PRESS PLAY (music WIP, prologue, chapter 1-3, 200k words; !UPDATED May 10th!)

I can’t wait to play!!

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@momo-35th thanks!

@ everyone: I’m making progress!! Technically.

Here’s the thing, I’m struggling with the middle part of the chapter, namely Lincoln’s party, which is terribly branchy. The beginning and end of the chapter are already finished and coded into Cscript, it’s just this party thing that’s giving me trouble because there are SO many variations and I haven’t even finished writing all of them yet. I don’t know how long it’ll take… Especially since I have another exam coming up that I also have to devote my time to. On the upside, you might be pleased to hear that even in it’s unfinished state, the coded words for Chapter 3 already exceed 60k!! It will most likely rise to around 70-80k.

So… I might not be feeding y’all yet, but when I do, it’ll be a feast.

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Goodluck with your exam! Excited for the update but absolutely no rush, sure however long it takes will be entirely worth it given how great it’s been so far.

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Thank you very much, I really appreciate it. I hope I can deliver :innocent:

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Hate to say this bro but I also suffer from autism depression bipolar social anxiety separation anxiety I hear voices and other shit but the only thing that’s calms me down is weed so in a way it’s a blessing but I also love the fact you added romantic interest cause honestly the only thing that makes me want to get better is my current girlfriend that I knew in highschool in Mechanicsburg yet the weird thing is she was a popular girl where I was a freaking outcast and we just got into contact again and I’m totally obsessed with her like everything she does brightens my world and makes me wanna be better and better then I ever was cause hate to say this ever since my mom died on May 4, 2018 I’ve had nothing but hatred for the human race as a whole yet she makes me feel like their is small redeemable qualities in human kind and the thing also is she suffered from an abusive relationship and I swear to God if anyone disrespects her or even hurts her in my presence it’s going be a scene straight from dragon ball z super where Vegeta goes super Saiyan when Berrus slaps bulma and Vegeta goes into a blind rage and fights the god of destruction

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a truly amazing wip, spent the whole night absolutely devouring it! keep up the good work

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Very interesting. I’m looking forward to seeing the reason of group’s disbandment.

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I’ve almost finished coding Chapter 3, now all that’s left is like two little scenes and some extra tweaks I’ve decided to add in after all. Once that’s done, the Grand Debugging will begin, and afterwards I’m handing it over to my beta readers (which isn’t that wide a circle). Then we’ll have an update. This last phase usually doesn’t take too long so I really think I can get it out sometime in the next couple weeks

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I admit to being a bit picky with WIPS, but this is one I genuinely hope gets a conclusion some day! Utterly fantastic. I’ve spent time in psych wards myself, and your description of them is chefs kiss. Also, the interview format allows for a lot more drama than typicaly IF formatting where, for examples, it’s possible to have Stevie expressing a huge crush on the MC, have had the MC kiss P in the flashback, but kinda despise P in the present, all while sorta crushing on Angel, who in the interview said that the MC hasn’t reached out. Wonderful drama. Love it.

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This hits close to home. From the beginning, I felt a small sense of dread. I have a feeling about what’ll happen, and I am so excited. I can just tell it’s gonna wreck me. The MC’s past with social anxiety is almost identical to my own. It’s kinda soothing experiencing it from an outside perspective? I really can’t wait to see how the story progresses. The switch between the interview transcripts and memories is just amazing. An openly trans character being such a vital part of the story is just the cherry on top, and Lincoln is the sprinkles. I’m a sucker for devoted lovers haha

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I’m now firmly in the debugging stage of development ^^ it’s all very complicated and I’m wading through the proverbial muck with all of this, but I think you’ll all agree it will have been worth it

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This was so wonderful!!

I love the dark backstory and tough home life. I love the band members personality and chemistry. The interview setting up how the story unfolds is fun. Every interaction with the characters is so captivating.

I am so excited for more of this!

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I can’t help but scream… Now I have to open the forum every day to check if there are any updates💕

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Well it shouldn’t be too far off now! It finally passed quick test today for the first time today, which is a big accomplishment since I’ve spent like a week trying to fix all the errors I made and I’m just about done with this like damn my head hurts

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My dudes my friends my people I’m so close to getting Chapter 3 ready for posting that I can taste it. I’m so giddy right now. I’m not gonna make any promises but there’s a good chance it could be out this weekend

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Change of plans, how about instead of this weekend, we do it right now?
It kinda crept up on me but I just realized it was ready. Please let me know if everything’s okay with it, since this is my first time updating to the cogdemos site.
Anyhow, go play the new and improved version of Press Play including Track 3, which brings it to a length of just over 200k words!

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i love you

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And I love you, stranger on the internet

Srsly tho, enjoy :innocent:

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you saved my weekend god bless you :raising_hands:

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Thanks! Wow I really hope it delivers on the hype then <3 enjoy the update

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