Serenity Chapter 1 Announcement (Updated) (Patreon)

Update: So, after receiving MANY dm's and comments, I have decided how I will handle this for now. It will be a quick fix and then I'll continue episode 2 development. First, I should explain why this happened and also correct myself - the scene takes place at the beginning of Day 4 (not 5). This came up after a comment someone made on my itch page for Serenity chapter 1. The commenter was pretty rude about it, but I tried to be civil in my reply and decided I would resolve the problem by adding an option to skip the scene. This commenter has since deleted their comments. I don't know if he/she changed their mind or what but that doesn't matter now. What matters to me is that no one leaves my game unhappy because that is the opposite of my goal. The whole idea behind Serenity is that whatever drama happens IS RESOLVED QUICKLY. Yep, I get a lot of negative comments about that but I don't care. Too many of these games overdo the turmoil and drama. I wanted to make something that felt good to read... that would make you want to read it even though it is kinetic with no branching choices (and even if it gets a little cheesy sometimes). From the feedback I've received, I accomplished that. We all know Serenity Chapter 1 is far from perfect because it was my first. But it still survives even now. So, thank you for that, my friends. Thank you for supporting this story and giving it more exposure out there. Telling your friends and getting more people to enjoy some happy time away from real life. And I am not just talking about people subscribing... I'm talking about everyone.

What happens next: Yesterday and today I had to work in the office for my regular job, so I had little time to do anything anyway. Tomorrow, I'll be working from home again. I will go reopen the first Serenity game again, add the choice to skip, and also add the transparency option in the menu since it's just a couple of lines of code (I've wanted to add that since Chapter 2 has it). Later down the road, I have plans to set aside a month (maybe 2) to freshen up the first 5 days of content. But I won't be removing the scene in question. The skip option will remain and that hot scene with Samantha that so many of you like will not change other than maybe getting some better rendering.

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There is a scene in Chapter 1 that contains questionable (rapey) content (around Day 5 iirc). This scene is on my list of things I want to remove and rewrite. I've received a few complaints (mostly like a year or more ago) but last night, someone commented about it on the Serenity Chapter 1 itch page. I have temporarily disabled the downloads on that page. The last thing I ever want to do is make someone unhappy with my stories. Obviously, rewriting that scene would take a bit of time because not only do I need to edit the dialog, but I'll also need to write new content to replace it and that means new renders also. I have plans to set aside a month or so to do the rewrites and new graphics, but realistically, I can't do it right now.

So, for now... I will edit that section of the game adding a choice just before the event happens, warning that the content is questionable and may offend some people, and offering the option to skip it - adding a short dialog after skipping.

I do apologize to anyone who was offended by that scene... it was honestly meant to be more 'light-hearted' than serious. At the time when I was writing that scene, I had not considered that some might be more sensitive to that content than others. Anyway, I'll make that change this week, and update download links (on all sites).