Update 1.23

Happy to hear the upgrade, and it also seems that you found the image too? ;3

DyneWulf

Hey Dyne i have just changed my pledge from $3 to $10 and have now got the image gallery yay. however one of the images for Coach is locked and i have played through it several times... its the one before his gardening outfit in the gallery, I'm just wondering how to unlock that image.

There's a hole, in my soul I can't fill it, I can't fill it There's a hole, in my soul Can you fill it, can you fill it? Flaws © Bastille I apologize for the rater organic method I have taken to responding to the latest part of your great and pulling tale, but I have found it to be (if you'll bear the pun) rather akin to a rollercoaster with the turbulent emotions it brings, pulling me left, right, up and down, leaving me to scattered thoughts and a very turbulent inerworld, trying desperately to think of a way to calm the swirling emotion of happiness, sorrow, anger and panic. I find myself, knowing this man to be entirely of a world within which I do not reside, trying to pick up this mans pieces, and reset them in a way tat would not cause a shift i have seen so often in my life, a shift i dare not see again, for I have been torn from friends and had to tare myself from friends who would simply reset themselves to crumble, again and again, never to know peace, never to accept it. I have been in this mans shoes, and I have seen others crumble beneath this burden, and have had to do terrible things to good people who just had the wrong start in order to keep my own sanity. This ale pulls at me and I find myself with emotions I wished to never feel again, and yet i find myself in a macabre happiness thinking, maybe, this will be different. I am very impressed with the work you have done here my friend, these emotions I had thought locked away, put behind safe enough walls to not leave me with a scowl on my face, a smile in my eyes and tear ducts that ache for their work be over. You, my friend are such a master of this emotional state that I wonder if you have known these emotions yourself, if you were to have seen it in those you loved. I am in a mess of a state and I don't find myself with a reason to feel lesser for it, I hope you may find the sense in the ramblings of a man who can't even understand what he feels, to know you should be proud of this piece, and that, if I were to bare the power, your stories would forever go unhindered to completion, that you may work your mastery until you find yourself sated, as writer of realities. Goodnight to you. (rereading this, I'm sure this sounds waaaay over dramatic, but it is the only way I feel I can accurately tell you how much I want this to continue, so if you want the cliffnotes version, please more senpai)

(if the end of day 14 scene was actually me) Dianna, honey, dearest, slow down. Me and Harold were actually discussing something just now and I would like your opinion. Imagine yourself this perhaps, You Have a dear brother, who had a love he held closer than any he knew, who trusted her with all he had, to a secret he told none, not even you. He soon found the courage to tell her, only to have her regress from him, when it does not harm her, when it does not harm them. And soon he finds she has fled him, fled their love, fled their life. Left him with all, yet left him with nothing. You, being the good sibling you are, help him from his broken state, help him to cry help him to laugh, to pick him up to watch him crumble despite your efforts just to do it all again. And now this woman, a poison to him, finds herself in your presence, would you not have to show restraint to not harm her? In such a scenario, would you say I am holding enough restraint? (that would be my first words to her, but then again I'm an evil vindictive vengeful bastard who would be best friends with Darius not because of his lewd nature or his attractive properties but because it would be so much fun to fuck with his head)

in the carnival loop, when you hear that one super audible section, all I hear is "Oh you could buy the queso nuts" "althoug everyhings relaxing" and I just chuckle a bit to myself

Thanks for the feedback on that~

DyneWulf

My general thought is that the fewer menus I have to plow through to do what I want to do the better. Going into the save and load menu every time a choice comes up is more invasive and cumbersome than scrolling my mousewheel back 2 "clicks". As such I generally preferto have the mousewheel option than not. This might also be due to the fact that the ability to read alot of the text log past what was already available with the rollback mousewheel feature seems a bit excessive to me personally.

Rahal

You have auto-saves before any choice, saving the game manually is redundant.

Vic Viper

I prefered the rollback feature to the conversation log personally. As it is now I feel compelled to make saves before any and all choices and it breaks the pace and the immersion a fair bit.

Rahal

An interesting take on things, so let's see where things go from here, yeah? ;D

DyneWulf

Tears were the intended effect! I'll try to make things less teary in the next update though.

