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Chapter 12 Update: The Intervention
🕑 Added 2021-07-29 01:52:49 +0000 UTCDemo Length: 340k
Average Playthrough: 87k
Notes:
First off: it's only half of Chapter 12 (which turned out to be a BEAST of 43,000 words total), with the rest coming later this week. I reworked the intervention scene after having a therapist friend read it over and give feedback. Basically, my first draft more resembled an addiction intervention as seen on TV, where everyone gangs up and yells "WE CARE ABOUT YOU" at the target. After research and feedback, however, I've learned that mental health interventions are best done a little differently. Ideally by a professional.
Also, Nick can't stop making inappropriate jokes because he's coping with his own baggage right now, so there needed to be a more mature third party.
Originally, the intervention happened during the same night as Vengeance's party. I think I ironed out all the looping bugs that happened from taking it out, but please let me know if there any that residually remain.
Since I still want to emphasize that Button has supportive friends, however, I'm changing it so that Button still goes on the date with either their RO or chosen friend after meeting with Sohvi (who is a newly added after my friend's feedback). The date scenes will be different depending on how Button's meeting with Sohvi went, and requires a lot of new coding that I'm not quite done with yet (but should be out in a week or so). These date scenes are when most the romances fully finalize and discussions are had--basically a little interlude before shit hits the fan in the last 4th of Chapter 12 (which you can get a little sneak peak of if you keep clicking past the "Under Construction" image).
Getting feedback on the mental health intervention is important for me, since it's my way of making sure that Button has a parachute and I want to make sure that it works. Thus, it currently triggers for all Buttons. So if the game is acting like your Button is depressed, yet you have an Acceptance score of 99% and play as happy-go-lucky jokester . . . this is why. After the next update, however, this scene only occur if your "depressed" stat is over 12 (of a possible 22), and even then you have the option to tell Sohvi that she misdiagnosed your mood.
Also on my to-do list: find song quotes for Chapters 11 and 12. I've pretty much exhausted my lyrical knowledge after running out of Sound of Silence lyrics.
AND FINALLY, THE LINK:
https://dashingdon.com/play/wildelight/project-geode/mygame/
Comments
Mich
Ahh. I'm super behind. (like three chapters) Can't wait to catch back up and see how the romances are developing :)
zennano
Oh good! 😀
Jo O'Connor
You'll still meet Sohvi briefly but it will be a very different scene (more a checkin than intervention)
zennano
If I read and understood your post correctly, a non-depressed Button won’t meet Sohvi at all after the next update? I think it would be a great idea to invlude tye scene, whether or not your Button is depressed, and depending on your stats she could react slightly different? Because I thought she was wonderful and even though non of my Buttons are heaviy depressed, they still appreciated the chance to talk to someone. (Also I might be slightly biased to Sohvi since I ’m also from Finland aseghk but yeah I loved her)
Niamh
Don't IF with a temperature I went back and had made a bunch of accidental choices my bad lol
Jo O'Connor
Grayson's route hasn't changed! For best results: walk to Aeon, select a preexisting crush, and have a good relationship with Nick.
Niamh
did i miss something?? i'm having to start from the beginning again with all my saves because my toddler broke my laptop and my phone in the same week and i had to replace them lol but graysons route has changed in the beginning or am i just choosing the wrong options??
Skippy Hugo
That does make sense
TechNote
Therapy session for all those broken and angry Buttons is just wholesome. They do need someone who isnt a friend or family member to just listen to them talk
Honestly I think the intervention triggering for all Buttons makes sense. Sometimes we don't understand our own feelings until someone with some outside perspective helps us see things more clearly, and I'm guessing an Empath would be even better at that. And if Button truly isn't depressed, it can make sense that Sohvi misread Nick's emotions for Button's. In fact there's some irony to the fact that Nick is the "loud" sibling Ments pick up on now.
*puts on morbid and unaccepting button build*
rasehum hiyuki
AHHHH it's so gooddddddd <3 thank you very much!!
baba
OH GOOD making my button a depressed little dude is about to pay big big dividends 🤩
Samantha Murphy
Oh man I can't wait
