OH MY FLIP FLOPPIN B'JEEBERS, THIS WAS AMAZING. I felt every smidgen of those emotions and experiences in this thing, may have made me tremble and cry a few times. Holy heck I cannot wait for the full thing to be finished and even when it's not you left it off at such a nice point too, still a cliffhanger but not enough to be maddening. Everything was very satisfying and immersive, and I'm happy there was an actual option to murder that one individual. Loved it. Once my health is better and I can get work I'll be supporting you as much as possible :]
I need to find friends to drag over here so I can theorize about the future with them now, so much to say.
there isn’t one at the moment - if there's interest I can definitely put one together, but it won't be until after the next update! not all the achievements are currently... achievable, at the moment, so don’t worry about not getting them all yet :-)
My eyes dilated when I know that we can't actually fuckin kill R on the spot. That shit is real and it blown my mind I thought we unable to actually do it 😂 i can stop laughing after chosing it.
For godsake, why every choice to torture 'em is so oddly satisfying although I'm not really mad at him LMAO
Would the whimpering of some child whom I didn't want to take along in the first place stop me from strangling Rohan? 🤔 No. No, it wouldn't. Not a chance in hell. In fact, it feels jarringly unnatural. MC needs to sort out their priorities.
Wearing a shirt that says “sure xe’s a red flag but red’s one of my favourite colours so what about it” and when I turn around it says “my guy given the aliens and the private company that fakes your death and removes your identity so it can kill you if you’re no longer an asset I don’t know if traditional morality applies in the exact same way all the time” (the text is very small) and then when I turn around again I’m somehow holding a sign that says “GET FOUND FAMILY’D, IDIOT”
Anyway Nash’s character makes me feel secret emotions but if R thinks xe’s getting away with this unbefriended that is xir mistake.
I would just like to say that this is amazingly written, can't get the beggining of the story out of my head for a weak already, and have seen I think every possible branch currently available, eagerly awaiting the continuation. :D
Also, a spoiler question:
How in the hell do you get the R kissing scene instead of them telling you to back off in ch3?
I somehow stumbled on it on my first playthrough and couldn't replicate it at all after, it's been driving me crazy. :D
(Let me rub my trauma against yours already, you crazy back alley surgeon)
And that scene varies depending on your relationship with Rohan! if you're on the rivalry route, you'll get that scene; if you're on the friendship route, you'll get the other one hehe
What's the friendship route? Is it where you didn't, yknow, before R took the Ai from you? And if you did yknow do it with R will there be no way to kiss them? And will both routes allow the romance to continue? Also wanted to say this was really fucking good, great job!
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Also wanted to say, out of curiosity I killed R, and damn you described it perfectly, so brutal, and it left me feeling disturbed. Really well done, felt like I had actually killed someone, and it left me feeling really empty. And the reactions from everyone else really solidified it. God damn. Also really ballsy to actually allow you to kill a main character like that, not many games allow you to do that!
Oh and one more thing, in another comment you said there might be an update around the end of this year. And since its nearly that time, no pressure obviously, and you owe all of us nothing. How's the progress on that next chapter?
choosing to/not to sleep with rohan in chapter one has no impact on friendship/rivalry - the different routes come from how you treat xem later. you get friendship points for listening to xem, showing interest in xir opinions and particularly from showing care/worry about IVI, while rivalry points come from shutting xem down, disregarding xir opinions on IVI, and being pro-scytha in your conversations. you can romance xem on either route, whatever your choices in chapter one - the only locks at the moment are at the end of chapter three, and these choices are available regardless of if you're friendly or rivals.
the update is very nearly done - it probably won't be released in the next couple of days, but I'm in the process of finishing it off and cleaning it up for release in january!
thank you sm<33 I'm glad you're enjoying the game!
You need to look at my comment on the project hadea page. I think your handling of the MC's trauma response to being raped needs work. I have gone through horrible shit, so have people I love. Give the character a chance to out him for what he did. Give us some kind of catharsis in between killing him and just pretending it didn't happen. And yes, it is rape, though on the PH page that word is very obviously avoided. Sex under false pretenses is rape. It is something that happens, so seeing it in writing and movies and stuff isn't inappropriate to me. As long as it is handled well. I really believe this part needs serious reworking.
This is a great story, but this specific part just feels like it needs some fine tuning.
Absolutely agree, I was really shocked it went there, and then really disappointed that such a serious topic was handled so poorly. And it’s an RO route?? BARF.
I'm aiming for around the end of the year, but that's not set in stone. I am still actively working on the game, but I have a full-time job and other commitments so things are moving slowly (but they are still moving!).
This game is one of those few that i would call an absolute master piece the writer does such an excellent job of putting you in the main characters shoes and making you feel the emotions they feel i waited two days after playing this game to see if i would come down from that feeling you normally get when you play a new game to write an honest review and i still find myself thinking of the characters in the dynamics of the story. Each character feels as if there alive and there's a lot of different moving pieces.
SPOILERS AHEAD PLS PLAY THE GAME FIRST AND COME BACK ITS WORTH YOUR TIME
So Theirs a certain character in the story that i knew was up to no good at all and was susing them from the very start like minding my own business after a hard day at work and then they start being sus and dont go away when i tell them to when i was like nah leave me alone and they stayed i knew something was up but holy nothing but prepare me for the events that came next the story went absolutely crazy and it was fucking amazing and immediately i was like ima hunt her down and shoot her aint no way bro. But then things got even crazier and more insane i was like holy this goes hard there aint no way bro. Then you meet your new Daughter after some events and get called by best boy at least in my play through and ride or die brother who you get introduced to during the first little bit of the story. No i lie i would take a bullet for Nash another part is how quickly the reader got me to make a connection with IVI like i was as equally mad a i feel like my character would have been and i was ready to do anything to get her back.However this does change slightly there's one scene in particular that put cracks in my hatred for Rohan and its when shes playing cards with the little girl you saved. Now if you haven't seen this scene go back and play through it because it gives you so much insight to her character Didn't make me dislike her any less however i saw were she was coming from like she had a different Outlook on IVI than i did and was like shes making sense but i just disagreed with her outlook completely she did flesh out IVI a whole lot more than i thought was going to happen as well which one thing we agreed on kinda was IVI was more like a person than not its just and its kinda like this whole thing like would you rather be a slave and live or never have existed at all. Which is like one side you have i want them to experience the beauty and ugliness of this world even if there never truly free However one day maybe you could set them free and on the other its like. I would rather never exist at all then be a tool to someone else and its crazy. However i still dislike Rohan but i love her character its like shes made for you to hate her and shes coming from this entirely different view point and shes doing everything in her power to free this being. Which leads into me not being able to shoot her when given the opportunity i still hated her but that didn't mean she deserved to die. Did i punch her once tho hell yea i did did it make me feel better. no i was still mad also the other options didn't feel as in character like the kiss option was there and i was like ??????? HUH I still hate her and the other was like shoot her and im like hmmm i have but one choice suckerpunch.exe i would have probably gone with a more passive option but maybe not i was mad anyway back to the card playing scene alot of the info from that had also planted a seed i had not even noticed i was like damm this corp im working for is sus as fuck like i dunno anything about them really except for the stuff other characters have told me and there like you work for them stare. so when Rohan said the stuff about IVI i was like hmmm I still do not like you at all but i do care about this AI so call your people but ima still try and steal her back from you the first chance i get. Deep Breath
i could go on for hours about the Rohan stuff however i wanna talk about some of the other characters so the Captain of the ship that you get into i like her alot shes interesting but im more curious to where her story goes from here im not sure however shes like the character i spent the third most time with the other interesting character that feels like there about to have there arc soon is the alien that in the ship with you like it feels like there having a lot of build up and hiding a lot of secrets. The other two the ships mechanic and the brother to the captain i didn't spend to much time with so im not really sure of them but they are absolutely important characters like without them things wouldn't be able to progress and its good to have them there.
