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#* Later cards and personal stories should be considered '''alternate concurrent timelines''' in which the player has "chosen" the male lead the MC is with at the time. This is necessary because cards often conflict with each other; on different routes, the MC might have two different experiences of learning to make noodles for the first time, or two different experiences of learning formal dance, or multiple mutually exclusive plans for the winter holidays. | #* Later cards and personal stories should be considered '''alternate concurrent timelines''' in which the player has "chosen" the male lead the MC is with at the time. This is necessary because cards often conflict with each other; on different routes, the MC might have two different experiences of learning to make noodles for the first time, or two different experiences of learning formal dance, or multiple mutually exclusive plans for the winter holidays. | ||
# '''Cards''' should nearly always be considered optional extra information, except where noted as especially important due to providing key information that's needed to understand a main or personal story. | # '''Cards''' should nearly always be considered optional extra information, except where noted as especially important due to providing key information that's needed to understand a main or personal story. | ||
==Pre-launch== | |||
* '''Cards''' - While this card was released far later, it's set before the events of the main game. | |||
{{Card icon|Artem "Unusual Love"|size=50px}} | |||
==Launch content: Setup/Early Common route== | ==Launch content: Setup/Early Common route== | ||
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** This is a good time to do the second chapters of the male leads' personal stories. Information is revealed in Main Episode 5 that is only used in personal chapters 3 and later, so it makes sense to place the second personal chapters before that point. | ** This is a good time to do the second chapters of the male leads' personal stories. Information is revealed in Main Episode 5 that is only used in personal chapters 3 and later, so it makes sense to place the second personal chapters before that point. | ||
* '''Specific card notes''' - Generally, launch cards may be read in any order, with a few item of note: | * '''Specific card notes''' - Generally, launch cards may be read in any order, with a few item of note: | ||
** {{Item icon|Artem "Loving Memories"}} is very briefly referred to in a later main story episode. | ** {{Item icon|Artem "Loving Memories"}} is very briefly referred to in a later main story episode. | ||
** {{Item icon|Vyn "Gentleman's Game"}} is the first time a new piece of information about Vyn is learned and reacted to by the MC. | ** {{Item icon|Vyn "Gentleman's Game"}} is the first time a new piece of information about Vyn is learned and reacted to by the MC. | ||
** {{Item icon|Vyn "Lingering Warmth"}} is lightly affected by a lack of reaction to the above piece of information. | ** {{Item icon|Vyn "Lingering Warmth"}} is lightly affected by a lack of reaction to the above piece of information. | ||
* '''Cards''' - A full list of cards available at launch follows: | * '''Cards''' - A full list of cards available at launch follows: | ||
{{Card icon|Luke "Perfect Partner"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Luke "Moment of Danger"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Luke "Among the Great Blue"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Luke "Inner Sanctum"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Luke "Radiant Sunlight"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Luke "Timely Rescue"|size=50px}} {{Card icon| | {{Card icon|Luke "Alluring Gaze"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Luke "Perfect Partner"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Luke "Moment of Danger"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Luke "Among the Great Blue"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Luke "Inner Sanctum"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Luke "Radiant Sunlight"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Luke "Timely Rescue"|size=50px}}<br /> | ||
{{Card icon|Artem " | {{Card icon|Artem "Loving Memories"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Artem "Atmospherics"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Artem "Focus Fire"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Artem "Autumn Dreams"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Artem "In Sickness or in Health"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Artem "Sparks"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Artem "Thin Veil"|size=50px}}<br /> | ||
{{Card icon|Vyn " | {{Card icon|Vyn "Near and Far"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Vyn "Medieval Suspense"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Vyn "Gentleman's Game"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Vyn "False Tears"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Vyn "Lingering Warmth"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Vyn "Mended Heart"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Vyn "Mercury in Retrograde"|size=50px}}<br /> | ||
{{Card icon|Marius " | {{Card icon|Marius "Narrow Road"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Marius "Eye of the Beholder"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Marius "Matching Tattoos"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Marius "A Dance on the Clouds"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Marius "Child at Heart"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Marius "Dream of Thebes"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Marius "Overtone"|size=50px}} | ||
==Main Story separates from release order== | ==Main Story separates from release order== | ||
*'''Main Story Episodes'''<br />As mentioned above, this is the point at which the main story timeline begins to pull away from actual release order; only hours to weeks pass between each episode, and later events and cards | *'''Main Story Episodes'''<br />As mentioned above, this is the point at which the main story timeline begins to pull away from actual release order; only hours to weeks pass between each episode, and later events and cards are not referenced within it. ''Players should simply complete the main story whenever they reach the required power levels.'' | ||
** [[Episode 5: Sins of Cynicism (Part 1)]] | ** [[Episode 5: Sins of Cynicism (Part 1)]] | ||
** [[Episode 5: Sins of Cynicism (Part 2)]] | ** [[Episode 5: Sins of Cynicism (Part 2)]] | ||
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** [[Episode 6: A Vicious Cycle (Part 2)]] | ** [[Episode 6: A Vicious Cycle (Part 2)]] | ||
** [[Episode 7: The Rain of Monte Cristo (Part 1)]] | ** [[Episode 7: The Rain of Monte Cristo (Part 1)]] | ||
==Post-launch release timeline: Year 1== | ==Post-launch release timeline: Year 1== | ||
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==Post-launch release timeline: Year 2== | ==Post-launch release timeline: Year 2== | ||
===Secrets of the Tomb=== | ===Secrets of the Tomb=== | ||
* '''Event story:''' All sections of [[Secrets of the Tomb#Khaimit: Story/RPG Gameplay|the main event page]]'s "Khaimit: Story/RPG Gameplay" heading contain parts of the event story, with the "Shadows of Resurrection: Main Story" being most important. | * '''Event story:''' All sections of [[Secrets of the Tomb#Khaimit: Story/RPG Gameplay|the main event page]]'s "Khaimit: Story/RPG Gameplay" heading contain parts of the event story, with the "Shadows of Resurrection: Main Story" being most important. | ||
* '''Event cards''' - these cards are self-contained side stories that do not interact with the main timeline. It's strongly implied by other portions of the event that these were past lives for the main cast. | * '''Event cards''' - these cards are self-contained side stories that do not interact with the main timeline. It's strongly implied by other portions of the event that these were past lives for the main cast. | ||
{{Card icon|Luke "Overflowing Thoughts"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Artem "Echoes Ablaze"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Vyn "Flickering Moonlight"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Marius "Dimly Lit"|size=50px}} | {{Card icon|Luke "Overflowing Thoughts"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Artem "Echoes Ablaze"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Vyn "Flickering Moonlight"|size=50px}} {{Card icon|Marius "Dimly Lit"|size=50px}} | ||
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