MAJOR DEMO UPDATE <3 - WiP: Don't Wake Me Up (with demo)

I really liked this! I think what you have so far is good, keep up the great work!

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Of all the WIPs I’ve seen here this is the only one I’ve constantly looked out for. I hope you know that there’s a lot of us who really enjoy your work, and love to hear about the huge amount of progress you’re making and the passion you have for it!

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This honestly made me tear up a little - hearing back from people who cared years ago and still care now is so sweet!
DWMU is going great, it is now (in one shorter route on the Asterius branch) playable from beginning to end! Hope to ask for some beta testers soon!
It’s always difficult in the genre of longform satire to make the transition and balance between genuine plot and investment and comedy, and so I’ve been finding it quite challenging to balance a tone escalating in seriousness with a gradation, rather than simply switching from, say, writing in the genre of predominantly satire/comedy to writing straight science fiction cyberpunk. However, it’s a good point to be at knowing it’s getting towards that challenge knowing it means DWMU is coming ever closer to being done.

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I would love to beta test for this game when it is ready! I’ve fallen in love with the characters, and every interaction captures my attention. Can’t wait to see where this story ends up!

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I can’t believe i’ve that I’ve fallen in love with a top hat, but your writing is so good that I’m surprised you’re not a published author! I loved all the characters and interactions, I’m obsessed with this now! (≧◡≦) :heart:

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I genuinely never stopped thinking about DWMU and I can’t overstate how happy I am that it’s back

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Oh my god, it’s alive. I loved this game when I found it a couple of years back. It makes me cackle in a way that very few games have managed before. Honestly, I didn’t realize that I knew the game until halfway through the Kill the Demon Lord mission (I had a vague sense of deja vu with the double jump dialogue but I swear I screamed when I read the steamy kiss option. Ah, a classic).

No sword shall surpass Sir Toppy the Hatter as my weapon of choice. I will gladly go through all of the choices because I love all the quirky dialogue!

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I’m in the final stages of writing the epic length Len romance chapter. I only have questions as to whether anyone might even have specific requests or interests of the type of scenes which could happen.
The basic premise is you and your LI get sent into a cyberpunk dystopia on your own for the final chapter before you wake up out of the simulation… But very different parts of the same universe. You and Len have escaped being trapped on a flying casino and fled being chased from the city into the desert wastelands…
A lot of Len’s character arc involves… Well… Being incredibly critical about his own personality as not enough of a character because he’s beset with the curse of being the steamy Vampire archetype and hates it.

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Also sorry everyone for not getting full testing operational quite yet - I feel it will be better when I have at least some of the endings working in full, and considering the rate at which I’m working on this, it hopefully won’t be too long! Thank you so much for your heart warming words. Again I’m constantly showing my friends and squeaking with excitement when I get messages like ‘I never stopped thinking about DWMU’

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All right, the first long Len ending is done. The game is playable all the way through on one out of five of the full ending sequences. I’m now going to do the second Len ending. BUT - I think it’s about time I asked for some volunteers to test the game, especially giving some feedback on how they feel about the choice of ending, with some mind as to how the others could theoretically shape up. Would be asking for people to just play the Len route (even though the Asterius route is done, just without the endings), and can have the working demo up in a subgroup ASAP
Any beta volunteers? :slight_smile:

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I want to play full version (and my English is bad too) so I will wait a bit more. Still, keep up the good work :slight_smile:

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I’m very interested to try it😊 even though I’m quite new here–

I could take a look if you still need ppl :heart:

I’m definitely interested in beta testing!

If you need extra hands (or eyes) I could take a look. :raised_hand:

If you’re still looking for people, I’d be more than happy to volunteer!! :blush:

I would love to beta test your game! I really enjoyed it and I would love to help!

OMG can I also beta test? I really enjoyed the game and I would really appreciate if I can beta test and can help for this game!

Thank you for all the responses! Just tightening stuff up and actually making sure it can run vs what I’ve written, but I will try and get the testing group up for the weekend (so please keep posting if you want in!)

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Oh! I would love to help if you are opening up a beta!