Detailed Weekly Update - February 2, 2025

Interesting update at the start of this month. I’ve put up a lot of work for some rewrites to improve the earlier chapters, since I’ve recently been a bit disappointed in our MCs backstory.

So now, we got around 3k words of bullying from Isaac and Vivian, before the Tragedy, along with some extra flavor text. We also get to hear the big fight between mom and dad in Chapter 1 before the divorce, which should help some of you want to get revenge on him too. I’ve also made a change to the dads. They are now 7, not 9. I know, not a huge difference, but enough to make them more useful to the actual plot.

Exact extra words written for chapter 1- 2,566.

Exact things I've written for chapter 1:

• Tragedy happens in 5th grade, not 4th.

• During 4th grade something new happens, MC gets bullied, meeting Isaac for the first time.

• Fathers have gone down from 9 to 7

Now, for Chapter 2 I’ve changed mom’s speech a bit, since the events of the night of the divorce are a bit different now. We also get to change our first name, even though it’s the nth most popular name in Canada. There’s a stat to keep track of your revenge filled emotions for 1st dad, since he’s now a bigger target.

And here’s the bigger addition: a housekeeper/maid/butler! We now have a new character, Wren, a housekeeper assigned by mom to spy on MC that will also help with some of the gruntwork outside of school that isn’t completed by Angela, Marcus, or Burt. We’ll get to choose their gender and have mechanics where they will give info to mom while also helping you out if you gain their trust.

Exact things I've written for chapter 2:

• Mother’s speech at the start is different

• You can change your first name as well, not just the surname

• MC gets a housekeeper/maid/butler (Work in progress, extra ally that will help outside of school)

• There’s now a revenge counter for 1st dad

For Chapter 3 I’ve mainly just made MC to be the actual mastermind here, instead of a mess that they were here. Most of the meetings are planned by MC. Michael and gang bump into you at the entrance? All a plan! But of course, Wren was tailing them to school, reporting when you should get out from your car and face them. Talking to Connor in the hallway? All part of the plan! You pretended to be clueless to attract his attention. Cecily talks to you in homeroom? Pfah, you already knew she was in the same homeroom with you, the talk was inevitable!

Exact things I've written for chapter 3:

• MC gets out of the car and reaches the school entrance right when Michael arrives, because it was planned that way. The housekeeper was keeping an eye out for them to arrive.

• MC now pretends to be confused, which makes Connor approach them. All according to the plan, of course.

• If you’re humble with Michael but showed off during the summer, he and Vivian will like it.

• MC knew Cecily was going to be in the same homeroom class with them.

• MC is not annoyed with how the day went, they’re happy they got to talk to all of the targets.

I’ve also started writing the subtle revenge plans for homecoming in Chapter 4. For Dylan I’m thinking of putting in action the little statue we’ve kept from Chapter 1, if we really want to be obvious with our homecoming and you actually kept it.

Exact word count for chapter 4 - 118,314.

Anyway, big week this week, and it will only continue this way.