Weekly dev blog: A Story About Mana (Patreon)

This week, other than some more updates to H-scenes list and walkthrough, I started tackling the new quest for the mages guild. This also meant writing the ending to the previous one, as this starts right after that. It's taking me a while to figure out how to handle some of the rewards, since the quest is a bit weird and it's more about roleplaying opportunities and possibly affecting the world of Caliross (or rather some of the world's events in the ending, way past the current story), and there are options that really cut things short, if you go with the flow. Anyway, I have done a fair amount of writing, and I added a map for the Archmagus's tower (only one room, though).

The quest is going to open up dialogues with several members of the guild, so that part should be fun (it's always nice when certain NPCs are more than just background decorations). My greatest worry is whether I can make the dialogue tree at the end intuitive to navigate, while still requiring some thought to get the result you want (you'll be "debating" the Archmagus about his plans, that he'll share with you at the start of the quest).

I think this will be a nice reveal for the mages guild main quest, and I hope people will like the story. I wonder if I should hint at it in the previous quests more, but I think it fits the character of the Archmagus to keep a tight lid on things.

Anyway, next week it's going to be more work on the quest and probably some sexy bits for the harem path. Sometime next week we should also get the usual art preview for the next update, but other than that there shouldn't be anything else to announce.

Stay tuned for more news, and I'll see you guys next time! ^_^