Im truly enjoying the game! I espcially enjoy how you have made it so both Arthur and Morgana have proper reasons for what they do, and flaws, so that neither is entirely correct or innocent.
One question though, what exactly does oblivious romance mean?
I really like this game! As someone who used to be a big fan Arthurian it is nice to see a game based on them. I love the way you can make galahd question all of his life choices just by being nice to him hahah. Gawain is such a sweet heart! I can't wait for this game to continued! like how are you going to handle Gawain and the green knight, Galahad and the grail, and How Lancelot and Guinevere romance will effect other characters. One complaint and that is with the choices, sometimes there are big gaps in-between choices and i keep having to scroll all the way down the page to make sure I wasn't missing any.
Llamagirl: We’ve got lots of love interests here for you! Me: Ooooh yes please show me the selection 🙏🏼 Llamagirl: Ok so we got sweet and innocent Gawain, childhood-crush Nimue, strong and passionate Elaine, and lots of other good LI’s for you to-
Galahad: I hope you and your entire bloodline burn in the fiery trenches of Tartarus where I never again have to be defiled by your filth. Shrivel up and die TRASH.
I can't help but be affected by Fate Grand Order, another game. That is all I need to give Galahad a chance, that and the fact that he IS acting out of concern for Gawain, plus he's still learning about the world.
Course, it's cause of FGO I get so confused... Because Morgan exists as THREE entities all at once: Morganna, Arthur's loving sister and daughter of Uther; Morgan Le Fay, Arthur's most viscious foe who constantly tried ot destroy him; Viviane, the Lady in the Lake who gave him Excalibur. Due to this she is the mother of Mordred (with Arthur), Agavain (Due to Lot), Gareth (Due to Lot), Gawain (Don't know who the father is but it's mentioned she raised him in Orkney) AND she's Lancelot's FOSTER mom due to the aspect as Viviane... plus apparently Viviane and Merlin were lovers? I get soo confused with the lore here due to Fate handeling her as a greater fairy and divided part of the planet's soul, so of course MULTIPLE conflicting legends are ALL true
When it comes to Arthurian mythos its about as complicated and messy as just about every mythos out there, so i wouldn't get too caught up on what a characters characterization is in certain variations of the story differing from other tellings. For example Mordred as a character wasn't even a villain or related to Arthur (hell in the very first instance of Arthur and Mordred as characters they died in the same battle but no mention is made of whether they fought alongside eachother or against eachother or any of that) and over the centuries Mordred variously is Arthurs child (like we have in this instance), nephew, archenemy and traitor, etc.
could use a pass by an editor-inclined pal or so, if you can wrangle any. Nothing massive, grammar, inconsistancies, the odd typo. doesnt ruin the experience though.
I love the new additions and small changes. My Mordred seems to be building a strong circle of friendship with Gareth, Gawain, and now Elaine. Now just to get Gally back into the picture. (the future RO. =P) I'm a little surprised by our dragon's crush...Was more hoping he'd get close to Galahad's dragon to. But my Mordred is nothing if not fully supportive and loving of his friends. He'll be the best wingman his little 15y old butt can be with zero romantic experience.
I also love that Mordred now has a shared hobby of wood whittling along with Arthur. <3 I also love that we can have a more...strained relationship with Morgana now. Mordred still loves her cause...well...she is his mom...but the trust and openess he had for her has definitely died ever since he learned the truth. Now he just tries to temper her wrath and work towards his own life goals (and not her revenge).
One of the best IFs I think Ive ever had the pleasure of reading. Flowing prose, smart language, layered characters and motivations. Eagerly waiting for any and all future updates!
As a positive I really wanted to mention.. I appreciate the variation you've put into the gender exploration. The nb options go from neither to both to more femme or masculine leaning across the spectrum and I adore it so much! It must have been a lot of work to code all the intricacies, but it's so dearly appreciated! Thank you!
Sorry about the multiple comments before this. Wanted to send screenshots of problems, though they may not be problems and just my unfamiliarity with flowery language. Anyways loved the update our dragon and Felix? Love it. I hope we get more scenes with Accolon and building our relationship. The entire time I read this I'm just hoping Lot sees Igraine in Mordred and it drives him crazy.
