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Badass Emmrich (possible spoilers)

Looks like the morning exercise really paid off.

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Our Life Build 1.2 Launch + 100 New Voiced Names!

Hello everyone!

Thank you very much for your patience on the next update for Our Life. Every time we added the “final touch”, we came up with something else to improve. But the latest version is finally available for PCs and Macs. The Android update will be out very soon, the builds just take longer to put together/upload. Here’s a list of what we worked on:

There are now two MC “cut-in” images! These are small, partial CGs that actually show parts of your character with all your customization details included. You only see them if certain choices are made, it’s possible to play through the entire game without getting either.

The character creation screen itself was updated to include new details that are important to the cut-in CGs.

The relationship selection screen was redone to be easier to use.

The Cove creator got a pop-up to explain what to do with it.

CG 2-2 was remade to better fit with the rest of the game’s style.

Various errors were fixed and small tweaks to certain lines were made.

And on top of that, the voiced name DLC was also expanded to include 100+ additional names to choose from!

Itch (Windows, Mac, Linux)

Steam (Windows, Linux)

To get the new version you will have to redownload the main game and the DLC files if you use Itch. The new parts will be added through an update if you’re using Steam.

Some of these improvements will be there if you jump back into a load from prior builds, but other changes only show up by starting a brand new file in version 1.2. Loading a save will simply show a maintained version of the older format to avoid potential errors.

So all in all, it’s a pretty neat update. We hope you’ll enjoy this even better Our Life experience ❤

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whitelovetta88

4 years ago

The Step 3 DLC for Our Life: Beginnings & Always is officially out!

The day has finally come. Thank goodness. Spend even more time in the summer of young adulthood by doubling the amount of Moments available in Step 3.

This DLC will only work with Our Life Build 1.3 or higher. If you’re still using build 1.2 or below, please let Steam update Our Life: Beginnings & Always or if you’re on Itch please redownload the base game/other DLCs you own.

-Steam (Windows and Linux)

-Itch.io (Windows, Linux, Mac, and Android)

We have a small sale going during launch week for all the DLCs and the soundtrack. Plus, there’s Steam and Itch Our Life Bundles where you can get all the stuff together for an even larger discount!

Features:

Unlocks 5 new Moments: Reflection, Late Shift, Serendipity, Boating, and Happiness

Includes new character sprite art, background locations, and 2 new CG images

Provides even more options for adding custom qualities to your character. Does your protagonist work at a local restaurant, the old public library, down at the mall, or are they unemployed?

Unlocks bonus scenes in the original Step 3 Moments and in the end of the game where what happened in these events is referenced and reflected on

Increases the overall playtime by multiple hours

If you’ve never played the game before, the base version is completely free! You can play it right now through Steam or Itch without purchasing any DLCs.

Thank you so much for all of the patience and encouragement as we put together this expansion. It’s the longest one yet by far. We really hope it’ll be worth the wait ♡.

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whitelovetta88

4 years ago

Writing Masterpost

Character Help

MBTI Personality Test

MBTI Personality Descriptions

123 Character Flaws

Character Trait Cheat Sheet

List of Personality Traits

Character Virtues And Vices

Underused Personalities

7 Rules For Picking Names

Character Names

Character Name Resources

Surnames Masterpost

Write Real People Generator

Types of Voice

55 Words to Describe Someone’s Voice

Showing Character Emotion

Character Motivation

Writing Characters Of Colour

The Remainder Masterpost

A stone tower.

You're woken up with no memory of your past by an elegant, enigmatic stranger called Ilar who tells you that a door to the abyss has opened up and threatens to consume you, unless you do exactly as they say.

A magickal mystery.

You're sucked into a vortex of forces beyond your reckoning-dark magick, bizarre artifacts, shadowy stalkers, and a past life you've shared with the stranger that they do everything to hide.

Armed with the knowledge that you were a High Magus, and that a botched ritual of yours caused the disaster and your amnesia, you must summon your wits, courage, and force of will to rediscover the spell and undo your mistakes.

A treacherous path.

Finding the tower's secrets, however, will not be easy, for they're locked tight within your research journal, written on scattered letters, and lying between the lines of Ilar's words.

