Arctos: Frosthearth (April Fools 2022)

Hi!

As you might have noticed, there's been a consistent delay in updates for the project. This has been due to life reasons, turns out a full time job and working on a game takes a lot out of you. Apart from this, I've been struggling a lot with originality. I just can't produce content anymore, and let's face it; it's not even good enough to stand on it's own without the cross-overs we've already done.

Today, I'm happy to finally announce the solution to all my problems with pushing content out.

In the words of Jim Jarmusch “Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. ".

As soon some of you have noticed, there's a distinct parallel between Distant Travels and the game Limits by Drakes.

Going forward, Distant Travels will be finally merging into Limits. Drakes has agreed to this, after a few "convincing" "talks". 

I wanted to push it off until both stories were at a good point, but we're not getting there fast enough sadly. The new project will take the name: Arctos: Frosthearth and will be available soon™.
 The storyline of Alex and Dan (Limits MC) will cross and there's a short scene where Dan and Alex each pick their favourite teammates and complete a series of fun friendly challenges (One of them is the Wet-T Shirt contest, image below!), the game then proceeds to turn into a "build your own dating sim" scenario with all the characters from both games that then takes the story into a different direction (detailed below).

Here's a list of bullet points of changes to keep you up to the story, as it'll be dropping you in the middle expecting you to have played both games:

• The Orbs from Limits have been removed, with the exception of the Shirtless Orb. It'll be in the user UI, click it to turn characters shirtless. Note that they will notice this, and it might affect your relation with them! E g, John likes this, Charles does not.
• The identity of the Handsome Stranger will be revealed in the next update!
• Drakes has taken a step back from art and I will be the sole artist of this project (as shown in the picture attached of Norman during the Wet T-Shirt contest!)
• I have stepped back from writing, and as such we've had to hire a new writer, she has a focus on magic and fantasy so the story might shift, but in exciting directions!
• The above point (another writer) also means we need to take things into another directions, this means that going forward, all characters will be less "bara" and more "twinky".
• With the introduction of two MCs, both of them will be removed and be replaced with Max. Sadly, Max is not into men, so it's more of a friendly fun dating sim than anything deeper. The exception to this is the Sally (Sally is from Limits) route.
  
• The story focuses on Max and his youtube channel, e g you'll have to decide how to make the video "Opening a black hole in Mike's garage!", or "Telling Gran (once again, from Limits) how not to put screwdrivers in washing machines!"
• We've had to adjust some characters backstories and fast-track them to make them fit in the Ironhaven universe:

- Charles now works at a whitebord factory as a professional tester.

- John is now unemployed, mooching of Dave from Limits.

• Merch will be available in approx 2 weeks, but only through pre-order.

• Last but not least, with the removal of actual romance and NSFW options, we have decided to create one lasts NSFW scene together with all the characters at once, it is available here: [LINK]

I can't wait to see where the story goes now that I've left the wheel.

All the best, GruntSteel.

Here's the promised wet t-shirt Norman from Limits Arctos: Frosthearth: