The novel is... I still want to finish it, but to me it seems really boring. All they do is just talk and noting happens. Only interesting parts are the dreams. The 3 love interest characters are really specific. I wish Chris could be dateable, everybody else doesn't really seem interesting to me. But I don't think novel is the problem, It just focuses on things I don't find interesting.
There's nothing wrong with feeling that way! I definitely don't believe the game is going to be for everyone, hehe.
We're taking the "long-term" approach, integrating the player into the daily lives of the characters with the hopes of getting you personally invested in them. This does necessitate a slower pace, though, which can be a turn-off to those looking for a more fast-paced action oriented story. I will say that we recently arrived at a major plot point in the game, but that's currently in the Patreon only Build 10. I'm aiming to pick up the pace a bit now that we have all the characters formally interacting with each other.
The chess pieces are in motion, where will they end up though?
Cheers!
~Dzahn
It is very much important how they're talking, what they're talking about and where does this lead. Sure, some slice of life/small talk dialogs are important for character and world building, but I tire of them fast if there's too much of it. Everybody has their own preferences. Also... why do you capitalize random starting letters?