I’m torn because on the one hand, two cannibalistic skyscrapers finding love while in potato-form is excellent but on the other,
7 year old, 3.5 ft eldritch monster with a vendetta
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I found a minor error - fourth line, it should say Roach’s.
Otherwise, I loved it! You really do have a lot of variety to character interactions based on past familiarity with said characters. I enjoy the less stat-focused aspect of it and am thoroughly intrigued by the plot as well as individual characters. Looking forward to more!
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make out with Roach while everyone bickers over Johnny butthurt and Fiama the siamois*
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why would you bring a minion into this sacred space 
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thats not a minion…thats just roach face when she smooche 
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I just wanted to hop by to say that this game is so cute! Everything anyone’s ever wanted eldrich horror dating sim! How wonderful, I love how you can choose how ur mc reacts to crushes, super cute!
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Found this on Dashingdon and was blown away! Can’t wait for more!
I can’t wait to see Sister’s reaction to Eldritch form at some point! (Hopefully)
The one thing I would add is; more interactions with mother. Don’t recall speaking to her much, if at all, and would enjoy seeing her more. I know she’s sick atm, but one the options for our free time should be visiting her. Just my opinion.
Great game that I’ll definitely be following.
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Wow. I have been lurking in this forum for a long long time (since the choices of vampire era) and this must be one of the best WIP I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Love the fact that it’s character driven, love the relationship with npcs and the dialogues. Also I have a huge huge crush on Roach. Lets say that my MC fell for him, hook, line and sinker. I hope you are continuing this WIP, I hope it gets as long as A Song of Ice and Fire 
Really looking forward to the finished game 
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Good thing my dumb ass finally found that set-game-as-updated-today button. The Passenger spent like three months on page 500 of dashingdon.
I’d recommend choosing to live in the family home instead of living alone; you get some text about “bonding” with her—mostly eating her delicious food; Mom is a great cook—but as I said a bunch of posts ago, Livvy is the face of MC’s family ties. More scenes with Mom would mean having two characters playing basically the same role—Livvy is a lot like Maria; both of them are overprotective, too much into what MC’s does or doesn’t do. Maria tends to freak out a lot more about it, though. They have long phone calls in which MC is brought up a lot, and Livvy is always the one cutting them short.
Thanks for the nice words 
That’s such a great compliment, I’m smiling like a fool 
(welcome to the forums)
The Passenger will be a stand-alone book, since the endings are quite different (I’ve come out with 4) and writing a continuation would mean writing 4 different books. But I’m trying to tie all the loose ends so each end feels satisfying in its own right.
On other news, CH4 is coming slow but nicely. I’m a little worried about the size; something tells me it’s going to be big. Heh. Which will be fun for you, but a pain in the ass for me… I’ll shut up now.
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But it’s all stored in your head! The actions…the SMOOCHIES! The DELICIOUS SMOOCHIES!!! so its a pain in the ass for us , and you get to play God with our heart string !
See it that way , maybe it make it easier in the futur , as you slave-ahem-…I mean…work your Godly magick and stuff ! 
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Hey everyone. I need my players’ input about a piece of dialogue. What you’re about to read is flavor text you get only if you chose to slap Roach in the cave.
here
You stare at ${r_them} for another moment before speaking, “[SPOILER].”
Roach grins, taking a careful step back, “Has anyone ever told you that you have the allure of a sharp knife at three in the morning?”
You don’t know what to answer to that, so you say nothing.
My question is does anyone feel uncomfortable with that image? Even though I’ve tried to keep it as subtle as I could, what Roach says is suicidal. I could change it to “The allure of the call of the void,” but it doesn’t quite pack the same punch; too long, too many ofs, sounds awkward when spoken aloud.
(Also, is the wording alright?)
So, what do you think?
- Change it.
- Don’t change it.
- Just slap a warning in there.
- Other (comment)
0 voters
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I say don’t change it. It’s part of Roach’s character and they’ve been shown to be a little twisted before that point. If you feel it’s necessary you can add a content warning of “references to self harm” at the start of the game.
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I think I’m too donkey to catch up why that is suicidal… Anyway, whatever Roach is selling, I will buy all of them…
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I don’t usually post on the CoG forums but I just had to say that I love this WIP!! I haven’t been this obsessed with a CoG in a loooong time. Please please keep up the good work and be proud of yourself!! 
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Oooh I love this! At the end of my 1st playthrough, I checked my stats and noticed that even though Roach and I were lovahz…he only had 2% respect for me. I played through again trying to woo Johnny (because the Roach respect thing pissed me off and i wanted to see if not having sex w him upped his respect for me) and I ended w 0% respect. Even after saving him in the cave…I love his character - I am sad that it seems like he will eventually douche out…but also think it’ll likely make for a great plot point. Anyway, congrats - this is great!
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If you what you want is Roach to “respect” you they seem to respond well to “forcefull” actions.
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Thank you!
Actually, you can have 5%, if you pick up “Yes, that it” option instead of sex.
Another 6% for slap-in-the-cave scene. (I did it for science! :<)
However, respect is not what it seems, so…
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Roach is lower on the food chain than your character.
Roach knows they are lower on the food chain than your character, and your character knows they are higher on the food chain than Roach.
Roach’s respect goes up when you treat Roach accordingly.
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5/27/19: Update! CH4 is here.
Important News: next chapter will be the last public update. Once CH5 is out, I’m finishing the rest, taking a month off, and then coming back with fresh eyes to edit it as best as I can. Still not sure how I’ll go about the beta stage (open? closed? a quantum superposition between open and closed?)
For now show CH4 your love 
This one’s got lots of RO-centric scenes, that’s why it got so long (37.864 words!) Time to meet the last RO, and if you’re looking to romance Fiama or Jonny, this chapter locks you into their respective paths.
I recommend saving before starting CH4 since there’s at least one branch where the chapter can finish before you get to talk to everyone—not Game Over, but if you go that route the chapter ends soon.
As always, grammar, coding errors, weird flow, missing text, let me know. Your input, ideas, and questions are always welcome, even if most of them won’t appear until the beta
TW: references to self-harm.
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