As you probably know, TLS is now in the process of getting custom artwork for every scene in the game. I want to introduce it in a significant chunk instead of starting with just a few images, but many scenes have already been drawn. They're available to patrons at high resolution, but meanwhile I wanted to provide a little preview of what will be added to the game:
https://i.imgur.com/2twJui3.png
https://i.imgur.com/DS9o9Ke.png
https://i.imgur.com/lidv5EW.png
Due to various policies I can't embed them, but please enjoy if you click through. ^-^ See below for your regular update post.
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New update is here, finishing up the chapter!
Download*: https://mega.nz/#!i49z1CYL!7TiRchcDk0x_XC87tQhcLxATCe6svOnQ27wtDqka3fw
Mirror*: https://www.mediafire.com/file/ytcytxe94aiuo02/TLS_0.45.2.exe/file
RTP: https://mega.nz/#!qxkBlCRL!T4FZZaMbkZ-Mpz2Nck2yoPG3tT6-5sCs1vjVCOiXbtM
*Requires RPG Maker VX Ace RTP to be installed. If you don't know what that means, use the RTP link.
TLS 0.45.0
- End of chapter and interlude.
- Two new scenes.
- Last investment/research cycle of this chapter.
TLS 0.45.1
- For once, I think there were no true bug fixes. Some improvements and minor graphic things, though.
- Lots of new dialogue.
TLS 0.45.2
- Minor touchup.
This update is your last chance to explore the world and invest, plus a few fun scenes. Steam update will be live just a little later. Hope you enjoy. ^-^
Just to clarify. We still can invest into Givini ruin opening at this point without losing any unique rewards, right?
ReplyDeleteThat's right. This is the last chance to get all the rewards.
DeleteExplore the world, that sounds ominous.
ReplyDeleteLast chance this chapter, haha. The last chapter will include the largest free roam section overall.
DeleteLooks like I've found a bug. When I talk to Implevon in the HQ after the war, he gives me a full introduction, even though he's been around ever since chapter 3.
ReplyDeleteHappened to me aswell.
DeleteThis is an unavoidable consequence of a fix that gave Implevon an introduction for those who didn't have him before. Unless he introduces himself multiple times on a brand new save, it's fine.
DeleteThank you, Sierra. Once again you managed to throw us an interesting cliffhanger, haha.
ReplyDeleteNo complain though. I love it.
Glad you liked it! Since I'm not taking a break, you shouldn't have to wait as long this time. ^-^
DeleteDissatisfied with the fact that there wasn´t a new bar scene also sad that we lost our Demon girl and the strange girl is interesting. Also good cliffhanger! Thx for the update!
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it! You definitely haven't seen the last of Sabitha, so look forward to the next chapter.
DeleteWill do nice art even if i think it is not needed with your writing even if i doesn´t use your game as a fap game.
Deletethis game are amazing all the character are mean much to me lol it such a rare a game with great story! but it sadden me now it reach chapt 5 so most likely tls almost end right ? :(
ReplyDeleteAlways glad to hear from people invested in my work. ^-^ Though we're closer to the end than the beginning, the last chapter will be quite long, plus there's the epilogue and postgame.
DeleteMy dream came true. Last Sovereign is gaining artwork. I can't actually say the artist is the best, but he is still very good. I do suggest you ask him to remake the portraits and facesheet to keep everything consistent. Just name everything the same as their counterparts and make the facesheet in the same order and no additional programation should be required. Keep the good work Sierra Lee. I will probably wait you have a good chunk of art before playing again, but anyway, future looks bright.
ReplyDeleteAh, by the way, do you remember the paid DLC you have on Steam that just serves to keep the game at the library? Why not include the Highres images on it. You could have a pack for each chapter. That should be cool.
ReplyDeleteI've considered something along those lines, but I'll need to figure out how to make Steam accept loose files instead of a program. Last time I tried, it didn't seem as clear as I'd hoped.