Hi, just a bug sort of. If you do the subtle flirts with Gawain and then tell Accolon about it, later that day you still wonder what it might mean with your dragon, despite just having solved that question earlier and you settle on nervous stomach or something again. I think the timing of those scenes is out of synch?
And when you meet Arthur you allude to seeing Accolon vaguely in the morning instead of the entire outing. I think it takes it that you went with Accolon to the fair the day before? The cut after Accolon's talk with you and you going out to buy sweets does not make it clear and is only implied by the fact that you apparently spend the morning with your dragon potentially meeting Galahad and spending time "till afternoon" as you did before with Accolon. But then it also says you met Gawain in the dragon lounge last night, which was before meeting Accolon. You might have to sort out which pocket dimension day our walk and talk with him belong to..
it gets a bit confusing to order the events.
Thank you! Those bits were written at different points in time and I got confused with my own timeline; I'll take a look at it and solve the issue. As for the Gawain thing - most likely a bug, will have that fixed too!
Same!! He loves me but he doesn't know he loves me and I need to show him that but I couldn't! He hates me and I'm obsessed he's going to like me eventually😄
Hey! Quick question, as this is the end of the demo(Or so I've read) will we have to buy the game to finish it or do we need to sign up for Patreon? Great game, by the way, I was here when it was just 2 chapters!
It's the end of the current demo actually! Meaning the public version will still be updated (next time is when chapter 5 is complete). The Patreon version has a bit more content (you get to greet the wedding guests) but the game is still is progress.
Hello! I love this history but i have a bug that doesn't let me continue, i don't know why but i don't have any option to continue to the next text, if someone knows how to fix it i would love some help
Just before the start of Moldred birthday, if i remember correctly. Now when I try to use the save from that same run, it works, don't know how but now i can see the purple texte that let's me keep playing
I had a thought about chapter 4, although it’s possible that this would add too much variation/complication, but when the reveal occurs, I wished there were options that were less about Morgana’s love for Mordred, and more about Mordred questioning whether they love Morgana anymore. Also would’ve liked to see some more biting options such as telling Morgana she disgusts them or things of that nature.
The public demo was just updated with the first half of chapter 5, while the private demo has had the first half for a while, and is beginning the second half.
I've been WAITING so patiently for this to update, and I'm so happy it has been updated! Also, you put so much material into just this half of the chapter-- which is honestly impressive and much appreciated!
Two bugs I noticed in my run and one question:
When I was given the option to select which letters I received, the option for "both Arthur's and Gawain's letters" displayed the portion related to Arthur, but clicking the prompt for the next page (Gawain's letter) only brought me to an empty box where text should be, and no prompt to continue onwards. Not sure if you forgot to put in the section on Gawain, but you're so good at keeping all your stuff in order that I'm more inclined to think it's a programming issue or something like that.
Towards the end of the playable section, there was one (but only one) instance where the name of the dragon didn't show up and was replaced by "$Dragon_name". Otherwise, I didn't notice any other examples of this happening.
Is there a way to increase the list of characters in the "relationships" tag? I got very confused when the Solomons were mentioned and panicked because I couldn't remember if I'd met any of them before. Having that information available would be helpful for someone who forgets things if they don't interact with them for a while.
Again, this is so fun and I'm so glad this is still alive because I'm invested in my trans girl Mordred figuring out where she fits in the world and getting closer to Arthur. Also, I have to meet all the romances-- I can only see Isac Meier in the "Relationships" tab for so long before I start looking for him way before he's plot-relevant lol
Yeah the letter issue is a bug! Did you by any chance use an older save or the quick character creation? The latter had an issue with setting Gawain related variables but it should be sorted out now.
And I can totally do a characters list! I'm thinking of it being its own page to keep track of important names, and also historical figures so you can check it at any time and refresh your memory!
Awesome! I did use an older save, if it matters. I was so invested in the trans girl Mordred I made for myself, I didn't wanna go and do it all again lol.
Again, it's no pressure to make a character list if that would be too much-- I'm sure this takes up time to code and work through, on top of the rest of life. It's amazing, all that considered!
i somehow made it so my dragon friend as the same personality as Galahad. and i have the same personality as Galahad's dragon... i dont know how, but i love this outcome.when im going to be able to be a blushing mess in front of Galahad again?
