HIATUS

Hi, all. Just wanted to update you on a few things, mostly personal: I need a break from the game so I can focus on making some money. Times are tough for everyone, and I'm stretching every penny I have to pay for groceries. 

Sable's Siege is a game I sincerely want to make, and I think it'd be a great way to enter game development in a genre that, if you ask me, is in dire need of actual games, and not the diluvian flood of AI eroge slop already drowning the market.

To that end, I'm going to keep taking notes, updating Sable's Siege's design doc, and keeping it in the back of my mind while I toil away at another project, seeing as how my dayjob's never been a lucrative one, and I have no way of returning to true full-time work due to my disability.

If you'd like to continue supporting me here financially, or decide to go from a free member to a paid member, I'm truly grateful for the patronage. If not, I get it. This game's a couple of years out from release, even if I went full blast today and didn't stop. 

It sucks to feel like I'm giving up on SS, but I'm freaking out about money, and just can't justify sinking so much time every day into Siege when there's part-time and gig money to be made, even if it's a paltry thing. 

No matter what happens to Sable's Siege in the days to come, just know that I genuinely appreciate your support, continued or otherwise, and that this game isn't dead. 

Sincere thanks,
R.P. 

I've been misleading you.

So far, my posts have portrayed Sable's Siege as being from her POV. While I haven't technically "lied" to you, I may have misled by omission. So, what element of Sable's Siege haven't I discussed?

A compelling one: You don't play as Sable.

No, the titular character of SABLE'S Siege is, to borrow from Resident Evil 3, your nemesis. She is the hunter and hunted; the queen to be corrupted.

Which begs the question: Who's the corrupter?

You are. And not in the typical eroge sense, which is by corrupting the heroine via inaction, or how playing poorly leads to NSFW outcomes. No, you possess volition, power, and the means to corrupt Sable Noctis.

So, who do you play as? I'll talk more about him in a later bio post, but you are Commander Kaios, leader of the rampaging Horde that's conquered its way up to the walls of Noctis Castle. And it's from Kaios' POV that you'll command your mercenary army of men, beasts, and monsters to "motivate" Sable's corruption, assuming she doesn't do it herself...

In combat instances, Kaios doesn't sully his hands with the pitiful garrison Sable throws at him. No, Kaios commands, and his men obey. So, during combat instances with Sable and/or her garrison, Kaios' men are his sword arm; their cumulative health is Kaios'. Everything, from Troop Morale to their Lust, is yours to wield, to say nothing of the spicier "combat" in SS.

As Kaios, create a build that min/maxes for enemy Morale damage, stunning, and sending Sable's units packing with devastating Commands. Equip Kaios with three-piece weapon/armor/accessory sets with unique synergy bonuses specializing in raising Sable's Lust when she appears on the battlefield, or, harnessing the Rampage mechanic, create a doomstack multi-wave Troop, calling in reinforcements to overwhelm Sable and her garrison.

There's plenty more I'll share on how you truly play Sable's Siege, as well as the many ways Sable reacts to your aggressions, but we'll save that for a later post. In the meantime, thanks again for supporting SS.

~R.P.

For the Iron Horde art courtesy of YanmoZhang - www.deviantart.com/yanmozhang