Alpha Preview Update (September)
It's just a few hours before the end of September for me, so I technically made it on time!
Remember the password: activatealpha ! (No punctuation or spaces!)
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Shepherds of Haven: A Modern Retelling (Demo)
Hello everybody! It's my pleasure to release to you the demo that you picked in a poll earlier this month: a college AU of the Shepherds of Haven universe!
Th... 2020-09-30 00:59:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Cover Mockups
To make up for the lack of short story this month, have some ongoing mockups of potential cover art for the game so far! š Chase, Blade, and Red's tarot cards are underway, and I will speak to our usual artist about making a Trouble reference sheet as well. When the cover is farther along I'll...
2020-09-28 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Answers (September)
General
Question: Hey Lena! If you wouldn't mind telling us the ROs (plus Chandry, Croelle and Halek's) favorite meal/food and baked good, that would be lovely uwu. I hope you're enjoying yourself!!
Hi Jazz, thank you so much! 2020-09-28 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Author Q&A (September)
Hello, it's time for the author Q&A for the month! :) (I'm writing this from the past (spOOOoky) and am still currently on vacation, though!) I will answer the first 20 questions sent in before the deadline, and any questions after the first 20 will be saved and answered in next month's Q&...
2020-09-25 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostArt Poll (Remaking a Character Card)
Hi everyone, I know I said I'd post this on the 20th at our usual time, but one of the artists who won our poll last time just told me she's now available and can take on two character cards at once!
So here's our status:
- Chase's character card is currently being worked on... 2020-09-16 21:08:33 +0000 UTC View Post
ShoH Update (September #2.5)
Hi everyone! If you've read this post, you'll know I'm planning to take a much needed break next week and going off into the wilderness for a bit!
Typically, my big things to meet every month are:
- My ... 2020-09-14 22:21:00 +0000 UTC View Post
ShoH Update (September #2)
Hi everyone, I hope your September is going well! I can't believe we're already almost to October--one of my favorite months! It feels like just yesterday that I was writing that spooky Croelle story for October 2019! *sweats*
I have a lot of updates to get through this time!
- If... 2020-09-14 22:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Commissioned Art Poll #4 (Style)
Trouble won the commissioned art poll, so now we have to vote on what style commission we want him to be portrayed in! Please see here for references of all the options below!
Vote on how y...
2020-09-11 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember Goody (ShoH Puzzles)!
Hello! For your puzzling pleasure, I've made four different puzzles to test your ShoH knowledge and skills! And if you solve any one of them, you can earn a special prize! š (A special role on Discord!)
2020-09-10 20:28:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Cover Art (Poll #2)
So we voted on who would appear on a hypothetical version of the cover art here. Now let's vote on the subject matter, or what you think those characters should be doing!
2020-09-10 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostRandom Poll
Hi guys; for no particular reason at all, which are you more interested in at the moment? Thank you! š
2020-09-08 19:50:33 +0000 UTC View PostTiny Update (September #1)
Hi everyone, I hope you're having a great start to your September, and if you're in the US, I hope you had a fun three-day weekend!
I have made a little progress on Chapter 5 of ShoH; the beginning of the month tends to be designated for "other work" for me, whereas the latter half of the m...
2020-09-08 19:36:58 +0000 UTC View PostIMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Please Read!
Hi everyone, due to certain special circumstances, there will now be a password on the Shepherds of Haven alpha build! You will only run into it if you start the game from the beginning, and it will not affect your current saves.
The password is:
activatealph... 2020-09-02 04:20:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Short Story Poll (September)
I hope you enjoyed that dark look into Blade's past! Which character should we cover for this month's short story?
2020-09-02 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostLavinet's Suitor (Name Poll)
We're getting closer and closer to Lavinet's chapter... let's decide on a name for a character in her storyline, a spurned suitor who acts like an absolute dickhead to MC. (I actually think naming mean characters is even more fun than naming the nice ones.) What do you think? Of course he's a nob...
2020-09-02 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostCommissioned Art #3 - Blade's Character Sheet
EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS IS.