I think, with the way saves are stored, they can disappear if you cleared your cache? In any case, I don't think there's a way to get them back. But an update is coming soon (by the end of the month) so I would highly recommend replaying when it comes out since I've added/changed some bits as well as tweaked with some variables. (but if anyone doesn't feel like replaying, there's also an added quick-character creation to jump into chapter 5).
No, I haven't cleared my cache, but I checked the other twine fics I have open and apparently, this happened to all of them😭😭It sucks and I don't remember a lot of the characters I played as and the choices made but it is what is
One of the other IF authors posted that Itch.io was changing how things work and that it would affect the saves of all IF games. Unfortunately, if you hadn't saved to disk your saves prior to this change, you'll probably have to replay everything again. From now on, make sure to save to disk as your saves won't be safe.
What I did that seems to be working until now is click on the +Add to collection and "save" on your account. After that, all the games choice/interative games like this didn't lose the saves. Hope that helps
So difficult to make Galahad like you and eventually fall in love with you when you are in fact evil and planning on destroying the kingdom of Camelot u–u
Bruh our mc really got complicated parents. Can't I just not to choose side with any of them and live with my dragons instead? I hate father because how absent he is, but I hate the mother for using us as chess piece. But I love our awesome dad Accolon 💕 😂
There's so much detail, so many different responses, that you really can go back, change an answer and there will be a change in what is said next. I love that. Makes me want to play every possible outcome and choice.
I love the different POVs, it's a nice break from being Mordred, who I love but has such awful things happen to them that it's nice to step away and see what the rest of the world is up to.
I cannot wait to read more, I didn't think I'd enjoy playing as a child but I really did, but teenage/adult Mordred is what I've been waiting for and I'm so excited to see what happens!
I've created an account for the first time on this site just to comment this: I've played a lot of IF games over the years, but this is one of the best I've come across. I'd hate to see it abandoned! Keep it going with the good updates! 👍💯
Most people know of Merlin, Morgana and Arthur, if not from legends, then from the different adaptations/movies/tv series they have watched. Yet fewer have any prior deep knowledge of Mordred.
This was a nice find truly, since most of the Wips/games revolve around the three most known figures of Arthurian legends. Following the birth, childhood and later, teenage and adult years, through Mordred's own POV has given me the chance to explore their psyche and complicated relationships with the people around them.
The narrative is a masterpiece. It manages to immerse the reader(me), making me feel all sorts of emotions. The pain, the hurt, the frustration, rejecting others first before they reject you (fear of rejection/abandonment), love for parents, rage at the world.
The interludes, shifting the pov from Mordred to Morgana and/or Arthur, give a better insight on who they are and what they are feeling at the moment of the events happening. You are going to notice how their personalities, both stay true to the legends, and have new traits added by the writer, making them compelling to read. Will have to say that most of the characters, excluding few, are in the grey area, meaning you can decide for yourself whether you like or hate them, if they are villains, normal or heroes for your Mordred.
Probably this wasn't intentional, but, while reading, it's hard to separate myself from Mordred. Feeling what they feel and when choosing options/routes, thinking of them as Mordred's decision and mine too. It doesn't help that the choices are so accurate and diverse enough for all kinds of Mordreds the players create. This is what I call a truly immersive story.
I'll have to add how much I appreciate the author adding and using the other characters from the Arthurian era legends, adding a twist to them in their own way. Those who read the story can educste themselves on this legends and search more about them.
I loved Gareth and Mordred's adoptive father in particular, and am excited to meet Nimue in the next game updates💛
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NO WHO AM I GOING TO CHOOSE SHOULD I WAIT FOR GALAHAD OR GO FOR ELAINE??
cant wait for more
I can't get enough of this. Morgana my beloved tbh
Im truly enjoying the game! I espcially enjoy how you have made it so both Arthur and Morgana have proper reasons for what they do, and flaws, so that neither is entirely correct or innocent.
One question though, what exactly does oblivious romance mean?
