What would the characters' names be if they were of the opposite sex?
Blade: Although I like to think of the name 'Blade' as unisex, I'll go with Steele for F!Blade (I keep thinking of Saticoy Steel if any of you know that unfairly obscure reference)
Trouble: I also like to think of Trouble as a unisex name, so I think she'd be Trouble either way, bu...
2022-01-19 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody, it's time for January's Q&A!
Last month had an overload of questions, so I'm going to be trying to answer the overflow this month. Thus, this month's window for new questions will be smaller than usual so I have time to play catchup!
If you know the drill, fire away! As I said, for this month only, the ask window for this Q&A will only be open for the next 12 h...
2022-01-16 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone, I hope your January is going super well!
I've been working with an artist, Carlos Alvarez, to create a more detailed map of Haven! This is the finished concept art, which we may or may not proceed to turn into a more painted version down the road--but for now, this is what will appear in the game (and hopefully will become an interactive map that you can click around on as an...
2022-01-10 21:44:28 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody, I hope you enjoyed Blade's theme song, which was composed and commissioned with your incredible help! 🎶🎼
Let's keep this party going! What piece of music do you think we should create next? This is for the first round of voting, and specifics and details will be voted on afterwa...
2022-01-05 23:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone, you voted and decided that you wanted to hear a custom music commission for Blade's theme next! Well, here it is for your listening pleasure!!! As you may know, this composition was only made possible by your support: you collectively unlocked the reward to have music and voice commissio...
2022-01-05 17:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! I was under the impression this entire time that it was very easy to find the short stories (by clicking on the short story tag), but apparently these tags don't show up on mobile? So I figured I'd put all of the links in one place for ease of access and organization--hopefully I'll re...
2022-01-01 20:42:02 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, Happy New Year! 🌟🎉🎊🥳
You know the drill! If you haven't done so already, please message me or comment below if you'd like to have your name added to the Shepherds of Haven credits! 😃 Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred (over usernames like hottie69_420), but you can send in whatever you're most comfortable with! Than...
2022-01-01 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post[EXTREME CONTENT WARNING: This story is an attempt at a police procedural murder mystery, and contains all of the elements included in that genre, including extensive discussion and investigation of murder and death. In particular, this story involves the implied kidnapping, physical beating, and violent murder of an adolescent, as well as dealing with the corruption surrounding wealth ...
2021-12-29 23:45:25 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, against all odds, I managed to get a decent amount of work done on the alpha build this month! The holiday crunch was a killer this year, and in between scrambling to get presents for everyone, going back and forth between my in-laws and my family's houses (traveling on Christmas Eve, no less!), and all the other busyness and demands (more interviews--they never end!--learning more...
2021-12-28 02:01:49 +0000 UTC View PostNow that Trouble's card has been completed and Ayla and Tallys's are officially in the works, we get to decide which pair of cards is remade next! I am planning on commission Zu to make a Prihine card as well, but I figure it's more important to remake the old ones first before turning to making new ones for the less major characters!
What do you think? Whose cards should we remake next? ...
2021-12-20 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Look at him in all of his glory!!!
Our sharpshooting troublemaker... 💛 What do you think? I think this card so perfectly captures his confident demeanor and summer colors! I love everything about this piece so much (as always, haha)!
Tallys and Ayla are up next in the docket! We are slowly but surely remaking every character card at thi...
2021-12-20 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody, the Q&A was a wild one this month! Not only did I get a ton of questions (47, which is way more than usual!), but it's a solid mix of super wholesome Christmas questions and super horny filth LMAO. I wouldn't have it any other way! You sent in such great questions this month that I went over my usual 20; next month will have to be a spillover month so I can try to get...
2021-12-17 22:57:11 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody, it's time for December's Q&A!
If you know the drill, fire away! As per usual, the ask window for this Q&A will only be open for the next 24 hours, so make sure to get your questions in before the deadline, which will be Thursday, December 16th, 12 PM MST. I will not save or answer any questions sent after the deadline!
If you are new or need in...
2021-12-15 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThis is a flash poll for a named character that'll be mentioned and featured more prominently in Chapter 7: I can't tell you much about him without spoiling some details, so all you need to know for now was that he is/was a Mage, and is/was a visitor to Wallmire! Thirties, sort of naive and wide-eyed and good-hearted, constantly amazed by everything, a wandering soul...
You're in for anot...
2021-12-11 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, guys, it's official: I'm totally addicted to making these little codex pages!
