Hello! I think first time posting here, but just wanted to say I am really happy to see this game being made. Creme de la Creme was one of the first choice of games I truly enjoyed a lot, and this one is no different. I love the style of writing and options you give in these games. I really love Dominique in this one and I think I will go with their route first once fully finished, I have a sweet spot for old flame being rekindled. So I hope to see more of them in the future! Thank you for all the hard work, truly enjoying it.
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I really enjoyed CdlC, and Royal Affairs seems like itāll be just as fun*.
HOWEVER, maybe itās just me, but thereās quite a few times that I have no idea whic stat is going to be tested in each choice (e.g., the kayak race after getting the flag). Again, maybe itās just me not being a native speaker, but Iād really appreciate a (perhaps toggleable, as some people might feel it intrudes in their immersion) mode that gave that info.
*Actually, it might be MORE fun. There certainly seems to have more ROs that Iād be interested in pursuing: right now, Asher, Trevelyan, and Beaumont are catching my eye. I might even give Javi a playthrough, if Iām feeling particularly masochistic.
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@SpineCricket Thank you so much, Iām really glad youāre enjoying it and that Dominique has caught your eye!
@JBento Thatās really awesome that youāre enjoying and there are ROs you like the look of! I think thereās a stubborn bug in the kayak section which may be contributing to the confusion, but I have also been considering a toggleable mode showing which stats are testedā¦ I will have a chat with Abby and see what she thinks.
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Speeeeaking of Beaumont romance, I think I found a bug. When I played cards with her after the club event, I got an option to start the romance, even though Iād already done that when talking to her in the stables (after the āyou got mailā scene).
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Aha thank you! (Just to check, was that after the Chair 3 kayaking?)
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Yeah. You can get an initial [start the romance] at the stables if you follow B after Javi, er, blunders at the you got mail scene, and a second event with that tag on the night after the kayaking event, even if you started it at the stables.
I didnāt test it, can you meet any of the peers after the club event, regardless of what club you pick, seeing as theyāre all there anyway? E.g., can you night visit Beaumont if youāre in the Drama club or organising the Winter Ball?
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Yes you can hang out with whoever you like - youāre not restricted to the person whoās in your club at that point. Thank you, thatās very helpful - Iāll check it!
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Iāve finished drafting Chapter 6, and Iām now at almost 148,000 words! Itās going really well - though this chapter ended up very complicatedā¦
Most excitingly for readers here, Iāve updated the demo with the rest of Chapter 3! In the rest of this chapter, you can go to the party of the season, the Archambault Winter Ball. What will you wear? Who will you go with? Will the Student Council manage to put something good together for the occasion? All this and more in this demo update! I hope you enjoy!
Total wordcount: 90,000 words
Playthrough length: 26,000 words
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How strange, someone else mentioned a similar bug with a Javi one on one conversation, but I havenāt been able to replicate any of them - my Randomtest passes fine. Though I donāt want to pass the buck, Iām wondering whether itās something to do with loading a previous save - did you load a save or was this a new playthrough?
So sorry this has happened and thank you for letting me know!
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Yup, I load a save 
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So I quickly go into the game to play omg was waiting for the update!! However, I tried to spend time with Asher it says line 91: Not a number : false 
@anon67111821 - I think, though Iām not totally sure, that it may be a save issue - Iāll wait to hear from anyone about whether they got those bugs on a new playthrough before saying for sure though.
@Vanbbyx Iām so sorry that happened and thank you for posting to let me know - was that from loading a save as well? I suspect your game was trying to refer to an out of date variable.
I also suspect that some of these problems are to do with the dashingdon issues that have been happening recently, as I just tried to upload a startup with more save slots and itās not updating. So - I would recommend holding off from trying the new demo until Iāve waited a bit and can get a clearer picture of whatās happening (and if you have cash spare, perhaps buy a kofi to support dashingdon!).
Edit: the upload seems to be working OK now, hooray! So there are now 6 save slots available. I would strongly recommend playing with a new save, as I suspect at least some of the bugs are due to savegames pulling out of date variables.
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Canāt waitā¦your next episode ehehhehe
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I think I found some bugs.
Thereās a name missing in the first option here. I took Trevalyan with me. Iāve picked [Start Romance] with Asher. (no option to start Trev romance at this point)
In the next screen, I STILL donāt know who Iāve flirted with:
In a bit of exciting news, I HAVE FOUND A POLY AND ITāS TWO OF MY FAVES:
Incredibly weird thing. If I pick Javi here:
Then when I reach the point where you pick a romantic partner for the ball, Javiās option doesnāt have a [Start romance] tag, even though none of the options I picked previously have it and the text durign the night visit makes it sound like she responded positively to everything I said. If I visit literally anyone else at night, then taking Javi romantically to the ball has a [Start romance] tag. So, either Iām royally (haha) screwing up when visiting Javi and disabling the romance and the game isnāt effectively communicating that, thereās [start romance] tag missing in one of the options when visiting Javi, orā¦ I dunno?
Also, I think I figured out why Iām enjoying RA more than CdlC. Romancing the Driven isnāt held up until the last 5 minutes of the game! Also, the Driven is NOT the Jerk; Beaumont is formal but theyāre not out to make you miserable, thatās the Royal this time around; say āhiā, Javi. I hope we can find out later WHY Javi hates our guts. Blaise had a understandable reason to have it out for us, but if Javi has one explained in the content so far, itās in one of my paths not taken.
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I think this is a bug; I only asked Beaumont to walk in to the ball with me as a friend, and didnāt do anything romantic before that, yet Iāve apparently made it clear I have feelings for her.
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Amazing, thank you all so so much for finding those bugs and letting me know!
Iāve updated the teaser on Dashingdon with the following fixes:
-your wine/juice-tasting partner should now have a name! (youād hope so, wouldnāt you?)
-clarity about whether youāre starting a romance with Javi or not (tbh I feel like if any character was going to be ambiguous about it, it would be themā¦)
-Beaumont no longer auto-romances you if you invite them to the ball as a friend (now that IS out of character for them) (it turned out this also happened incorrectly with Dominique, which I fixed as well)
-Vere no longer claims that kayaking with Beaumont results in a joint Archambault-Gallatin victory
-Various typo related corrections, mostly cosmetic
@JBento Iām glad you found the polyamorous option amidst all the chaos!!!
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@JBento ā
You need to advance beyond the first page and it will work (at least it did for me)
Edit: Also after a restart, the save system worked on the first page for me as wellā¦ maybe there was a hosting hiccup?
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Saves should be operational again now, fingers crossed 
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