Probably because my English is very bad it could be that I have misunderstood this scene.
How exactly does one arrive at this scene?
For the Sierra scene, just make sure you didn't go out of your way to piss off the coven girls,
there's a point (chapter 3 I think) where they want some boxes moved, and Zarah and Sara leave, then Sierra then pulls you into a rest room and there rest happens there.
For the scene where Macy shows Denise
how to get off, I think it'll trigger automatically always.
(...) how does it make you feel when something you have kept close for a long time get released? Is it like expecting a baby? (...) Do you look forward to hearing what people have to say about it? (...)
It scares me s##tles tbh. It's nerve wracking.
A funny thing happens once it's out though, it stops being 'mine', emotionally. I can't quite explain it, but when looking at it once it's been released, it feels like it is now its own thing and not something that I own because I made it.
(...)Or is it more like creating something for yourself that stand with your likings and just sharing it to others because why not? (...)
Oh yes, very much that too. The things I create are things I like. I don't make content to cater to some market and sell some units. If I don't feel it myself, I can't create it (or I could, but it'd suck, so I won't).
(...)Also, how do you react to game leaks? For me personally, great art and dialogues. Very good reviews but I feel like it's not appreciated enough with the visibility and the money it's generating now. So for someone from this close circle of friendly people to leak something. How do you take it? (...)
Badly, but not for monetary reasons. Beta means the game just isn't ready yet to go out there. There's bugs, missing content, glitches, typos, sooo many typos. It is not the version I want people to play, because it would turn them off the game.
I make sure to tell people: don't sign up for this beta if you just want to play this game early, it's in a bad state, it will not be good to play, and anyway the complete game will release for everyone just a week or so after. So wait for a week, and play a good version.
(...)Big fan. Appreciate the great work. Thank you. Merry christmas.
Thank you, same to you!
why was beta not released here
Because this effed up industry's got you and everyone sold on a notion that a beta is like this yummy exclusive early access, and that it's so great if you could get in on that, instead of what it really is, namely a short period to get the game into the hands of some dedicated players wading through that crap testing the hell out of it to catch all the issues and proof all the dialog, so that when everyone plays it, they play a version that isn't actual s##t.
And any
real fan would want the version that goes out to the public to be the best version, not the crappy half-finished one.
I personally never play betas from the games I like, I want it enjoy the best version of it. So I'm super grateful to (and in awe of) those willing to beta test Light of my Life and help to make it better than I could on my own. They're the real MVP so to say.