Version 0.7.x: Overview of Releases & Poll (Patreon)

Hello Patrons!

As we previously mentioned, version 0.7.x updates will focus on building the different relationships in our protagonist's life. Here's more detail on what we have planned, and a poll so you can vote for what you want! Please bear with us, as this will be a bit long... :)

Start / Set Up

Throughout the first half of the story, different characters and life choices have presented themselves to our hero. She could explore them fully, without having to make any real decisions among them, choosing one over another. We did this in order to build up the world in which she lived and introduce enough content to (hopefully) fill the life of a 21-year-old single gal starting a new life from scratch.

However, we never intended for the world to stay fully open. As Becca's life grows to include more people, relationships, jobs, and ... uh, hobbies ... it's inevitable that they will start to interact and intersect in certain ways. We also want to be able to explore each path in more depth, to bring more life to each of the characters and their relationships with our protagonist.

Looking Ahead

We have been spending a lot of time planning out how this story ends. There will of course be multiple possible endings, depending on the choices that were made to get there.

By the time we get to the end of this next series of updates, each of these paths will be at a point where a decision will be made that will take Becca's life in a more defined direction.

Some of the character/relationship paths will be "exclusive" paths. Meaning that choosing to continue along this path will require specific choices to get to its "true" ending. Making other choices will take you to one or more alternative endings, or possibly end the path altogether forcing you into a different path.

Other character/relationship paths will be "non-exclusive" paths. Meaning that choosing to continue along this path will not cut off other activities. Because of the way that paths intersect and interact with each other, however, some things may get cut off on the other side.

For example, suppose that "Character A" is an exclusive path, but "Character B" is not. If you want to reach the true end for the Character A path, it may require you to take a specific action with regard to Character B. On the other hand, if you want to reach the true end for the Character B path, you may not have to take any particular action on Character A at all. Of course, it is possible that Character A might decide that they don't like this and stop talking to you.

Finally, there are certain activities that don't deal with other character/relationship paths at all. We will still sprinkle a little bit of this content throughout these updates, but most of it will be on hold until we get through the version 0.7.x series of updates.

I know we are being vague, but we just don't want to spoil anything at this point by giving too much detail.

POLL: So here's what we want you to vote on...

Each of the updates will focus on a different character/relationship path. Some are longer than others. Some require a lot of work to get them to where we want them to be. Some are already almost there, and won't take an entire update to get ready. Don't take for granted that you know where these stories will end up: some might not be exactly what you expect!

So, looking at the list below, which of the following character/relationships do you want us to focus on first? Each Patron gets one vote. If each character gets enough votes to allow us to create a specific order, then we will focus on each path in order based on the votes. If some paths don't get any votes, we will wait until the later updates to focus on those, choosing the order ourselves.