The Wayhaven Chronicles - Update+ 01/Mar/2024 (Patreon)

Ended up being a super busy week this week!

I finished up the last of the love triangle scene, but I decided to add in just a small bit of text to hint at who the MC is drawn to more, or if it’s equal. I really, really like it! It’s just a subtle little line that fits narratively but gets an important game mechanic across to the player too.

I like to try and add everything in so it makes narrative sense, but sometimes you do just have to make a choice or mechanic obvious to the player. Thankfully I could add this bit in so it fit with the story!

And after that, I was going to move on to testing…except I totally forgot about the non-romance opening scene, lol! :D

The non-romance route was set up in Book One as just a way for people to get to know the vampires before picking out a love interest, which is why there’s actually a warning in there about getting a lot less content if you keep going with it- because obviously Wayhaven is romance-focused! What I should have done is taken it out in Book Two, I guess, BUT it has meant that this villain romance has become an option now so I’m glad I didn’t, hehe! ;D

So with the non-romance route having that option to branch into the villain romance, I will be making sure it has the same weight as the actual romance routes for Book Four.

I was seriously pleased how it came out in the end! I’ve done things like write different scenes for each BFF seeing as there’s no specific LI to have a scene with, instead of picking just one vampire and using them for the scene like I would normally do in the friend route.

But even with that unexpected scene, I was absolutely determined to get it finished and I did! The I got back on schedule and moved onto the testing! I always get seriously excited when I start actually seeing it as a story instead of just writing with coding! :D

Next week, I’ll continue with testing, and it’s also social media days as well the Patreon poll for the Spring Scenario specials! Then I will be moving onto the next scene, which doesn’t involve the vampires at all for a change, hehe!

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For Update+ this week, a small moment of BFF M being, well, M! :D

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"How are the others doing?" I ask as I settle back into the seat.

"The same," Mason/Morgan responds. “Adam/Ava is driving Farah/Felix up the wall because they both got bored within two minutes of having no task assigned to them. And Nate/Nat has hidden in the library to get away from them."

"Oh, I see. That's why you're really here then," I reply through a half-smile.

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Hope you all have the most fabulous weekend! We’ll be offline as usual, so I’ll talk to you all on Monday! Thank you all SO much for continuing to support Wayhaven and joining on this next step in the story! Already so excited for when they first demo releases, hehe <3