- May 6, 2023
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So the stories are based on stories of broken marriages from a therapy group. Well it does explain a lot... SO the story is a tragedy and an example of how not to do it. Makes perfect sense.When the dev say:
"This idea was taken from a real life group that my wife and I were a part of."
I think he is talking about those couples therapy groups where participants take turns telling their real stories with the primary intent of saving their marriage. It was a "couple therapy group" for me (similar as for alcoholics therapy groups)
in these groups the participants exchange real-life facts and then create a topic for discussion during the session to explore with the participants the different points of view of the men and women in the group.
This is the story that developer originally wanted to write and provably all the participants were taking notes on the sessions...so he should have many notes taken from real stories.
The dev probably mixed up the participants' stories to safeguard their privacy.
By the way if we talk about the story in the old version of the game it does not seem very clear what are the parts added by patreon advices... but those parts were causing inconsistent endings (that was not included in the notes taken from the real group)... so the developer decide to rewrite the story from the beginning.
E.G: if there was a stewardess in the group, the part where Anne works as a flight attendant will also be in Tacos.
And being that Mircom has decided to write the story as he originally thought about...he will no longer be influenced by outside advice if indeed this story tells real events that happened to some of that group participants, that is why the story becomes a masterpiece IMAO....
Real life often exceeds the "realistic fantasies" of some who participate in this discussion
There are many who talk about their real open relationship story here (including me), this in itself demonstrates the power of this game... that it is bringing in a "pirate" forum to discuss some of the topics that were probably covered in the original therapy group that Mircom3d and his wife was a part of.
Just my 2 cents (of course)