The title will be different, Evermore was fine for a game name but not so much for the books. Anyways I agree with you on all this, I'm not expecting my numbers and the entire community to transfer over.
Basically,I didn't want to abandon the core story because I love the direction it was starting to head in and I have a massive amount of the history and future fleshed out. I was gonna write these books whether I made the announcement or not. I just figured I'd make the announcement so that anyone who did want to see it as a book, could and I could keep them up to date whenever I do finish it. If that applies to only 10 people, then those will be 10 people who won't have to get lucky to stumble upon the story and to finally get the full plot. I considered completely disassociating the book from the game as one possible path I could take, but I figured there would be some who do want read it so I made the announcement.
Yeah I get that, the story will remain largely the same in the grand scheme but there will be changes to how events play out to fit the way the story is being told now, as well as how some people are characterized and the roles some girls will play.
I'd love to do more with it but I can't really predict where it'll go after the books. For now my main goal is to write the story and complete it, anything more I'll have to see in due time. Planning for something like a tv show would be kind of wild right now since I'm not really expecting to become an instant best seller even if it'd be nice hahah
I am planning on also writing Dawnchaser eventually (unreleased story related to Evermore that I had started working on)
I'm sorry but no, I'm writing a book with the story and will keep it going so the story isn't dead to where I can just give it to someone else. Good luck making a game of your own though if that's something you're planning!
Sorry to see you go, but that's something I expected with the switch. I considered disassociating with the game for this reason and making it stand alone, but I figured those who were in it for the story might want to see it through.
You're perfectly valid in leaving though, it's a major change.
TLDR: If you haven't read the full original comment, don't jump to conclusions about why it was removed, simply because this new one is better worded and more reasonable. I seek out criticism because it's the best way to improve and learn what your faults are, but I won't sit and take crass and disrespectful comments.
Yeah she's pushy at the start and it ends there.
His new response has been much more reasonable in how he chose to criticize the character, so of course it seems ridiculous that I would remove his comment now that the old one is gone and this is all that's left to see.
I read and ask for criticism frequently, I believe it is important to hear it if I want to know where I can improve things. The writing quality of 0.6 would be the same as 0.1-0.2 otherwise. One community member, that I'm now friends with, came at me with lots of criticism and I heard him out and had a discussion about all the criticism even if parts were harsh. To this day he still criticizes the game when something is off.
I also search "Evermore" on other games' discord servers to see if there is any criticism I might need to take into account to improve myself and the game. People tend to be much more honest and not sugarcoat things when they don't know I'll see it.
Criticism is not something I'm averse to even if it's not fun to hear at times, but the original comment did not fall under criticism. It was rage and hate laced with occasional moments of actual criticism. It even begins with the disclaimer that follows (An excerpt, the actual disclaimer is longer):
"I don't want anyone to hate on authors, even me. With that said, I know I am human, and therefore can be crass in my comments, but no matter if I hate the game, I don't hate the author. I sincerely respect authors who allows critical, and sometimes even harsh, comments to stay on their page. I try to write my reviews and comments without any major spoilers,, but be warned, there might be some. Alright, enough self-promotion and emotional blackmail."
He clearly knows that he sometimes goes over the line in how he chooses to write what he doesn't like about games. I respect the attempt at emotional blackmail to keep his less respectful or tactful comments up, but I won't leave a blatantly crass and volatile comment up just because of it.
If he had properly voiced his criticism the first time, I would have asked him what he meant exactly. Something I frequently do on my server or other servers when I see people criticizing the game.
If I wanted to prevent him from ever talking here again, I also could have. Itch.io literally asks you if you want to ban a member after you delete their comment. I chose not to, so that if he comes back, he can leave criticism properly instead of farming outrage and making the comments hostile place. I also could have immediately removed this new comment (which lead to a negative review), but I left it up because it was more reasonable in how he chose to word things, even though the comment exposes the fact I removed his original comment and I knew how some might interpret it.
I understand why you would lower your rating of my game after seeing his newest comment but I don't think it's a fair move to make when all you get to see is the revised comment after his last one was deleted for hurling insults at a character in an unhinged manner and diagnosing them with a mental illness they clearly do not have. Even someone else who commented after labeled it as "that totally weird comment by that one guy (you know who I'm talking about)". (Btw, this isn't me begging you to raise your rating, I'm just explaining the situation, your rating is up to you and out of my control even if I disagree with the reasoning. Reviews are not something a creator can curate to their liking.)
In the future, if I delete a comment, I will keep the comment saved somewhere to avoid this exact situation. That way if they come and complain that they were deleted, I can point out the exact quotes that caused the removal and show proof that I wasn't just butthurt that someone criticized my game.
Chris Evans side note:
Tbh I was fucking around and never expected anyone to actually like and play the game, since I had no experience writing or rendering. I have nothing against it but there is a story reason for it that will be explained down the line. I will be reworking the scene though to make it less goofy and just have him be unhinged in a creepy way.
The reason I deleted it is not because the comment was critical, but because of how you originally went about saying it. There is a difference between criticism and throwing insults.
Your point of view is allowed, just say it constructively. If I wanted to stop you from speaking entirely, devs have the option to ban an account from commenting and that's what I'd have done if it wasn't allowed.
That being said, if that's how you really feel about her and the story, then you've completely misunderstood the story, her character motivations and fears, as well as her relationship to the MC and their interactions.
Yup, it was a complete misunderstanding of the character and I wouldn't be surprised if he had stopped the game after the first couple of interactions with her. Otherwise I don't see how he could say what he said unless he's projecting somebody he knows onto her.
And yeah, best to ignore the comment from the other guy. He really hated Melanie (Despite her being the most popular girl in the player base, followed by Emily and Camilla) and solely because of her, he rated me 1 star and spam disliked other positive comments going back 2 months XD. Pretty unhinged behavior imo
No date yet, but at the end of the week I will post a progress % image on patreon and my discord server. I'm considering posting it in a devlog here as well but I'm not sure if that would spam my followers emails, so I'm checking that out rn and weighing the options.
Im gonna start posting more consistent progress updates starting next week, you'll be able to find them on discord and patreon, with major ones being visible in the itch devlog
some saves do work but not all, and the reasoning as to why isn't clear. For future updates I'll be more careful and I'll see if I can come up with an alternate solution
The issues with the android version not updating should be fixed, let me know if there are more issues and I'll look into it. The best place for me to find out quickly is the discord server.
Did you open Camilla's menu beforehand? It's possible that renpy is allowing you to click through the menu and onto another girl's (hidden) page. I'll get that fixed and patched. Thank you by the way!
