#The Northern Passage

[snarkspawn]

I really enjoy playing through tnp again like hi it's been a while

[northern-passage]

The Northern Passage has been updated!

09.25.24: This update consists of what was previously the prologue; it's now our new Chapter 1. Heavy edits have been made and various scenes have been rewritten, as well as overall improvements with the combat system and lore to make the game more cohesive.

The demo, for the time being, will cut off at the end of this new Chapter 1. My plan is to continue editing and rewriting Chapter 2 (what was previously the first chapter after the prologue) and hopefully rerelease that relatively soon, and then complete the new content update and release all of Chapter 3. This process, while tedious, is helping me tremendously with streamlining code & fixing previous mistakes made by me when I first started this project, and while I wanted to avoid going back and editing originally until much later in the process, this is just something that I had to do in order to move forward with Chapter 3.

I've also updated the content warnings on the game page and allowed for players to turn on warnings in-game, so you get a more specific list of warnings at the start of each chapter (like with Blood Choke).

As always, please let me know if you run into any errors, especially since part of this rewrite included me redoing a lot of my messy code and renaming passages, etc. Thank you everyone for your patience and continued support of this game over the years 💕

Play it here!

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[lichtpause]

had their tattoos on the brain :')

[fat-rolls-frictions]

and now, Clementine for @northern-passage <33

check my pinned for commission info and find tip jar at buymeacoffee.com/mt110304 !!

[forystr]

Guess who lives rent free in my head

[likethecolour]

i don't know what they put into arcane that makes me go absolutely feral as an artist, but oh boy does that show make me feel things. anyways, enjoy this purely self-indulgent screenshot redraw / belmont sisters arcane au :,) this little moment of dialogue hit so hard that i just had to draw the scene

[scarletmeer]

A portrait of my hunter from The Northern Passage!! Her name is Clarity for irony purposes

[snakesartblog]

returned to my hyperfixation on the northern passage and drew my hunter, moishe (i thought it would be fun and ironic to give them a "savior" name). they're so normal i swear

[binhadoodles]

The most wholesome boy Noel from @northern-passage and my boy Angi. Some nice sketches and one angsty cause why not

[witchofthewild]

Artfight attack of Ríonach for @vakarians-babe <33

[letty-farewell]

Went back on my IF reading spree and found The Northern Passage and I just had to do a ref sheet of my girl.

Her name is Freya, she's tortured by the horrors (and a certain handler named Lea Chen but shh) and I love her very much.

She'll let you see her other tattoos if you're really nice to her ;)

Reblogs are appreciated, reposts are not!

[snarkspawn]

Something is calling out to you, and you have to answer it.

[northern-passage]

[ID: a banner graphic showing the open water of the sea. The water is dark and choppy, with a gray, overcast sky overhead, and fog obscuring the horizon. Text at the center of the image reads: “The Nothern Passage, Chapter 2: Part 1.” Above the text is a vector of two swords crossed in an X.]

The Northern Passage has been updated!

01.10.23: The first part of chapter 2 is now available to play over on itch.io. This includes the Blackwater route only. To access the new content, ensure that you choose to stay in Blackwater rather than leave for Highfell. Saves should work - though I advise you to still keep a save at the end of chapter 1, since any later updates to chapter 2 will require you to play from the start of the chapter again.

Along with the new content, various edits include:

The companions will now introduce themselves with their pronouns, as well as various other characters - Branwen, Mal, Hawkell, etc.

Edited the input process for hunters that use no pronouns. This should help clean up any clunky sentences where the companions talk to/about the hunter as well as allow for the hunter to properly introduce themself with just their name.

A new codex entry on Magic.

Alchemists can now choose to have hand tattoos (though the continuity for this has yet to be fixed).

New content warnings include animal death. This is only in one path, and it is avoidable, relying entirely on the player choosing whether it happens or not.

As always, please feel free to message me here with feedback or if you run into any typos, errors, or bugs, and I’ll work on getting them patched out for you all as soon as possible.

Play it here!

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Notes under the cut.

Going into chapter 2, there are going to be a few inconsistencies to be aware of, mainly when it comes to the combat - I’ve overhauled how it works, as well as made some adjustments to the magic and alchemy specializations. I’ve wanted to keep my primary focus on chapter 2, so I have not gone back in to make the more extensive edits to the earlier fight with the wraith, so please just bear with me for now! It’s on my list of things to do - it will either be the next update, or the one following the Blackwater part 2 update.

There also may be some inconsistencies around Duncan, and the way the characters talk about him. I’ve been working a lot on Duncan to make him a bit more interesting, but again, just like with the combat it’s just not something I’ve gone back to edit in the earlier chapters just yet.

And finally, the codex and character page have not been updated (aside from the Magic entry). There are a few other new codex entries visible, however they are currently empty. The codex as well as the character page have been frustrating me for a while, and I’m trying to figure out exactly what it is I want to do with them... so for the time being, the relationship statuses on the character page are going to be inaccurate, though your displayed top trait should still be accurate. It won’t lock in until chapter 3, but you can get an idea of what you’re trending towards by checking the character page. I still plan to add the hunter’s physical description to that page as well, I know a lot of you have been asking for it, and I promise it’s definitely something I plan to add once I sort those pages out.

Otherwise, I just want to say thank you all for your incredible patience waiting for this update! I’m very excited to finally share it with you :-)

[harbingersecho]

“You lean against the heavy trunk of the tree, the branches shuddering above you, snow falling lightly from the motion. It’s almost here. You can feel it.”

[jth1nkss]

sleep deprived hunter , Asher Lupin

[forystr]

Had the privilege of working on a headshot for @ice-knife of their hunter, Capella from The Northern Passage! ID kindly provided by ice-knife themself! [ID: a full-colour digital portrait of Capella, a fat white person, scowling at something off-screen. They have limp shoulder-length dark red hair, dark brown eyes with a ring of gold around the pupil, a prominent nose, and moles scattered across their skin. They're wearing a metallic grey gorget slightly covered by a grey fur mantle over one shoulder. The background is the same gold as in their eyes. /end ID]