the way everyone is in love with Lucy (as we should), i love this game sm
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Barb
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I genuinely live this game. I’m so excited to see it finished.
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fidere
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Months later, I present you nothing, but a small update about how things stand.
Now, that my side project is public, I’m going to tackle rewriting Mina’s first Act properly again. I’ve found several, quite fun solutions for the problems I had with it. Now, all I need to do is write it all. Not gonna lie, the past months I was stuck in a horrible writing block with Mina and I am so, so happy that Buried Lies got me out of there.
Before the years ends, I want to get the prologue for Mina done (yeah! a prologue. shocking I know), maybe start working on the first chapter. We’ll see. Oh, and it has been decided that in the next Mina update, you will be able to choose not only Dracula’s gender but also van Helsing’s.
Thank you so much for being so patient with me! I hope all of you have a few happy days during the holidays. I’ll try to report back to you before the new year.
Until then, I hope all of you stay healthy! 
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I love Lucy so much!!! I was originally thinking of going for Dracula but Lucy is a much better match and Dracula is low-key creepy (I mean, it’s kinda impossible for a vampire not to be).
I also caught I typo I think.
“This doctor better helps. I don’t think Mrs. Westenra would tolerate him for long otherwise.”
It should be ‘better help.’ I’m pretty sure.
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fidere
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As promised another writing update just before the year ends! So far, Mina’s prologue is done. It’s not big, it wasn’t supposed to be, but I think it sets up the story well, gives a nice small glimpse into Mina and Jonathan’s relationship and replaces the flashback from the first chapter well. I also started with the revision of Chapter 1 but didn’t get far yet. Oh, and I included the code to determine van Helsing’s gender.
Here’s a small snippet from the prologue:
You bite the inside of your cheek before you take to heart and quickly approach him. Getting onto your toes, you crane your neck to plant a soft kiss on Jonathan’s cheek. Letting your lips linger maybe a moment too long.
“Please take care.” You get back down and put some distance between the two of you.
Jonathan, smiling warmly with a slight blush on his cheeks, scratches the back of his neck bashfully and manages to tip his hat a bit too much over.
“I will. But promise me, you will too.” Suddenly, he closes the gap between the two of you again, grasping your hand with his. It’s the one with his engagement ring.
“I promise,” you nod and cannot stop yourself from fixing his hat with your free hand.
“Thank you.” Jonathan watches you, studies your face closely with his brown eyes and carefully squeezes your hand in his before stepping away to move towards the staircase.
I truly hope next year will be better for all of us. Stay safe everyone!
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fidere
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Just a quick post to avoid the thread from closing and to remind you that I am still reworking Act 1. Rewriting is very slow and a bit draining, to be honest, but in the end I hope it’s worth it. I’m trying to get all the kinks out in order for the relationships to work out and to make the most use of the code. The plan is to finish reworking the act and the first chapter of the second act, which is going to take some time. I’m incredibly sorry that I am so slow, but university and live in general are kind of in the way to focus completely on writing 
I hope you’re all staying safe and taking care!
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Don’t stress yourself. We are not going anywhere and better wait a little than have you work so much that you lose your love for the project 
I am looking forward to everything and this is one of the wips I actually think about even though it has been some time since an upgrade! (Also I am a sucker for this kind of story love how authors of Cyoa can reinvent classics)
But thanks for the update
Also as a student I feel your pain. This semester was just not my thing with online learning.
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Awh, you’re rewriting everything 
? Looking forward to playing the new demo then 
fidere
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Well, not everything. That’s a little excessive. 
No, I rather want to add a few more scenes, delete a few scenes (not many and also not very interesting ones), make the story flow better and polish the code in order for the relationships to work the way I need/want them to which is probably the biggest part.
It’s a real pain. I spend so much time in front of a screen now that I’m getting really tired of it in my spare time, which makes writing a little complicated. Anyways, thank you so much for the kind words!! They mean a lot 
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fidere
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Hey everyone! I’m officially going on an indefinite hiatus. I’ve been putting off writing this post for weeks now because I had no idea how to write this in order to justify or excuse my hiatus. But I don’t want to make this such a big thing. So, to put it simply: I need some time off.
The pandemic made life hard for everyone, I’m not alone in that. And with online semesters I’m spending even more time in front of a screen than usual (as many others). I’m just drained. Writing, in general, feels like a chore, even more so when I do it for myself in my spare time. I caught myself overthinking plots and characters over and over this past year, even though both were pretty much set in stone the year before - which was basically just a fancy way of putting off writing. I’m not able to think fondly of Mina or Buried Lies anymore, they have somehow become this dreaded obligation that is lingering in the back of my head the whole day. I feel terribly guilty for not updating any of those games in such a long time and I think it’s not fair to you guys to leave you waiting in the dark.
I need the time to just allow myself to forget about writing, to focus on university and to eventually find joy in writing again. I want to feel sure about my writing again and not overthink everything I planned. But I want to come back, one way or another. I’m going to leave both demos as they are so that you can replay them if you wish to.
Thank you so much for your support, your interest and your incredible patience with me. I truly hope to be back fairly soon again - but I can’t promise anything (raising false hopes and such, you know). Stay safe!!
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You don’t have to worry 'bout these @fidere, just take care of yourself and concentrate on your life…
Lol it’s not like anyone would leave this, people that wants to read this will be here when you’re back to this…
G’Luck with everything…
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Eiwynn
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@fidere - Please let us know when you are ready to reopen your threads.
