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.
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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.
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Damn I was expecting to have some cute Twink femboy on game, (not much fan of femboy to begin with or before I get judge) but I'm freaking love her as twinkly femboy I mean the whole concept of the game is exploration to begin with and having a different color to game kinda give some spice to it (hopefully it didn't turn out to be some heavy harem game since I'm heavy emotional invested this VN)
so yeah hoping for the update to let the players choose her preference on that one character.
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Lady Lydia
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Have you considered converting this game to the graphic style of the others so its easier to produce? I mean the story would be the same, so it would only require redoing the graphics in the new style, it would require some work but wouldn't in the long term it would reduce the overall work you'll have to put in this game? It was just a thought, I have been thinking lately that many Devs should just bite the bullet and move to AI CG already, rather than take a year to update a game made with Daz or HS, I often feel the Devs of many games are liable to just die before they are done at the rate they make their games, makes me wonder how many games that came out before or during the Covid Pandemic that were abandoned because the Devs just died of the Covid.
That's definitely not something you should do.
Lady Lydia
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The question ultimately is what matters more? The story or the graphics? The graphics in the two other games are inferior by their nature, however considering graphics are the weakness of the Prof, I was simply pondering if they shouldn't consider playing to their strength and have a easier time if it could lead to enabling this game an easier time moving forward. Right now this game might end up being one of those updated once a year possibly and taking over half a decade to be finished, if it get finished at all because the Dev might end up getting completely burned out of it, I personally would rather the game look worst but get finished than look better but either take ages or never get finished.
I cant open this Game,after download and when tried to open it its just buffering not opening. i tried several time download the game but same issue.anyone have this issue!!
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One of the most moving AVNs I've played in a while. Many AVNs give characters baggage and trauma, but this one dials that to 11.
After playing, I understand why PA needed to recharge his batteries and put development on hold. If playing this story can be emotionally taxing, then writing it has to take a toll. It can't be easy to crawl into the skin of every damaged character and write their story from their perspective.
As much as I love this game and the stories it tells, I do have some concerns about gameplay.
The MC is a 58-year-old guy who becomes the guardian for his 12-year-old granddaughter, a park ranger, and a professor at the local university.
Angie, worried about her grandfather's loneliness and driven by a need to care for him, wants him to go out and meet women. But that's where my issues start.
I realize this is entirely subjective, but I don't like the part where the grandpa flirts with 20-somethings he teaches. I'm not near his age, but already at a point I can't see myself spending any kind of quality time with women that young, let alone feeling confident I can productively help them with whatever issues they're facing. While the game gives you the freedom to decide what kind of relationship you'd like to have with each woman, from none to lovers, the narrative is very leading, and choices are very unpredictable.
Some examples:
- Jenna tells the MC she's available to provide some relaxation after he tells her he hasn't had sex in 11 years. A few days later, they send a few messages back and forth, and she hints again at providing release. The MC invites her over to his cabin, and they chat for a while before we get a choice to take her up on the offer or not. This whole sequence is leading because there's little reason to invite her over unless it was so she could give him a handy. After rejecting her, I couldn't help but wonder why we didn't get this choice before inviting her in the first place.
- At the start of the evening with Brooklyn, we get a choice to keep things friendly or hint at being attracted to her. Even if you choose to keep things friendly, the MC will flirt with her if you also choose to invite her to your home for the next movie night. While I don't fault the MC for going along with her and getting excited when she puts his hand on her breast, he also does nothing to defuse the situation or clarify his intentions. In my view, I have already indicated that I'm not interested in more than friendship, and I wish the game respected this or gave me an additional choice.
- Aubree, a young woman who regularly hints at wanting to exit life, meets us while Angie is in therapy. During this conversation, we get a few choices that are fairly obviously positive or negative in their effect. Then, out of nowhere, this grandpa suggests they go clubbing together. This feels so strange to me for multiple reasons... He's 58, hasn't gone clubbing in forever, and it's another night he'll just leave Angie at home alone. While my choices do indicate a certain interest, they're also made with Aubree's mental health in mind. But then the game just takes the reins and goes beyond that. It just feels off that we get choices on how we interact but not about going clubbing.
Finally, I think the age differences need to be addressed with how the MC thinks about them. He can't possibly imagine anything long-term with anyone, because the long-term doesn't exist for him. Let's face it, he likely won't see any child he sires graduate from high school. I can't imagine that this MC, who has lost so much, would consciously put others in that position.
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For every grand pa or ma, with a grand child they have ta care for before the state, mom, cults, Victoria Secret recruiters oR human traffickers get hold of her - they are GOING TO LIVE FOREVER.
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