Feel free to ask about anything, story, process, lore etc.
Also, a short update. I have been very busy this month wrapping up the remains of my work here in Sweden, in April I will be doing the same in France, so I will be traveling for most of the month. This will either lead to lots of writing or none... hotel room vibes vary.
It is kind of sweet, though. Fallen hero: Rebirth was started when I was stationed elsewhere when my workplace moved, and I was sat in a nearly empty borr...
2023-03-24 07:13:08 +0000 UTC
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Once upon a time, I was told what my story would be. I wasn't old enough to get it yet; I felt mostly curious when I looked at the family pictures. The medals. The stories. They weren't about me. They were about my father, and his father, and his grandfather and what they had given for this great country. What they had been gifted in return. I was supposed to be one of them. Eventually, when I was old enough and knew enough, I would understand. Understand why it was all necessary. Obedience. ...
2023-03-18 16:19:36 +0000 UTC
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Sorry I am late with this month's lore post, wrapping things up at work (quits at the end of may) has left me utterly exhausted and I have come down with something. Will kick my brain back in gear as soon as possible.
2023-03-12 08:39:07 +0000 UTC
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I think I have unlocked all the old Retribution spoiler questions and answers for everyone now. If I have missed one, please let me know!
2023-03-04 11:37:51 +0000 UTC
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First of all, congratulations. The seco
2023-03-04 10:57:03 +0000 UTC
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Alright, I have just sent in a big bugfix update on Retribution (not sure when it goes live on various platforms) and I am working on the Rebirth update. Once that is done, the first Revelations content will pop out here.
Until then, please amuse yourself by asking me weird things about writing or Fallen Hero here!
2023-02-20 18:57:02 +0000 UTC
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The funny thing with pain is that they think it gets to you. Think you fear the bruises or the damage. Sure, it's not nice, and your body does its reflexive twitching like always. Tries to turn. Tries to yank away. Tries to mitigate the damage. Breathing is an issue, your lungs do what they want, and that feral imperative touches even you.
But pain? Not so much.
You scream anyway, because it's expected, because being silent invites more, more brutal means. They don't want to...
2023-02-12 12:04:03 +0000 UTC
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- How did you improve your writing specifically beyond 'just writing more'?
The first thing is to read different things from different genres. Read an old book, and see how that is written. Read a genre you normally don't read. Read some poetry. Go to the library and walk to a random book, open it in the middle and read. Read on paper, and out loud. And then read some more. And when you read, try to think about why you don't like or likes something. Is it boring? Why? I...
2023-02-11 21:01:32 +0000 UTC
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As one of the upcoming changes of my Patreon, the QnA will no longer be split in spoiler and no spoiler questions and will assume that people have read Retribution. I will go back and change the level of the old ones in the future, but there's a lot so it will take a while. I've got some other cool things coming up once I have finished bugfixing stuff!
And with that, time for questions:
Hey, just wanted to say I love your work. I wasn't sure wher...
2023-02-11 12:50:16 +0000 UTC
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Since the discord invitations seem to be going out of business even if I set forever, here is one that will last for seven days.
If it doesn't please DM me!
https://discord.gg/QvWjNE2C
2023-02-03 12:20:40 +0000 UTC
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Finally Fallen Hero: Retribution is released, thank you for your patience!
Have fun, and don't forget to write a review!
Thank you so much for your support, I really couldn't have done it without you.
2023-02-02 18:32:04 +0000 UTC
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The demo for Fallen Hero: Retribution is up! Go have fun and tell your friends!
2023-01-27 17:21:31 +0000 UTC
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Well, it is time for your questions this month again! I am currently in the process of revamping the Patreon, though you won't see any changes until the feb/march update. Going to be some new stuff once Retribution is out, but until then, feel free to ask anything!
2023-01-20 16:50:45 +0000 UTC
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It's been a long time coming.
The evening is quiet and the sky is clear. Just like last time, the winds are heavy with promise. Not mine. Not yet. I lay on my back in the sand, watching the sunset. Waiting for something to change.
I'd rather have been up there, but the radar would have spotted me and so I drove. My bike is laying down, like I am. I'm amazed that it's still working. John did good work, and I'd rather trust this old thing in the desert than anything new. Or maybe I ...
2023-01-07 20:13:43 +0000 UTC
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Is Sidestep's vision of Themmy any indication of how the real Themmy would have responded and spoken to them, had Themmy survived Heartbreak?
Yeah, at least Sidestep thinks so. It was nt out of character.
Is it possible that sidestep could have been revived or at least remade had they died during the heartbreak incident? For example since sidestep has a AI chip and the farm probably still has access to the DNA used to make the VAT gro...
2023-01-07 16:51:44 +0000 UTC
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Any IFs out there that caught your attention or tv shows you watch? What's your favourite genre?
I don't really care about the genre, I just want something to grab a hold of me. I am so behind on checking out IF's, but I just bought and love "The Passenger," and I look very much forward to "I, the forgotten one" this summer. Both are very much my vibe, and I can't recommend them enough.
As for TV, I am currently watching "Gundam: The Witch from Mercury" which is a...
2023-01-07 16:48:01 +0000 UTC
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Alright, it's time to see what questions you have for December. Feel free to ask me anything, about the books, about my process or just general weirdness.
