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Hi everyone!So back again with another post today, but this time it's an update regarding our latest story.Hopefully everyone already got the chance to explore the new story format. If you haven't, then what are you waiting for? Go ahead and PLAY IT NOW!Over the past few days, i've received a lot of feedback regarding the UI and i'm slowly trying to incorporate all of them, and also researching on how to make it better. So, i'd like to thank each and every one of you for sticking with me.Now, here comes the important part.XIMENA's story now has 3 CHAPTERS. Here's what you can expect from those 3

9 dead ends (one wrong move and it's over)

5,600 lines of dialogue and narrative

Up to 3 photos Unlockable in a single playthrough

Bolder choices = more content, more photos

It has been really fun (god i need sleep) writing the different branches, and formulating how each scene would end. This had literally got me scratching my head, walking in circles around my room just trying to think of better scenarios.But anyway, that's enough yapping from me, go ahead and check it out now!PLAY IT NOW!CODE: JZDGNUI3SVLet's pretend this was short and to the point,Rory

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J fitz

Very cool format! This is a great experience. I’m glad you are experimenting with this. Two questions. In the first chapter she brings food, but then they meet for the first time in the coffee shop. I was under the impression they ate together. Did she just leave it outside his door? Maybe that could be a little more clear. They have us enter our names when we start. Is it possible to use a character variable that inserts our name instead of Cole? That would be pretty great. Keep up the great work!

DesireDisptach

This is GOLD feedback, thank you! 1. The food scene: You're totally right, that's confusing as written. She left the food outside his door (they haven't met in person yet at that point), but I didn't make that clear AT ALL. Adding a clarification line now. Thanks for catching that! 2. Name variables: Yesss this is the plan! The system collects your name but I haven't wired up the replacement feature yet. Soon it'll actually say your name instead of "Cole" throughout, which should make it way more personal. Working on it! Really appreciate you playing through and taking time to give detailed feedback. You're helping me make this better! Also, i'm very curious as to which ending did you get?

J fitz

I went through about 5 times to try different narratives and got multiple from early “game over” (indecisive) to sharing all the pictures. Lots of variety! I’m sure you’re seeing how exponentially unwieldy it gets. I’m not sure which platform you’re using, but the variables are a powerful tool. Not only can you insert character names, but you can repurpose different conversation threads for other branches with automatic modifications. So for a simple example, in one branch, they go out for dinner and end up kissing then they have a long conversation in the morning. The long conversation in the morning could be used by multiple branches but it would set a variable called “kissed” or something like that so that if they didn’t kiss in one branch, but did kiss in the other, the conversation would mention the kiss if the “kissed” variable was positive and wouldn’t if it was negative. That allows you to use the entire conversation with a couple of custom exchanges for that variable and it would still make sense, but you wouldn’t need to re write the entire thing.

J fitz

You are definitely breaking new ground in this genre

Nathan

There's a lot of messages that should be Player messages but are on her side. "Goodnight... Goodnight..." Both being on her side is an obvious example, but it feels like there is more

DesireDisptach

Thank you for letting me know! I just reviewed the files and saw A LOT of those mistakes. They should be good now <3

DesireDisptach

I'm glad you got to explore the many different choices, it was very fun planning them out 😂 For the platform, i'm actually using my own but i'm taking note of features from different apps to improve my own UX. Also , i'm playing with the variables as we speak HAHAHA Your comments, along with the others' have been very helpful in improving the app. I can't thank you enough for the very insightful feedback <3

Mountained6666

I seem to be having loading/generating issues on mobile. I start it, put my name, go to messages and use the proper premium code, it attempts to load messages and then says “no dialogue for chapter”. Kicks me back to the Home Screen, starts dialogue but ends chapter 1 and says to try premium mode via patreon.

DesireDisptach

Thank you so much for reporting the bug! I tried it myself and it did happen once in like 15 attempts. Kindly try refreshing the page and trying again. I'll check on my end and make sure it doesn't happen at all Also, if it says to "try premium mode via Patreon" that means you're using the free version. You should use this link instead for the full version: https://www.desiredispatch.app/interactive/unique-encounters