Overall this game is amazing and ill be waiting for more this game has easily won its way into my heart and is competing not just with my favorite interactive fiction games of all time but all the games i have ever played overtime its that good lots and lots of love to the writer with this one there doing an amazing job and they have a gift for story telling that some people don't have and they can make there worlds feel alive there is nothing more to say i hope everyone at least gives this game a chance because im sure if they do it will win them over too as it had done me
Hello, i liked reading your comment and seeing your points, but the part about R wanting to set IVI free confused me, granted i haven't Replayed the game in a while, but don't they want to sell her pretty much like a slave?👀
So I played this a while back but I wanted to come back and check if there's been any updates/new info. There hasn't, but I played it again anyway because I do love it.
So spoilers, but
I'm so torn with the Call Scytha/Call Rohan's people choice. Because going with Scytha is one of the few ways that you can get IVI back right now, but also going with Rohan's people gives you the opportunity to build relationships more - I'm guessing that's the whole axis of that choice, tbh. And I know that the chance to get IVI back will come along later in the storyline anyway but with how I play the Operative (frankly just devastated by losing her, and willing to do anything short of murder/grevious bodily harm to get her back... that chance, it feels so important to get it.
I love Nash so much, they give me this butterfly feelings. I feel like my MC could connect to them in more emotional way 🥺🥰. It's awkward but for some reason im digging it .
Been trying to get most of the achievements but the ones I've been having trouble with are the ones with Joia and Rhaxa.
May someone give me a slight step-by-step process on how to get those?
The achievements are something along the lines of that monster-fricker achievement
and that Joia achievement where the meme "if (insert cute entity) dies, I will kill everyone in this room and then myself" perfectly encapsulates it lol
but somehow, I keep messing up on both of those fronts. My operative just does not seem to pass both of their vibe checks dammm-
At the very least, Rohan's was- heh, EASY, in comparison. yeahhhh bet you feel insulted didn't ya, Rohan, u piece of shi-
dang, feels kinda sad tho that 3 hours of my life were wasted for something that doesn't exist eugh-
used to it ngl being an internet user forces you to get used to spending hours willy-nilly hahahhhh
welp, again thanks immensely!!
(slight spoilers ahead-)
I can now rest in peace and erase my notes and battle plans me of trying to get meself a mantis alien hubby and adopted, traumatised child, no am not obsessed wut are talking abou-
I loved it!! I read it all in one sitting, and while my eyes are sort of killing me, it was worth it. 😌💖 The writing is incredibly immersive, all the characters (including the Operative) immensely vivid and complex — which can make their interactions/relationships with each other both fascinating and frustrating.
MILD SPOILER warning (mostly an analysis of the Operative as a character tbh). Also. Very, very long comment. 🥹✨
I really like the pacing of Operative's relationships with the other characters. While most, if not all of them have a rocky start, you can practically feel their relationships slowly evolving over the course of story. Impressions shifting or reaffirming, hostility turning into fondness, or indifference turning into hostility. The subtle shifts in the undercurrents of the characters' relationships with each other feel really natural — at times, rewarding — and I enjoyed exploring them very much 💐
This game has a way of pulling you into its narrative — a way of subtly wrapping you up in a burrito blanket of the Operative's mind. I normally play IF games from an omniscient perspective. The emotions of my MC are usually kept separate from my own, though I do try to nudge them into ✨healthier✨choices. Despite that, even I had a difficult time extricating myself from the Operative's narrative — which, I must say, is all thanks to the incredible writing within the game. I felt the Operative's frustration. I felt their pain, their anger, and their instability. I felt their exhaustion. Their bitterness. Numerous complex emotions intensified by the trauma they had just experienced, and had not had time to process or heal from.
The Operative is not a blank slate. I understood that from the very first chapter. From the very beginning, they are shown — even stated — to be impulsive and arrogant. They're not completely open about their emotions, often preferring to deny they exist rather than processing them. To put it simply, they're not one for introspection. They're also very allergic to showing vulnerability or anything that could be perceived as weakness. The prologue served to show us how our Operative normally is when in... more carefree, more familiar conditions. When they still felt invincible. When they still had IVI. When IVI was taken, they lost both a friend and a piece of their metaphorical armor. As of chapter 4, most of the Operative's thoughts and actions seem to be driven by the trauma and emotions that they haven't had room to address. They're cooped up in a ship that's steadily losing power and they're stuck with the very person who had stolen something they held dear through inexcusably horrific means. Basically, they're in a very, very bad place mentally.
(Sidenote: that was not a dismissal of Rohan's value as a character. I find xem fascinating. I could gush a whole paragraph of everything I love about Rohan's relationship with the Operative but I'll spare you from that 😔💖 )
As I followed the Operative through the story, I often had to remind myself that what the Operative was saying and perceiving did not encapsulate the bigger picture of the situation — nor was it supposed to. The Operative is very much an unreliable and extremely traumatized narrator who has just had their entire world upended. And to most of the people (and aliens) on the ship, the Operative is a heavily wounded, potentially dangerous, and slightly(?) unstable person who is clearly familiar with death and danger — one that they've only known for a week at most.
(My Operative is at 12% health. Send Help)
I'm very, very fond of the Operative — especially the one that emerged from my first playthrough! They're actually my favorite character :D They're my poor traumatized slightly manic little darling alright I'll stop But as stated in the game's description:
Participate in a character-driven story, with an emphasis on relationship-building and character growth
This game places a heavy emphasis on character growth and relationships — including the growth of the Operative as a character. It's perfectly understandable to be protective of your Operative! In fact, I think it makes the experience all the more impactful. I really think that the author did an incredible job of portraying the delicate, tenuous nature unique to bonds formed under less than stellar circumstances. Most of the characters don't trust the Operative, not yet — and the Operative may not necessarily trust them either. It's a slow process. They've only known each other for a week. A week filled with tension, anxiety, and pent-up trauma. It will take time.
The game takes its time with forming relationships. Slowly, gradually, like clouds passing over a moon. The tentative beginnings of trust, the cautious camarederie, and maybe the hesitant appearance of the tiniest piece of vulnerability... well. This game takes such a unique approach to relationship building, and it's been a wonderful — albeit Stressful, but hey, that's part of the fun — experience. I can't wait to see how the rest of the story unfolds.
If you've somehow read this far, then thank you! Thank you very much!! My apologies for such a monstrously long comment, but after seeing some recent discussions regarding this topic I wanted to throw in my own two cents ^^ If this comment is too long for an itch.io comment section, then I'm really sorry — I'm not well-versed in the unspoken rules and etiquette of this site. :') Please inform me if this comment is inappropriate, and I'll immediately take it down!!
