Funny thing is I find this game really cozy despite the heavy stuff, so I can kinda see where they’re coming from.
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Omg this demo is amazing!!! So well written and I absolutely can’t wait for more.
The characters feel real, the customization of the mc is off the charts and love the format with the flashbacks and interview.
Stevie is a good bestie. The fan Lincoln is amusing. I’m totally smitten with Angel, will be choosing him as my LI. The Zima friendship is a compelling storyline so far.
Just wow. This is so good I can barely get it out what I’m thinking and feeling 
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Wow that is high praise! Thank you so much. This is the first time Lin’s been called amusing lol.
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A small briefing about how things are going! I’m alive and, as of today, fairly well. Due to IRL responsibilities, I haven’t had much time to write lately, and it will still be on the back burner for at least two more weeks. But I pick at the third chapter whenever I find the time despite all this, so it’s currently at 4.7k words. This is going to be a really really big chapter tho and I think we’ll be cracking 200k with it once it’s done. I still think I’m going to get it out before the end of this year. Once IRL stuff falls into place, I’ll have time to write a ton.
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It’s Halloween week, just go have fun somewhere. If you’ve ever looked into the “Which WIP Would You Bring Back From The Dead” thread, you know the majority of us are absolutely not going anywhere, right?
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Aww you’re sweet. But I don’t wanna lose y’all I mean I just found you 
I wanna hold gently
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We’re all waiting patiently to see what else you have in store for us. Sometimes updates come quick and sometimes we’ll need to wait for a bit longer. That’s fine, we’ll be here whenever you’re ready. Please don’t feel pressured to keep pouring out updates as quickly as possible. We don’t want you to burn yourself out. So take all the time you need. You already managed to produce a lot of content in very little time. That’s quite the accomplishment!
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Yes you have our full support take your time we understand. You are very important and special to us all and we understand when things come up or happen we have to wait. Your family to us we will always support, understand, and love you. Take your time we rock with faith:heart:
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Thanks, that means a lot. Writing is my everything, and it makes me so happy that some people are enjoying my work 
with everything that’s going on right now, I’m a little under the weather and I’m stressed due to work anyhow. So I really appreciate the kind words, @Nemorah I’m grateful for your comment also 
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I have no problem saying your one of the best at drawing me into the story so keep up the good work and make sure to take care of yourself first and for.ost. 
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i haven’t touched this account in a while, but i wanted to dust it off to comment on how attached and beautiful i find this game. but i first want to echo other commenters to emphasize that your life and your comfort come first – please do what you need to and don’t feel pressured to deliver! i really enjoy playing press play ofc, but all of that would be meaningless if you’re running yourself dry trying to write it. best of luck in your personal life!
so… the game. i love that it’s told through the lens of an interview and that the interviewer has a bit of a personality too. it makes it feel especially nostalgic and yet poignant when we hear abt the band’s meteoric rise and catastrophic downfall and when we blip to the past… it’s just a bunch of high school grads trying to make music. i think the atmosphere lends well to the coziness i saw some describing too! i feel taken back with the narrative, anticipating every event with a touch of dramatic irony.
of course, it’s thanks to a fluid and beautiful prose style that press play is so successful too. it makes reading through the events engaging and just draws you in; i myself am guilty of spending two hours at 3am hovered over my phone, drinking in the content. it just feels so tight, bouncing from event to event to present, each new bandmate shedding more light on an unravelling mystery.
my favorite RO at the moment is P, who i’m particularly interested in. in terms of psychological guesses, i’m leaning towards perhaps borderline, and the issue of their messy break up being that the main character was their FP. but personality disorders aren’t really diagnosed or developed until usually after adolescence… maybe bipolar? but it fits so perfectly with borderline that i sure hope i’m right! but i also love the territory that comes with having been so close in the past, now scrambling to recognize and to reconcile with someone whose hostility leaks out of every word. no, no, i think i can change him. i can fix her. also really like the messiness of the relationships too – by having stevie have a crush on the main character, each time i develop feelings for another person i get to see the delicious sign of unrequited love. sooo good. i, for one, am eager to get everyone in the radar.
there are so many more things i found amazing, beautiful, enrapturing, but i’ll spare most of the details. loved that you can be a mysterious, enigmatic, unnatural beauty everyone is taken by. loved the depiction of mental illness, but give me a few years and a phd before i can call it natural and realistic. i think my favorite scene, though, is when angel is describing partially the band’s downfall, and touches on stevie. i can’t stop thinking about that scene alone, where she’s holding been the torch for so long her nature for continuing in the band seems intrinsically different from the others… i’m so excited to find out why they all broke up and how it got worse. i’m not even kidding. i can’t sleep, can’t eat, i’m just sitting around wondering and wondering.
anyways, awesome game! awesome wip! supremely 10/10 enjoyed, will be replaying, will be telling my friends to play it, will be stalking the thread in give or take two months’ time to see what’s dropping. but take care of yourself first, okay? wishing you the best!
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@girlfromthecrypt im playing through another run and i noticed something its mentioned in game we are 15 when we go into the ward and while there we have a birthday…but when talking with our dad in the rich parents path he says were 15 and what he wouldnt do to be our age again… the thing is shouldnt we be 16 now?
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Remember how I said Press Play Chapter 3 would be out this year?
Yeah that’s not gonna happen. Real life is being manageable, but not particularly lenient right now, so I’m waiting for an actual minute of peace until I keep on writing. Realistically speaking, it simply won’t be possible this year, especially since there’s only one and a half months or so left.
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I absolutely adore this 
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Please take care of yourself first, we’ll wait for chapter 3 but don’t overwork yourself. when you have time write more, if you don’t have the time or the brain to write you don’t need to do it.
We all understand that.
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Decided to check this out and I want to say that I’m really stoked to see what else you have planned this story. While there is clearly some heavy topics and definitely more to come, it feels more upbeat and wholesome than I was anticipating. I’m also digging the dynamic that the band so far for the most part.
Stevie (My Beloved) is an absolute gem and i definitely get giddy and swoon everytime she calls me smooshcheeks. Plus I love that she’s pretty much the mom of the group but still a goofball. Angel while intense is definitely an absolute bro, a little too eager for the fame and fortune but that’s just me. Maddox is alright, i feel like he hasn’t really had a chance to shine yet so he’s just kinda there but it’s still early. Zima is probably who I’m most conflicted about. I really digged getting into their relationship with MC and how things turned out the way it did (plus absolute bombshell). Where it gets complicated for me is I’ve been on both sides of that relationship before so i can both understand MC cutting them off and Zima having that much animosity for them. I do hope for some reconciliation in the future but it’s gonna be tough.
Keep up the awesome work and don’t strain yourself.
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Thank you so much!! And there’s no need to be conflicted about Zima imo. A long time ago, I was also been on both sides of a similar situation (talk about life inspiring art haha) and I really wanted both parties’ viewpoints to be understandable. If anything, I’m glad that seems to be working out.
An additional piece of information (won’t call it an update) for everyone else reading this: Press Play 3 is now sitting at a little over 23k words. I’m expecting the finished chapter to be at least around 80k, so there’s still a long road ahead of us, and this monster will be a nightmare to code, but I wanted to keep you guys posted!
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I’m waiting!just slow down and take it eazy😊
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Love the updates so far. Stumbled upon this one in a reddit post and I am glad I did so. :]
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Merry Christmas/many Yuletide greetings to everyone who celebrates!
Oh this reminds me I need to add some sort of Christmas thingy to Chapter 3…
Oh hell oh fuck it’s so much I’m spiraling
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