One of the core inspirations for the Love of Magic series was Persona 4/5, and one of the many awesome ideas they had was New Game+, where you can complete the game, and start a new game with the end-of-game save.
I had been wanting to do a New Game+ Mode from the very beginning, and a lot of little hints and foreshadowing was built into it. The first part of it was taking the final Book 3 engine (which has a bunch of quality of life updates built into it) and port book 1 and book 2 to use it. That unlocks a ton of new gems, new card backgrounds, new monsters, and improved graphics. It also meant that things like dialog rollback now works on Book 2.
The next step was adding a little bit of fan-service. The Kult of Kath gets another offering, if you completed the quest Huntress of the Highlands in Book 1, Kath will be back for another go in Huntress of the Hotspring. While writing it I got inspired, and the whole thing ends up with another event, and a threesome with Bella and Kath.
I hadn't actually planned on a new Emily event, but I had this gorgeous outfit I'd originally gotten for Lin (in Morningstar). Lin never got to use it, but Emily looks stunning in it, leading to a new event called the Dance of Veils.
Finally, Molly and Akane wanted in on the action, and it ends up as a threesome in the Dojo, called Scissors.
The final part of New Game+ is the subtle way the story changes, both little dialog events and in new storyline uipdates. If you've defeated Hel in Book 3, and started a new game+ in Book 1 with that save, Hel will contact you again in Book 2. She has a mission for you, in the questline What was Promised.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2396740/Morningstar_Book_of_the_Fallen/
If you've got Morningstar: Book of the Fallen, you'll notice it also got an update today (I've had a busy couple of months), with a new event for Sophia and a threesome with Katie and Lin.
With Morningstar done, it's time to start looking at my next project. It's called Wings of Empire, and is a Space Opera set in a world where the Roman Empire never fell.
You were a Centurion in the Legion Special Forces when a critical injury benched you. Unwilling to take retirement you enrolled at the Naval Academy, graduating as a fighter pilot. Game starts as you board the Fast Attack Carrier Aquila, heading into the Dark.
The Steam Page just went live if you want to check it out. If you can, give it a wishlist to help it succeed at launch!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3203710/Wings_of_Empire/
If you have Morningstar, you can also play the first 13 days of the story by swiching the Development Beta Branch. There it'll sit for people to test until it enters Early Access.
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