Conclusion to Childhood Epilogue! (8k+ words) (Patreon)

Well, its done!

It was really difficult in keeping it short and sweet, and I cut many variable epilogue cards since it didnt feel important enough or because it felt lacking. It's something I hope the next epilogue will improve on since we'll have three entire casts of characters!

And again, I had to stop myself numerous times from writing sprawling walls of text on how 'this' affected 'that'!

So, I really hope it doesn't drag!

Here's the link.

Anyways, where did we leave off again?

That's right, the naming of our puppy!

The language spoken by the Herald of Kayzack is a mix of old Norse and Icelandic, to further make clear that these are the cousins of the Argentian people.

Our father meanwhile, takes the opportunity to ask us "u gud?"

I really took the opportunity here to make every choice different from the others. EVERY SINGLE CHOICE.

So the responses you can get vary greatly!

That's all ill share for now from these two choice trees! Want you guys to experience them!

Moving onnnn

And then, the actual epilogue itself that details wtf happened in the six years since the events in Blackwall.

I tried really fucking hard to make it as compact as possible, to avoid the previous walls of text and exposition I used to be famous for ;-; but let me know if its too much or if it needs more page breaks! I wanted to keep page breaks low so you wouldnt be too long without inputting a choice!

And then, at the end of this second page, I had the idea to make THIS the point were the Codex is unlocked with entries since I think if you made it this far, youll be interested in the world, yanno? Plus, the knowledge gained in those six years make it reasonable to assume the Champion has learned about them already, so the Codex doesn't feel out of place when you read it at this point in the story!

I'd actually appreciate it if you guys can give me ideas of what would be useful to include in the Codex. Remember that I'm limiting myself to a max of 300 words each entry to keep it short and sweet!

Moving on, you finally get to see the epilogue "cards", and I narrowed it down to these five.

If you can remember, there were alot more.

Might be disappointing, it was for me since i took so long on it, but I need to consider player fatigue and lack of interaction at this point. So it was very difficult to make it so short with good pacing, since if you manage to get two at once, you'll still have less than 500 words in a single page.

Besides, the variables that keep track of whether or not you went with Mother Janiel, stopped the suitors, and etc will still pop up with extra scenes and branches. It's just that these are the ones that I felt were most important.

As for our personal life text, i wont show it, and i think youll know why when you read it. But if you want to talk about it, please do it in the Discord Patreon Spoilers channel, or mark it as spoilers in the Patreon chatroom!!

Anyways, after the above WE FINALLY MAKE IT TO CHAPTER TWO!

We are now 14, and the story goes on as a new chapter in our life begins. You'll choose how your body has developed throughout puberty, how tall or short you are, and your build. Please don't expect Doriana's Sherlock Holmes WIP levels of PC customization lol, I'm nowhere near as talented in regards to that level of coding and detail!

Further in the story, we'll meet two casts of characters that depend on your champion being either a Princess or Prince. Our father is summoning us, because it's time for us to choose whether or not we wish to become Squires. You'll know one of the cast of characters already as your Champion has spent years with them, and if you choose to become a Squire, you'll then be introduced to a new cast of characters.

We're entering a large transition for KaE, and the above will make it far more easier for me to move on and neatly divide the three Upbringing storylines without cluttering up a txt file.

Chapter 1 for example, has close to 150k words, and 14,888 lines of content or code. I am NOT putting so much in one txt file again lol.

I decided to cut it off where I did in the story since I needed to have something out for you guys already (i struggled way too much with the epilogue lol), and I need to dedicate some time to the new Codex and fix the Relationships search function AND fix the Reputation Store lololol

Regarding that... I'll be keeping you guys informed of course, and sharing progress reports as always. To make sure my time is divided correctly, im giving the above three technical updates three hours max a day.

VERY IMPORTANT

I'll be moving the Patreon demo over to the new Moody website EvilChani created for authors (same creator of CogDemos).

So please make a new profile over there, link it with your Patreon, and the demo will automatically be available to you in the future as only Patreons will have access to it.

Reminder, this isnt required yet, this is just to get ahead of the curve. Many other authors who have Patreons will begin doing this as well, so it may be in your favor to begin that.

I'm doing it cause the KaE Patreon link would be in the top ten most viewed on CogDemos if it was made public... and though you guys are 100% fans, I doubt youre reading hundreds of times each 😂😂😂😂

ALSO, I'd love it if the non-truck kun players showed me what their stats are at the end of the game!!!!