Black Balance
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Things aren't going smoothly right now, but I'm very grateful for your support!i tried subbing to your game and it says your patreon page is gone
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Again, the game was made on a new RenPay, but Windows 8.1 does not work for me and there is no 10, is it difficult to do on version RenPy 8.3.4 and lower? There's no difference anyway.
Just curious but wouldn't this deserve a "mobile game" tag since most all of the story is driven by posts viewed through a cell phone?
Black Balance
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I definitely won't be creating a page for the next couple of months.
And after that, it's still unclear.
But I'll continue this story anyway; for now, it's just a matter of time. It'll become clearer closer to Christmas.
Your Patreon is over, but do you plan to continue the story? It was good, I want more
What does it take for a neighborhood to become "the bad area"?
Apparently, 5 black men.
TEST:
? Nope. Still good. Still good.
!5 black men reached. "Bad area" confirmed.
lol
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gymnopedies
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because it's an odd number
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Apparently, 5 black men.
TEST:
Nope. Still good. Still good.
5 black men reached. "Bad area" confirmed.
lol
Black Balance
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What's up!
Time for some real talk.
Patreon banned my account. No warning, just gone. The game was getting traction, feedback was solid, people seemed to actually enjoy the story. But I didn't get a single cent out of it before the ban dropped.
Honestly? It stings a bit. Not gonna lie about that. But I've been through worse, and this won't stop the project.
I'm moving to Boosty.
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The story continues – Lucas, Frida, The Pride, all of it. I'm committed to finishing what I started because I genuinely love building this world and these characters.Your feedback has been incredible. Seriously, reading your thoughts and reactions keeps me motivated when shit like this happens. Some of you reached out after the ban asking what's next – that meant a lot.
If you want to support the project and keep it alive, Boosty is where I'll be posting updates, new chapters, and exclusive content. No pressure, but if you're vibing with the story and want to see where it goes, your support would be huge.
Thanks for sticking around through this mess. Let's keep building.
Drop your thoughts below – always interested in what you think.
One of the big problems with the writing here is there is zero conflict between the characters and they sound like two parts of the same mind, a conversation with oneself. They agree with each other constantly, share the exact same sense of humour and lean into each others jokes and turns of phrase seamlessly.
I mean I just read the first conversation with Joel, and the protagonist has five replies in a row which start like this:
"Good mix"
"Yeah, makes sense."
"I get that"
"True"
"Deal"
I've skipped what Joel says because who cares? It's some boring stuff the protagonist has no issue with, so why should we?
There is then a "conflict" where Joel for some reason jokingly suggests they debate flavours of tea - to which the protagonist suggests they can - if they agree coffee is better, which Joel then jokes about being a "holy war". On it's own this isn't so bad, but the format here is one character introduces an odd joke seemingly out of context, the other character joins in without reservation, and then we go back to the first character to finish the punchline (and these two characters just met!).
The conversations with Frida are basically this non-stop. Even simple stuff like "what did you have for breakfast" or talk about a water dispenser turns into some odd vaguely related joke which both characters jump into - do couples really talk like this after the third date?
I know there is an obvious explanation for why the dialogue all reads like this, but as an alternative, it reads like one of those bad American TV shows where people speak entirely in ripostes and one-liners - but here the characters are nice to each other. Whatever way this stuff is getting written, just please somehow inject distinct personalities, and think about how people actually talk to each other. At least that way the thousands of lines of filler stuff between the topless pics can be made shorter and maybe even actually interesting.
I mean I just read the first conversation with Joel, and the protagonist has five replies in a row which start like this:
"Good mix"
"Yeah, makes sense."
"I get that"
"True"
"Deal"
I've skipped what Joel says because who cares? It's some boring stuff the protagonist has no issue with, so why should we?
There is then a "conflict" where Joel for some reason jokingly suggests they debate flavours of tea - to which the protagonist suggests they can - if they agree coffee is better, which Joel then jokes about being a "holy war". On it's own this isn't so bad, but the format here is one character introduces an odd joke seemingly out of context, the other character joins in without reservation, and then we go back to the first character to finish the punchline (and these two characters just met!).
The conversations with Frida are basically this non-stop. Even simple stuff like "what did you have for breakfast" or talk about a water dispenser turns into some odd vaguely related joke which both characters jump into - do couples really talk like this after the third date?
I know there is an obvious explanation for why the dialogue all reads like this, but as an alternative, it reads like one of those bad American TV shows where people speak entirely in ripostes and one-liners - but here the characters are nice to each other. Whatever way this stuff is getting written, just please somehow inject distinct personalities, and think about how people actually talk to each other. At least that way the thousands of lines of filler stuff between the topless pics can be made shorter and maybe even actually interesting.