Cabin Fever

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Dumb question, but why was it disrespectful in ch1 for MC to defrost and warm up the car?
Well, not only was it not MC's car (meaning he took Mallory's key and wasted her gas without permission), but they weren't even going to drive. They were riding ski-doos.
 
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c.mork

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The dev cycle is starting to head into its final stretches now!
As of tonight, we have just shy of 1500 renders complete with between 3-500 to go.
There are two remaining scenes to create art for, including a lewd one, and animations are nearing the 50% complete mark.
This weekend will be the first look Kent and I have of the art and dialogue coming together into an integrated whole as the v0.9 binary transitions into a playable framework.
As stated before, this is trending to be a larger chapter than the last one, and we're working hard to pull all of the pieces together and avoid any continuity gaps.
Our best estimate on a chapter release is between the end of September and mid-October, if all goes smoothly!
In addition to the Chapter 8 update, I'd also like to tease our next project, tentatively called "Firebreak."
Here's what I can share about it so far:
  • We plan to keep the story in the same universe with some crossover characters from Chasing Sunsets
  • We're looking at a different approach to episodic releases which will hopefully makes each update more self-contained
  • It will feature a male MC
  • While the game will be story-driven, there will be more potential LIs, including some who were not LIs in Chasing Sunsets
This is where we take some of the lessons we learned from Chasing Sunsets and apply them in a way that makes the long wait between updates more bearable.
We also recognize that while slow burns have their place, (we will certainly include them in Firebreak), these are called Adult Visual Novels for a reason. We thought a lot about a story vehicle to deliver more of that kind of content convincingly earlier in the game without cheapening or overcomplicating the relationships with ladies you may like, but find less interesting.
We're super excited to be approaching the end of one story, but even more excited to share that the tale of the friends we made along the way won't necessarily end with the last sunset!
 

NebulousShooter

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The dev cycle is starting to head into its final stretches now!
As of tonight, we have just shy of 1500 renders complete with between 3-500 to go.
There are two remaining scenes to create art for, including a lewd one, and animations are nearing the 50% complete mark.
This weekend will be the first look Kent and I have of the art and dialogue coming together into an integrated whole as the v0.9 binary transitions into a playable framework.
As stated before, this is trending to be a larger chapter than the last one, and we're working hard to pull all of the pieces together and avoid any continuity gaps.
Our best estimate on a chapter release is between the end of September and mid-October, if all goes smoothly!
In addition to the Chapter 8 update, I'd also like to tease our next project, tentatively called "Firebreak."
Here's what I can share about it so far:
  • We plan to keep the story in the same universe with some crossover characters from Chasing Sunsets
  • We're looking at a different approach to episodic releases which will hopefully makes each update more self-contained
  • It will feature a male MC
  • While the game will be story-driven, there will be more potential LIs, including some who were not LIs in Chasing Sunsets
This is where we take some of the lessons we learned from Chasing Sunsets and apply them in a way that makes the long wait between updates more bearable.
We also recognize that while slow burns have their place, (we will certainly include them in Firebreak), these are called Adult Visual Novels for a reason. We thought a lot about a story vehicle to deliver more of that kind of content convincingly earlier in the game without cheapening or overcomplicating the relationships with ladies you may like, but find less interesting.
We're super excited to be approaching the end of one story, but even more excited to share that the tale of the friends we made along the way won't necessarily end with the last sunset!
Thanks, I hate it! I will die on the hill of leave Tara alone, you missed the mark with her in this game, lesson for the future. Every relationship with them in the next game(esp Tara) it will feel like settling, it will never have the perfect backstory and emotional connection she already had with this MC & Jaye...

