heya. i'm looking at eventually getting to translations and stuff. i had several volunteers on the discord that were interested in helping out. i just haven't gotten a chance to try and manage it with everything else i'm juggling. i know there's a lot of people out there that have really been interested in reading the story in their own language. the first issue I've had is time but the second one mostly centers around how much slang i write with. it's going to be difficult to try to get that translated and still try and keep my original nonsense :p
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hello, to clarify here, i'm going to assume that you're talking about the android port. If you download from this site or from my patreon page, those are safe downloads because I upload them myself. if you find the game on any other site, I can't control if someone has tampered with it. but assuming that you downloaded from here, the android port may ask permission to access pictures on some, but not all devices. It's not accessing your pictures or any of your personal data on your phone, it's asking permission to use pictures in general because the story backgrounds are jpg files (pictures) and because the game needs to access those to actually have graphics, and because you downloaded the game and the game pictures are now technically stored on your phone: it's asking your permission to access the pictures stored in the game data. privacy is a big deal to me so as long as you're using an official version of the game from these sites, you should be safe. if you have further questions about it, i'd be happy to answer those or you can just pop onto our discord page and ask in real time.
the project operates solely on donation. there will never be ads and no data farming or selling of stuff or anything like that. i can't stand that stuff and despise when companies do it to me. the last thing i'd ever do is create something that takes things from people.
heya. i'm glad you randomly clicked on it too. i really appreciate this perspective. i know everyone's experience is different-- particularly when you toss in location or cultures-- so it's really hard to write a definitive experience for anyone so i'm glad you could relate. I do think a lot of VNs could be a lot deeper. many do feel pretty flat and stuff and i just have a tendency in life to want to go deeper anyway. i know the slow burn isn't for everyone so i'm glad it hooked you. i'm glad i hooked you in a genre that normally is associated with cringy tropes to just put people into compromising sexual situations. i think things should matter in stories and i think there's power in making people wait for something or characters to really work for something. it just matters more to me then. thank you so much for reading. also, thank you so much for going the extra step just to create an account to leave a comment-- it doesn't go unnoticed and i appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. the world is a mess so stay safe out there, particularly since you're from a homophobic country. appreciate you <3
thank you so much for the kind words. I'm glad you're enjoying the story and sorry for the hangover :p I will say there is still a pretty substantial drop in quality in the original compared to the Revamp even if you picked it up from the current update but if you're just looking for the story, it'll get you there. Thank you so much for reading and taking the time to check in and post. i really appreciate the time and energy <3
this was an amazing read and thank you so much for taking the time to leave this comment. to say i'm humbled by such words is an understatement but it made me smile and i want to thank you so much. thanks for taking the story seriously despite the genre. i know an adult game that hits heavy isn't for everyone but i'm grateful for all of those who have enjoyed it. i also would ask that you thank your friend for playing and reading. i'm truly honored to have played even a slight role in his own journey. that's truly remarkable and i don't even know him but i'm proud of him anyway. everyone deserves self-acceptance and peace. but please tell him that i said thank you for reading and for recommending it to you. really glad you shared this. all the best to you both <3
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thank you so much and i'm glad you enjoyed the ending. i worked hard on that thing to check a lot of boxes. i have no intention of abandoning it. i agree, the majority of these are abandoned but i think that's because people dont realize how much friggen work it is. i'm here for the long haul and hopefully the revamp, once complete, will do the full story justice
heya :)
so there's 2 versions. the revamp only goes up to most of chapter 7 right now. it currently "ends" with a "to be continued" screen. that screen simply means i'm still working on the next update. all updates are released episodically so when v16 drops it'll just pick up where v15 left off and finish off chapter 7. There's 10 chapters in the full story.
the original v0.21 version is the full story. it has all 10 chapters and ends with a clear ending. that version, however, is way less quality and is basically the rough draft. the revamp will eventually follow that story with the same ending.