On top of that, danger waits around every corner-spells that warp your mind and body, sinister creatures who lurk in the dark recesses, and a relationship with Ilar that borders on explosive at times- everything seems to conspire against you.

But all is not lost, for there are fleeting moments of reprieve-an achingly comforting, recovered memory, an unexpected visit from a loyal companion, a touching moment of connection with Ilar-lifelines and breadcrumbs pulling you inexorably toward an unsettling conclusion.

Can you piece together the scattered puzzle of your life? Can you save yourself and Ilar? Can you keep your mind in one piece until the end?

Play and Wishlist

Play Act 1 now on itch.io | Android version Act 1 | Wishlist Act 1 on Steam | Wishlist Act 2 on Steam | Wishlist Complete Edition

Read the newest update.

MC/Vyn

Groomed to become the magus of the age by parents from a long lineage, your life had been an arrow aimed at the most elusive goal of magick–Sublimation–shedding of the flesh and blood body, freedom to roam the plane of spirits, immortality. The goal seemed within reach, but…

Canon name for the mc is Vyn, but you can rename them.

Vyn has some predetermined features:

Face piercings - related to spellcasting

An eel tattoo on forearm

Pigment spots on face and rest of the body, and dual color hair - signs of being a dyed magus

Other features are left vague for better immersion.

Ilar Fehlos

Every Magus works with a partner, and yours is Ilar, a Third Degree Magus who appears to be in their early 30s. Ilar is the one who wakes you up at the beginning of the story and tries to guide you through escaping the dangers facing you. They can be stern, and at times aloof as they instruct, encourage, chide or even threaten you into doing what’s necessary. The past that you and Ilar share is revealed as you discover clues about what happened, and the future that you might share is shaped as you make your escape.

It’s probably not a spoiler that Ilar seems to be holding back with their words and actions. You get the sense that there’re depths to Ilar that can’t be easily seen from the surface. What’s in those depths? How is it affecting Ilar? How is it affecting you? Is it something that needs to be brought to the surface and released, or is it better sunken and forgotten?

The World

"Winter. The burning, spherical body of Sruthru the Primordial Fish rises languidly above the northern horizon, then sinks back down, its feeble illumination hardly disturbing the twilight that will last three moons.

Fog dunes thick enough to grasp glide across the seamouth marshes, flylamps dance and mate within them, flitting stars in the throes of ecstasy, on the brink of death.

The Seas will have their Waters, as it will have all our Waters one day."

Experience a unique, bizarre world that draws from diverse inspirations such as:

gothic fiction

pagan mysticism

real-world occult practices

folklore

Briefly inhabit a world of ritual magick, pre-industrial technology, and a culture that marries ancient religions of the orient and occident.

Art and Music

Be lured into an occult world by artwork intricately hand-drawn with pen and ink, then edited and animated digitally to bring to life.

See more:

artwork

screenshots

Immerse yourself in the haunting soundtrack weaved from organic sounds, ceremonial instruments, ritual chanting, and glitch effects.

Read more about our inspiration and the premise of the story.

The Remainder is created by Ze (writing) and Nim(artwork and coding). Music is made by both of us with the help of our friend Phil Blonski who did the mastering.

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The Remainder features some heavy topics like violence and mind altering procedures, and it’s meant for mature audience. As we create more content we will update this warning.

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whitelovetta88

4 years ago

falling (ii).

pairing: rengoku kyoujurou x reader

genre: dark

word count: 6184

remarks: this was so un-fluffy and its probably what i’ve struggled most with writing to date skdfgd as usual, please like, comment or reblog if you like it <3

ii. into your trap

One mistake is all it would take for everything to come crashing down.

That’s what had happened to the man before you, the man whose blood you’d spent hours scrubbing out of the carpet until every bit of crimson had been washed away. Because of a single moment of greed, he’d stolen a coat off a customer who’d ended up as the demon’s next meal - and that very coat had been a dead giveaway to the demon slayer investigating the disappearance of his relative. You wouldn’t be like that, you remind yourself, a tray in your hands as you make your way down the corridors of the brothel. You would never let a moment of emotion cloud your judgement and cause you to slip up. You can’t afford to.

It’s all just for survival. That’s the reason why you’re the only one still alive today.

The rest before you have all been devoured.

