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I just dont have a very high and stable income, thats all. If i had only one game i follow, that wouldnt be a problem, but its more in the range of 20. and i just cant spend 100bucks each month. But paying 10-20 for a update, once i download it (especialy since some creators only do one update per year), thats feasable.

I know its somewhat unfair, cause you guys work even while im not playing, but thats all i can do.

Do you have a paypal link on your discord? I cant afford to be a patreon, but im prefectly fine with contributing 10-20 bucks once or twice a year as i did here

I just checked. They are not the same. Even though, there are not that many to see at the meeting, its clearly different.

Also I think it would be a crazy amount of work to add different plates for all households. I guess thats why its usualy plain white plates. But nevertheless, you might still be on to something just because they are not plain white. That could be a strong hint. Because, the evening before, when MC made pancakes, the plates were white. The same as in the Cafe btw.

Im just not fully convinced that she ordered the food from the Hamiltons. Such a plain meal from their kitchen? But than again, it might just be a stock food asset Cozy used.

Keep in mind that its only a rough estimate based on the time from the last update to this one. I have absolutly no insider informations. Maybe he has a lot of the story already written and it goes faster. Or starts rendering on more than one computer. Or he hit a wall with writing and needs more time. Anything is possible with such a project.

Thanks for taking part in this plot discussion!

Yea, i wrote that something like this would be a possible answer. But than again, thats a lot for a single night preparation time. And with what reasoning for the Hamiltons? I mean, did she make a phonecall "hey, can you deliver some food? I need to impress the founder Boy your family is after so he dosnt notice im only pretending to be rich" ? That would be way out of character for her to swallow her pride this hard. I belive she would rather starve to death than do something like that. Even if she dosnt use those words, she still would have to admit it. 

Thats why im so curious about this smal detail.

She could have ordered it from some random place. Kinda as an investment. But in this case, i bet Cozy Creator would have let the MC notice some packaging somewere because she is unable to conceal it. And if MC got such a proof, he could literaly crush her ego. Everyone knows. But as long as she can play pretend, she is save in her own world.

But hey, its also possible that i think way to much into that scene. On the other hand, Cozy kinda has a habbit to bring up small details later XD

Probably another 6 months i guess.

Again a very nice chapter. You are amazing!

Did you improve on the ambient sounds? Cause i really liked what you did with the rain and bird background sounds. It feels like ist more and better placed than in previous chapters. Also, amazing defelopement for Misaki and also with Rachel!

Little Question about the a Scene: Were did Catherine's mother got the Food? What we see on the Table is nothning complicated for a normal human, but than, she has problems figuring out how to boil water. Did she has it delivered? But than again, her pride wouldnt allow that. I'm confused ^^

Little bug Report, although i'm sure you know. The Character Bios are still broken. Could you possibly add another update pointer at the start of each chapter that writes all previous entries? That way, Players/Readers could work around that Problem with just starting from the newest update and than load their last save in case they dont finish in one session. Its mostly like it is now, Just with a additional one at the start.

Dont know how many ppl even care about such things, so i have no idea if its worth the effort.

Thank again for your hard work!

Ah, i guess you are refering to the MC shouting, the "spritscreen" dialogues and such.

Again, thanks a lot!

Hi there!

Just wanted to leave a quick thank you. Your game is amazing. Just the right mix of consistant (and good) story and choice, MC without a face etc. It ticks almost every box for me.

Will buy the game here on next payday.

PS. i play with universal renpy mod to see what devs do in their games. Damn bro, you have put in so many Variables that make little changes here and there. Every few panels a variable. Thats so impressive! Sure, must of them are only slight variations in the wording, but thats enough for a different vibe. You should advertise replayability more.

PPS. If its not to much work, how about a slider to adjust the font size? Can be a me problem since i play on a old 1080p monitior but at times, text that fit in one line is displayed in 2 lines and that hides the beautiful pictures. But this is just a suggestion- If it takes more than 30 minutes of work, it might not be worth the effort.

