Scapegoated (WIP) - '70s Hollywood, Music '&' Murder [128K words]

Very polished and hefty for such an early demo. The inclusion of stats is also very nice. Definitely awaiting new updates.
EDIT: Is there a plan to include the save system?

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That cliffhanger though​:sob::sob: I usually have a hard time with genderlocked ifs for gender reasons (duh haha), but I completely understand why you made that decision and honestly, I think it was a good one. It will be interesting (and painful I’m sure) to explore more of the misogyny the MC has to endure :,) I have to say, even though people already have said it haha, this is sooo good already and your writing was very immersive! Also, I really love Vince, I hope we get to meet his mom​:pleading_face:

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Ohh and thank you for including androgynous clothing style<3 Ofc anyone can wear anything, but I like to think my MC is maybe a bit non-binary even though she doesn’t know it herself hehe :,D

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Loved this demo, amazing work! Drew me in right away. Very excited for further updates.

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Can we have a save function please? I got an error and lost all progress. :smiling_face_with_tear:

Thank you so much! I was struggling to add a save system for a long while and finally figured out how to do it! It should work now :slight_smile:

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Ahhhh!!! Thank you for your understanding! There a multiple identifiers that the main character is shaped around and I knew it would be disputable but I’m hoping going forward–if it doesn’t make sense in the prologue already–that it will fundamentally makes sense. I really appreciate this, thank you!! P.S. Vince’s mama will appear, yes, and I hope you love her <3

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Sorry about that! I have added one! I initially tried and didn’t know how when I was posting, but this led me to deep dive and I finally figured it out! Hopefully you can make back your progress, again really sorry!

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I love love loooove this, I love everything music and yours has such a great premise :grinning:
Who blabbed about MC having a steamy night with Vince? :melting_face: Or is there something else going on? :thinking:
We didn’t have Sex with more than one, right? :thinking:
I’m looking forward to know more about what happened while we were gone.

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Wait I have a question, if it’s not too spoiler-y; has Vince…perhaps…written any song(s) about the MC (too)?:eyes:

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Beyond belief spoiler-y, haha!! But it warms my heart that you’re curious at all :')

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I haven’t read it yet but I love the sound of it and can’t wait to get a moment alone to get reading.

I’m from Northern Ireland and grew up during the tail end of the Troubles so this has made me even more interested in this.

Good luck with your story, can’t wait to read it.

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This is great!!! The setting, the plot, the characters, I love it! I’m also really excited to see the treatment of the MC as a foreign woman in the 70s, the moment I saw she was the only female member of the Voyeurs, I knew things were going to go to shit. I really enjoyed what you have so far and I can’t wait to read more!

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Wow, this looks interesting so far, the characters are intriguing and I love the brooding bandmate so much.

There’s a bug when you meet Penn in the morning and I cannot proceed further

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Thank you for sending me this! I have made an edit to the script, so hopefully this should work now. If it doesn’t, I think I will just remove the included if-statement entirely because I’m perplexed as to why it isn’t working :frowning: Super frustrating!!

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Thank you so much for reaching out! I have a lot of notes down on the 1969 riots and IRA, and I know how much of a big part of Northern Ireland history that has been, so I wanted it to be included somehow. Optioning Belfast as one of the main character’s city origin options felt like the perfect way to do that. I’m glad you can find a piece of yourself in her <3

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Heya! First wanna say that I really loved this, the writing is so freaking good- cannot wait for more!

Second, I had an issue when trying to load a save where it took me back to the conversation with Vince at the beginning- Oh wait lmao, I just realized that it was probably because I was reading when you did the bugfix. Disregard that then lol

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Sadly, I don’t play Female MC’s, but I wish you lots of luck with your project. I like the idea and would definitely check out a game like this with a gender choice MC.

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INCREDIBLE demo I loved it so much- will DEFINITELY be keeping an eye on it

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You have absolutely no reason to be nervous sharing this story, it was AMAZING! :heart: I don’t understand those complaining about it being gender locked. If anything it wouldn’t have the same impact if it were gender choice. It leaves you feeling like a bit of a rarity being a woman in an otherwise all male band.

I adore all the characters, I’m going to REALLY struggle picking who to pursue but Vincent has my heart so far :face_holding_back_tears: Keep up the fantastic work author! I have a feeling this story is going to be among the greats!

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