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assuming anyone looking for news would already be over in the Discord or Patreon

Not necessarily a dig at you, but that's something I hope more devs learn.

Not really too big of a issue if you just follow a few games, but those of us that follow dozens or even hundreds of devs...? No way lol. In my case I follow almost 300 here on Itch. I can't be bothered going to all those Discords, Patreons and/or whatever platform the dev primarily shares on.

So I'm thrilled to see that we'll be hearing from you more often on here. Hope things go by smoothly for you! Can't wait to hear/see more!

Sounds interesting, can't wait to see how things progress!

Hope everything goes by smoothly for you!

Am hyped to see this in my feed once again! Looking forward to seeing how things go!

I realize it's unfair to say since it's kinda too soon to judge based on those four headshots alone but, to be honest... I'm unsure of how I feel about the new appearance of the characters. I thought they had already looked unique enough from older screenshots of the game and from what I remember playing.

Had I made a bet on who appeared in front of MC was gonna be I'dve lost it. I had thought that it was someone of Kuro's, possibly grumpy cause of his chat with Machi.

Also would've lost a bet on the reveal of Lilith's appearance. Though I don't recall them being described, I kinda pictured them being more visibly older than they were. MC said it best with how he thought she'd be lol.

Hopefully nothing else happens

MC, my guy, there's just some things you don't think. The moment you have that thought the likelihood rises, you're lucky you didn't say it cause then it'd be guaranteed lol

If I'm being honest, it feels as though you're just looking to argue or look down your nose for the sake of it. Perhaps that's not your intention, but that's how you're coming across.

you didn't offer feedback on the removal or what replaced it but what was no longer in the VN so yes I think your point was pointless

Yeah, as I had said, I wasn't even aware of the change and removal until you said it at the start of this comment chain. As far as I knew it was the same as when I played. So your issue with me not commenting or offering feedback on the removal or its replacement is far more "pointless".

you didn't like a scene that ppl wont know of unless they played the early access

This is just as "pointless" because you make it sound as though the feedback was meant for the average user or fan of the game.  It wasn't. Though, I'm sure some people would want to know whether or not there's SA (or worse) scenes in the game before they had gotten attached to the characters and/or story.

Regardless of whether or not people in general know about it, KS does. That's what matters here. If they were confused or unsure as to whether I had meant the new or old scene, or if they wanted additional detail as to what I meant they could ask for clarification, which would happily be provided.

For what it's worth, I had held my comment until the official release as I did not wish to spoil anything. Even then I attempted to keep it vague and wasn't aware of the change until you had said what the scene now was.

But for argument sake, because they changed it, that means they're immune to feedback on it? Surely that's not what you're suggesting, right? That's a very silly argument to be making if so.

Sure, if that's what the scene originally was then it'd be whatever. It originally was a SA scene involving her, Ayase and MC.

Not gonna lie, I've such mixed feelings. Although it was pretty hype to see the update had dropped, wasn't thrilled after that scene with Noa.

Well, considering the 0.7 update came out when they had replied to you saying "Clearly not"...

That's not ominous or anything

biggest chapter yet (I never learn)

I, for one, mostly hope you don't. On one hand, I can't get enough of this story so.. On the other hand smaller chapters would possibly come out quicker but they wouldn't be as large.

Hmm... The give and take is too real here.

I really hope you enjoy it, and I can't wait to hear your thoughts, feedback, and criticism.

Question for this, since latest release stuff would be spoilers, would we leave feedback and such on Discord as well or would commenting in "Chapter # now live!" posts be alright? Only ask as I had noticed in the main page the disclaimer about spoiler stuff being better left on Discord.

This on its own is huge and a must have now tbh. Didn't really have an issue for characters just being in your face when you entered a location, but actually seeing them doing something... It's pretty night and day.

Honestly, as counter-intuitive as it seems, sometimes the best thing you can do is step away from whatever you're working on for a break and come back with a fresh mind and set of eyes.