What do Tara and Lisa even have in common to be both in the same game, as main LI? :FacePalm:
 
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The dev cycle is starting to head into its final stretches now!
As of tonight, we have just shy of 1500 renders complete with between 3-500 to go.
There are two remaining scenes to create art for, including a lewd one, and animations are nearing the 50% complete mark.
This weekend will be the first look Kent and I have of the art and dialogue coming together into an integrated whole as the v0.9 binary transitions into a playable framework.
As stated before, this is trending to be a larger chapter than the last one, and we're working hard to pull all of the pieces together and avoid any continuity gaps.
Our best estimate on a chapter release is between the end of September and mid-October, if all goes smoothly!
In addition to the Chapter 8 update, I'd also like to tease our next project, tentatively called "Firebreak."
Here's what I can share about it so far:
  • We plan to keep the story in the same universe with some crossover characters from Chasing Sunsets
  • We're looking at a different approach to episodic releases which will hopefully makes each update more self-contained
  • It will feature a male MC
  • While the game will be story-driven, there will be more potential LIs, including some who were not LIs in Chasing Sunsets
This is where we take some of the lessons we learned from Chasing Sunsets and apply them in a way that makes the long wait between updates more bearable.
We also recognize that while slow burns have their place, (we will certainly include them in Firebreak), these are called Adult Visual Novels for a reason. We thought a lot about a story vehicle to deliver more of that kind of content convincingly earlier in the game without cheapening or overcomplicating the relationships with ladies you may like, but find less interesting.
We're super excited to be approaching the end of one story, but even more excited to share that the tale of the friends we made along the way won't necessarily end with the last sunset!
Who said what to those ladies?
 

PaxHadrian17

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The dev cycle is starting to head into its final stretches now!
As of tonight, we have just shy of 1500 renders complete with between 3-500 to go.
There are two remaining scenes to create art for, including a lewd one, and animations are nearing the 50% complete mark.
This weekend will be the first look Kent and I have of the art and dialogue coming together into an integrated whole as the v0.9 binary transitions into a playable framework.
As stated before, this is trending to be a larger chapter than the last one, and we're working hard to pull all of the pieces together and avoid any continuity gaps.
Our best estimate on a chapter release is between the end of September and mid-October, if all goes smoothly!
In addition to the Chapter 8 update, I'd also like to tease our next project, tentatively called "Firebreak."
Here's what I can share about it so far:
  • We plan to keep the story in the same universe with some crossover characters from Chasing Sunsets
  • We're looking at a different approach to episodic releases which will hopefully makes each update more self-contained
  • It will feature a male MC
  • While the game will be story-driven, there will be more potential LIs, including some who were not LIs in Chasing Sunsets
This is where we take some of the lessons we learned from Chasing Sunsets and apply them in a way that makes the long wait between updates more bearable.
We also recognize that while slow burns have their place, (we will certainly include them in Firebreak), these are called Adult Visual Novels for a reason. We thought a lot about a story vehicle to deliver more of that kind of content convincingly earlier in the game without cheapening or overcomplicating the relationships with ladies you may like, but find less interesting.
We're super excited to be approaching the end of one story, but even more excited to share that the tale of the friends we made along the way won't necessarily end with the last sunset!
I'm looking forward to both the final chapters/Epilogue moments of Chasing Sunsets as well as Firebreak!

I don't know which women from Chasing Sunsets will be involved in Firebreak, but I certainly hope that Tara is among them.

I've posted before about some potential story lines for Tara, but outside of a few things we've seen for background (she was very popular in high school and her parents seem to be wealthy) - we know very little.

There is a Lot of room for Tara to become an LI, even sharing some of the same time frame as Chasing Sunsets, since the MC's journey in CS took him away from Jaye and Tara for 5 years.

Given how well Stone Fox Studios did in creating a rich world and a complex, interesting story with great characters and the two LIs for the MC, I have every reason to believe that they can do just as well with Firebreak.

There is also plenty of time for them to refine and polish the beginning of their second AVN since Chasing Sunsets will not finish until late 2024/mid 2025 - (my estimate as I hope that they give Chasing Sunsets the epilogue moments and looks - months to years after the formal end of CS - that it deserves).