On the left is present-day Shepherd Blade, and on the right is how he looked before joining the Shepherds! Look at his hair! š His sword! I love him so much!
Thank you for your patience and support, and for voting and deciding on ...
2020-09-01 21:49:53 +0000 UTC View PostCredits List (September)
If you haven't done so already, please message me or comment below if you'd like to have your name added to the Shepherds of Haven credits! š Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred by Hosted Games (over usernames like hottie69420), but you can send in ...
2020-09-01 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostCover Art (Poll)
In a purely hypothetical world... say we were to create the Shepherds of Haven cover art together! For survey purposes only, I'm curious... who would you want to see on it? What would they be doing?
Imagine scrolling through the app store. You see the cover art to a Hosted...
2020-09-01 00:09:01 +0000 UTC View PostBlade's Story - Quicksilver
[CONTENT WARNING: violence, descriptions of death, mentions of physical child abuse by a parental figure.]
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The day the Autarchās soldiers arrive, Junoth knows something terrible is about to happen.
H...
2020-08-31 23:29:01 +0000 UTC View PostCommissioned Art Poll (Character)
Hello, since Characters and ROs won the last commissioned art poll, let's decide which character we should focus on for this round's commission!
Remember, Ayla, Red, and Blade have all won the past rounds, and their decided mediums were character reference sheets! (Incidentally, the artist ...
2020-08-28 20:07:30 +0000 UTC View PostAlpha Preview Update (August)
Hello, here's more of Chapter 5 for you! I'm sorry to end it at such a cliffhanger, but if I want to make my deadlines for this month, I had to stop there! I'm raring to write mo...
2020-08-28 03:37:13 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Answers (August)
General
Romanced!Ros reactions to an MC who refuses to tell anyone when they are injured in battle and instead just continues to fight.
Frustration, this would cause a lot of arguments:
Blade
Trouble
Briony
Ayl...
2020-08-26 22:58:59 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Q&A (August)
Hello, it's time for the author Q&A for the month! :) I will answer the first 20 questions sent in before the deadline! Any questions after the first 20 will be saved and answered in next month's Q&A! ā¤ However, please keep in mind that we have a lot of questions left ...
2020-08-25 18:47:46 +0000 UTC View PostName Poll for Heth Macoll Thief (ā”Flash Pollā”)
Hi there, thanks for voting in the last poll regarding this character's gender! Xe will be non-binary, so let's decide xer name as well!
What do you think the thief's name should be? This character is mysterious, friendly but also passive-aggressively hostile, nonchalant, and snarky!
2020-08-25 18:40:50 +0000 UTC View PostHeth Macoll Thief (ā”SUPER Flash Pollā”)
I'm in the middle of writing this sequence as we speak (I'm having so much fun with this chapter!) and I realized I hadn't given much thought to the liaison the gang meets in Heth Macoll--the thief in the Heth Macoll Thieves Guild who helps MC get into the arena. So I'm opening it up to a super q...
2020-08-25 02:27:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3 Feedback Form (Alpha Build)
Hello! If you have the time and inclination and have played the alpha build past Chapter 3, please feel free to record your first playthrough data via this 2020-08-20 22:01:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Art Poll (Recreating a Character Card) August #2
Hello! So it seems Chase won the poll to remake his character card!
I've assembled a sample of artists I'm fairly sure are still open for commissions and who do tarot card art commissions specifically.
š If you know of any other artists who are currently available for commissions ... 2020-08-17 21:15:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Tiny Update and Poll (Callsign)
Hi everyone, I hope your August is going well!
I haven't done any updates regard the game yet, as I took the first week of August off to recover from the burnout of last month! And then this past week I've been catching up on the work I've had to delay or miss since taking time off to work ...
2020-08-17 21:09:00 +0000 UTC View PostAugust Goody (3DS Game)
Shepherds of Haven, as many of you know, has had a long journey to get to where it is today. Originally it started off as novels: I think there are some 20+ novels on my hard drive for it, along with countless short stories.
But then I started to branch out into other mediums. First it was ...
2020-08-13 00:36:06 +0000 UTC View Post