So, she is a Tomboy, not a Trap. This post-game have a lot of confuising tags-things. Trap, but not a trap. Harem, but not harem. Loli, but not loli. Pregnancy, but not pregnancy.
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On The Mountain Top is going on temporary hold. It is not being abandoned. I am slowly working on it in the background. I am still actively working Love & Jealousy and my new game Augusta's Home for Wayward Girls. I apologize. This is just a short mental health break. The other two games (my vignettes) are obviously a lot easier to produce and don't create a lot of stress, which is why I am working on them instead. I love the characters in this game and will be coming back to them.
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I wanted to drop in and give a brief update. I am already 85% done with the first release for AHFWG. All of the scripting and almost all of the AI renders are done. (I really think some of the girls are absolutely cute and sexy in this game.) All the music and sound effects are done. Right now, it's just finishing up the story itself which is my favorite part. My goal is to have it available here on Patreon sometime in the first week of September. It is a tremendous amount of fun to dabble back in the supernatural as it obviously opens up a lot of storytelling options. I'm not incredibly adept at doing horror, which is especially challenging in a traditional VN. Not that it can't be done, just not something I have a talent for. So, I am leaning far more into atmosphere and storytelling than putting in jump scares or anything like that. Sound and scene setting music are hugely important in this one. It's also a lot of fun having a character that is not actually in the game (the MC's aunt) who still looms over the game as if she were still actively in the story even though she isn't. It'll make more sense when you play it.
This game will include a sort of non-traditional harem path where you can enjoy everything the game has to offer as far as love interests go. You can also choose a more traditional one girl path if that's your thing. All romance scenes are optional. So, you can go the multi-girl route and just not have sex with any of the girls you don't fancy (this is the recommended path if you want to experience the full story-line of the game). Or none of the love scenes if you enjoy playing adult games without the sex stuff. I know there's a couple of you out there. There will also be some options for netori (if you enjoy that kind of thing). I don't do evil/brutal netori so please temper your expectations if that's your kink.
As always our MC is capable, fairly good looking and basically a decent human being. With flaws as all my characters do. It's no fun to write a story if they don't.
If you've played my games it should be fairly obvious what my personal beliefs regarding god and religion are. I do however, love exploring the morality, philosophy and psychology of belief. And unlike a few other atheists I know in my life, I don't hate or denigrate believers and enjoy lively conversations about faith. Which is explored a bit in this game. It does take place in an unnamed state of New England in the United States. Which if you know your authors and religious history of that part of the country it is a very important part of what makes New England the kind of place it is. Plus it's important to the story-line.
Don't be scared by this next little revelation. I am putting in some actual character skills in this game. It isn't a role-playing game (which I love), but that's not what this is. It's that there will be more than one way to move the game forward, solve problems, etc. that can change based on what you choose to work on. You don't need to cheat to "see the whole game". It's just a fun way to build up the MC the way you like. When the time is right there's an MC skill/relationship screen that becomes available, so you can chart where you're at.
That's all I really have. Just wanted you to know we're getting close. Thanks for stopping by and we'll chat again in about two weeks.
GustavoGanz
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That's really sad. *sniff* OK, it's understandable that you're slowing down a bit to avoid mental burnout. I hope that one of my favourite games will be continued at some point.
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I wonder if I'll be able to use URM to max everything, anyway. Even if I don't "need" to cheat, sometimes I just like being able to choose whatever option. (I know usually with URM I don't actually need all the points to choose something, anyway. So, if they're coded in differently or something. I'll just bypass having every Skill if I feel like it lol)
A tomboy is different because the protagonist and everyone knows it's a girl dressing up boyish. But a reverse trap is usually a tomboy hiding their gender from either the protagonist or everyone else.
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Okay, Augusta's Home For Wayward Girls is completed and in beta right now. Mainly just finding last minute spelling errors and ensuring all the variables kick off properly.
So... what's the important note you ask? Please keep your expectations very, very low. It will save you from disappointment with this announcement. Since I now have an Nvidia 5090, which has 32GB of RAM, I "barely" have enough video ram to attempt low resolution videos in stable diffusion. It is a giant pain in the ass. Even at a resolution of 720p, I run out of memory 50% of the time. 1080p is not possible without 48+GB. I don't have funds to purchase a $6000 video card for that. AI upscaling looks awful on AI videos, so I don't use it. Which is super strange, but it is what it is. On top of it taking dozens of attempts at getting a video that doesn't suck. I spent the last two weeks creating the three videos that are in the game. Each video is about 10-15 seconds in length. None of them are hardcore sex videos. They're all just to show off the pretty girls a bit. As I learn how to do this, I might be able to add more spicy stuff for the next release.
I have elected to make the videos view if you choose. So, you don't have to see them if you don't want. The good thing is, it does bring the characters to life a bit. The scenes that have them will show a "Play Video" box in the upper right corner and an "X" for skipping in the bottom right corner.
If I get enough positive response from them. I will attempt to add the occasional video into Love & Jealousy. I don't think I have the strength to go back and make videos for the existing story, but if time permits, I might go back and sprinkle a couple in. No promises.
See you in a couple days after the beta testing is done.
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Have a good and relaxing break! Looking forward to the next chapters. Don't quit this one!
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Bummer. This game is very good. We will wait for the serialization to resume 
I'm sad this is "on hold" Hopefully, you do come back to it some day. It's a very good and interesting game. I can see how it might be hard to write though. Tapping into this many mental health issues must be taxing. PLEASE do actually come back to it though. It's a really good game. It'd be sad to let it go.