@Tlud and @Flux and @Razgriz, haha I love the banter about Crook’s pants. I thought it was a pretty bold decision to let players ummm…attempt to access his nether regions in public with Tress 50 feet away, but apparently people are making that choice so good for them. Maybe Crook having a manly beard now is just making him too sexy for his own good.
@Coold00d12, love the Hi-Jinx emote! I’ll fix those errors.
@CaballeroDeAndromeda, Thanks for all the specifics! I’ll address the typos and such. You’re right that Origami shouldn’t have been so nice to you if you were -5 with her at the time of that scene. I may have coded it just to react to Origami’s status (whether she is your enemy), which would have been triggered by sniping her in Capture the Flag, and then refusing to apologize in the bookstore. Although I’m not sure it’s possible to be -5 with her and NOT be an enemy. Anyways, I’ll look into it. I don’t think I’ll be adding any additional paths (they wore me out).
The most complicated issue I have in CCH is balancing how characters might be annoyed with the MC in one scene but then later they’ve let it go. I mean, they can’t dwell on every little snub. I will say big things like sniping Origami and not apologizing, pissing off Stunner during Capture the Flag and then not sucking up, tattling about Wombat’s easy-to-access mail to Tolly, and royally screwing over Tress in the latest update are all designed to have longer consequences. But still the characters have to co-exist in many scenes, and I can’t write that the pissed off character in question keeps the MC from participating in a given activity or else there might be a lot of skipped scenes.
@Bootsykk, I keep meaning to look into coding a save option but my plate is so full I’ve never given time to it. I might check out the threads devoted to do that and see how much work it is. However, I really want to devote my available time to writing and getting this done. I’m glad you like Stoic and Crook. They are pretty much polar opposites, aren’t they?
@HornHeadFan Hey man, thanks for addressing my post. I was this close to posting that wall of text again. I imagined adding another path at this stage of the game was not an option. I guess I’ll just resign myself to behaving like an adult and get over that little snub. [That sounds so sad. lol.] On the Origami thing, maybe choosing the option “I’m not sure. I didn’t want to hurt her but I did shoot her with a ball bearing so the injury shouldn’t really be unexpected.” and not apologizing is how we can have a -5 with her and not be considered an enemy, since there character didn’t have the intention to hurt [or apologize to] her.
When I got that scene with Origami [where’s flying] I was almost expecting her to fold herself into a paper airplane and give the PC a paper cut.
@HornHeadFan well to be honest I’m not aiming for Crook. I just couldn’t help but add to banter. My interest shall forever remain with Origami.
MC: “Though my love may go unrequited, I will forever strive for her. Ever since that time at the children’s hospital. I can’t stop thinking about her…” *MC begins to chip in more and more at the children’s hospital *
My poor poor MC… Forever alone.
Also I chose the soldier archetype and when it says I can get upgraded weapons if I get good grades I can’t help but imagine the school board handing out submachine guns and assault rifles for upgraded weaponry xD
My power lets me slip out of most situations, but sometimes you escape isn’t good enough. — My power lets me slip out of most situations, but sometimes your escape isn’t good enough. OR My power lets me slip out of most situations, but sometimes escape isn’t good enough.
Tress’s shiny strands of hair slowly start to curl, twist and snake in random directions, creating the worst case of ‘bed head’ imaginable. — Tress’ shiny strands of hair slowly start to curl, twist and snake in random directions, creating the worst case of ‘bed head’ imaginable.
Shouldn’t The Contrarian’s last poem [the one that starts with “You worship the jocks,”] be italicized? [All her other poems were.] Or does she get a free pass since she’s doing it live?
As you slip into the bathroom, you’re greeting by a cloud of warm steam, the noticeable scent of strawberry shampoo, and Tress’s rather off-key rendition of a current pop music song. — As you slip into the bathroom, you’re greeting by a cloud of warm steam, the noticeable scent of strawberry shampoo, and Tress’ rather off-key rendition of a current pop music song.
You manage to partially disrobe before Tress’s head pokes around her daisy and tulip-themed shower curtain. — You manage to partially disrobe before Tress’ head pokes around her daisy and tulip-themed shower curtain.
Tress’s green eyes widen as she sputters, “What are you doing?? Get out of here!” — Tress’ green eyes widen as she sputters, “What are you doing?? Get out of here!”
Then you hear Tress’s school-issued phone chirping. — Then you hear Tress’ school-issued phone chirping.
@Thespianbrony1, I think the way it’s currently coded, that the romanceable options for your MC’s gender preference are listed. So I think for bisexual MCs, it will list all 6 (I may have forgotten Uni). I did this partially because those six are all designed to all be physically attractive to various degrees and a young person would generally not mind perhaps getting a peek of a hot girl/guy even if there was no romance to follow.
@Razgriz, if none of the other romanceables does it for you, I’m planning to introduce two more in Part II. And yes for a brief moment as I brainstormed the story I considered letting the MC and other students use guns and perhaps get bigger guns as they progressed in school and I thought to myself, “That’s just ridiculous!” so that’s why I instituted the no blades/guns rule. To ensure a tiiiiiiny bit of sanity to Speck’s training approach.
@CaballeroDeAndromeda, grammatically it’s fine to just use 's after a noun/name that ends in an s - in fact that’s the general rule I believe. There are a few exceptions and some writers deviate from the rules but for the sake of consistency, I’m using 's after Tress throughout the story.
Okay I spent this morning figuring out how to temper/control reader expectations going into the story since the story will contain a full story arc, but the larger arc will play out over Parts II and III, which realistically will be spaced out about one year each (I just can’t write any faster with a full-time job and family).
For now, I’m going with the full title being “Community College Hero: Semester 1” but I thought I read somewhere that Android app titles were limited to 30 characters, so if that’s accurate I might have to rethink things.
I’m sure I’ll revise it significantly, but does an introduction like the one I just added help address reader expectations or would it scare people off who don’t want to wait another 2 years for the final conclusion?
I really would hate if readers were upset at the end about the various unresolved issues that will carry over into Part II.
P.S. there is a surprise for anyone who clicks the link today.
Yes, that IS grammatically correct, the only exception I know of, is Jesus, as in THE Jesus. Everyone else gets a ´s after the name when indicating ownership.
“Rule 1b. Many common nouns end in the letter s (lens, cactus, bus, etc.). So do a lot of proper nouns (Mr. Jones, Texas, Christmas). There are conflicting policies and theories about how to show possession when writing such nouns. There is no right answer; the best advice is to choose a formula and stay consistent.”
We’re not in a writing class and I’m not going to throw a temper tantrum for an apostrophe and the letter s. We’re both right and let’s leave it there. I still enjoy your game.
Go easy on Uni in the Breaking People exam to give her a C. Select the reason as her being smoking hot.
Also, when the class asks your opinion on how to deal with Contrarian, don’t join either Tress or Crook’s group and stay neutral like Stoic. That gets you the chance to interact with Stoic, Uni, Combat Wombat and such.
You’ll get the chance to approach Uni and talk to her and if you went easy on her in that exam, you’ll have the opportunity to build a romance with her.
Careful though, you may have to give up your secrets to build a relationship with her.
I’m interested in a romance with Stoic if possible. Can someone help me?
I imagined adding another path at this stage of the game was not an option. I guess I’ll just resign myself to behaving like an adult and get over that little snub. [That sounds so sad. lol.] On the Origami thing, maybe choosing the option “I’m not sure. I didn’t want to hurt her but I did shoot her with a ball bearing so the injury shouldn’t really be unexpected.” and not apologizing is how we can have a -5 with her and not be considered an enemy, since there character didn’t have the intention to hurt [or apologize to] her.