DeleteI saw things like that on steam before. Maybe you just need to make it part of your game, Like a folder on it or something
DeleteIt can definitely be done, but everything on the Steam backend is more complicated than it needs to be.
DeleteI loaded up my save from the end of the last version and it put me back in the middle of the erosian war. I am certain I finished the war. Is this a bug or intended?
ReplyDeleteThat certainly wouldn't be intentional behavior, but I also can't figure out how it could happen by bug. If anything, you'd be at risk of skipping the war.
DeleteSierra, I don't know who the strange Fucklord lackey is, but I think he would be friends with Trin.
ReplyDeleteI retire. Man, I didn't expect Trin to be so possessive !!! She always tell us to fuck off, but I think she actually quite enjoy the company ^^
DeleteAlso, will there be multiple CGs per scenes ?
DeleteOoohhh, so Mestan is like Nice Little Girl and Mischievous Little Girl ? Well, you learn something new everyday ^^
DeleteSome scenes will get multiple variations, and a few might get several unique CGs, but mostly not. The game is already going to have 200+ scenes, and that's work for a long time.
DeleteBy the way, where is Thenours compared to Arclent ? Bottom left on the world map ?
DeleteWhat ?!!! Nice Little Girl will disappear ?!!! Noooooo....
DeleteI think I found a little error ; when you help Sabitha with her addiction, her power flows out and the scene says that it make the room pitch black. the only thing is that you're not in a room, you're above an endless void on the OUTSIDE of the base. So if she can make the entire space pitch black, she's pretty damn powerful.
DeleteThere actually is a finished world map that will be shown eventually, so just wait on that.
DeleteYou make a good point about Sabitha's scene: originally it was going to be in the base, but I moved her to the edge. She's capable of drawing the whole area around her into darkness, though.
Is there any new Investments to be had in this Interlude? Simon alludes that there may be something to discuss with Megail regarding the Aram situation, but besides that I haven't found any new Investments anywhere (except orc mining which I apparently missed before).
ReplyDeleteSimon's comments there are setting up for the last chapter, so you're probably not missing anything.
DeleteHow 'integrated' would the art be in future releases, if I may ask? I actually prefer text to art myself, truth be told. Would there be separate versions of the game with and without art, or will it have to be installed separately, like an expansion pack?
ReplyDeleteIn any case, I'm really looking forward to the next update, though I'm sure you don't have to be told that! You mentioned a future high fantasy project as well in an earlier post; will it have anything to do with TLS or its world? Because Chapter 5 and the postgame seems like there's a lot to cover, what with the remaining Incubus Lords, Tower walkers and extradimensional beings puttering about. Besides, the world of TLS is a very interesting one, and I for one would love to see it expanded upon.
The art will be displayed along with the scenes, but you're not the only person to request this, so there will be a toggle that allows you to view things text-only.
DeleteMy high fantasy project will be unrelated to TLS. Though there are potentially more stories set in this world, the ending of TLS will be definitive.
just a minor one here after the war when i talk to implevon at the base he greets us like it was the first time meeting him. you know when he shows up in tunnels of yhilini for the first time
ReplyDeleteCutting and pasting Sierra's response to the earlier comment about this:
DeleteThis is an unavoidable consequence of a fix that gave Implevon an introduction for those who didn't have him before. Unless he introduces himself multiple times on a brand new save, it's fine.
Oh! Ok then it all good thanks!
Delete2 things to say:
ReplyDelete1. Yay, art development and yay, if I can hide them if I want too
2. Will replay to enjoy the entire game after the last chapter to complete the game is reached. This update is supposed to be short and I am okay with that because Hero Lady is conflicted about some things. Ivala reveal was there... I guess... not much of a big surprise but an interesting one paired with the new threat
Now that Dari is no longer an Unwoman, will her nickname get updated ? I think it would be nice to have a good friendship betwween her and Qum since even when she was still one Qum tried her best with hugs. Also about nicknames, didn't Uyae ask Qum to find her a better one ? And will there be more non-sexual interactions between harem members without Simon ? It would add even more depth and life to them (at least that's what I think)
ReplyDeleteAnswering in order...
