Chapter 13 (0.13.0) Update and Annual Memberships
Added 2021-01-25 15:58:02 +0000 UTCAfter a short period to bask in the afterglow of the latest release, we're back to work on the next update. While the raw numbers in the tracker below show good progress for the first week back, they don't tell some of the more untracked elements: the plot outline was locked in from day one and the base script for the first half is pretty much done. Now, it's just a matter of getting scenes arranged, shot and made playable.
The only other comment I can make right now is that players should expect a lot of minor tweaks to the narrative, reflecting the course through the story they've taken thus far. There's a specific scene that, while not huge, has three distinct outcomes based on what you've done prior. Because at this point in the game you should be making choices about your relationships with the girls, I see this as the kind of presentation wrinkle I want in the game going forward.
Annual membership
With Now & Then having a good year's worth of content still to develop (and not considering future projects), I've gone and turned on the option for annual memberships. Which means, I probably didn't do it exactly right and it won't show up and someone will have to say "Hey, actually..." and then I'll go in and do it again and then it'll work. Ask the Discord, they'll get the joke.
Why go annual? Well, it gets you a 10% discount on your membership. I would give out raw numbers on the savings, but I tried to do it last night while "high" on cold medicine and apparently did it based on 10 months in a year and not 12, so maybe math is not my mistress.
Thanks for your patience and support.
- Kinderfeld
Comments
Thank you! I think that one of the great challenges is to tell a story that creates emotional moments and invites immersion and connection. You have told enough of the story of Carol and Naomi - both before calamity and now, after calamity, to build that connection with both young women. I'm looking forward to seeing if I can connect with Sydney as well. I'm enjoying your story telling!
Pax
2021-01-26 01:41:59 +0000 UTCThere'll definitely be little moments where you can get closer to the girls. I'm going to be very aware of adding variant scenes based on how the girls feel.
ILSProductions
2021-01-26 01:25:12 +0000 UTCI'm looking forward to the next chapter! I hope that there will be opportunities in the upcoming chapters of the story to continue to reinforce my relationship with one or more girls (even if it means that there are hard conversations with Syndey, for example). I already chose to be honest with Sydney about planning for the next move and, while I'd like to have her join my group along with Carol and Naomi, I won't endanger their safety to stay with Syndey if she refuses to leave when it is becoming too dangerous to stay. I'm thinking that the honesty option in the conversations is critical since, in this dangerous new world, I think each woman needs to know where the MC stands (and he needs to know who he can count on as well). I'm glad that we have at least another year of content coming because I'm invested in this story and want to get my small group to a place with better long term safety and survival possibilities!
Pax
2021-01-26 01:09:27 +0000 UTC
