The Survival of Sarah Rose

v0.70 Those of you who've followed the game for a while might be surprised at the version number, but don't worry, this is the latest and newest version of TSSR. I've simply decided to flatten/simplify the sequential version numbers. Instead, the version # now reflects my (best attempt) at showing the total game's progress towards a full release, which right now, I feel is about 70% of the way there (lot of work left to go, though). Content for v0.70 Version v0.70 includes a total of 62 new art pieces. These pieces are aimed at bringing the Tribes-storyline up to the quality of the rest of the game. It doesn't complete the make-over, but does get the storyline a long way there. The rest of the Tribes-storyline will receive another update later this year, where the whole storyline is finished, as well as the remainder of the art is updated to complete the entire arc, closing out what I've called one of the medium-sized-storylines. My goal for the Tribes-storyline has always been to explore what defeat looks like. A lot of games/stories show a short defeat screen or a few lines. In TSSR, instead, my hope was to really explore what defeat means, and let the player really explore the full scope of the consequences of their choices. For those who have never played this storyline before; simply make the following choices: Start > Stay with Thomas > Make all the bad decisions in preparing for the war with the Tribes. Significant variations in the story can play out, depending on if you spare the Emmisary or not. v0.9.9.9 This new update is aimed at expanding and resolving one of the minor-branch stories, specifically the "Hyral mountain" storyline. This is the storyline that plays out when Sarah joins captain Belmont, but then betrays him and sides with Nick. For players familiar with the storyline, they can continue where they were, for others the path to playing that storyline goes something like: Intro > Leave with Kate > Sleep with Belmont > Join Mercenaries > Fail training > Join Belmont > Side with Nick. I think I'll also work on adding an easier route to get to this story in the future, but for now this is how you unlock it. The total story comes out to around 20k words and adds about 45 new art pieces to the game. v0.8.9.9 As promised, right on the date, the new update for TSSR! Patch 8.9.9 brings along a whole new expansion to the Warrior-storyline, and quite a chunky one at that. The update has around a 100 new cg's, about 70k words of story, branching paths, and numerous erotic encounters, and moves the plot along quite a bit. Content for v8.9.9 How to get to the content The new story picks up right where the Warrior-storyline ended up, so players should be able to continue from where they last stopped. It offers variations, depending on previous choices, for having relations with characters such as Kate, Samayra, Razaphel and Atilla. The biggest chunk of the story is split into two branches that converge back on the same end-point, but can each be enjoyed for players looking to experience every option. v0.7.9.9 So, as I mentioned in a previous post, this month's update will focus on the "Gallow's Creek" storyline. This is a mostly self-contained side-branch, one of the "small storylines" as I like to call them. As part of my goal to bring the game closer to v1.0, it's not just wrapping up the main storylines, but it's also about wrapping up a few/most of these smaller side-branches. This particular storyline tells the story of what happens if Sarah abandons her quest on the Old Road, and decides to live in the small rural community of Gallow's Creek. Also important, the art for this update was made by a different artist, so while it is still an Anime-aesthetic, it will be different from the usual style. This was done intentionally to give the main artist more time to work on the next update, seeing as this storyline is less important. As always, the eventual goal will be to re-work the entire game into one uniform style, so these pieces will be re-worked in the future, but serve as pretty decent baseline for now. How to get to the content In order to get to this content, you have to simply: Intro > Leave with Kate > Refuse to join the Mercenaries > Leave Lethram > Go to Gallow's Creek when the option is offered. v0.6.9.9 So, this update expands on and actually wraps up the Sailor-storyline, heavily featuring Captain Belmont and brings the story to a conclusion. This update is part of my goal to try and wrap up a few of the smaller story-branches this year, while I put the finishing touches on the script for the three main storylines. The update combines some re-works on the art for the existing storyline, while also expanding the story itself at what was previously the end point. Players can now experience the full story from start to finish! There will be another update for the storyline at a later date, but that will be to bring the entire art-work for the storyline into one single cohesive style. How to get to the content So, to get to the Sailor path you simple: Intro > Leave with Kate > Sleep with the Captain (any variation should work) > Join the Mercenaries > Take the Captain's bet This puts you on the definitive Sailor-storyline and from there you pretty much follow it as you did before, leading you all the way to the final chapter of the story! v0.5.9.9 So, as I've mentioned before, this new release expands on the Princess-storyline. It contains both a lot of new story, a lot of new erotic encounters, with both familiar characters and new characters, while also featuring one of the more