Probably first time i see a girl that you can have shitload of no-strings-attached sex with described as "useless" in porn game. I mean, what do the others bring to the table in comparison, so they avoid being slapped with the same label?
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Yup, I don't count "progression" as a 2 min encounter in a supermarket and 2 min in a restaurant.
- Mar 20, 2019
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Time for Neon's Standard Check-In and Address Talking Points with Talking Points: Starring Neon!
As always, thanks for reading and playing.
- WTF, Dead Game: I put out a full chapter in November. I took an unpaid vacation December, halting my billing for my platforms. I returned in January and put out the Chapter 11 teaser with 150~ images, and then in February put out a mini-game for Sapphire with another 150+ images. I wanted the Chapter 1 remake to be done for March, but due to a couple factors, it just didn't happen. I'll return to this in a bit. But, I'd love for someone to point me towards all these games made by solo devs, which have a bunch of branching paths, and also update every month. Because I'm lucky to get one update a year from my favorites.
- 150 Images, This Is a Bullshit: The reason I made this Chapter 11 teaser was because I always put out some playable content for my $15 tier each month. As I was writing Chapter 1's remake during January, I couldn't really put out a demo for Chapter 1. But, I'd written some of Chapter 11 while I was on vacation, so I decided to just render that, and make it available to my high-tier patrons. Plus, that gave me a little jump on Chapter 11.
- Why Didn't You Remake Ch. 1 Ages Ago?! aRe yOu StUpiD: I've explained this about a dozen times, and half of them to the same gentleman. But, once more with feeling, I suppose. I'd always planned to remake Chapter 1, once Cassie was introduced. That was kind of the waypoint in my mind, for when the story would hit a bit of a climax, and feel like a season-ending cliffhanger. It felt like both a satisfying little break, and a tease for the future. Basically, the perfect place to park the story, and have people wait a bit. But, it was originally meant to happen sooner. Some plot developments got moved forward, ahead of it -- Lucien, Risa, Mason, etc. Then, things just snowballed, and pretty soon I had to redraw the plot map a bit.
- But Why Remake It Now: Chapter 10 is the end of Season 1. This year I'll be packaging the first ten chapters (plus Brent, Alex, and Sapphire's short stories) up, and getting it ready for Steam distribution. If anyone could tell me a better time to do it, which doesn't require a time machine and tremendous hindsight, I'd be interested. Do I wish I'd done it back when I originally planned to, after Chapter 4? Sure. Can't do anything about that now, though. The best time to plant a tree is yesterday, the second best time is today, and other such idioms.
- Where Are My Favorite Characters: Literally every love interest has appeared in the last two updates. Ashe only had a small part, but she also had almost an entire update to herself, so her inclusion felt less pressing. The nice thing is that we're kind of coming to a point where several of the main characters (Nicki, Ashe, Risa, Mason) have had full ero scenes on all their alignment paths. Pepper and Viola have had full scenes on their dark paths. This means that one of the biggest headaches for each character (multi-position, multi-cumshot sex scenes) are slowly being winnowed down, which removes a substantial burden for each character. So, plot developments should come a little faster, and girls who haven't had sex scenes yet will get them (Gabby and Brittani are next-up, and Carolina some time later this year).
- Where Are My Plot Advancements: Cassie showed up, Nicki ditched you or is your girlfriend or is gaining confidence as your assistant, Ashe is collaborating with you to secure her position at the museum, the photo mystery with Ashe has been resolved but had a new wrinkle added, Gabby's family is now reunited and her relationship to the player has been firmed up on every path, Brittani's about to collaborate with the player to make a movie which sets up her arc, Mason has his glasses (and soon a job at Barron Books), Risa's redemption plotline with Lucien is in swing, a date with Carolina is imminent, and and and.. Like, shit's happening all over the place.
- Heh, 150 Images? No Thanks: Respectfully, I don't make content for this forum. I make it for my supporters. My supporters understand why I put out the (sometimes bite-sized) content that I do, because I communicate it to them, and if they want to reach out directly, I'll explain my plans and reasons in more detail. My concern is only ever in delivering them what I promise them, for their support. That means $15 supporters get some kind of playable demo monthly, $5 supporters get a weekly update with a look at the script and art, and $2 supporters get exclusive bi-weekly art and story features. I can't even guarantee that they'll like it, though I do my best.
- I Am Not a Robot, I Am a Human Being: Life happens, and that does affect development. My day job got busier and more stressful over the past few months, which means some days I just haven't had the mental bandwidth to write or render as much as I might like to. My area of the country was also hit with: an ice storm, tornadoes, and floods, in a three month span. This meant intermittent power outages, surges, etc. I bought a UPS and a solar battery/generator, which allow me to work through small outages. But, we return to the fact that stress does have an impact on my ability to actually.. Do things. But, all that aside, if you're unhappy with my decisions, understand this -- I am not a content creation machine. I do not analyze and fine-tune my output for maximum return on investment of my time/effort. Sometimes, I miscalculate how long something will take. Sometimes, I get writer's block. Sometimes (like recently) I fuck up some renders and have to redo them. I don't have a studio, an assistant, or anything else. It's literally just me, writing, rendering, coding, doing blog posts, doing art, managing my social media, tracking expenses, filing taxes, etc. while still working a 60+ hour a week full-time job, and trying to have an actual life.
