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Hello there you extremely sexy and super wholesome people!

Another week, another month, another progress update!

Like I said last week, pledges are now paused for at least the next two months. If you were a psupporter before I paused and you got charged on the 1st, send me a DM and I'll make sure to initiate a refund ( I heard that patreon does that sometimes ). If you are an annual supporter on Patreon, the months I'm pausing will get added to your pledge, so you don't lose out on any months.

Okay, let's talk about the games. I wasn't surprised about your favorites when I posted the roster for the My New Memories prequel, to be honest. I expected Lea and Rei to climb to that position quickly, with Amelie following right after. I feel like it's pretty rare to see Asian girls with brown hair in games, so that Rei has become a favorite for a lot of you really means a lot. That's the reason why Lena and Anna also have brown hair, because I want them to be "unique", if that makes sense. Lea being a favorite was probably the one thing I could forsee right away since she is a ginger with freckles, and I know that is the weakness for most of us. I can't wait till you guys meet these characters in the prequel!

Speaking of the prequel, I'm still just grabbing assets and stuff for it for now, but script writing will start soon. I might go a similar approach like I did with My New Memories and My New Family and make it a "day by day" thing, just with... Skips, I guess. Like in the MNF Epilogue, since its unlikely that I can tell the full story in three ingame days. This also means that if you were or are a supporter doing those times, you of course get the benefit to play betas of those days before anyone else. I never did a college story before and to be honest, I'm not really the biggest fan of those games in general, so I will most likely give it my own little twists to make it more like a classic Killer7 game. Less American Pie, more... My New Memories at college, I guess. The title will probably be "My New Memories: The Beginning", short and simple ( thanks to Yankator for that ). Once I have a Steam page running and everything I'll let you guys know so you can wishlist it ( it will be free ). The thought of working on something fully again really helps a lot with the mental health struggle I've been going through ever since this shit happened 5 months ago, so that you guys reacted so positively to that idea really helps a lot, thanks again for that.

I've also been working on Chapter 4 some more, starting on the Jessica event that happens on the second ( technically first ) day of the Chapter. Like I said in a few progress updates before, now that the MC has his memories back a lot of things regarding her will be clearer. He had these thoughts before and wanted to talk to her if a situation escalates again, but the amnesia kinda destroyed that. Now it will happen though and it will initiate a big character development change for Jessica after. She is going to realize what she did all those years and how her bitterness caused her so much pain and missing out on wonderful times with her whole family - That includes the Muellers as well as the family MC's father had with Karla. She will still be a bitch sometimes, I don't want to take that away from her, but she will be a lot less hostile. If I had to compare her to someone in MNF, It would be Fiona, and I hope that you guys will enjoy this character development just as much as you did with her in MNF.

And I think that's it for now. Nothing new regarding my case for now, but to be honest, I didn't expect a reaction that soon anyway. The law enforcement being that fucking slow sucks a lot, but my mind is feeling a lot better now that I have paused pledges. Thanks again for respecting my decision regarding that. If anything comes up I'll let you guys know! Stay awesome!

 

MrLKX

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I'm too european to see the problem ( all three of those names sound very different )
I remember that we already had some confusion about the pronunciation of Lina and Lena. So, for everyone's sake, here's my interpretation of how it's pronounced where.

Lina: The "i" in German is pronounced like an "e" in English. In English, I would pronounce the "Li" like the word lie.

Lena: The "e" in German is pronounced similarly to the "e" in, for example, "ever". The English pronunciation would probably be identical to the German pronunciation of Lina, but if I were a Lena, I wouldn't feel addressed by it.

Lea is basically the same as Lena, just without the "n".
 

TigerWolfe

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I remember that we already had some confusion about the pronunciation of Lina and Lena. So, for everyone's sake, here's my interpretation of how it's pronounced where.

Lina: The "i" in German is pronounced like an "e" in English. In English, I would pronounce the "Li" like the word lie.

Lena: The "e" in German is pronounced similarly to the "e" in, for example, "ever". The English pronunciation would probably be identical to the German pronunciation of Lina, but if I were a Lena, I wouldn't feel addressed by it.

Lea is basically the same as Lena, just without the "n".
All of these have and will be pronounced by the name haver in the US a zillion different ways. We have like no standardized name pronunciation here, and that's before you take into account regional accents. I'd for sure double check my pronunciation, if not already properly introduced, for all those names.
 

jaw1986baby

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I'm too european to see the problem ( all three of those names sound very different )
The Murrica pronunciation of all 3 is very nearly the same (1st 2 for sure) but Lea drops the "n" sound

But also knowing they are not names of US citizens many generations in, we (some of us) do get the alternate pronunciations.


Lina -- LEEna
Lena -- LEEna in USA but I assume you mean more like Lenna as far as a US pronunciation

Lea -- LEEah in USA, this one could be closer to Leia but I am not certain your intent on that one.

Killer7 I edited this post to maybe help more



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Killer7

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Lea and Katharina are German, so it would be Leh-ah. Lena is more like "Lehna" with a longer E. You basically say the Le for Lea and Lena the same.
 
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Maviarab

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The Murrica pronunciation of all 3 is very nearly the same (1st 2 for sure) but Lea drops the "n" sound

But also knowing they are not names of US citizens many generations in, we (some of us) do get the alternate pronunciations.


Lina -- LEEna
Lena -- LEEna in USA but I assume you mean more like Lenna as far as a US pronunciation

Lea -- LEEah in USA, this one could be closer to Leia but I am not certain your intent on that one.

Killer7 I edited this post to maybe help more



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Not Murican. English in general, anywhere around the world lol. They are all pronounced, in English, practically exactly the same.
 
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jaw1986baby

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Not Murican. English in general, anywhere around the world lol. They are all pronounced, in English, practically exactly the same.
True but there are some distinctions and as I am not learned in the King's/Queen's English I only speak to the Murrican lingo
 
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pgm_01

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I have been told my accent is somewhere between New York and Boston, so I would pronounce them:

Lina -- LEANah

Lena -- Laynah (sort of like the ELaina without the E) or possibly LENah, like the male name Len or Glen with an A on the end

Lea -- LEEah
 

Killer7

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OK so I got the sounds flipped

LEE is long e
Leh is short e


Lena -- LEEnah
Lea -- LEEah

Lina -- would be the short Lih or Leh so would the NA get the stress? LihNA maybe?

One thing I do know about English natives and German pronunciation is the second of 2 vowels get our long vowel

ie - Long E for us
ei - Long I for us

If that helps at all
Lina = Lee-Na. Like Bruce Lee.
 
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