complex choice/consequence systems, compared to previous storylines. How to get to the content (Important, because of how updates in Renpy work, my advice is to do a quick-restart of the game to prevent errors in the variables). The main bulk of the content can easily be reached by simply playing the Princess-storyline. This particular update picks up when Sarah leaves to visit a neighbouring Kingdom. Important; the storyline specifically takes into account: 1) If you married Varga (or did not) 2) If you've had scenes with Lily and/or Lady Carolyn These can have a big impact, not just on how scenes play out, but also just which scenes you even get to see at all, so take that into consideration when approaching the new update. v0.4.9.9 The new content for this update largely revolves around expanding the mage-storyline. In total we're talking around 40.000 new words, and around 60 new art pieces. We have a good chunk of story content, as well as erotic content with more than 4 different potential characters, so quite a big update! How to get to the content Simply continue from where you left off in the mage storyline. If you've never played the mage storyline; you get to it by doing Intro > Leave with Kate > Don't join mercenaries > Scream when you meet the bandit in the alley. If you follow those steps, you get started on the mage storyline. v3.9.9 Right on the deadline, even a day early! The main goal of this update is further completing the intro-rework/re-design. With this new update, I'm adding a total of about 90 new images to the game, mostly centered around the story's intro. I've talked before about my goal with these last two updates. TSSR has become quite a large game, and while at first I didn't have very many resources, I'm now fortunate enough to have those resources as well as having some great colaborative artistic partners. As a result, many of the newer updates (that were later in the game) had the quality and the quantity of art that I hope the entire game will one day have. But the intro had remained very static, as it had originally been designed. These two new updates go a very long way in re-working the game's intro, so that new players can immediately get an understanding for what I hope to create, rather having a lot of that good art hidden in the later segments of the game. v0.2.9.9 The main thrust of this update is to revamp large sections of the game's main intro. Specifically, this is aimed at pulling the quality of the art and the density of the art, up to the standard that I'm aiming for the entire game. In total, this means adding around 90 new art pieces to the game, with most of them being spread out across the game's intro section. Because of the size of the revamp, I've decided to release the current progress of it, rather than wait until the entire revamp is complete. My hope is that with one more update, I can complete the remainder of the intro-revamp and have the entire intro-section up to the new quality standard. The main reason for focussing on this intro-revamp is because a lot of story-branches have more and better art in the later sections. By redesigning the intro, new players are instantly able to experience the quality and quantity of the art that I hope to have present throughout the game. v0.1.9.9 Fortunately right on the deadline, still a little later then I had hoped. So, the main content for this update is an expansion on the Warrior-storyline. Specifically, it picks up right after Sarah makes her decision to go back to her homeland of Rosanna. To understand this update, you have to understand that it is somewhat experimental. I have previously discussed on this page that I have always had a certain target or ambition for TSSR. A lot of the earlier game was heavily influenced by what was possible in terms of art and resources. Now, with more resources available, it has always been my hope to try and set the bar higher for the game and its art-quality. This update shows a sort of proof-of-concept of the kind of art-density that I hope to try and develop as I continue development on the game. I'm still mixing and matching to fine the exact right balance, but I think the content in this update will give you all a good idea of my vision. How to get to the new content? The content plays out by simply continuing from the last update on the Warrior-path, or otherwise playing through the Warrior-route till its conclusion. The actual update itself plays out quite differently depending on previous choices, so to experience most of it, there are broadly 2 paths, the first is if Sarah has slept with Captain Belmont, the 2nd is if she has not slept with him. The outcome is the same for each path v0.9.9 The newest update revolves around the other world/Daemon-storyline. It's a smaller branch, but I think eventually will be an interesting and important one for the entire story. This new update does not finish this storyline, but it does move it forward quite a bit, giving that path a bit more meat. How to get to the new content? In order to get to the new content, you simply need to explore the Mage-path. Then, when offered to learn a school of magic, proceed with the Daemonology tree. When a voice reaches out to you in the void, react to it. After that, everything should play out as per usual. v0.8.9 So, this latest release focusses on expanding the so called "Rahayal" storyline. So far there hasn't been too much revealed around this one, nor have there been too many updates revolving around it, but I think this update will go a long way towards setting up what this storyline will be