Detailed Weekly Update - January 20, 2024

Hello, revengers! Interesting week this time around, with the whole death of Dashingdon and everything.

Let’s start with that, since that’s a bit worrying for some. So, I’ve mentioned this on Tumblr, but I’ll also say this from scratch here, I own a website where I write video game guides. I thought that, since I’m already paying for servers, I could make something similar to dashingdon, but with a lot of features I already know how to implement due to my expertise in my respective field.

That’s why I’ve already done some of the groundwork and uploaded my wip there.

Here’s the link to the demo.

It’s very early days and this is more of a trial stage. Nobody else can upload right now and I’m extremely open to advise on how to make everything easier to use.

Some features I’ve already added are:

• A save plugin with infinite, named saves. I’ve found a way to implement it without making the writers add extra script to their txt files.

• Writers will have the ability to put up a list of the latest update to the demo right above the game, so you can quickly see any new changes to the demos

• Comment section!

• You can rate the games from 1 to 5 stars, and I’ll make these ratings visible on archive page where all the ifs will be listed (I already gave myself a 5 star review guys, please don’t ruin my rating)

I still haven’t figured out how to allow people to upload txt files and convert them into an optimized html file to make the thing work for everyone, but this is all still experimental. I’m also working on making password protected posts, for Patreon demos, but I think I know how to do that already and it should be pretty easy.

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Now, back to what you all actually care about, the game!

So, four ROs used to be able to invite you to homecoming before you could take the lead. I’ve changed that and only 3 can do it now. I’ve also improved the way they ask you out, I’ve made repercussions for rejecting them, and special reactions if you reject or postpone and then ask them out afterward.

I’ve also started work on what comes after the proposal. I want the MC to plan a mini-reveal, if they want to. They can either torment one RO with a little thing that only they would know, kinda making it clear to the RO that they have an enemy in the shadows, or they can make a big-ish reveal where they make it clear that someone is coming after the ROs. Maybe put up CREEP on the homecoming crown or something like that. It’s still in the works.

Exact word count for chapter 4 - 118,011.

Exact things I've written for chapter 4:

• Finished Isaac, Dylan, and Haley's hoco-proposals to MC

• Started work on the planning phase for homecoming

Exact things I've written for previous chapters:

• Instead of changing the Cecily public hoco-proposal choices, I doubled down. MC now uses a little trumpet and pull out a fake proclamation to read out of

Thanks for the continued support and please advise on how to improve the demo page with new features or fix various annoying bugs!