I believe it was there before?
I maybe wrong, but i recall saving my games the last time i played.
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I believe the save functionality was implemented a bit over a month after launch in Q3 of 2018. My understanding is that they had to wait to see if a sequel was viable before committing themselves.
Sadly, players won’t be able to continue from that one (and only) ending, because the player opts (multiple times) to stay secluded in peace and not join the other wolves at any opportunity. I decided that there was no way to continue that ending without completely undermining player choice, because it would force the player to suddenly and immediately join a military assault they had already directly declined on every level.
I did have a vignette written when that save is loaded about living peaceful days and one day seeing on a news broadcast at the local store that a group of werewolves had been killed when infiltrating a military prison (you weren’t there) but the editors seemed to feel that it would seem more like an insult to the player than simply not continuing that ending.
I know that may be be disappointing, but statistics suggest that only around 1% got that ending total, and even then it was after getting more than one other ending. I simply couldn’t shoe-horn in something short of incredibly extreme railroading to make it work. So essentially, just consider that character to be happy living their secluded life, because that’s where my head-cannon is at the moment.
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I do not know if it is possible but writing a vignette about living their peaceful days in a happy secluded life would be a great way to acknowledge the 1% or whatever that chose this ending (it also might be a replayed alternative ending).
I know the editors are afraid of repeating the controversy of the villain school, and so I get why they would nix the part about seeing the failed infiltration attempt … that would lead to seemingly favoring one outcome over the other.
However, the vignette without the “guilt” trip would be welcomed (I believe) by everyone as a way to acknowledge the validity of their choices; especially if you preface this in your forward to the second game.
ymmv.
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I DEVOURED this book. Or game. It feels like a game and I love that. I don’t even like reading and I still loved this. I’m more into story driven video games, movies and tv but this story was too good to pass up! And honestly it would make a really good video game! A choice driven video game like Detroit: Become Human. I would buy that in a second so maybe look into that if you’d like to expand your audience to video game players! The characters, the narrative, the plot, the choices are all fantastic. I played the first few chapters, got hooked on the awesomeness and bought the whole thing and went through it all in one 13 hour reading frenzy it was so good. I can’t wait to replay it and make different choices and I can’t WAIT for the sequel.
Not since the Underworld movie series have I seen werewolves/lycans written with such complex characters and compelling stories! None of that cheap tropey horror monster stuff I always see when werewolves are usually portrayed. What a breath of fresh air this wonderful story you’ve shared with me has been!
Anyway I just got this game and I love it so much. I can’t wait for part two. I’ve had a lot of fun replaying it for different outcomes and collecting all the achievements. There’s a few achievements that have eluded me though so I’d like some help on how to get them. They are:
Not Today
Peacenik
Active Activists
Life Saver
Mansion Meeting or whatever the secret ending with Anna’s dad is
I’d really appreciate the help. Thanks 
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Hey Andre, thank you so much for the high praise and your review on the Play store! I’ll try to get you the specifics about those achievements in the next day or so if no one else gets to it first.
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Oh yeah I was gonna mention that I gave the app a glowing review on the play store cause I really do wish you the best and I’d like to do what I can to help in the success of your werewolf related endeavors. Even if it’s something small like a review on the play store.
Especially since complex, compelling werewolf characters aren’t written about often for some reason. Not in movies, tv shows or video games. I really do think there’s an opportunity for a great writer like yourself to bring your worlds to life with an awesome choice driven video game akin to Detroit: Become Human. You could really corner the market. People haven’t been able to play as a werewolf in a video game since Skyrim and that was like a decade ago. And even in Skyrim being a werewolf was an extremely minor part of the game. I think there’s a werewolf video game coming out on PC and consoles called Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood and I’ve seen people who want to buy it just cause it’s a cool werewolf game. Between that and the Beastars anime that Netflix just released, there’s definitely a desire for wolfy stuff right now. I can tell you right now the world and characters you’ve created in Haven Rising are better than either of those worlds and I’m sure your second book will only prove that further. And I’d be a thousand times more excited for your stuff to be made into a video game/tv show/movie. Maybe when the trilogy is done? 
Anyway I read the other 464 posts on this page cause I realized you’ve probably answered these achievement questions before😅 and I was able to use previous posts to unlock all but one achievement:
Peacenik
It’s a little funny after all my playthroughs and online research this random achievement is the last one I’m not able to figure out. I figured it would have been Silver Tongue or Out of the Frying Pan or something cause those seemed to be much harder for people to get. So yeah whenever you have a moment to spare away from creating your next masterpiece😁 As I’m not sure if many other people will see this post since most of the activity seems to have been 1 or 2 years ago now.
