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Andrew Kenneth Specter

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Developer Update: Week of January 4th, 2026

No great revelations to share, this week. I am still working on the second route's versions of the final battle and epilogues, and the various perspective switches necessitate some new content, whi...

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Developer Update: Week of December 28th, 2025

Note that, for this week's sneak peek, I went with randomly-chosen variables. For example, Laz will not pawn off his wedding-planning responsibilities to Belvidere if they are dead, you will not ha...

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Developer Update: Week of December 21st, 2025

I'm still working on the epilogues! This week's sneak peek is what happens when the Radicals win, MC1 was sentenced to death for sabotaging the dam, and characters successfully intervened to get th...

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Developer Update: Week of December 14th, 2025

I have completed the epilogues that occur if you join the Radicals and choose to lose to the Sovereignty. This particular snippet is from MC1's execution. Currently, I am working on the endings tha...

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Developer Update: Week of December 7th, 2025

Since last week's update, I have completed the entirety of the battle for the route where MC1 joined the Radicals and MC2 joined the Sovereignty. I am currently working on writing the epilogues for...

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Developer Update: Week of November 30th, 2025

Some more sneak peeks for you, this week! I have finished the part of the battle where you were tied to a tree as MC1 and all the associated outcomes. I'm going to start writing the battle from the...

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Developer Update: Week of November 23rd, 2025

Some more sneak peeks for you! I am continuing to work on the final battle and epilogue(s).

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Developer Update: Week of November 16th, 2025

I have a few sneak peeks for you all, this week! Just as a summary, the final demo of These Reluctant Years was released to the public last week and I am continuing to work on the final ba...

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FINAL PUBLIC DEMO AVAILABLE

This is a public announcement.

THE FINAL PUBLIC DEMO OF THESE RELUCTANT YEARS IS NOW ACCESSIBLE.

It includes:

  • All six chapters of the story up until the final bat...

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Developer Update: Week of November 9th, 2025

A bit of a smaller update, this week. I will start working on the final battle today. Work was somewhat delayed because I had a job to do for a client (I am still open to freelance writing while I'...

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Update: November 5th, 2025

Patrons get exclusive access to story updates one week before the general public.

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Developer Update: Week of November 2nd, 2025

I finally finished all of the confrontation permutations! Now, all that I have to write in chapter 6 are the trials of the main characters (if they get caught) and all the other lead-up to the fina...

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Developer Update: Week of October 26th, 2025

Not a terribly long update for you, this week.

I released three quarters of the final public demo last week, and I am still working on the route of chapter 6 where both MC1 and MC2 joined the...

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Update: October 23rd, 2025

This is a public update announcement. As a reminder, patrons get access to updates one week before the general public.

In this update, I have:

  • Uploaded three quarters of the fin...

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Developer Update: Week of October 19th, 2025

Access to half of the final public demo for chapter 6 was given to the public yesterday, and I shared the route where both MC1 and MC2 joined the Sovereignty with my patrons last Thursday. Like eve...

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Update: October 18th, 2025

This is a public update announcement. As a reminder, patrons get access to updates one week before the general public.

In this update, I have:

  • Uploaded one half of the final pub...

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Update: October 17th, 2025

Patrons get exclusive access to story updates one week before the general public.

Li...

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Update: October 11th, 2025

This is a public update announcement. As a reminder, patrons get access to updates one week before the general public.

In this update, I have:

  • Uploaded one quarter of the final ...

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Update: October 11th, 2025

Patrons get exclusive access to story updates one week before the general public.

Li...

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Developer Update: Week of October 7th, 2025

The public demo part of chapter 6 was released to my patrons on Saturday. Speaking of patrons, we have a new one! I would like to be the first to welcome you, and also extend my thanks for choosing...

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Update: October 4th, 2025

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Developer Update: Week of September 27th, 2025

I have completed all of the interactions that can occur if MC1 is confronted by someone while they're trying to sabotage the Radicals' plans. There were a lot of different possibilities (one for if...

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Developer Update: Week of September 21st, 2025

Chapter six is coming along well! It's about 47,000 words (including code) at the moment, and will likely be even longer than chapter five just because of the sheer number of permutations that I ne...

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Developer Update: Week of September 15th, 2025

Along with some added continuity and bug fixes, I'm still making steady progress on the first route (where MC2 joined the Sovereignty and MC1 did not). Everyone on the Sovereign's side has finally ...

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Developer Update: Week of September 7th, 2025

Nothing very big in this week's update. I commissioned a new artist to draw a picture of Lázaro and uploaded it for patrons to see. I am also working steadily on chapter 6, starting with the route...

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Lázaro Commission!

I have another piece of commissioned artwork to share! This time, it's Lázaro, again! He was drawn by the wonderful and talented sa...

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Update: September 3rd, 2025

This is a public update announcement. As a reminder, patrons get access to updates one week before the general public.

In this update, I have:

  • Completed chapter 5.

Developer Update: Week of August 31st, 2025

Another pretty short update, this week. First, I would like to thank the newest patron for joining! Your support means a lot to me! Other than that, I will give the public access to the entirety of...

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Update: August 27th, 2025

Patrons get exclusive access to story updates one week before the general public.

2025-08-27 13:52:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Update: August 27th, 2025

This is a public update announcement. As a reminder, patrons get access to updates one week before the general public.

In this update, I have:

  • Completed three-fourths of the rou...

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