The number of times where I've done that and returned to whatever I was doing and just "...Oh. Duh" after returning... Always after the wall has thoroughly tenderized my head and I throw in the towel because I never learned my lesson, of course

It'd be nice if there was a way to track the path to an ending. For example, if I right clicked on a point in someone's event chain the choices to get to that point would be highlighted

From when we get there until Friday

That's so meeaan lol, Uraha gets back Thursday doesn't she? Poor woman is gonna have so many questions lobbed at her at this rate. Especially with the new ones Kuro ended up creating. It is nice that the knowledge pool is larger than just Uraha, though. In hindsight, it did kinda make it seem like she held all the cards and keys available.

Well, that and missing the therapy for Suzu, of course. Missing that is also rather unfortunate for MC.

I knew the acronyms for things would be funny but I'm somehow always unprepared for them. Machi saying how she hadn't been in contact with SECS in a long time, Kuro talking about keeping POOP at bay. Maybe I'll grow up in 2026 cause I evidently haven't in 2025.

It's a bit of a bummer, sure, but real life comes first. Especially as far as health is concerned. It can make the difference between something being delayed, as opposed to not being released at all.

As always, hope things go by smoothly for you! Your health more than anything!

Don't mind me, just killing space because Itch decided to give us plenty of formatting options but somehow forgot to include one for spoilers. So now I have to yap about the fact that its missing in order to avoid spoiling people. I mean, honestly.

Surely a site that hosts thousands upon thousands of games where there are story elements or puzzles or whathaveyou would think that'd be kind of important to have, right? But noooo. I suppose you could disable formatting in your options and manually format stuff to get a spoiler box thing but that's a lot of effort. And don't even get me started on there being no "Preview post" option, either! You get assholes like me who sit here yapping only to find out they're a line or two short so they sit there editing their post three or four times to get it juuuust right to avoid spoilers.

ANYWAYS!

It amuses me more than it should to have noticed Jasmine smiling far too early after apologizing to Lily.

Lily: ..... I hate you, James

Jasmine: :)

Lily: You killed my parents...

Jasmine: :)

Lily: You tormented me daily....

Jasmine: :)

Lily: I spent every moment living in fear..

Jasmine: :)

Lily: I wanted to die so badly back then, thanks to your harassment.

Jasmine: :) :(

Lily: I'll never forgive you, James!

Jasmine: :( :) I thought as much

There's a few moments after, but still. Couldn't help but scroll back and just sit there reading and thinking what James would be thinking with that smile "Oh shit, that's me :)", "Oh... She hates me :(... Oh well :)" lol

Wow, you weren't kidding... I had remembered this game and downloaded it again expecting there to be more to see since it had been a year and a half since I played.

No, it was quite the opposite. Downloaded the version available here on Itch and it was muuuch closer to what I remember and less of a mess. Don't think it'll have much new content since it's only barely older than I last played, but still. Better than less content than when I last played.

As much as I'm not opposed to remaking/reworking/revamping/(whatever you wanna call it) your content, there's an expectation that at least some aspects would be better... None of them seemed to be, and that's just super disappointing

Ohhh no. I haven't played for like... a smidge over 2 years. I wanted to check out all that I missed (and boy does it seem like there's been a lot!), but I'm now side tracked by the card rarities and trying to collect them all. What have you done lol

Look, maybe things were rushed in one way or another, and maybe things could have been better in some places. But, honestly, I think this was a valuable lesson for you in a number of ways. It's better to have had this experience early on so you can better handle and work with/around or to even maybe avoid the same things in the future.

Either way and as always though,  I'm looking forward to seeing future updates! Hope everything goes by smoothly for you!

Whoa, huuuge info drop. Making me eager as ever for the update to come out

We just want to hear and see you more than is possible, reasonable and healthy! Komisari is love, Komisari is life!

