And the winner is...

Howly

Sounds like you're pretty awesome yourself! We'll be sending you a private message soon~

Raven_the_Husky

Yes :D ok im not a 3$ Patron anymore, but now im a 50$ Patron ;D just because you Guys are awesome ;D

I will legit upgrade my pledge if you do this. PLEASE.

Mark Samuels

Volc, if I recall correctly from Leo, Chase, and Jenna's little outdoor chat the very first day (right before Leo and Chase have real talk), Leo and Jenna were friends with Chase before Carl, Flynn, or TJ. The OG crew, remember?

Plumm Bum

That might be true, just wanted to give my opinion here. I agree that 2 paths are less than the blackgate ones, but so far the different paths have had pretty different events with the characters as well, so I wouldn't assume the 2 paths would be so entwined as you might expect. But, this is all the creator's knowledge, I have no idea :)

Mark Samuels

I most certainly think this is the best route to go. Like, I can't express how much I agree with this potential choice. It does indeed satisfy both groups and provides two halves of the same tale. Besides, you can always try this to see how it works and, if you find it isn't working, just drop Leo's and go back to completing Carl's all the way. Plumm Bum, I personally feel the same way about Blackgate, but my count, there are now 15 separate possible character routes in that game, all of which are being updated across the board. It creates exactly the feeling that you're talking about, but I really don't think at all that this feeling would happen with Echo, considering that we're only talking about 2 routes, not 15.

Plumm Bum

Personally I'd vote against that, I believe the choice to complete one route would give the best feeling from the game even though it's under developement. In blackgate for example, I still feel it's very jumpish, and I don't feel like I'm following a story, more like I'm looking at "what did they change for this guy?". It gives more continuation to the story, like a tv series, if you finish one of the lines at the time. But those are my personal thoughts :) then again, as a writer you may prefer variety to help getting out quality work, so there's both sides to it I guess

Vernt

Besides, what would be the point of having a poll then? "Ooopsie guys, Leo is the canon route, so we are going to do it regardless of your opinion,the poll was just to give you guys the illusion of choice, bye xDDDD"

Vernt

Yeah, crazy possessive psycho ex-boyfriend is the best route!

That would be amazing.

I think Carl's should probably be done after Leo's. I understand Carl won the vote, but Leo is the ex-boyfriend, he's the main reason Chase is there (He organised the get-together IIRC) and he has a lot to do with Chase's backstory.

MeekoWolf

Yes, yes, yes, yes... that actually would satisfy both groups.

Howly

Because the vote was so close we ARE considering doing them both, sort of switching off between the two routes. It gives us a little variety while still keeping the story focused. We'll see...

tilt

glad I'm not crazy, haha. I was so excited too. );

Milkweed Monster

Ehehehe, oops. I think I was the day late one. I wanted to vote for Carl, but then I thought "Man, I don't want my favorite dude's route to end so soon", so I went and voted for Leo instead. Except I took a nap and woke up at like, 12:45 AM on the last day of the vote.

afoxbutt

And i just noticed that they said they would do a vote in the post. Kudos to my reading comprehension skills

afoxbutt

Maybe, but more votes would give the people who voted for Carl a chance to pick, more fair for everyone i think :p

I feel like if the order was decided now, everyone would be spared a lot of grief. At least if we got it over with early on there would be less disappointment and bitching down the line.

afoxbutt

Will you have another vote for the remaining rout's order? or will it be based on how this vote went. Also RIP Leo :(

yeah, i saw that too. sneaky bastard.

I know :/

Well it technically would've been Leo if one of the last ones to vote hadn't changed to Carl but oh well. I'm still excited to see where the story goes!

Fancy Foxx

WOOO! So excited for more of Echo! Loving both the romantic story developing as well as the deeper, creepier story of the town. Absolutely loving your work on this project so far and am really looking forward to more. Thank you

Vernt

Yesssssss. Thank you based voters. <3

MeekoWolf

Fuuuuuuuuck...