New Dev Build: The Morning After Update dev-v.0.2.1.2

At long, long last, the second dev build for the Morning After Update is here. I have the download links up top for convenience, but please read the bullet points below the links before playing.

EDIT: I'll be replacing these files with new versions as I fix reported errors. I'll list the most recent update here. At the bottom of this post is an update history so you can see if an issue you're having has already been addressed. 

To update your game: Delete the file you already downloaded, then redownload the file below.

Files updated at 7:00 PM GMT on 14 September to fix errors with the paths for Marco, Owen, Riley, and the Skinema hookup. More specific details are at the bottom of this post.

PC: Google Drive

Mac: Google Drive

Important Notes - Read Before Playing

• This is not the full, final release. A dev build is an early, unfinished build I am sharing as a preview. There will likely be some weirdness encountered, and it cuts off before the morning continues outside of your dorm room.

• You must load a save made before the end of Day 2. If you played the previous dev build, any save you made after waking up will be broken due to code changes.

• Some scenes have been temporarily excised. These were scenes that were holding up the release of this build, so they have been removed for now. You'll know when you reach these scenes if the fourth wall starts to break.

• The length of this segment is based on your choices. Some events lead to long, connected scenes, and some will lead to flying through the content in about 10 minutes. If the latter happens, I encourage checking out how things play out if you made different choices!

• When you reach the end of the build, you will see a screen that specifically says so. If your game randomly fades to the main menu, that means I messed up some code. I'll catch it at some point, or you could let me know if you feel so inclined.

These should cover the key things to know. Please read on for more details about what all is in this build, how to access the new content, and what issues may occur due to its incomplete state.

Rundown of the New Story Content

The first dev build introduced the continuation of ending your day at the frat house or Matt's apartment, as well as added a new way to stay at both locations. Those scenes now continue with you going back to your dorm room.

The following content has been added as of this new build:

Waking up at Griffin's apartment

• Hooked up with Griffin

• Watched a movie

• Just went to sleep

Waking up in your room

Every other ending point continues here, key among them:

• Hooked up with Marco

• Jerked off with Marco

• Allowed Marco to jerk while you went to bed, waited for him outside, or made him go to the bathroom

• Hooked up with Julian but did not accept Owen's help

• Hooked up with Alex

• Hooked up with Skinema

• Watched Alex and Skinema hooking up

• Ended your night by comforting/kissing/making out with Isaiah

• Walked home by Asher

• Got blackout drunk at the club

• Had certain key experiences with Alex

Whether you wake up at your dorm room or return from another location, the story can continue in several fashions:

• Outside of a few instances, you can talk to Marco about what occurred above

• Alternatively, you can ponder those events on your own

• If you had any other significant experiences with someone, you'll consider how you feel about them

• If you hit a certain milestone with Dominic, you will see a special scene after the ones above

From there you will go to the current end point.

Rundown of New & Revised Art

A total of 96 new and revised CGs have been implemented as of this build:

• 22 new CGs were added in the first Dev build featuring Evan, Julian, Matt, & Owen, plus Kash, Hugh, Parker, & Uriel; the one featuring Hugh has been revised to use his new model

• 27 new CGs have been added in this build featuring Asher, Dominic, Griffin, & Marco, plus Andy & Connor's brother, Fane

• 44 existing CGs have been revised featuring Alex, Asher, Dominic, Isaiah, Leo, Mafia, NC17, & Tomas, plus Dominic's friend Ian (one Dominic CG is a placeholder)

• 3 upcoming CGs that cannot be unlocked  featuring Riley, Tomas, & Will. You can see those CGs in this sneak peek post, but there's currently no way to unlock them in each guy's respective gallery.

Various other art updates have been made that include:

• Backgrounds with colors changed to match CG backgrounds

• New sprites for a variety of characters, though not all sprites for those characters have been updated yet

• One small "Easter egg" in the pre-morning after content. Who will spot it first?

Temporarily Excised Scenes

These scenes were meant to be in this build but were causing too many issues that would have delayed the release even further. As such, I've replaced them with much simpler placeholder scenes for the time being. Most of these scenes are relatively minor, so hopefully their omission isn't too disruptive. They include:

Any ending where you left a location early but did not walk in on Marco jerking off, except those noted above:

• Leaving Matt's apartment after he passed out

• Leaving after starting then immediately ending the Leo hookup

• Leaving the frat house after being propositioned by Julian

Marco conversations about any previous choices that weren't eventful enough to get a dedicated sequence, such as:

• Propositioning someone in the afternoon, then going to another location to have a low key night

• Keeping everything platonic while managing to avoid a dramatic end to the evening

• Somehow avoiding literally any significant interaction with any main character

Fun fact: I don't actually know if it's possible to reach this section in this build (hence its removal). But just in case you can, I added a placeholder here to cover what brief convos will eventually be there.

There are more detailed solo "pondering" scenes in this build to choose how you feel about characters you had significant interactions with. You are much more likely to reach these, but if you happen to get into this section, the game will make an attempt to move you to those scenes so you can see them.

