Please read all of it.
Wow, what the fuck? You are back doing this?!
Yes and no. I will try to be as professional as I can without being subjective this time around. In an attempt to be transparent.
General.
The point of this useless announcement is to shed some light on things and the truth behind the story. No, it's not meant to be a spoiler nor be about the story itself, more about what is about to come for the story as far as it's health goes - updates and other things.
First of all, I would have to apologize due to lack of chapters, I got sick and literally spent a whole day in the bathroom throwing up. The second day I just felt unwell and while I managed to write quite a bit I was unsatisfied with the quality of the chapter. And now the chapter is pretty much done but I am considering if it's the right path of the story.
"Patch-notes"
Ignoring that, I will be doing some "patch-notes". What are these patch-notes I talk about? Well, some chapters will be merged together and deleted. A lot of the announcement chapters are going to be deleted and moved into the glossary. I want this story to read well and not be swarmed with melodramatic author notes. As funny as that sounds. And for that this type of reform is required.
Cover Changes & Poll.
Also, I like the story cover but I might need to change it back, since the story just keeps on getting darker and darker, without any sight of this so-called wholesome cover. It will happen but it's not near happening considering the current pace. Albeit you guys decide if it should be kept or not according to the poll.
The future of the story.
I am going to be extremely blunt here. If the story does badly in RR it's going to be placed on pretty low priority and I will be moving into other projects. Due to life situations, I can't quite tell, my current life is threatened, and sadly life is always about money. While I would like to say I write out of pure joy, it's also correlated with the money, and as much as I like Leah as a project, I won't be able to justify the time I put into it if it doesn't pay-off.
Which means, I am a piece of shit that cares about money. Why do I say this? Well, there is a high chance I don't get to finish my studies and end up homeless. To avoid that - you guessed it, I need that thing. So, if writing is my only way of getting such a thing then... I can't really justify passion and joy if it's not going to pay off.
Which is why the future of the story relies heavily on RR. (RoyalRoad).
I like being transparent. IF the story doesn't do well in RoyalRoad when the time comes then I can't justify it. Unfortunately RoyalRoad has something that ScribbleHub doesn't, as much as I hate to admit it. I can at least say that:
The story will never be dropped. That is a promise.
So there aren't that many things to worry about. I am simply desperate for success quite literally. Now more than ever after the things that have been happening in the past 2 weeks or so.
Title change:
As much as I hate to do this. The synopsis and title will be changed. Why do I hate to do this so much? Well, that is because we actually had a google snippet, aka: a preview. There was actually a google snippet for this title, and I don't know if it will kill it or not, but regardless it's something that kind of mattered to me on an egotistical level.
The title will be changed to The Misadventures Of a Malfunctioning Dungeon Core. Yes, that will be the new title. This is because it needs to shed some light on the actual contents of the story instead of being some clickbait. This is to avoid readers feeling baited as a lot of people have felt already — I can already tell.
Overall insecurity
Why am I saying all of this? Well, I am uncertain about the story, in spite of having a lot of faithful voices in the comment section frankly. The ratings on the story are the only thing I can use as a benchmark to tell if a story is good or not, and while I know this type of story isn't good for ScribbleHub, due to the NovelUpdates influence, since wish-fulfillment does better here. I am still worried about things.
So if the story doesn't do well I can't keep writing it was frequently, or rather, give it the same priority as the next project. Another project will be started whether I want it or not, this is in an effort to have multiple good novels. But that's basically the idea.
Thank you for reading.
This is possibly the last announcement chapter I make for the remainder of march and april.
Keep going your doing great.
I even started reading your other story since I liked your writing style
@Tecknotaly same here
It makes me happy that you like my writing style! A lot of people dislike it, haha.
It’s your choice just don’t live regeats is all I say
I hope things work out on RR and the story gets the ratings it deserves.
Honestly I appreciate you coming out and saying that money is an important factor for you right now, admitting that takes balls and you have my respect for that.
Most authors would just drop the story or post infrequently without explaination, which I kinda hate.
I’ve always liked that your author’s notes were always this honest, made it a lot easier to try and connect with the story for me.
Hopefully we’ll have better luck on RR, it’d a shame if this series had to slow down or your livelihood being in danger, as weird as that must be to hear a total stranger worry about that.
Good luck and I’ll see you in the next chapter~
Sorry if the flow of the message is a bit weird, I was very nervous. I normally don’t comment or review because honestly I’m scared of things like that
@Quetea It reads just fine, thank you for the kind words!
@Azrie Good to know, you’re welcome~~
TBH, I don't think the old cover is any better when it comes to giving a sense of how dark the story is.
Of course, I'm not recommending that you spend more time creating a new cover, since time = money
Yeah, but in the old cover there are no smiles!
@Azrie On the other hand, if Rin's going to become Leah's traveling buddy, companion, (or especially lover lmao), or otherwise remains a main character after the current dumpster fire collector arc is over, having her on the cover would be a good thing.
EDIT: I don't mean that the arc is bad when I called it a dumpster fire, I meant that more as a "so much hot garbo keeps getting thrown Leah's way"
Thanks for the update!
Thanks for um, reading the update?
I couldn't find this on RR, can you give a link?
It's not getting into RR until April.
@Azrie ah. ok....
@DKnight Reason being the anniversary competition requires it be SH-exclusive until the comp is over.
I hope Royal Road will be the saving grace. Either way, love your stuff (especially the viceral nature of the imagery!)
O-oh! Thank you! Although I have no idea which imagery you are talking about- Thanks for the compliment! And yes, I hope it does well in RR too.
I'm looking forward for more chapters from you!
Also most reviews in novel updates are subjective though they do make some point when it comes to the novel. Positive reviews are mostly ignored while the negative ones however are the real deal as though they are mostly subjective they do indeed make sense and that's the only thing I hate about the reviews I find in novel updates as since I like reading wish fulfilment novels. The criticism I've read from NU reviews for the most part killed the immersion I had to the stories I enjoyed, killing my past times which is the reason I mostly start to ignore NU reviews if I like the novel as only I myself would know whether or not I like the novel that I am reading.. Hope you continue to do your best and be able to support your life!
Sorry for the grammar
@DonutEatingDoggo Grammar is fine~ Thank you for the kind words!