The Road Ahead

What Comes Next

Six cases are closed. Five more are written in the dark, waiting for the city to decide they're worth telling. Here is where things stand — and what it takes to move them forward.

Volume 0 ✦ Live — Free

1946

The Hanged Man's Daughter

XII — The Hanged Man

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Volume 1 ✦ Live — Early Access

1947

The Crescent City Murders

Cases I – V

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Volume 2 ◼ Locked

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Cases VI – X

The Gates

Unlock What's Next

These are the thresholds. Each one is real — when the number is hit, the thing happens. The cards don't lie about what's locked.

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Vol 2's opening tarot card revealed — face up for the first time.

$1,000 in Vol 1 Early Access sales
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Full ElevenLabs narration enabled across all Vol 1 story nodes.

$3,000 in Vol 1 Early Access sales
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Vol 2 development begins. Cases VI – X. The investigation does not end here.

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Native desktop build — Windows, Mac, Linux. No browser required.

Volume 2

Cases VI – X
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Five more cases. A new scripting layer for the cards — one that doesn't exist yet, built for what comes after The Final Card. The overarching secret established across Vol 1 begins to resolve here.

Volume 2 is revenue-gated. Development begins when Vol 1 Early Access reaches $3,000. No cases are written. The investigation does not continue until the city earns it.

◼ Locked — Gate: $3,000 in Vol 1 Early Access sales

The fastest way to move the needle is Vol 1. Every purchase counts toward the $3,000 gate. Vol 0 is free — that's where most people start.

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