Chapter Nine Progress

Hey all!

I've also posted this update on the game's Tumblr blog, but I figured it would be good to post it here as well for the itch.io only players!

Since the release of CH8, I’ve been managing to keep pace on writing for CH9 as well as releasing regular Patreon posts the past few weeks. Funnily, I think launching my Patreon helped me keep up a regular schedule for writing haha

I have lots of exciting updates to report on!!

To start with, my goal for CH9 is ~40k words, and during the month of April I managed to write 11k words! This means I’m about 25% through with the first draft of the chapter, which is a lot more progress than I expected to have!

For May, my goal will be 15k words, so hopefully by the end of the month I’ll be finished with the majority of the chapter and will only have the final scenes left to write. Ideally I’d love to aim for a late June/early July update, but I’m also working on my bachelor’s thesis during this same time-frame, so I can’t give any solid guarantees.

In terms of content, as well as some other things I’ve been working on during April and what I plan to work on next:

• I’ve finished the opening scene of CH9, which has huge variations so far and took up pretty much all 11k words that I wrote in April!
• During May, I’ll be getting into the mid-section of the chapter where the pace will slow down quite a bit for some recovery time for the poor Crown, as well as some more political intrigue... it’s time for some royal decrees 👀
• Also have a few LI scenes planned that I’m very excited to get started on! There’s gonna be some character subplots that are going to start moving very soon
• I’ve released consistent weekly progress reports, development sneak peaks, and bonus stories and content for R, X, D and Tûjo on my Patreon!
• For May, I’ll be releasing more content for D, A and an (as of yet) undetermined 3rd LI as well, based on patron votes.
• I’ve also put together a commission for more official AToC art, thanks to all my patron pledges during April ✨

You can find more details about these updates during my weekly Patreon progress reports, though note that I charge up front and the pledge gets renewed every 1st of the month, so it’ll probably be better to wait a day or two before pledging to avoid getting double charged right now!

I’ll definitely keep you all updated here as well with these monthly progress updates!

As always, thanks so much for your support 💖