hopefully that helps. if you still have questions, you can certainly ask :)
there really is a lot left to go. ton of things that happen that continue to really impact the story. in my head, the park was the halfway point but once i started writing stuff, i think the last 3 chapters are probably 50% of the game. originally, i expected to move quickly through the later parts of the game but now i'm not sure. this v15 update was harder than anything i've done before so i'm not sure. seriously appreciate you reading and dont worry about the re-read if you never get around to it. i'm not much one for re-reads myself-- especially how friggen long this story is. but, i do hope i'm able to pull something off in the revamp for the ending. thank you so much for reading and thanks for letting me know what you thought :)
so my official answer on any sequels or follow-ups has been that right now, i have nothing planned but i also didn't plan much of this story. i sorta write as i go. but, without saying spoilers, i worked hard on the end to check a lot of boxes for a lot of different types of readers. essentially a sequel would have to undo most of that work. i'm open to doing that but there would have to be a purpose to it. everything in the story really has a purpose so a sequel or continuation would be the same way. so the only way i'd really want to continue the story is if i feel like i could do it better than the first one. lot of sequels anymore just seem like a cash grab and i'm not about that life.
heh, if you're asking me for tips on this process: i'm terrible, lmao. i legit just figure it out as i go. i'm awful at outlines and planning and stuff like that, so i dont have a ton of tips for the writing aspect. i did write a post on my patreon a little while ago to people who are trying to do this for themselves-- just things that worked for me and if any of those help, feel free to use what applies to you. in terms of the art program, i use DAZ3D and Blender the programming software is Renpy. other than that, i just sit over here and google shit and try to figure out how to make the picture that's in my head :)
heya, good luck on the PhD stuff. i was actually going to do mine but got talked out of it. in the psych world it's pointless unless you wanna teach or specifically be a psychologist-- which honest i wasn't interested in because i dont like testing stuff. otherwise, you can do all the same stuff with a masters and it's a waste of money. ton of writing and work though so i wish you luck-- and most importantly- sanity.
So Str8 isn't a true story. all of the characters are fictional and i quite literally make things up as i went. only had one original outline and it was a messy flow chart. i didn't plan much ahead because i liked the story and characters and i didn't wanna be spoiled either so i only outlined updates one at a time with only a couple benchmarks throughout the story i was interested in hitting. i wrote a pretty detailed post about this on my Patreon page that i can link here if you're interested in all the details.
True Story?
Aaaaand, it hit ENTER too quickly. but thanks again for the kind words and holy crap, you said all those nice things before you got out of Chapter 5? you're not even to the good stuff yet. i think it starts to pick up in chapter 5. 6 was the game changer for a lot of people back in the day. i still get mail about that chapter and i was really intimidated and excited to get to it for the revamp
Heya :)
First off, thanks for the note and I'm glad you're enjoying the story. I read this late last night and it made me smile before bed so thanks for that. it just means a lot that you felt compelled to leave a comment and that the story gripped you that quickly when you weren't really that interested to start with. that's a very flattering compliment and i'm grateful for it.
I'm always intimidated when someone leaves a comment and says they're an author or writer-- it's not necessarily the their writing experience that intimidates but it's more that I assume they have the executive knowledge on how to plan things or put pieces together. it's always enjoyable to read something that just clicks or feels planned out or surprises me. good stories do that but i'm also not great at planning things. i sorta just shoot from the hip and listen to the vibes I get from a scene then i just roll with it. i also have to edit dozens of times because i'm honestly a pretty scattered person so rough drafts will never see the light of day and probably read more like borderline psychosis :p
But thank you for your kind words. Yeah, no fictional writing experience here at all. I have a masters in clinical psych that i finished a few years ago so i've written papers n stuff for all that but that's it. This entire project started with a dare from a friend after i was complaining that a TV show we were watching had bad writing. he said if i thought i could do better than i should so i started fucking around. It's also another reason why i picked the adult genre-- if it turned out that i couldn't write, people tend to be more forgiving about the writing when it comes to all the porny games. your comments made me laugh about my style-- cause you nailed it. "irreverent" and "talking more to yourself than the rest of the world." I'm a bit dramatic and chaotic but it's honestly kinda fun when things work out. i'm always humbled when another writer pays me a compliment like this so thank you. thanks for taking the time to read and for thinking of me to reach out.
