Alexa corruption was introduced to allow a simple and in-game mechanic to skip the bartending game.
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The next update is a refresh of the bartending game with some updated art.
You may wanna throw some more Alexa corruption into the bartending refresh, even if it's not just machine training... could be interesting to have the option to have two bartenders competing for interaction, maybe have Catherine be fighting the urge to be doing stuff on the sly as a penalty until Alexa gets more machine time. The problem to some degree is integrating
when Alexa corruption grows, since the game's timeline is kind of disordered as development occurs (ie, coherency isn't really necessary until being much closer to 1.0 release, but it'll save you work later to try to maintain coherency in the plot now).
Annica was brought in because I thought it would be fun to have her fall into a machine.
Hah! Could also be interesting to see how her falling into the machine leads to plot development... maybe she doesn't just help with Nora, she also helps you with May? Also, May has a typo when she says "obliaged" instead of "obliged," that's been annoying me for like 3 updates now.
And after that it's Catherine's turn in the machine.
But what more can the current machine do for her...? Is it
finally time for a new machine? Or does she find something to upgrade the current one deep in the sewers... oooooo, spooky sound effects!
Edit: Ah, missed a different post by dev, so I guess there IS gonna be a new machine!