As always, thanks for reading and playing.
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That was a pretty dope teaser Cassie 100% lived up to the hype she is so goddamn sassy I love her. Playing on a good guy path so no incest for me (but fucking Ashe while she roleplays as Cassie? yes please 
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That new detective seemed like a good person to bring in on the Lucian thing but then he said he would run it up to his captain and Lucian seems the type to own people in the police so maybe keeping the cops out completely is better hmm.
Someone mentioned earlier up that Neon has mentioned there being like mini harem/throuple paths eventually? I'm assuming that's only in a dark path? I can't really see any good guy path where it would feel natural for any of the girls maybe a threesome here or there but that's it.
I really appreciate this teaser before the remake because the cliffhanger ending of episode 10 was just too much lol and this little snack of an update will tide me over well
)That new detective seemed like a good person to bring in on the Lucian thing but then he said he would run it up to his captain and Lucian seems the type to own people in the police so maybe keeping the cops out completely is better hmm.
Someone mentioned earlier up that Neon has mentioned there being like mini harem/throuple paths eventually? I'm assuming that's only in a dark path? I can't really see any good guy path where it would feel natural for any of the girls maybe a threesome here or there but that's it.
I really appreciate this teaser before the remake because the cliffhanger ending of episode 10 was just too much lol and this little snack of an update will tide me over well
Someone mentioned earlier up that Neon has mentioned there being like mini harem/throuple paths eventually? I'm assuming that's only in a dark path? I can't really see any good guy path where it would feel natural for any of the girls maybe a threesome here or there but that's it.
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I think there is a legitimate possibility for an Ashe and Brittani throuple on the good guy path.
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I think there is a legitimate possibility for an Ashe and Brittani throuple on the good guy path.
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I don't think so, don't remember exact conversation, but i think it was Ashe who said she is not in favor of flings and sharing.
- Sep 8, 2022
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That was a pretty dope teaser Cassie 100% lived up to the hype she is so goddamn sassy I love her. Playing on a good guy path so no incest for me (but fucking Ashe while she roleplays as Cassie? yes please
That new detective seemed like a good person to bring in on the Lucian thing but then he said he would run it up to his captain and Lucian seems the type to own people in the police so maybe keeping the cops out completely is better hmm.
Someone mentioned earlier up that Neon has mentioned there being like mini harem/throuple paths eventually? I'm assuming that's only in a dark path? I can't really see any good guy path where it would feel natural for any of the girls maybe a threesome here or there but that's it.
I really appreciate this teaser before the remake because the cliffhanger ending of episode 10 was just too much lol and this little snack of an update will tide me over well
cassie a goat, cant wait to see whats under that trunk...
the "friendly" detective, sounds too friendly, he's waaay too chill. between the douche and the chill one, i think the douche might be the best cop to go after lucien.
i would like clarification on the paths also, i always did the good guy paths, but it seems i might be missing quite a lot of content?
Um, okay, fine, this is just a teaser for Chapter 11. How can you explain the lack of content in it... But I'm just confused by one simple question, why the hell do you need it at all? Just release a normal chapter when it's ready. What's the point of all these ridiculous movements? Just stop wasting your efforts on extraneous things, set priorities, instead of shifting the blame to the supposedly overly demanding fans of the game. A lot of paths in a game are of course good if there is an opportunity to do them, but if it becomes so difficult, then maybe it's worth reducing them a little, as well as the number of characters?) It's just logical to do what you can and calculate your capabilities.
- Sep 8, 2022
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if you put her to work for you, she does even more...
i used to hate nick as well... but the i understood her, she's kinda broken after all the shit she went trough for being young and dumb, if she wasnt with the mc, its because mc was a little bitch at the time (he changed thank fuck). anyway, shes chill, and i'd shit my panths if anyone was put in a situation like that in real life, i doubt you would treat her like shit and all that, you cant play humans like you play characters in a game.
i would not go as far to say she is the perfect GF material, but she's good and quite useful. she literally will manage your whole shit for you, while you go bang other chicks, and can still come back and bang her at the end of the day.
Ashe also brought up the possibility of having a threesome with the MC and another blonde. Maybe planting the seed for a possible throuple?
- Sep 8, 2022
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then he reduces characters, cut content, and the shitstorm starts to bbrew...
people would not be happy the same way.
he also explained why he does what he does, and as a game dev i can understand. you gotta give something to your supporters if you have an ON-GOING project. he does not make content for the forum, and hes right on that. this is a pirate forum, no dev makes stuff for ppl here specific (not successfull ones at least). enjoy not paying for the game, and chill.
- Aug 5, 2016
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That's cool, when I saw the game promoted in the latest updates I thought it was the Remake already.
So Remake eta?
- Apr 3, 2018
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I'm almost completely sure this Detective Mercer guy is in cahoots with Lucien, he may be one of the police insiders they have.
- Feb 15, 2019
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Wasn't a lot of time also spent on re-doing a lot of the art work in earlier episodes?
Please don't forget about gog.com.
What's people's feeling on mercer? Do you think he'll help with lucien or is he in on it?
- Sep 3, 2022
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It's literally answered a few posts up directly by the dev.
- Nov 29, 2016
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Yeah, scene before jacuzzi, i usually pick the first option, so i totally forgot about that.
- Aug 24, 2018
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Mason may become my fave in this game.