A Tale of Crowns

It's not letting me save :(( Like the button to save/restart/settings jst doesn't exists. If I hover under the credits button a small speech bubble saying 'save' 'restart' 'setting' appreares but it doesn't let me click on any of them. I'm playing on web and my friend who's also playing on web does not have this problem.

But anyways, the writing is really good and I love the characters so far and the world bulding. <3

Нереальный писательский гений...

Прохождение растянулось на несколько дней. И это было... вау....

I still come back to replay this every few months, regardless of whether there's been an update. The worldbuilding is immaculate and the romance is addictive. R is my greatest weakness.

so happy to see this game is still being updated!!! YAY new chapter

ZIRYAN !! This man interrupting mc with xelef every single time is killing mee😭

Jokes aside though, I seriously LOVED this game. I've spent like a couple days trying everybody's route out and GEEZZZZ the scene with Azad and Xelef had me melting.. Rêzan and Dara are such cuties too. I love the slow burn in their routes. AWAITING MORE!!🙏

I'm using the latest version of Chrome on an android phone. When I try to toggle from light theme to dark, it doesn't let me. I select the option, the option blinks and stays the same. This has also happened to me with another interactive fiction game. I wonder if it's an issue with Twine Sugarcube and android/chrome (if Sugarcube is what you used to make the game).

i adore this game and i adore D but i am growing so exasperated with not understanding how to raise romance / move away from being unsteady. it sucks feeling like i need a guide (which doesn't exist) in order to see all the content for the route i'm on.. especially with an LI as mercurial and closed off as D. apart from this, i want to truly commend you on your writing, it's fantastic and the world building you've done is so cohesive and impressive. looking forward to upcoming chapters. <3

I'm not someone who leaves comments on games, usually, but omfg "A Tale of Crowns" has me in a chokehold. I started playing just for funsies, but the moment I finished my first route, I had to play all the others too.

Every single one is amazing and unique; it's impossible for me even to make a rating, but I can say with certainty that D route is by far my favorite (unexpectedly so). That doesn´t mean the others aren't as good, but it's just that D´s route has a kind of yearning the others don´t (at least for me). It's funny that their route is my fav, considering I played it last, because honestly, they aren't the type of character I go for in romances, so the tension, the longing, the forbidden romance, the clash between what they have to do v.s. what they really want, all of that was so unexpected and out of my expectations. 

I still love the other routes too, they all have their own kind of longing (that I love), but D´s just *cheff kiss*

There are so many things I want to say about this game, like how much I love the way politics are handled, or how fascinating the writing is and how much it's able to convey to the reader, or how beautifully written all the characters are, and yet I can't find the right words to express all of that.

Thanks for creating this game! It's one of my favs. I'm looking forward to the rest of the chapters and seeing how the history develops!!

SPOILERS(?) FOR D'S ROUTE IN CH.14














"You'd almost call it pitiful: the Crown who has learned to stand tall and tower over everyone over this past month discards his pride so easily now, choosing instead to sit at Dara's feet like a dog hoping for even a scrap from its master. But what else can you do? The hold he has on you is unbreakable."

CHERRY. CHERRY OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDD WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS LINE?!?!?!? I AM GOING CLINICALLY INSANE OVER THEM AURGHHHHHGHGGHHHH

I discovered this game years ago, when it was still on chapter 7. I didn't know any English back then and could barely play it.

three days ago, I suddenly remembered it, and now I'm already on chapter 14 and WOW, this game is wonderful!!!

but can someone PLEASE tell me how do I get a high relationship with D??? 

I'M STUCK AT  "He feels bare before you. You have a steady relationship" and I'm about to cry because I feel like I'm missing the most intimate scenes.  😭

A lot of people have talked about guides for romances, but I was curious if there are any plans for a guide on the outcomes of choices not related to romance. For example, the outcomes of the choices for... SPOILERS

...telling the nobility, public, and/or Kham about the assassination attempt.

Hey! What game making platform did you use to make this- I'm trying to make my own text based game an I am STRUGGLING since I don't know how to code sadly- Please send assistance, I adore your work and you inspired me to do what you did- just with my own characters and plot- I don't steal other's work.

I just finished my first playthrough (charming, kind, intuitive, adventurous, assertive) romancing Xelef! What an incredible story! Immense replayability, lovely fleshed out characters, a triumph in writing!

I have a question about how to interpret relationship status with our RO. I can get Xelef to where he Cares about me and is worried he's undeserving of me at the point where we discuss his mom's dagger. If I push the issue it remains at that status, versus if I let it go, the status description changes to he REALLY likes me. But that was the status that came before the caring/worrying status. Is NOT pushing the issue "demoting" the relationship? The relationship is steady in both cases. 

