It’s been a while since I posted! I mostly keep updates on my Patreon page.
But Gray’s route is now 100% coded. Hooray!
Screenshot of Gray’s route.
As much as I’d love to release it to the free users as well as on Steam, that’s going to have to wait. Due to the feedback I’ve gotten on the story from my Patreons, who have followed every chapter, I have decided to go over Gray’s story and edit it based on this feedback. Which means Gray’s route won’t be released on Steam until this editing has been finished. This will likely be in 2023.
I want people to enjoy Gray’s route so I’ll make sure to polish it! When Gray’s route will be released, Aiden’s first 9 chapters will be released alongside it as well.
Some of Aiden’s route plays in a chat app.
Aiden’s route is still being worked on, currently having 21 chapters finished (available on Patreon). His route will be the only route you can’t fully play for free due to the sexual nature of the route. Therefor, chapters 1 through 9 will be free to play, after that, you will have to purchase his Plus DLC to continue. Why can’t he be fully free, why can’t I just code in an option to make the sexual scene fade to black? Well, because the sexual nature of the route is integral to both Aiden and the MC. 4 out of 6 current CGs are sexual – it would be unfair for players skipping the sexual content and they don’t get to see the CGs. Not to mention you will lose so much information about what happened and lose out on the relationship development between the both of them.
Aiden’s route will be completed in 2023.
Eeyok, the 7th LI in Tailor Tales.
Once Aiden’s route is finished, I will start work on the 7th route; Eeyok! He will feature a more plot-heavy game much like James’ route, and a lot of familiar faces from previous routes will return. If you enjoy villainess webtoons – you’re going to love this route!
Make sure you’re allowed to see adult content on Steam, otherwise you cannot see the DLC options.
James will remain an exclusive Plus character to Patreon only at the moment. He will be available on Steam as a DLC once Gray’s main route is released.
Giving you all an update! The Steam DLC is currently in the works for Neil, Dimitri and Caine.
Steam needs to approve the sexual content and then do one final review. After it’s been approved, there’s a mandatory 2-week wait period. I also have to test out whether the DLC is properly integrated or not.
I’m aiming for a release in December if all goes well!
In Aiden’s route, you play a MOBA called Legendary Arena with friends. You will also chat with these friends in an app called Chaos Chat.
Whilst it isn’t 100% a chat simulator, we worked hard to get it to feel as immersive and authentic as possible.
These features are available in the chat system: – Create your own username – Choose your own avatar icon – Set 10 custom emojis – Use night or light mode – If the MC sends a selfie of herself, you can now see an accurate picture of her – MC’s thoughts are shown in a thought bubble in the bottom left – Real time typing from other users
Even though you are still playing an established MC – specifically for Aiden’s route where she is dominant – the chatting experience should feel more genuine to what you yourself would type out. Users are able to set 10 custom emojis or words, such as lol, omg, xD, T_T etc. and these will be used throughout MC’s dialogue. So if she’s laughing, she might type LMAO, or haha, or whatever you have it set to!
When other characters are typing, you will actually see them typing. Sometimes you might even see them type but not actually say anything at all – just like real life!
When loading into the chat, you will notice that the chat isn’t empty either. After all, MC is supposed to be friends with these characters for a while, so it would be strange if this is the first time they spoke to each other. Instead of starting with a blank screen (with the exception of Xiggy!), previous messages will show up to highlight the dynamics of the characters and show a bit of backstory. Or they will continue to talk amongst themselves as the story progress. You can always read these messages by scrolling up, but it isn’t required to follow the story.
To keep things exciting there’s usually more fierce/kind choices to be made during chats.
So while it isn’t 100% “do whatever you want and say whatever you want” the chat system should feel authentic and immersive.
In an alternate world where people have superpowers, Joselina (you) has one of her own. However, instead of fighting crime, she uses it to create superhero suits for the actual superheroes. One day during an attack on the city, a superhero crash lands in front of her boutique and she saves him.
…But he isn’t a hero – he’s a villain.
James has a unique perk where your name gets voiced if it belongs to one of the 200 names this list, including the default name.
Starting James’ route Let the update run its course in the Itch app, then load your manual save file. You can access James’ route by clicking the cogwheel for Settings, click Characters and select James. Here you can start a new route.
