Quick FYI: The beta is unlocked for everyone, but I may need a few more days to finish the public version. Today, I completed two pieces of hand-drawn art that I needed, but I still need one more
and to insert them into the story. So, it'll just be a bit. You're not missing much of anything story-wise, just adding a little visual accompanyment to the dialogue. I'd share the images, but f95 is being weird about uploading files right now.
I have never supported any project to receive exclusive content. Actually, that "exclusive" content usually ends up posted somewhere, and it is not usually that important.
That's all well and good, buuuut I always get a big subscriber bump right before a release, and certain Wanton Weekends releases net me a few extra subs. So, exclusive content
does have some effect. Ultimately, I just try to run my platforms the way I wish other devs ran theirs, with lots of content and updates.
And as for the whole posting leaks thing, I feel like folks may have missed my second post about it. But, I said I don't care if people post Dev Update stuff here, or even
partial stuff from the Wanton Weekends/Sneak Peek stuff. Heck, wait a few weeks and then post it. There's a giant back-log of old content.
But, when I post something at 9 PM, and it's uploaded here by 9:30 PM, it's just a bummer for me.
It think here might be something off with the variables. I am pretty sure I made Mason a girl.
f95 isn't letting me attach files right now, but it's correct in my script. The
problem is that if you only make Mason a girl during sex, sometimes those things aren't flagged correctly. In that BJ scene, it basically only switches over to girl pronouns, just before the BJ starts. When I go back through the chapters, I'm going to establish the 'mstempgirl' variable from the first sex scene, and try to make all that a little smoother. But for now, it's basically just a function of the player treating Mason one way outside of sex events, and another way in them.
A little advice:
there's no need to show every second in Guy's life minute by minute - please skip a few days, so we won't see that
fucking black eye on his face
anymore.
Guy's black eye is your
worst idea by far: he got the black eye in
chapter 4, part 1 and we're in
chapter 10 now.
Meaning: we saw him with a black eye on his face most of the time.
I actually agree about not showing every second of Guy's life. I'm trying to get a little better about jumping into or out of a scene without hand-holding the reader. But, when I do that I also get people saying, "Hey, that was a really harsh jump, is the script broken or..?" So, it's a balance. Story clarity is super important to me.
As for whether it was a mistake or not.. Eh, maybe. This section of the game takes place over a very short amount of time. I do think I cocked that up, and today I was discussing some ideas with my supporters vis a vis expanding the early timeline of the game, so that things like Ashe and Gabby's relationships have more room to breathe, and Nicki has more time to cement herself as Guy's assistant. I don't want to get too into it now, but I'm working on some things that will make some of those early events feel more organic, so that current chapters run for like.. A month or two, rather than two weeks, or whatever.
But, for this black-eye section, I don't think there's anything necessarily wrong with the timeline of events.
- Night One: Punched in the face during Britt's shoot.
- Day Two: Visits Pepper at the restaurant. Takes Mason to the studio. Picks up Ashe.
- Night Two: Date with Ashe.
- Day Three: Goes with Risa to meet Lucien. Trains with Alex. Finds Brent busting into his studio. Takes Mason shopping.
- Night Three: Goes to the police station with the Barrons.
So, it's two days from punch to where we are now. And for a lot of that he was wearing make-up over it. I think it'll read a little better playing the whole thing at once. But, Chapter 11 jumps a month into the future, by which time it's gone. Personally, I think it makes him look a little like a noir detective character, which feels appropriate for what's going on in the story at this juncture.