May 29 Update (Patreon)

So, eventful week. Updating all the threads and responding to comments took longer than I thought. Still working through some stuff, expect an update next week. Low creative ebb, but it's amazing that we hit $1000 and haven't dipped below yet, even with end-of-month dropping. All that isn't to say I didn't work on game. I finished a couple of new maps and put in some major work on key events that will take place on old ones. I think the chapter transition stuff is mostly done, but I won't test it and start working in a linear fashion until sometime next week. As is obvious now, I have big plans for this game. To help such a long game feel dynamic, I try to change things up and use whatever type of gameplay is appropriate for a given section of the plot. So if anyone was worried they'd be subjected to 100 hours of unrelieved dungeon crawling... don't be? Anyway, the next section is a big, sprawling update. Less focus, but more breadth. You'll be able to backtrack to most areas you've visited, catch up with people, and do further quests. Expect some optional content, even some mutually exclusive content - I don't plan to do a lot of that, but there are occasional choices I want to have more weight. Anyway, I hope this part will be a fun breather between the Yhilin chapter and what's coming next. Other than that, I made some new threads to promote the game. There are a few recommendations I didn't follow up on, however. In some cases, I think the terms of service don't allow self-promotion, in others I simply don't feel I can join that community without coming across as self-serving. If anyone participates in these or other forums and you legitimately think people might be interested in TLS, feel free to share: http://www.pinkpetal.org/index.php https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/aifarchive/info http://the-new-lagoon.com/viewforum.php?f=3 Feel free to give feedback or suggestions on this, but in general I plan to focus more on creation and less on promotion for a while.