Don’t have the game on the Itch app and have a standalone version? Simply download the new game from this page, and then add it to the same location as where you installed Tailor Tales. Make sure to replace everything. Your save file and custom clothes will remain intact.
James’ Plus The final two CGs for James are Plus CGs and can only be unlocked if you have James’ Plus. Currently James’ Plus is only available through Patreon. In the future, it will be available as a DLC on Steam as well.
James finally has a release date! He will be free to play on Steam and Itch on July 18th, 2021. Can’t wait? His route is fully available on Patreon, including the Plus DLC which contains his last two CGs.
James is unlike the other routes in Tailor Tales, being twice as long and focusing on fantasy elements this time around. Each route in Tailor Tales is unique, which is definitely represented with James. It will take roughly 10 to 12 hours to complete his route.
Route synopsis In an alternate world where people have superpowers, Joselina (you) has one of her own. However, instead of fighting crime, she uses it to create superhero suits for the actual superheroes. One day during an attack on the city, a superhero crash lands in front of her boutique and she saves him.
Aiden’s 1st chapter will be released on Patreon in June, which means I can finally focus on prepping the game to release it on Steam/Itch with James’ full route.
I will want to commission some artwork to celebrate his release, so that will have to take a bit, roughly two months perhaps. But no worries, James will be coming to you this year!
Once I’ve got the artwork for his release finished, I can give you a concrete release date :)
In the meantime, here’s a couple of screenshots of his route!
I’m currently working on implementing Gray’s 1st chapter, as well as Aiden’s.
Once these chapters are coded into the game, I can focus on releasing Tailor Tales version 4.0.0 to the public, which contains James’ route. Patreons get to enjoy these chapters first before the public, so it will take roughly two months after their release on Patreon before the free version gets updated.
A young Gray sporting his original hair colour.
Gray’s route will feature an MC that is the leader of her school’s gang, and subsequently, a rival of Gray’s school. Both of them are leaders, but when Gray meets the MC for the first time, he has no clue who she is. MC will have to keep her identity a secret if she wants to get along with him.
Gray is also a dominant and his route will feature some elements of D/s, though still very tame. The route is not focused on sexual content.
As for Aiden’s route, here’s a little warning.
A young Aiden.
Aiden’s route is very much catered towards a niche set of players. The MC in Aiden’s route will be very controversial due to her likes and dislikes, but also how she treats others. Your typical otome heroine is chipper, friendly, hardworking and generally agreeable. MC in Aiden’s route will be someone who is described as having a “resting bitch face”, has no issue calling people out on the spot, is quite judgemental at the start, and of course… she likes to take control. This is not going to sit well with the majority of players, hence the warning beforehand.
MC is a dominant and Aiden’s route will focus on exploring that side of her, and eventually falling into femdom.
Due to the highly sexualized nature of Aiden’s route, his will be the only route NOT completely available for free. Thankfully Aiden is a niche character anyway, so it won’t bother too many people they can’t play his entire route for free. Roughly around chapter 9 is where you would need to purchase the Plus version to continue.
Either way, this is what I’m working on; Gray and Aiden’s 1st chapter. Once I have those finished, I can give you a date for James’ release!
Chat system
Also, for Aiden’s 2nd chapter, there will be a fake chat system implemented into the game. A lot of scenes take place on some online chat app, so my programmer had to make a fake chat system. We’re still working on that, but so far it’s looking pretty realistic!
The standard group-message window. Other characters can be seen typing in real-time. Everyone has their own username and avatar as well. Most likely the player is able to choose their own avatar to represent themselves.
Also available in light-mode!
Of course, MC will still have thoughts throughout the messages, and these are shown in a thought bubble above her avatar in the bottom left corner. This is also where you’ll be making fierce/kind choices.
The goal is to have a very life-like chat simulation that makes the player feel very immersed.
Tailor Tales is coded in such a way that more love interests can be added over time. Now that Aiden and Gray’s route are under development – the last two routes – the 7th route was being planned as well.
Patreons were able to vote who would become the 7th route out of the 8 most popular male side characters that we currently know of. Side characters in Aiden’s or Gray’s route were ineligible, as I didn’t want people to vote purely on looks alone.
A bracket style elimination competition was set up.
