Psy High 2: High Summer -- BETA TESTERS NEEDED

New draft up!

Changelog includes:

  • finally (I hope!) fixed the continuity of whether or not you’re face-to-face with your hometown SO when you’re breaking up with them.
  • fixed several Pearl/Peter romance bugs: one where you’d randomly get sent into a scene asking Pearl/Peter out, and one where the game would forget that you’d decided to break up with Pearl/Peter. Apparently the game really likes them!
  • You can really really truly no longer be single and dating someone at the same time, and it will never say that you are dating “name” :slight_smile:
  • Recalibrated a TON of tests and stat adjustments in Ch 1-5, which will (I hope!) make some of the endings easier to access. In particular, I added more early boosts to Magic, and reworked Ch 4 and 6 so there’s a greater chance of Haley helping you find the information about Marcus’s family
  • Made Samira’s personality more consistent in Ch 9
  • If you destroy the Timeless Circle and don’t go out there to see what happened, then James tells you about it in the epilogue.
  • Added our newly-delivered chapter headers! Aren’t they pretty?

Please try to date Liam/Lianna and check that continuity? Randomtest isn’t hitting that relationship very often, so it would help to get some human eyes on those scenes to determine the relative difficulty of each stage.

Thank you to all who have tested so far! Your feedback has been really really helpful. I’m going to be offline for most of this weekend, but will return next week to work on all your new changes, and to keep incorporating those larger story notes that you’ve sent in.

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New draft is up!

Changelog:

Ch 1

  • added more background on Alison/Andrew, especially for non-continuing people
  • fixed the bug where the scholarships from Part 1 didn’t carry over to Part 2

Ch 6

  • made it easier for Pearl/Peter to believe you about the Timeless Circle
  • fixed a bug that defaulted you into asking Pearl/Peter out. (This is the second one of those bugs I’ve found! This game really likes Pearl/Peter :slight_smile: )

Ch 8

  • made it easier to impress Justine’s parents
  • if Felicity was the one who explained to you how the TC works then it doesn’t say that Josephine did.
  • made it easier to convince your hometown SO or friend to help you with the Timeless Circle, although it’s still easier to convince each one to help with some goals than others. (For instance, it’s easier to convince Carl/a to destroy or change than to help.)

Global edits

  • lowered the threshold for Liam/Lianna saying yes when you ask them out, and added more opportunities to get together
  • added more opportunities to earn camper-approval throughout
  • made it easier to get the upper and lower ends of the Timeless/Timebound effects

With all of those recalibrations done, it should be easier to reach the various endings!

Story edits still in progress. Thanks to all of you eagle-eyed readers! I’m very grateful for all of your feedback.

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I’ve sent out another ten or so beta invites. There are at least another 20 pending.

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New draft is up!

Changelog includes:

  • Relationship status added to stats screen
  • Fixed the savegame errors where everyone was in Drama Club and nobody was Prom King/Queen (This involved some changes to Psy High 1 as well, so it may take a little longer to propagate, but never fear - it’s being fixed!)
  • More Tom lurking
  • Fixed continuity of Liam/Lianna scenes in Ch 6
  • Filled in a lot of blanks in the Colorwars sequence in Ch 9. (uh, sorry to anyone who hit a scene that consisted entirely of “you lose” :slight_smile: )
  • Filled out some of the endings - in particular, more details on what happens if you take over as leader of the Timeless Circle, and clarified what happens to Liam/Lianna if you destroy the Timeless Circle but save the people in it

Thank you to all who have tested so far! More story edits coming soon!

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New draft is up!

Changelog:

  • SO MUCH RECALIBRATION. It should now be much easier to reach all the endings, especially putting Felicity in charge, and it should now be actually possible for you to become the leader of the Timeless Circle. Props to the beta tester who already succeeded at shooting the moon and destroying the Timeless Circle but saving all of the people - it should now be easier to do that too.
  • Added achievements! Try to get the earworm :slight_smile:
  • Added more relationship stats to the stat screen
  • Added more opportunities to affect the Pearl/Peter relationship score (and made sure that if you have already asked Pearl/Peter out you can’t do it again!)
  • more Liam/Lianna continuity fixes, and more opportunities to affect the Liam/Lianna relationship
    —also, Liam/Lianna’s eyes no longer change color :stuck_out_tongue:
  • kept track of when you meet Marcus, and added more opportunities to learn info about him
  • made sure that you always get all the info about the Timeless Circle in Ch 5, which also fixes continuity bugs in Ch 8 and 9 where the person who told you that info was sometimes displayed as either the wrong person or as “blank”
  • fixed continuity of what Felicity knows and when, and accounted for the possibility that you can double-cross her in trying to become leader of the Timeless Circle yourself
  • for people continuing from Part 1: more time with friends back in Kingsport, and more communication with hometown SO and/or friends

Thanks again to everyone for your insightful comments and sharp eyes! Story edits continue, and more will be coming soon, including many more callbacks to Part 1 for continuing players.

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Psy High 2 is off to copyedit!!

Which means that beta is officially closed. Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who participated in the beta! Your insightful and meticulous notes helped make the game a lot better, and the enthusiastic comments from people who liked the game helped this frazzled author get through the final crunch.

For what it’s worth, here’s the final changelog:

More consequences!

  • If you don’t reply to the person who sent you the care package, they call you on it the next time you see them.
  • If you promise to give Josephine the Cedarcrest Cup and then break your promise, she calls you on it the next time she sees you.

More untangling the continuity of Ch 5-7, including
—what Felicity knows about your goals and when
—what you know about Felicity’s goals and when
—ensuring that you always always always meet Josephine by the end of Ch 7

Changed Clara’s name to Gabriella, because having both Clara and Carla could be confusing.

More callbacks to Part 1, especially in the first chapter, and throughout the game if you gave powers to lots of people or gave yourself enormous power

Longer conversations with hometown SO in Ch 8

If you’re cheating on your hometown SO, they have a chance to figure that out.


That’s it! Thank you, and stay tuned for a release date!

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Congratulations! I’m so looking forward to the release! Better polish up my save file on Psy High 1 real quick.

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