A crush that Mordred doesn't realize is a crush yet (like the beginning stages of one)
I really like this game! As someone who used to be a big fan Arthurian it is nice to see a game based on them. I love the way you can make galahd question all of his life choices just by being nice to him hahah. Gawain is such a sweet heart! I can't wait for this game to continued! like how are you going to handle Gawain and the green knight, Galahad and the grail, and How Lancelot and Guinevere romance will effect other characters. One complaint and that is with the choices, sometimes there are big gaps in-between choices and i keep having to scroll all the way down the page to make sure I wasn't missing any.
Llamagirl: We’ve got lots of love interests here for you!
Me: Ooooh yes please show me the selection 🙏🏼 Llamagirl: Ok so we got sweet and innocent Gawain, childhood-crush Nimue, strong and passionate Elaine, and lots of other good LI’s for you to-
Galahad: I hope you and your entire bloodline burn in the fiery trenches of Tartarus where I never again have to be defiled by your filth. Shrivel up and die TRASH.
Me:….That one.
Llamagirl: WHA-????
Oh, trust me, she understands why Galahad is so popular. xD
Me: I second that.
Galahad: *completely unable to comprehend how this is happening to him...*
I can't help but be affected by Fate Grand Order, another game. That is all I need to give Galahad a chance, that and the fact that he IS acting out of concern for Gawain, plus he's still learning about the world.
Course, it's cause of FGO I get so confused... Because Morgan exists as THREE entities all at once: Morganna, Arthur's loving sister and daughter of Uther; Morgan Le Fay, Arthur's most viscious foe who constantly tried ot destroy him; Viviane, the Lady in the Lake who gave him Excalibur. Due to this she is the mother of Mordred (with Arthur), Agavain (Due to Lot), Gareth (Due to Lot), Gawain (Don't know who the father is but it's mentioned she raised him in Orkney) AND she's Lancelot's FOSTER mom due to the aspect as Viviane... plus apparently Viviane and Merlin were lovers? I get soo confused with the lore here due to Fate handeling her as a greater fairy and divided part of the planet's soul, so of course MULTIPLE conflicting legends are ALL true
When it comes to Arthurian mythos its about as complicated and messy as just about every mythos out there, so i wouldn't get too caught up on what a characters characterization is in certain variations of the story differing from other tellings. For example Mordred as a character wasn't even a villain or related to Arthur (hell in the very first instance of Arthur and Mordred as characters they died in the same battle but no mention is made of whether they fought alongside eachother or against eachother or any of that) and over the centuries Mordred variously is Arthurs child (like we have in this instance), nephew, archenemy and traitor, etc.
ME FR.
I can't explain it but just 🤭😮💨😵💫😩
I just finished the latest update and I feel *wow*
This has to be one of my favorite interactive stories ever. Please never stop writing this ❤️❤️❤️
great update, and great story as usual!
could use a pass by an editor-inclined pal or so, if you can wrangle any. Nothing massive, grammar, inconsistancies, the odd typo. doesnt ruin the experience though.
I love the new additions and small changes. My Mordred seems to be building a strong circle of friendship with Gareth, Gawain, and now Elaine. Now just to get Gally back into the picture. (the future RO. =P) I'm a little surprised by our dragon's crush...Was more hoping he'd get close to Galahad's dragon to. But my Mordred is nothing if not fully supportive and loving of his friends. He'll be the best wingman his little 15y old butt can be with zero romantic experience.
I also love that Mordred now has a shared hobby of wood whittling along with Arthur. <3 I also love that we can have a more...strained relationship with Morgana now. Mordred still loves her cause...well...she is his mom...but the trust and openess he had for her has definitely died ever since he learned the truth. Now he just tries to temper her wrath and work towards his own life goals (and not her revenge).
Done playing the demo. But I want to play the full game/book. I really like it.
One of the best IFs I think Ive ever had the pleasure of reading. Flowing prose, smart language, layered characters and motivations. Eagerly waiting for any and all future updates!
As a positive I really wanted to mention.. I appreciate the variation you've put into the gender exploration. The nb options go from neither to both to more femme or masculine leaning across the spectrum and I adore it so much! It must have been a lot of work to code all the intricacies, but it's so dearly appreciated! Thank you!
Sorry about the multiple comments before this. Wanted to send screenshots of problems, though they may not be problems and just my unfamiliarity with flowery language. Anyways loved the update our dragon and Felix? Love it. I hope we get more scenes with Accolon and building our relationship. The entire time I read this I'm just hoping Lot sees Igraine in Mordred and it drives him crazy.
