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- SOME SPOILERS, I THINK? -

I love everything about Santa Lucia. I live vicariously through Ben in more ways than one, except the "being chased by a hallucinated (or is he) psychopath in a red cloak" sense. I promise to write a better review in the future, as I am not rather composed enough to write one now. Although I did plan to share this screenshot of Russell's playlist that somehow played on my phone yesterday, with me having no memory of listening to it. 

"Are you finally answering my call, Russell? Please do instead of possessing my phone to brag about your playlist lol." :((

Anyway, keep up the good work Authors and the rest of the team! I'm looking forward to more of the exciting adventures of college life (minus being targeted by a red-cloaked maniac lol). 💖

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Is USL based off any college in particular? I keep drawing parallels between colleges IRL and in this VN. 

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Hey! It's based on a private university Dzahn attended while in California. A majority of the backgrounds are actually pictures we took together of said university (mixed with a couple of other universities from around Cali).

-Dev

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I need to comend you about tackling the issue about false accusations, and showing how in these matters, people jump to conclusions before trying to analyse the facts

It takes courage to do That, specially considering the usual line of though of the target audience of your novel. I respect you for keeping firm on exposing this problem and not surrendering to the criticism

Kudos for you.

Too bad you had to spill the beans though (Becouse people are stupid) It would be a great Experience to have you try to come up With your own conclusions. and a good "hit to the face" to those who judged poorly.

(I Actually would have enjoyed the suspense, although I was one who called it was false, There was a hint of doubt that made me thirsty for the answer)

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I can't express how much I love Carlos. Especially after this build, he's easily one of my favorite VN characters of all time alongside Kudzu from Echo and Diego from Sileo. Excellent work and I can't wait to see where you take Carlos's route. 

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Best husband~

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Will there be an eventual route for Zach in the future? I absolutely adore him and I definitely wanna see more :3

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I think so? There's a goal on Patreon for a Zach route and according to some old comments the devs have confirmed that he'll get a route eventually.

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If only I could've given this game a 20 stars instead of 5... The developer deserves that much at least.

However, I do hope that Bryan and Ben settle into a more monogamous relationship down the line. It doesn't matter if it takes time, I just want a healthy relationship between Ben and Bryan.

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I'm missing Russell a little more dialogue in the story, I really like the character and I think he should expose his side of the story to Ben.

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Kane most definetly has a crush on Ben and I am all here for it... Though is it bad I want there to be a path split off where you have the option to hang out with Kane more

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I'm on Sep 5th, and I would like to meet this Kane character. What day does he first appear in ?

Edit : Met Kane. Loved Kane. Wouldn't mind if Kane wished to destroy my [REDACTED] all night while [REDACTED] my [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] about how much he is into me :)

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That was litteraly my first thought after reading the new build. He's just so cute/(very hot)!

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When is the update coming out?

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I went through Santa Lucia again and I absolutely love the music. I forgot if it's mentioned, but does Stormsinger Studios make their own soundtrack?

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We do make all of our own soundtrack, with a big part of the tracks for Santa Lucia being composed by Dzahn, and the rest by our fellow StormSinger member, Hop-Skip & The Chewtoys.

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I'm sure you hear it a lot but, fantastic music!!! 😃😃😃😃

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Thank you very much!

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Finished my first playthrough and it's such an interesting game with a nice story. I feel really bad about how things worked out with Russel. He's one of my favourite characters and not having control over how things go with him really sucks (I know there are a couple of options at different points). Especially after we find out he was falsely accused. I just don't know if there is a way back from that and it makes me sad. I'm excited to see where you guys go with the game though!

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Thanks! 

Are things would ever work out between Ben and Russel?

Happy New Year everyone!!!

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Have a Happy New Years everyone!! 😃😃😃

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Yo... i hate how you had us handle Zach after he dropped the guitar, and got upset.... That was a horrible way to go about with that situation. And you won't allow us to actually go back in and apologize????

