Project update
The good:
I'm still putting on the finishing touches tonight, but MBH Chapter 2 will be released in about 24hrs. I'm going to take tomorrow to do a final run through before posting. Ideally, I'd take more time fine tuning but here it is. A LOT of your questions will be answered but not all. I hope you'll find Ch2 surprising and at least refreshing in a 'well that's different' kind of way, even if at a basic level you feel is contains the usual cliches. If you do, you'll enjoy the other chapters as well. Due to time constraints I was not able to get this to a proof reader before publishing. However, I want to publicly thank him for the willingness to volunteer his time. As a volunteer and fan of the game, I didn't want him editing an incomplete chapter and missing out on the full experience. I hope to work with him down the line for other chapters. I've taken my own steps to avoid some of the more obvious errors in Ch1, but some may still exist. Maybe I'll do a mid chapter refresh with some of the refinements and error corrections I ran out of time to fit in today. We'll see.
The Bad:
While Chapter 2 is a good chapter on it's own, it's all about Vivian. Her story needed to be told but Chapter 3 is what I'm excited about, and I think it's really the content most of you are interested in. If you're interested in how Hutch develops over time with his newly opened marriage, stay tuned. Like Ch1 and Ch2, it will end with an emotional cliffhanger. It will likely be around the same size as Ch2, and while I have about 1k images already done, I can't continue the production speed I did with Ch2. I have other shit in my life I'm neglecting and I want to give the chapter the time and effort it deserves. So I will not give a time line for Ch3 other than to say, it's ready when it's ready. This is just a hobby after all. I aim to provide monthly updates and occasional teasers just to let everyone know the game isn't abandoned.
The Ugly:
I'm including a rape tag for this update. I hate having to announce it because now you are anticipating it and it diminishes the emotional impact. The scene itself could be debated that it doesn't qualify but it's on the fence so I'm including the tag to avoid backlash and to follow the forum rules. I apologize if anyone is offended. The scene is not gratuitous. It's important to character development and the story. It's not overly graphic. It shows enough to establish what the scene is intended to establish and that's all.
I have my own hosting mirrors and can update the thread myself so I will drop a short reply when it's up. The game won't show up on the LU page until a mod gets around to listing it. That might be immediately or in a day or two but the game will be live tomorrow night.
See you on the other side. Thanks.
*Edit to clarify that Ch3 involves Hutch a lot more and explores his side of things while Ch2 focuses on Vivian.
