Release 5.0 | Development update

A lot of people are asking me... When will the new release be ready?

I'm trying, guys... but I think I've created a monster that I'm having trouble taming. 😅

I like to make each story unique.  And in this one about Daniel, I decided to make it in such a way that the player gradually develops a relationship with Daniel and convinces him to follow the chosen path.

With each choice made during the course of the story, Daniel will lean towards one side or the other... the more interactions he has with one side, the more likely he is to accept it.

I didn't want it to be a simple thing, that this choice would only be made at the beginning and then the stories would go on separately. What I did was that at each step the player would be able to choose whether to treat Daniel romantically or in a bossy way and this would add to his desire to follow that path or not

Then came the monster I created...

Imagine a scene in which you are faced with a choice. One in which you treat him romantically and another in which you treat him like a boss.

For each choice I have to create a different dialog. OK.

But here comes the problem.

Over time Daniel becomes more inclined to see you as a romantic partner or as his master... BUT ... if he's already on the romantic path and in the middle of the story you treat him like a slave ... he'll be surprised and react differently.

So as well as checking what the player's choice was... I need to check the status of Daniel's current relationship to see how he's going to react

Because of that, for every scene where there's a choice, I need to do not two scenes... but 4 scenes!

• One where you're on the relationship path and you treat him romantically.

• One where you're on the relationship path and you treat him like a slave

• One where you're on the slave path and you treat him like a slave.

• And one where you're on the slave path and you treat him like a boyfriend

And worse... there's a fifth scene... one in which you're treating him in a balanced way and he doesn't know which path he's on

Do you understand now why I called it a monster? 😂

Now for each scene... I have to create 5 different dialogues!!!

It's like I'm writing 5 different stories

They're small variations on the dialog, but if I don't do it this way, the context of the story loses its meaning.

But I've finally reached the part where the path is definitively chosen. And then there are no more variations. Just the two... But that only happened at the end of the story.

Of course it adds depth to the game, but the extra work involved in doing it in the hands of just one person is too much.

Now I have to finish this story because I started like this... but in future stories I'll certainly avoid this question of opening up too many options

I apologize for the delay... it's a learning process with each story