No worries, I always appreciate screenshots for typos and the likes. Thank you!
Hi, just a bug sort of. If you do the subtle flirts with Gawain and then tell Accolon about it, later that day you still wonder what it might mean with your dragon, despite just having solved that question earlier and you settle on nervous stomach or something again. I think the timing of those scenes is out of synch?
And when you meet Arthur you allude to seeing Accolon vaguely in the morning instead of the entire outing. I think it takes it that you went with Accolon to the fair the day before? The cut after Accolon's talk with you and you going out to buy sweets does not make it clear and is only implied by the fact that you apparently spend the morning with your dragon potentially meeting Galahad and spending time "till afternoon" as you did before with Accolon. But then it also says you met Gawain in the dragon lounge last night, which was before meeting Accolon. You might have to sort out which pocket dimension day our walk and talk with him belong to.. it gets a bit confusing to order the events.
Thank you! Those bits were written at different points in time and I got confused with my own timeline; I'll take a look at it and solve the issue. As for the Gawain thing - most likely a bug, will have that fixed too!
When do we get to tease Gally again though T_T I need to make him love me.
Same!! He loves me but he doesn't know he loves me and I need to show him that but I couldn't! He hates me and I'm obsessed he's going to like me eventually😄
Right? WE MUST MAKE HIM SEE THE LIGHT
THE LIGHT I SAY
Hey! Quick question, as this is the end of the demo(Or so I've read) will we have to buy the game to finish it or do we need to sign up for Patreon? Great game, by the way, I was here when it was just 2 chapters!
It's the end of the current demo actually! Meaning the public version will still be updated (next time is when chapter 5 is complete). The Patreon version has a bit more content (you get to greet the wedding guests) but the game is still is progress.
And thank you! :)
Thank you for telling me!
Just finished what there currently is of the game and I LOVE IT🫶😍🤩✨✨
Great work on the newest update! The end of chapter 4 genuinely made me cry.
Hello ! I have the same issue as Nightmare7831.
When choosing to play directly chapter 5 and premade a Mordred, I get stuck on a white page without text so I can't pass and start palying.
It happens just after we've been asked if Mordred kept in contact with Gawain in chapter 4. (If it can help ?)
Have a nice day !
The demo works if you restart from the beginning ~!
The quick character creation should work now but let me know if you have any further issues!
Hello! I love this history but i have a bug that doesn't let me continue, i don't know why but i don't have any option to continue to the next text, if someone knows how to fix it i would love some help
Where did this bug appear?
Just before the start of Moldred birthday, if i remember correctly. Now when I try to use the save from that same run, it works, don't know how but now i can see the purple texte that let's me keep playing
I had a thought about chapter 4, although it’s possible that this would add too much variation/complication, but when the reveal occurs, I wished there were options that were less about Morgana’s love for Mordred, and more about Mordred questioning whether they love Morgana anymore. Also would’ve liked to see some more biting options such as telling Morgana she disgusts them or things of that nature.
Out of curiosity, how far ahead is the private (patreon) demo compared to the public one?
The public demo was just updated with the first half of chapter 5, while the private demo has had the first half for a while, and is beginning the second half.
I've been so excited for this update and it did NOT disappoint!
Long have I waited.
I've been WAITING so patiently for this to update, and I'm so happy it has been updated! Also, you put so much material into just this half of the chapter-- which is honestly impressive and much appreciated!
Two bugs I noticed in my run and one question:
Again, this is so fun and I'm so glad this is still alive because I'm invested in my trans girl Mordred figuring out where she fits in the world and getting closer to Arthur. Also, I have to meet all the romances-- I can only see Isac Meier in the "Relationships" tab for so long before I start looking for him way before he's plot-relevant lol
Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much! ❤️
Yeah the letter issue is a bug! Did you by any chance use an older save or the quick character creation? The latter had an issue with setting Gawain related variables but it should be sorted out now.
And I can totally do a characters list! I'm thinking of it being its own page to keep track of important names, and also historical figures so you can check it at any time and refresh your memory!
Awesome! I did use an older save, if it matters. I was so invested in the trans girl Mordred I made for myself, I didn't wanna go and do it all again lol.