They have earned my continued support for Chasing Sunsets, and I think the announcement of Firebreak is Very Good News!

Cheers! :coffee:
 

NebulousShooter

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I'm looking forward to both the final chapters/Epilogue moments of Chasing Sunsets as well as Firebreak!

I don't know which women from Chasing Sunsets will be involved in Firebreak, but I certainly hope that Tara is among them.

I've posted before about some potential story lines for Tara, but outside of a few things we've seen for background (she was very popular in high school and her parents seem to be wealthy) - we know very little.

There is a Lot of room for Tara to become an LI, even sharing some of the same time frame as Chasing Sunsets, since the MC's journey in CS took him away from Jaye and Tara for 5 years.

Given how well Stone Fox Studios did in creating a rich world and a complex, interesting story with great characters and the two LIs for the MC, I have every reason to believe that they can do just as well with Firebreak.

There is also plenty of time for them to refine and polish the beginning of their second AVN since Chasing Sunsets will not finish until late 2024/mid 2025 - (my estimate as I hope that they give Chasing Sunsets the epilogue moments and looks - months to years after the formal end of CS - that it deserves).

They have earned my continued support for Chasing Sunsets, and I think the announcement of Firebreak is Very Good News!

Cheers! :coffee:
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NebulousShooter

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There is also the posibility she will be ruined, apart from the fact that it will never be the same as what could have been here.

Like I know I'm the minority here, both as a Mallory fan, but also as one of the few that hated the deus ex throuple in last update. I still cringe remembering the 'if I am enough for you, you are enough for me' speech, way to make the solo romance feel like the silver medal.

So, Stoya's writing isn't infallible.
 

Nurikabe

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There is also the posibility she will be ruined, apart from the fact that it will never be the same as what could have been here.

Like I know I'm the minority here, both as a Mallory fan, but also as one of the few that hated the deus ex throuple in last update. I still cringe remembering the 'if I am enough for you, you are enough for me' speech, way to make the solo romance feel like the silver medal.

So, Stoya's writing isn't infallible.
Yeah, that's not an extreme viewpoint at all.
 

felicemastronzo

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I'm looking forward to both the final chapters/Epilogue moments of Chasing Sunsets as well as Firebreak!

I don't know which women from Chasing Sunsets will be involved in Firebreak, but I certainly hope that Tara is among them.

I've posted before about some potential story lines for Tara, but outside of a few things we've seen for background (she was very popular in high school and her parents seem to be wealthy) - we know very little.

There is a Lot of room for Tara to become an LI, even sharing some of the same time frame as Chasing Sunsets, since the MC's journey in CS took him away from Jaye and Tara for 5 years.

Given how well Stone Fox Studios did in creating a rich world and a complex, interesting story with great characters and the two LIs for the MC, I have every reason to believe that they can do just as well with Firebreak.

There is also plenty of time for them to refine and polish the beginning of their second AVN since Chasing Sunsets will not finish until late 2024/mid 2025 - (my estimate as I hope that they give Chasing Sunsets the epilogue moments and looks - months to years after the formal end of CS - that it deserves).

They have earned my continued support for Chasing Sunsets, and I think the announcement of Firebreak is Very Good News!

Cheers! :coffee:
Tara's relationship with Jaye and Alex is so special that in any other story it just becomes a ballast. And this is not a ntr argument, but a Tara who is not attracted to Jaye and Alex simply isn't Tara, but if she is, how can she be the LI of another story?
 

felicemastronzo

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Other point that didn't occur to me before, who would go for any of the other LI, when people already have an emotional attachment to Tara & Lisa? Seems like an unnecessary mountain to climb, from a writing standpoint.
Lisa in my opinion is a different matter, for now she is a woman who had fun with a nice guy. Of course those who were bothered that Jaye wasn't a virgin will also be bothered by this, but it's not such an insurmountable problem
 
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