Mind you, that comment was almost 2 years ago so those lines were possibly changed by now. At the time it was one of those things that stood out as "Wait a minute...", know what I mean? Unless you mean real life phones, that'd be a huge TIL for me

That being said, it has been a while since I last played, and I've been meaning to check things out to see how they've progressed since I last played. Appreciate you having me return to this one sooner than I would otherwise <3

Replaying since its been a while, still amuses me more than it should when Bongo cat in space plays when Bulldozer gives his lore drop

Unfortunate to see that this got put on pause but life happens and it should always come first.

Hope things go by smoothly for you, DiPeppo! Can't wait to see this (and you, of course) return!

Appreciate you sharing! Came to see if things had been updated and Itch just hasn't pushed the news to my feed (like a bunch of other creators) or what

Is there anything specific you're looking for? I think there's a lot of well written ones out there that I could recommend (following 250 devs, I swear I touch grass), but what I think is well written might not be the same for you

Honestly, am glad to be starting a new save. Although I vaguely remember humorous parts, the ones I do remember are still as funny as I remember.

The whole "Noelle why" bit kills me still.

Fair. As someone who just can't pick the mean option in video games anymore cause I'll feel bad after, I can kinda relate.

Honestly, that's best and worst part about characters that are written in a compelling way (especially if they're likeable characters or ones you can relate to in some way/shape/form). You just don't want to do them wrong if it can be helped.

For what it's worth, though! You probably already know, but before progressing you could check and see how many events you've got left in the story and with characters. That way you can decide whether you wanna wait some time for a new update or two before continuing in hopes a resolution comes to settle things for a character/arc.

I applaud your effort in trying lol

So. I was planning to let like... 4-5 updates pile up to binge all at once. Needless to say that didn't work out lol.

I expected the reveal to Kana not going so well, but... Man. Didn't expect it to crash and burn that badly. Wishing I stuck to my 4-5 update pile plan, maaybe would've had some resolution for our dear MC. In the meanwhile, hoping that Kana doesn't lash out at Suzu, Miko while at school over it though.

I mean... On one hand I kinda can't picture it, but there was that reaction if we choose to take Yukari with us to the storage closet for a uniform so it's not exactly out of the question.

Ugh. Should've been more patient lol.

Think we need to have you at the table for the resolution, you set the stage and eevveerryything for said WaifuWar.  All these interesting, well written and well designed characters!

Kinda painful to think about choosing just one lol

Perfect title for the game would be something along the lines of "MC Simulator" ;p

Will bring things full circle lol

I quickly scrolled up after starting to read that cause I hadn't played the latest update.

After finishing Ch8, yeah. If it were possible to agree harder with someone I would. Luna and Skylar are prob my favorite LI's for MC. Scarlett and her two daughters are a very close second.

We didn't just get cut when things were getting spicy though, we got things cut twice when things were getting spicy. Which is more cruel, tbh. Especially with how things were cut. Makes me want Ch9 sooner in hopes we'll get answers and a resolution on things lol

Appreciate you sharing <3 Was wondering how far along things were

And I'd do it again, too!

I still feel that writing dialog is like drawing blood from a stone

For what it's worth, I think that effort you put in shows! I've never gotten the impression "Man, Maelstrom is beating their head against the wall for content here lmao xD" when playing. I've always felt hooked and wanting more cause I was so invested in the events with that character and didn't want it to end so soon.

So, when you say compare it to drawing blood from a stone, I can't help but think that you've got nightmare-ish grip strength and probably a yard full of stone dust from all that you've wrung dry lol

More seriously though, thanks for these last couple years! I can't wait to see more and, as always, I hope it goes by smoothly for you!

Was gonna poke fun at how I just got caught up not too long ago and how updates were comin out left and right, but then I noticed my comment was just 4 months ago... Sure as shit doesn't feel like its been 4 months.

Either way, hope you're taking care of yourself and not overdoing it with these regular releases!