Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale - BETA CLOSED

The only thing I hate about good trilogies is waiting with bated breath that can stun a water buffalo and my own hands trembling with impatience as I attempt to pour the tea. Considering how much fun I had with Tally Ho and reading Wodehouse’s work in general… Time to go sign up.

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New draft! No changes to the text, but if you were experiencing that bug where the game kept restarting, that has now been fixed. This is version 19433.

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Okay, let’s try that again! The restart bug is really and truly fixed now! Update to version 19435.

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NEW DRAFT!

Changes include:

  1. Achievements added.

  2. An MC with rather high Intellect, Culture, and/or Observe, who hangs around at the newspaper office, now has a “floor” for how bad the newspaper can be. In general, these characters (if they spend the time in chapter six) will not get worse than a middling newspaper (and can of course get better).

  3. A few newspaper-related checks are a bit easier.

  4. Rewards for solving the opera mysteries and printing a good newspaper have been corrected upwards.

  5. You can now throw toast at Fitzie in chapter two.

And, my absolute favorite changelog entry in the history of the universe:
6. Eel-related rewards are now correct.

This is version 19453.

Thank you to all who have sent in feedback so far!

I’m about to admit a new batch of testers. Once you send in your feedback, I’ll add you to the discussion thread where you can talk about spoilers (and eels!) to your heart’s content.

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Another update; another excellent changelog:

  1. Marmaduke should no longer be able to teleport between the arena and the opera. Once at the arena, he should stay there.

  2. Can now potentially express interest in Fitzie if you go on the hotel adventure in chapter two, thus allowing handholding.

  3. Frankincense now comments on what you are wearing in chapter five.

  4. Bit more about Buck’s background in chapter three.

  5. Fitzie may now give you a hint where to go for romantic scenes while in the cab in chapter five.

  6. Avocado-and-fermented-tea scent now changed to beetroot-and-fermented-tea scent in chapter one on the grounds that avocado is not in period.

And various other fixes: typos, exposed code, etc.

This is version 19454

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New draft!

Changelog includes:

  1. Many typos fixed.

  2. It is now easier to get the photo of Thunder and Pipsy, and it can now be done up to ten minutes before the end of the evening.

  3. Vyv sticks around at the arena for longer, so it should be easier to go on Vyv’s adventure in chapter six.

  4. Multiple opportunities to admonish Fitzie in Chapter One.

  5. You can now ride around on Gilberto’s shoulders in the pool in Chapter Seven.

  6. You can now sing a lullaby to Tabby, read to her, or scritch her head in Chapter Eight if she is in your office before you have to do evaluations of Fitzie. Note that if Ernie is President, you won’t have an office for Tabby to be in, so no scritching in that case.

  7. Fitzie may now offer to tell you a lurid dream in Chapter Three.

  8. Option to signal “no kissing” to Fitzie in the cab.

  9. There is now an intellectual reason to steal a Neotlithic stone axe in Chapter One and Five.

This is version 19456.

If you have already sent in your feedback, thank you! You’ve been admitted to the Beta Discussion thread. That’s a private thread so as to avoid spoilers for people who haven’t played it. But if you have, please share your thoughts on that thread.

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I really enjoy reading these changelogs with no context

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New draft! No changes to the text, but if you were getting that bug where the game randomly forgot the existence of achievements, that has now been fixed.

Plus, chapter headers and stat headers! Aren’t they pretty?

This is version 19470

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New draft!

Changelog includes:

  1. Peri now has the correct reaction to your clothes; she will further notice if you smell like bananas.

  2. Option to raise skullduggery in prologue.

  3. Option to go right to Peri’s office without spending the full time with Jack Sharpe.

  4. Rare bug fixed where sometimes you are given nothing to do in the news office but leave.

  5. Arena scores correctly leave the stat screen after the match.

  6. Enhanced excuse-making for Aunt Matilda if you disappoint her in not showing up to the opera if you originally told her you would.

This is version 19471

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New draft! Changelog includes:

  1. A good amount of Americanisms have been de-Americanismed.
  2. Literally hundreds of typos fixed, including exposed code, pronoun errors, and paragraphing errors
  3. Can now toggle showing/not showing stats more easily on stats page.
  4. You can now tip Hecuba even if you have only a few coins to your name.
  5. The announcement for “last call” for each round at the match now proceeds properly.
  6. The descriptions of the crowd at the match should no longer repeat.
  7. Johnny Buttons responds correctly to you noticing his buttons.
  8. Continuity fixed regarding what Fitzie tells you about Vyv’s writing and what you talk about with Vyv at the arena.
  9. Vyv now responds properly if you are nude on the balcony when Paige walks in.
  10. Slightly easier to gain the favor of the Royal Adventurers and the Garden Club as sponsors.
  11. If you drank ice water at the club, you are not served ouzo at the restaurant.

This is version 19473

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New draft! Changelog includes:

  1. Oodles of spelling, punctuation, and spacing errors fixed.
  2. Arabella now comments if you have a reputation for punching opera singers.
  3. Sponsor requirements for Explorers and Garden Club changed to make more playing styles qualify.
  4. Can now spread rumors in order to assist with final vote.
  5. Somewhat less likely to lose reputation with Gilberto in chapter 3 if you approach his adventure in a non bold way.
  6. New conversation with Gilberto in Ch. 3 and ch. 6 on the Dormouse adventure and in the corridor before Arabella’s. The ch. 6 gives the information from ch.3 if you missed it then, plus a bit more.
  7. Expanded epilogue with Gilberto if romancing him.
  8. Phone call with Chum available at start of ch. 2.
  9. Option to buy club a gift in ch. 2
  10. Can now feel contrite about breaking punch bowl.
  11. New clue available for spy hunt at the arena.

