Hi everyone, I hope your first week of March went swell! I went to our state's Renaissance Faire (always very lucky that its season coincides with my birthday and the milder spring weather!) over the weekend and came back buzzing with inspiration over fantasy fashions, food, and most import...
2023-03-07 16:59:59 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, happy March! 🌷 I actually misspoke in my alpha build update, my birthday is actually tomorrow on the 2nd, haha: I think we're going to go to our Renaissance Faire to celebrate! I used to always have my birthdays there as a kid and haven't been back since college, but I'm looking f...
2023-03-01 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post[Content warning: this story features heavy discussion involving murder, demonic possession, murder investigations, racial discrimination in a fantasy context, with some mentions of pregnancy, birth, and sororicide.]
[Author's note: I also cha...
2023-02-28 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostPassword: marchcomesinlikealion ⬅ ❗️
Saw someone ask this question in discord and got me hook on the possibilities. What went through each ROs' mind (Halek and Croelle too if possible) when MC told them that they married once and divorced? Their ex-partner was the one who wanted the divorce and MC, at that ti...
2023-02-16 17:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, Happy Valentine's Day, and I hope your February has been going well! It's time for our February Q&A!
As usual, I will strive to answer 10-15 questions! The ask window for this Q&A will be open for 24 hours, so make sure to get your questions in before t...
2023-02-15 00:38:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone! Here's our next (and presumably final) part of our codex series on animals, this time covering the mysterious Woken beasts hiding deep inside Thielwood. It was actually a poll here on Patreon whether these animals would be the "people" you encountered during Chapter 7, with the Chang...
2023-02-11 00:57:38 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, happy February! 💝 This is one of my favorite months because it's starting to feel springtime-y here in my state, plus my partner and I have our anniversary a week before Valentine's, so we like to plan something nice! 😁
Anyway, you know the drill! If you haven't done so a...
2023-02-02 23:05:34 +0000 UTC View Post[Content warning: this story features heavy discussion involving murder, demonic possession, murder investigations, pregnancy, and birth, with some references to or mentions of religious hysteria, assault, and infant death.]
Part I: Amid the Thorns
Br...
2023-01-31 01:44:31 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody, just to let you know, I'm putting a pause on Some Kind of Virus for now. Although I have the story all plotted out and am very excited for some plot twists to unfold, I think I just exhausted myself trying to introduce everyone one after the other and trying to give everyon...
2023-01-31 01:37:17 +0000 UTC View PostPassword: yearoftherabbit_cat ⬅ ❗️don't forget the underscore :)
Et voila! The princess is here!~ ✨👸🏼
This card comes as somewhat of a surprise, as I never originally planned on commissioning a character card just for Prihine, but I figure if Caine gets one, she should too, especially with the continuing role she plays in the story if she lives! ...
2023-01-23 19:37:44 +0000 UTC View PostHiya Lena. I love how each of the significant characters have a tarot card. I've been wondering about the MC and think the "Wheel of Fortune" would suit them. Is there any tarot you'd personally say suits the MC? Or is it very much dependant on the character the player cre...
2023-01-18 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, I hope your January has been going well! It's time for our January Q&A!
As usual, I will strive to answer 10-15 questions! The ask window for this Q&A will be open for 24 hours, so make sure to get your questions in before the deadline, which will be
Hi everyone! Here's our next part of our codex series on animals, this time covering just a few of the common mammals unique to Blest. Chapter 4 mentions both the ironhorn (whom you can even talk to if you're a Wild Mage) as well as the hakka, which is also mentioned in the series on food! I hope...
2023-01-10 23:57:04 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, happy new year! 🎉
You know the drill! 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! Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred (over usernames ...
2023-01-01 19:30:32 +0000 UTC View PostPassword: midnight_madness ⬅ ❗️don't forget the underscore :)
Hi Lena! Silly q incoming for #tellmeeverything—I was chatting with a friend and somehow we got on the topic of Blade fishing. While I feel like Blade is probably good at anything requiring physical finesse, it’s hard to imagine he’d be down to sit there and wait hou...
2022-12-19 01:17:03 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, I hope your December has been going well! It's time for our December Q&A!
As usual, I will strive to answer 10-15 questions, though it may be a bit shorter this time so I can try (and probably fail lol) to finish work this month before the holidays! The ask...
2022-12-17 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone! Here's our next part of our codex series on animals, this time covering some of the reptiles of Blest, including Chapter 6's wyvern and the Drakes! 👀🐲🐉 I hope you enjoy!!!
And as always, previous entries in this series:
Hi everyone, it looks like Shery won the last round of our commissioned art poll!! 💖👓🫖 You know what that means--it's now up to you to decide exactly what kind of art piece we commission for her! Vote below on the medium of the art piece that you would l...
2022-12-07 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody, I'm back again with another flash name poll! If you're caught up on Chapter 8 of the alpha build (we're just about to start the first official trial of the labyrinth), you might remember the female Mage who made a disparaging comment to Riel, Shery, and Chandry--something about bein...
2022-12-06 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, happy start to your December! I can't believe it's already the end of 2022... 🥲 Time has been very wobbly these past few years, but I hope we can make the best of it! ☃️
You know the drill! If you haven't done so already, please message me or com...
2022-12-01 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Also, as a tiny update, we've massively ramped up work on the Twine version of the game this month: I've been working constantly on it as we build the game's UI and various features (inventory! interactive maps! pretty codex! character cards! keyboard shortcuts! art and music!), and my partner (w...
2022-11-23 02:25:57 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! Characters and ROs won the last poll in this round, so let's decide which character/RO we should focus on for this commission!
For reference, Ayla, Red, Trouble, Blade, Chase, Riel, ...
2022-11-23 01:51:04 +0000 UTC View PostHow would each Shepherd treat the window cat?
Here's how they would react to finding out MC owned the window cat, but if you mean how they would react to the cat fi...
2022-11-17 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, we've been hard at work on the Twine port this month (among lots of other things... as always 😅)--it's honestly looking amazing, I can't wait to be able to show you some sneak peeks of what's been developed so far! But now it's time to switch over into working on continuing the st...
2022-11-15 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everybody, here's our next part of our codex series on animals, this time covering some commonly-mentioned birds in Blest! The Flame in the Night was even mentioned by Shery in Chapter 8! 🥰🕊 I hope you enjoy: more fun entries are coming soon!
And as always, previous entries in this...
2022-11-11 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post