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The trouble with Laura...
🕑 Added 2023-08-01 10:11:24 +0000 UTCI'll admit that I got this slightly wrong.
Chasing the Laura pathway has clearly proven popular and a bit frustrating because I had unintentionally made it impossible to get the maximum +5 score required to continue with her later on.
This only applies to the conversation on the solo pathway.
The Bridgette pathway works out fine if you judge it right.
I should explain that the conversation you have with Laura is deliberately tricky to navigate.
She is a somewhat highly strung character who is trying to figure out if she loves you or hates you. She is difficult to please...
In other words tread lightly or she will get even more pissed off with you!
This was the issue...
On the solo pathway, you always start with a -2 score for Laura.
There were seven points available during the conversation with her which, although requiring some skill and judgement to find, should have enabled the +5 score.
However, I hadn't quite realised that you couldn't actually get all seven of those scoring opportunities due to the various conversational options.
This is the solution...
What I have now done is added in two more scoring opportunities at the start of the conversation on the solo pathway.
With nine points available you won't plateau at a +4 Laura score anymore.
Now you should have some time to figure out this scene and get a bit further with Laura.
Apologies if you've been up all night trying to figure this scene out... :)
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EDIT:
I've had many people contacting me asking how to play through the Laura scene successfully because they are really struggling.
I can assure all of you that there aren't any technical issues or bugs in the scene.
It's just intentionally difficult because Laura is intentionally difficult to please.
Feedback from a few players suggest that this is actually preferrable because it makes Laura's character more distinct from some of the 'easier' options.
Afterall this is a game and games are supposed to have challenges to overcome.
For example, the reponse "What makes you think I don't like you?" is used in five different pages; three on the Bridgette pathway and two on the solo.
Some of them link to a checkfile, which if your score is already below zero will only make things worse. By that point you have already lost with Laura.
The others do give a +1 to your Laura score and then can still run through checkfiles. Some skip the checkfiles and go straight to a more positive outcome.
Basically, the whole thing is probably way more complicated than it probably needed to be.
It's just that your relationship with Laura is on a knife edge at this point and this conversation is a reflection of that delicate balance between getting things right and wrong.
In general you just need to be polite, agree with what Laura says and let her know that you like and respect her.
The longer the conversation lasts, the more chance of success.
I will publish a detailed walkthrough for this scene... But not yet...
Comments
Luis Marcelino
I’ll try later at maximum +3 also it took me hours.
turtles23
Should be +4 is easy now.
turtles23
Yes it does now. Its back to giving the bonus point at the start
Luis Marcelino
Very tough to get the Laura path just have always +3
Academy fan
Does the laura solo path work? I can barely get her to +2. I think I did better when the game was messed up then I could get to 3. I cleared cache and everything but same results almost every time.
turtles23
I need help i can't get laura back to the hotel on solo route, I can only get her to plus 3
turtles23
plus 2 is all i can get
dsp3000
Potentially. I have left scene expansion points throughout the game and have a few ideas for creating additional content with other characters. My main priority however is getting the story moved on to Friday so we can conclude the main part of the Academy story.
hi5high5
Anyone get laura to hotel after +5?
Academy fan
Same. I tried again for a while last night and still can’t seem to get her all the way up enough to do anything
CrizzyCross94
Im having no luck with this Laura situation at all. Im stumped
Sytry
Any change in the future you have conversation like with the other characters with the bar lady in the Brass Pole?
Academy fan
buy shots so Amy drinks one, she’ll get sick and if you try to ignore Alicia and keep her points low then she’ll leave with Amy and laura comes and talks to you …. Solo route
hi5high5
how do you even talk to laura after she gets mad?
Adam Pawnee
Excited to try this path out once the bonus scene is completed! Thanks for making it more achievable!
dsp3000
Thanks. The full scene will be available when I complete work on it. Hopefully most of that will be done this week. It's possible on the Bridgette and solo pathways. The hard part is getting Laura back to your hotel room...
klamfyr
Thanks for a great interaction with Laura in this episode! I can't get the full scene with her, though. Is it possible in the Bridgette-path (which is the only path currently, where I can get an interaction with Laura)? I have +5, when we go to my hotel room.
dsp3000
Be polite, agree with what she says about you being a jerk and let her know that you do actually like her. Try to extend the conversation as far as possible and take the opportunity to offer to get her a drink.
Bhawks680
Anyone have some tips to get through the Laura conversation? I can’t seem to get her to above a +2 to save my life. I feel like I’ve tried every combination but I am apparently not very good at this! TIA
Academy fan
I wasn’t up all night but I made it until about 1:30am trying. Thanks for the fix!!
