#Bein' silly

[moonsofkrynn]

Lately, I've been reading any and all Dragonlance books I can get my hands on, and most recently finished The Second Generation. Having only now started Dragons of Deceit, I was tickled by the apparent difference in the book when it comes to Justarius's opinion on our good friend Dalamar—the dark elf mage that dated his daughter, Jenna.

Take a look at this excerpt of "The Sacrifice", from page 293 of The Second Generation:

If Justarius had sent them, he would have told her first, and she’d had no word from him in months, ever since their last quarrel. He strongly disapproved of her lover.

Compared with page 116 of Dragon of Deceit:

And although Justarius was a Red Robe, a follower of Lunitari, daughter of the god Gilean, and Dalamar was a Black Robe, follower of Nuitari, son of the goddess Takhisis, the two were friends.

...While I understand that these books were published decades apart...It is way more entertaining to pretend that Justarius's issue with his daughter's partner had nothing to do with the normal reasons Dalamar is maligned—Justarius just wants his friend back!

Jenna, please lend your poor father his study buddy back, he misses him!

[everythingunderthesky]

On a prior trip to a fantastic out-of-state bookstore, I'd managed to snag a copy of Heroes and Fools, another wonderful Dragonlance anthology!

I'd purchased it specifically for the short stories "Reorx Steps Out" and "To Convince the Righteous of the Right"—I'm a sucker for draconians, especially Kang's Regiment—And, after purchasing this book all those years ago, I'd apparently only read those stories.

So in a weird way, I have another new (read: old) book to read! =D

[shinyshade8026]

HEY NOW-

We all know how 'mazin' it went last time, don't we?

[whalesharkstho]

pose practice with my fav goober B)

[llovelyclouds]

"we need weirder art" u guys couldn't handle riverdale

[everythingunderthesky]

Yeah! There's an additional aspect to Zane being a robot that can record everything—but he's also the team member that most struggles with memory recall.

i think zane is such an easy character to obsess over because he embodies so many traits at so many different times in his life. He's a wide-eyed innocent new to the world but he also holds the weight of several lifetimes on his shoulders. He's a protector who will easily give up his life for others, but he's also an ice-cold ruthless killer. He's a deadpan guy who struggles to grasp the humor of others, but he's also quick-witted, one of the funniest of the team in the right moment. And none of this feels particularly inconsistent to be embodied by the same character. Rather, each of those contrasting traits seems to bolster the other, displaying his growth and regression and growth again in turn. He can easily mean a lot of things to a lot of people without needing to particularly ignore any given part of him, because it meshes shockingly well.

[fenkizard]

When your far less touchy brother suddenly asks for a hug just to drop snow down your jacket

(Trying to figure out how I want to draw them. Not totally happy with this style but it’s a start)

[occasionalpanic]

Things that you hit

[14dayswithyou]

💖 Day 3.5 is now available! 💖

For the last couple of months, only Server Boosters had access to the 3.5 update... Buuuuut now it's available for everyone to play in the 14DWY Discord — and soon itch.io once I'm happy with the QA and state of the game — so please don't feel pressured to join unless you want to!!

The full devlog + even more screenshots are under the cut ^^

What's been added to the 3.5 version?

📺 Streamer Mode!

I've been told that it's difficult to stream and monetise age-restricted videos on YouTube and Twitch, so I added an option to remove the sexual content and strong language used in the demo.

Now y'all can invite Ren into your bed for cuddles without putting your streamer career on the line /silly /lh

This won't affect the 18+ rating or dark themes/elements of the game, however! Although Streamer Mode will prevent you from seeing any "gruesome" CGs in the future, most of the core elements of the game will still be tied to the choices and decisions you make. So you won't miss out on the overall experience by using streamer mode!!

⚙️ Custom Pronouns!

It only took me one entire year to get around to it, but you can finally choose your own preferred pronouns (or use a set of pronouns instead)... At the cost of being able to change them mid-game ^^;

Since the original pronoun screen wouldn't update until a new scene was displayed, I temporarily disabled the feature. But once I find a workaround, I'll bring it back!

