Monday transparency report
Added 2025-12-22 20:20:50 +0000 UTCHey guys! Itโs been another long week, no days off. But fuck days off, we have a game to make.
I said last week I wanted to finish editing the Max date by Thursday. But it took more hours than I wanted. The new version of the Max date is now 85% done and I expect to be finished with it tomorrow or Wednesday.
Why the extra work?
Broadly speaking, for a scene in FA to work it needs to be either sexy (best case), exciting (second best) or at least short. The Max date scene was just coming out long.
I wanted to fix it. My first idea was ramping up the sexiness โ but without context and build-up, it didnโt come out as sexy as I wanted, it just felt fake and meh. I donโt know how to explain it exactly โ I guess like when youโre watching porn and the characters just start fucking for no believable reason? (This is why I often watch porn with the sound off, I have to invent my own stories ๐ฌ)
I made a bunch of changes to pacing, mood & vibe, and something subtle-but-important to the heroineโs characterisation, and all of a sudden the scene started taking on a life and character of its own. It just felt correct (and the hotness was coming from the characters themselves, not the scenario I was trying to impose).
But all this work took time. Like I said, Iโm expecting to finish it inside the next 24-48 hours. Then Iโll move straight onto the sex scene.
Morale transparency
Sometimes I feel like the pressure is impossible. When a scene isnโt working, it takes time to fix it, so I throw myself into that. But I feel guilty for putting in the extra time. People tell me to just release it, like Iโm deliberately holding a finished episode back or something. Really what Iโm doing is working my ass off to get it ready for you guys.
Days off this week
Obviously I need to take at least Thursday off this week, just so Iโm not the worst human in Christendom.
But I know everybodyโs waiting for the next ep to drop, so Iโm not planning to take days and days off. Iโm gonna get an early night tonight, and do my best to get the date scene finished tomorrow.
Merry Christmas to everybody, guys! I love you all. ๐ฆโค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐
Comments
My brother in Christ, please stop changing what has already been written before you release it. This will get 90% of the angry fanbase off your back. Want to re-write to your hearts content? Sounds great, but do it AFTER you push something out to us.
Jillsandwiches
2025-12-26 04:26:49 +0000 UTCThese reports are less transparent than before, at least in terms of the pics ๐. If I recall correctly, the events in the game take place between April and May, so there won't be a Christmas scene there. Happy holidays to everyone ๐ฅณ๐!
PickerPatron
2025-12-24 19:20:31 +0000 UTCSorry in advance, it's a longer one: I have to cuncur with Cedenwar. While the transparency reports are nice and I read every single one of them (not sure if from the start or later, but possibly at least since the white russian story bit...) Well let's get back to the point: I am on way to many patreon pages and that kinda is what's keeping me from going nuts here. And I don't expect monthly updates. And possibly not anything this year as it's drawing to a close, but please - this is a process. Please don't keep us it away from it. Let's face it. All of us that are still here because we like this game a lot (even those that complain every time you post). Give us something to play and then go change stuff again, continue the story, throw us another bone (like a few months later or so) and so on and so forth. When you where still talking about the major changes to gameplay etc waiting was, well, still a bit of a drag but not as much as it is now when you're writing and rewriting and so on and so forth. Please don't overthink so much. We want the game at whatever point it is (playable is preferred ๐คช). Then you can take another while and another while and if you change something in that time that's okay. I have always loved replaying the game and would love to do it again (and again and again... ๐), especially now that I won't have to play three different versions to get the life path and the other bits that got lost on the way. ๐ซ While I don't want to pressure you into anything I also want you to remember that we're not here expecting things to be perfect. I love this game and I wanna be a topless spy girl working her way to whatever again. ๐ And on that note (or not, because now comes something completely different): Have a nice Christmas, happy holidays and read you at the next transparency report (unless you do wanna take some more time off and we'll read you in the next year, which would be completely understandable and fine!). ๐
Iseniell
2025-12-22 21:53:26 +0000 UTCWell, I watch porn with sound off for a whole other reasonโฆ.
Juan Homa
2025-12-22 20:39:41 +0000 UTCSomething I'm concerned about is that - correct me if I'm wrong - it seems like you're rewriting the whole game again. I understand the want to go back and rewrite, edit, rewrite again, ad infinitum. I struggle with it too, whenever I write something. But I've found that the best thing to do is finish first - even if halfway through you've improved a lot, if your ideas have changed, if you want to change direction. Do it as you go, and by the time you finish you'll have improved way, way more. And then you go back and rewrite and edit to your heart's content. Ultimately, I think this would also make players happier. By restarting we're losing all the momentum and all the choices we had already made; and if we're still here it's because we already like the game that we have right now. I'd rather see you making forward progress than improving content I've already played. I'm also worried that you'll lose motivation with how hard you're working and how difficult the process seems to be. I'd hate to see this game abandoned. Seriously, you don't need to be perfect/write the perfect scene on the first try. We're here to follow the process too, not for a polished, finished experience - if I wanted that I'd look for a completed game :) I also want you to know that, although you're always talking about making the scenes hotter, your game is already the hottest game I've ever played. The unique lens of playing as this character being slowly (or not so slowly sometimes) pushed out of her comfort zone, the female perspective, her conflicting emotions, all of this worked better than any other game for me, and I'm sure many other players here feel the same. Anyway, I'll go back to lurking, but just wanted to let you know you're already doing a good job and you don't need to push yourself so hard. I can't wait to see more of your work, especially when we reach uncharted waters again.
Cedenwar
2025-12-22 20:37:09 +0000 UTC
