Super glad for the update, I am starting again and the intro is super interesting.
The new chapter with Mike is also great, love that man. And the ending opens up a ton of possibilities and really drives home a lot of the lore.
Excited to see where you go with this! I expect that landing on Arctos will be very interesting.
Just bought but I am not able to authorize to play. Takes me to itch.io and I click authorize but it just tries to open the following link that goes nowhere: http://localhost:8080/?username=tipmon&gamecheck=1&gamer=1&id=1702676&cover_url=
After a while, the game automatically closes.
I will say, I am a bit confused by the timeline. It sounds like the breakup with Darryl happened about a year before the start of the VN but the messages from Darryl and the flashback to the breakup both make it seem like the breakup just happened right before the trip to his sister's which also makes sense in that the breakup would be the catalyst to go visit his sister.
Which is it? I am leaning towards a year ago but the texts are strange. I am still going through at least so maybe it will clear up.
Overall fantastic!
I just double checked, as of right now, none of the choices made during Chapters 1-6 actually affect much. Most are small ~5 lines of changed dialog (did you drink with Vulgor or not? The game needs to remember for a few flavor lines later and such). The only counter that seems to increase and maybe matter is a Vulgor counter which I assume from the context is how much he likes you. It is still only up to 3 after all those parts though.
To sum up, none of the choice really matter for the first 6 chapters as of right now, they might come up as small things later but this VN is basically linear and that is why this standalone chapter is able to exist.
I just double checked, as of right now, none of the choices made during Chapters 1-6 actually affect much. Most are small ~5 lines of changed dialog (did you drink with Vulgor or not? The game needs to remember for a few flavor lines later and such). The only counter that seems to increase and maybe matter is a Vulgor counter which I assume from the context is how much he likes you. It is still only up to 3 after all those parts though.
To sum up, none of the choice really matter for the first 6 chapters as of right now, they might come up as small things later but this VN is basically linear and that is why this standalone chapter is able to exist.
The total list of tracked variables is below:
1) Your name (obviously).
2) A "Vulgor" counter, seems to be affinity or something. Current Min = 0 and Max = 4
3) A "Knife" True/False for if you choose Ranok to stab you. No effect after the chapter except for 6 spoken lines in Chapter 3.
4) A "Booze" True/False for if you drank the moonshine when they stabbed you. Small changes in further chapters of ~5 lines in length where MC is more enthusiastic about drinking.
5) A "Romance" True/False for if you admitted to yourself about your feelings early on for Ranok. Minor changes but no branches or anything.
6) A "Drinking Buddy" True/False for if you drank with Vulgor again in Chapter 3. Minor line changes, nothing major so far.
7) A "Caelan" counter, not sure of the meaning. Increments if you approached the Moonshrine pool. Creates the branch in this chapter.
To sum up, the only 2 values that seem to matter in the least are the Vulgor counter and the Caelan counter. With a total of 5 points between them, only 5 choices have really even a chance at mattering.
Interesting how Max asks if you remember the melody you played with him before and MC doesn't which is very similar to the line with Rune and the line MC said to him when they met. I can't remember if there was a similar situation with Burry (been a while since his afternoon was released!) but I am very VERY interested in seeing how that is going to be resolved. With the mystery around it and the similarities in atleast 2 of the routes, I am excited to find out more!
Small(ish) nitpick but the directions to get back to the main hall from the administration area is incorrect.
The order to get there from the main hall is L-R-L-S-R-L. The "correct" order you currently have is R-L-R-S-L-R which is the above sequence but with the Lefts and Rights swapped. What it should be is R-L-S-R-L-R which is the first sequence with the Lefts and Rights swapped and *also reversed* since you are going backwards FROM admin TO the main hall.
Small thing but it took me a while to figure out the "correct" way back since the real answer was not right.
Small thing but it got me a bit lol
I liked Hammish before but this update has catapulted him to one of the top slots for me. He is such a kind father, I really hope Cole starts to go to him for magical help at some point.
23 years old huh? A thief stole some research, possibly 23 years prior? Has the build of Hammish and even some innate spellcasting ability? Interesting.
