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As you know, Zoey Raven worked on the walkthrough for the first 2 updates but as of now, I'm taking over this guide with his kind blessing. Thank you to Zoey, for his help and guidance - I won't let you down. Here's the updated walkthrough. If you have any questions or suggestions, you can either ping me in the thread or send me a direct message.
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:LOL: I could see that in a meta 4-D chess sort of way: Make the puzzle unfair to the average user with "hints" that are purely subjective, as my end goal is to make them replay it.

Of course, I think that's doubtful and still poor game design in the end. But touche. :)
it gives better experience to me actually. It doesn't give you the best ending right at first playthrough.

Many games do that right? at least in the past. You have to replay it to get the best ending because the requirement to get best ending is too opaque without walkthrough, and most players wouldn't satisfy that requirement.

Not sure if that's deliberate or not but, not getting the best ending on Ian's book career is more immersive to me.
If Ian is that good, he would have won it instead of Holly.

He would've wrote it before Holly wrote hers.
He hasn't even wrote the fckn book.
 

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it gives better experience to me actually. It doesn't give you the best ending right at first playthrough.

Many games do that right? at least in the past. You have to replay it to get the best ending because the requirement to get best ending is too opaque without walkthrough, and most players wouldn't satisfy that requirement.

Not sure if that's deliberate or not but, not getting the best ending on Ian's book career is more immersive to me.
If Ian is that good, he would have won it instead of Holly.

He would've wrote it before Holly wrote hers.
He hasn't even wrote the fckn book.
I guess your enjoyment of having to do it again depends on your excitement to do another complete play-through. Where-as some of us prefer to save at specific major story branches we care about and replay from there. It's great that it adds to your immersion, but it doesn't seem like a "works as designed" situation that was intentional and I'm not sure if I'd call it good game design if it were.

Not saying there shouldn't be a challenge though in any puzzle or riddle added to a game. Just that those challenges that require a full additional playthrough, inherent in any VN sort of story, should rule logic and/or skill over chance or subjective experience. You don't even need a puzzle or riddle in a vn. Most don't have one, at least not one that spans 50%+ of the game. But if it's there, it should be well-crafted and balanced.

I'm separating that from standard choice-based decisions that affect a story which aren't in puzzle form. Those can be a lot more loose, of course, since they're completely based on story telling. (With the exception of illogical storytelling based on bad writing, which happens more often than not in AVNs as the majority tend to be written by amateurs with poor writing skill and little understanding of story structure).
 
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Been down several paths, but still struggling to get Holly on the most "bad" path -- that is, most sexually active, most loosened up, ditching the glasses if possible, etc. etc.

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Any ideas on the best path for that?
My advices are:
Taking the choices that make her want to become like Lena.
Having Lena on the max Sexy/sluty path of course.
When they are with Ivy, siding with Ivy and don't protect Holly.
Make Lena thinking about Holly while masturbating.
When they are all three to gether may Lena or Ivy kiss her.
The second time when they are at Ivy's place, go all on Holly (Theesome possible if Lena has 6 and above in sexy stat and think about Holly before.).
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I think that from this point Ian should be a bit surprised to see the behaviour changes in Holly. :p
 
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I guess your enjoyment of having to do it again depends on your excitement to do another complete play-through. Where-as some of us prefer to save at specific major story branches we care about and replay from there. It's great that it adds to your immersion, but it doesn't seem like a "works as designed" situation that was intentional and I'm not sure if I'd call it good game design if it were.

Not saying there shouldn't be a challenge though in any puzzle or riddle added to a game. Just that those challenges that require a full additional playthrough, inherent in any VN sort of story, should rule logic and/or skill over chance or subjective experience. You don't even need a puzzle or riddle in a vn. Most don't have one, at least not one that spans 50%+ of the game. But if it's there, it should be well-crafted and balanced.

I'm separating that from standard choice-based decisions that affect a story which aren't in puzzle form. Those can be a lot more loose, of course, since they're completely based on story telling. (With the exception of illogical storytelling based on bad writing, which happens more often than not in AVNs as the majority tend to be written by amateurs with poor writing skill and little understanding of story structure).
i actually agree with you in essence. There is no fundamental rule stating that Visual Novels have to have 2 playthrough or more to get the best ending. But it is a thing in Japanese VNs and it still is.

I don't think Eva aims for that either, but I do think the inadvertent result that average players would get average score on Ian's book and not having the best book ending is actually more immersive, in a way.
 

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I will say that I was under the impression an excellent novel would be striking a balance between following troops and going off the beaten path. So the trope option would give + points and the random options would give - points, with the goal being to end up somewhere in the middle.

I was also hoping that Wits would contribute to the book. Even with the wrong choices, it'd be nice if someone who prioritized Wits could still salvage the book. After all, a talented mind can make any set of tropes interesting in my opinion.

As it is now, pursuing Wits feels like a waste of time other than for "roleplaying" reasons.
Unfortunately it's the same for the song writing - the "correct" choices are obvious, but end up sounding more like a dime-a-dozen sheeranesque/chemical romance song vs more abstract/profound choices - then you get hit with the SHOULD I KEEP IT THIS WAY?

The first time I played, I was really hoping the novel would have deep impact on the overall story - it would make sense if it guided the overarching story, aka if your novel is about romantic love but ends in defeat, at the end Ian doesnt get the girl. Then it'd be more of a Leap of Faith style choice-making, i.e. "kinetic but with some choice" where it's not difficult for the player to chose a route; the game asks them - what do they really want?
 
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As it is now, pursuing Wits feels like a waste of time other than for "roleplaying" reasons.
Intelligence gates a number of dialogue options which increase other attributes (typically charisma) or relationship scores, so it's hardly a waste.
 

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She has been designed based on the frames of porn actress Abella Danger, so EK took a lot of facial expressions from her videos.
Cool, I checked her out and I think you are absolutely right about that.
Any other characters based on real life people?
 

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Man, Ian can be such a dick...If you mess around with Alison and you confronted with Milo you can do this:
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Poor Milo...
Screw Milo. I guy like him waste his chances with a goddes like Alison simply deserve be played like a fool and then be taken down with a good jiu-jitsu technique
 
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