Delete1) Do you mean Qum's nickname for Dari? No, Qum still likes that one.
2) More scenes between Qum and Dari are planned.
3) Qum was still trying to think of the right name for Uyae, but is stuck on "Tricky Name Floof".
4) I like writing interactions between the characters and will keep including more.
Also, when Fheliel ask Simon if the Doom King is a figurehead, does she ask if Simon is the true ruler Yhilin or if he is an Incubus King?
DeleteShe intentionally phrased her question ambiguously to test Simon.
DeleteThose all seem to be really neat Cgs, god I been on and off this game prob popping in and stopping after every chapter because I didn't want to hop back on for a little bit of progress after each update...which usually ends up biting me in the ass as this is a game that you need to literally open Note pad to write everything down like if you were playing one of the more detailed RTS games out there.
ReplyDeleteAnd I got to say Sierra, From Chapter 1 to chapter 4. How your created this magnificent world and made each character actually have depth and character to each one and actually have you care about these people. Especially considering that these characters aren't Clitche's or trops heeck even for the Adult Game genre we are in each one of these characters are as fleshed out and with personality I feel like I'm playing one of my favorite Triple A Rpgs. The characters you are suppost to hate you hate, the ones you don't trust you end up not trusting. And your companions are people you end up growing attached to and make you go out of your way to keep them happy. It's pretty much like if games like Overwhored, Harem and other great titles had a baby and poof. Here it was. It has it's flaws there is no doubt that, sometimes things are so packed and so focused on you having to take things easy and slow that sometimes you got to go at a snail's pace to go through sections especially during times where you got to focus on Politics and checking out the landscape how people think and feel what could be fixed and improved on ect ect. There is soooo much that you can do that you can play it like a casual and skim through most of that...but then it really really ends up biting you in the ass. Haha especially if you're someone already broken into the whole rpg world and you got to check every nook and cranny but damn Sierra. I did that on my first 2 play throughs (Chpt 1 and chpt 2) and I found that I still missed a lot of stuff like I didn't even knew I could go back to the starter Mage I met and ended up liking in the Very beginning of the Game. I didn't know I could go back and do old quest I might have missed that I wasn't able to only because things actually update with time, or that I'm not able to because of just that.
Bleh.
You're probably one of my more favorite if not THE most favorite game creater's and story writers I ever had the pleasure to enjoy your work. You hit a lot of my really strict requires that I have that I wish more games had especially those Triple A titles. I think what I really really enjoy though is the fact that everything I say everything I do and especially what I don't do. Actually matter in this world and I can see the effects, enemies I don't slay and keep alive. Choosing to talk first rather then fight. Choosing to avoid continuing the Main story until I'm 100% certain I did everything I possibly could at a place.
DeleteI'm so used to games just giving me the facade of a choice and never truely being able to see what impacts it would have in the world and with the people in it. If I want to be the Chaotic Good guy that tries my very best to be the best I can be without being afraid to get my hands dirty and gather trust even from my enemies. Or be a evil prick that rapes kills and enslaves everyone in my path.
Those 2 paths are completely different and I have found that so far in my 3 Play throughs.
Playthrough to chapter 1
Playthrough to Chapter 2
playthrough to Chapter 3
And even a playthrough where I introduced your game to a friend
And watched her go through it.
I was able to see how differently each play through went.
I really wish more games followed this.
Another really big feature that you do that I love is the fact that hey. The people I meet be it a simple no name npc that I met in a dungeon once, or a unique one. I am going to be seeing them in my story im going to see them constantly in my world and my choices effect them and effect how they are. If they live if they die if they hate me love me. and I love that. Me going out of my way to keep a little tower of succubi safe and happy. Going back to heal the followers of that tower and just making sure they know that I'm there for them.
