w123t4
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Is it recommend to restart a new save for next update in order to port the clean save into s2 as some of the code may have changed?
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crazy221
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if you have a save from the previous version of the remake it should be fine, saves from before the remake are just straight up not compatible.
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I haven’t changed anything in Chapters 1-10 (the last release) that would really matter. I had to add a variable calling back to the fact the player cranked one out to Carolina in Chapter 4, but that’s the only variable I added. On the (rather remote) chance I call back to a variable like that, it’ll probably just result in a line of dialogue that doesn’t perfectly match your gameplay experience.
Lightaces
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I mean, you let us fuck Risa in a very uncomfortable place, and I don't mean the back seat of a Volkswagen!
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Cant tell if Im going into full psychosis here but wasn't there a whole sequence where you took Risa to a motel?? Unless im mixing up games.
crazy221
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Yes, its in the patron version of the remake and will be available here in about a week with some new options it didn't have before.
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But the completed rework will be out publicly in the next few days.
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Dev Update! 12/8/25
Hey hey, friends! Hope you're all doing well this week! Just to get my sales pitch out of the way: the Season 1 beta is currently ready, available to all $15+ members, and I'll be opening it up to $5+ members this weekend. There's not a ton of new content, outside of the new love interest-focused endings, and Risa's additional material. But, if you are moved to upgrade your tier to get it early, you can also check out the Season 2 teaser, which has about 95% of the upcoming update.
Cool? Cool. Onto news and other stuff!
As of tomorrow I'm officially on vacation from my day job, which means I'll be spending some long days in my chair, getting the first chapter of Season 2 ready. I'm still not entirely sure what I'm going to call it..
- Season 2, Chapter 1? Makes it feel like more of a fresh start, which anyone can kinda jump into with the second game.
- Season 2, Chapter 13? Picks up the (new) numbering from Season 1, and makes my variables a little easier to name.
- Season 2, Chapter 14? Because I've always been fascinated by that thing where buildings would skip their 13th story, going directly from the twelfth to fourteenth. Always thought it'd be fun to add a hidden Chapter 13, following another character during the time in which the player is indisposed, between Season 1 and 2. But I fear I drive you guys to madness already with my goofy version numbers, and that may be a bridge too far.
Now this isn't really a bug.. It's just The Ghost of Neon's Laziness and Inexperience, come back to haunt me. In the early chapters, I never really bothered with using an 'Unknown' moniker for a character, prior to the player learning their name, and I never changed the character portrait to reflect what the character was actually wearing. I think the first time I did that was wayyy late, in Chapter 11/12. Now, with Season 2 starting, I'm being much more attentive to it.
But back when I first started? Nah. Stupid, lazy Neon.
Soooo, I decided to use some of my nice, chill day to.. work. I began by making some scene-appropriate portraits for Mason, which you can see above. Then, since I already had those files open, I decided to redo a few of the images from the actual sequence where Mason's in the yellow hoodie. I've helpfully labeled them NEW/OLD above.
I think it's pretty interesting to see the difference that time and experience can make. None of the changes really required tools that I didn't have access to at the time -- they just required a little more knowledge about how to stage my assets, play with the camera, and do post-work. Oh, and patience -- something I was in short supply of, during my early dev days.
These Mason edits won't make it into this month's Season 1 release. But within the next couple of months I'll be putting out a new version with this sequence replaced, Mason's portraits updated, and goodies like the short stories and 'legacy' Chapter 1 added as bonus features. But now, after months of juggling Season 1 and 2, I'll finally be focused entirely on the upcoming chapter. My goal's to have it out before Christmas.
I'll leave you with that, but as always: take care of yourselves and thank you for your support!
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I'm confused. If 95% of chapter 2 is ready already, why would it take till Christmas to get the final version? What's missing still? Cheers.
Bug fixing, beta testing? Not sure but this may or may not include an earlier release for sponsers on Patreon/Substar. He also has to work out a way to sucessfully export variables from season one and into season two. FiN has a *lot* of variables. Neon also has a habit, which you could call bad but I won't because we get great stuff out of it, of suddenly deciding to spend a few days adding even more stuff.
I have played the s2ch1 preview and I can assure you it is *very* good however. He probably could (should?) have chopped it in half and there'd still have been plenty to get going with. But the sponsers screamed "NO! We Need More Gabby RIGHT NOW!!!" so everythings coming in one large, wonderful drop.
I have played the s2ch1 preview and I can assure you it is *very* good however. He probably could (should?) have chopped it in half and there'd still have been plenty to get going with. But the sponsers screamed "NO! We Need More Gabby RIGHT NOW!!!" so everythings coming in one large, wonderful drop.
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The main thing left is Gabby’s ero scene, which closes out the chapter. Those always take me a long time. Positions, looping menu options, etc. can just be a drag, and I’m trying not to skimp on options.
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When NG said he was spending time in his chair, I thought for a second he was going to try and steal my lesbian watching chair. Sorry buddy, I'll be needing that for when the ladies put on a show for me.
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The most important part of the whole damn game is what's left! Gabby's big lewd scene!
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Everyone gets touched on, but Cassie, Nicki, Jun/Callie, Madison, Gabby, Carolina, Brittani, Viola, and Alex get more focus.So if I remember right, the next update of s2 is focus on cassie, gabby, viola and brittani(maybe risa and mason too?)?
I originally had scenes for Ashe, Risa, and Mason, but cut them. Mason and Risa's just weren't really going anywhere/accomplishing anything that couldn't be conveyed via montage, and Ashe's has been moved to the following update, where it makes a little more sense and will have some room to breathe.
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