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Kastriona

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Thank you for writing this blog for us curious followers. I've been struggling with chronic illness/conditions for years and it's really made chasing my own personal writing goals - VNs, novels, and translating - hard. I still am, but I'm only just getting my energy back enough to start seriously putting in the effort to push back on the lack of progress and consistent goals (even if they are small). Reading about the processes of the artists that I admire really helps give me a perspective and zeal to find my own routine, no matter the setbacks or the difficulties in admitting my limitations (and finding options for those days). I like flow charts too. I've used Scrapple in the past and lots of notes with numbering when I'm not on that program. I'm not good with draft writing, though I've used it sometimes when I had no choice in the past (when I ran out of time to finish my thought and usually didn't come back to it later). I want to go back to playing AND analyzing the works I enjoy. That strategy seemed to keep me going sometimes when writers block hit before illness took me. Hopefully I can find a way to be consistent in some way that starts to lead to progress.  

With Changeling, you lured me in with the Fae and supernatural, charmed me with your lyrical reimagining of the folklore, myths, and legends. I was hooked on your storytelling, and I knew I was going to buy your next game. But Gilded Shadows completely blew me away with the scope and world-building. GS in particular has kept me up until the wee hours of the morning despite careful planning to stop multiple times. I was fascinated by all the little details that you came to understand from other routes and how everything is entwined together, despite all the routes you can take. It's inspiration and I can't wait to see what you do next. 

I'll come back to this blog. 

I'm glad I was finally able to leave one!  I've been in love with your game for years! 

To clarify, I can play the game with music on my old mac, but sometime last year, the music stopped working on this computer.  The sound effects are still there but not the music scores. When I did some research, some people said the sound card doesn't work with the newer RenPry - or something like that.  I tried running the older RenPry on my newer mac and it still wouldn't run with the music. I ran into a similar situation with the old version of Selavi's Summer Found Me before they released an updated version. 

Hope that helps! 

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I'm so glad to see this game getting more hype. It was my first visual novel and it remains in my top ten for its unique set up and story break down. I still haven't managed to find all the routes because there isn't an easy formula to follow and I love that! It's easy to create a new story each time. 

The story feels organic and you have to think on what you know about the characters and the world around to find the good endings. It's not a matter of simply romancing the characters either because at least a couple of them don't care for you at all. You have to work for your relationships and your future. I stumbled on my second favorite route, the secret route, by trying to find another path.  The true ending continues to rend my heart to this day, and I will never forget stumbling on it and not leaving the game, literally staying up until dawn (fitting for the end for that story). If you like fantasy and emotional stories with twists, if you want more than a love story, this is the adventure for you. 

It's free too! 

P.S. It's too bad that the music tracks won't work anymore, but I still have my old mac and will play it there. 

Did Aslan's route get funded with the late backers?