BREACH: Chicago War Zone (WIP) (1 Million Words UPDATE! 23-April-2024)

Fair enough. Sorry if I overreacted. I thought you were being acephobic.
Not ace myself, but I see alot of IF authors get shit from “fans” who get pissy that they can’t fuck their favourite RO cause they’re Ace, so it may have got under my skin more than it should have.

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“Sariel, get the SUV below the fire escape” You gesture to the Sariel.

She nods and begins slowly but surely parallel parking the large SUV up against the back of the apartment building. It’s a painful wait, watching Sariel going back and forth in the same spot.

There’s a metal fence in the way so it takes much longer to get it into position, but once it’s close enough, she yanks the parking brakes, and Ramiel quickly hops onto the hood of the car and tries to climb up to the ladder.

It’s still a bit high, but with a jump, Ramiel catches onto it, and starts climbing up to the 2nd floor. As soon as she climbs over, she unlatches the fire escape ladder and it slams down onto the roof of the SUV, leaving a dent.

You rally your crew in preparation. Mouse prepares her pistol and holsters it, bringing her phone, ready to guide you as soon as you’re inside. Uriel packs his kit and follows.

“Good luck!” Sariel says, staying inside the driver seat to keep the SUV engine on.

The problem here, is that my Sariel is supposed to be Charlie, so this whole scene doesn’t make sense.

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Already fixed for the next update, good catch :+1:

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Update 13 is now in private testing phase and it’ll be coming out around the 20th of December, probably before Christmas. So, keep an eye out!

It consists the start of Chapter 2 Part 2 for both the Archangel and the FBI route, up to the downtime period. You can’t hangout with anyone or hone your skills just yet but, it’s a start.

Much love! :heart:

EDIT: First time the update’s not at 8 AM in the morning for me. I actually get to sleep at NIGHT this time! :smile:

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All we want for Christmas is BREACH!

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Ok ngl when i surfed the comments here that says choosing the FBI route, kinda made me curious and try, BUT I’m afraid what i’ll see and hear. ︵‿︵(´ ͡༎ຶ ͜ʖ ͡༎ຶ `)︵‿︵

Update; :face_with_raised_eyebrow::camera_flash: :sob: omg :eye::lips::eye: the ultimate betrayal route

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What’s this? Another update less than a month apart?? Has Christmas come early?!

No, no it hasn’t come early… But this update has.

Breach: Chicago War Zone - 20th of December 2022 - WIP Update 13 has been released! Chapter 2 Part 2 for both routes have started all the way up to the first chance of a downtime. Though you can’t hangout with anyone or train your skills, or visit the shop, at least the chapters have started. :sweat_smile:

You may play it on the link below.

Breach: Chicago War Zone (Updated)

DEVELOPMENT LOG#13 (20-December-2022)

(B2.1.1.22.12.20)

Alpha - 13

  • Squashing them bugs and fixing them typos
  • Added main links to Breach page
  • Added randomization change option to chapter settings
  • Added checks display change option to chapter settings
  • Added maps to Show Stats menu (Look in the phone menu)
  • Fixed heist planning not sequencing correctly
  • Started Chapter 2 Part 2 of The AA branch
  • Started Chapter 2 Part 2 of The FBI branch
  • Reintroduced dual wield system

Alpha - 13.5

  • Added route indicators on the Show Stats screen
  • Added additional lore information in the Show Stats screen

W.I.P.: Chapter 2 Part 2 of The AA branch (23%)
W.I.P.: Chapter 2 Part 2 of The FBI branch (23%)
W.I.P.: AA Hangout (9%)
W.I.P.: AA Store system (25%)
W.I.P.: FBI Hangout (9%)
W.I.P.: FBI Store system (25%)
W.I.P.: Stat screen upgrade (30%)
COMPLETED: Chapter 2 Part 1 of The AA branch (100%)
COMPLETED: Chapter 2 Part 1 of The FBI branch (100%)

Word Count: 637,822 words including codes (Last update was 593,471)

I personally did not expect to be able to finish another update of this size this quick, but here it is. I’ve finally gotten most of my affairs in order just in time for Christmas and New Year.

