Is the membrane underneath the shirt or above it?
Not shocked at the holding out hope poll, i myself wanna at the very least run into one of the survivors if only for the MC to get the closure that they managed to have a life
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I think itās like Venom. So outside over the clothes and body.
But I thought skin on membrane, membrane on skin.
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Not quite sure myself. Just how I imagined it
So, I just found this and finished the demo today, and I really like it and am excited for more. My MC was reserved and methodical, and he doesnāt really like to talk, which is why he usually doesnāt talk. He was best friends with Shauna, and even had a crush on her, which he was too scared to confess about. He did end up confessing though when she died. He never rally recovered from that, and Shauna still lives on his heart.
He was already quiet and reserved before, but the events that day and also the subsequent experiments definitely caused him to become worse and even more withdrawn. He is way too scared of Catalyst, and doesnāt even try to fight back against him. He just takes the beatings, hoping that it will end if he doesnāt show a reaction.
But, he does have a dark side to him, which is shown when he breaks Rangerās arm. He likes the feeling of control that he gets, and which he has been deprived of for so long. He likes Kay, which does cause him some guilt, as he feels like he is betraying Sauna. He does also have some conflicted feelings for Control, especially after their genuine conversation, and the fact of how Control comforted him when he cried.
Iām excited to see how this story progresses, I like how there is quite a lot of flavor text, and I feel like my MC feels alive here. I like the characters, and also the body horror too! I picked nodes as my power, and tbh the descriptions did kind of affect me, because I personally really hate vomiting lol.
I do wonder though if there are plans for us to be able to romance two people or would we have to commit to one? Because Iām honestly not sure whether Kay or Control would be right for my MC, and if there was an option to romance both, I wouldnāt have to make a decision lol. Anyways, I think thatās enough of my yapping. Sorry for yapping too much lol, I will be following this with interest. Keep up the good work!
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Thanks for the input RE: labels! It seems a little divisive so if included, Iād probably make it a toggle, which is mildly more inconvenient but eh.
The membrane kinda subsumes clothing, so technically itās both touching skin and covering clothes. Itās pretty gross and weird. I havenāt mentioned clothes specifically that I recall, but there are a few occasions where Dime literally just sticks objects into the membrane for safe-keeping, notably their earbud. I may make more mention of it, but thereās a reason they stripped to tanktop/undershirt to warm up for a mission.
Welcome to the forums! Iām flattered youād post here first, and Iām always delighted to hear about peopleās MCs and how youāve experienced the story so far!
This is remaining in a state of āIām not quite sureā. I need to get deeper into the romance paths to get a better grasp of how compatible various combinations would be. (especially because I donāt want the charactersā stories to be gated behind romancing them!)
The most likely multi-romance to happen is being able to pursue someone within the Altruists alongside one of the outsiders.
No need to apologise. Like I said, I love hearing how people have played through things!
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Thanks for the welcome!
Ahh okay, I see. I do have another question though, after I broke Rangerās arm, when I talked to Kay, it seems like she really doesnāt approve of that. So i do wonder, if we do more villanous/evil stuff later on, will that be a source of conflict in the relationship? I feel like that could be quite interesting to explore, especially since I predict my MC will not be a very good person by the end of this lol.
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Yes! Every character has their own individual moral compass, and that definitely has the potential to cause conflict both as friends and love interests.
Kay has in my opinion some quite interesting places she draws the line. In Rangerās case, she doesnāt care if he gets hurt during the fight, but she objects (per the conversation!) to specifically and deliberately maiming him when heās no longer able to fight back.
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Oh no. Iāve flirted hard on multiple people. I sure hope it doesnāt blow up in my face. But I would just give each of them a node to play with if theyāre that jealous. 
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Ewwww, thatās disgustinggggg, I kinda like itttt 
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Public Update - Ch6 (pt1)
Now available on Dashingdon!
Remember, old saves are likely to cause errors. (the Not a Number error thatās been posted a number of times recently).
Iām interested to know whatās the lowest Juice youāve wound up with by the end of this build. If Iām doing my math correctly, the lowest possible value should be 10.
And one more timeā¦ Iām very excited to share this chapter 
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D: That fog with Not-Prii? Terrifying! I loved it!
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The load/save system isnāt working for me. Loading a saved game takes me to the cast info, pressing show stats takes me to the correct place, but pressing return to game takes me to the cast info again. Pressing on cast info ā return to game takes me in an endless loop.
@izzily found this:
zone line 655: invalid @{} variable substitution at letter 12
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eheheheh
Not sure what the problem is there! Iāve tried it briefly myself and it was working fine. I know dashingdon freaks out if a save is made from any of the stats screens, but otherwise itās the exact same code Iāve used for saves from the start.
Appreciate that! Fixed!
Forgot you canāt nest multireplaces. 
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Loved the update! And you were right, I ended with juice at 10.
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Liquid Prii/doggo it is. 
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No, somethingās gone wrong there. Thatās the end of the previous demo. If you were on a new save, could you try playing with a fresh cache? Iāve reviewed the code and donāt see why that would happen.
Thanks! And most excellent. (took all the power/specialities options for infiltrating?)
Now to introduce their sibling, Solid Prii!
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