DyneWulf

I wanted to cry after going into this latest update on Coach. It was like dealing with Morenatsu again, but more serious. Keep up the good work, Dyne. You're really pulling me in to stay and see where this game goes.

Teddy

i was a tiny bit iffy on coach's update just because i'm not a big fan of the whole 'hurt/comfort' thing but this was really well done, especially the new expressions. unfortunately, and even though i wanted to and it's probably gonna cost me a ton of love points, i decided to not have mc be coach's boyfriend. i feel like coach thinks being in a relationship again will 'fix' him, and while mc is definitely gonna be a friend and supporter still i'd just rather try and move away from that mentality as much as possible before he and mc actually get together. now onto spencer's route!

Vivienne

I felt it was a good use of that filler space for his update in preparation for the next update on his route ;) There should be no more secrets between them!

DyneWulf

Thanks! I'm really glad the writing had such an impact.

DyneWulf

I loved that main character came clean with Spencer. I was actually really anxious about having a huge Days of our Lives scene playing out when he found and having to spend several days begging him for forgiveness. But it worked out. *relieved sigh* And Harold is adorable.

Asarus

The coach update might be my favorite day yet. I cried during it and the things he says to you are really touching. The writing felt real and I loved the pacing of it.

Tal

He took the class on a feel-dtrip x3

DyneWulf

Thank you :D Everything turned out great for it.

DyneWulf

Great work on this one. Coach's update was well written and pretty emotional. The little kiss was so cute. The art work by Cursemarked was brilliant and can't wait to see more of this.

I cried. Coach's update was making me feel the feels. I love this bear!

Shadowmarkwolf

Thank you! I was hoping to hit that on the mark, and it seems I have so far. Really, all he needs is someone to be there~

DyneWulf

You can hover your mouse over a saved file and hit the delete key to delete them.

DyneWulf

The next update for him should be lots of fun ;D ANd I cannot answer that yet. I really haven't decided where to take this yet! Everything is up to speculation right now ;)

DyneWulf

I'm having an issue where when I can't load saves of the second date with coach, and after the first date it just goes to his ex showing up. How can I remove my saves?

Wow I really LOVE Spencer! I can't wait for his next update. It seems like we are going to see a lot more of this beautiful pup ;) I still have to play through Coach's route but I just wanted to say I really love your work. Keep it up ! Also, is Darius the one guy Spencer tried to date? I mean you probably won't answer that but I would not be surprised if you went there in the future ;p. I mean the way Spencer described it is exactly the behavior of Darius, the animosity between the two and the way Spencer is so protective of you in Darius' route just points to it for me.

Archangel

I j ust needed some filler to push through that first day, and that wasn't enough for an update! I'll have to play around with the Readback stuff a bit more. I like it to an extent. HMMMM, I dunno yet. x3

DyneWulf

Thank you! He really did an awesome job getting the feeling across with the faces.

DyneWulf

I really wanted to get things done earlier, but computer failed me v__v Only ALMOST? Blast, it should have been full-on waterworks! I will certainly do my best to keep it up too. Thank you!

DyneWulf

Thank you! I don't think a lot of people expected it, but I like throwing these twists~ Everything isn't always going to be just how you want it, but at least it worked out in the end ;3

DyneWulf

As you can see, drinking and emotions don't mix! I'm glad you seemed to have enjoyed it regardless of that ;3

DyneWulf

He'll make everyone these super-powered wooden rackets. Feels was the intended reaction~ Just what I wanted! And maybe he just wanted to be like Yoda! <. a="" adjust="" adjustment="" annnd="" done="" expressions="" for="" get="" him="" i="" in="" is="" missed="" next="" of="" on="" out="" part.="" perfect.="" pointing="" really="" rush="" some="" such="" thanks="" that="" the="" these="" things="" to="" try="" update="" was="" with="" your="">

DyneWulf

We got 2 days in one for Coach! That is nice, but man, how deep his story went this time. Also I haven't noticed how I used dialogue log so much since I began playing Echo. It was a really good plus. It may be a little buggy, because there are situations when there is only dialogue and no monologue of MC. But it just got implemented so that's understantable. Also, I can't help but notice how you keep developing Spencer and Darius in certain situations. Are all this to help build up in Darius story? Or...there is something more in there?

