Well the bullies uploaded the video online 5 years later that is why the mc is doing all this millions of people watched that video.If the bullies never did that Mc wouldn’t even start thinking about all this revenge.So if anything it’s only been 2 years since they uploaded the video of the deed.
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Well, it was more of it going viral when it was very much just one of them posting it for couple of his friends, and the fad died out in a month… but fair enough.
I dunno, I feel like engineering an entire scheme to Carrie the MC to the point of getting two friends to manipulate them, getting a teacher in on it, and outright drawing blood from them with the crown throw goes beyond “just kids doing kid things.” And now we know that some of them are still exactly the same and want to ruin MC even all these years later.
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Well they do say revenge is a dish best served cold.I don’t want to ruin those who have changed for the better. But I do think a few of them need to be taken down. Olivia is still bullied by them even after doing their bidding . If they are not evil I don’t know who is ? Once they realize how hurtful this type of behaviour is they will never do that to anyone.
Also I don’t think anybody would laugh at the mc because either they will be grateful that he took down the bullies or will be afraid of him. I don’t know why you are even trying to justify such bullying and internet shaming.
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I’m not trying to justify it, it’s just something i don’t personally get incensed over in this particular scenario. I also think that maybe MC should first approach his dad and ask why the f.ck he’s been tolerating a ring of bullies who terrorize the school he’s principal of, and pressure him to do this work.
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I am curious about the father’s current situation. Is he possibly involved with another family or is he still a bachelor? It is common in politics for individuals to cultivate a familial image, as it humanizes the politician and underscores the importance of family values in shaping public perception. Thus, one wonders if he has already established a new family, or if he intends to incorporate the MC into a portrayal of familial harmony when he goes into politics.
Additionally, I am interested in whether MCs who join the baseball team and demonstrate proficiency in the sport (maybe even becoming a star player if you have high stats) will unlock scenes or events involving the father. It appears that the father has a vested interest in the baseball team, at least from what I’ve witnessed in the demo so far.
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Weekly Update
Hello, people! Here’s another weekly update, and this time we’ve got changes to the demo! There are quite a few things I’ve added to the old chapters, including showing all the hidden choices that players with 3rd father as a mentor can use, improved character customization by adding height choices, more eye colors, and the ability to change your name after the transition.
When it comes to chapter 4, I’ve reached 8k words, which is close to what chapter 1 has in total. I’ve completely finished the first random event in the game, added a scene where Marcus and Angela report on their progress through week one, and we prepare for the most amazing thing ever: your first party! Right now I haven’t actually started work on writing the party itself, as I’m writing some choices for what you could bring to the party to impress everyone there. There’s also a cameo from Helen, for the ones who remember her, so that’s going to be fun.
Anyway, I’m glad with the event system I’ve created and will likely add a special, mandatory event almost every week, like this party, to just keep everything more coherent. Sorry it’s nothing too interesting, I’ll likely have a bigger update next week once I finish the party event haha. I hope you like all the upgrades to chapters 1 and 2 and thank you all very much for all the support and let’s see how this all will go!
Edit: It seems you all know Helen because none of you could see the other plans to recruit Burt… Now you have two other ways to recruit him, which should have been available from the start… thanks @fsix
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Seems there is a little bug in chapter 2:
relevant part of the script
*fake_choice
#Let's get this weirdo to do my dirty business.
#He will regret ever touching a camera in his life...
#Anything to get my revenge.
Now that you're set on this course, you need a plan of attack.
You could hire an amateur actress to help you get to him. You can message him, saying she's your client and that she wants to do a photo shoot. Of course, at his house, the only condition being that you'd have to be there too. That way, while she distracts him, you can find something incriminating there.
You could also make a fake account of an attractive girl and invite him to do a photo shoot somewhere far from his house. Then, you can stealthily enter his home and search for something useful. Obviously, this is a crime but... it's a crime only if someone catches you, right?
Another thing could be hiring him to do some normal photos and then inviting him to go with you to eat. There, you can try and steal his phone. Maybe you can find some embarrassing messages or pictures. There would be a slight problem if he has a code but, how hard could it be to crack?
So, what's your plan?
*choice
#The actress plan.
*goto actress_plan
#The fake account plan.
*goto account_plan
#The phone-stealing plan.
*goto phone_plan
Because the whole part after the choice is indented, the choice of plan only comes up if the player selects the last option. Any other option will jump to actress_plan automatically.
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I do love a good revenge has to be brutal though to make it all worth it.
I love it! I will take revenge to all of them mwahahahhahaha
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I agree too the MC shouldve went for revenge years ago, 7 years later is time enough to let go of what happened. Not saying the mc should forgive or forget but let it go.
I mean that’s subjective. Plus telling someone who’s been bullied that they should just let it go can be pretty insensitive.
Anyway I don’t really see why this discussion is a thing. It’s a revenge story, people have the right to choose that option without having other people tell them it’s morally wrong to do so.
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True but this is a forum to discuss what we think and thats just my opinion of the MC, doesnt mean your choice is wrong or right.
I mean the thing is they kinda did “let it go” but didnt somebody post the video years later(making it go viral) and thats what casued eveything to escalate?
Also something like what those kids did to the mc, mentally/physically f-ing with somebody like that is forever imo.
