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In early patches, Id give 0, +1 or +2 to a choice, but I realized that it was getting too convoluted so all the latest patches give 0/0/+1 so, overall each choice is a +1 if it's the right one.

The score is a hidden mechanic that can only be seen in debug mode, but that's for coding nerds and I'm not one.

There are two endings. If you're getting the "try again" button at the end then you got the wrong one. If all 3 choices lead to that, it means your score isn't high enough, either give yourself max affinity or click the try again, it will adjust your score to give you a good ending.

Hello, we have nsfw scenes planned, but currently none are in the game.

They will be pretty obvious so that the reader can decide to skip them or not.

Is something wrong?

Sorry about that, the burden of having so many routes comes with downsides

Nvm. Immediately got two scam comments, so I swapped to community type just to check if they still comment.

Clyde's route

Two for now, yes.

You will be asked with who you want to spend time with

It's not as complicated as it looks. You'll find that it's surprisingly linear and if you want a guaranteed good ending you can use the extra section.

Still pending

Hello, thank you so much for enjoying TFN! This storyline is left open-ended on purpose to connect it and finish the whole arc inside Moonlight Castle.

Yes, I have plans to pick Oliver back up.

I... unfortunately can't answer that, sorry.

I have estimated 14 days, but could be more/less depends on how the story naturally evolves.

I COULD REALLY USE A WISH RIGHT NOW

The itch moderators marked this game as sensitive from Day 1. It's gonna take a bit before the restriction is lifted.

Hello, I have two payments pending over 6 months old. Sent ticket, but received no answer  (278717) 

That's Night 5. It begins as soon as I complete the day cycle.

You definitely brought a lot of good points and I agree many of the issues stem from having to squish the story together to fit the word count. I did mention this before, but I thought 20k was the actual limit and my word doc told me 19.9k (which strangely turned to 18k in post). So... there's that, but if you enjoyed the story, that's the most important thing!

And you're right. Everyone's mean to Ryan uwu

He'll be back, promise 

Teach me everything but coding LMAOOOOO. I tried fixing it, didn't work.

I have yet to schedule the Night cycles with 3 other paths left to update.

So I can't say which character gets N5 first. The earliest should be October, sorry for the wait!

Thank you Ben ❤️❤️❤️

Awww, I'm glad (?) you liked it

First thing I wanna say is never feel bad for sharing your thoughts. As a creator, I go crazy for these in-depth analyses. It gives me that outside opinion I can't have because I'm too stuck in my own creations and you know how it is, maintaining a clear vision gets hard.

Overall everything you've said it's true. This is a spin-off so the missing context is meant to be in the main game, the whole story is Patrice trying to get over his first love and failing, that's it.

I will say, I learned about mouth guards near the end of writing the script so I shoved a random line in, without thinking too much. I'll have to go back in and fix it. Makes no sense.

Liam and Patrice are childhood friends so this is their usual banter. Also you're correct about that being weird, which is why Patrice mentions in passing that Liam ended up ghosting him after the break up. Patrice doesn't want to see him that way either. You don't have that friend who just... throws sexual jokes around/flirts but doesn't actually mean it?

I do understand your overall desire between wanting to learn more about Nia and less about Liam, this is just how it came out with the pre-existing knowledge of the main game already in place. I see now that it takes away a portion of the entertaining from the story.

I think love is a very subjective experience so... I want to believe, through Patrice's POV, that he did harbor genuine love and feelings for him but it was messy and they let their lack of experience carry them away. The only reason the end is abrupt was the word limit. I had in mind to add an additional scene at the end and readjust the overall speed.

Anyway, thank you so much for reading! I appreciated your feedback a lot.

Yes

I'm sorry you couldn't enjoy this story. I don't agree with what you've said, but I respect your opinion. Thank you for reading!

*Burns you alive at the stake*

I asked Raykyu to translate this VN to me because I felt like it deserved to be read, but being Polish was heavily penalizing it, thankfully I had the perfect guy for the job! Be kind to me, this reading experience has been basically a game of telephone so my review might not be as accurate as it should be. It's a combination of hearing it from Raykyu and my own gut feeling.

So... I'd say try to go easier on the words you want to use, it gave me the impression to be very flowery and very descriptive, sometimes there are metaphors that provide unnecessary information you could've easily skipped.

I liked the atmosphere and imagery you were going for, even through Raykyu's vague description I could easily picture what was happening and follow the story just fine. I would've liked to learn more, but you go VEEEERY easy on the sharing world-building department and that's a shame. Also terminology was a bit too on the nose, but thats me nitpicking. 

Art is amazing, sprites (almost all of them. The MC looks a bit jarring. That evil sprite doesn't work at all with the vibe), music; everything blends together nicely. Really enjoyable even if I would've liked to see the plot progress more. It's a bit on the slow side.

I'm guessing this is a WIP and you're planning to write more? Cause the ending isn't as satisfying, especially the death one. It gives you nothing. And the other one feels a bit abrupt on the LETS MAKE OUT NOW. Imo there wasn't enough build-up and bonding to make that part feel justified. BUUUT the bath scene was very nice and tasteful. It just needed more bonding time before the uwu part, that's all. Goob job on writing this one!

3/3/5/5

Thank you for the review! It might've been a good idea to cut one of the gym scenes to have more space later. At the time, I didn't think about it. I hope you enjoyed yourself regardless!

Thank you so much for your review! You've been pretty spot on in a lot of things. I'm starting to see how certain elements aren't clear enough without the main game added on top.

I understand your desire of wanting them explored, my brain prioritized the main conflict instead with the idea that the other elements were going to be addressed somewhere else.

I hope that didn't take away from the overall experience too much!

This story is left open-ended because the main game will pick it up again later.

Thank you for reading!

Thank you so much for reading! Yeah, the ending is missing a scene that I couldn't write because of the word limitation. I'll eventually add that in when the jam ends

I think we talked enough on Discord about this VN so I'm not going to re-type everything again. It's definitely an ambitious first try that didn't exactly land. It needed more cooking time, the concept and ideas were interesting, but not executed properly. 

I give this a 3/5.

There will be a bonus scene involving Hugo when the May Jam ends!

Sorry, I don't know which VN that is so I couldn't fully understand what you were going for XD

He does fumble a lot, but it doesn't stem from malice.

Awww thank you so much for the review! I personally really liked it and it's nice being able to read what people have to say about the game. I will answer to a couple of things since you pointed them, like, Joel "Using" his talent on Clyde's D3. I agree with you, I should've mentioned something with Nia on D4, but I opted for not doing that because of information overload. We'll eventually go back to this anyway.

For the repeated knowledge I did that for two reasons - reminder for readers, cuz there's a lot of stuff the game discusses and to let other characters who don't know learn about it. Unless it comes from a character that should know about it already then I apologize. With 7 routes that have their own pacing some inconsistencies can slip.

Also haha Liam's route is indeed the only route I recommend doing last (or not before Ryan's/Patrice's), but it can't be helped, people are curious! I love both Ryan and Liam, idk if you've read the latest update, but their scenes are especially touching.

I tested it before release, but gave it just now another try to make sure. It... works for me? Are you on mobile?