update 05.

RAMBLE (WHEN TWILIGHT STRIKES).

i'll preface this update by saying that it's probably the worst one i'll ever give so i apologize in advance. to make a long story short: time got away from me. most of my week was eaten up by school or work and i genuinely could not find any time to do anything else.

for chapter three, i think i got through importing half of A's training room scene to twine and that's it. i'm a little upset at myself since i thought i'd be able to get the twine build out by january (and now i want to get it out before my one-year anniversary in february) but things happen.

as for chapter seven, again, not much happening here. mentally, i figured out my writer's block and plotted out some of the next couple of choices for the scene i'm writing, but none of that shows on my word doc. fingers crossed that i have more time this week so i can get some of that out because some part of me is worried i'll forget it all if i don't write it soon lol.

because this update is so sparse, i'll clue you in on something i was thinking of last night, namely, the romance lock. as of now, i know my story follows the basic flirt options, aka one shy and one bold. i was considering continuing that for the first kiss scenes where there is one option to be kissed or to kiss, but i think i want to change it up slightly. what i want to do is much more work but i think it'll pay off.

it's hard to explain, but here it goes: i want to create more branches. for example, in A's kiss scene (and yes, you will be able to kiss most of the ros in this book), you can choose to kiss them quite early on. if that's the case, the scene will end slightly earlier and result in one version of an aftermath conversation. however, if you don't choose to kiss them then, they might continue rambling and you'll get to experience something completely different. as the conversation goes on, you'll be given a choice to kiss them (again) or potentially, be kissed. i guess what i'm trying to say here is that i don't want there to be two linear ways to have your first kiss with an ro. this applies especially well to Blane's route, as i plan on splitting that up depending on if you were rude to them, nice to them, neutral etc.

something to keep in mind though is that some ros won't make a move to save their life. it's just not in their nature, so there may be some scenes where the hunter will have to be the one to lean in, but i haven't quite decided. maybe with the branches, things will lead to another and they might feel brave enough with the circumstances. who knows?

RAMBLE (SECRET PROJECT).

i don't know if i'll bother explaining what i didn't do with this project lol because as you can guess, it was basically nothing. on another note, i'm wondering if maybe i should create the blog for this now and then have a super long wait for the demo. it's something that's popped into my head after seeing some other devs do so, but considering how drained i get from one blog, maybe i'll leave it. 

STATS.

• 227,340 (+ 0.5k)

* includes word count from chapter seven only.

SNEAK PEEK.

“Do you know what this is?” [Mirai] asks.

My gaze darts between the wine bottle in her hand and then back to her. I’m not in school anymore, but this is probably the closest thing to a test that I’ve experienced for a while.

— taken from chapter 07.