Shifting your tray to one hand, you take a deep, slow exhale and smile, curving the corners of your mouth up at just the right angle. The mask you’ve perfected over years of deception falls seamlessly into place. You raise your hand to the door.

“Rengoku-san?” You knock, raising your voice to a bright and energetic timbre. “Are you still asleep? May I come in?”

Rengoku Kyoujurou. The man with burning conviction in his eyes. The demon slayer here to destroy the only life you know. The person who you have to kill with your own hands.

The demon you serve isn’t a fool, in fact, far from that - it is more than aware of the power and skill a person would have to possess to earn the title of a Pillar, and it knows that it has no chance of winning in a direct confrontation with him. That’s why the task has been relegated to you. Demon slayers might know breathing techniques that allow their physical prowess to surpass even demons, but that’s the very flaw with their training - that they’ve been taught to battle demons, and only demons.

You, on the other hand, are very much human, with the ability to slip between the gaps in their guard, the chink in their armour - the kindest ones have always the easiest to fool, after all.

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Mini romance guide 💖 Chapter 1 to 2

Hi! I thought I should make a mini game guide to show some of the romance options that you might have missed, especially if you are playing a shy, oblivious, or tsundere MC :)

First things first, some clarification:

There are a lot of options that give romance points, but managing to get romance points (when you don't want them) OR failing to get them (when you do want them) will not ruin your playthrough! Worst case scenario you will get an RO that confesses to you, (tho that is unlikely with low romance points), and then you can turn them down without any harm done! Or, if you get few points, perhaps you will have to do the confessing (and some convincing that you do care about them, like that, despite not showing it much...) 😅

A simplified version of my plan for the romance routes are kind of like this: (hi=high, lo=low, mi=medium)

Hi Romance + Hi friendship (love)

Lo Romance + Hi friendship (friendship)

Hi Romance + Mi friendship (passion/crush)

Hi Romance + Lo friendship (hate/lust/bickering-love)

Mi friendship (acquainted)

Low friendship (enemies)

Mi Romance (interested)

So if you are going for a bickering relationship with Lestrade, the meaner you are, the more I recommend gaining romance points—at this point in the game there is no choice that locks you out of the Lestrade romance!

And the romance "gates" will be quite low, at least for MC to confess from a friendship path (although it varies for RO to RO). Watson will only require some romance points to accept a confession—but they will require more to start getting jealous of other ROs or to confess themselves etc.

The romance options guide:

In chapter 1, there are only three choices that give romance points, which are all with Lestrade (and they don't give a lot), but the choices are:

- "Hello to you too, ${lestradeName}." (when you first meet them)

- "Do you?" (when discussing the witness's occupation)

- "You're blushing..." (when discussing the witness's occupation)

(*there are different forms of romance points, and some other relevant variables, but I will only talk about the most general and common one!)

This is only some of the available romance points/choices!

Non-forward romance options:

#which blossomed into an unbreakable bond between kindred souls. + 1 Watson romance

#"$!{lestradeName}..." I whisper softly by their ear. + 2 Lestrade romance points

And I realize that one seems forward—but after choosing it, the MC can then choose why they did what they did, which can be shy/oblivious/other.

#I find myself drawn to the gaze—intoxicated by its depth. + 1

#"Thank you for thinking of me for the case, $!{lestradeName}, you are a good friend." I say, although the word 'friend' feels... lacking. + 1

#"My saviour." +1

#"No?" + 1 (after calling W attractive)

Shy romance options:

#I thought I was being considerate by waking them gently... now I feel all embarrassed... +1 L

#"Y—Your hand, John/Jane, is still on..." + 1

#You blush, furiously. + 1

#You feel your skin warm something furious. + 1

#"..." + 1 (after calling W attractive)

#"..." + 1 (after telling W not to get involved with anyone)

#"I do not like the idea, is all..." + 1

Oblivious romance options:

#I thought I was being considerate by waking them gently... now I feel all embarrassed... + 1 L

#You blush, furiously. + 1

#You feel your skin warm something furious. + 1

The Watson kiss scene has the ability to, afterwards, choose motivation/method which are at least oblivious, I would say.