Dude, that's horrible, and I really want to date him.

You should make that an option... He's too cute not to date him

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I think the purpose of that was to feel what Ben was feeling? I'm pretty sure there is a purpose for it regardless. 🙂🙂

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Does the way you explain your relationship with Eric to Karina affect anything in your relationship with the others?

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Happy Holidays everyone!! 😃😃😃😃😃

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Am I the only one sad that you can't date Sam he so cute...

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i'm really enjoying vn so far, i haven't finished but the little i played i have the impression that ben has post traumatic stress disorder this may explain the nightmares and hallucinations.

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What the heck was up in the dream? I couldn't tell if it was really Chris or not. 🤔🤔🤔 I'm guessing we'll get some sort of idea next update, regardless I enjoyed the update.😃😃😃

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Personal theory here: I thinks it's an overlap of Ben's nightmares + memories and Russel's memories. 

Basically I think Ben's nightmares let him see other people's memories but he replaces some characters within those dreams with people he knows or himself.

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omg its bryan we won

I think Ren'Py is having issues, I had to uninstall the game and then reinstall it. It installed but I lost ALL my saves. 😭😭😭😭

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if you're playing on mobile you can prevent this by finding the game files and copying the saves file, deleting the app, downloading the update and then pasting the saves into the games files 

likely would work the same if you somehow got this issue on pc

It's okay, I'll just skip to the parts I left off. 🙂🙂🙂

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I hope everyone at Stormsinger Studios is having a good NaNoWriMo. 😃😃😃

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just found this game and skimmed through the comments to check if previous players left great reviews on it but damn it's like yall are on a completely different universe, i just came over thinking russell looks kinda cute

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Yeah the game is in an interesting spot right now

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Small thing I noticed: in Carlos' route right after the camping on Sept. 9 he tells us that we woke up and headed straight to the overlook to confront Russell, but later on, during Sept. 16 when we ask Zach: "Remember when you told me he(Russell) was out on the overlook at Cambrion Valley?". Am I reading into the lines to much or was it unintentional?

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The inconsistency is intentional.

am i The Only One Having Issues With Dowloading The New Build?

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I'll assume you're playing on Android since only Android users seem to have issue with this.

In order for Android to properly register the installation of the new build, you first have to completely uninstall the previous build. This is a quirk of the Ren'py engine that I have no control over, unfortunately.

There's also a good chance you'll lose your save data doing this. I recommend backing them up beforehand. They can be found on most Android devices in the "Data" folder of its storage section.

Ty for replying. I did however found a way to download it . So no bigies 

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I am trying to decode the message the Red Hooded person says at the very beginning. So far I've been able to crack one, which says: "Death comes for all". Anyone else cracked the rest?? 

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I dont think anyone has yet, but its good to know at least one was solved, its only a matter of time till we crack the next couple

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Hey don't know if you're still doing this, but this is what I've got so far, I'm not entirely sure they're correct of course, but figured might as well post them:

"Eth nohewo lliw veren niw trenursot ghift ganai." - First Dream
The one who will never win returns to fight again.

Obviously:
"Thaed semco rof lla." - First Dream
Death comes for all.

"Nekle erefob emand pyar rof latisavno." - First Dream
Kneel before me and pray for salvation

"Meco otem." - Dream in class.
Come to me.

Edit: I think I solved the first one.

Dang I feel stupid now. 😅😅😅😅

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 i swear it doesnt even feel like 2 years went by it feels like 1..

