Firstly, thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a long and detailed comment! I'm so grateful for your support and I'm happy that you're enjoying the game so far 🌼💖 I'll tackle my response the same way you structured your comment 😊
- PROLOGUE:
I'm really glad you enjoyed the prologue! Those scenes with Ahlf (the sickness scene), Dena's scenes and the bullying were added to the prologue after Chapter 3 had been completed. I had hoped to flesh out the prologue a bit more by adding more ages for players to explore. Good news - Dena will play a major role in Part 3 and you'll meet them by Chapter 8. Dena was supposed to just be a forgotten character but after I wrote their character, I fell in love and realised I couldn't just ignore Dena 😅
CHAPTER 1:
Ahlf was always going to die 😬 That had been one part of the plot that I knew I had to include. As much as this is a fantasy game, I really love exploring family dynamics so the MC's relationship with their parents and especially when everything goes to hell was something I wanted to explore. I'm glad you love Irus! When the game was still a story/novel idea, he was the main love interest for the main character so you can say he has a special place in my heart. Crown was also going to be a nameless stallion until I added that scene with Irus explaining his name, so it's good to know you like our favourite horse.
CHAPTER 2:
Elora is definitely the BFF character I imagined her to be. She's based on another story character I created and originally was the only other love interest for the game. Chapter 2 was definitely more of a struggle to write for me, especially the political aspects since it was made up by me and I often questioned if it was going to make sense or not. I'm really glad you enjoyed meeting the family because it was also a planned moment which I had known needed to happen.
CHAPTER THREE:
This was one of my favourite chapters to write and I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I prefer writing romance to most things and I'd be dying to include a banquet scene and balcony kisses with a particular prince 😋 Bad parents/family is the theme of the game so buckle up, it's definitely not over yet. With that said, Oren and Anu have the best family/parent dynamics with Oren's family being the closest to the MC's Vinia family.
CHAPTER FOUR:
I'm so happy that you appreciate the way the relationships are handled! To me, a good relationship isn't based on physical intimacy but trust and understanding so I knew that the sexual aspects of the romances would be secondary to the emotional connections I wanted to write. No one will be forced into doing more than they're comfortable with and it won't be an issue for any of the ROs. There is a lot of baggage with Ishari and the poor MC so I'm happy you enjoyed all the turmoil.
CHAPTER FIVE:
Anu was never planned as an RO until later in the game's writing and I had decided from the start that no RO would be an RO just for the sake of it. They needed to be relevant to the plot and play a role in the overall story, so Anu was introduced late and unfortunately will have fewer scenes with the MC than Irus would. Still, if you pursue her, you'll find that her romance will progress quickly much like Irus' and you'll start to see more of her route in Parts 3 and 4. Funnily enough, the intimacy scenes with Irus were meant to be more detailed/interactive but time was not on my side so I had to stick to basics 😅 Expect a more detailed scene when the full game is complete.
CHAPTER 6:
There are a lot of secrets to unearth with Salyra. When I say that you haven't learnt the full truth, trust me 👀 You'll get some answers in Chapter 7 but it'll just lead to more questions and with the way everything is structured, you'll only get to learn everything by Chapter 9/end of Part 3. So brace yourself for more angst and painful revelations 😬
Thank you for your lovely comment and know that I truly appreciate you playing and being so wonderfully detailed in your comment! Chapter 7 will be out in May 😋