#Deduction— (when you ask Watson on their love live, tho it needs at least one romance point to appear!) + 1

—it leads to this:

"You have a marker of... [i]affection[/i] on your face. It is common with the male/female species when in a relationship or courting another. Are you?"

#"You are an attractive man/woman of appropriate age. It seemed... likely." + 1

#"That is obvious, Watson." + 1 (after calling W attractive)

#"Of course, Watson." +1 (possible oblivious) (after telling W not to get involved with anyone)

Tsundere romance options:

#which blossomed into an unbreakable bond between kindred souls... though I would never say such things out-loud. + 1 Watson romance points

#"B—be quiet. You are twisting my words!" + 1 (after calling W attractive)

#"B—be quiet. You are insinuating things I—I never implied!" (after telling W not to get involved with anyone) + 1

#"It would interfere with our work." I say, not really fearing for the work at all... + 1

#"No!" (after telling W not to get involved with anyone) + 1

I would recommend gaining at least one romance point with a potential RO if you want romantic flavor text, unless you want to go full friends to lovers where there is no romantic subtext until later.

And on the opposite side of that, if you happen to gain a romance point when you do not want it, it won't matter too much, and i'll create a romance wipe in chapter 3 where you remove such points by choosing a particular choice.

I'm open to adding more flirt options if you tell me where you think it is missing <3

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whitelovetta88

4 years ago

Not Sure What The Point Of This Post Is Really But I Wanted To Line The Game Logos Up For The Sake Of

Not sure what the point of this post is really but I wanted to line the game logos up for the sake of comparison and to see the changes over time.

The logo is cleaner and shinier now with a thicker typeset, and seems sleeker and more minimalist somehow. There’s no blood anymore but on closer inspection it does appear a bit waterstained or to have water droplets on it. I wonder if they’ll do a version of the new one with a dragon like the prior ones?

The switch from base color/predominantly gray/silver to gold is a significant change, maybe even an interesting choice - I wonder if it means anything? A new direction for the franchise or a change in tone or style or something or?

The green tint to the DAI logo is due to the plotpoint of the Anchor / Breach / Fade, naturally.. Gold in this franchise recently is all over ancient elfy stuff like the Mythal Sentinel armor, Solas’ Trespasser armor, his new trailer outfit, elfy murals, etc. It’s also been cropping up recently in places like this and this. The new trailer has a lot of gold ‘pieces’/highlights, in some portions of the video gold is also a main tone in the palette of the overall scene or so it seems to me. A ‘gold leaf’-style effect is all over the new mural also: lines running through Meredith, the foci, the Veil, the highlights and ‘haloes’ on the two figures.. If gold will dominate DA4 marketing/branding ‘palettes’ the way green did for DAI, I’m here for it.

Oh and it of course makes you think of the Golden/Black City which 👀

I guess the concentric circles in the new logo is a reference to the repeating or concentric circles or hemispheres motif that is usually used to represent the Fade inside the Veil. The gold circles are also suspiciously akin to the gold discs ‘enhaloing’ the two figures, and especially to the representation of the Orb in the mural. There’s also an apparent rayed sun motif going on what with the faded straight lines - and in the trailer the circles of the logo are blended into the hot sun above the warrior’s boots scene, so it seems this is intentional.

What do we know about the sun in DA lore? Elgar’nan is the god of the sun, Eldest of the Sun, born of the sun and earth. There’s the Tale of Elgar’Nan and the Sun, dwarves fearing the sun because of Elgar’nan’s fire, the Tale of Mythal’s Touch, Constellation Solium, the Pools of the Sun, “Never yours the sun”…

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whitelovetta88

3 years ago

My heart broke whenever I read the talk between Severus and Dumbledore. The scene is analyzed and displayed in Severus' POV for in many fanfictions and it's very difficult to read the scene without breaking my heart.

Favourite Snape quote(s)?

The Dark Arts are many, varied, ever-changing, and eternal. Fighting them is like fighting a many-headed monster, which, each time a neck is severed, sprouts a head even fiercer and cleverer than before. You are fighting that which is unfixed, mutating, indestructible.

He is such a nerd. Here he is finally given a chance to prove why he has always deserved the DADA post and he is trying to impress his students the way he never bothers to in potions. His style of teaching DADA is different from the way he teaches potions. Snape is so good at potions that it frustrates him to the point of anger if any of the students don’t understand the lesson immediately. However he has such a low opinion of previous DADA professors that he is more forgiving and condescending.

