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Morning everyone!! ^_^
Well I'm sure everyone will jump for joy in hearing that E2 is almost OVER! It's been a wild ride. A wild ride that ended up a lot longer than I expected it to
I posted Episode 1 online in June 2021 and here we are in October 22, 16 months later. This time last year I was working on the Camping Trip ^_^!At this rate I'll finish the game around 2030 lol!
Anyway the foundation of the game originated in Lisa's quest to gain credits which is a track the game will return to within the first few updates of 3.X. Returning to places like Christy's parlor and the major route decision there, checking in on Marcus which will be very different based on whether Lisa modelled or not, we'll also be starting some new series like Ms Short & Damien in Renshire College which I think you guys will love and satiating Lisa's curiosity by "investigating" Malik which I'm personally really hyped for! A lot of choices come to mind in the opening releases of 3.X. Perhaps one of the most dense choice based areas of the game which is a little terrifying but it'll be fine x)
Around half way through Episode 2 the West District was unlocked along with the Mod Shop, West Coffee and more recently Kwang-Ho's restaurant. In 3.X I'll be expanding the West District slightly by including Calvin's apartment, I'll also be adding both the North District (the Red Light District) with it's clubs, sex shops and a myriad of shady characters alongside the East District which is the more Metropolitan(?) area of Renshire being the primary shopping area, it also houses Renshire PD and a sort of civil unrest that permeates that sector of the city.
Of course there's also the new day outfit which I haven't sourced yet (it'll be polled well in advance, don't worry!
) and the much talked about Night Outfits / Events.It's exciting from a developer pov to have so many different stories and characters to work on and I am desperately looking forward to retreating back to familiar waters in the near future! But first.. the final roadblock that guards all of these events is Jayce's Party ^_^ probably the most anticipated event since the game started.
Fun Fact: Jayce's Party was actually supposed to be in Episode 1 but this was long before I had written any concrete story and I was just sort of creating things as I went. Lisa's bed event (sleeping / napping, etc) actually has the pre-requisite trigger already set up for the party and those lines of script have been in the game since long before the first release and I just never removed them lol! ^_^
So where am I currently.. well I wanted a little break from Byron's scene so I started & completed the outlying Council event so it's out of the way, I made another small harassment scene that'll be available at the beach too ^_^ I've also very nearly completed the end of the Paul scene which was cut a little short (I'll finish that one today hopefully). Basically it's just finishing Byron's scene and plopping it all into RPGM and that's it, onto the party ^_^ It is a little daunting going backwards and re-introducing all of Paul's content under the premise of Byron's scene being the reason for blackmail as opposed to Viv's if the circumstances are correct.
I dunno if I explained how it'll work before but basically Byron's Visit can only be triggered if the player has viewed Viv Visit first. If the player chose to enter into a "Romance" with Viv then that will be used as Paul's blackmail. If the player denied Viv then Byron's Visit will be used as Paul's blackmail. If the player denied both routes then Paul's Blackmail will be unobtainable or if the player rejected Viv and simply didn't pursue Byron / Instagram then it will also be unobtainable after a certain point in the story (The scene in which Lisa goes to Viv's house and finds her passed out on the couch is mandatory whereas Byron's content is not). I really don't like locking content but this has been a headache from the get go and I think doing things this way makes the most sense as a developer but more importantly the characters involved
Another 3-4 days of full work on Byron's scene and I'll be able to wrap it up I think ^_^ it should be done and ready to start writing at the end of next week.
I'm leaving tonight until Sunday/Monday, my Grandfather is unwell and I'm going to stay with him for the second half of the week (my family and I are taking turns). Some relatives that live abroad are flying in on Sunday (I think?) so at the latest I'll be home on Sunday evening <3
Anyway that's all from me I think! Happy belated Halloween lol! I hope you're all having a great week and I'll talk to you soon
)Thanks so much everyone, from the bottom of my little pale heart <3 xo
//pG