Nornus was a clear favourite from the start, but it was eventually Eeyok that won everyone over in the end. Both of these characters appear in James’ route.
But… Who is Eeyok?
Eeyok is a low soldier grunt in James’ route. He seems slow-witted and a little weak at first glance. He is happy to help you out and seems to be on your side. He behaves very much like your knight.
Originally, he was supposed to die early on. However, beta readers and testers became enamored with the guy, clutching onto him like he was something precious. His popularity made me rethink his position in the story, and it was eventually overhauled to carve out a much bigger role for Eeyok. In the end, Eeyok has basically become the second male lead and has won over many players.
This in turn, made people wish they could date Eeyok instead. Some even going as far saying that the MC had way more chemistry with Eeyok than she had with James! This might have been my fault because I also adored Eeyok, and have added plenty of small shipteases.
It’s not hard to figure out why he won the 7th route competition.
However. Eeyok’s own route will be completely different from his role in James’ route. He is no longer second male lead. He is no longer a Gaötte (if you don’t know what that is – check out James’ route!). Eeyok’s route will be set in a completely different universe.
….Circa 1760.
Oh no, are we going back in time?
Well, Tailor Tales can do whatever it wants in terms of storylines. Including a historical setting. Or a fantasy one. it doesn’t matter; with no common route, each route is its own unique and stand alone story, with only bits and pieces remaining the same.
The premise
Eeyok, the 7th route
Eeyok’s route will be another fantasy story this time, much like James’. Set in an era of nobility; MC owns a boutique and she is a modiste in this era. Whilst being a commoner herself, she makes extravagant clothing for higher nobility.
Then one day, she finds out she belongs to a lineage of a family that has a special power. Her father belonged to this family, but she’s never met him. Due to this newfound knowledge, MC is proposed by a Duke and she has no choice but to accept. She is thrown into the world of high society and must learn to adjust to her new role and backstabbing nobility.
Later on, this same Duke executes her for treason.
As she sees her life flash before her eyes, soon, she wakes up again, but this time it’s right before she was proposed by the Duke. She was sent back in time to be able to correct her mistakes. Now she has to prevent her execution and find out who set her up.
Sounds familiar? Of course it does! Based on the very popular “I was reborn as a villainness” trope, Eeyok’s route should scratch this itch for those who enjoy the villainness genre.
And just to spoil you; Eeyok is not the Duke ;)
The 7th route won’t start development until sometime 2022, or even later. Aiden’s and Gray’s must be finished first before I move on. I hope you will all enjoy this new route and character.
And yes, Eeyok is a subby character, for those who love them.
As for news about James, his route release suffers a slight delay as I prep Aiden’s and Gray’s routes. I would like both of their first chapters to be finished before I release James for free. Which should be sometime after June, though it might extend to July or August.
James, also known as Jæmis in-game, started development back in 2019, and has finally finished all 28 chapters as of today. All art was finished, the entire script is written, and all the chapters have been coded into the game. Some stats:
Word count: 231,000 words Estimated playtime: 12-14 hours Unique background locations: 45 Backgrounds with variations: 77 Unique outfits for James: 8 Outfit with variations: 60 Side character count: 13
All in all, James’ route was very ambitious, and also very different from the other routes. He has the longest story, it’s more mature, it’s fantasy this time around, and all characters are aged up. For those that didn’t quite find the appeal in a slice of life modern take on owning a boutique, players who are into fantasy and action will probably enjoy James’ route a lot more.
Now that he’s complete, James’ route will eventually get released for free on Itch and Steam, probably around June or July. With his release, I will also start to work on getting Neil’s and Dimitri’s Plus DLC set-up on Steam. Caine’s will have to wait until I have finished at least one side story for him. I don’t have an ETA on this, but when James is released, and all various bugs have been ironed out (each release always comes with a multitude of bug fixes), I can focus on adding that DLC. It will have to be approved by Steam, so it will take some time still.
With James’ route complete, I will continue development on the final two characters: Aiden & Gray. They will be worked on simultaneously this time around. Patrons will be able to play their story as the game continues development.
Patrons will also be able to vote on who the 7th route will become. Yes, Tailor Tales will have a 7th route! The game was coded so that it may include more than 6 character routes.
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