Oh, a lot of it. And some infernal intrigues as well 
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Hello Patrons!
Just dropping to let you know that the upcoming TBOTA update will be delayed until next week due to some hiccups 
BUT the good news is that this upcoming update will include tons of variables and optionsāand also milkshakes!
Remember that you will have to start a fresh save for that chapter, so now you have more time to do so!
Update soon 
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Hi everyone! Sorry for disappearing, had a long flu. Update will drop this week!
In the meantime, take a look at the summary post. The character dossiers have been updated with unique artwork, and each character now has a dedicated page on Tumblr! 
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Patrons of TBOTA, the update is now officially live!!!
A new night shift has begun at your barāone that will change everything.
- Meet Cassy - A young demigod has taken refuge in your bar, bringing big revelations. Drink milkshakes with her and uncover secrets!
- Peisinoe is in a bind, and the stage calls for an unexpected heroāwill it be you? Perform live on stage (or simply ask the Raven to read poetry) and save the day!
- Helped a certain celestial couple solve their marital quarrel? Meet them at the bar and discover more about them!
- Navigate through a night of challenges: impress a nightlife journalist, diffuse a potential brawl, and maybe play Cupid for Shelly.
- Start your romance paths with Hastur and Peisinoe.
- And FINALLY: Face the Raven, get your answers - but beware, you might not like what he has to say.
UGH, Iām beyond thrilled to release this update and canāt wait to hear what you think!
Remember: Your feedback on the update is invaluable to me. Everything is valid, from your love to your critique. I can handle both!
(LINK TO WIP)
HAVE FUN IN THE ABYSS!
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Yay another update!! When can we start romancing he without name?
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Thank you 
Chapter 5 actually, so pretty soon!
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I remember only briefly trying this once back in the day, didnāt get too far. Decided Iāll give it another whirl, although Iām always a little iffy on stories that make me type a name instead of pick one (Iām lazy and have a limited list of names I run through!).
Was certainly worth it though. Not a lot of stories around here can let you do as many hook-ups without being locked out or bopped over the head or such! Was fun getting to play that and learn more about Death, Lilith and Morgana.
And that ending for the moment! In hindsight, something I shouldāve suspected, but such is the way of the mind sometimes. Curious to see where this will goā¦
Thereās some occasional little bugs here and there, mainly I note whenever it brings up āMiss.ā itās always as spelt there - so I end up with things like Miss. Reina. Which does certainly change the flow of the wording. Still, a minor thing. Also at the end I could see the option for something I didnāt unlock, which has now made me curious as to how to get itā¦
Itās a good thing thereās saves, so I can go back and explore it some more. I can see why in the framing we only get a few, but after the rest of the story lets me explore every dialogue option, got a little taken off guard. But thatās just a nitpick.
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Thanks for the feedback on the names. Iāll add more options, so we donāt miss any wonderful readers haha!
Regarding romantic interests, in the afterlife āuntil death do us partā is not applicable anymore lol.
Iām curious what the responses will be about Death, they are the most popular LI after all lol.
And thank you for the big report! Will be fixed. Also I wonāt mind increasing the save slots, all up for lettings readers try different answers
Thank you for reading!
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Iāve given this game another playthrough, and Iām really impressed with the new update. Great job!
During my playthrough, I noticed a few stylistic things and minor grammar/pronoun errors. For example, in Chapter 1, there are a few occasions where one continuous dialogue is separated into multiple paragraphs.
An example
āOh, really? That was easy! I meanā¦ Iām glad to hear,ā Death answer, her voice a soft rumble.
"Althoughā¦ managing the bar will be no small feat.
It would be beneficial to know if you have anyā¦ mortal skills that might aid you in this endeavor. Every bit of expertise counts in this peculiar business."
Could be:
āOh, really? That was easy! I meanā¦ Iām glad to hear,ā Death answer, her voice a soft rumble. āAlthoughā¦ managing the bar will be no small feat. It would be beneficial to know if you have anyā¦ mortal skills that might aid you in this endeavor. Every bit of expertise counts in this peculiar business.ā
Although the prologue and Chapter 2 onward are much more polished, I think fixing these issues in the first chapter would enhance the experience for new players. Let me know if youād like me to list the instances I found.
Now, onto the story itself:
Iām not the best at writing reviews, but Iāll give it a shot! 
Usually, a great/unique premise is what gets me interested in reading a game, and yours definitely has that. Throughout the game, I felt engaged, and the characters are exceptionally well-developed. Ravenās interactions and occasional quips made me chuckle a few times. God, I love that creature (He without a name was funny, too, in its own way)! The ROs are great, tooāI decided to beeline Deathās route after the first convo with her(/them). I also really appreciate the customization options in the game, like the theme/look of the bar. Giving us these options (no matter how small) adds much more to the overall experience than it would first seem.
The writing is great and immersive. You draw clear pictures with your words. I would say the pacing is just right, and thereās just enough description to keep me interested without becoming tedious to read.
Overall, I feel like your game has a lot of potential. It drew me in with its premise and kept me turning the pages from the first chapter.
Iām looking forward to the next update. Keep up the fantastic work!
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Thank you for reading!
After finishing Chapter 4 Iām going to go back and rewrite a lot of stuff, a lot of my notes are in chapter one as well.
You are really good with reviews Your feedback and bug reports are super helpful!