And seeing them come to my aid
joining my army
and seeing them even after huge conflicts and see that they become staples in my story, even just random Mercs. That I decide to Hire because I thought it would be cool to hire them. And seeing how bad ass these guys end up being and how because I got them they helped me where I was lacking and would have fucked up and lost someone or something, and AGAIN see them in my journey following me and fighting by my side, or if I let someone I want to keep safe have them and watch them go with them and the path they carve out with them?
Deleteit's just brings a damn smile to my face and I do hope that the final chapter just continues all of that.
The Cgs look really good it was always admittly the one thing really lacking...is that the "Smut" as my friend called it, the Basically erps aren't really the best. Especially when it was never really something that seemed that impactful or that stayed consistant. Sometimes you'll get a little animation sometimes you'll advance time and most of the time it's just Something that you do when your bored. The sex scenes besides for plot purposes and to help keep track of your progress with our companions. Really don't do much with how lack luster they always were. I always kinda found the Irony that a Game that is pretty much revolving around Lust and Sex has...the least memorable sex scenes lol.
It's kinda like they are just there because they kinda have to be, the Cgs themselves once they finally come into play are going to seriously boost those scenes especially when you can really see the characters actually interact with one another and how the scene ends up playing out. I did notice tho that all of the current preview pics have the characters having pretty much the same size breast. So maybe that will be fixed and touched on once they start actually getting to the finalization but I do hope that The builds that we are normally told that each character is gets represented correctly in the artwork.
I always wondered if you would do more of the little sex animations since they were pretty nice and I wondered if you weren't ever going to do Cgs what if you went the animation route. I think the biggest thing I always wanted to know if it was ever possible or that I just wish that I was able to see and have done is have a bit more freedom in the world, and more so in the fact that I wanted the NPCs Unique and the slightly less so to be able to have more interaction that you were able to do more with and to them. Like in our case Our Commanders are a mixture of our Party Members and the Unique Orcs that we end up finding and recruiting along the path Most of them if we choose to but otherwise the only real Man of the Army's that we have is Mr Eye Patch (It has been several months since I actually played the game and I plan to start over fresh and do one later today but for now I have forgotten Names)
I always wondered if we ever wanted or had the time if we were able to recruit or train Orcs or Succubi or even Mercs of our own and have them help support our cause. Idk just the idea of being able to actually have more control over my Army and really be able to make my own units and have people that I would help get more invested into my army's would have been sweet. Like I honestly havn't a slight of clue what occurs in Chapter 3 past the half way point and I never touched on 4.
I think I left off somewhere a hour or two after the reveal of the Unsuccubi. Or Rescuing some of them I do know I have some in my castle.
I'll have to find my old save.
DeleteBut yeah it would have been really interesting if there was like a little mini rts that occured during the Wars. It popped into my head when I saw the battle map that was formed that outline the FuckLord's Army's and our own. And I just thought how cool it would have been to have a little Rts where you sent forces out to attack one another. Choosing who leads it and what happens when a place is occupied.
Ect ect.
Oh well
This long ass Rant aside.
Just wanted to say
It's been years since I been supporting your work and your Games have been something that I have compared other games to as The Last Sovereign in perticular is close to a Master Piece to me.
Keep up the good work and don't ever let yourself get buried deep into your work. Take plenty of rest and don't be afraid to take a step back when you need to especially now that your at End game route now.
Here's Hoping that this Long ass Journey continues on and ends in a explosion of Epicness
or ig in this case
a explosion of orgasm's and cum?
P.S
WTF I WROTE THIS MUCH? Fuck this is why I stick to just being silent sorry for the blocks xD
Thanks for sharing all your thoughts! I've put a lot of effort into the characters and story, so I'm glad to hear you enjoyed them. ^-^
DeleteGlad to hear you like the CGs so far. Though the cast is busty overall, we're trying to put effort into making sure there's bodily variety. You'll see real differences in muscularity, and we've decided on racial differences between succubi, humans, and elves.
I could do more sprite animations, but I haven't pursued them much because not many players seemed to care very much. When people speak up about liking them it does motivate me to consider adding more, though!