This is version 19520

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Small update!

  1. Rare bug eliminated that resets the punch bowl status in chapter one.
  2. Bug removed from chapter eight that reset romantic variables.

This is version 19564

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Another small update!

  1. Several bugs where pronouns were not being set if you used random Tally Ho world state generation.
  2. Fitzie now responds in ch. 7 to your doing the Rose and Thorns quest successfully.
  3. Made the arena battles one notch more difficult, particularly if neither you nor Fitzie pay attention to it in ch. 6.

This is version 19574

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HUGE update!

Changelog:

  1. Bug fixed that was making some activities at the opera use up twice as much time as they should. This fix should allow for a bit more time to explore at the opera.
  2. New interaction with Vyv in chapter seven if you wake up next to Vyv.
  3. Easier to get the waking up scene with Gilberto in ch. 7 if you are pursuing a romantic plot with him.
  4. Tabby’s wandering coffee cup in ch. 4 now removed.
  5. Tabby’s requests that you write/print things that are already written/printed has been fixed.
  6. You can now see the trinkets you could have purchased for the club even if you don’t have the readies.
  7. Aunt Matilda correctly comments if you did not change your clothes at the start of the opera.
  8. The narrator now addresses the time jump between chapter one and the chapter two interlude to clarify the time sequence of the story.
  9. Clarified that doing the bookstore adventure in ch. 5 does not prevent activities in ch. 6.
  10. Clarified that the coffeehouse adventure can only be done in chapter 1.
  11. Fixed the flow from Vyv’s art studio to Fitzie’s dream to Pilcrow’s chairs so that Pilcrow fetches you from the correct location in ch. 3.
  12. The timed portion of chapter one now correctly reports to the player.
  13. Toppers is given a highlighted exit in chapter two to make it very clear that she is not present for most of the events of chapters 3-4, which otherwise might be confusing.
  14. Ernie now gets wet if he falls into the swimming pool.
  15. A cavalcade of small continuity errors, typos, spacing errors, and inelegant prose has been eradicated forthwith.

This is version 19619.

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New draft!

  1. Fixed possible looping conversation during Marmaduke conversation in ch. 5.
  2. Can now order pastries with tea, not just with coffee in ch. 1.
  3. Slightly expanded romantic conversation and kiss with Tabby in ch.8.
  4. Vyv now sometimes comments on the state of their studies in ch. 8.
  5. Vyv and Tabby no longer use the same shampoo.
  6. Additional opportunity to affect Tabby’s impression of possible love triangle in ch.8.
  7. Aunt Matilda now comments on Marmaduke’s bathrobe correctly, with MC opportunity to affect her impression of who is at fault.
  8. Several more choices now have opportunity for unflappable reactions in ch. 1 and 2.
  9. Fitzie and Millicent now notice if you have recently been immersed in garbage.

This is version 19668.

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New draft!

Changelog:

  1. Handful of typos fixed.
  2. Chervil now notices if you are tipsy at the opera.
  3. Aunt Primrose comments if you only stay at the opera for twenty minutes or fewer.
  4. Tabby doesn’t comment about being surprised that you have a new servant if the headline of the newspaper is going to be about Fitzie.
  5. Can now ask Pilcrow about her participation in leadership.
  6. Club awards can not be accepted twice in ch. 7.
  7. Slightly expanded conversation with Vyv in ch. 8 regarding book project.
  8. Pilcrow now comments on failed Cadbury adventure during the evaluation.
  9. Club members now pitch in money gathered from family in ch. 4.
  10. It is made clear that an MC trying to be silent while kicking in a door is going to have a difficult time of it.

This is version 19719.

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New draft!

Changelog:

  1. Additional romantic conversation with Tabby at the press, including discussion of the romance of ligatures.
    –These scenes would especially benefit from having more eyes on them, so if you’re looking for ways to target your playthrough, try to romance Tabby and then go to the printing press in Ch 7.
  2. Harder to get the Garden sponsor if your scandal is quite high.
  3. If you mention Scroobles at the interview, the discussion of the article in ch.7 should now correctly have comments about it during the reading of the newspaper.
  4. Test for heckling the orators in ch.5 now fixed and should correctly test abrasive instead of soothing.
  5. Several pronoun fixes for club members.
  6. Smoother transition into Juniper greeting your walking partner in chapter 8.

This is version 19729

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A small update!

In the author’s words: Half a dozen exposed variables have had their modesty preserved and are no longer embarrassingly exposed.

This is version 19730

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Another update!

The Tally Ho backstory randomizer has been fixed so that it no longer produces impossible-to-reach Tally Ho endstates.

If you have been admitted to the beta and haven’t yet played, please do! If you have already played, please try it for a second or third time. There’s still plenty to discover!

This is version 19798

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New draft!

Changelog:

  1. Several typos and paragraphing issues fixed.
  2. Option to define the style of the non-Starling outfit in your closet.
  3. One additional rationale for the joyride scandal added.
  4. Fixed variable that made Tabby too effusive towards you in final scene even with middling relationship stat.
  5. Adjusted variables to made election slightly more challenging to get overwhelming victory.

This is version 19828

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