The notepad used in your investigation into the disappearance of Astor Oakshade, owner of the Shellbell hotel in Kelptown.
[7/20/24: Still alive! But just barely. I haven’t had the time to work on anything for the game let alone run threads, and it look s like that might be the case for a long while. This isn’t abandoned, I’ve just been very unlucky on top of being unwell]

[2/28/25: So. You may have noticed it’s been a while. I’m not going to get into details but the thing that caused me to abruptly go on hiatus last year has proven to be a much, much trickier snare to undo (I’m not gonna get into the details, just the effects). I’ve not been able to get the time to run consistently for nearly a year now, and at this point that’s not going to change in the foreseeable future. I have decided my best bet is to focus on making this into a proper video game, but there are going to be two major changes that will occur. The first is the game will be a 2.5d mid-res isometric game in godot, which means every puzzle will have to be reworked to match the fixed perspective (there’s no way in hell I can work in 3d and have it done this decade I simply don’t have the skill for it). The second is all hasbro elements will be removed and the game will take place in an original equine-focused setting of my own design, retroactively retconning any such elements carried over from ‘The Mirror’. The good news is that I’ve gotten 90% of the redesigns planed and outlined, the bad news is that I’m learning godot from the ground up AND have to learn other skills like digital music/sound composition/mixing AND my laptop was already on its last legs last year and hasn’t improved since. I am currently making assets and preparing lots of other things for godot for when I have a computer strong enough to combine everything as needed, but this might take a long while. I’m also looking to leave 4chan for good, moderation has gotten weak and any good posters I might have had on the board in the past have gotten outnumbered by all manner of chuds and braindead asshats- and that’s just /mlp/, the other boards have been going downhill harder and faster when I haven’t been paying attention, it was my online home but it no longer exists except in memory. I will make a proper announcement the next time a cyoa gen is up, but this is the end of cyoa gameplay for me. It’s unfortunate, this quest was meant to be my swansong to the craft, but at least I can make this into something grand, given enough time and luck.]

Previous threads:
#1: https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/40813231/#q40813231
#2: https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/40850356/#q40850356
#3: https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/40895919/#q40895919