Was looking forward to something further with Cassidy in particular. Anyway thanks for continuing rather than simply abandoning. Any news on a new writer?
For now, I'm going to do my best as the new writer. I'm focusing on the new game first, as it is primarily from the male pov (more comfortable writing) but some female pov. Should give me enough practice to pick up where the old writer left off. I worked with her long enough that I should be able to approximate her writing style, but obviously there will be some differences. Original plans are going to cut very short. It will basically continue just enough to reach logical endings that are hopefully satisfying. I'm definitely not planning on just dropping an ending out of nowhere on any of the main paths, but some lengthy plot ideas that we had discussed are unfortunately abandoned.
Hopefully the new game, though the focus is slightly different, will have everything you loved about the old one and then some. The focus is slightly different, though, so it will lose some fans and pick up some new ones.
[Oh, and I won't be completely dropping the Cassidy storyline in this game. It won't have as much as originally planned, but I have already decided to bring Cassidy into the new game b/c I loved the character so much.]