And, finally, for the wonderful dev of this game: thank you so much for sharing such an intricate and complex story with us!! I really enjoyed playing through it, churning roller coaster of emotions and all. I can't wait to see how the rest of it unfolds 🥹✨ thank you, and once again, please inform me if I crossed a line!!
😭😭😭ngl this comment really made my day - thank you so much!! it's very flattering to get such a thoughtful reponse, and I'm honestly delighted by how much thought you've put into this. the operative is such a fun character to write, and I'm really glad you're enjoying them so much - I know they're not everyone's cup of tea as a Playable Character but it's good to know that people like them and feel attached to their ops!
i really appreciate you taking the time to write all this out and send it, it's incredibly encouraging<3333
Imma guess that my ramblings are part of the mentioned discussions, if that's the case then thanks for reading through all that stuff if not.....uhhh pretend this comment was never made....👀
Also, your comment is very appropriate, and well written and very interesting, it has given me brain more fuel to keep me up at night. Considering more motives and reasons behind everything that i've read so far, so thank you!
I'm enjoying the game a lot, the writing is very well done and the descriptions and attention to details is nice, i haven't tried every option but from the ones i did, i'm having problems wrapping my head around a few things.
Like how everyone reacts if you hurt R especially when they're aware of how they stalked you drugged you and basically took your organs and Left you for dead, expecting you to act like nothing happened and be all nice and friendly, especially with how R keeps provoking you and acting like you should be afraid of them, not the other way around like proven later. It'd be fine if you remaind an asshole and didn't tell them or promised to stay friendly.
Especially joia when R admits to hurting you first and doing a horrible thing to you. sure she's a kid, but seeing how they react towards you for just punchin, R knowing she did way worse things to you is weird. I appreciate that she is upset with both later, but still doesn't feel enough.
Oh and sure i get why L wants you to behave before doing anything, but i don't get how she expects you to not seek revenge. Also she should be aware that she's defending one psycho from the other right? And how'd she react if she'd been in your place huh? Not any better seeing she'd be dead from what R did regardless of revenge or not because of the company you work for.
Then there's R expecting you to be different from what they already made you up to be in their head (even if your first interaction with them was nice), knowing full well what they did to you, and how they still treat you, mock you and all that fun stuff.
Also what stops the mc from taking IVI back if you decide to visit R after choosing to keep punchin? especially with how scared they are, as well as expecting to die and what not?
Oki that's the end of my rambling just wanted to share a few thoughts that have been running in me head, if you read all of that.... sorry and thanks i guess! Didn't waste 20 minutes for nothing then.
This is exactly how I felt after meeting R again!! They ripped IVI out and almost caused MC's death, but every character gets upset with MC for trying to get back at them?!
It's so cool to see someone put what I was feeling into words haha!!
Oki, i've thought some more and obviously if we're allowed to just take IVI back, it'd be problematic for the story or at the very least a pain in the pooper to continue from there.
Like R's definitely too weak to take her back, and if anyone else suggests giving IVI back to her knowing what happened.... deserves to be shot at that point.
But at least the other characters should react a bit differently than how they do now.
hi! first of all, thanks for your comment - I'm glad you're enjoying the game, and I hope you continue to do so<3
To address your questions:
1) the civilians don't know you - they don't have any clue about the extent of Scytha's experimentation, and they don't know Rohan. particularly at first, they have no reason to believe either you or Rohan about what's going on, and when (if) the MC explains, they don't automatically start trusting you. Ki-Ha in particular distrusts you as Scytha staff, and Leanna, frankly, is more concerned with keeping her family safe than your feelings. she has no guarantee that any attempt at revenge on Rohan isn't going to have collateral damage, after all.
2) Joia also doesn't know you - she's a kid, and she's frightened and among strangers, and yeah she leans towards you as the person who saved her, but she leans towards Rohan as a person who is nice to her, and any show of violence from any of you is frightening to her. again, she has no reason to trust you except for your behaviour, which can be aggressive and erratic, and the reasons for that aren't clear to her.
3) Rohan is projecting a lot onto you - this is a deliberate character choice. Xe is a dick, I'm not denying that, but xe has reasons and xe's behaving that way deliberately. it's a defense mechanism, and it'll be explained in later chapters, but if you're not interested in that development, there is a very easy way to not have to deal with it beyond chapter 3 :)
4) if you're talking about on the station in chapter 3, xe doesn't bring IVI with xem then - she's left on the ship with Ki-Ha and Rhaxa. if you mean on Portia's ship, it's because the operative is very conscious that their rescue hinges on them behaving themself, and again, portia doesn't have the context to know if any sort of violence is 'justified'.
the operative isn't a person who inspires great trust in people - you show up on Leanna's ship, waving a weapon around and carrying a child who clearly isn't yours, you can potentially make threats against multiple other people in that first five minutes, and your behaviour going forwards doesn't exactly suggest //safety//. Nash also has their reasons for maybe not reacting as intensely as you might expect, which will come out in later chapters, but I have to say, I also think like... Leanna's reaction boils down to her asking you not to be violent around her family; Ki-Ha is pretty understanding, even if you did choose certain options in chapter 3, and Nash will offer to kill xem for you. I don't know what kind of a response you're hoping for, but they all have their reasons for not encouraging the operative to go on a violent rampage while they're trapped on a ship with you.
I hope this cleared some things up for you! thanks again for the comment<3
Thanks for taking the time to both read and reply, to my long ass comment and indulge in me rambling! And fair point about not wanting to be stuck on a ship with a raging bull i guess.
But it still feels like they're doing a poo poo job at making sure you don't go bananas on them, and considering some conversations they all know it'll end very poorly for them.
And I've noticed the hints about how R has past trauma from abuse and stuff, and does in fact have a death wish... but i'll wait and see what happens next, before deciding if their behavior is justified or not.
To be fair we didn't hurt R near L's family, on the station so to speak hehe.
And i admit joia has the most right to be confused about all this, and she does come to the decision that we're both fucked up. But at the end it still shows that she depends on us, from how she holds on to our hand at the end so that counts as somethin.
And Nash is either too jealous and happy that we lost IVI, or felt like she was replacing them as #1 friend...am i close?👀
Oh right about the being conscious about behaving on the smuggler's ship, we did nearly choke R to death soooo, and the part with Ki-Ha doesn't scream behaving, but i guess our stay was cut short anyways.
Also now that we ain't on L's ship or the smuggler's, no one better have a problem with me taking IVI back by force sure have a problem if i kill R otherwise shut up cause L has no authority now hehe.
The easy solution of shooting R, while very appealing...makes me feel like i'll miss on some interesting stuffs down the line, but hey it's the quickest way to get IVI back.
I might change a few points, or add some after i've woken up properly.
I guess it's up to your interpretation, but I'd also say it's worth remembering that Leanna and Ki-Ha are civilians, and they're also undergoing a very traumatic experience; they're not dealing with things as well as they could, for sure, and no-one on this ship is equipped to deal with the operative's trauma in any real way (you'd need a whole fleet of therapists for that).
