Fueled by Insanity 0.16 Update


Hiya! Update 0.16 has arrived!


This concludes the ending of the Reject - Tracy route. For anyone confused about how routes work, reject/accept refers to whether or not you've accepted Caijoru's deal.

This update was originally meant to be about 10k words max, but instead it turned out to be 18,000 words. So basically, it ended up being way longer than I thought it would, but I think that's ok.

I ended up changing plans with how Tracy's route was going to go partway through this update, which means it has one ending rather than the two I had initially planned. Splitting it up into two endings just for the sake of having more endings was not going to go very well, and I feel like keeping things simple for the sake of a more coherent story works out better.

Things are a little less spelled-out in the story this time because I want to leave some room for interpretation. I know what the answers behind everything are for me, but some of you may have your own ways of viewing it all.

In terms of stuff that's not writing, there's a little bit of new art, but not too much since I don't want to overwhelm Sarah with everything else she's got going on at the moment. There's no new music this time around because physically it would be very difficult at the moment. My leg can barely bend at all without extreme pain which means I can't sit down at the desk with my music setup. I could likely work things out to make it possible, and I may in the future, but I'd also have to deal with the awkwardness that using my piano foot pedal would be very difficult to use right now, and that's kinda very important to be able to use.

But anyway! Moving on! Survey results cause they tend to be interesting.

Surprisingly, for favorite character, there was only one vote that was not for Ted, Daren, or Jeffrey this time around. I think that's the first time that's happened.


Least-favorite character has stayed relatively consistent with how it's been, with the main difference that Tracy isn't voted least favorite nearly as much as she used to be. Kinda expected considering it's her route that's been worked on heh. Also shoutouts to the person who voted "that bitch meimaru". That made me laugh.


And then for the individual character popularity votes.


Anyways, issues I am aware of for this update: there are some typos I found right before uploading that I will fix in the next update. One of the sound effects didn't play in a scene due to a typo and that should be fixed next time too. I'm also having issues where I can import saves from previous versions, but if I make a save in 0.16 and then try to load it in a previous version, it crashes. I think that's likely an issue just on my end and I don't think it should affect anyone else.

If you do come across any bugs or issues, let me know so I can sort them out!

Y'all take care and have a happy Halloween!

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It's hard for me to describe how I feel about some of the characters. Some of them I don't have much of an impression of at this point, but I do know that from what I've played, Caijoru is a mixed bag.

This does contain spoilers so:





Rationally, I understand how he must feel, but it's like he's at a point where he's so messed up that he has trouble even considering that his plan is a horrible thing to do to someone else. He knew what would happen if he took Jeffrey / Colin to the cave. But he wanted to go and wait however long it took to try and get his brother to let him return. It's difficult when you give someone a chance, especially after having someone abuse you in a relationship to then turn around and have the trust you're trying to put in them betrayed. 

As much as I wanted to hate Jeffrey at first for being really childish to people who cared about him, the more time went on, the more I understood it was more reaction than just lashing out for no reason. Honestly, I understand it pretty well, having stress in your life to the point where small things feel so much heavier than they should.

Ted, I mean, if it's true that Caijoru can eventually be pushed to the brink and see that he should move on, be the person he wants to be, I'd want to hope he could live a good life, that any of the bad things inflicted on him or by him, that those could fade away with better decisions, honesty, and embracing people rather than trying to use them.

I'm not entirely sure if the ending of the route where Caijoru comes back to be Ted one last time with Colin as the curse is taking hold is meant to be read the way I saw it, but it felt really sad. The thought of not seeing exactly what happened, my mind immediately thought of the journey Colin had been on throughout the story, where he didn't want to feel like he was going to keep failing everyone around him. So, instead of becoming what he feared, he shot himself after telling Ted he loved him, preventing the curse from moving on. What happens to Ted in that case, I don't know. But I don't know which would be worse: Colin shoots himself, or he shoots Ted and then himself...

I was surprised with Sean. There were some moments where I suddenly felt like he was who Colin should have realised sooner was truly special. And Daren, I don't know what to say. He's such a good person, I just want the best for him always. I think I'll read some more paths when I feel less overwhelmed by the sadness.

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The writing between Jeffrey and Daren is so strong in this route, and the last dream with Caijoru was fantastic.

So much happens with Ted and Jeffrey's characters towards the end that I feel that the game ends a bit too soon. After such an intense climax, you could take your time showing how the characters' new lives settle out.

I think this is the strongest ending so far, and FbI's writing is getting better and more refined with every update.

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The end hurts, but I think it hurts in a good way. So thank you !

By the way, I wonder where the ogg music "Journey Onward" plays ? I like it but I can't find it in the VN. 

Thanks <3

Journey Onward plays if you talk to Daren on Day 3 and choose to play a Sandbox game.

Got it, Thanks~