Love Interest Introductions in game - Weigh in (Patreon)

Hey everyone! 

I have been contemplating various ways to introduce Caissa and Magnus into the story a bit earlier and I wanted to try to get some feedback from you guys!

First, how important is it to you to be able to interact with an LI prior to choosing (or being placed into) a route? Important enough that I should work out a way to do it if at all possible?

There is really no way to intro Lance but I don't have much of an issue with that as his route will be locked and you'll have the opportunity to meet him in required routes before you're able to do his story anyway.

With Caissa and Magnus, I have two options.

The easy way out: Introduce the characters via the MC watching a news report about them. It will be impossible to interact with them, but I can certainly show their sprite on screen and talk about who they are.

The more complicated (but, as I think about it, doable) way: Work them in much sooner. This will require rewriting a potentially sizeable portion of chapter three. I may also have to make some continuity edits to Ari's route.

I'm totally fine with doing this - revisions are a part of the writing process.

Much of the common route was adapted from the first few chapters of the originally "Endgame" project, which was written as a traditional novel. It was not written with a branching narrative in mind, which is why it's a bit limited and may need to be restructured.

Anyway, I mostly just wanted to see which way you guys would like to see? 

Share your thoughts below!