I would like to get on Steam but i just haven't gotten around to it yet. Too many things to do when your'e working on a project mostly solo so i fight the battles i can.
(However, if you do try the original version, go easy on me. the beginning is rough but eventually i took the gloves off. the community gave me a lot of encouragement to write the story i wanted to and i eventually just said fuck it and started writing in my own style around chapter 6-- yet another reason for the revamp).
all the best to you as well. stay safe out there and all the luck with your own projects and stuff, i may check em out <3
i thought i recognized the name. the Steam thing will take some hoops to jump though but i would like to do it and my goal is to make it free like it is everywhere else. i'm a big achievement fan, myself, but i'm not sure how it would fit into this game because it's so linear but it's something i can keep in mind :)
oh thanks. yeah, this is one of the endings where we get to breathe a little. the original game update usually stopped at cliffhangers but there were a few updates that just really needed to have some closure (i think chapter 6 had that too). i really like to try and stop endings at places that i think are important or need to sorta echo. my personal preference for the story is to read it one update at a time just because it forces you to stop and sit with certain things and i just like that. really appreciate the read and interest in the story and hope you continue to enjoy the revamp. i was really happy how this one turned out in comparison to the original. thing has come a long ways :)
heya, thanks so much for playing and for letting me know you're enjoying it. you've also probably played it as many times as i have and i wrote the damn thing, lmao. but that's honestly amazing that you've enjoyed it that much and i hope you continue to-- especially the revamp 'cause it's waaaay better. no plans for a sequel right now. i'm just taking one thing at a time. i tend to do a better job when i do that :)
ayyy, thanks so much for playing and leaving a comment. First off, i'm really glad you're enjoying the story and i'm really glad that the free version helps accommodate that student lifestyle. now the most important part: prioritize that school stuff and don't stress yourself out trying to figure out a way to support the project. you already have. you downloaded it, you played it, and you took time out of that insanely busy school lifestyle to leave a comment. comments and reviews and things like that over here help boost my visibility so that others can find the game. if you think you have a debt here: it's already paid-- you made me smile. Seriously, take care of your school stuff and if the game gives you a break then i'm insanely grateful to be part of that process. don't worry about the financial stuff over here. people have been generous and i'm not a greedy person. i'd rather you took care of yourself first. the game will be here regardless and i'm grateful you're part of this thing now. if you still feel like you want to help out and stuff, you can always follow me on socials, repost, or recommend the game to others. but you've done enough already. good luck on all that school stuff and thanks again for reading <3
awww, sorry about the tears. if it makes you feel better i cried writing the damn thing in a few spots. thank you so much for playing and checking it out and for popping on here to leave a comment-- it helps me a ton. if you enjoyed the original, def check out the revamp then-- it feels like an entirely new experience. i'm actually still motivated and enjoying making it. thanks so much <3
heya:) no worries. So yes: I actually just released the newest update on Patreon and SubscribeStar yesterday so 3 weeks it’ll drop here free. That’ll be March 21.
It’s been awhile on an update but this next part needed a ton of work. Lots of new environments and I took some extra time to really spice it up. So far the early feedback has been overwhelmingly positive including from those that played the original. This one just hits way better now. I worked my ass off on this one and I really do think the extra time was worth it.
