Mini vent and Mild spoilers:
I've been chasing a certain character and after seeing an event in day 3 I actually got mildly upset and had to turn the game off xD. I've been rejecting everyone else and specifically romancing this one character the whole playthrough and then suddenly I need to bleach my eyeballs. Like I'm pretty woke in real life but in games and media I am TRADITIONAL; why are you with someone else rn and not me? Actually pissed me off so bad because if we're just hooking up with people and not getting married i may as well not have been rejecting people and going for this one character "save myself for you" sort of mindset. I'm so pissed im probably just restarting and switching to Tulemeni because she deserves love, but i swear if i walk in on her having relations with someone that's not me I will not be able to handle it bruh.
Thanks for the insight, all of what you wrote gives me some idea of what to expect in regards to the "events."
The last paragraph is especially cringe for me because, in my experience, i do tend to chase the worst people without even realizing - whether it be naivety or pure stupidity. That is to say, growing up for me was not falling in love with DL men lol (I live in red south). I guess thats reflected even in my furry VN somehow.
I'm sorry that this has upset you! The nature of the setting is a lot more loose and free regarding sexual activity than is often seen in the current real world day, and the characters of the story have existing dynamics and situations that have nothing to do with Rael. Rael is the lead character of this story, but he's not the centre of the universe. The crew do not exist to revolve around him; the story's not about that.
Regrettably, if you're upset by the members of the crew engaging sexually with one another absent your involvement, Void Dreaming may not be for you. Fortunately, there are many other FVN projects that will no doubt be much more pleasant for you, and I wish you good luck in finding one you enjoy!
I will point out that the other person who responded to your comment was factually incorrect about a number of things. I'm not inclined to go point-counterpoint since I'm certain their tastes and values are colouring their experience to the point where they're actively making up scenarios that never existed in the written text, but when they're going to go ruining people's perceptions of my characters when they're making shit up? I'll step in to at least point that out. Quite irritating.
The ace Rael option was definitely included for those who wanted to consider that option, though. It's always good to see it getting some use!
Yeah I'll be honest this kind of threw me for a loop. Especially after getting many events with them and all the signals and honestly that was going down I was like oh they are super interested in me now I'm doing it right especially after a very specifically vulnerable event and then you see 'that' scene and boy it shattered my hopes right away. I love the characters and the story and everything but I'll admit it instantly decimated my want to keep trying cause I feel like a side piece to everyone at that point, like a little extra fun but not important even if their words say farrrr different. Anyway, still good stuff just probably too depressing for me.
I'm sorry that this has caused some frustration for you! If this is the circumstance I think it is, then it's not supposed to be able to happen; there could be a programming fault in there that I need to address to prevent the scene in question from coming up after such an important Event scene. If that's what's happened, I'm doubly sorry; it'll be fixed in an update for sure!
I mean yeah if it's not supposed to happen after all the conversations you have with that specific character in the cargo bay then it would definitely lift the malaise that hit me after. Cause all the words exchanged and the honest feelings made it feel like they are super connecting to you and you are meaning more than just the initial scene. If it's true that it's supposed to disable that other scene if you made it that far with them, then I certainly would be a lot happier to continue.
gonna throw my hat in the ring and say why not give us an option to disable voyeur scenes? I personally would prefer such an option but its not a deal breaker for me
Of course this could present some dissonance with the narrative especially with Mizz and I am no programmer either so not sure how this would work in regards to coding
Ultimately I dont see such an option harming the story as we already have an option to get rid of sex altogether its just that this particular act can leave a sour taste for a lot of people and be potentially triggering for some even if the character isnt actually cheating
You already did a great job on making it extremely easy to not accidently romance characters we dont want to romance (bg3 at launch was notorious for having this problem with Gale) why not make it just as easy to avoid scenes like that
There's already an option for the reader to not get involved in anything that other crewmembers are getting up to; Rael can leave before anything is discovered. The option is there for that reason, and I can't see a need to add anything more than that since if the issue is not wanting to intrude on private moments, it's already covered. If the issue isn't that you can see them and more that they're happening... well.
I've heard that some people take issue with those scenes because they consider it cheating/cuckolding content, and to that I disagree firmly. Even if you remove the notion that the setting is far more sex-positive and easy-going with such things, at no point in any Void Dreaming content available right now (and potentially for a long time) is Rael in a committed relationship with anyone on the crew. If people want to call that cheating, that's their prerogative, but I've no intention of trying to meet every requirement for every potential reader. That's impossible, after all!
As ever, I heartily encourage people who think that Void Dreaming is not for them to simply stop reading. There are many other wonderful FVNs out there that may not rub them the wrong way, and if not I equally encourage them to perhaps create something of their own and share that with their own audience. I'm not going to yuck anyone's yum, but I'm also not going to bend to the desires of every reader who takes issue with an aspect of my work.
I mean I ended up getting zero sex scenes when played the game so I did not know there was an option to avoid said scenes and its nice to know that it is there
a weird segway but do you have any estimate when this will be complete? I treated the current version as a demo just to see if I found it interesting and wont be playing any of the newer versions until the project is complete
Wow, that's one hell of a demo! You're going to be waiting a while, unfortunately; if everything works out the way that I'd like it to, then at the earliest Void Dreaming will be releasing its final public build in early 2029. Fingers crossed that I can get the Patreon support necessary to make it there!