General Q&A #2

Fascinating, I wouldn't have guessed Jenna had any Navajo influence in her character but that's very cool.

Richard

But what about Chase?

Mark Samuels

Tobias Hess, Carl Hendicks (Carl's father did indeed take his wife's last name), Jenna Begay, Flynn Moore, and Leo Alvarado. Begay has been pointed out more than a few times to be a bit on the nose, but it is a very common Navajo last name which is important to Jenna's background.

Howly

In Jenna's case I was thinking that name Begay might have a social stigma attached to it given what went down with that situation so it was something else, and as far a Carl goes even if it's his maternal linage I could see them keeping the name Hendricks because of it's historical significance. but yeah nothing said yet for the others as far as I know.

Richard

I think Jenna's is Begay, assuming she retained the last name of her ancestor (who, indeed, turned out to BE very GAY, probs). Carl's ancestor was named James Hendricks, but I'm about 90% sure that bloodline is from his Mom's side of the family, and assuming that he traditionally took his father's last name, he likely doesn't share that surname. As for the others, I don't think we've gotten anything.

Mark Samuels

What are the main characters last names? I recall in one of the short stories it was mentioned that TJ's is Hess but I am curious about the others.

Richard

What of the music being used is royalty free? Does that include the piano piece that's used a couple times for Leo and Chase?

Mark Samuels

Hey thanks for playing! Leone is our composer, though he hasn't started working in earnest just yet. I don't quite remember which software he uses, except the fact that it's German. I'll have to get back to you on that. About half of the music being used right now is royalty free. And yes, each character will have alternate sprites to express different emotions.

Howly

Wolves, man.

Howly

Answering this directly could be spoiler territory. I will say that Bane and Howly have discussed the possibility...

Howly

Very good question, I wish I had asked that.

Hey! just discoreved this VN and played it the entire weeked. Love it, the characters have flaws (wich is good) and the story seems deep. Keep up the good work! Also, do you have someone doing the music for it or you are doing it yourself? If it is yourself, what program do you use? The music in this is what I liked most, really got into me, and get that good vibe of Stardew Valley in some of them that fit just right. Also, any chance that the characters will gain different face expression sprites?

Brooding

.... :)

afoxbutt

O.O

Mark Samuels

Why is Howly so sexy?

afoxbutt

In your opinion, does this game exist in the same shared universe as Blackgate? Or are they different universes?

Mark Samuels

Makes sense, Thanks. Helps to give some perspective when we have context for the characters outside of what we see in the story.

Richard

It's a bit easier sticking with just a few routes; less to keep track of. That's not to say that the other routes won't get an update or two in the meantime.

Howly

He has a brother and sister who both live in Payton. The brother works with their father and has his own family. Leo is the youngest by almost ten years so they were both out of high school by the time the family moved to Echo.

Howly

We asked patrons for ideas a while back and there were several suggestions that we liked. We just need to really analyze which will work out best before we put it to a vote.

Howly

That particular scene will likely be extended.

Howly

There will be branching paths that end earlier than others.

Howly

will there be dead ends? as in decisions or actions in the game that cause it to end abruptly due to incorrect decision making at any point in the game?

shadowhaz

This is a good question, but it seems a bit unlikely that it would be what they would do for 'other such scenes' considering Chase and Flynn's little escapade was pretty...in-depth, before it got cut short.

CG

I've been wondering this as well. In the current build we only read about what happens after their fun.

So is the sex scene in Leo's route what we can expect from other such scenes? Is it unfinished?

Mechwarrior

Are there gonna be any more funding goals added? If so, what do you think they may be?

afoxbutt

As a Leo fan, I'm ok with this, nice to have a few finished ones. I do feel for the Flynn,TJ and Jenna fans though

BadTech Games

And to answer your question, Leo and Carl will be completed before the others are worked on again. There will be another vote to decide who's next after Leo and Carl. Unless the plan has changed :o

afoxbutt

Leo is a lot of things. I suppose the thing we hope to get across most, though, is that he's a good person and not everything he does is necessarily his fault. Hopefully things will become clearer as time progresses. As for the second half of your question I think we have disagreed on all of the characters at some point. In the end, Howly has the final word on what exactly happens.

Howly

Yayyy!! People gonna die.

afoxbutt

Different endings for all.

Howly

Time flies ;)

Howly

They're all equally important to us, but if there were to be a "cannon" route, that would probably be one of the endings for Leo. You'll see why.

Howly

The lengths will likely be similar. As for the amount of days remaining...let's just say that time won't be as easily perceived as it was before the end of the week, so that's hard to answer. To keep from being too ambiguous we're at least a third into Carl and Leo's routes.

Howly

Something I was wondering. There was a passing mention of Leo having siblings but nothing about their current whereabouts, did they all stay with their parents when they moved, did they go off on their own? Also were they part of the group back in the day, it seems odd they wouldn't have hung out with the rest of the kids in town unless they were significantly younger/older than everyone else.

Richard

I'm not sure if you've seen any of our discussions regarding Leo, primarily in the the comment of the last build post, but I've been wondering what you guys think of Leo. Do you think he's an obsessed, abusive manipulator, a misguided slightly-crazy good guy, or a presently misunderstood adorable hottie? Is there a consensus amongst you creators, or do you guys disagree about him?

Mark Samuels

Will each route have different endings, or are some characters fated to have a bad end?

Scyvvir

Yeah! That thing, couldn't remember the name XD

BadTech Games

It's been six months since I last bombarded you with questions?!

afoxbutt

If you had to choose only one of the routes to be the "main story" which do you think you would choose?

afoxbutt

...Flynn

afoxbutt

Will all of the routes be roughly the same length? How many days are left for Carl and Leo?

Are you planning to bring the routes of TJ,Jenna and (the lizard guy) up to match that of Leo and Carl before progressing further with L+C? or do you think you will add little teaser bits to them as you add in more TJ, Jenna and lizard guy.

BadTech Games