Hi there, thanks so much for taking the time to write all this. I'll respond to this in parts as I normally do.
A lot of this is strictly from (or based on) my own personal experiences and daily life. I come from an abusive family (which started literally while I was still in the womb), and I still struggle greatly with a lot of PTSD, hallucinations, and more. Wrestling Dynasty has allowed me a way to communicate and deal with these things, and it's extremely relieving to hear this. If my storytelling has been relatable and helps you or anyone else in any way with similar feelings, emotions, and thoughts... then it's truly more satisfying to me than if I had 1,000 Patrons. Thank you for saying this.
I assume you mean the ringside commentary by Serena, in which case, yes it was deliberate. I don't know how well versed you are in not only wrestling but the history of wrestling, but I'll try to explain as briefly as I can: I grew up during the Attitude Era of the WWE (late 90s, basically, I was born in '87). The Attitude Era remains the most popular and beloved era of wrestling, and it's almost universally agreed upon. Something—or rather, someone—that was a big focus during the Attitude Era was Jerry Lawler, who did color commentary. Lawler was notorious for his "always horny" commentary. So, the reason for Serena's commentary is twofold:
- To invoke the classic Jerry Lawler-style commentary from the Attitude Era.
- Since I do not intend to go the route of "sex wrestling" and with it being a slow burn story, it made sense to me to add this kind of commentary, considering the reason we're all here and playing this game.
As far as whether Serena SAW the bandages, I know it doesn't specifically confirm one way or the other, but in my mind, she most likely did not notice them (bathroom lighting, Melissa's hair in the way, etc). I also imagine she was quite surprised to see a male in the female's restroom most of all, so her focus was on MC. Though, the MC did try at first to explain what was going on:
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I agree that I dropped the ball on the "secrets" mechanic in Update 1. My only reasoning is that I'm a brand new dev who barely has any idea what I'm doing, and I tried something I probably shouldn't have, in hindsight. I got it wrong and I messed it up.
Secrets will NOT work in Ren'Py as they did in Twine, and that's if there's any secrets at all in the Ren'Py version. It's something that if I want to do again in Ren'Py, I need to take a lot more time figuring out what does and doesn't work. I can confidently say that if Ren'Py has secrets, it will NOT be in the dialogue, but rather, clicking objects/things in the scene itself, like how many other games do this mechanic.
Immersion is possibly the most important thing to me and anything that breaks that is something I need to look at and consider.
Again, I thank you for writing this. I hope you come back for the big release of Update 2 and share more of your thoughts!
There will absolutely, definitely be watersports scenes, though these will be optional.
