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you very nearly died (in game) already, don't do that to charlie D=

Yep :3 Tommy gets equally irritated (at least when you named your horse that XD )

:D I mean, I dunno how much it does actually hit all the marks of a western, but I try

<3 I hope to finish Lynwood's pov with the next update, wish me luck

:D thank you.

CH8 is by now around 3000 words in, and I usually aim for around 20k per chapter (ch7 was a bit shorter, but it came with the bonus povs to make up for that)

I'll do my best :3 Currently around 2500 longhand into ch8

Of course, how could I not? :D

:3 I said it before, I say it again, I am so happy people are noticing :3

:D

<3 You're welcome

<3 I will, but slowly. Got a lot that's getting in the way, but I'll do my best. Thank you.

:D Happy people are finding these little bits :3

:D I'm happy you went and checked the stats. I am worried people would miss that bit <3

posted an amswer. sorry again

Ah. It seems the button has vanished Xx. click the upper left corner of the banner. I'll see how I can fix this Dx. sorry

edit: set it to portrait mode, hope that helps? squishes the text a bit though Dx

Edit edit: Removed the invisible unicode from the menu, but kept it in portrait mode for now.

<3 Thank you. It'll be a while till Preacher joins the posse though (i think he's the last RO to join?)

Hi. no worries for late replies. I think I found the error. It will go live with the next bugfix update later today :3 Thank you for the help. (also, yeah, it makes more sense contacting me on tumblr for bug reports)

Hey, I admit I haven't played the game yet, (saw some let's plays though) but I recently found there's a website (thatsnotmyneighbor dot org) that's posting your game for free. I found them because they are also posting my game for free, with an AI-generated description to boot.

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And I remember you :D We moved to Twine as Choicescript doesn't allow for some shenanigans (yet) :3

<3 thank you. as for the error: I checked the code and so far couldn't find anything wrong :( However, when the being in the forest asks you if you wanna go for two more questions, only the last option should give the bonus. could you tell me which choices you picked? Are you on tumblr by chance to contact us there?

Well, it's technically not a 'new' updated, there's no new chapters yet. some new scenes and dialogue, yes, but the new chapters are yet to come. but thanks :)

I try <3

<3 it's made with nyehelismwriting's template and a lot of screaming at code :D

You can still be a father-figure to finley?

Well, you aren't a priest, you just posed as one. Don't make the impersonation of clergy charge any more substantial D=

Thank you. You'll have to be patient, though, as life's getting in the way Dx. But I'll try. Next update will also bring a complete overhault of the UI and save system <3

Hi. The next chapter will be from the perspective of one of three characters. It's also an optional chapter :3

(Btw: it's best to ask questions like this on the development blog on tumblr too, for more people to see, in case they wondered the same)

thank you. And hey, it's all for the immersion. :3

Thank you :D

I hope I can get the update out at least this year... Right now the horse-names keep getting in the way >_> (I'm not kidding, the code to check your horse's name for achievements and flavortext reasons is by now nearly 15k of code... the chapters are usually around 25k words with code)

Halp

:D I'll do my best to update. Life got in the way quite a bit, but things are going somewhere. And a heads-up: The next update will see an overhaul of the UI (switching from Twine's harlowe language to Twine sugarcube, because better menu and more save-slots), so you'll have to replay from the start. But it will be a prettier (ymmw though) layout, and more name-shenanigans... <3

<3 thank you

<3 same to you.

PS: Also, if this helps a bit more: Every pre-mature ending comes with an achievement

Don't worry, that is a cliffhanger. Next chapter will be a non-interactive one from the Pov of one of three ROs as they set out to rescue MC.  I just need to fight off the writer's block Dx

i hope so too. it's been so long, and it's getting frustrating to not make any progress >->

hopefully sometimes next year. I'm sorry. life isn't going my way for a while now, and it's resulting in a massive writer's block. I hope that I can sort things out (it's mostly financial stuff) and go back to working on the game proper. BUT: next update will see an overhaul of the design (which means you'll lose your saves, as we're switching to a different coding format in twine), more safestats, and I'm aiming to have the next update go from ch7 to ch10 :3 It will also introduce a few more ROs

:3 Also, some might be surprised how queer the 'old west' actually was...

yes. while some characters will have a bit of a time wrapping their heads around the concept, romances are open to everyone.

you can. as of now (ch6 in the playable version) lynwood, charlie, tommy and seán (only together), and mrs meadows are romancable, with four more ROs to come down the line. maybe 5 if i find a reasonable way to have a potential character in the story.

<3 :3