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Thank you so much for the comments as always Moth🙇🏻‍♀️

It was a delight to see you play through, it was quite emotional this time around, so thanks for sticking with the twists and turns 🥹 

Always appreciate your kind words 

Thank you very much for your help

Thanks so much pixelypixels, I'm sorry it took so long to reply, this comment was flagged for some reason, and I've only just seen it.

I really appreciate your feedback and I'm glad you enjoyed the game. Morrigan and Sean will be back in their own game later this year as the series continues! 

Thanks again :)

I finally found this post hidden in the 'review comment' section that I've never been in before! (I'm sorry, I was not ignoring you!) - Thanks again for playing this game and leaving feedback!

Alice is a great teacher, we all need an Alice in our lives :) We could also all do with Sizwe as well, generous and laid-back! Exactly what you want at Christmas!

I'm glad this game brought season cheer (the voice actors were absolutely fantastic as ever, I am in their debt).

Sorry it's April, but the comment warmed my heart <3

I found your comment! Yippeeee! 

Thank you so much for your playthrough Hecate! I loved reading all of your comments :)

All the dysfunctional BBA crew are very good on the corporate outside, but panicking a bit on the inside, meanwhile Madame B sups tea and is like 'oh? Does someone need me for something?' I think John is actually super proactive for a wizard (thanks to Alice, of course). We love a peacock boi who is also a friend who buys hot water and cares for his friend, Zhen is sexy dangerous, but he isn't heartless (unlike Emiliano).  

I appreciate your continued support and I hope to post some more titles again soon! 

Hello, I was wondering if you might help with a open ticket I have at the moment. I've also provided some screenshots, as I wonder if they might help your dev team based on some unusual behaviour I have seen.

I'm currently unable to post devlogs, or any kind of 'post' content on Itch. I can publish games (although one of them is still unindexed), but posting is not possible. I don't know if the 'unindexed' game is causing any issues, but it isn't an adult game, and the reason for the unindexing is unclear to me.

Both of the walkthrough posts I have done have been negatively impacted.  'the beginning of the end walkthrough' has never been published, yet it has 10 likes even though it has 0 views. I don't know how this is possible, but I thought it might be helpful if you are looking to troubleshoot behaviour.

Even when these posts were in draft, when I tried to 'preview' them I got this message.

I'm not sure if the screenshots are helpful, but I'm happy to provide more if needed.

Thank you for your help.

Thank you so much for the comment ahhhhhh! Really appreciate your thoughts and feedback. 

Madame Blanche, Emiliano, Sizwe, Adam and Zhen are getting their own title this year, so you will learn all of the things about them 👀 - I think their backstories with each other are insightful to where they are now. Adam is getting his own little game too 🥹 the sweet boi. 

The cliffhanger won't be for too long  we are mostly in chronological order from this point onwards 🙇🏻‍♀️ 

Thank you for your continued support as ever ✨

Thanks so much for your kind words Ren_! Really appreciate it :) 

Hi Yuno I('m) Write, thanks for your comment. 

It is! You'll need to download the full game for that experience, but you absolutely can! The Web version is tiny and has no VA, it just serves as a teaser (curse file counts on itch) 

Thanks ✨

Crooked Halloween, now that sounds fun 😈

Thanks so much Quiet! I really appreciate the playthrough and the interest in the Royal Duality series. (Zhen's going to make a comeback this year along with The Crooked Man) 👍

OMG! This is incredible! Thank you so much 🥰 I love the style! I really appreciate it 🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️

This has totally made my day (and it's 6.30am here!). There will be lots of exciting folklore developments this year (I'm planning my schedule and there will be I think 5 titles this year) cru-chan is going to feature prominently in one of them!

I'll respect your wishes about shyness and I'll enjoy this myself and if it's okay, use it for my phone background 🥰

Thanks so much Zang! I do occasionally make a nice game 😂

Appreciate the comment as ever. ✨

Thanks so much, UserRoid, for the feedback!

 There's some wholesome family vibes in this one! It was really fun to work on, with a fabulous team of VAs too!

Also, not to worry, you haven't missed anything re:the apprenticeship with Crooked himself, it will be covered here and there as the series progresses.  But as it is now, if you've played 'do you like sweets' and 'inside the box', you've currently seen all there is to see of the apprenticeship. that's been revealed (Shishiodoshi has some very small bits, but nothing consequential).

Thanks as always for the comments and support, I'm looking forward to share more this year :) 

Hello! Thank you so much for the comment UserRoid! 

They may well do! Never say never with Angus and Siobhan! :) I hope you've had a chance to play 'A very Crooked Christmas!' it contains a lot of Cru-chan and co! :)

You can absolutely send me questions and fanart! I'm active on Bluesky, Insta and Youtube using the handle seraten04! I'd love to hear from you.

Thanks so much Zang! He a spooky man. But hopefully you got a good ending somehow and met your mentor again! 🎁

Thanks for playing 🫶

Hi Zang, 

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment. I really appreciate it :) I'm glad you liked Morrigan and her relationship as a supportive big sis! She never backs down from a challenge and her and Tier really butt heads, but luckily, she's too talented to get caught out by him.

Thanks again for your comment :)

Thanks so much Cryptid for all your comments and messages of support this year ❤️

The little gremlins are determined to make sure you have an off kilter 2026!  💪

Thanks so much MoodyGamR! Have a Crooked Christmas and an Off kilter new year ✨

Thank you so much for playing DigitalWaveMedia! I hope you have a Crooked Christmas and an Off kilter new year! 

Thank you so much BlynkInCode! I really appreciate the feedback, the VAs are great, aren't they? They're a fantastic bunch! 

