Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale - BETA CLOSED

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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New draft!

  1. Numerous spelling, punctuation, and spacing issues fixed.
  2. Bug fixed so that Peri does not give you money for no good reason in chapter five.
  3. Bug fixed in chapter three so Gilberto is not a candidate to pay your debt if you haven’t met him yet.
  4. Formula for calculating arena scores adjusted to make the scores have a wider possibility of spreads and if you or Fitzie never show up there.
  5. Can now distract Marmaduke by pointing out a passing car in chapter four when he brings up Tabby.
  6. Option added to appreciate Vyv’s art–sort of–with Persuade/Skullduggery in chapter three.
  7. Can now leap between roofs in chapter 1 without Skullduggery involved if you have a high enough Bold.
  8. Adjusted requirements for getting Wholly Successful Call achievement so that now you can get it even if Vyv hangs up.
  9. Dignity now drops correctly if you tease Parsnip with delicious foods.
  10. Parsnip may now disobey you if you tell her to distract Farley at the opera.

This is version 19896

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New draft!

  1. Chapter 1 has had some notable Americanisms removed.
  2. You can now sit and watch the opera for another hour and shout “brava” or “boo.”
  3. All clue skill tests for all mysteries have alternate skill tests or had the challenge level made one notch easier. In addition, the tests for getting the necklace are one notch easier. This should make players who spend all of their time at the opera better able to be productive.
  4. The rewards for partial or full success in the opera and the press are now about the same as the arena path.
  5. The achievement for having the table in good condition is now fixed.
  6. Easier to pretend you are a scary ghost in chapter 6.
  7. Possible recognition of Tabby’s financial support if she is present in chapter 8.
  8. Buck’s letter now less likely to arrive at the opera if you haven’t met him.
  9. Clarification in chapter 7 regarding leadership succession.

This is version 19944

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New draft!

Changelog:

  1. Adjusted stat bumps for sitting and watching the opera multiple times.
  2. Slight adjustment to calculation for club support in Chapter 7 to make make low-frequency results a bit more likely.

This is version 20004.

If you’ve already played, please give it another go! A lot has changed, and we’d really value your opinion on the way previous feedback has been implemented. If you haven’t already played, it’s not too late to join the beta!

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LAST CALL FOR BETA TESTERS!

We’re hoping to send this off to copyedit soon, so if you haven’t done your beta yet, now is your chance!

There is a new draft up, too!

  1. Handful of typos fixed.
  2. A few difficult to reach lines more easily reachable.
  3. A little additional text in the Garden Club sponsor section of ch. 8.
  4. Adjusted likelihood of dreaming about Tabby in ch. 7.

This is version 20083

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New draft! Even laster last call!

Changelog:

  1. Clarified status of thank-you letter if written but not sent at start of chapter 2.
  2. Brit-picked through chapter 3.
  3. A few more “partial success” results added or made easier to get in chapter 4.
  4. Spacing and paragraphing issue fixed in several chapter 8 moments as you enter the club.

This is version 20096

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Beta for Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale is now CLOSED.

Thank you to everyone who joined the beta! As you all saw, this game is HUMONGOUS, so the copyedit is going to take a while :slight_smile: Stay tuned for release sometime this fall…

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