So just a bit longer but it is finished and released.
these discord links are weird. I'll paste it here and see if copying it will work. some people occasionally get an invalid message but others join without a problem. it's been the same link for a few years now. try pasting it.
https://discord.com/invite/qAG3qek
hey thank you so much for playing and for taking the time to let you know it got you in the feels :) don't worry, i'm not going anywhere. i'm finishing up the tail end of the next update now so hopefully we'll see the next 1/3 of chapter 7 in the revamp very soon. thanks again. really appreciate it <3
haha, yeaaaaaah... i know a lot of people want that sequel or even the spin-off-- especially for one character in particular. i do think if i do something like that i'll be excited to announce it and i'm hoping that people would get amped up knowing that i plan on doing them justice. but we'll see. i do take this thing serious and there's still a billion things i need to learn about all this stuff. the revamp is very much growing with the visuals and I'm really trying to challenge myself there to do new and creative things-- many of which could be applicable to other projects but we'll see. i'm terrible at making plans. i sorta just sit down and roll with this stuff, i guess. i like the world and the characters and i dont want to be spoiled either so i really just try not to look too far down the road :)
seriously appreciate your excitement and energy, though. means the world to me to see people enjoy this thing. it was a friggen acciden that i even did it to start with
heya, thanks so much for playing and letting me know you enjoyed it. actually my original idea when i finished was to unlock a braden route then drop you back at the beginning to play it all through from his perspective but i ended up scrapping that. i felt like zack's headspace was more my style of writing and i wasn't sure how I'd juggle braden narrating and try to keep my overly dramatic writing style under control (braden struggles with school stuff so i couldn't really see him writing lengthy dramatic sentences and i honestly enjoy that nonsense). the other aspect of braden-- and i wont go into detail here because of spoilers-- but braden's arc and how he feels was very different to a lot of people and i thought that was awesome. people were able to mold braden to fit both him and their own vision of his feelings and the more i thought about it, me writing his route would take that from them so i scrapped it. braden's character imo was way more powerful with the mystery and ambiguous narrative that i thought i could ever write him.
but yeah, thank so much for playing and just taking time to leave a comment and stuff here. i really appreciate the interest and i'm just happy you enjoyed it :)
Heya, so the short answer is I'm hoping this month but depending it could be early next month.
longer more detailed answer: so without mentioning spoilers, this next update has 4 new locations we haven't seen in the revamp. After looking at those sets from the original game, they needed work. In the grand scheme of the revamp, updates have been much quicker than the original game because i didn't have to do any writing-- just polish what was there or reorganize it. the last few updates have had almost zero writing stuff but polish. but most of the locations we see in the game are gradually visited as the updates go-- allowing me to slowly work on them over time. this update is the exception because it drops 4 new places into one update. there was a ton of work there. i've rebuilt some of them, completely relit them, and done some texture updates. that turned out to be a lot. Then, compared to the original, the number of CGs was easily tripled. Right now I have over 600 in this update along when most updates have had around 300ish. It's just a really graphic intense update. that being said, I'm on the last scene now and I wanna get it out there. I still have coding, music, testing, then editing and stuff.
if you're curious and you want to see some of the work, I've posted stuff on my bsky account. more teasers than usual to try and compensate for the extra time so people know that I'm actually working on this thing.
[Teasers are kinda spoilery though so heads up]
heya, thanks for reading. i wont comment too much about the ending here because i dont want to spoil things for people. i know a lot of people check the comments down here before they even start to play but there's definitely a lot of though put into the ending and the entire story. I know a lot of people have asked for a sequel and we'll see. i take things like that seriously because i sorta view myself as a gatekeeper for the characters and i dont want to run the story into the ground. i am definitely not opposed to spin-offs though. a lot of the side characters are just fun and i'm open to continuing or doing side projects with them if the moment is right. thanks so much for reading and posting. i really appreciate the energy and thanks for taking my little project seriously <3
bah, somehow i overlooked this follow-up response and I sincerely apologize. thank you so much for coming back after you finished it and i'm glad you enjoyed it-- and both routes and the twists. you made me laugh at feeling bad for other visual novels. I have no doubt others will do as well if not better. there's talented people out there with amazing stories to tell. this was my first attempt so I'm incredibly honored you felt so moved by it and hold it in such high regards. thank you again so much for playing and for just taking time to give such generous feedback. really appreciate this more than you know <3