I'm sure the first set of questions would vary among developers. In my case, I found F95 first, and got involved in development later, so I sort of understand the dynamic here. Sure, there are people here who will play the pirated games and never contribute a penny to them. On the other hand, I suspect that the majority of my supporters found out about the game here, since I'm not really active on other sites. So, it's a trade-off, I guess.
In several cases, I've posted links to my releases here myself (last Christmas, for example). I figure that as long as my supporters get the release first, having it end up here later on doesn't really hurt me. And "owning" the thread does help me control things a bit.
No worries by me. It's been almost a week since all my supporters had access to the game, so...
No, I didn't build that into the game, sorry. This started out as a pure kinetic novel, and it didn't seem appropriate back then.
"son ended up with phone to command mom"? That's not part of this story. You are correct that I've been working on this project for about 4.5 years now. I could have ended it far earlier if I hadn't gotten conflicted as to which ending I wanted to tell. Hence the branch in the middle and the dual paths.
The "
scenes that didn't happen" parallel track is a way of satisfying some of the requests I've had from fans. Since this isn't a full-up "branching game," there's only so much content that "fits" with the main story lines. So, I had a choice - I could either ignore everything that wasn't "canon," or I could tell alternate bits and pieces separately. I chose the latter. If what you're saying is that I'd be done with the main game if I hadn't done that, you
might be getting close to the truth, but sometimes I just need a break from the main story. (It's a bit wearing being author, renderer and coder all alone. Although the support here does definitely help. Plus, I
do have a life outside of FF&S.) Note that I have a fair backlog of STDH ideas, so it will probably have a life beyond the completion of FF&S.
Anyway, if the project doesn't please you in any way, that's perfectly, 100% OK. Thank you for stopping by, and good luck finding projects that please you more.
In the middle of Chapter 9, there is a choice as to whether Parker decides to cooperate with the cops or resist them. This choice leads to two very different outcomes.
I would best express it as a kinetic novel with two paths. As mentioned just above, there is exactly one branch in the story, and there won't be any more.
No. The "Parker resists the cops" path was finished a few releases ago. This extends the "Parker cooperates" path, but it's not complete. There will probably be two more releases until the other path completes. That's not 100% cast in stone - might be 2, might be 3. The basics of the plot are all worked out, but I never know how long individual scenes are going to be until I actually write them, and sometimes I change my mind as to where to put a breakpoint between releases.
Anyway, for those of you who are enjoying Parker's adventures, thank you for your continued support, here and elsewhere!