Sorry for the wall of text. I’m just so happy I found a story that so perfectly fits my preferences for a werewolf story with actual characters and world building and not just the mindless monsters and paper thin plots I’m accustomed to seeing with werewolves. I feel like this was made for me😆
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I think the Peacenik achievement is for ending the protest peacefully in chapter 4. Either by having:
-Diplomacy 45 and choosing :“Try to negotiate an end to the protest in exchange for Ahote’s life.”
OR
-Academics 40 and choosing: “He can’t do this, and I can prove it! If I could just remember the exact statute from the Haven Peace Accords governing the freedom of peaceful assembly…” followed by: “Then allow us to disperse in peace without harming Ahote.”
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Yeah you were right on the money there bro. Thanks for your help. With that last achievement collected I now have all of them. My perfectionist appetite sated at last :]
Now all that’s left is to get my saves ready for the next book release. Steam says book 2 is coming out in June or july of this year. Is that still accurate? And any word on how many saves I can collect? I wanna have a save to import into the new game for every ending but not sure if I can only have 2 or 3 saves total or what.
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Steam says July 9th. I’m still shooting for that date, though it’s possible that with the craziness going on in the world it might get pushed back a week or two. My writing has been slowed a bit because I work at a post office sorting facility and with everyone at home ordering things online we’re completely overwhelmed and working weekend shifts. It’s been messing with my writing time something wicked on top of the general anxiety going on right now. I’m doing my best, I promise!
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Hey man you look out for yourself out there. I admire you for working during all this craziness. Especially since I’ve worked for the post office as a mail handler so I know how exhausting those 14 hour work days can be. I’ve been home waiting for all this to blow over. I’m impressed despite all the circumstances your writing is only being pushed back a few weeks. Prioritize your own safety and happiness my dude. I have no issue waiting for you to release the book when you’re ready 
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I am so late to the party! But I had to come on here and say just how much I enjoyed this story!! It’s been so long since I’ve been so invested in a CoG story. Even when i wasn’t playing, my mind was in the world of New Haven. The writing is superb and the pacing is perfect.
I welcome the introspection too, seeing just how much my character could be pushed before resorting to violence. Although I constantly felt like I was making the wrong choices, I’m satisfied with the ending it got me (pacifist achievement!). Definitely going to try playthroughs with different stategies - so curious to just go fully feral!
Thank you so much for sharing this I truly can’t wait to see what comes next!
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Soooo…
I’ve got a question
See, I got the DC ending and the only one who died is jolon (which I’m planning to replay and save him this time)
I always go for pacifism and even got the pacifist achievement so I was thrown into the cell with William
Considering that Dena is alive and William mentioned that we’ll be taking tiva with us
Where did the other werewolves go?
Are they being kept imprisoned in there like Dena and haken or did they escape??
Can someone please help, I really appreciate it if you do.
Oh and also can you check saved progress from the android app?
So I am replaying the game in preparation for part two and I was wondering if the bet we made with Tiva ever comes into play when we beat I the rope climbing race in the first part do the game the code says that there is a stat check for her owing us a favor but I don’t think it ver comes into play?
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The favor check is used before you go to work. If its true the MC goes to laundry, if false You go to the machine shop and meet Haken.
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@Saprook Thanks
Does anyone know how to get the military to betray Williams and what stats you need to accomplish this
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I think you need to build up a high respect with the military for that to happen
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How old is Jolon & Bly and the MC?
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I was playing through chapter 4 a few minutes ago and I stumbled upon a scene with Bly that I have never seen before.
I decided to take a peek at the code and for some reason if your MC is not into Dena that scene gets skipped.
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@Rotten_Wraith – the forum community is not equiped to report these types of bugs to the game’s editor and author (who may or may not check the thread).
As a result, this is an issue that is beyond the scope of what the forum can help with. In this case, you should contact Choice of Games directly by sending an email to support@choiceofgames.com.
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Is it possible to make a Combat oriented werewolf, use Rage to kill Williams but then control the beast long enough to save Jolon?
I’m aware that you can’t use Rage too much beforehand or your wolf side will take control and kill Williams but the game never tells you if you are using Rage outside of the confrontation with Williams and Rost.
I’ve tried every variation I can think of but my MC always loses control. The only thing I haven’t tried yet is to avoid every physical confrontation but what would be the point of having a Combat focused werewolf then?