Royal Affairs update: Chapter 6

Here is an update! This is the whole of Chapter 6, in which there is some Drama Club... drama, and this year's Festival of the Birds in which you can have some friendship or romance time (and some makeouts and sleeping together if you like!)

I'd love to hear what you think, and whether everything is working as intended! In particular if you hit one-on-one conversations that repeat from earlier in the game, that's important to hear about (it can be a little tricky to test and replicate).

Note: this update will most likely not work with a loaded game as I needed to make some big changes to how a bunch of variables are set in preparation for the release. If you find a bug please let me know whether you're loading a saveslot.

Royal Affairs has sailed past 250,000 words which is both surreal and a delight. At the moment I'm deep in Chapter 10, which is currently devouring a very large portion of my brain. It is absurdly complicated but that's what'll make it fun to play! It's also a lot of fun (and challenging) to write the Creme de la Creme MC (CremeMC? CreMC? Cremsona?) from the point of view of another character, because it's so important that I don't make players feel alienated from their own character. So that's taken up a big chunk of the writing, because on some paths, where appropriate, the Creme MC can be brought onboard to help with the plot.

Things have been very busy, and I'm aware I haven't posted as much as I'd have liked. Shortly after the last post, I found out that my day job contract will be finishing up after October, which along with Chapter 10 has been a bit consuming. It isn't a situation like the one I was in last year, but is of course still a stress.

All that said, I hope to put Chapter 7 up here for early access during October. See you again soon!