Have a Crooked Christmas and an Off-kilter new year

Thank you so much for taking the time to review ✨

Glad you enjoyed it... But you cannot be Carol I am afraid

Thanks so much Lesliesunflower! Glad you enjoyed it! Have a Crooked Christmas and an Off kilter new year ✨

Hello Alisa, thank you for reaching out and sorry to hear about your issue.

https://forum.posit.co/t/unzip-file-error-error-1-in-extracting-from-zip-file/91... I've taken a look at forums and it appears to be a download issue. I did try myself and I could download and boot the game without issue. I asked some other friends and they too were able to without issue. I would recommend you try again, maybe try on another device! I appreciate it is quite a heavy download, so thank you for trying! 

Thank you so much Hecatea! I absolutely love reading comments like this, so thanks so much! 

You're pretty right about Zhen and him being like 👀👀👀. Maybe he does the chitchat because those hollowed-eye compliant interrogation are 'so boring' to him, it's the 'joy of the struggle'.  What a flirty mischief birb 🦚

I'm so glad you're enjoying the series, next year you'll see the disaster Bois collide as Zhen and Cru-chan will appear in a title together, I'm sure Zhen will love it and Cru-chan will hate it. It's okay, Cru-chan, it's character building! It can't be worse than the Neverplace horrors 🫶

I'm so looking forward to next year's installments and I hope i see you again in the comments sometime 🎉

I really enjoyed this game Cryptid! I can't wait to see what fate has in store for Alex and Ivan!

I'm loving the vibes...and yes, I did get a liddle bit scared, but it's all in fun!

Thanks for making this great game

You're welcome! I hope you enjoy ✨

Thank you so much DustyManson! I really appreciate the comment. 

Chronological (though I will warn you there are some games due to come out that will be added into this timeline):

- Bloodlines (2)

- Goodbye Robert (9)

- At The Mythic Markets (11)

- Sanctuary (4)

- Do You Like Sweets? (1)

- Inside The Box (3)

- Pursuers of Mythic Truth (5)

- Only When You Sleep (6)

- Valravn (7)

- Shishi-odoshi (8)

- 3,2,1... Gone (10)

Release is a different order (the numbers in brackets) , but it's up to you how you'd like to interpret 🤝

Thank you so much for playing :D

Hello ilikemendermann! I'm one of the co-devs on this one, thanks for playing! Did it change you in a good way? We hope so! 

Hello! 

Chronological (though I will warn you there are some games due to come out that will be added into this timeline):

- Bloodlines (2)

- Goodbye Robert (9)

- At The Mythic Markets (11)

- Sanctuary (4)

- Do You Like Sweets? (1)

- Inside The Box (3)

- Pursuers of Mythic Truth (5)

- Only When You Sleep (6)

- Valravn (7)

- Shishi-odoshi (8)

- 3,2,1... Gone (10)

Release is a different order (the numbers in brackets) , but it's up to you how you'd like to interpret 🤝

Thanks so much Rayne ✌️ really appreciate you playing it 

Thanks so much for playing Voyia! I appreciate you've come into the series a little late so it might not make the most sense, but thank you for playing the game regardless. 

Good luck with your own story 👍

Thanks for playing 👍

Thank you so much Cryptid, love watching your playthrough and always appreiciate your comments and feedback :D

The John backstory is slowly unfolding. :) Also, the VAs were as always, fantastic, massive props to them. I'll be sure to let them know.

Cassian wants us to do the right thing... including laughing at his bad jokes ;)

I appreiciate the feedback on the design! I really enjoyed Cassian, I felt like if I had a Mythic Court, the mythic court jester had to look as cool as the rest :)

Thanks so much again Cryptid. I'm always so happy when I read your feedback :)

Hi Ariya! 

Thank you so much for your kind words I really appreciate it 👍

I really wanted to have the choice make all the difference, but I also was interested in the idea of Cassian making the game into a bit of a magical performance.  I'm glad that came across. 

Thank you again 

I guess you were saving your best joke for Alice and me! Thank you (hahaha, Cassian is suitably impressed, the daggers have been hidden away)

Also, thank you so much for comments like these. I absolutely love them!

I'm so glad we're now seeing the complicated life of the most over-qualified sweet shop owner in York...  

Your John/Chaos Prince intuition is very good, hold onto that ;) (Also Draconic mage...continue to raise your eyebrow on that score too. He's called Dracane, he will soon be voiced in 'Only when you sleep'...but you're going to get to friendship sim him next yearrrr)

If someone was like 'John, you're the chosen one' - he'd be like 'oh no...it's another John, not me...'

I'm so glad someone liked the callback to 'Do you like sweets?' too!  Alice is returning! Don't worry, she will be back in the story... in the cozy corner, she's got the kettle on and she's ready to pour that cuppa, give you a slice of cake and tell you that she's proud of you. 

(Also, if you squint, you might start to see how some of John's more positive influencers have contributed to his personality in the present day...Cassian and Alice have influenced John quite heavily though he wouldn't darent admit it...)

Also, I'm glad you like Cassian...what a comedian, love that man and his 200 year old jokes...you'll see him next year too!

Thanks again :D

It is with, indeed great, that I say that Zhen will never be as decent as Baxter 😂

The visuals for this game were absolutely phenomenal, beautiful work! The ambience is also really engaging, and I adored the different endings.

Fantastic!

Ahhh thank you so much Yuno! I'm so glad you took the time to check it out <3

I promise I won't ever let Zhen find out (middle fella has the biggest ego, you're so right).

I really appreciate you taking the time to comment also!

Thanks so much