- Dec 11, 2017
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Don't see the game as one movie but as 8-10 movies.I am fine with the movie approach but what is the point of giving the player choices, beyond who they romance, if there is a fixed storyline? To be honest I'd rather it was more like a movie without the pretense that the player's input matters to the overall narrative. I usually advocate for more player choice, more impactful decisions, but if the narrative is fixed, beyond who the MC fucks, why not focus on fully telling the story and forego the illusion of choice?
Every season has a finale on which the next season will build upon. This finale will be reached no matter what but.. There are many different versions of this particular finale.
The finales often give you certain information that will determine the route the next season takes.
And if you tell a girl off, it's not just that you said "No" to her romance route and everything else just goes the same way.
An Example:
In the natural, non-dating state, the MC knows about information J.
You tell Girl A off and miss out on information K which would've replaced information J. (What the MC has known previously)
Then you interact with Girl B.. She will give you either Information L or M. This depends on Information J or K.
But information K might get you into trouble later because Information O from Girl E replaced Information W you got from Person D.
But if you had Information W then Information K would've led you to a completely different route.
And whatever the MC says, will be handled as an Information and will influence the other person. An important factor here is... The girls/males talk with each other off-screen and behind the MC.
MC dates Girl I --> MC hears about Info B².
MC doesn't date Girl I --> MC never hears about B² and still is in the info B mindset.
And now MC speaks with Nami and tells her about B².
And Nami will talk with Person Z and either tell her/him about B² or not which will result in Person Z either telling Person C about B² or not. Which will result in either Info M² or I² being spread in the background.
I hope it's understandable but those romance choices are not just yes or no choices and the way the finale plays will be heavily influenced by what the MC did.
And this doesn't mean that a romance will always give you the right info. Just because it appeared good at first, can get back to you lately because of another sub-route that was pulling strings in the background.
10 - 11 Chapters.How long will Season 1 of SG be?
But because I am splitting the update size in half, Season 1 will get another 14 updates after Chapter 3.
That's just how life works.I am sure that I am not alone in my dislike of Bella and if for the foreseeable future all that we shall see is Bella focused then I am not going to be the only person who is disappointed (even if we are a small group).
You can't please everyone and that's why every dev should just focus on what he himself wants to do. Otherwise, you will find yourself in a vortex of different opinions and your game will end up with a nice yellow/orange "Abandoned" next to its name.
Because at the end the dev realized that you just can't please everyone but his game was ruined by all those changes of direction.
Just stay true to yourself.
Bella has the same position as a Victoria or Mila just that Bella's plot is the first really important one.
Thank you for your kind words.Anyway, all that said you are an amazing developer. Good luck with everything you do. I hope that you continue to gain more Patreons, you truly deserve at least twice as many. Take care.![]()