Dev Blog 16/02/24
"I See Good Spirits and I See Bad Spirits." (anyone who gets that reference gets a gold star)
Good Spirits first: The 2nd chapter will be releasing to the public in about 11 hours [now] (00:01 UTC). I really had fun writing it. The 3rd chapter is in the works as well. Nearly every scene is already planned out. I have 2 new minor characters to design (professors) and 2 environments to create (classroom and apartment). Hopefully it doesn't take me too long. I'm pretty good at designing characters fast. (I hate premade generic characters) The story is already starting to be written. There are a couple of scenes I'm still working out in my head, but it's all coming together nicely. I hope it's good. Things are about to get a lot more spicy! My hope is still to have this done in 2 months (3 max). That's my personal goal, so let's see how it all goes. Also it's looking to be longer than Chapter 2 so that's also good news for you all.
Bad Spirits: As maybe a couple of you know, Patreon has started REALLY enforcing their rules regarding certain kinks which are illegal in the United States. Patreon is an American company, after all, so no blame on them for that. But their definitions of a certain kink are RIDICULOUSLY loose. So, I've decided to completely change parts of the game.
Certain relationships, like the whole "landlady" and "roommate" are out. They can see through that, it's no secret what we mean so let's not kid ourselves. We were all trying to circumvent the rules with a technicality and making it easy to mod the game. MANY MANY MANY big pages have been taken off their platform recently, and I don't want to be next. So far I've had ZERO interactions and ZERO hints of interactions between these types of characters. But honestly, some were originally planned. So I'm now a) taking many of those interactions out, and b) changing the relations of all affected characters to make sure none of the Patreon Police get nervous.
I know this is going to make a lot of people upset. If this is the reason you were interested in my game, I'm really sorry. I hope you maybe stick around to see if you enjoy it anyway. I also know some people might try to make mods to the game to bring those kinks back, but I'm not going to make it easy for you! Haha! I'm going to make it easy for ME. So everyone will need new save files going forward, because large chunks of the first 2 chapters have already been rewritten. The flow of the story isn't really changing, and no images need to be redone, so it's still basically the same. It's still the same story, basically blossoming love triangles between Adam and Morgan and Jason and Stephanie. It's just the side characters (Luna, Kirsten, Zach, and Megan) who are getting some rewrites.
It was a difficult decision I have been wrestling with the past few months. I didn't want to change the story. I have documents, spreadsheets, mind maps, and mental plans on the story and how everything flows! Now all of that needs to change. WELL not ALL of it. But better to do it early BEFORE any forbidden interactions take place, rather than afterwards when it will become way more difficult.
So there we have it. Chapter 3 is being worked on, and Chapter 2 is hours away from release. Let me know if you have any feelings or concerns regarding the state of the game.
Enjoy!