Made Marion Development Update, August 2024
Official Will Route Release Window
I've checked in with the team and we aren't quite ready to release Will's route in (what remains of) the summer, but we're far enough that I have team buy-in on an official release window of the first half of October.
I'll have a more specific date once we begin our beta test in September, which usually lasts two weeks. I may release the first three chapters early for testers while I finish coding the chapters 4.
Will Chapter 3 will be fully written within a week from now. It turned out to be quite a beast. That means that Will's chapter 4s may be a bit shorter each than Robin's were, however, they will also be more different from each other than Robin's were. In fact, the love scenes and the climactic Chapter 4 action scenes are in completely different locations.
I'm going half-tilt on coding while I finish the script, and should have Chapter 1 fully coded soon, as well.
World Name Thoughts
Although the world in which Made Marion is set has three named countries: Avalon, Sunjata, and Nibiru, the world as a whole does not yet have a name.
I probably won't give it an in-universe name because its inhabitants primarily identify with their country of birth and don't really have a view of themselves as being on a planet in a system full of other planets. But still, since I'm planning to create multiple tales in this world (one for each country), I could use a name to call it for marketing purposes.
I've been putting this off for a while, but I'd like something with a historical/folkloric connection that deals with the number three OR that has something to say about the kingdom's themes - Sunjata, the Sun Lands; Avalon, the Middle Kingdom (light and shadow); and Nibiru, the Twilight Realm.
Right now I'm thinking perhaps "Triskelion," named after the Celtic triple spiral pattern. But I'm not 100% satisfied with that since I have two other countries that do not have Celtic inspiration (Sunjata is inspired by Medieval North and West Africa, while Nibiru is very loosely inspired by Ancient Babylon and the Indus Valley Civilization). It's probably not a big deal since it'd be difficult to encompass all three and this entire world began with my desire to thread Celtic elements into the Robin Hood tales, but still. Any thoughts or ideas?
Here's a reward for everyone who made it to the end. Arrapso didn't make those shirtless combat sprites for nothing!
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Made Marion
A romantic visual novel inspired by the legends of Robin Hood.
Status | In development |
Author | Velvet Cupcake Games |
Genre | Visual Novel |
Tags | Action-Adventure, Alternate History, Amare, Dating Sim, Fantasy, Female Protagonist, Otome, Romance, Story Rich |
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- Made Marion EA Patch 1.1May 20, 2024
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Just out of curiosity, will we be able to have a body hair option for the male LIs (like, to switch it on or off)? I always envisioned John and the Sheriff as being a bit more natural (not crazy chest hair, but some), and especially with John I'm kinda surprised to see he's smooth. In any case, I realize this may be a long shot but figured I'd ask.
Anyway, as always, looking forward to this game, and love to see each update. :)
The smooth look is generally our artist Arrapso's style, so that's how most of our love interests ended up. I'm a chest hair fan myself, but I also know I'm a fair bit older than many of our readers (and I'll note that my mom has complained to me about the smooth chests, heh). Unfortunately, a chest hair toggle is out of scope, but I understand how you feel! It's just one of those things that comes down to different strokes for different folks and in this case I went along with how our artist prefers to draw people (though I did manage to sneak Tuck through with some fuzzy!).
Bit of a bummer, but fair enough. Thanks for letting me know!
Just wanted to say I LOVE the idea of the other countries also getting stories and tying in different cultures/folklore. Can't really help with name as my main mythology love is Norse and Nordic folklore(which checks out given i'm norwegian so had easy access XD) But mythology and folklore is such a interesting and fun bit of history for me and I love learning more about them so while I know the other games are for the future know the folklore geeks are looking forward to it <3
I see you and I appreciate you, folklore geeks!