Nash has... a lot going on haha, again, you'll find out more in coming chapters🙊 and as for getting IVI back, that's definitely the fastest way but it's not the only way. I'm certainly not writing it such that not choosing that option leads you by default into forgiving Rohan, or letting it go; hopefully, all available routes will contain equally interesting content👀
Absolutely masterpiece, I love all the characters they are unique their personality are diverse. And Rohan oh gosh, I need to see my therapist lmfao tbh i have a complicated feelings when it come to them definitely hate and love. I know they have so many red flags but red is my fav color. I can't help it I wanna kill them so bad but at the same time I wanna have a angry s*x with them lol. Good job for making a interesting character like them. So excited for more chapter
hi! if you're getting the error that says "no valid storage adaptors", that's an issue that comes of itch not being able to access your cache - you can either try using a different browser or disable any tracking blockers like privacybadger :) if its a different error you're getting, can you let me know what it says/what happens when you try to launch the game?
I'm very interested in this but was wondering is there anything with additional info on the RO's like names, species, genders? I'm sorry in advance if it is listed, I didn't happen to see it.
hi! yep, all explicit scenes will be avoidable and are not required as part of any romance. there will also be fade-to-black type options if you'd rather not read the explicit scene :)
Yo, your save builder is kinda faulty. the values for stats like ego and stuff saved by the save builder is in form of a string instead of a int.
It wouldn't be much of an issue aside from the fact that when adding values, the string value turns to "31" instead of 4 if the expression was `prag + 1;`
so basically string one is concatenating instead of summing
Is your gender just male and you just pick your pronouns? Ive noticed on 2 playthroughs i was a male and honestly i get confused so easily so i figured i should ask besides that this is written very well love it thank you.
thank you! the gender selection choice comes in the shower scene, just before you go to the bar in chapter 1 - it's a separate choice from the pronouns :)
To add, if you double tap (may take a couple tries), it'll work. Additionally, you can go to the desktop version and do it from there (way more of a hassle but that's what I did when I couldn't get it to go, before I figured out double tapping worked).
this is a result of twine not being able to access cookies on your browser - make sure cookies are enabled for itchio, and sometimes disabling tracking blockers like privacybadger can help! if you'd rather not disable cookies on your everyday browser, you could use a different browser just to access the game :)
The main thing I like is the variability here. There is a significant difference between the Project's and R's rescue routes. R's (with them alive) has scenes with RO's, quite well fleshed-out in comparison to the brief exchanges from Project's route (where they are dead) or the absence of any meaningful interaction in case where R is alive.
I wonder if that will be balanced out in future updates for those who went with Project and abstained from offing Rohan?
there will be differences in the pacing for different plot threads, yes - while you'll obviously be cut out of certain content in some cases, there will also be content in later chapters that's only accessible via those routes. hopefully, once the game's complete, it will all feel balanced! :)
Hi! I just had this problem. Simplest answer is to make sure your browser is giving permission to the page to save cookies but, if your case it's like mine and it doesn't work, try turning off any add-ons you might have. I'm using firefox and had to turn off privacy badger for the error to stop. idk if it's exclusively because of add-ons or specifically an occasional bug with that one, but it might help. other than that I have no clue:(
We are now on Chapter 4 and I am STILL not sure whether I want to kiss Rohan till he forgets his own name or hold his decapitated head on a stick in front of his weeping mother. It's complicated...
Love the sarcasm and the smart cynical way this is written. It's intelligent, moody, sexy and with just the right amount of dark humor to make it seems realistic and yet, still transport you to this other world/dimension. I can't get enough of it. I definitely can't wait for the (hopefully) many more chapters.
I've just finished the third chapter, and I have no idea what possible other IF I could go to, that could match this. Can't wait what that genius brain of yours is going to come up with next.
(PS: thanks for giving us extreme and diverse choices, like the three different of endings for the third chapter. Did them all. All very satisfying to read.)
i think i remember reading this back when it was in cog (if you didnt post this on cog then oops sorry) but i never saw it again. i kept seeing your IF pop up in tumblr but i thought it wasnt my style. i decided to give it a try and man, rohan..xe has a grip on me. i hate xem but my god did i felt what the mc felt when they bonded briefly and i hate how im still getting wrapped around xir finger. i shouldnt but my god am i gonna romance xem. me and the mc are going all in and gonna fall further down into the pretty little trap of a person called rohan.
doesnt excuse the absolute horrifying and traumatic thing they did to the mc nor will i my anger leave for xem just like magic. i think along the way of the mc and rohan's interaction, a part of me started to lean in and let myself be vulnerable, just like the mc did. absolute masterpiece. i love this. cant believe i got played as well lmao
Really good read it's solid work in terms of the writing and UI, it seems you have responsive design and paid attention to UI/UX experience so it's also super nice to be a reader of your work.
How many Ro are planned to be added? do we had encountered all of them? I personally think more isn't always better, I prefer to have smaller options if it means we can have more interaction with them.
Thank you! I'm glad the UI works well, that's an important factor for me.
There are 6 romance options - Nash, Rohan, Leanna, Ki-Ha, Rhaxa, and Imxa (who hasn't been introduced yet). I'm aiming to get plenty of interaction with all of them into the game, so hopefully the romances will be satisfying and enjoyable :)
(Hopefully I'm using the pronouns correctly) I was originally gonna go on a whole rant about Rohan but I think I'll shorten it to just;
Absolutely nothing will personally make me ok with Rohan, especially if xe keeps up the taunts, my easily angered self is having such a hard time not shooting xem every playthrough-
yeah, twine relies on browser cookies to maintain saves so if you're clearing your cache or switching browsers regularly they'll disappear. To get around it, if when you go to save you hit "save to disk" you should be able to download a file - store that on your hard drive then when you want to load it up you can hit "load from disk" and open that file.
I do try to smooth over any inconsistency between updates that could mess with saves, but be aware that loading saves from previous updates always comes with the risk of jankiness with certain variables not being set properly. This is a risk regardless of if you save to disk or leave your saves in the browser, but it hopefully shouldn't be too much of a problem with this game.
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OH MY FLIP FLOPPIN B'JEEBERS, THIS WAS AMAZING. I felt every smidgen of those emotions and experiences in this thing, may have made me tremble and cry a few times. Holy heck I cannot wait for the full thing to be finished and even when it's not you left it off at such a nice point too, still a cliffhanger but not enough to be maddening. Everything was very satisfying and immersive, and I'm happy there was an actual option to murder that one individual. Loved it. Once my health is better and I can get work I'll be supporting you as much as possible :]
I need to find friends to drag over here so I can theorize about the future with them now, so much to say.
is there an achievement guide somewhere?
there isn’t one at the moment - if there's interest I can definitely put one together, but it won't be until after the next update! not all the achievements are currently... achievable, at the moment, so don’t worry about not getting them all yet :-)
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My eyes dilated when I know that we can't actually fuckin kill R on the spot. That shit is real and it blown my mind I thought we unable to actually do it 😂 i can stop laughing after chosing it.
For godsake, why every choice to torture 'em is so oddly satisfying although I'm not really mad at him LMAO
Would the whimpering of some child whom I didn't want to take along in the first place stop me from strangling Rohan? 🤔 No. No, it wouldn't. Not a chance in hell. In fact, it feels jarringly unnatural. MC needs to sort out their priorities.
(I don’t know if any of this counts as spoilers)
Wearing a shirt that says “sure xe’s a red flag but red’s one of my favourite colours so what about it” and when I turn around it says “my guy given the aliens and the private company that fakes your death and removes your identity so it can kill you if you’re no longer an asset I don’t know if traditional morality applies in the exact same way all the time” (the text is very small) and then when I turn around again I’m somehow holding a sign that says “GET FOUND FAMILY’D, IDIOT”
Anyway Nash’s character makes me feel secret emotions but if R thinks xe’s getting away with this unbefriended that is xir mistake.
