Hope you enjoyed this feature! This will be a monthly occurrence, though I'm only aiming for 2 of these per months henceforth ...
[UPDATE] Demo ver 3.0 is live!
Hi everyone! Happy to announce that I was able to power through the block this past week and write a good amount of content! Enough for the update to proceed as scheduled. :DThe good news is that the update sits at 24k words, well within the wordcount range I targeted at the start of this month (20k-25k), and takes the game to where I had intended this update to end.The bad news is that there'...
Art Preview: F!Eli (Full Body)
F!Eli joins the fray! I've been told she pulls off the look much better than her male counterpart, but hopefully she's still enough of a fashion disaster to compensate for the fact that she, you know, saved your life and everything.( Also...do not perceive her and M!Eli's sneakers. That's the one aspect about these official arts that will undergo a final revision after everyone'...
Sneak Peek (24 April)
As promised, the sneak peek for this week!There are three customization points that your character can have post-resurrection: outfit, mask, and callsign.These are the available styles coded into the game right now, though I have plans to introduce slight expansions in future builds. You will also be able to customize the outfit's primary colors and its accents right after this part!Next up is...
Saturday Devlog (April 24)
Hello and happy Saturday once again!I'll be candid with you, folks: it's been a tough time writing this week. I've had my first serious case of writer's block since starting this project in earnest, and none of my usual tricks did me any good this time around. Not that it hasn't happened before, but I usually get my mojo back within a day or two; this time, it's extended to...
Sneak Peek (April 22)
Hello! I'm back with the promised sneak peek, although it's...several days late aha. Big apologies, but I felt the need to rewrite the scene after having taken the screenshots, as several of the remarks felt a little out of place. I'm much happier with where it's at right now, though!This is a choice hub from the next build, with each option having three unique flavor texts dependi...
Saturday Devlog (17 April)
Happy Saturday once again!Lots of writing done this week (+9k overall), though a lot of it was done on scenes that won't make the next build (undisciplined of me, but sometimes...you gotta strike while the writing iron is hot.)They're important scenes nevertheless! Starting from the build after 3.0, there will be a day-off scene in Arcadia prior to the Eli rescue arc. You will be able to m...
Art Preview: Saine (Full Body)
Heeeere's the Errand Boy! I guess Saine must be a favorite of Khutilust's too, because he got the guy done in record-breaking speeds. xDThe black outfit is brand-new, combat gear hand-sewn by royal seamstresses. The shabby brown cloak, meanwhile, is a remnant of his White Fangs days. He's taken to wearing it again after events of Errand Boy; it's the only way he feels like he can c...
Art Preview: Ilya (Full Body)
It took a hot minute, but Ilya's portrait is finally completed! She's shown here in her saintess garbs, performing a bit of her theurgy. The bangs are new post-resurrection, and you'll an in-game option to note it. :D(Currently contemplating the wisdom of also commissioning pre-resurrection White Fangs, after the core cast has been completed. The gang has all changed pretty significant...
Sneak Peek (April 10)
The haircut scene! Took me a while to figure out how to make it possible for you to change from a shorter hairstyle to a longer one, but pretty satisfied with how it worked out.And, as promised, the expanded Leon dungeon scene!Fun times all around :')
Saturday Devlog (April 10)
Happy Saturday! Hope you're all doing well :)It's been a tedious, nuts-and-bolts week for the game's development, but I've cleared it in satisfactory fashion and I'm just glad this phase is behind me, aha. Development time was split roughly equally on writing, coding, and finishing up Errand Boy, which released a few days ago. Let's go over these one by one:Coding - I'v...
Arcanist NPC Poll: Arc Antagonists
As promised on the Arcanist blurb, patrons at tiers Arcanist and above have the power to shape NPCs over the course of the game's development. This time, you will have the ability to vote on the appearance and personality type of the next arc's main antagonists.More details are available over on the actual poll itself, but beware that spoilers for the next arc are quite plentiful. Click he...
Side Story: Errand Boy
It's finally finished! Errand Boy sits at 5500 words, over twice as long as the side story was originally intended to be. It allows you to input your mage's name, pronouns, and non-magical specializations. Unlike Sunblind, however, it is by and large linear fiction, as events happen independently of the mage's influence (or in Sunblind's case, the influence of their memory).Click h...