Brooding

I really loved Coach's route, and not because i love bears.. the drama well written and Cursedmarked did do a good job on the crying bear expressions

Gutsyrabbit

I agree. Even though certain choices do not allow you to rollback, I still like to do it when I can.

Mike

I use rollback all the time and am extremely opposed to removing it. The point of rollback isn't just to review dialogue, it's to *undo choices*. It's the equivalent of reading a choose-your-own-adventure book and keeping your fingers stuck in pages just in case you get eaten by a rabid sparrow and want to backtrack, or just want to explore options a bit before committing. While technically still possible with autosaves, it is way more of a pain in the ass.

Regonoreth

Well, I tried to stay up last night waiting for this new update but then I just had to go to sleep, I was so tired! xDD But damn, this Grifter's update had on the edge of my seat... the character's emotions felt so real that I almost cried. And Spencer is bae at this point, just saying xD This was so worth the wait, though! Keep up the good work ^^

Blueferreira

MORE HAROLD! MORE HAROLD! MORE HAROLD!!! Apart from my obvious thirst for this game its actually got a very interesting story for each character. They're all different and have some sort of side to them that you need to figure out. I really didn't expect ... well to avoid spoilers ... events that would tug at my heart strings. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK DYNE AND CURSEMARKED! <3 Honestly cannot wait for the next patch.

Hoooly. I need to not play these updates and drink at the same time, i always end out bawling my eyes out for one reason or another.... Coaches update was fantastic, can't wait to see the rest!

Darian

The game saves automatically before any choice. Go to the load menu, there's an "Auto" tab. You can recheck the text before choosing with middle mouse button scrolling.

Vic Viper

"Hardwood lumberjack special" Sounds very pleasing. Maybe he should just become a lumberjack later, use trees as his tennis rackets, and Darius would be the ball. Not much to say about Spencer's update, though I'm glad MC's able to come clean. Harold's though... FEELINGS !! At the end, it'll become so hard to choose a definite number one, even though Spence still has the lead for me. Harold is such a wreck it feels like I'm the girl trying to "fix" his guy. Though I guess it would be more fitting if we were talking about Darius rather than Harold. A few mistakes : "Don't have you anything better to be doing ?" Spence, I found a domain you don't excel at ; grammar. "Ask about his past realationships" it's still there. "Tire your opponet" on Harold's route when playing tennis on clay courts. Darius : "[...] that I played a roll in getting you two to hook up ?" in Spencer's route. "Memories of your childhood together staredt to flood back into your mind" should be "started", it's when Spence receives the ball in the snout. I can't wait for the next update with Spencer. /wink And speaking about Spencer, he always has the winking sprite in Harold's last day, even when he's supposed to be really annoyed. I felt it was kinda off, so I made the proper (corny) adjustments myself ! : <a href="http://i97.servimg.com/u/f97/12/86/06/41/spence10.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://i97.servimg.com/u/f97/12/86/06/41/spence10.jpg</a>

Vic Viper

i really want the rollback feature back. it kinda sucks when a choice pops up that you weren't expecting so you can't save in time

u172p

I hope so! Thank you also!

DyneWulf

I hoped to hit that note some some people. You're welcome~

DyneWulf

the wait was worth it :D thank you for the update

Zach

haven't done spencer's but just did harold's and i have to say........a video game hasnt made me feel that way in a very long time, I cried it was a mixed feelings of sadness and tears of joy afterwards, Dyne...thank you for this truly

Hyou Vizer

Thank you too! Seems I ruined some people's plans for sleep ;)

DyneWulf

And thank you for supporting this :D

DyneWulf

I knew staying up was worth it. Thanks for the hard work! EDIT: As for the update, I had a feeling a scene like that was bound to appear in Harold's route, but I didn't expect it to be so soon! Was left happy at the end of his update but the scene gave me kind of a stomach ache cuz those feels. Going to be so hard to wait for his next update lol

TRex

I was about to go to sleep. I am glad I didnt. Thank you so much for this!