Hello.
I would just like to say that this is amazingly written, can't get the beggining of the story out of my head for a weak already, and have seen I think every possible branch currently available, eagerly awaiting the continuation. :D
Also, a spoiler question:
How in the hell do you get the R kissing scene instead of them telling you to back off in ch3?
I somehow stumbled on it on my first playthrough and couldn't replicate it at all after, it's been driving me crazy. :D
(Let me rub my trauma against yours already, you crazy back alley surgeon)
Thank you!!<33
And that scene varies depending on your relationship with Rohan! if you're on the rivalry route, you'll get that scene; if you're on the friendship route, you'll get the other one hehe
Oh, so it is directly the opposite of what I was trying to do! Now it all becomes clear and I feel like a dum dum.
Thank you for taking your time to answer!
What's the friendship route? Is it where you didn't, yknow, before R took the Ai from you? And if you did yknow do it with R will there be no way to kiss them? And will both routes allow the romance to continue? Also wanted to say this was really fucking good, great job!
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Also wanted to say, out of curiosity I killed R, and damn you described it perfectly, so brutal, and it left me feeling disturbed. Really well done, felt like I had actually killed someone, and it left me feeling really empty. And the reactions from everyone else really solidified it. God damn. Also really ballsy to actually allow you to kill a main character like that, not many games allow you to do that!
Oh and one more thing, in another comment you said there might be an update around the end of this year. And since its nearly that time, no pressure obviously, and you owe all of us nothing. How's the progress on that next chapter?
choosing to/not to sleep with rohan in chapter one has no impact on friendship/rivalry - the different routes come from how you treat xem later. you get friendship points for listening to xem, showing interest in xir opinions and particularly from showing care/worry about IVI, while rivalry points come from shutting xem down, disregarding xir opinions on IVI, and being pro-scytha in your conversations. you can romance xem on either route, whatever your choices in chapter one - the only locks at the moment are at the end of chapter three, and these choices are available regardless of if you're friendly or rivals.
the update is very nearly done - it probably won't be released in the next couple of days, but I'm in the process of finishing it off and cleaning it up for release in january!
thank you sm<33 I'm glad you're enjoying the game!
Just a bit confused -- does the kiss scene happen on the rivalry or friendship route?
only one the rivalry route!
You need to look at my comment on the project hadea page. I think your handling of the MC's trauma response to being raped needs work. I have gone through horrible shit, so have people I love. Give the character a chance to out him for what he did. Give us some kind of catharsis in between killing him and just pretending it didn't happen. And yes, it is rape, though on the PH page that word is very obviously avoided. Sex under false pretenses is rape. It is something that happens, so seeing it in writing and movies and stuff isn't inappropriate to me. As long as it is handled well. I really believe this part needs serious reworking.
This is a great story, but this specific part just feels like it needs some fine tuning.
Absolutely agree, I was really shocked it went there, and then really disappointed that such a serious topic was handled so poorly. And it’s an RO route?? BARF.
When is the next update?
I'm aiming for around the end of the year, but that's not set in stone. I am still actively working on the game, but I have a full-time job and other commitments so things are moving slowly (but they are still moving!).
This game is one of those few that i would call an absolute master piece the writer does such an excellent job of putting
you in the main characters shoes and making you feel the emotions they feel i waited two days after playing this game to see if i would come down from that feeling you normally get when you play a new game to write an honest review and i still find myself thinking of the characters in the dynamics of the story. Each character feels as if there alive and there's a lot of different moving pieces.
SPOILERS AHEAD PLS PLAY THE GAME FIRST AND COME BACK ITS WORTH YOUR TIME
So Theirs a certain character in the story that i knew was up to no good at all and was susing them from the very start like minding my own business after a hard day at work and then they start being sus and dont go away when i tell them to when i was like nah leave me alone and they stayed i knew something was up but holy nothing but prepare me for the events that came next the story went absolutely crazy and it was fucking amazing and immediately i was like ima hunt her down and shoot her aint no way bro. But then things got even crazier and more insane i was like holy this goes hard there aint no way bro. Then you meet your new Daughter after some events and get called by best boy at least in my play through and ride or die brother who you get introduced to during the first little bit of the story. No i lie i would take a bullet for Nash another part is how quickly the reader got me to make a connection with IVI like i was as equally mad a i feel like my character would have been and i was ready to do anything to get her back.However this does change slightly there's one scene in particular that put cracks in my hatred for Rohan and its when shes playing cards with the little girl you saved. Now if you haven't seen this scene go back and play through it because it gives you so much insight to her character Didn't make me dislike her any less however i saw were she was coming from like she had a different Outlook on IVI than i did and was like shes making sense but i just disagreed with her outlook completely she did flesh out IVI a whole lot more than i thought was going to happen as well which one thing we agreed on kinda was IVI was more like a person than not its just and its kinda like this whole thing like would you rather be a slave and live or never have existed at all. Which is like one side you have i want them to experience the beauty and ugliness of this world even if there never truly free However one day maybe you could set them free and on the other its like. I would rather never exist at all then be a tool to someone else and its crazy. However i still dislike Rohan but i love her character its like shes made for you to hate her and shes coming from this entirely different view point and shes doing everything in her power to free this being. Which leads into me not being able to shoot her when given the opportunity i still hated her but that didn't mean she deserved to die. Did i punch her once tho hell yea i did did it make me feel better. no i was still mad also the other options didn't feel as in character like the kiss option was there and i was like ??????? HUH I still hate her and the other was like shoot her and im like hmmm i have but one choice suckerpunch.exe i would have probably gone with a more passive option but maybe not i was mad anyway back to the card playing scene alot of the info from that had also planted a seed i had not even noticed i was like damm this corp im working for is sus as fuck like i dunno anything about them really except for the stuff other characters have told me and there like you work for them stare. so when Rohan said the stuff about IVI i was like hmmm I still do not like you at all but i do care about this AI so call your people but ima still try and steal her back from you the first chance i get.
Deep Breath
i could go on for hours about the Rohan stuff however i wanna talk about some of the other characters so the Captain of the ship that you get into i like her alot shes interesting but im more curious to where her story goes from here im not sure however shes like the character i spent the third most time with the other interesting character that feels like there about to have there arc soon is the alien that in the ship with you like it feels like there having a lot of build up and hiding a lot of secrets. The other two the ships mechanic and the brother to the captain i didn't spend to much time with so im not really sure of them but they are absolutely important characters like without them things wouldn't be able to progress and its good to have them there.
Overall this game is amazing and ill be waiting for more this game has easily won its way into my heart and is competing not just with my favorite interactive fiction games of all time but all the games i have ever played overtime its that good lots and lots of love to the writer with this one there doing an amazing job and they have a gift for story telling that some people don't have and they can make there worlds feel alive there is nothing more to say i hope everyone at least gives this game a chance because im sure if they do it will win them over too as it had done me
Hello, i liked reading your comment and seeing your points, but the part about R wanting to set IVI free confused me, granted i haven't Replayed the game in a while, but don't they want to sell her pretty much like a slave?👀
So I played this a while back but I wanted to come back and check if there's been any updates/new info. There hasn't, but I played it again anyway because I do love it.
