God, this is the first Ren'py game I've seen trying to do cool shit in years. This and the choice memory stuff are sick as hell.
The way I see it, this is another "Roleplay" avenue. Like say, your mc resents your mom for not giving you a "standard" family unit, then you can be envious of Tamarack and Qui. Or you do lousy in school, or are socially awkward.
Envy can stem from so many things like I plan for one of my MCs (that has a enemies to lovers route with Tama lol) to be envious of Tamarack's personality but also this specific MC is a transwoman so she's also envious on how cute and feminine Tama is (kid is just realizing she has feelings for Tama lmaoo). Envy for Qiu for an example could be how they seem to be unbothered about a lot of things nowadays (even tho obviously it's deeper than that). I think Kab will give us a few options and the community will most likely be able to pitch in ideas as well. It can be played out in different ways which I think is so interestingggg, I'm so excited to build on the story with the system! Also even though Tamarack's family situation is horrible, there could be someone who's like, "Oh well at least you have both parents" which... isn't helpful to say but some people may look at it that way (which is a sucky opinion tbh) or look at Qiu and be like, "At least you can be firm about your identity" even if it's not true exactly.
IMO I feel like Tamarack is the "jealous" one and Qiu is the "envious" one.
It mostly depends on your MC cos that's their dynamic with your MC in that route, I'd think about how your MC is in that step and think about how their dynamic would be with the LIs and how the LIs would respond to it! There's no right or wrong because it all depends on your MCs!! One of my MCs has Tama with Teamworking/Praising/Admiring/Envious while his dynamic with her is Teamworking/Praising/Doting/Jealous Over but with Qiu he's Teamworking/Teasing/Doting/Jealous over and Qiu is Deferring/Teasing/Doting/Jealous over (and he's romancing Qiu while being BFFs with Tama) but my MC romancing Tama has completely different dynamics cos of my MCs personality and just how different the relationships play out in my head!
I'm so excited for it tbhhh!! Too many thoughts abt it step 3/step 4 tam and qiu being jelly lol but the jealousy system won't be available when you're in an official relationship so i'm curious how it'll play out if you have like, established feelings for the LIs but aren't in a relationship yet compared to just crushing on them and being jealous!
I know it's dependent on the MC to an extent but I didn't realize it was that heavily involved lol I thought their personal development during step 2 also played a factor... I think I was just overthinking it and assuming it represented their personality rather than their relationship with the MC (contrary to the system being literally named relationship standing...)It mostly depends on your MC cos that's their dynamic with your MC in that route, I'd think about how your MC is in that step and think about how their dynamic would be with the LIs and how the LIs would respond to it! There's no right or wrong because it all depends on your MCs!! One of my MCs has Tama with Teamworking/Praising/Admiring/Envious while his dynamic with her is Teamworking/Praising/Doting/Jealous Over but with Qiu he's Teamworking/Teasing/Doting/Jealous over and Qiu is Deferring/Teasing/Doting/Jealous over (and he's romancing Qiu while being BFFs with Tama) but my MC romancing Tama has completely different dynamics cos of my MCs personality and just how different the relationships play out in my head!
I figured the homeroom thing was if you had an elective with them, but I haven't replayed to check- since I had one with both of them and we all shared the same homeroom.
Qui is a tough one for me like others have claimed they act unbothered until stuff is in their face that they can't ignore in step 1 Qui was teamwork, tease and doting I believe now for step 2 I could see them being deferring and going along with whatever Mc wants, the second one praising if Qui has a crush on Mc, unassuming if neighbors and teasing if friends aka bffs
It's random if you don't get who you want backspace until it randomly decides the choices are Qui only, Tammy only both or neither I did this
Honestly now I thought about it either of them could be envious of an Mc who does good at everything Tamarack has no time for clubs I'm not sure if high school qui still ignores the teacher and doesn't pay attention but we'll find out but they could be envious if mc has perfect grades.
Hiii, If i remember correctly, bestfriend status can be achieved in the magic moment but its been a while since i last played. I think you need to pick the friend option when it appears in step 1 but im really not sure- you can always just pick bestfriends at the beginning of step 2
To add onto the previous commenter, you can also become best friends during the hide and seek moment. When Qiu and Tamarack separate on their own, you need to stay with Qiu and choose the "You're my best friend" option. It will update you to best friend status!
If you mean during the playthrough rather than the relationship standing screen, then yes, you can! I'm not sure about Tamarack specifically, but with Qiu you have at least 2 opportunities during step 1. One is after you race with him during "Wheels," and another is while you talk with him in his hideout after Tamarack leaves in "Magic."
Friend or crushes with either Tam or Qui can unlock best friends Tam in the prologue she will bring it up just say your best friends and Qui during Magic you have to stay with Qui in the tree house and pick one of the last two dialogue choices
