LC's Next Update Details
LC (Ongoing)
Lasting Connections v0.2.x-Beta_R2A
Lasting Connections v0.2.6 | Progress: 30%
Yes. Lasting Connections is now back in development. And there's quite a few things to go over, so why don't we get started on that right away?
First, current progress is that I have made about 40 renders for the past week, which would mean about 60 renders have now been made for the update. These are just 3 small interactions in the game, encompassing the afternoon portion of the city's interaction. After this, I will be making the town's afternoon portion of the game.
I can say that the development on this is very smooth so far.
Now, let me talk about some of the growing pains of LC. Being the most passionate about it, there are things that I always nit-pick, and things keep changing and changing, I couldn't say if one thing benefits the game more than other things. I like to see it become better, but I also want the game to be a certain thing for me that maybe different than what you all wanted.
The most concerning thing for me is relationship.
At first, LC is built to be a sort of a weird dating sim, from what I know at the time, that's what VN is for. But overtime, I kind of grew out of it.
Updates after updates, I sort of saw a glimpse of what LC would become, and I don't like it. v0.2 drops, and my visions became a bit clearer. I feel like I know what I want in the game. And then when we got to v0.2.5 and the beta updates, the short hiatus we have, things are becoming even clearer again.
LC is actually not a dating sim.
There are love interests, there are still romance-able characters, whether their romance would bore fruit, only the future can tell. So, let's talk about the now.
Love Interests
These are the so-called "Primary Love Interests" in the game. People that Kali, our protagonist, would be interested in dating.
I have always intended for Citlali to be the primary love interest, Valysha would make a compelling case as well, and Cait, although never intended to be a primary love interest, the dynamic is there with Kali. The fourth one has already been introduced, I just don't have a good picture of her right now, but another compelling case for a primary love interest.
Romance-able Characters
You can try to romance them, but the result may or may not be what you would expect. They have complications that can make things really complicated.
Yes, there is only three romance-able characters that I'm planning to pursue for the game at this time. That would mean every single characters you've seen so far other than these three, are not romance-able. There are future characters that would be romance-able though.
In the topic of romance, I don't mean lewd stuff. There are characters that will be open for doing lewd things without pursuing romance, but it's also not everyone.
Plotlines
LC has a very simple premise that is connecting with the people you meet throughout the game. Friends, lover, family, making memories and most importantly, eventually, and hopefully, making a lasting connection to a point where you can see what is happening with the people you are connected with on the other side.
When it comes to Kali, he has his own plotline. Which involves his extraordinary family while he himself being a very ordinary guy. He's not very smart, macho, or wise at all, at times, so he does things in his own way, maybe not what you or I would do, but it's what he would.
Moments
Fun moments, loving moments, sad moments, nothing-at-all-happening moments. These are the crux of what I want out of LC. The passion that goes into this project comes from the moments that pops up in my head, and it keeps repeating, over and over and over. Things that I want to make a reality, and it is these characters that I'm imagining.
Obviously, I haven't gotten to where I want with LC because these characters are still strangers to Kali. Of course, he's still has his sister, but she's not around much. So, to get to a point where, let's just say Siola gets into the glass house and you starts seeing silliness happening instead of couples drama. That takes time.
And I want to take my time with your interaction with these characters too. Get you to know them a bit better. These characters mean a lot to me.
Next Update: Mesmer
In the next update, I've already told you that I would conclude the rest of the navigation section. It's fairly large by itself, although I have finished the city section, I expect that I'm gonna spend a bit more time with the town section cause there's a lot more interaction happening in the afternoon. And I've also said that it will be concluded at the glasshouse.
Mesmer Update in v0.2.6 also increases the scale of the update by following the drama between Feily and her girlfriend. Will Kali be involved? That is a question I will not answer.
Just kidding, of course, I will.
The answer is complicated. It just depends on the type of "involvement" you are thinking. If you've played through the beta, and you saw what's going on, then you know how messy things are. And in v0.2.6, you will be able to visit the photo studio again, meet Feily's girlfriend.
Here's what I can say: There's no rivalry plotline. Kali will not have a big role in the drama. If you ever watch drama where a woman with a broken heart, she leans on to a different man's shoulder for comfort, then love blossoms. That will not happen in Mesmer.
So, Mesmer is a personal drama between two characters pretty much, stretched through the entire evening. We will have a night interaction in the glass house as well, it's gonna be very lively after the drama. And we will end that by going to the abyss again to meet Notu.
And that is the whole v0.2.6 Mesmer Update. There's a lot more details I can tell you, of course, but I don't want to spoil everything for you.
And let this be the first development news dedicated to LC. I will keep calling it "LC's Next Update Details" because there will always be an update for this, at least for the foreseeable future, so alright, y'all. I hope you are doing well, maybe rejuvenated now that LC is back in conversation. I hope you have a great day. Thanks, everyone.