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Yesss
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Wowā¦I am really REALLY loving this game so far! I love the way youāve created/described the Worldā¦you are very good at descriptions. The premise is unique and interestingā¦I cannot WAIT to see more/where the story goes. I Death, but am also looking forward to multiple playthroughs to see what the other ROās have to offer, as well! They are all so distinct already (instead of just following the regular tropes) and I really admire that. It makes it such a fun and exciting read!
So far,.my favorite (and least favorite) parts are both within the interview process. On one hand I LOOOOOVE this device to introduce and immediately get to know the main cast. That was a brilliant idea, and you did a wonderful job. The only con I can think of is that I am a reader that gets frustrated over fake choices, and there are pretty big āchoicesā during the interview that arenāt actual choices. I donāt think this will bother everyone, so I donāt know that youād have to goes as far as to change it or anything (and I will admit, the interviews were still my fav part even with the frustration) just my 2 cents. And literally the only thing that bothered me, thus far.
I think you are very talented, and I will follow your work from now on. Congrats on being awesome and creative. Love it!
Edit: I also wanted to commend you on giving the option to ānot remember how you diedāā¦as someone who self inserts, choosing my death wouldāve been kind of awful, and Iām not very superstitious or anything, but Iām not trying to jinx myself. ;p So thank you for thinking of that option!
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Thank you for the wonderful feedback!
I agree with you about the staff interviews, and I have already planned to rewrite that section.
And lol about the causes of death, and I get it completely. Iām also a fan of the self-canon options and planning on most choices in the game to allow that.
Again, thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts, hope to see you again
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I kind of understand this, but having the ability to have a gymrat character that starves to death (my last/current playthrough) gives some of us the ability to play an aspect of ourselves that a lot of society likes to pretend doesnāt exist.
And considering thisā¦if you keep some of that process, Iād like some personality building options thrown in there for PC. Like not asking about the deaths because āwouldnāt that be rude?ā or asking about it instead because āweāre all dead, it canāt be that brash.ā
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I kind of understand this, but having the ability to have a gymrat character that starves to death (my last/current playthrough) gives some of us the ability to play an aspect of ourselves that a lot of society likes to pretend doesnāt exist.
Damn, thatās such an interesting combo for an MC canon. After implementing the causes of death into the gameplay, I think Iāll add options for unique combinations with the primary skill. Thanks for inspiring me, lol!
Overall, I think the āI donāt rememberā option covers all the ground that the regular options donāt (for example, different periods)
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And considering thisā¦if you keep some of that process, Iād like some personality building options thrown in there for PC. Like not asking about the deaths because āwouldnāt that be rude?ā or asking about it instead because āweāre all dead, it canāt be that brash.ā
Oh, thatās a good suggestion for the interviews. Thanks!
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Summary
Itās a build similar to āexercise bulimiaā and like most other forms of bulimia you get a lot of complements for ālooking wellā and ādoing better than the rest of usā while youāre slowly killing yourself.
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Thatās such a fascinating backstory for your MC. I think they share a lot of traits with Peisinoe, kindred spirits of sorts.
How did they react to realizing they no longer needed to eat?
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Itās not about a need to eat. When it was my problem it was about not being fat but not being āsick.ā It was about being āgoodā and being normal, and having control over something that until then had been seen as a problem (I was a fat, unathletic kid.) It was even more than a little bit about being praised and being the one who was doing alright. I didnāt get as bad as some of the girls in my circle did, but a lot of why they got into it wasnāt to be normal, it was to either be as little as possible (I was looking for size 8, they were looking for size 00) or āsavingā calories so they could go out all weekend (it was college) and still hit their calorie or weight loss goals. Some of them wouldnāt eat for a day, and the next day would eat like normal and then exercise for five or more hoursĀ° and then not eat the next day, repeat that pattern one day on one day off, so they could drink and go out and brunch all weekend. Then Monday itād be back to the same. Donāt eat, work out, donāt eat, work out. It can get really bad. (Just as an aside, we all saw the anorexics among us as kind of freakish. Nobody that obsessed with *balancing what went in with what came out and working out frantically to recover from any discrepancy got any pity or support from us, something I wish we had seen differently, or in a more compassionate light. Similarly, the ārealā bulimics kind of freaked us out too. There was an incident where one of them accidentally swallowed the plastic chopstick she used to make herself vomit and when they went into her room to clean it out (she was okay, but her parents pulled her out of school and hopefully sent her to treatment) they found containers full of vomit. Because thatās what classic bulimics often do, they cache their vomit and look for distributed sites to throw it out so that people donāt catch on. And it actually seems to work, as long as there are no other incidents, like the chopstick. As bad as bulimia is, anorexia is so much more devastating. But the oldest of us was twenty, and we were all still pretty callous.)
Anyway, since I based that combo off of likeā¦three or four of us, sheās eating every chance she gets. Because she doesnāt have to watch her weight now, sheās dead. She probably figures she canāt gain but even if she does, whatās it gonna do? Make her want to kill herself? Sheās already dead.
Ā°I donāt think any of us were surprised to be flunking most of our classes.
*That is literal. There was a stolen scale from one of the chemistry labs hidden in the wall of one of the stalls of our dorm bathroom so they could weigh their poo.
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I can really relate as someone who also lost tons of weight and had similar struggles. Itās such a prominent thing in the gay community as well!
Your MCās background is really remarkable but also tragic, I feel like the afterlife gave them a lot of freedom but also took a lot of contro. Wonder how they will cope!
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