Follow-up : Emma as a Love Interest
Added 2022-06-30 20:29:43 +0000 UTCThank you for the comments about Emma as a love interest. I decided to write a follow-up post rather than answering the questions individually.
"I am in agreement with Charlotte: "This town is full of fucking perverts and predators."
How does it make the MC any better."
The MC has been living with Charlotte and Emma for a few months and has acted honourably. He has proven that he is not a predator or a pervert.
He also loves Emma, and she loves him. Their relationship will have no parallels with the criminal abuse and sexual exploitation that Charlotte was referencing.
"Will you give us an opportunity to gently end the Lucy romance to pursue something with one of the other 3 women?"
If you chose "Because I have feelings for her" before giving Charlotte a birthday kiss in v0.8, then you will have the opportunity to end the relationship with Lucy to pursue Charlotte. But you won't be able to leave Lucy for Suzi or Emma.
"However, I do have a question if we already made a decision between Char and Emma's paths. I have been happily collecting Emma points while Char seems to get closer to MC."
No. That decision has not been made yet.
"Probably could Emma meet another boy. What about poor David?"
We will find out what has become of David in the next update. But I don't intend for all of the love interests you rejected to end up in happy relationships with somebody else.
"Personally, I never saw Emma as a potential LI for the MC as she was currently written as a character. I know she's 18 and in "college" but I have to agree with people on her maturity level or lack thereof."
Emma is not meant to be seen as a love interest at this point in the story. But the attack will act as a catalyst for her to start maturing into a potential love interest.
"I just really hope that you don't make us too sad that we choose one over another. Like Lucy being sad that MC likes her sister."
There will be some sadness, but it won't be too bad except in certain instances such as leading Lucy on and then rejecting her for Charlotte.
"I was wondering 2 or 3 updates back and wanted to ask how if any have the 4 girls personalities changed since you first created them. Currently for me it seems like any move to romance Emma would be seen as a complete betrayal by all the 3 other Lloyds. I felt like you had Emma in the running early on but kinda sidetracked it because it seem to fit in less and less."
I haven't changed the underlying personalities of the girls, but they are supposed to change in response to the MC's presence in their lives.
In Emma's case, she has slowly come to see the MC as a father and a familial love has developed between them. Maybe this is why she feels less like a love interest now than she did previously?
Leave a comment if you have any further questions.
Thanks,
DB
Comments
I really want to see the MC enter a relationship with Emma I think with the relationship build up so far It would be a really sweet relationship and would be the one I am most interested in pursuing in your game to this point.
2022-07-26 00:26:15 +0000 UTCcan u get all the girls Lucy char
Jeremiah Santiago
2022-07-07 12:43:11 +0000 UTCok! thank you very much! :)
2022-07-04 04:35:46 +0000 UTCThanks for your confidence, Puma. I'll do my best!
DarkBlue
2022-07-03 21:55:35 +0000 UTCThanks for that long post, Pax. 🥰
DarkBlue
2022-07-03 21:55:06 +0000 UTCHi, foivos. The only really important choices so far are choosing not to kiss Lucy after she was slapped, and choosing "Because I have feelings for her" when giving Charlotte a birthday kiss. You should also turn down Kaylah's offer of sex if you want the best ending with Charlotte.
DarkBlue
2022-07-03 21:49:32 +0000 UTCHi, John. I'm afraid there will not be a harem option.
DarkBlue
2022-07-03 21:46:29 +0000 UTCThanks, Gator614. There will be a walkthrough, but I can't tell you when that will be at the minute.
DarkBlue
2022-07-03 21:45:31 +0000 UTCThanks, Mav.
DarkBlue
2022-07-03 21:44:15 +0000 UTCSorry, Damien. I can't give you an answer yet.