The idea was very interesting. To bad that stuff happend. But tbh, its a little funny that your data got corruped in a game with corruption theme ^^

Good luck with the next one!

Looks interesting. Will test it. 

Little hint beforehand: the quote ""The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible." isnt realy from "Charles Kingsleigh" because he is only a character written by Lewis Carroll. Nothing major, ,but its allways good to get quotes right.

Wow, you are fast!!

Already planing the next game?  Applying for the position of “Personal Hero" here? I think my kitchen could work with one XD

"Flavour choices" is the perfect word for what i had in mind but couldnt articulate. 

I understand what you mean with uncertainty. I find myself more often than not rolling back in games with lots of choices. When i care about the characters that is. And the full sandbox audience is certainly a different one than the one for (mostly) pure Novels.

Kinda related to the eyes part, i have another question now. Only if its not to long to answer. Dont wanna steal your time. I honestly thought that you draw the screnes yourself with a little software assitance for skin texture and stuff because it would take weeks for a single szene otherwise. How much real drawing is it realy?

Thanks for the flattery XD

Thanks a lot for the fast and detailed answer! Oh, and merry christmas to you and your loved ones!!

I realy love this game. The guy is living the dream. Having a somewhat big goal in live, lots of girls he cares about (and provides for) and that care about him. Not just some shallow fuck relationships. Some rivals so it dosnt get boring... i think most guys wish for exactly that. Thanks a lot mate! Its just awesome. Even the choice of musik is fitting. A rarety for a ren'py game.

That being said, i have 2 minor points i want to adress. Hope thats okay.

First is the matter of choice. I can very well understand the concept of such a novel not having much choice. it usualy makes for a way smother story progression and less plotholes. And the first Rachel choice was pure Gold!! But a little something here and there would be awesome. Lets say the girls buy clothes and the MC/player can give his opinion on whats better. Or  why the given choice was better. The first option would kinda call for a extra render but the second one could be done with one or two lines later on. Either way, the player has some illusion of agency. Not necessarily on the story itself, that would be much more writing, but on the MC´s look on the world he exists in. 

Second would be the eyes in some scenes. Dont get me wrong, I love the character design and the eyes usualy look stunning. This game has some of the most beautiful chars ever. But from time to time, there is a picture were they look kinda off. As if the edge of the pupil looks washed out or something like that. Hard to explain. Its always the pictures were the eyes dont reflect. I put a picture with two screenshots in the post. Maybe its possible to "sharpen" the irises a little or put some "shine" or reflections in without to much effort? Hope that are the right terms. I tryed playing a little with paint to make the Iris circles a little more defined and to put some reflection dots in, but my skills are nonexistent. Sorry. 

But maybe its intentional, than forget everything i wrote ^^

Oh, and i have a little question. I noticed that you decided to give the MC a face in the latest update. Can i ask why that is? I had the feeling you, like most good game creators, try to avoid that. Always showing him from behind or with something in the way. But now its different and im curious ^^'

Sorry for the wall of text and the bad english. And thanks again for one of the best Adult novels on this platform!

Apart from the sometimes very bad spelling and some strange wording, I didn't find any notable errors. Dont know if its possible with game writing, but some (if not most) of the spelling might be fixable if you just copy the text into word or any other office writing program. 

Since this is a very, very early version of your first project, it makes no sense to point out the sometimes creepy facial expressions or jerky animations. You are probably more than aware of this yourself and are working on it.

And I'm a bit hesitant to criticize your game because I couldn't do anything in this direction myself. So what right do i have ^^'

However, what would be helpful and (as i hope) rather easy to implement would be a few tips on when (and probably were) you can meet which person. The neighbor, for example. Or the various teachers. You build a nice journal but its not very helpfull for now.

Hope i dont sound harsh or demotivating here! Thats not my intention! I see lots of potential in your game.

Im only a few pages in. The character design is realy good and i like that there are a buch of references to Popculture and even other games (even if the headmistress dosnt name the Twins), but bro, you need a proofreader. See example. I hope you find someone to help. 

And one from the headmistress