about. It's not one of the three main story branches, but I think eventually it will shape up to be an important one in terms of exploring more of the lore at the center of the story. Coming in at just about 60 new art pieces and around 70k new words, it's up there as one of the bigger updates I've released in a while and I'm very excited to see what people think. How to get to the new content? This storyline is a little harder to get to than most. Essentially, you have 2 paths: Intro > Leave with Kate > Do not join mercenaries > Leave Lethram > Travel the Old Road > Get to Rahayal and enter the city Intro > Leave with Kate > Sleep with Belmont > Join Mercenaries > Join Belmont > Leave his ship when you get to Rahayal Both paths set you up for more or less the same storyline. For now, the main path in the Rahayal storyline is the most developped, so I suggest players pursue those choices. The other paths are being worked on as well, but will come in a later update. v0.7.9 So, this latest release further expands on the Warrior-storyline. It picks up from where we've last left, which would be after the optional storyline featuring Garret, and then continuing from there. A small note that I did want to give; during production I realized too late that there had been a few misscommunications, so for some of the erotic encounters, the art doesn't perfectly match onto the written text. Because I caught this too late, I was faced with either postponing the update, or just fixing it in the future. I made the decision to release the update as is, rather than delay it, but I will be correcting these scenes in either the next update or the one after. To get to the new content, continue from where the warrior storyline last ended. To start the warrior storyline, simply Intro > Leave With Kate > Join Mercenaries v0.6.9 The new content for 6.9 is mostly aimed around expanding the sailor storyline, featuring Sarah and Captain Belmont. To get to this new content you can simply continue along the sailor path, or for those who have not yet discovered it: Intro > Leave with Kate > Lie to Belmont > Sleep with him > Join Mercenaries > Agree in the optional event with Belmont that appears. That should get you started! Other updates: Other than expanding on the existing story and including all the new art, I've also gone ahead and improved on the game's performance and reduce its total file size significantly. The game itself is bigger, but the file size should actually be a lot smaller this time! Additionally, this has also fixed a large problem that previously existed with the android/apk version of the game, which had crossed over a size threshold that was giving a lot of players problems. These should now largely be fixed. v0.5.9 - The main focus of this update is on further expanding the Princess-storyline. This new update expands both the Varga-storyline (where Sarah marries Varga) and the "Neither" storyline, or basically the storyline where Sarah opts out of marrying anyone. - These two versions of the Princess storyline cover the same core story, but they involve very different options in terms of relationships, so for those who want to experience all the new content, I advise replaying the new content along both routes. - Added a new main menu soundtrack (I suggest giving it a listen, I really like it) - Fixed a series of GUI related bugs - Re-worked several pieces of art and restyled scenes between Sarah and Kate and Sarah and Attila. How do you get to the new content? Stay with Thomas and survive the attack from the Tribes. Select to either marry Varga, or opt out of marrying anyone (do not marry Marion). Then, the new content picks up shortly after defeating Marion's rebellion. v0.4.9 -The new content in this update is focused around introducing a new character on Sarah's warrior-storyline. It's somewhat of a side-story, so opting into the story content is important to get the full experience, otherwise the content cuts out quite quick. How do you get to the new content? -This new content picks up after the last update on the Warrior-storyline. If you continue from there, Sarah and her army will arrive in a small town and the Mayor of the town will ask for your help. Accept helping them and the new content will kick-off. v0.3.9 -The new content in this update is focused around the mage-storyline. Picking up where we left off, Sarah (and optionally Samayra) set out into the First City, to try and find out what the source of the magical signal is. How do you get to the new content? -It continues directly off the regular mage-route, so players should be able to continue from there. v0.2.9 - Expansion on the Marion-storyline - Updating old and missing artwork - Added a hide UI function v0.1.9 Major branches that you can explore in this new update are: 1) Hassar 2) Jaeid 3) Old soldier 4) Nobody Version 0.90 release - Expansion on the Mage-storyline - Updating a few pieces of old previously missing artwork Version 0.80 release - Expansion on the Warrior-storyline - Updating a few pieces of old previously missing artwork Version 0.70 release -Expansion of the sailor-storyline -Also improving on the game in general, fixing code, new main art, and introducing music. Version 0.60 release -Expansion of the warrior-storyline Version 0.50 release -Expansion of the mage-storyline Version 0.40 release -Expansion of the Rahayal-storyline Version 0.30 Release - Expansion of the princess-path narrative (Varga and other) Version 0.20 release - Expansion of the warrior-path narrative Version 0.15 release - Expansion of the mage-path narrative Version 0.1 release