A few of those solo pondering scenes have been removed for now:

• Alex's major pondering scene, which covers some events not in his separate minor menu. You can tell Marco about those events in this build, so I recommend talking with him about things like attempting to go to the VIP party.

• Marco's minor pondering scene, which is a general catchall to see how you feel about him if you haven't spent much time with him yet. There are many other sections in which you can make these choices aside from this one.

I am going to give specific details how to get the most content for each guy, but first I want to cover some problems that may pop up as you play.

Potential Technical Issues

• You may see someone wearing the wrong "outfit". This would primarily occur if you load a save from the last dev build that was made after the morning began. There may be a few spots in earlier content where it occurs as well.

• The above can cause a bad error due to the game not being able to find a sprite associated with the character's expression. Please try loading an earlier save or start a new game if that occurs.

• You may receive an error saying an image can't be found, which means I mistyped an expression code. This is something I have to fix and will do so right away if notified.

• You may receive an error saying a variable cannot be found, which means either I made a coding mistake or a save has been corrupted. Please first try loading an earlier save or start a new game. If that doesn't work, I can search the code to see what may have happened.

• You may receive an error saying there is bad syntax, which means I messed up some code. The error should say a script name like "scriptW1connor.rpy" and then a line on which the error occurred, which you can let me know if you wish to report it.

• Your game may abruptly dissolve to the main menu. This is not meant to happen and does not mean you've reached the end of the content—you will see a specific end screen when you do reach the ending. I can fix this if told about it.

I will be actively looking for errors like the above so I can release updated versions if any are needed. I don't expect any of you to spend your time doing QA, so please don't feel obligated to report anything to me. However, if you do want notify me via the comments or a DM, it would be much appreciated.

On a less game-breaking note, if you find a spelling error and want to let me know, please feel free! Some content was written directly in the coding program itself, and I couldn't get a spellchecker to work in the program.

General Dev Build Weirdness

This is mostly on the writing end of things:

• Connor's mood should change depending on your decisions, meaning his expressions should reflect if his mood is up or down, and some dialogue should be less on the enthusiastic side if he's in a low mood and vice versa. However, this aspect of the game is not fully implemented, so expect a little incongruity in how he talks about things.

• You may see the wrong names mentioned in some lines. For instance, Connor saying "I know how I feel about Marco" when you never actually made that choice.

• Events that didn't occur may be referred to, or events that did occur aren't referenced if it seems like logically they should. These are either writing or coding failures on my end.

For the latter two, if you feel like letting me know, please do. Generally, if events don't seem to play out in a sequence that makes sense, it's either something that's planned to change later or I just messed it up while doing all the many, many code changes these past number of months.

Accessing the New Content

Finally, here are some details on finding the most significant content for each guy. Some of this may be spoiler-y, but I'll attempt to be vague. First, some general tips:

• Usually when you wake up you'll have the option to discuss an event with Marco or think about it on your own. Choose whichever you prefer, but the Marco convos can be much more enlightening—especially if you move things in an erotic direction.

• A ton of content is hidden behind choices and specific combos of choices. There's far, far more writing in this update than it may seem as you play. If you're curious to see the differences, I think it'll be worth the time to click around and make choices you usually wouldn't, including swapping who you hang out with once the afternoon hangouts end, during the party, or during the club visit.

• "Bad" choices can have some interesting consequences that may not play out how you expect. Maybe because I'm sneaky, or most likely because sometimes I just follow my whims as I write, some choices may unexpectedly open up relationship avenues not otherwise available.

Now, let's talk about how to find interesting content for the guys:

Alex

Hook up with him at the club or watch him hook up with Mafia & NC17 (detailed below). You can also proposition him in the afternoon but not go through with it after you get to the club.

Alternatively, if your first time hanging out is at the club, be flirtatious after his presentation, then don't accept his proposition after the Skinema performance.

Asher

Flirt with him either before or after the Skinema show, then walk home with him.

Alternatively, hook up with Mafia & NC17 after hanging out with the band after their show. Another alternative: Watch Alex hook up with Mafia & NC17 (detailed below).

Dominic

Proposition him either in the afternoon or at the party, hang out with him the entire party, play spin the bottle, then link back up with him. Do not play off the proposition when you make it. If you reach a CG of him hugging you, you've unlocked his special scene.

Evan

Speak to him after spin the bottle, then choose the new ending option to stay at the frat to watch over him.

Griffin

Speak to him after Skinema's show at the club, then go back to his apartment. Once there, either hook up, just watch a movie, or just go to sleep.

Isaiah

Reach his makeout scene at the end of Day 2. You'll need to make the following choices:

• Hang out in the afternoon and proposition him

• Before going to the club, go to the showers with him, then let him see you naked

• Go to the club, then after Alex's presentation, press Isaiah about his drama

• After Skinema's show, dance with him at least once

• Defend him from David

• Follow him back to the dorm, then head to common area

• Comfort him, then reciprocate his kiss

If you want to see alternate dialogue, skip either or both of the shower and dance scenes. To just comfort without any kiss, do not proposition him, do not ask him about his drama, and/or do not defend him from David.

