Ok, so about Interlude.
I know its focused on Zoey, but did DPC said if we're doing meaningful choices on it... or if we play with the MC at all? I know the point in to bring a new LI into the table and this kinda makes it less boring to set up episode 9 with a background story...
but...
whats exactly the point if you played a CHICK playthrough and pretty much already chosen a LI path? What if you dont care about Zoey at all? (like me)
I reaaaally not feeling this interlude thing will be worth my time.
Those are interesting questions, to which only DrPinkCake and his testers know the answers. I don't see how affinity would affect something in the past. But, will there be choices that carry over into Episode 9? Hmm...
DrPinkCake was asked that question:
Will this intermission release be stand-alone, or will choices made in it (assuming there are some) be carried over into Season 3?
His response was:
It's an integral part of the story, yes.
Which tells us ZIP, in my opinion.
To add to the confusion, here's another question:
Doc, with having multiple saves, will we need to run the interlude with each one? Or does it matter?
And his response:
This will be answered by playing the Interlude.
He really doesn't want to tell us.
He did write this in one of his updates:
This release marks the foundation that Season 3 will be built upon, meaning that testing is important and challenging even though the Interlude is shorter than previous episodes.
I can't really glean all that much from any of this. I can't even tell if we HAVE to play this Interlude, or whether we can skip it and use our saves from Episode 8 when Episode 9 comes out. That question may have been answered in one of his updates, but I couldn't find it.