P.S.S
ReplyDeleteAnyone willing to do a complete guide once the game is 100%?
Or at least for it's current state?
I'm going to continue on my own but this is one of those games that needs a serious walkthrough that really
Doesn't tell you step by step what you have to do to get the best ending.
But more less
show you every option you have every path you can take. Like when you have the ability to go Rescue Starter mage. And the choices you got that might have you keep or lose her.
I know we have had some in the past but they are extremely out dated last I recall.
If you haven't seen the wiki, check that out! It's regularly updated by many fans, so it's the best guide I'm aware of.
DeleteI had heard that some crazy people have built quite a bit of guides there. I hope that your head don't explode ;).
DeleteTalking seriously, most of them (the non-abandoned mostly) are FULL of SPOILERS. You have been warned!
Man, looking at the abandoned completionist walkthrough again, I just realized how much of the game "After the Ardford Summit" is at this point, and how long ago that one stopped being updated. Wasn't the main reason for it that retroactively added consequences for whoring Qum completely fucked his calculations?
DeleteYadda yadda slutty puppy
Rafael's walkthrough was pretty ambitious and it's a pity that he wasn't able to carry onit. Although now we have various tools that allows the player to simulate optimal outcomes, I will be always be a fan of the old-fashinoed walkthrough, but one of the key features of TLS is there is not a clear best path.
DeleteHow do we get Sarai in the Harem? She has 97 affection and "The Church removed all of its recent restrictions on sexuality, including the purity tests". Am i missing something?
ReplyDeleteYou have to visit her in her new headquarters in New Givini and speak with her. Things should progress from there.
DeleteAlso, you must not have chosen the option for Sarai to gain some influence for the final-day votes by volunteering to keep obeying the rules even though they're being repealed.
Deletei can't get past those mother's guard in the forest with Nalili i literally can not get passed that area,
ReplyDeleteTry using Sexual Aegis, it'll make your attacks do more damage. You can use Combat Masturbation to heal and keep your defences boosted, and don't forget you can use Kiss Of Steel if you need urgent healing.
DeleteOkay so the trick of that fight is that the elf commander is vulnerable to lust while all the other ones resist it, the elf commander can apply debuffs but most of the damage will come from the other elves.
DeleteStart with combat masturbation, if you take too much damage use kiss of steel on the elf commander to lifesteal, otherwise the priority is trying to kill the other elves, you could try using orgy of blows and getting lucky that Nalili attacks them instead of the commander or you could try saving SP for cleavage so you can take both of them out. After the other elves are killed and the commander is alone the battle is easy, use kiss of steel if you are low on health, but otherwise just save SP for sexual aegis, use sexual aegis and then 2 turns of orgy of blows should kill the commander even if she is stubbornly healing herself.
Just be wary of your equipment, if you equiped Nalili with the Tormented Shield her SP gain will be reduced, so you will have to use a different strategy from the one above.
thanks for the help guys got past that part and now i am progressing again
DeleteSo uh... Is getting stuff from Vera required to be before the Erosian war against the Fucklord? cause I won the war and now I can't get into the basement of the goddess of magic cult, nor have I seen Vera anywhere else in the slums... I read on the wiki after Gawnfall if successfull she gives you some stuff...I fucked it up, didn't I?
ReplyDeleteYou're only out of luck in the short term. While those areas are locked off, I'll give you another chance to pick up your rewards in the last chapter.
DeleteWhew, that's a relief, thanks for eliminating my worries :)
DeleteSierra, what are your biggest influences when writing the last sovereign? I would love to hear what fantasy novels and adult rpgs have inspired you, but I also want to know if there are any books on history or political economy that have also greatly influence your writing of TLS.
ReplyDeleteFor whatever reason, I have a hard time identifying influences in my own work. The only easy part of that to answer is the adult RPGs genre: the tone of the game and Simon's character are very much direct contrasts with several popular games I won't (and perhaps don't need to) name.