So spoilers, but
I'm so torn with the Call Scytha/Call Rohan's people choice. Because going with Scytha is one of the few ways that you can get IVI back right now, but also going with Rohan's people gives you the opportunity to build relationships more - I'm guessing that's the whole axis of that choice, tbh. And I know that the chance to get IVI back will come along later in the storyline anyway but with how I play the Operative (frankly just devastated by losing her, and willing to do anything short of murder/grevious bodily harm to get her back... that chance, it feels so important to get it.
I love Nash so much, they give me this butterfly feelings. I feel like my MC could connect to them in more emotional way 🥺🥰. It's awkward but for some reason im digging it .
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Been trying to get most of the achievements but the ones I've been having trouble with are the ones with Joia and Rhaxa.
May someone give me a slight step-by-step process on how to get those?
The achievements are something along the lines of that monster-fricker achievement
and that Joia achievement where the meme "if (insert cute entity) dies, I will kill everyone in this room and then myself" perfectly encapsulates it lol
but somehow, I keep messing up on both of those fronts. My operative just does not seem to pass both of their vibe checks dammm-
At the very least, Rohan's was- heh, EASY, in comparison.
yeahhhh bet you feel insulted didn't ya, Rohan, u piece of shi-
SO YEAH!-
halp...
pls TT
am begging-
some of the achievements aren't unlockable yet! they'll become available in later chapters, including the two you mentioned :-)
OHHH!!
thank you for the info!
dang, feels kinda sad tho that 3 hours of my life were wasted for something that doesn't exist eugh-
used to it ngl
being an internet user forces you to get used to spending hours willy-nilly hahahhhh
welp, again thanks immensely!!
(slight spoilers ahead-)
I can now rest in peace and erase my notes and battle plans me of trying to get meself a mantis alien hubby and adopted, traumatised child, no am not obsessed wut are talking abou-
I’m always excited to find a new IF with so much engaging content, but this one truly hits. we readers are truly lucky to experience this project <3
I loved it!! I read it all in one sitting, and while my eyes are sort of killing me, it was worth it. 😌💖 The writing is incredibly immersive, all the characters (including the Operative) immensely vivid and complex — which can make their interactions/relationships with each other both fascinating and frustrating.
MILD SPOILER warning (mostly an analysis of the Operative as a character tbh). Also. Very, very long comment. 🥹✨
I really like the pacing of Operative's relationships with the other characters. While most, if not all of them have a rocky start, you can practically feel their relationships slowly evolving over the course of story. Impressions shifting or reaffirming, hostility turning into fondness, or indifference turning into hostility. The subtle shifts in the undercurrents of the characters' relationships with each other feel really natural — at times, rewarding — and I enjoyed exploring them very much 💐
This game has a way of pulling you into its narrative — a way of subtly wrapping you up in a burrito blanket of the Operative's mind. I normally play IF games from an omniscient perspective. The emotions of my MC are usually kept separate from my own, though I do try to nudge them into ✨healthier✨choices. Despite that, even I had a difficult time extricating myself from the Operative's narrative — which, I must say, is all thanks to the incredible writing within the game. I felt the Operative's frustration. I felt their pain, their anger, and their instability. I felt their exhaustion. Their bitterness. Numerous complex emotions intensified by the trauma they had just experienced, and had not had time to process or heal from.
The Operative is not a blank slate. I understood that from the very first chapter. From the very beginning, they are shown — even stated — to be impulsive and arrogant. They're not completely open about their emotions, often preferring to deny they exist rather than processing them. To put it simply, they're not one for introspection. They're also very allergic to showing vulnerability or anything that could be perceived as weakness. The prologue served to show us how our Operative normally is when in... more carefree, more familiar conditions. When they still felt invincible. When they still had IVI. When IVI was taken, they lost both a friend and a piece of their metaphorical armor. As of chapter 4, most of the Operative's thoughts and actions seem to be driven by the trauma and emotions that they haven't had room to address. They're cooped up in a ship that's steadily losing power and they're stuck with the very person who had stolen something they held dear through inexcusably horrific means. Basically, they're in a very, very bad place mentally.
(Sidenote: that was not a dismissal of Rohan's value as a character. I find xem fascinating. I could gush a whole paragraph of everything I love about Rohan's relationship with the Operative but I'll spare you from that 😔💖 )
As I followed the Operative through the story, I often had to remind myself that what the Operative was saying and perceiving did not encapsulate the bigger picture of the situation — nor was it supposed to. The Operative is very much an unreliable
and extremely traumatizednarrator who has just had their entire world upended. And to most of the people (and aliens) on the ship, the Operative is a heavily wounded, potentially dangerous, and slightly(?) unstable person who is clearly familiar with death and danger — one that they've only known for a week at most.(My Operative is at 12% health. Send Help)
I'm very, very fond of the Operative — especially the one that emerged from my first playthrough! They're actually my favorite character :D
They're my poor traumatized slightly manic little darling alright I'll stopBut as stated in the game's description:This game places a heavy emphasis on character growth and relationships — including the growth of the Operative as a character. It's perfectly understandable to be protective of your Operative! In fact, I think it makes the experience all the more impactful. I really think that the author did an incredible job of portraying the delicate, tenuous nature unique to bonds formed under less than stellar circumstances. Most of the characters don't trust the Operative, not yet — and the Operative may not necessarily trust them either. It's a slow process. They've only known each other for a week. A week filled with tension, anxiety, and pent-up trauma. It will take time.
The game takes its time with forming relationships. Slowly, gradually, like clouds passing over a moon. The tentative beginnings of trust, the cautious camarederie, and maybe the hesitant appearance of the tiniest piece of vulnerability... well. This game takes such a unique approach to relationship building, and it's been a wonderful — albeit Stressful, but hey, that's part of the fun — experience. I can't wait to see how the rest of the story unfolds.
If you've somehow read this far, then thank you! Thank you very much!! My apologies for such a monstrously long comment, but after seeing some recent discussions regarding this topic I wanted to throw in my own two cents ^^ If this comment is too long for an itch.io comment section, then I'm really sorry — I'm not well-versed in the unspoken rules and etiquette of this site. :') Please inform me if this comment is inappropriate, and I'll immediately take it down!!
And, finally, for the wonderful dev of this game: thank you so much for sharing such an intricate and complex story with us!! I really enjoyed playing through it, churning roller coaster of emotions and all. I can't wait to see how the rest of it unfolds 🥹✨ thank you, and once again, please inform me if I crossed a line!!
😭😭😭ngl this comment really made my day - thank you so much!! it's very flattering to get such a thoughtful reponse, and I'm honestly delighted by how much thought you've put into this. the operative is such a fun character to write, and I'm really glad you're enjoying them so much - I know they're not everyone's cup of tea as a Playable Character but it's good to know that people like them and feel attached to their ops!
i really appreciate you taking the time to write all this out and send it, it's incredibly encouraging<3333
Imma guess that my ramblings are part of the mentioned discussions, if that's the case then thanks for reading through all that stuff if not.....uhhh pretend this comment was never made....👀
Also, your comment is very appropriate, and well written and very interesting, it has given me brain more fuel to keep me up at night. Considering more motives and reasons behind everything that i've read so far, so thank you!
SPOILER WARNING and very long comment:
I'm enjoying the game a lot, the writing is very well done and the descriptions and attention to details is nice, i haven't tried every option but from the ones i did, i'm having problems wrapping my head around a few things.
