Greetings from Queen Mist and Queen Dani!

Looking forward to the release of chapter 3 part 2? We are, too! There are tons of exciting things included in this update, so we promise it will be worth the wait.

Of course, we've talked a lot about the story, and about all the progress we've made so far. But there's one key thing we haven't said much about yet! That would, of course, be the gameplay.

As you know, Last One Standing: Royal Massacre is a visual novel. The base gameplay isn't all that interesting; just clicking through text, selecting dialogue options, and choosing rooms from the map. But that only applies to the first halves of chapters. The second halves, the investigation & conference portions, have a lot more for players to do!

So what does chapter 3 part 2 include?

Investigation

There's nothing to set this investigation apart from the others. The system is the same as usual. Travel through all of the rooms that might be relevant to the latest court scandal, look around for important clues, and talk to anyone you find to see if they might know anything.

Beware, though, with the addition of the passages to the castle's layout, there are many more places to check!

The main path in the passages during the third investigation

Conference

Every conference includes tons of interaction. Because they run on a points-based system, the stakes are high for players. In the base game, when you receive a question prompt to help Kostya remember something, it doesn't matter if you get it wrong, but in the conference, you'll continue to lose points with every mistake you make. Losing all of your points results in a Game Over, though that isn't the only bad thing that can happen. For each conference, there is a set number of points you must finish with in order to unlock the Bonus Scenes, two additional scenes you can't find anywhere else. Should you fall beneath that number, you cannot view the scenes, even if you complete the conference a second time with enough points.

A question menu from the third conference

However, the standard questions aren't the only challenges provided in conferences! They each also include their own selection of minigames, which test anything from memory to vigilance and won't cost you any points.

The third conference contains seven major minigames. Some of them are entirely unique, while others will be familiar from previous conferences, or at least inspired by things you have seen before.

You will have to beat all of these in order to proceed forward! But, luckily, even if you fail, you can keep trying over and over again, because they have no impact on the game beyond simply assisting Kostya in realizing things. 

One of the many minigames in the third conference

In Summation

This conference is highly engaging, and full of thrills beyond just the storyline, so we can't wait for you to see it! It may get difficult in places, but that's the fun of it!

How will you fare? Only time will tell!

Stay tuned for future progress updates!