So you're a liaison. Fine. Could you inform this forum in what general direction DMD is headed--story wise--after 0.13?
Thanks, but you give me too much credit. I consider myself the most active patron on the DMD project.
((BTW - I love you guys because this board and you people have highly intelligent views and discussions [if a bit combative and repetitious at times -- myself included]. BFTR - I will participate here but won't be posting patron releases content. I know that this is a purpose of this board and have used it to advantage on other games which sometimes I then start supporting financially, but I won't with this game as I have an emotional crush on it.))
However, unlike Aitan_3, I am not part of the design team and thus am not part any design discussion emails the team shares. 95% of all my inputs are posted open to the public on the coummunity post section of DMD.
That being said, MrDots and team have been pretty consistent in what is to follow what's coming after 0.13. I'll note them below. If you've already heard some of it, forgive me. In addition, MrDots has gone directions, and made alterations to those directions, so this is no bold prediction - but given the consistency of their foreshadowing which is then verified by the releases following, this is a good predictive roadmap.
(1) 0.13: Who really knows what will be in D13 - but the good bets are Rachel for sure (Lucas likely). I personally started an open campaign on the community posts that MC give D an orgasm, especially if after 0.13 MrDots will be stepping back to flesh out the two other MC career paths. I think it would leave the main storyline on a satisfying "climax" before stepping back to other story arcs.
(2)(a) Months ago MrDots intended to stop the forward progress of the game to flesh out MC's career paths. At that time, he put the choice up to the patrons to vote - we voted to continue the storyline and step back later. I cannot remember which month we voted on this and I could not find it going back over the DMD posts. I believe it was @ April - around the Cupid Night release or before. At this same vote post, MrDots indicated he already had these paths scripted and they were thus ready to go. (MrDots did not indicate whether or not "scripted" meant it was story boarded, or whether the full dialogue script had been written).
(2)(b) Three days ago MrDots he said: "We will continue with the story in the next update. After that, we will go back to finish the other two routes." Thus 0.13 would be followed with the career path routes.
(2)(c) Months before this, MrDots stated he would be keeping the "doctor" career path and would be changing the "programmer" career path to a "police office" career path.
(2)(d) Total fan guesswork, but I would guess that Margo would feature in the "cop path" and that short-haired female doctor from the hospital would feature in the "doctor path". I would also guess Georgina would appear as a secretary/nurse in each of the two,paths as well. But these are educated guesses only.
IMO - having worked on big projects like theses before, this is a good move on DMD teams' part as it allows them to tie up loose ends now before pressing ahead - and it will give the team fresh eyes on the core story as they move forward with eventual intercourse.
Don't take above for gospel and please keep the "milking" comments to a minimum. If that's how you feel, join DMD for 1 month for $1 and set up some posts over in the community section. (I am not trying to get anyone to pledge to this game if they don't want to, but the community board jas more designer readership than here).