Like how everyone reacts if you hurt R especially when they're aware of how they stalked you drugged you and basically took your organs and Left you for dead, expecting you to act like nothing happened and be all nice and friendly, especially with how R keeps provoking you and acting like you should be afraid of them, not the other way around like proven later. It'd be fine if you remaind an asshole and didn't tell them or promised to stay friendly.
Especially joia when R admits to hurting you first and doing a horrible thing to you. sure she's a kid, but seeing how they react towards you for just punchin, R knowing she did way worse things to you is weird. I appreciate that she is upset with both later, but still doesn't feel enough.
Oh and sure i get why L wants you to behave before doing anything, but i don't get how she expects you to not seek revenge. Also she should be aware that she's defending one psycho from the other right? And how'd she react if she'd been in your place huh? Not any better seeing she'd be dead from what R did regardless of revenge or not because of the company you work for.
Then there's R expecting you to be different from what they already made you up to be in their head (even if your first interaction with them was nice), knowing full well what they did to you, and how they still treat you, mock you and all that fun stuff.
Also what stops the mc from taking IVI back if you decide to visit R after choosing to keep punchin? especially with how scared they are, as well as expecting to die and what not?
Oki that's the end of my rambling just wanted to share a few thoughts that have been running in me head, if you read all of that.... sorry and thanks i guess! Didn't waste 20 minutes for nothing then.
Have a nice day.
This is exactly how I felt after meeting R again!! They ripped IVI out and almost caused MC's death, but every character gets upset with MC for trying to get back at them?!
It's so cool to see someone put what I was feeling into words haha!!
thanks for reading my long ass comment 👀
SPOILER WARNING:
Oki, i've thought some more and obviously if we're allowed to just take IVI back, it'd be problematic for the story or at the very least a pain in the pooper to continue from there.
Like R's definitely too weak to take her back, and if anyone else suggests giving IVI back to her knowing what happened.... deserves to be shot at that point.
But at least the other characters should react a bit differently than how they do now.
Thanks for reading this shorter ramble as well.
hi! first of all, thanks for your comment - I'm glad you're enjoying the game, and I hope you continue to do so<3
To address your questions:
1) the civilians don't know you - they don't have any clue about the extent of Scytha's experimentation, and they don't know Rohan. particularly at first, they have no reason to believe either you or Rohan about what's going on, and when (if) the MC explains, they don't automatically start trusting you. Ki-Ha in particular distrusts you as Scytha staff, and Leanna, frankly, is more concerned with keeping her family safe than your feelings. she has no guarantee that any attempt at revenge on Rohan isn't going to have collateral damage, after all.
2) Joia also doesn't know you - she's a kid, and she's frightened and among strangers, and yeah she leans towards you as the person who saved her, but she leans towards Rohan as a person who is nice to her, and any show of violence from any of you is frightening to her. again, she has no reason to trust you except for your behaviour, which can be aggressive and erratic, and the reasons for that aren't clear to her.
3) Rohan is projecting a lot onto you - this is a deliberate character choice. Xe is a dick, I'm not denying that, but xe has reasons and xe's behaving that way deliberately. it's a defense mechanism, and it'll be explained in later chapters, but if you're not interested in that development, there is a very easy way to not have to deal with it beyond chapter 3 :)
4) if you're talking about on the station in chapter 3, xe doesn't bring IVI with xem then - she's left on the ship with Ki-Ha and Rhaxa. if you mean on Portia's ship, it's because the operative is very conscious that their rescue hinges on them behaving themself, and again, portia doesn't have the context to know if any sort of violence is 'justified'.
the operative isn't a person who inspires great trust in people - you show up on Leanna's ship, waving a weapon around and carrying a child who clearly isn't yours, you can potentially make threats against multiple other people in that first five minutes, and your behaviour going forwards doesn't exactly suggest //safety//. Nash also has their reasons for maybe not reacting as intensely as you might expect, which will come out in later chapters, but I have to say, I also think like... Leanna's reaction boils down to her asking you not to be violent around her family; Ki-Ha is pretty understanding, even if you did choose certain options in chapter 3, and Nash will offer to kill xem for you. I don't know what kind of a response you're hoping for, but they all have their reasons for not encouraging the operative to go on a violent rampage while they're trapped on a ship with you.
I hope this cleared some things up for you! thanks again for the comment<3
Thanks for taking the time to both read and reply, to my long ass comment and indulge in me rambling! And fair point about not wanting to be stuck on a ship with a raging bull i guess.
But it still feels like they're doing a poo poo job at making sure you don't go bananas on them, and considering some conversations they all know it'll end very poorly for them.
And I've noticed the hints about how R has past trauma from abuse and stuff, and does in fact have a death wish... but i'll wait and see what happens next, before deciding if their behavior is justified or not.
To be fair we didn't hurt R near L's family, on the station so to speak hehe.
And i admit joia has the most right to be confused about all this, and she does come to the decision that we're both fucked up. But at the end it still shows that she depends on us, from how she holds on to our hand at the end so that counts as somethin.
And Nash is either too jealous and happy that we lost IVI, or felt like she was replacing them as #1 friend...am i close?👀
Oh right about the being conscious about behaving on the smuggler's ship, we did nearly choke R to death soooo, and the part with Ki-Ha doesn't scream behaving, but i guess our stay was cut short anyways.
Also now that we ain't on L's ship or the smuggler's, no one better have a problem with me taking IVI back by force sure have a problem if i kill R otherwise shut up cause L has no authority now hehe.
The easy solution of shooting R, while very appealing...makes me feel like i'll miss on some interesting stuffs down the line, but hey it's the quickest way to get IVI back.
I might change a few points, or add some after i've woken up properly.
Again thanks for reading!
I guess it's up to your interpretation, but I'd also say it's worth remembering that Leanna and Ki-Ha are civilians, and they're also undergoing a very traumatic experience; they're not dealing with things as well as they could, for sure, and no-one on this ship is equipped to deal with the operative's trauma in any real way (you'd need a whole fleet of therapists for that).
Nash has... a lot going on haha, again, you'll find out more in coming chapters🙊 and as for getting IVI back, that's definitely the fastest way but it's not the only way. I'm certainly not writing it such that not choosing that option leads you by default into forgiving Rohan, or letting it go; hopefully, all available routes will contain equally interesting content👀
thanks again for taking the time to comment!<3
No problem, and thanks for reading and replying to another one of my comments.
Keep up the good work 👍👀
Absolutely masterpiece, I love all the characters they are unique their personality are diverse. And Rohan oh gosh, I need to see my therapist lmfao tbh i have a complicated feelings when it come to them definitely hate and love. I know they have so many red flags but red is my fav color. I can't help it I wanna kill them so bad but at the same time I wanna have a angry s*x with them lol. Good job for making a interesting character like them. So excited for more chapter
Hello. For some reason I cannot run this game
hi! if you're getting the error that says "no valid storage adaptors", that's an issue that comes of itch not being able to access your cache - you can either try using a different browser or disable any tracking blockers like privacybadger :) if its a different error you're getting, can you let me know what it says/what happens when you try to launch the game?
Thanks!