My head and stomach hurts but lately I’ve been given a ton of motivation to continue writing so, here we are. Around 44 thousand words overall. Not too bad considering it’s only a month apart.

There’s not really much news, since the last update was only a month ago, but, as for myself personally, I am fine. I’m still dealing with a ton of family issues and trying to juggle work, rest, and self care. But, I think I’ve found a good balance. I hope…

I did the head count of the hangouts, and, well, there’s going to be at least 51 hangouts, if I’m doing 3 hangouts for each character. That is currently 17 total ROs, not including future ones. Also not included are the 3 side jobs for each route (Except the independent route)

So, in total, on top of the main story, which is 16 chapters in total for both The Archangel and the FBI route, PLUS 2 chapters for the Independent route…

Breach: Chicago War Zone will also be getting 51 hangouts with all the different characters, with three hangouts per character (Including the trio). You’ll be able to romance 17 characters, as well as go on 6 different side missions to unlock special sets of weapons, armor, and gear at the TWO stores available in the game.

… Yeah, I uh… I’ve… dug a hole for myself here.

But, it’s not like I’m gonna stop writing, so, here we go!

Much love!


Feel Free to drop however many screenshot feedbacks you’d like, either here or in our Discord channel!

Link to the Tumblr Post for this update

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thank you for the update Michael can’t wait to play it

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You are one crazy author alongside Cata, Malin, and Havenstone :grin: so excited to see how things turn out

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Yayyyy nice update! That team bonding breakfast surely felt like Christmas :christmas_tree:

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Ah yes, I can once again get my fix of Raquel.

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Is there any chance to romance anyone in undercover cop route?

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Yep

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The Carly wake up scene refers to her as Anna in the second paragraph.
Kissing Female mouse at breakfast says “your run your hand through your blonde ponytail” instead of “her”.
Also,when talking about who knows where we are staying, Cass is referred to as “that guy”, maybe change ‘guy’ for a more gender neutral term since they’re gender selectable? Like “that kid” or “Ross’ apprentice”

Loved the wake up scenes, specially Gabe’s and Raquel’s (hers has to be my favorite one for sure)

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Yep in fact there are unique romance options just for that path

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To have my name among those… is an absolute honor :smiling_face_with_tear:

It was incredibly fun and a much needed therapy writing fluff, all author should write at least a few fluff scenes to keep their sanity.

Yes, the list of romances for the FBI routes are:
Rook
Mouse
Cas
Salazar
House
Anthony
Letterman
Collins
Kim

Found and fixed for the next update! Good catch! :+1:

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I’m sad I thought we could have something with Dash Holliday It caught my attention a lot and I like it but I understand things shouldn’t be too long so as not to disturb the development of the story!

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She is romanceable, but not in the FBI route. You’ll be able to romance her in the Independent route.

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There’s going to be an independent route? Mind blown.

I love the update for both sides. The angel breakfast is very fluffy and nice to read, while the fbi route is getting interesting with the additions of Cas, Rook & Bishop.

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So… bit of a news update… My computer has decided to bork itself and, well… a faulty RAM caused the Windows installation to bork itself, and with it, the entire hard drive.

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… Yeah, this happened.

I managed to save a ton of my old files but, lost quite a bit as well, including all that was in my music file, my videos file, and my pictures file in the main C:/ drive. Thankfully, a lot of my data was not on that drive and as paranoid as I am, I’ve made backups for a lot of things… though the last backup was 2 months ago…

Long story short, couldn’t recover a lot of things, but, Breach has been saved… I am grateful.

There’s going to be a few delays as I try my best to get things back up and running… and there’s also still the fear of flooding… but, at this point, I don’t care… I’m way too tired to give a shit. I’ll take it as it goes, and be grateful if I could save anything.

Posted the details of the recovery on Tumblr if you’d like the details.

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