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OK so, spoilers(?) ahead or at least theory time for me




as Ive replayed the game for Carlos, among the other routes, and so an so (although i noticed the oddity my first time around and as I'm playing it right now, I'm at the lunch scene with shay) the way the flow of info Ive been been getting, its hinting (at least for me) that Chris is the rapist, i have some points to this,first his attitude, it seems forced to me, then there's the moment Russel first appears in the lab, and Chris's persona changes, which weirded me out, then we get to the whole Russel dilemma, Russel doesn't seem to be trying to win us over, its more like hes just being kind, we even see this when he takes off his beanie to put Zach at ease, even though he makes multiple lewd suggestions, he does it in a joking way, hes never really serious about it times, and then we get to the part were shay is talking to Ben about how "Chris talks about him a lot." which gave me some red flags. and in general, i've never really liked Chris due to his personality (i.e it feeling forced) and i trust Russel more due to him being the first person we meet outside of Santa Lucia

sorry for how long this is

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I think that you're onto something. Spoilers and theory:




















Something about Chris just seems off. Especially with how Russel refers to him as a kind of "back stabber/traitor" and how he wants to "protect Ben from Chris". Something felt off about the whole forrest scene too. I think that either you are right about Chris or that he is the murderer because so far he has been at the places where the murders (that we have been there for/know more about) have taken place (the restaurant and the place with the forrest for the trip (I even think that it was mentioned that Chris left the group at some point during the dinner while Ben was sleeping, which makes me even more suspicious of him and Ben's "hallucinations").

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More theory/spoilers









but then we have the scene in the mess hall with Blake, Sam, an Chris. Chris in general seems to know (or at least is implying) that Russel wasn't the rapist, but before hand he says "Hes trying to take one of my men-tees away", Because Russel never tries to imply it what-so-ever the first time he appears in the lab, which gives the idea that Chris isn't as air-headed as we think he is.

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then we have Zach, whose somehow in-twined in all of this, due to his odd connection with Russel, he seems to know Russel more then we think he does, then there's his connection to the "red hood" as well, and his appearance in the most recent of Ben's dreams, Zach is connected to Russel somehow, maybe he knew Russel when he was younger or maybe its some weird dream stuff that Zach might have, since he did appear in ben's dream near the end of the update. all in all, something is up with Zach and his connection to Russel, and its probably why he thinks Russel isn't guilty.

(but that just my take on it)

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I definately think that you're right again. Chris is definately not as air-headed as we think he is. I forgot about the fact (and didn't fully realize at the time) that he picked up on what Russel was doing without it ever being hinted at/mentioned. I also feel like Zach might have known Russel when they were younger (like you said). The car scene when they "first" meet with Zach already knowing/recognizing Russel's name and hugging Russel and acting comfortable with him, which is completely out of character for Zach, helps point to/support the theory that they have some kind of history that we don't know about. This would explain why Zach thinks Russel is innocent (like you said). Zach's connection to the "red hood" is interesing. I think that Zach might have some knid of personal connection to them in some way based off of how invested he is in them and how much he knows about them and their murders. Maybe he could have possibly known or been related to one or more of the "red hood's" victims. Or he might even know/be related to the "red hood", but that one is a bit of a stretch.


All in all, theorizing about all of this just makes me even more excited for the next public update. Hopefully it will help answer/give more evidence that can point us to more clear answers for our questions/theories and not just leave us with more questions (even though that wouldn't be too bad if it did, just more to theorize about).

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there's also one more very odd thing that relates to the red hood and his "mark"? well. not exactly, there's almost no follow-up of explanation for the mark in general (i.e the scene where the first murder, that we really get details on the red hood,or well as much as we could since it was just a couple lines of text) i couldn't figure out what it was, i tried replacing the numbers with letters and i even put it through a decoder, but nothing came of it. but there is something that we can semi confirm about them, the way they murder seems oddly....religious, mainly with how they spoke, and the first time we meet the red hood (or maybe it was a different dream), its in a dream where they first talk in English but  then switch  over to a different one in a quick fashion, whoever he is, it wasn't Latin, for one thing,........now that i look at this, for some reason Carlos semi fits the bill, but he doesn't have that heavy religious vibe, plus his build is different then the red hood

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That's a really good point. They do all seem kind of religous in a way. I don't really have any ideas for the mark, but I don't think that the red hood is Carlos, but I could be wrong, escpecially after that one "hallucination" when Carlos found Ben after he first got the medicine (I know it was said that it was a hallucination, but I feel like we can't be too sure if it was a hallucination or the real thing). This could certainly support Carlos being the red hood if it wasn't just a hallucination. I also feel like the whole blood in jars thing will somehow come into play. Like we might end up seeing someone with a suspicious amount of jars hidden somewhere or see them buying/carrying jars. 