Julian

Speak to him before the end of the party or watch the monologues, then go upstairs and hook up. Agree to let Owen help you finish, and in the morning choose to either stay and talk to Owen or immediately run home.

Leo

Go to Matt's apartment, then hook up with him after Matt passes out. You can sleep in either guy's room, but you will only be able to avoid a morning convo with Matt if you sleep in his room.

Matt

Build up some sexual tension by propositioning him in the afternoon or nudging his knee later that night. After he passes out, hook up with Leo or don't proposition Leo, then choose to sleep over.

Alternatively, you can drink every drink you're given while hanging out with Matt & Leo to wake up hungover.

No matter what you choose to do, if you move things in a sexual direction in the morning, it'll open up some interesting interactions with Matt.

Another option: Promise to hang out with Matt on your first day, either after going to his apartment or after orientation if you invite him. Then break that promise—this is a choice which ripples through a number of different scenes.

Marco

You will always run into Marco, but how things play out varies widely based on your choices.

First, hang out with him after Will's class, then proposition him. Make your choice of where to go that night.

At the party, hang out with him all night, go home with him, then either hook up, jerk off together, let him jerk off while you sleep, step outside while he jerks off, or ask him to jerk off in the bathroom.

Alternatively, hook up with Julian, then go home instead of accept Owen's help.

At Matt's place, leave when Matt and Leo try to convince you to take your shirt off. When you catch Marco jerking off, let him do it with you in the room, then either join him or go to sleep. Alternatively, step outside or make him do it in the bathroom. If you jerk off together, either proposition him or just stick to jerking off.

At the club, head home early if given the option to catch him jerking off, then do the same as above.

Alternatively, get blackout drunk at the club (detailed below), or make literally any other ending choice.

There are alternate versions of most of his scenes if you don't hang out with him after Will's class, or if you do, don't proposition him.

If you want to avoid Marco as much as possible, don't hang out in the afternoon, then spend the night at Matt's place. In the morning, talk to Matt instead of fleeing. Alternatively, hook up with Julian, sleep over with Owen, then talk to Owen in the morning.

Owen

Hook up with Julian at the end of the party, agree to let Owen help you finish, then talk to him in the morning.

Riley

Make out with him at the end of the frat party. You'll need to make the following choices:

• Hang out with Riley after Will's class

• Proposition him twice

• Shower before going to the party

• Hang out with Riley the entire time you're at the party

• Defend Riley when Victoria shows up

Mafia & NC17

Hook up with them by hanging out with the band after their show, then following them to the storage room.

Alternatively, exit the club via the back when leaving. You'll need to first find the exit by doing any of the following:

• Come with Alex to the club after hanging out in the afternoon

• Hang out with Asher in the afternoon

• Choose to go solo after Alex's presentation, then explore downstairs

Then do one of the following:

• Hang out with Alex after Skinema's show, don't hook up, then choose to leave via the back

• Go solo after Skinema's show, make sure you don't get drunk, then go home when the option comes up. Choose to leave out the back.

When you hear Alex, Mafia, & NC17 going at it, peek in, then choose to watch.

Will

Proposition him after his class.

Just Connor

Do literally anything, just make sure you go to the club, then get blackout drunk at the end of the night. To do so, choose to go solo after Skinema's show, then drink and drink and drink some more until you end up get a lift home from Antonio. (I think this path is pretty funny, so it's a good one to follow if that's what you're after.)

A note about Alex, Dominic, Isaiah, Riley, & Will: You'll have one-on-one, in-person interactions with them when the story continues in the final release, so don't worry about their relative lack of inclusion in this build!

Thank You For Your Support!

This dev build is a massive milestone that has taken me way, way too long, for a variety of reasons. This was a big speedbump that I was only able to get over thanks to everyone continuing to be patrons during these many quiet months.

I hope you like what's here so far, and I hope the reactivity helps the story feel like yours. If you think there's a logical progression to a storyline that you don't see so far, I'm absolutely open to the feedback!

Now all that remains before the final release is adding back the excised scenes, and then creating the content I covered in Game Status Update #63. The next status update will be on the 16th!

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Update History

7:00 PM GMT on 14 September:

• Fixed an error caused by making out with Riley after playing spin the bottle

• Fixed an error caused by propositioning Owen, then spending the evening with someone else

• Fixed seeing a Marco pondering scene after you already thought about your hookup with him

• Not talking to Marco about your hookup with Mafia & NC17 now leads to a "temporarily excised" sequence instead of fading to the main menu

• Allowing Marco to jerk off while you slept/stepped outside, but not propositioning or teasing him in the morning, now brings up the correct follow-up scene

6:05 AM GMT on 11 September:

• Fixed a variable error when leaving Matt's apartment after doing the full chat with him, as well as a fade to menu error after pondering him upon returning home.