Chapter Nine Released!

Hello again! Hope your summer has gone well 🌻

I know I said the public release would be September 19th, but technically it’s already the 19th in my timezone so I thought, why not drop it at midnight?

With the public release of this new chapter we’re diving into courtly intrigue as the Crown becomes accustomed to their new day-to-day life:

• Meeting the Imperial Court, as well as the different factions and political agendas at play
• Choices that will influence the Crown’s reputation, and one that may even be locked off depending on previous decisions made. Did you prioritize the public, or forget about them among all the commotion?
• Variants of how your chosen love interest will react to your Crown, depending on previous relationship choices your Crown has made. Do you have a low relationship, or a high one?
• Two branching routes that each have three different variants depending on what your Crown chose with regards to security and safety. Will you get the best outcome and save lives, or the worst outcome and see casualties? Perhaps somewhere in between?
• The love interests are also on the move, some of them quite literally…

A few additional changes made to the game overall:

• Note the updated content warnings!
• Changed the name mentioned by Mîr Lîlan during A’s Chapter 7 romance scene, if you choose to eavesdrop on them. I won’t mention it here to avoid potential spoilers.
• Due to issues on mobile and the itch.io app, renaming your saves manually will no longer be possible if you use the in-game save menu. The game will automatically save with your Crown’s name, the chapter you’re on and the LI route you’re on if applicable.
• Existing saves may show “CH0” if you load one up that was made in the middle of a chapter, but once you pass through the start of a new chapter, it should correct itself. In other words, it’s not a bug!

Of course, it’s still possible to rename your saves if you Save To Disk, which is what I always recommend over using the in-game save menu. Thank you for all your patience and support, I hope you enjoy the new chapter with the nearing end of this summer 💖