Semi off topic

Another thing that doesn't sit right with me is Dr. Hernandez's murder. I don't know what it is but I feel like she isn't really dead and could also be the red hood. I feel like she could be alive because of ben seeing her figure at the top of W.H. after her death. That and the fact that I think in the first nightmare that we see on the plane, the red hood seems to possibly have a beak ike Dr. Hernandez, not sure if that is a clue or just a random detail.

Then there's the whole thing after the Russel situation. I have no idea of what to make of it unless it was supposed to be a metaphor for something. Possibly Ben or Chris pushing Russel off of a metaphorical cliff representing the sudden ending of their frienship.

You guys have some really awesome theories, with some good evidence too. I'd probably believe it if there wasn't one thing throwing me off - Chris' route goal. I'm questioning whether the devs would even consider allowing us to enter a romantic route with a potential rapist. It could be some shock plot twist like other vns having surprise psychotic boyfriends, but I'm very hesitant to say they will.

Wait. he has a route? i never even knew that.

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Spoiler? Theory?









my friend at one point was talking about this infinite life theory ( something like that) where when you die you get warped to a different you from a another universe that was parallel to your original one. 

after the park ben has a scar on his back that wasn't there before that would be a fatly wound, so what if when he died in one universe he hoped to a new one and his dreams are true life but from the universe he left 

I hope I explained myself ok 

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Wow, the first publish was at my birthday , 4th of October. It's i dunno, kinda feel nice.

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Guys, I made a fanart of Karina and posted on Twitter ThalysYukio123, I hope you like it 😁
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dayummm best update ever, that shower interction was hella cutee, also im curious is it just me? cuz whenever something intense comes up i always take like a 5 min break from reading no? XD

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time out a double bryan update??? bless you.

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So, are we gonna ignore how we just hallucinated how Dr.Hernadez died? Kinda sus

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It is messed up 🤣

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Soooo.. I'm guessing a Zach route isn't gonna be a thing? if it is I'm curious if u wanna finish the other routes b4 adding his but if nah then it'll be  sad but I respect that, their relationship as friends seems wholesome enough anyways :> 

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Zach route is happening because it reached the goal a while back and even though it went below the threshold the developers said it's still happening, it along with Chris and Russell are only happening after the first three get theirs

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I'm sorry, are you saying that Russell IS getting a route?!

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He's been on the route list for a long time now lol where have you been

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IDK but right now on my bed crying tears of joy ;u;

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omg is this bryan content i sense
Bryan lovers wake up.

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Was Carlos' face changed? I dunno, I feel like hes not as attractive as before. But maybe its just a placebo.


Edit. Yup he really was changed

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yeah... he got changed... I also didnt take the change that well at first-sight, thought that the previous sprite looked better... but after playing for a while with the new sprite it made me like him more as a character, his expressions, just made me feel more at ease with him... I mean... its a matter of opinion but I like him more now...

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Chris is such a jerk! We catch him in the woods and then when Zach tries to continue searching he threatens not to give Zach credit even though we can make him lose his job! And I'm pretty sure he really did steal Russel's idea and had the galls to deni it. He even marked Ben absence even though Ben had a very good reason not to come. Seriously though? F him, I wish we get a choice in the future to mess his life up or something.

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well damn

Awww man, I really like Chris, I got to catchup. I hope this is all a big misunderstanding :(.

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You only need 10 more dollars a month for the Zach route 😭 I cannot wait

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acckkk bb boi needs lovee tbh, we stan the qt quiet bois

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