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[icaroif]

I’m playing your demo which is pretty good so far but once I reach the fight in the clearing it loops back to making camp in the forest.

This loop has been plaguing me for months lol, thanks for letting me know I’ll try to fix it again in an hour

[icaroif]

Hi! I absolutely love your work and your sense of humour that shows through in the writing, MC is great! I Just wanted to make you aware of a bug ive come across though, when i tried to go to the next page, after meeting Lyle and picking an option to reoly to August. I cant move on. An error box with chapter_2 line 2838: Expected option starting with # And I'm unable to move on at all, hope you're well and looking forward to hopefully reading more of your work soon :)

Thank you! I don't have my files with me atm but I'll fix it by tomorrow. :: Should be fixed

[icaroif]

Found a bug when the caravan bandits show up. Choosing "protect your friends" keeps looping back to the same choice

Fixed! Thank you!

[icaroif]

So, i really like the Story and its characters and wanted to ask if you perhaps got, the exact or kinda accurate heights of the ROs?

I don't have anything specific thought out for them, but I can tell you roughly who's taller or shorter than who?

Lyles tallest with August being slightly shorter, Rhene's like an inch taller than Rory and Eloi is the shortest of everyone.

Thanks for the ask ^~^

[icaroif]

Chapter 2 is out!

Chapter two is out! Exactly a year after the first, which at the very least is an amusing consistency. This update adds over 40,000 words, doubling the length of the demo!

 I’ve stared for what feels like decades at the words on the screen so I could really use some help spotting inconsistencies (especially with characters!), issues with pacing, places of confusion. I am absolutely overwhelmed with this for a first project, but I am equally determined to continue. I’m a little desperate for feedback so please tell me what you think! If you liked it, tell me why. If you didn’t, tell me what. If you gave it a shot but it failed to grab you attention let me know where and why if you can!

 I hope things start to come together strongly for this chapter and you enjoy it as much as I did writing it.

I’ve a few more in-depth thoughts about a few things I could use suggestions and help with and I’ll post those in a little while.

 In the meantime I hope you have had a happy new year and enjoy the story!

-Icaro

DEMO

Things to expect in this chapter: Two (2) fights. Three (3) new ROs. A lot of walking. The calasso being cute. More worldbuilding! And more!

[icaroif]

Who let rooves be a word, huh? so silly.

[icaroif]

So uh, I’ve got a longsword tournament this week that I didn’t think I’d be able to go to until about two weeks ago, which means I’m absolutely not as prepared as I should be, and trying very hard to change that as much as possible. So my writing times a little on the low end this week and I’ll be out of town for a few weeks right after. Needless to say, I’m not super sure when Chapter Two will be out I only have maybe five scenes left to do which should be around 5k words but I won’t be able to get to it until at least Saturday. Maybe expect the update around the 11th, if I’m lucky.

[icaroif]

Demo release

The Gray Ascendancy is a dark fantasy interactive fiction game where the flow is controlled by player's choice, set in the world of magic that is as capricious as its very first wielders. It tells a story of revenge, court intrigue, age-old ache, self-determination and agency, with the player straight at the core of it all. [learn more]

play on itch.io

In this release:

define your relationship with magic and notoriety

try your hand at robbery

escape from a band of royal rejects

meet your villainous associates, those who took you in after you have lost your memory

Extra features:

mobile-friendly interface

character creator

pronouns can be changed at any time in the character menu

a seedling of the codex page, containing a single—but a very important—entry

Coming in the next release:

report to the Gray Regent

formulate a plan that goes beyond a simple retrieval mission

try to wrestle out another hint about your past self

If you see any errors, discontinuities, typos or bugs, please let me know in the askbox! Otherwise I'm happy to receive anything you have to say after reading, hope you enjoy!

[icaroif]

More storms.

[icaroif]

how deeply will your blood stain heaven, Traveler?

[icaroif]

Hi everybody, happy pride~! I wish you all the knowledge that who you are and how you identify is valid and it isn’t up to anybody but you what that means. During this month I’ll be doing this 50 mile challenge with my mom and my cousin which I’m excited about. I also wanted to take this chance to introduce a new character: Eloi who is the probably final RO I’m gonna add lol, you meet them in chapter two officially near the end. I really wasn’t happy with not having a gender-locked non-binary RO so I’m glad that Eloi showed up like they did.

A little more about them under the cut.

They’re soft-spoken, especially when you meet them and unfortunately they don’t think very highly of themself. They were born in Epeth and still have a slight accent for it, despite having lived in Castylian for the latter 3/4′s of their life so far. One of Eloi’s goals is to be able to settle down, though they aren’t quite sure if it’s in a get rich and never work again or a humble farm somewhere, somedays they aren’t picky about it. They can fight, a bit, but have never seen anything close to formal instruction; they prefer to be sneaking anyways.

Anyways, once again I wanted to wish everybody a happy pride and to stay safe. You’re all wonderful and thank you for existing.

[icaroif]

From these choices, what are the cast's feelings?

Hi god, this is minorly distressing <3

Rhene: Radok Glip

Rory: Radok Plok

August: Tasio Plok

Lyle: Osmit Glip

Somebody I'm gonna talk about soon: Samar Plok

Bonus I suppose

Tom: Galli Plok

Calasso: Galli Glip

[icaroif]

Got out of bed at three am after failing to fall asleep; I have work in an hour and a half but I wanted to write something beautiful.

[icaroif]

Play here!

What’s been added:

The second half of the chapter

A DARK THEME

A setting to make the text bigger

Some customization choices: piercings, jewellery, scars.

Enjoy❤

[icaroif]

My MC’s in IF pt.20

Luca Albrecht

Twisted Gold by @icaroif​

He is a kind and caring young man, but he takes everything too close to his heart. He often feels guilty, but tries to fight this feeling. He sincerely doesn’t understand how he deserved love and care from other people. He is soft, calm and gentle. He can behave coldly, but only so that others don’t become attached to him and don’t risk themselves for him. He actually is very bad at hiding his true feelings. Compassionate and empathic. Ready to do anything for the sake of fair retribution. He even is ready to look into the eyes of Death itself.

[icaroif]

Hello! Thank you for your game! I really want to know when approximately will you update the demo? Maybe in what month? No pressure, just curiosity! Thank you!

Late may? Mid June at the latest. <3

[icaroif]

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