💗 Choose how others perceive you!

You can now choose how the cast and narration perceive you! Originally, the narration was kept strictly gender-neutral (outside of pronouns and genitalia picked by the player), but this will soon change in future updates.

For more clarity: you don't get to choose the words specifically, but you can choose between masculine, feminine, and androgynous terms!

📋 Separate top and bottom genitalia!

You can now choose your tatas and pps separately! >:3

Alongside that, you can also choose your preferred body type!

I removed the "both" genitalia option because a few players still assumed it was an obscure version of "intersex". That wasn't my intention and I don't want to mislead anyone, so I took it out for now ^^;

I also didn't want to include a screenshot of the new genitalia choices in action (because it's NSFW), so y'all get the same character menu screen for the nth time instead lmao

📱 Relationship Screen Overhaul!

You can now change your own status for more immersion, and long-term Server Boosters will eventually be able to submit and use their own icon within the game as well!

Stalking finding your friends has now become easier by using "Buddy Maps"; a new app that allows you to see the location of all the cast members!

I want to offer players more incentive to check the relationship screen since they tend to miss the status updates, so hopefully this might help ;v;

It also says it "updates every few hours" so folks don't go overboard and check every 5 seconds to see where Ren is gdsghf (also keep in mind that he's a hacker lol)

🖤 Additional Scenes Update!

Day 2 received a brand new CG!!!!! Originally, I planned on only adding a few CGs sporadically throughout the game, but it didn't feel right to leave Day 2 so... empty... so I added a brand new CG to (hopefully) make things feel more balanced and natural!

If you decline Teo's offer on Day 3, Leon will now call and try to convince you to reconsider. However, players are still allowed to decline, and if they do, they'll reach a dead end.

After listening to feedback on itch, I changed some of the dialogue during Days 1-3 to make it seem more consistent! They're only small changes though, so it's honestly not worth looking for sdgjssga

🎶 Updated BGM and SFX!

I wanted to try out a different style of music to see if it fits the vibe of 14DWY more! The BGM features more acoustics to suit the "beachy" theme of Corland Bay, though I made a conscious effort to include piano elements as well to stay true to the original!!

I figured it'd be better to give players a live example before I make a poll (to see if they prefer the change or not) and publish it to Itch.

Some new SFX have also been added, though it's very minimal and honestly not that noticeable.

How to download and play the update?

(warning: clicking on the following links will open Discord!!) To download the Day 3.5 update, simply join the 14DWY Discord server, verify your age, and visit the "14dwy-updates" channel!

Alternatively, you can also wait until the update is publicly released on Itch to play it as well!! (It normally gets released shortly after a round of QA testing/getting feedback from the server, though I may release it earlier if I feel like it hehe ^^)

Enjoy!!

[xxplastic-cubexx]

graph

bonus:

[futuristichedge]

Miscommunication

(Tails got him out dont worry abt it)

[clownsuu]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK TEEEHHEEEEEEEE

THE BABYYSSSSSSSSS ;;;;;;;

[cryinganabell]

porple

[kit-screams-into-the-future]

woe. penguin doc and marty be upon ye

[cupidsncheerios]

the arcane fandom is my most beloved clusterfuck because during season one i was seeing some of the most nuanced and interesting discussions of class warfare i've ever seen online (excluding actual commie spaces) based on the piltover v zaun v ambessa's-there-too-i-guess narrative

and then season 2 comes out. now the queers in my computer are fighting to the death about whether or not police brutality is bad when a pretty lesbian does it

[everythingunderthesky]

Ended up fiddling with which of the Shakespeare quotes to use! Final results:

There Is Not Anything Which Returns to Nothing, But All Things Return Dissolved Into Their Elements, From The Terror Of Flight Or The Gloom Of The Grave, I Wanna Kiss You

...I really like this!

so if we follow blood of eden naming conventions, your name should be:

'Line from A Shakespeare Play' + 'Line Your National Anthem' + 'Line from... any song from the early 2000s???'

so i would be

If You Have Tears Prepare To Shed Them Now In Full Glory Okay Now Ladies

and i'm okay with that