DarkBlue
2022-07-03 21:44:06 +0000 UTCIndeed we trust you to write Emma the romance she deserves
Puma230
2022-07-02 21:42:45 +0000 UTCFirst, thanks for taking the time to give us your insights about the potential for a relationship with Emma. I do see how Emma could start to see the MC as a romantic figure. He is already a protector and confidant, and the MC still has his own ghosts from his failure with his first Emma so I think he is even more adamant to protect Emma and Charlotte, as well as Suzi and Lucy as they allow him to. I am going to have to start again prior to the initial Lucy date decision as well. Early on, she was the only active date possibility so it was natural to choose her and see how things progressed. Now that we know more, I want to be in the position to explore the dating possibilities with Charlotte, Suzi and Emma. I think that the Emma path will be the slowest and likely, sweetest of the romance paths. I could see Emma asking the MC to be her 'date' for one of her dances and, when she gets teased by the other girls about him, Emma would want him to at least put on a good show so that they believed she could get a man as good as the MC. This would have an evening's worth of opportunities for the MC to help Emma make the romance seem more believable or to try to gently turn her affection away, without making her feel rejected. I think this is going to be one of the challenges for the MC when Emma starts to pursue him. He can't outright reject her. He truly cares about her. She is still very fragile from what Zak did, so does he teach her what to look for in a guy, not really realizing that this is only reinforcing what she sees in him? DB, I wish you well as you write this part of the story as it is delicate work for the for the vulnerable Emma who is still locked in her cocoon all while trying to find the keys to the door that releases the butterfly.
Pax
2022-07-01 17:33:24 +0000 UTCThe branch with Suzy will probably be with a threesome.)) In any case, I'll play all the branches, the story is very interesting.) And I really hope that there will be animation in the game.
2022-07-01 10:37:24 +0000 UTCYay - this means the rest of us can dump Lucy for Charlotte without fear! Cause she’ shananagin’s Gal from now on - thanks man
RogueRat
2022-07-01 05:10:01 +0000 UTCHey, at least you aren't rail-roading people into "yes" or "no" like some of these do....
Maabuss
2022-07-01 04:46:37 +0000 UTCI think it’s great that you took time to answer some of these questions, even the ones that were ludicrous in my opinion. I also like that fact that people are passionate about this project, that being said some of those questions were head scratchers. Never did I get the impression that the MC was some sort of predator or creep, so I don’t understand him being compared to those of Hillside. Anyway, can’t wait to see what happens next.
Wicked Garden
2022-07-01 00:10:20 +0000 UTCThank you so much for taking the time to explain this in such detail. I myself have never from the very beginning thought of Emma as nothing other than a daughter, it was the only logical path.
Bob Fink
2022-06-30 23:39:01 +0000 UTCok! so i am most intrested in charllote! do i have to deny all of the choises from the other girls or the most important one's?
2022-06-30 23:17:45 +0000 UTCI'm just wondering if there will be a harem option at some point, because having Lucy, Suzi, Charlotte, and Kaylah seems like a lot of fun for the MC...
2022-06-30 23:14:44 +0000 UTCThat's my plan as well. Multiple replays of the game to find all the content DB has for us!
Samsungnote007
2022-06-30 22:26:02 +0000 UTCIt's kinda like when we were kids when we were on a road trip with mom and dad in the front seat of the car and we keep asking from the back seat, "Are we there yet?" The answer was perfectly quoted by Mr. Incredible in the first Incredibles movie (and I'm sure DB feels the same way)...."We get there when we get there!!!" Patience, my friend, patience. Oh, and see his post from 6 days ago where he gave us the last dev update.
Samsungnote007
2022-06-30 22:24:54 +0000 UTCI don't think I ever want to leave Lucy she's my girl out of all the girls I'll choose her
shananagins
2022-06-30 21:28:33 +0000 UTCI agree with Mav. But I will replay the game and NOT choose Lucy, if I (MC) have a shot at Charlotte, Emma, or Suzi. I hope all three can be pursued, even if only one eventually wins. That way I will replay and eventually be with them all.
Paul Newmon
2022-06-30 20:41:01 +0000 UTCGood post and well explained. Related question considering all the different paths: is there going to be a walkthrough at some point?
2022-06-30 20:38:29 +0000 UTCThanks for taking the time to share your thoughts and responses. It shows how much you care about it. I think you're on the right path personally.
2022-06-30 20:35:29 +0000 UTCWhen will the next update be out
Day111
2022-06-30 20:33:23 +0000 UTC
