TheBigWater

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Hi everyone,

Chapter 10 is coming along and these days I'm mainly focused on writing. I'm making progress on Lena's side of the story and, content wise, this chapter is already as long as chapter 9, and will be even longer than chapter 7, which so far has been the longest with +22.000 lines of code.

I can't assure if the length of a single play-through will be longer though, since a lot of the content is mutually exclusive, but there will be a lot to discover for those that go through the game several times, trying different options. And that's the main reason writing this chapter is taking so long: every single scene is layered and plays out in a variety of ways, so the gaming experience will change quite a lot depending on your choices. Sadly for me, that means there's no single scene I can write in a straightforward manner, which is considerably taxing to my brain. How easy writing a normal book feels in comparison... but that's the nature of this work and I wouldn't have it any other way. Hopefully I can manage to finish most of the writing this month and move to the final release soon; it's about time.

In the meanwhile, here's a teaser for a new character that will appear in this chapter and that some of you might already be familiar with...


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Isn't that Ian ex-girlfriend?
 
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balvenie1401

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Now I can adjust my expectation to an update that will be pretty much as long as the last 3 updates.
Tbf, anything less then 3 updates worth of content should be considered a blatant failure since ch. 10 had a dev cycle of over a year, that's IF it gets released at the end of Nov.. Given it's taken 3-4 times as long as a normal chapter it SHOULD be huge (or frankly "normal size" for that amount of time)..
 

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Isn't that Ian ex-girlfriend?
I give you that, the silhouette is indeed quite similar to her. But then the words "<...> that some of you might already be familiar with <...>" wouldn't make sense, because Gillian should be known by all players, unless they CTRL through the whole game or at least Ian's Chapters. And I don't think Eva is that disbelieving of us fellow players...
 

Samuel Hidayat

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I give you that, the silhouette is indeed quite similar to her. But then the words "<...> that some of you might already be familiar with <...>" wouldn't make sense, because Gillian should be known by all players, unless they CTRL through the whole game or at least Ian's Chapters. And I don't think Eva is that disbelieving of us fellow players...
It's either Gillian or Nat. The former makes more sense imo for Ian's closure.
 

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Hi everyone,

Chapter 10 is coming along and these days I'm mainly focused on writing. I'm making progress on Lena's side of the story and, content wise, this chapter is already as long as chapter 9, and will be even longer than chapter 7, which so far has been the longest with +22.000 lines of code.

I can't assure if the length of a single play-through will be longer though, since a lot of the content is mutually exclusive, but there will be a lot to discover for those that go through the game several times, trying different options. And that's the main reason writing this chapter is taking so long: every single scene is layered and plays out in a variety of ways, so the gaming experience will change quite a lot depending on your choices. Sadly for me, that means there's no single scene I can write in a straightforward manner, which is considerably taxing to my brain. How easy writing a normal book feels in comparison... but that's the nature of this work and I wouldn't have it any other way. Hopefully I can manage to finish most of the writing this month and move to the final release soon; it's about time.

In the meanwhile, here's a teaser for a new character that will appear in this chapter and that some of you might already be familiar with...


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Aw man... I come here once a month and I still can't tell how much of a progress has been made...

What are the projections for the Update to come out? December? Or is it the next year?
 
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Geralt From Rivia

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I mean, of course it's "coming along". I'd assume that the developer is working on the game without them saying this, right? Saying that is redundant.
I think it means that the work is coming to an end. As Eva said, she is thinking of finishing the writing by the end of October and moving on to the final part. This is testing and polishing, so I expect the release before the end of November. Usually alphas came out at the end of the month, on the 22nd-25th. Maybe.
 

JohnnyKiss

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Real talk now folks: has anyone ever thought of the possibility that these "status reports" are just stalling tactics to keep getting money and the game is already a finished topic for the developer?
I doubt it. I think it's far more likely that the dev is simply struggling with which direction the story will take. She seems to be avoiding the same situations from her previous game which might also be what complicates the whole situation, besides the whole "Steam Guidelines" that limit what she can and cannot do. (which is why there is no Incest planned like in GGGB).
 

BlackIsBetter

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I think it means that the work is coming to an end. As Eva said, she is thinking of finishing the writing by the end of October and moving on to the final part. This is testing and polishing, so I expect the release before the end of November. Usually alphas came out at the end of the month, on the 22nd-25th. Maybe.
So in a month and a half? I wouldn't call that "coming to an end" but alright. How long would that be since Chapter 9 was out? o_O
 

GifMeMore1987

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Eva, Iris or Nat..................
Natasha makes the most sense IMO, she's the least influenced by the choices the player makes in GGGB. With Eva and Iris EvaKiss would give a "canon" version of the character if they appeared. Yes, she did that with Jessica, but she also made the meta joke about it when Ian is tripping on mushrooms (very good scene, by the way). Nat would also bring the experience of a healthy open relationship into ORS, which could give the MC's some ideas...
No, seriously, how long? I don't believe any developer would take a whole year just for a single update.
Chapter 9 remastered came out in april this year.
 
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