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Times & Galaxy holiday art by the game's art director Kate Craig <3333333

There is a dog made of goo... and also a cat made of different goo. There's so much goo.

Thank you for taking the time to comment this. I sometimes worry Dave is a little too sad, but writing him helped me process the loss of my own pet. Animal friends are too perfect <3 - Ben

https://copychaser.itch.io/speeddatingforghosts

https://copychaser.itch.io/speeddatingforghosts

Hi there: I'm afraid this is going to be a bunch of words.
The expansion reads a laundry list of conditionals from the main game and so the safest way to play it, reactivity wise, is to start a new game.
That said, the expansion should appear if you've completed the main game. 
It specifically unlocks if you have had the final Fran conversation where she tells you to "Go to Hell". The travel pamphlet for Hell should then appear in the bottom righthand corner of the main menu. This should be true even if you experienced this conversation in your current game before updating to get expansion content.  (Note: you need to select Start Game one last time to see this conversation with Fran). 
If you're not seeing the pamphlet, try going back into Start Game. If the pamphlet still isn't showing up, please let me know.
Sorry for the wall of text. Hopefully this helps. <3

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Thank you for these details. We will look into this and try to figure out what's going on. Let's please take this conversation into email if you're comfortable: support@copychaser.com. 

Thanks and sorry about this! :( 
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Hi there. Sorry you're experiencing this issue. Are you running it on PC or Mac? Launching through the itch app or directly from files?

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Hey there: Thanks for these detailed notes on the issue. We have uploaded a new build for Mac that should fix the unzipping error (Mac OS changed the way they unzip and it looks like it was breaking things). Please let us know if you continue to experience issues. <3 - Ben

Hi there. Thank you for letting me know about this issue. I am investigating what could be going on here. A couple questions: are you running the latest OS (Catalina)? And are you running the game through the itch.io app or directly from the files? Thanks and sorry this is happening. I'll get to the bottom of it, dang it. - Ben

Sadly, I don't have a save file ready to go with all the dances unlocked. The two opportunities gate was meant to encourage players to choose carefully and replay the game to see other routes in conversation, but I totally get how it's frustrating, especially because it isn't clearly telegraphed. I'll talk over what a patch could look like for this with our programmer, but I'm neck deep in two new projects so it'll be something that unfortunately comes later rather than sooner. Until then, a speedrun through the dates again might be the quicker way to unlock for now. :( 

Ah. Thank you for the kind words and feedback. Re: ghosts available vs. not available based on choice, I was trying to go for consequences for choices made. I think maybe I got a little over zealous with those consequences, given how far reaching they go (literally replaying the whole game to get redo one ghost). The game is such a web of conditionals I'm afraid to pull a thread like this now for fear of introducing instability. But I will take this feedback going forward on my next choice-centric narrative project, ensuring checkpoints that allow players more trial and error. <3

<3 Thank you. Word of mouth has been primarily how we've found an audience for this weird game. Every time someone tells a friend it helps us so much. <3 <3 

Mikey, who did the music and art, also just announced a free beta of his tabletop RPG. It's super weird and rad and yeah. Now I feel like I'm just advertising our stuff. But just in case you want to check it out, here is a link! I'm trying to convince him to do a video game version with me.

https://www.slugblaster.com/

:) :) Thank you! Ah! I'm thrilled you liked our weird game.

We actually just announced a new thing. There's a short demo, but it's very much a work in progress so far. It's only on Steam for now unfortunately. When all is said and done it will be a lot of weird words and tons of reactivity/variation.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/883240/Slumber_Clause/

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<3 Thank you for taking the time so say these super nice things about our ghosts and supporting us on Switch! I'll let Mikey know you liked his music! - Ben :)

Ah. Thank you for this feedback and also the kind dang words. The stake is definitely a variant. It's meant to mess things up a bit at the end and encourage a second go around to try different paths. But I totally get how that's frustrating, happening right at the end and all.  

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Thank you for letting us know. Blarg. We will continue to dig into this.

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<3 Thank you for taking the time to say these nice as heck things!

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Ah! I missed this completely. If it's not too late, please add Speed Dating for Ghosts to this bundle!

https://copychaser.itch.io/speeddatingforghosts

Ah! <3 A rad player got a Gary tattoo a while back and we were floored that someone liked our ghosts enough to bring one of them along for the ride. We'd be honored if you got Kyo. <3 - Ben

Hi there. I think I've fixed the issue in this new update. Please get the latest version and let me know if you're still experiencing this issue. Thanks again for letting me know about it! This was a weird bug and I'm so happy you caught it. <3

Hi there. Thank you for letting me know about this issue. To clarify, do you mean when you go to the Beach Graveyard or in the end ghost selection screen with all the game’s ghosts?

This song is rad. Thank you for posting this. <3 

Email'd! <3