If you didn't see the Breads of Blest in September, this is a follow-up in an ongoing of series I'm going to do! Food paintings + me and useless fantasy knowledge... a truly winning combo! 🍒🍇🫐 What should I do next? Veg...
2021-12-10 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody, welcome to the last month of 2021!
You know the drill! If you haven't done so already, please message me or comment below if you'd like to have your name added to the Shepherds of Haven credits! 😃 Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred by Hosted Games (over usernames like hottie69420), but you can send ...
[EXTREME CONTENT WARNING: This story is an attempt at a police procedural murder mystery, and contains all of the elements included in that genre, including extensive discussion and investigation of murder and death. In particular, this story involves the implied kidnapping, physical beating, and violent murder of an adolescent, as well as dealing with the corruption surrounding wealth ...
2021-11-30 22:48:25 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody, the alpha update for November is here!
I'm actually very proud of the amount of work I got done this month: while I've been working on learning Twine (as well as CSS and HTML and Javascript...) on the side, I still got the same amount of writing done on ShoH that I normally do! So there's the full amount of words for the update this time, plus all of the other stuff I had to...
2021-11-28 05:43:05 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, as stated here, we're commissioning a music piece for the winner of the last music poll, who was Blade! So I'm opening up for suggestions (especially for the musically-inclined among you) for what you think Blade's song would sound like: feel free to send vibes, instruments, sounds, rhyt...
2021-11-25 01:14:18 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! If you're new to this, voting on an art commission for the game is a reward that Patrons have unlocked on this Patreon! ❤️
How it works:
It is already down into the low 70s in Texas and I'm a miserable whiny freezing blob. 😭 Which of the ROs are human furnaces and which of them are veritable ice cubes?
I'm the same here in AZ! 😂I'm using a thick fuzzy blanket indoors, but it's not even 60 yet outside...
Blade: his core body temperature runs warmer than average (mostly due to arm...
2021-11-18 01:52:14 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody, back at it again! Time for this month's Q&A!
If you know the drill, fire away! As per usual, the ask window for this Q&A will only be open for the next 24 hours, so make sure to get your questions in before the deadline, which will be Tuesday, November 16th, 12 PM MST. I will not save or answer any questions sent after the deadline!
If you are ...
2021-11-15 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hiya everyone! I'm still working on the next "codex pages" as mentioned in last month's goody post, but as those pages are so heavily reliant on art, we're going at the pace of our artist for those! Instead, this month I'm giving you a sneak peek at the new character page for the ShoH website; I like ...
2021-11-09 21:46:21 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, Characters and ROs won the last poll in this round, so let's decide which character we should focus on for this commission!
Remember, Ayla, Red, Trouble, Blade, Chase, and Riel have all won the past rounds, and their decided mediums were character reference sheets! After this poll,...
2021-11-05 23:37:38 +0000 UTC View PostMORE POLLS! As you voted recently, our next commissioned music piece for Shepherds will be a character theme song! But whose? It's up to you to decide!
(And once we figure out a winner, I'll be opening it up to your suggestions on how the music piece for them--what instruments or sounds o...
2021-11-05 23:31:06 +0000 UTC View PostAnd another, much more straightforward and simple poll!
If you remember, how did you first hear about or find Shepherds of Haven?
2021-11-02 00:47:09 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody, November is going to be a crazy month for you guys, because I am STACKED with polls to unleash on you! There's the music commission poll, art commission poll, merch polls, and so much more... So buckle in and get those voting thumbs (?? idk why I said it like that but I'm leaving it) ready: there's lots of things I'd like your feedback on this month!
First things first: how ...
2021-11-02 00:44:02 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody, welcome to November! (This year is just flying by... I can't believe we're almost into 2022... 😅😅😅)
You know the drill! If you haven't done so already, please message me or comment below if you'd like to have your name added to the Shepherds of Haven credits! 😃 Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred by Hosted Games (over...
Hi everybody, I've got the alpha update for October here! As I mentioned in my last post (be sure to check that in case you didn't see my later edit, too), I didn't get as much as I wanted to done on the build this month, but I'm still happy with my work, and it's definitely necessary setup for all the th...
2021-11-01 01:10:58 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody, I hope you're settling in (or getting ready to go out for) Halloween weekend--if that's a thing you celebrate! I've been plugging away at the update for the alpha build--I haven't got as much on it done as I wanted to this month, for reasons I'll get into below. But I did manage to finish this month's entry of Trouble and Riel's CSI shenanigans early, along with a bunch of other s...
2021-10-30 21:54:14 +0000 UTC View Post