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Delay on Garden of Souls + plot and stuff (Patreon)

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2026-10-16 06:28:44
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2026-10
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tl/dr: Doggo is not happy with the current system yet, will work on it more to improve it.

Hey all, just a heads up on Garden of Souls, I did a quick playtest and I'm not happy with it yet. The skeleton is kinda there, but currently it feels off, the loop isn't as interesting as I want it to be yet, so I'm gonna delay the release to next month for me to polish and tweak the current loop/ story a bit more.

Speaking of story, since it was something that's frequently asked, it generally goes like this:

You are a member of The Second Division, a.k.a the Stealth Force/ Black Ops division. You were sent to investigate some weird energy readings in Karakura town after the Aizen incident. In this alternate universe, the Hogyoku was shattered. Numerous factions appeared to investigate the phenomenon, and your team was wiped out by one of them.

Your Zanpakuto spirit (Kahime) was able to absorb a fragment of it, and managed to save your life, with the condition of breaking away from Soul Society and collecting all the fragments scattered around Karakura...

As for the game, basically the idea is that each faction will control certain territories, for now it's:

The Bambies from the Wandenreich

A number of soul society members

A number of the Espadas

Your main goal will be to find the fragments of the Hyogoku. There will be some enemies that you can recruit to your side, it all depends on if Kahime deems them "acceptable" to serve under you (her).

My main gripe with the system now is that the combat system, which unlike Jikage Rising, will take up a huge part of this game, and currently it's not interesting enough. I'm trying to make it more fun. The "recruitment" method, while I'm satisfied with it, feels like it can be more delicious as well, so I reckon it would be good to take more time to explore more options with it too.

On the site of assets, currently I have an artist making a better map instead of the one I drew with my hands lol, the basic travel/ management system is there though. I would also wanna get some art of the mobs in the game.

Mostly which you'll farm for in game currency. Not to mention some battle sprites of the characters, but that's on hold at the moment cause I haven't finalised the combat loop that we'll use yet.

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CometRed06S

Thanks for the update. Was really looking forward to the release, however if you not happy with it then take your time to make it a good first launch. Looking forward to it.

忍 野村

It would be great to have a "beast" option (if that’s feasible). (Just a thought.)（hollow bestiality)

Maltrition

That's a bit sad, i was looking forward to it to test the game but i can understand if the gameplay is not up to snuff.

Smiling Dog

So sorry for the disappointment, but please feel free to join the discussion on Discord!

Smiling Dog

Sorry for the disappointment! We're discussing the systems with the players on discord, please feel free to join us!

Smiling Dog

Ah, not sure if something like that would fit.

sebastiaan

question wil Tatsuki have a role in this game or any of the other human characters like the school friends and ichigo's sisters?

CometRed06S

I’m not disappointed, little sad but not disappointed. I understand. Things happen, ideas change. Looking forward to the release next month.

Mikkel frost møller

outside of someone like nel or tier as in regular hollows i dont think that would work

MagnuMagnus

If doggo's working on it, it can only be phenomenal

Hyllus

Damn, I’m excited for this game

code_perv

If the main loop doesn't involve capturing territories, putting the MC and recruits in specific battle formations could award bonuses. Some enemies would be better handled by different formations, others would exploit them against the player. If or when the loop involves capturing territories, the recruits could act like commanding officers of Advance Wars, adding a second recruit would award team-up abilities with bonuses based on their control level. Woohoo scenes could improve those bonuses and alter battle dialogues. For example: *Orihime alone, early control: She cries for help as her body obeys commands against her will. *Orihime alone, fully controlled: Her body and soul are fully dedicated to the MC and Kahime. *Orihime with Rukia, both in early control: Rukia tries comforting Orihime, despite their bodies disobeying their minds. *Fully controlled Orihime with Rukia in early control: Rukia is horrified at Orihime's devotion to their captor, yet her body obeys the same orders as Orihime. *Orihime in early control with fully controlled Rukia: Orihime rejects what is happening, Rukia encourages her to accept their shared fate. *Orihime and Rukia, both fully controlled: Their old friendship is reforged by their common devotion to the MC and Kahime.

Ayn

Wait a minute, the Second Division and the Stealth Force r not the same thing. The Stealth Force and the Gotei 13 r separate, parallel organizations. It’s just that the head of the Shihōin clan has traditionally served as both the commander-in-chief of the Stealth Force and the captain of the Second Division. That’s why the Second Division’s seated officers also hold positions in the Stealth Force. However, ordinary members of the Second Division aren’t necessarily members of the Stealth Force.

Smiling Dog

I mean, Yoruichi formalised the link between the stealth force and the second division. And the second division's specialty is stealth ops, also pretty sure the second division and the stealth force share the same HQ. Like I guess technically they are different organisations? Kinda like how a university and their research institution are different, but for all intents and purposes they're pretty much the same organisation

Ayn

Not exactly, their relationship is more like that of the Commonwealth realms — a personal union under a shared monarch. For example, during the mission Urahara Kisuke undertook before becoming captain of Squad 12, all the subordinates he brought along were Squad 2 members, with absolutely no connection to the Stealth Force (even though he was also serving as the commander of the Stealth Force’s Third Division at the time). Meanwhile, Soi Fon belonged exclusively to the Punishment Force, with no affiliation whatsoever with Squad 2.

Ayn

In fact, aside from Yoruichi, Soi Fon, the Ōmaeda father and son, and Urahara Kisuke, not a single other character has appeared who serves in both Squad 2 and the Stealth Force as I remember.

Smiling Dog

Ah, that's fair. They’re technically separate. Onmitsukido’s its own branch (internal/covert stuff under Central 46), while the 2nd is part of the Gotei. The traditional link is just that the Shihoin head has usually held both the Commander-in-Chief role and the 2nd Division captain. Yoruichi basically locked that in by making the top seats of the 2nd also run the Onmitsukido’s branches, and they share the same HQ + the 2nd’s whole thing became stealth ops after that. So while ordinary members aren’t automatically in both organisations, but the leadership and day-to-day operations are pretty heavily overlapping. Close enough that a lot of people just treat them as the same thing I think? Like with how the top seats of the 2nd are basically all heading the Onmitsukido’s branches, I get that it’s technically true they’re different groups, but it kinda feels a bit too schematic on paper. But either way it's not a super important detail to us, it's not really a huge focus in the game either, so no worries.

vinicnw

ive never watched bleach. do you think it's important to understand the game?

Smiling Dog

Nah, should be fairly easy to understand haha