Hey there,
I'm very interested in this but was wondering is there anything with additional info on the RO's like names, species, genders? I'm sorry in advance if it is listed, I didn't happen to see it.
hi, you can find a list of the ROs here - I realise it's a bit of a pain to navigate to from itch, I'll add the link to the page here lmao<3
Thanks Bunches
hello! Your game sounds wonderful and I’d love to play it but I was wondering if explicit scenes are optional? Thank you very much!
hi! yep, all explicit scenes will be avoidable and are not required as part of any romance. there will also be fade-to-black type options if you'd rather not read the explicit scene :)
Check this everyday like some sort of fiend. I love the tone youve got going with this IF - its definitely not a common one.
Yo, your save builder is kinda faulty. the values for stats like ego and stuff saved by the save builder is in form of a string instead of a int.
It wouldn't be much of an issue aside from the fact that when adding values, the string value turns to "31" instead of 4 if the expression was `prag + 1;`
so basically string one is concatenating instead of summing
with save builder:
Normally:
thank you! that should now be fixed.
where the hell do i set my pronouns
Is your gender just male and you just pick your pronouns? Ive noticed on 2 playthroughs i was a male and honestly i get confused so easily so i figured i should ask besides that this is written very well love it thank you.
thank you! the gender selection choice comes in the shower scene, just before you go to the bar in chapter 1 - it's a separate choice from the pronouns :)
How the heck do i keep skipping through that lmao thank you so much
I asked myself the exact same thing lmao
Lol 😆😂
this is STUNNING!! the writing is so beautiful and I am so hopelessly in love with Nash. cannot wait for another update, keep up the amazing work! <33
Hi, I'm trying to change the drop-down settings (e.g. text size) on mobile but the window popup appears and immediately disappears.
Hi, this is unfortunately an itch/twine problem - I recommend trying the game in a different browser to see if that helps?
Thank you! It works on Google Chrome (I was using Firefox before)
To add, if you double tap (may take a couple tries), it'll work. Additionally, you can go to the desktop version and do it from there (way more of a hassle but that's what I did when I couldn't get it to go, before I figured out double tapping worked).
im gonna romance Rhaxa so hard omg
Are they romancable >.> Because if so goddamn same
Oh my god they are, day made
LMAOOO
I'm not sure if I'm just majorly misreading this scene, but I don't think I should be getting this text? My character is a woman.
should now be fixed! broke that while trying to fix something else💀my bad!
this is a result of twine not being able to access cookies on your browser - make sure cookies are enabled for itchio, and sometimes disabling tracking blockers like privacybadger can help! if you'd rather not disable cookies on your everyday browser, you could use a different browser just to access the game :)
Ah! Thanks for your help!
The main thing I like is the variability here. There is a significant difference between the Project's and R's rescue routes. R's (with them alive) has scenes with RO's, quite well fleshed-out in comparison to the brief exchanges from Project's route (where they are dead) or the absence of any meaningful interaction in case where R is alive.
I wonder if that will be balanced out in future updates for those who went with Project and abstained from offing Rohan?
there will be differences in the pacing for different plot threads, yes - while you'll obviously be cut out of certain content in some cases, there will also be content in later chapters that's only accessible via those routes. hopefully, once the game's complete, it will all feel balanced! :)
omg loved the recent chapter. rhaxa is everyhing to me they are literally so cool i need to romance this strange alien
Could someone help me fix a bug? (Almost definitely not with the game, just with my browser.)
How do I give it a valid storage adapter?
Hi! I just had this problem. Simplest answer is to make sure your browser is giving permission to the page to save cookies but, if your case it's like mine and it doesn't work, try turning off any add-ons you might have. I'm using firefox and had to turn off privacy badger for the error to stop. idk if it's exclusively because of add-ons or specifically an occasional bug with that one, but it might help. other than that I have no clue:(
error on chapter 4
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We are now on Chapter 4 and I am STILL not sure whether I want to kiss Rohan till he forgets his own name or hold his decapitated head on a stick in front of his weeping mother. It's complicated...
i love this so much god
This is excellent stuff right here; an interesting setting, great writing, Joia is amazing, and you really really made me hate Rohan.
I love it.
I felt so cathartic when my character did them in, so to speak.
I'm really glad I found this and I cannot wait for the next update!
Love the sarcasm and the smart cynical way this is written. It's intelligent, moody, sexy and with just the right amount of dark humor to make it seems realistic and yet, still transport you to this other world/dimension. I can't get enough of it. I definitely can't wait for the (hopefully) many more chapters.
I've just finished the third chapter, and I have no idea what possible other IF I could go to, that could match this. Can't wait what that genius brain of yours is going to come up with next.
(PS: thanks for giving us extreme and diverse choices, like the three different of endings for the third chapter. Did them all. All very satisfying to read.)
i think i remember reading this back when it was in cog (if you didnt post this on cog then oops sorry) but i never saw it again. i kept seeing your IF pop up in tumblr but i thought it wasnt my style. i decided to give it a try and man, rohan..xe has a grip on me. i hate xem but my god did i felt what the mc felt when they bonded briefly and i hate how im still getting wrapped around xir finger. i shouldnt but my god am i gonna romance xem. me and the mc are going all in and gonna fall further down into the pretty little trap of a person called rohan.
doesnt excuse the absolute horrifying and traumatic thing they did to the mc nor will i my anger leave for xem just like magic. i think along the way of the mc and rohan's interaction, a part of me started to lean in and let myself be vulnerable, just like the mc did. absolute masterpiece. i love this. cant believe i got played as well lmao
Really good read it's solid work in terms of the writing and UI, it seems you have responsive design and paid attention to UI/UX experience so it's also super nice to be a reader of your work.
How many Ro are planned to be added? do we had encountered all of them? I personally think more isn't always better, I prefer to have smaller options if it means we can have more interaction with them.
Thank you! I'm glad the UI works well, that's an important factor for me.
There are 6 romance options - Nash, Rohan, Leanna, Ki-Ha, Rhaxa, and Imxa (who hasn't been introduced yet). I'm aiming to get plenty of interaction with all of them into the game, so hopefully the romances will be satisfying and enjoyable :)
(Hopefully I'm using the pronouns correctly) I was originally gonna go on a whole rant about Rohan but I think I'll shorten it to just;
Absolutely nothing will personally make me ok with Rohan, especially if xe keeps up the taunts, my easily angered self is having such a hard time not shooting xem every playthrough-
Yeah I think a single punch at least rightfully deserved to Rohan. Petition to remove 'lean in' options or at least add punch option again after it.
i’m having trouble actually keeping any of my saves‚ i keep losing them. is there any way to download them??
yeah, twine relies on browser cookies to maintain saves so if you're clearing your cache or switching browsers regularly they'll disappear. To get around it, if when you go to save you hit "save to disk" you should be able to download a file - store that on your hard drive then when you want to load it up you can hit "load from disk" and open that file.
I do try to smooth over any inconsistency between updates that could mess with saves, but be aware that loading saves from previous updates always comes with the risk of jankiness with certain variables not being set properly. This is a risk regardless of if you save to disk or leave your saves in the browser, but it hopefully shouldn't be too much of a problem with this game.
Oh my god I absolutely loved that ending where We had a choice to kill Rohan. Man that was satisfying to the maxx. Love this story. Hope to see more.
Wait a minute here- we can kill Rohan?
that is an option, yeah! as a note, though, I'd prefer to keep these comments spoiler-free as much as possible :)