I keep getting the bad ending in Chp4 💔 WHAT AM I DOING WRONG LMAO. I'VE DONE IT LIKE 3 DIFFERENT TIMES AND IT KEEPS GIVING ME THE BAD ENDING 😭 I wanna keep playing but I have no idea what I've done wrong 😔

Hi! Sorry if this has already been answered... do you know how long this game is planned to be in full? I am trying to get a sense of how completed it is at present. Thanks so much, looking forward to playing!

Everytime life gets really bad, I come back to this game. Idk how many times I've done this particular story, but it's gotta be dozens by now. Thank you writing a home away from home🥲🩷

no matter how much security i have, the prisoner kills someone in chapter 9 😭 does it depend on some other variable?

I love this so much! The writing is fantastic and the descriptions of culture are so immersive! The diversity in character customization is great, but I have a small request (unless it would be complicated to do); I'm albino and cannot be fully represented by the present options. Hope this doesn't sound ungrateful- I've been able to enjoy most of it anyway! :)

for those who focused on the people(and not being able to unlock the special choice with the historian), did you choose to agree to the proposar or remain impartial? personally, it sounds pretty promising, but im very curious on what you guys chose and why

Ishrah and Siham are so bestie material! I love them!!

PLEASE MORE. Also sometimes the save doesn’t work. I swear I will cry if it gets rid of my saves again

This remains to be SO SO GOOD and I have a theory for this chapter BUT I don't know how to hide spoilers on this thing. So:
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Between the farmer and the non-human guard, I'm wondering if this is all part of a hidden trial from the spirits. Which would be more innocent a reading, I imagine..but perhaps..there's also something far more sinister afoot too. Hehehe.

REGARDLESS of what happens this story is incredible, and it remains so. What a fantastic update. And AZAD, MY DARLING. So worth the wait and the continued *sort of* wait. There is definitely an inner romantic hiding in there.

I finally got the chance to get back into the story. I honestly really love how painfully heavy the decisions are in your story. Like... I love playing the royals in many games but none feels as difficult in deciding which path to take than going through your story! I definitely feel the weight of each choice. I both rejoice on how amazing it feels and how much anxiety it makes me suffer. I love it!

And goodness gracious the way you let the slow burn happen between the MC and R. I felt like I needed to step out of the room and let them have their moments together with how sweet they were. People need to stop interrupting them I swear haha!

So many things going on for the MC, so many worries yet it all feels right for someone who has taken the mantle of the Crown that has been left vacant for years. I'm enjoying the story so much. You have a way with your writing that makes it very difficult to stop reading!

P.S The middle answer for the soldier has left me filled with warmth in my chest. I didn't expected to feel so much in something so familiar/relatable to me in a way especially with the family.

Gosh, I adore your story so much. Thank you for writing this amazing IF! I hope to continue read more! ♥

Hello, just finished playing through chp 14 on my A save and then starting entirely new playthrough with X to refresh myself on the whole story. And I’ll probably do another playthrough on D’s route after that (where I’ll make the crown extremely short because I’m a sucker for size difference). I probably won’t do an R route playthrough, though I do love them they feel more like a best friend than a love interest, at least when it comes to my personal preferences. I’m really enjoying your writing and worldbuilding and I can’t wait to see where we’re headed.

But I did just want to let you know I encountered a minor continuity error. In chp 14 when the group departs for the expedition, the crown and R notice a bird that uses magic to create illusory doubles while in flight and R makes a comment about always wondering which is the real bird. The crown tells R it’s the one that doesn’t shimmer at the edges and says their mother was the one who taught them that. This was a great character moment and I wouldn’t have noticed anything wrong with it if after finishing the chapter I hadn’t immediately started a fresh playthrough. In the first chapter if you ride with R, they show off their horse’s internal magic and the crown expresses surprise that animals can use magic and thinks of it as something their parents never bothered to teach them, directly contradicting the moment in chp 14. Sorry if that was a needlessly long-winded explanation!

im so attached to this game 🤧 GOSH i adore Dara. the slow burn really edging me atp, but your writing is amazing!

well.. I was not expecting that. Not sure what I was expecting in the first place, but.. 

We’re not only special due to the fact that we were chosen by the Spirits to be the Crown, but extra “special” because.. Oh, joy.

I loved the late night scene with X, I reckon that it’s my new favourite scene in all of AtOC!

10/10, CH.14 was awesome. Having the Crown’s mental state be decided by a choice we made all the way back in CH.6 is just so cool to me! Anywho, now it’s time to go read the rest of the routes lol

Hiya cherry!! I'm not sure if this question has been asked before, or at least something similar, but I've been really curious. Since there are going to be a good chunk of chapters in the future, as well as a numerous amount of choices that lead to different outcomes, would there ever be an option to "skip" chapters?

To give a bit of background for this question, I've found myself going through the chapters and experimenting with different options, and if I forget to save that specific option, then I must redo the whole story depending on which chapter I left off on.

Now, this isn't a complaint by ANY means, and I understand that it could possibly take awhile to even do, but I saw it on another IF and just wanted to know if you'd ever implement it into your own!