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Weekly Update
Hello, fellow revenge enthusiasts! I’m here with another update, after I’ve finally realized how most of the chapters will look like and what their general length will be. This past week I’ve been battling ideas of how long each chapter should be. I originally wanted chapter 4 to end around the Winter Break, but then I realized that this would mean the chapter would be around something like 300k words. So, now, I’ve decided that each chapter will last a month in-game, allowing you to likely save more often in the real game (cause from what I know official Hosted Games can only save between chapters), and also not feel like the chapters never end.
This means that chapter 4 will be out much faster than I initially envisioned, as I am now getting close to finishing the first major event of the game. Judging by my general speed, I think the chapter should be done in 1 month, give or take. This 4th chapter will revolve around the mighty homecoming dance, with a chance to start the romance path with at least one target. The chapter is now up to 12k words, which means I have been keeping a very average pace of 4k words a week haha. I’ve mentioned the major event I’m working on, the homecoming party organized by one of our targets in the first week of school, and it’s going to be full of choices and potential drama, so I’m trying to make sure that I don’t leave anything out of it.
I’ve also done an update to chapter 2, adding a clothing choice (I’ve already added it a few days ago by accident, so some of you may have witnessed it). This choice will often appear throughout the game, as I would like players to be able to choose the clothes they are wearing for each event in the game. Right now it’s very barebones, with just some style choices. If you have suggestions and would like to help out, make sure to tell me your ideas!
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Speaking of Chapter 2, a question: currently, the game automatically selects the club MC joins based on what their primary skill is (the one with value of 50) But each tryout sequence also has a path for MC with lower skill level. So… it seems that it’d be possible to also join another club that MC has some limited skill for (i.e. what they’ve picked up during their preparation)
So, is the ability to join a different club than the one MC has the most affinity for something that can be done later, or it’s something that was dropped and you’re always going to be railroaded into the club based on the primary skill, or maybe something else…?
edit: also, about the phone-stealing route when recruiting Bart:
Relevant script
*label confront2_burt_phone
You put the phone on the table and wait a few seconds for Burt to come out.
//...
*choice
#I [i]have[/i] to make him my pawn! Otherwise, why have I fought so much for it?
#Of course, let's get this done.
*set burt_ally 1
*set Burt 20
You make a fake account a few days later, after you feel like it's been enough time for him to not think it's you who's messaging him, and send him the screenshots you took.
After letting him try to threaten you with the police, you start asking him what his mother would think of these photos. After a bit of back and forth, were he acts like he can actually do something about the situation, Burt gives in.
You tell him you'll contact him in the future with an assignment. Until then, he's free to live his life.
That was a nicely executed plan! Let's hope he can't piece you and this blackmailer together.
*goto after_burt
*label caught_burt_phone
You try to do something but, by some miracle, you hear Burt getting out of the bathroom.
This variant of the scene has a bug: the code is only executed for the second option, meaning the first option will jump instead to the next scene, which has you get caught by Burt.
Also, this bit only has the anonymous blackmail MC performs afterwards, while other cases allow actual choice between revealing yourself as his blackmailer or not. Not sure if it’s intentional, but mentioning just in case.
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Yep, in chapter 4 you’ll have the chance to train up your skills and attempt to join the other clubs as well. I’ve already written those paths just to make everything easier. I’ll likely just add some dialogue related to what happens later in the story to fit better if you decide to join them in December or something. I’m still not sure when I’ll set the cut off point where you can’t join any of the clubs yet though.
Thanks for the catch with the Burt choice there. Fixed it now, and I’ll likely add it to the demo next week with other improvements. The identity thing is intentional. You had a choice beforehand if you wanted to delete the messages to remain annonymous or not, hence the confront2_burt_phone. The ones where you don’t keep your identity secret are confront1_burt_phone/confront3_burt_phone
Script if you're curious haha
Now, if you would like to remain anonymous, you'd have to delete the screenshot and message you sent yourself before leaving the phone back on the table but do you might not have the necessary time. Do you try it?
*choice
#Yes.
*set Burt_risk3 + 1
*if (Burt_risk3 = 4)
*goto confront3_burt_phone
You easily delete any evidence of your involvement and leave the phone on the table. Mission accomplished.
*goto confront2_burt_phone
#No.
*goto confront1_burt_phone
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Weekly Update
Hello everyone! Adrian here, back with another update. As every week until now, we got another 4k words added to chapter 4, getting up to 16k. Most likely next week we’ll surpass chapter 2’s length. This titan is really going to take a while, as I still haven’t finished the homecoming party. I have, however, finished writing our MC’s first ever beer pong game. Trying to come up with something interesting to show you, I’ve decided I will now post some sneakpeaks on Tumblr and Discord every week, just for you to see some of the cool things happening in this chapter.
This might be one of the first weeks where I haven’t really touched the first three chapters, since I’ve only just fixed a bug in Burt’s recruitment.
I’ve also made some progress on the second random event, one where some random guy will ask Cecily to the homecoming dance on top of a white horse. It should be funny. The event is currently around 800 words, and the first one was around 4k, so I’ve still got some ways to go.
The biggest news for this week’s update is that I think I’ve decided to make Vivian and Connor playersexual as well. I’ve realized that the choice to make them stuck for specific sexualities was kinda dumb, since it didn’t really add anything to the story. So, they will both just be very hard ROs for people of the gender they don’t think they like. For the beer pong game I’ve just written they have both been in the spotlight, so I hope people will finally notice the two of them for the upcoming chapter.
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Fixed!
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