A week in, and something between chapters (Patreon)

Chapter 4 has been out for a week. Thanks to everyone who played it, and to those of you who told me what you thought. It's always a strange week for me, the one after a release, so I spent it finishing something I haven't told you about yet.

It's a short playable interlude called Fair Copy, and it belongs to Mara. In Chapter 4 she brings Serith the fair copies at dusk. On one route she doesn't leave, and a human clerk asks a dark elf for help. This is what got her to that door.

It runs alongside the main story and shows things Serith never sees. Mara tells it herself, in her own words, and Serith is in it, but only the way Mara sees her. Writing in her voice was a different job than writing Serith's, and I liked it more than I expected. It's nearly done.

Three people in it got new sprites while I was building it: Master Halwen, Corvin and the chamberwoman. They came out better than the ones in the game, so they're moving into the main game too. Side characters first. Old on the left, new on the right.

I'm honestly curious whether the difference shows for you, or whether I've just been staring at them too long. There's a quick poll for it here:

Old cast, new cast: does the difference show?

Enjoy the descent.