DeleteAs for fantasy novels, I've read many that had an impact on my thinking about stories, but I'm not sure which directly influenced TLS. I read A Song of Ice and Fire when I was pretty young and it definitely had an impact. Joe Abercrombie is doing good work these days and I like his take on powers behind the scenes. Aliette de Bodard is one of my favorites when it comes to establishing setting, divinity, and belief. My approach to plotting, trying to put a large number of story elements on the table and then smash them all together, has similarities to Brandon Sanderson and Steven Erikson.
I read eclectically in non-fiction, so it's difficult to say there. If you're familiar with the hedgehog/fox dichotomy from Archilochus, I tend to favor the fox side, so I don't read as many books based on single big theories. In terms of writing pseudo-medieval worlds, I'd credit The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England (Ian Mortimer), A Distant Mirror (Barbara Tuchman), and The Century of the Surgeon (Jürgen Thorwald). I was definitely influenced byGuns, Germs, and Steel (Jared Diamond) and The Collapse of Complex Societies (Joseph Tainter)when it comes to the broad brushstrokes of cultures. Meditations (Marcus Aurelius) had an impact on me back in high school. My views on human/succubus psychology are influenced by a ton of pop neuroscience books, but I'll namedrop Predictably Irrational (Dan Ariely) for being a lot of fun.
I'm afraid this has been a boring and listy answer. There aren't a lot of cases where I can take an element of TLS and say "This is from influence X". The Church of Ivala is pretty heavily influenced by that religion degree I'm not using, but I'd rather not get into specifics there. But many of the elements, such as the characterization of the succubi, didn't consciously come from anything other than thinking, "If succubi were people, how might things work out?" The political/economic situation is just something that arose from all my influences, so I can't consciously pick out single ones.
https://imgur.com/2SiCq2F
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if that's intentional or if it should look like the one on the left. Happens with other wall types and on the other side of the throne room (kitchen). v45.2
Hey, sorry I missed your comment. This is a known but unfixable issue with the autotiles and the custom base.
DeleteProbably a major bug: Currently playing on this build, at the Ordeal of the Claw, if your final actions before getting the party together are as yarra's group rather than simons, it seems it's impossible to select the party members that were in simon's group (possibly for good?) is there any way to unfuck my save from this point?
ReplyDeleteHey, sorry I missed your comment. I haven't been able to replicate this: can you post this on the wiki? People there can certainly fix your save as well as nail down any bugs.
DeleteIs it the same artist from Desecration of Wings ?
ReplyDeleteDoW used several different artists, but Annikath wasn't one of them.
Deleteguys any guide about little girl questions and should i let her take a sip from the shard or not :/ ?
ReplyDeleteFYI, you're usually less likely to get responses on older posts. In this case, the answer is that the consequences for this choice aren't in the game yet.
Deletethx i was worried since the walkthrough stopped so making a save point and continue what's left of current updates :)
DeleteA question in regards to the artwork: shouldn't Simon have more scars on his body?
ReplyDeleteNot that I'm complaining, of course, any art is more than welcome to me. But, given that Simon is a battle-hardened soldier that embraces his past, you would think he would have more than a few scars across his body. I also think he wouldn't really use the power of the shard to heal them either if he had the chance – again, he embraces his past as a soldier.
Unless he was just that good at fighting as to never get wounded.
Simon was a weak soldier and canonically he has tons of scars, even with magical healing reducing the number. When it came time for the art, however, we discussed in some detail how many he should have. Each scar is another detail that needs to be drawn and something we need to check for continuity. We decided on a smaller number of scars that will hopefully be commonly visible throughout the scenes.
DeleteAh, that makes sense. Given the already large amount of art that will be commissioned to cover even half of the sex scenes – not that I'm complaining, your writing is, pardon the French, really fucking good –, I can understand making the job easier in these aspects.
DeleteKeep up the good work, Sierra, TLS is an experience like no other.
Although, that experience could do with more philosophy with Orcent. Talky Orc is best orc.
Oh, also, more Ginasta. The world demands it.
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