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Ooh, I'm so nervous and excited!

No prob! I'm very excited that there could be a little more. c:

Ooh! I thought of another possibility. If Seto does manage to cut the string in that version of On the Run, maybe it does backfire on us for once! Depends on what you think would be better.

Aw, no worries! I wasn't too scared of things and it was interesting to have a situation that could be a bit more difficult to predict.

As far as what a "train with soup" situation would be like, I'd probably wonder if Sage realized that we did it and tried to cut the string. Looking in to what happened to Yasha to make sure things are safe now seems like a general possibility. I almost sort of wonder if running away instead of accepting him or hiding behind Sage might put enough fight in Yasha that he doesn't forget things as severely. Potentially, Yasha could know just enough to follow the string and see his soulmate, but be kind of normal about the whole thing. lol

Yeah, though, I agree that Sage staying level-headed is definitely good. I had that concern fairly early on in the loops, so I think I was just worried on how things could backfire- kind of like how we can ask Sage about "what if Yasha doesn't drink the soup" even if we can always manage it if we're being sneaky.

Funnily enough, in the loops, I don't think I ever got Yasha's 1850 line, so I was always a bit confused by that reference until I saw a let's play where someone did get it.

You know, I feel like it's not often that a visual novel makes me genuinely nervous, but I really was during the first couple of loops with the way Yasha is hounding MC and at least remembers some degree of what happened. I could really feel the pressure after trying to enact the soup plan the first time and technically failing. I feel like the balance of some of the paths can be a bit finicky, since I got bounced between endings 4 and 2 for a little while, but I managed to figure it out.

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You know, when Sage first brought up the tethering, I was kind of worried that it might lead to some sort of role reversal where he becomes the crazy one using the string, but honestly Sage seems too level-headed for that since he's accustomed to both immortality and time loops.

As an aside, I'd feel more sorry for Yasha if he weren't so chill with killing MC for not being exactly what he wants sometimes, but that is also something that made me more wary of him and interested to see all of the endings. I did find his reaction in Ending 12 to be funny, though, since it's one of the few ones where one of the guys is like "Shit... Guess I have to start again." I kind of think On the Run can have sort of a sub-ending, if you managed to get Yasha to drink the soup, since I'm not sure if there's real need to run once he's forgotten. Then again, we're not really in a position to check, but I think we might figure it out when Yasha doesn't follow so desperately. It's kind of interesting that the ending where he can be renamed follows through on the next loop.

No problem! It was a bit of troubleshooting I learned from a game I've been beta testing on. I'm glad it could help.

Apparently, the issue was an incorrect renderer. Lucky guess, admittedly, but Xerxes is able to play it now.

I'm glad it worked! c:

Finally got to playing the game! I'm fascinated by this highly unethical situation that MC has made for themself (I mean that genuinely, since it's such an interesting idea; I both feel terribly sorry for android Seto and a bit repulsed by him). I'll be looking out for the next update! c:

Not sure if this will help or maybe the issue has already been solved, but maybe try changing the renderer. Not sure what you're using, but try pressing shift and G to bring up your graphics menu, change the renderer, and then restart the game. It might help.

Well, like I said over on tumblr: Jealousy is a disease.

You guys made a fun little game and there's room for everyone. Petty shit like that is unbecoming of indie devs and I hope you guys don't let that awful behavior get you down.

A true test of patience. c:

Finally decided to play through the special route stuff and WOW. I'm extremely interested to see what direction episode 2 goes in. Z is both terrifying and hilarious.

The painted and animated sprites and occasional voice acting are such cool touches. Can't wait to play more, though definitely don't rush yourselves, guys.

lol Yup! Ashton is still my fave, but Kads is so aesthetic, so may as well have some fun with that. Going to have a Lisa Frank glitter topper and everything.

And no prob! It's been fun. c:

No prob! And I totally get Kads' likeability being a concern because of something like that. I think it really helps that there's an obvious degree of separation between the avatar that interacts with the characters in game and us, the player. It kind of reminds me of the fourth wall shenanigans from Earthbound, where Tony basically refers to us as "you behind the controller" since we're clearly not Ness himself. Also, a certain character's reaction to Kads' actions later, since the bad end is necessary for a specific pic, also helped.

And yeah! I remembered hearing something about the secret ends before playing so, after doing each route my own way, I went back while consulting the walkthrough to make sure I specifically got those. Funnily enough, on both Kadsey and John, I was like 2 answers away from the yandere ending for each (granted, for John, I slipped up and pressed enter right when the option to flirt or not popped up so that was a bit of a whoopsie where I didn't even actually get to see what that option even was until my next round through).

And thanks! I'll definitely tag you whenever it actually happens and I might also toss in a character-themed nail polish look because I have way too many nail polishes in general and love an excuse to do some funky theming. lol

Decided to add a comment since my brain is still running through all of that, but man, I love Kadsey's routes in particular (especially the bad end, surprisingly enough, to the point that I might draw a little something about that, but don't expect anything like that too soon). He has a super interesting position in the story, knowing the same things we do but not the information that Chad Ashton can provide.

I really enjoy the lore going on in this sequel, and actually getting to know the other guys this time around. Ashino's first date genuinely made me nervous, which was something. Regardless of my visceral  kneejerk reaction of rejecting him on sight, I was still interested to see what he's all about and the answer is Menacing.

I'll be excited to see how future updates go.