“That is just as well, Potter,” said Snape coldly, “because you are neither special nor important, and it is not up to you to find out what the Dark Lord is saying to his Death Eaters.”

“No — that’s your job, isn’t it?” Harry shot at him. He had not meant to say it; it had burst out of him in temper. For a long moment they stared at each other, Harry convinced he had gone too far.

But there was a curious, almost satisfied expression on Snape’s face when he answered. “Yes, Potter,” he said, his eyes glinting. “That is my job.”

Snape never hopes for people to throw a parade for him just because he is Dumbledore’s man now (he just really wants Dumbledore’s approval) but he always takes satisfaction in his work. It’s his most consistent trait- how much he enjoys being knowledgeable and useful. It’s why in every fight with Sirius in OOTP, Snape brings up Sirius’ uselessness in the war. Being useful and needed means a lot to Snape.

“Well, it may have escaped your notice, but life isn’t fair.”

One of my favorite details in the books is that Snape assumes that Harry is James 2.0 and not just in appearance. He thinks Harry is a pampered prince. Sometimes when he is talking about Harry, you get the sense that he is really talking about James.

Anyway Snape is a wound dweller but the reason he picks at his wound years after they’ve been inflicted is because he can’t move on. He lives in the castle he was bullied in, he is trying to avenge his friend who he accidentally doomed to die, he is going undercover as a Death Eater, he is regularly interacting with his bullies, he lives in his parents’ house. Everything he did and everything that happened to him as a teenager remains a strong presence in his life. He can’t move past it, he just can’t.

“You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion-making. As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic. I don’t expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses… I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death — if you aren’t as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach.”

Iconic.

“Then you will find yourself easy prey for the Dark Lord! Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and allow themselves to be provoked this easily — weak people, in other words — they stand no chance against his powers! He will penetrate your mind with absurd ease, Potter!”

This speech is all projection from Snape. He wears his heart on his sleeve, he can’t control his emotions, he wallows in sad memories and gets provoked easily. The funny thing is Snape still became an expert in Occlumency and he still tricks Voldemort. Even after he died he was still fooling Voldemort.

Yes, it is easy to see that nearly six years of magical education have not been wasted on you, Potter. Ghosts are transparent.

He is so funny.

“Her son lives. He has her eyes, precisely her eyes. You remember the shape and color of Lily Evans’s eyes, I am sure?”

“DON’T!” bellowed Snape. “Gone… dead…”

“Is this remorse, Severus?”

“I wish… I wish I were dead…”

“And what use would that be to anyone?” said Dumbledore coldly.

HP stans are too busy claiming that Snape was a spy for nearly 2 decades after Lily’s death because he wanted to fuck a woman who’s now nothing more than a skeleton that they miss scenes like these. “And what use would that be to anyone?” Ooof.

There was a long pause, and slowly Snape regained control of himself, mastered his own breathing. At last he said, ‘Very well. Very well. But never – never tell, Dumbledore! This must be between us! Swear it! I cannot bear… especially Potter’s son… I want your word!’

‘My word, Severus, that I shall never reveal the best of you?’ Dumbledore sighed, looking down into Snape’s ferocious, anguished face. ‘If you insist …’

Then Harry found out and he chose to honor Snape. Luckily for Snape, he was too dead to live through the humiliation of people knowing that he cared.

‘Don’t be shocked, Severus. How many men and women have you watched die?’‘Lately, only those whom I could not save,’ said Snape.

I have spied for you and lied for you, put myself in mortal danger for you. Everything was supposed to be to keep Lily Potter’s son safe. Now you tell me you have been raising him like a pig for slaughter —

I feel like these quotes summarise who Snape was at the end of his life better than any other. He went from begging Dumbledore for Lily’s life (no, he didn’t want James and Harry dead so he can shag Lily, you weirdos) to this. Throughout the books, we get scenes of Snape helping people, whether it’s through his extensive magical knowledge or through his spy work or him saving people. He didn’t want to admit it and he didn’t want people to know but I do think he wanted to help people just like Harry though Snape chastised Harry for being reckless.

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