BloodyMares

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Unrelated but, what was the deal with the bouncer in that scene with Lena and Holly? Do we find out why he didn't let her in initially.
You can simply replay that scene from the save file to find out. Marcel doesn't believe Holly is of legal age and suspects she faked her ID, to which Holly panics and offers to show him her library card. He finds it adorable and lets her in when Lena confirms that she is, in fact, 23.
 

BlackIsBetter

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You can simply replay that scene from the save file to find out. Marcel doesn't believe Holly is of legal age and suspects she faked her ID, to which Holly panics and offers to show him her library card. He finds it adorable and lets her in when Lena confirms that she is, in fact, 23.
why he would think she isn't of legal age and why she panicks about it.
 
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I think we are moving from weekly update to monthly ones.
So yeah, i guess i am waiting for monthly update.
But on a serious note someone do check is dev alright or something cause it's starting to look a bit serious.

Anyway we can discuss the possibilities of what kind of ending there might be in the end of game with how much info we have from the released chapters?
 
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BloodyMares

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But on a serious note someone do check is dev alright or something cause it's starting to look a bit serious.
Everything's fine, the game is being updated, but looks like Eva is too busy writing to do anything else, be it write a status update post, address the backlog of bug reports, update the game on itch.io, or even respond to messages.
 

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Hi guys,
This week has been rather rough and I've been having trouble progressing with the writing. It's been hard to focus and sort out all the complex variations in any given scene but, most of all, it's the pressure of development that's being hard to handle. I would've liked to be done with the update by now, and the longer I take to release it, the harder the pressure gets; dealing with long development cycles can really wear you down, especially when there's so much moving pieces and interconnected tasks to take care of. Thankfully I have help with the art and coding, but managing and coordinating people is not that easy and it's not something I have a knack for.
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Not everything is bad news though; I've continued to work in the art and that's almost done. We've been also working in implementing a text messaging screen, since the display method that I had been using so far felt really lackluster. We have the screen working, now we have to implement it. I think it will add a lot to the immersion and overall presentation of the game.
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Also, the 3 new backgrounds are done, and I'll add a fourth one, so quite a few new places to visit in this chapter. Any guesses?
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Regarding the writing, I have left 3 major lewd scenes to write. Once I manage to push through those, I'll need to ensamble the chapter together, make sure everything works and then it'll be ready, so hopefully the release isn't far away. I really need to get this chapter out.
I understand if some of you are disappointed, and I thank the ones who keep supporting the development patiently. Status reports aren't coming out as consistently as they should, but I struggle to write them when I can't share good news, and I'm trying to save my mental energy to focus on the game itself. However, I'm happy that I can start showing some of the work that's been going on for the past few months. Again, thank you so much for your backing of this project, and I'll try to publish a chapter that keeps elevating the experience, even if I'm struggling more than I'd like to do it. My promise is to not disappoint you, and that's what I'm working towards.
 
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Blurpee69

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I feel like that's Jess' apartment. The question I have, if that is is Jess' apartment, will it change where we have a good Jess or a bad Jess?
 

ffive

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I feel like that's Jess' apartment. The question I have, if that is is Jess' apartment, will it change where we have a good Jess or a bad Jess?
Am thinking it could be Cherry's flat, given she's a painter and it makes more sense for Ian to pay her a visit at this stage than for either of MCs to get invite from Jess. Alternatively could be good Jess' place, given she has painter boyfriend on this path.
 

Vurg

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It was pretty obvious that the slower cadence of Patreon updates was due to writers block. Personally I am sympathetic. I've always problems resolving plot points in my own writing and I can't imagine having to resolve them for multiple branching paths and variables. The faster cadence earlier was due to lack of complexity of the initial tasks.

I don't know if she has anyone to bounce ideas off of to resolve writers block, but I look forward to the update still regardless of how long it takes and hope Eva doesn't burn herself out from stress.

I think the updated workflow set up seems like a good step forward though and I would wholeheartedly encourage Eva to continuing working on the process.

I patiently await for the day that my boy Marcel finally gets laid.
 

Doppelgang

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I feel like that's Jess' apartment. The question I have, if that is is Jess' apartment, will it change where we have a good Jess or a bad Jess?
It's Cherry's—as someone pointed out when the sketch was shared, that picture has "cherry's home" in the file name.

Wondering what the other backgrounds will be, though. I'm guessing at least one or two are other character's homes, and from the main cast Holly, Jeremy and Emma are the ones we haven't seen the homes of yet. Jeremy in particular it would make sense to give an own background, as his relationship with Lena is so sneaky in nature and sooner or later they'll likely need to meet away from Lena's home, for obvious reasons.
 

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It is obvious that chapter 11 will be the only one released this year, so one chapter per year.:LOL:
 

Doppelgang

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It was pretty obvious that the slower cadence of Patreon updates was due to writers block. Personally I am sympathetic. I've always problems resolving plot points in my own writing and I can't imagine having to resolve them for multiple branching paths and variables. The faster cadence earlier was due to lack of complexity of the initial tasks.

I don't know if she has anyone to bounce ideas off of to resolve writers block, but I look forward to the update still regardless of how long it takes and hope Eva doesn't burn herself out from stress.

I think the updated workflow set up seems like a good step forward though and I would wholeheartedly encourage Eva to continuing working on the process.

I patiently await for the day that my boy Marcel finally gets laid.
Yeah—when Eva goes quiet for longer periods (and it's very rare that it's more than two weeks), it's usually because she's struggling with the writing or working hard to get the final pieces to fit together, and ends up not prioritizing updating Patreon. Considering the previous status update it was likely that it was a mix of both.

And yeah—working on resolving plot points in stories like this, where everyting is so delicately woven together and one inconsistency can end up affecting many different paths, is very draining. And if you don't find the solution at first, it's easy to get stuck and not find your way out. I don't think Eva bounces ideas with her team during the writing process—maybe it would be a good idea to do that, but these problems (from the little we know of them) is, as you probably know, more or less impossible to completely prevent.

One of the backgrounds is probably the beach house.
I think we're in the last week of June at the end of the Chapter 11 Prologue, and the beach house is not due before August. So I and others have guessed that we'll have one or two more chapters before that. But four new backgrounds is more than usual, so maybe that's an indication that it'll happen already in the next chapter? If they'll go there, you'd likely need both a living room, at least one bedroom, and an exterior background—either a pool or the beach or something similar.
 
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