OK so I was thinking about this and it doesnt add up, probably cause im thinking logically, but the Dad transferred him the money when he was 17 and that flagged him, him and steph were together for 3 years and she left 2 years prior to whats happening now, she left after the last day of school based on the flashbacks which is typically 18 right? So the timing doesnt add up for me.....Ideas?
either she was 18 posing as a 10th grader and dating a 15 year old or they were together for 5 years and she left after college.... again doesnt make sense thinking about the time frames given.
Guys, what's with the racket. I was enjoying a nice Saturday evening, and of course I just HAD to go in here, and no I can't make myself exit before I've answered.
The timeline is very much real, because almost all the things in this story are based upon real life experiences. Though, as LoF has progressed some things had to be changed once I'd started the story.
One error I spottet though, was in Chapter 4 when Chris said he'd known Linda and MC for 'about 8 years' should be 10.
Anyway, get your popcorn, because this is a good sized read.
Let's start at the present and go backwards.
MC and Chris is meant to be 24. Yes, I know that seems odd with the mc's gray (silver...) hair and all, but that is more about this poor dev's starting funds ran out when I got to the MC's hair (hair is expensive!). So I went with something simple. A mid-brown/blondish color, that looks gray in almost all lighting. Hence, the joke about it. And in the end it kinda grew on me, so that's why I haven't done anything - yet.
There are several parts in LoF that confirms the characters age, but I have purposedly been vague about it. I have not mentioned it anywhere because I wanted the reader to fit their education to own country's education system, though I will probably change it now that I americanized the story with Steph's explanation (it was originally ment to be some sort of unnamed international organization, but I found it to be even more 'out there' than the current final version) - but you can safely say that Chris/MC/Steph went to College.
As college lasts 3-6 years-ish, I would rather say that MC and Chris leans towards 3. I know that's short but for me, being a norwegian, that is the span for the normal style education past the basis of the high-school equivilant in my country. The premesis was that on the first year in college MC met Steph, and in a few months after they became a couple that lasted until the end of college.
Steph is of course older, having done her previous schooling and a year working at Homeland. That is around 4-5 years older.
Lexi is the same age as MC too or even a year younger, which I tried confirming in the Chapter 4 prologue when they are watching TV. Robin and Kira is 2 years older then the MC - being 'a bit more experienced'.
Linda is meant to be slightly younger. Not much, but enough to be one year behind at school. They met when they were both 14 (Chapter 2 prologue). The experimentation mentioned in the game did not happen before later, though before MC met Steph.
Cece is meant to be 2 years younger than Linda. The reason for they attending the same classes was that Linda dropped out from school for a year.
Now for the problematic part:
In my country, the age of consent is 16. Meaning Linda and MC could be experiment all they want in the period between 16-18. Though, that doesn't work storywise (and legally) so you can upp all their ages by 2 - meaning a flaw in the education timeline, or go by the reasoning that all of MC and Linda's experimentation was the summer before college, while they were both 18.
Anyway, as a disclaimer, all of the people in the story are (except Chapter 2 prologue) over 18 at all times.
Steph is OLDER than the other three. The timeline in the game and their back history doesn't support them being in their late to mid 30's. We just hashed this out. If they met in high school or college, Steph and the MC dated for almost 3 years and were broken up for 2. That's early to mid 20's.
Oh, I saw that game you gave 5 stars today. I'm tempted to give you a homework assignment to find an equal amount of factual errors in that game as you've pointed out about LoF for the past half year, and post it in that game's thread.
But seriousley, you're all cool. And thank you for asking me to clarify.
Cheers