2022-12-18 17:27:44 +0000 UTC
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Impossible but functional. Not my words. No brain to think them. No tongue to speak them. And yet, even dispersed at my widest, they are there. Words. Thoughts.
Impossible.
Not really. I exist. I think. I speak. I change. I'm not impossible; the natural laws of the world just never took something like me into account. But I exist, so the laws need to change.
Can I trust them? The scientists circling the Rangers, subjects, and projects both. Does it matter? It wil...
2022-12-10 13:12:35 +0000 UTC
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Sorry, I was alerted to the fact that the questions got cut off. Here is all of them!
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Steel finds what sidestep shares, about heartbreak, "interesting". Is it "interesting" because (1) it matches what he found out when he went looking, (2) it made him rethink what he himself had seen in heartbreak, or (3) something else?
Honestly, all 3. Mostly 2, then 1 and then 3.
Ortega mentions that post heartbreak, V...
2022-12-04 12:11:19 +0000 UTC
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Sorry! I was alerted to the fact that about half the questions got cut off. This is the whole shebang!
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Disregarding Hood's death, would Ortega have any interest in bringing down Hollow Ground?
I mean... yes? They are running the major criminal enterprise in Los Diablos. However, it's not exactly a flashy fight, is it? If revenge for Hood was not on the table, HG would be quite far down Ortega's list of...
2022-12-04 12:07:22 +0000 UTC
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First of all, apologies, I forgot to put up the question of the month this month, so it is only the questions from the discord server. If you want the discord invite, just DM me if you're on the right tier. Life has been very weird lately, with some bad turns, and it just slipped my mind. I'll write something cool later to make up for it.
So, life. I got news a month ago that the company I am working for is closing down, and we will all be out of a job. Moving the...
2022-12-04 11:56:32 +0000 UTC
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Butterfly nerves. Like standing on the edge before a big jump. Making peace with the fact that I might not come back alive, yet certain that I will. The illusion of control over my own destiny.
Will that ever get old?
"We should be closer." Ashfall's voice is hardly more than a whisper, pressed flat against the ground.
"We follow the plan." I shift, the boulder is blocking my sight as well as hiding me, but I don't need to see right now.
"Charge," Ashfall starts,...
2022-11-12 11:30:00 +0000 UTC
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Any advice for sticking with an idea and seeing it through? I've been interested in writing my own choicescript game, but have a hard time picking one idea and developing it.
My advice would be to ignore the idea and pick the people. Which characters are the most fun to write? Then they can be transported into whatever idea you find coolest, or most marketable if you have several. The thing is, once you have started writing you should try to fold in any new or coo...
2022-11-05 17:08:46 +0000 UTC
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Is what Chen found, when he went looking for Sidestep, related to what Vernon Browne had found too?
Nope, that's not connected.
Did Shroud ever come across Dave? If not, did she get any help from anyone we know in her escape?
Hmmmm not from anybody you know yet.
When Sidestep's telepathy is dormant in the puppet, are the nanovores psi-sensitive enough to interface / sense / taste Sidestep's mind? ie: would...
2022-11-05 16:33:41 +0000 UTC
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Well, it feels weird to finally have submitted Retribution, my brain is still wired up. I plan to rest until November, then work on a different project for a while for a change of pace. In the new year, I will work on an update of Rebirth, with bug and grammar fixes, and some extended content. Of course, there is no guarantee that I won't get Revelations feels during that time and start writing early... I am letting my brain decide that. There are also some Patreon updates and stuff planned.<...
2022-10-22 12:35:39 +0000 UTC
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2012 - Summer
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The thoughts won't stay out. Not even if you try. Ever since the Nanosurge, things have been weird. You hardly need to dig anymore. The minds around you open up and vomit their thoughts at you without invitation. Except Charge.
More of a relief than before. Closer than before. Trust.
Dangerous.
They all are. But you trust them now. The Rangers. Proven again and again that you're useful enough ...
2022-10-13 20:02:58 +0000 UTC
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I don’t know if this has been asked before but would it be possible for our step to potentially take hold of multiple people at the same time?
Oh yes, but the question is to what level of control. As well as they do the puppet? Not yet. Well enough to do a synchronized dance number? Perhaps. That will depend on your stats.
I watched Cyberpunk Edgerunners recently and Chen came to mind. Does Cyberpsychosis, or something similar exist in your se...
2022-10-10 18:21:53 +0000 UTC
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Alright, I have one week left before I send in Fallen Hero: Retribution to CoG for their edit round. So if the answers are short, that's because my mind is busy. Soon I will have more time to get back and do a lot of cool stuff on here!
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Could Argent sense Sidesteps computerchip if she focused, even if it's off?
Yes.
Spoilers: will we get to know Ortega's immediate reaction to MC getting broken out of HQ by Mortum? ...
2022-10-10 18:09:39 +0000 UTC
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Sorry for being late, real life is busy, but please ask any questions here! Only two weeks until I submit the game for good, so I need to work.
2022-09-29 12:58:16 +0000 UTC
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There's an emptiness in the conference room once Sidestep has left with Chen.
The quiet before the storm.
I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding, and oh boy, I finally dare to breathe again. Good job remembering life's basic functions. Maybe you are the one that should be thinking about retiring here.
As if. I sigh and am about to rise when Angie steps in and pushes me back down in the chair. Leaning in to take advantage of the fact that I'm seated. Hard ...
2022-09-19 13:30:07 +0000 UTC
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