Again, it's no pressure to make a character list if that would be too much-- I'm sure this takes up time to code and work through, on top of the rest of life. It's amazing, all that considered!
i somehow made it so my dragon friend as the same personality as Galahad. and i have the same personality as Galahad's dragon... i dont know how, but i love this outcome.when im going to be able to be a blushing mess in front of Galahad again?
I lost my savess😭Is there a way to get them back???
I think, with the way saves are stored, they can disappear if you cleared your cache? In any case, I don't think there's a way to get them back. But an update is coming soon (by the end of the month) so I would highly recommend replaying when it comes out since I've added/changed some bits as well as tweaked with some variables. (but if anyone doesn't feel like replaying, there's also an added quick-character creation to jump into chapter 5).
No, I haven't cleared my cache, but I checked the other twine fics I have open and apparently, this happened to all of them😭😭It sucks and I don't remember a lot of the characters I played as and the choices made but it is what is
One of the other IF authors posted that Itch.io was changing how things work and that it would affect the saves of all IF games. Unfortunately, if you hadn't saved to disk your saves prior to this change, you'll probably have to replay everything again. From now on, make sure to save to disk as your saves won't be safe.
Hey, you're not the only one with that problem :)
What I did that seems to be working until now is click on the +Add to collection and "save" on your account. After that, all the games choice/interative games like this didn't lose the saves. Hope that helps
So difficult to make Galahad like you and eventually fall in love with you when you are in fact evil and planning on destroying the kingdom of Camelot u–u
Based, I'm trying for a malevolent route, but I can't really find the balance between flippantly helpful, and maliciously antagonistic.
Bruh our mc really got complicated parents. Can't I just not to choose side with any of them and live with my dragons instead? I hate father because how absent he is, but I hate the mother for using us as chess piece. But I love our awesome dad Accolon 💕 😂
Im actually going crazy I NEED MORE OF THIS
This is so good! It makes me want to try all the different responses and selections.
Just found this game and I absolutely adore it.
There's so much detail, so many different responses, that you really can go back, change an answer and there will be a change in what is said next. I love that. Makes me want to play every possible outcome and choice.
I love the different POVs, it's a nice break from being Mordred, who I love but has such awful things happen to them that it's nice to step away and see what the rest of the world is up to.
I cannot wait to read more, I didn't think I'd enjoy playing as a child but I really did, but teenage/adult Mordred is what I've been waiting for and I'm so excited to see what happens!
I've created an account for the first time on this site just to comment this: I've played a lot of IF games over the years, but this is one of the best I've come across. I'd hate to see it abandoned! Keep it going with the good updates! 👍💯
Most people know of Merlin, Morgana and Arthur, if not from legends, then from the different adaptations/movies/tv series they have watched. Yet fewer have any prior deep knowledge of Mordred.
This was a nice find truly, since most of the Wips/games revolve around the three most known figures of Arthurian legends. Following the birth, childhood and later, teenage and adult years, through Mordred's own POV has given me the chance to explore their psyche and complicated relationships with the people around them.
The narrative is a masterpiece. It manages to immerse the reader(me), making me feel all sorts of emotions. The pain, the hurt, the frustration, rejecting others first before they reject you (fear of rejection/abandonment), love for parents, rage at the world.
The interludes, shifting the pov from Mordred to Morgana and/or Arthur, give a better insight on who they are and what they are feeling at the moment of the events happening. You are going to notice how their personalities, both stay true to the legends, and have new traits added by the writer, making them compelling to read. Will have to say that most of the characters, excluding few, are in the grey area, meaning you can decide for yourself whether you like or hate them, if they are villains, normal or heroes for your Mordred.
Probably this wasn't intentional, but, while reading, it's hard to separate myself from Mordred. Feeling what they feel and when choosing options/routes, thinking of them as Mordred's decision and mine too. It doesn't help that the choices are so accurate and diverse enough for all kinds of Mordreds the players create. This is what I call a truly immersive story.
I'll have to add how much I appreciate the author adding and using the other characters from the Arthurian era legends, adding a twist to them in their own way. Those who read the story can educste themselves on this legends and search more about them.
I loved Gareth and Mordred's adoptive father in particular, and am excited to meet Nimue in the next game updates💛