Fueled by Insanity
Fueled by Insanity 0.17 Update
Hiya! It's been a long time, but 0.17 is here now!
This is an update to the Reject - Ted route. For anyone confused about how routes work, reject/accept refers to whether or not you've accepted Caijoru's deal.
This update is around 22,000 words, which I've only just realized is I think my biggest update yet. I'm a little nervous since I had no proofreader for the first time ever, so that basically means there's no quality test other than myself, whoops. Granted, that's because usually I get my husband to proofread but he's currently away. This was also my first update using my new laptop, so hopefully there weren't any major issues when compiling the builds. I had a few issues with saves breaking like usual, but I think I've fixed those? At least I hope so.
I wound up changing my mind multiple times on how this route will play out, but I'm happy with the direction it's going. I did rework the second half of Day 6, so if you have a save past that point, it'll rewind you back to the start of Day 6. There'll be a message when it happens. There is a scene that got teased in a previous devlog that I have since removed. Or rather, it's going to be in a later update rather than this one.
In previous builds, both Ted's Accept and Reject routes converged on Night 6, but that felt lazy. So because of that, I just redid Night 6 from scratch, which also means new NSFW scenes for those of you playing the 18+ version!
There are some things I was wanting to do that I didn't have ready for this build, and I didn't want to keep pushing back the release date when it's been so long. I plan to make a menu at some point to let you know which endings you've gotten so far. I'll probably go back through this route and add more variations in the writing based on previous choices because that's fun to do. I made a small graphic to show which side stories you have and haven't read yet, but then I forgot to add in the coding for it when compiling the builds. I'm a dumb dumb.
Lastly, because it's fun to do, here's favorites/least favorites from the survey from 0.16
Surprisingly, with 44 responses, not a single person picked Ted as their least favorite character this time around. And he had the most votes for favorite character again. I'm really curious what's going to happen next time since the new update is for Ted's route.
Also, I somehow never thought about doing it before, but I can respond to some of the constructive criticism here here.
This is something I've thought about for a long time. I'm wanting to go in and potentially add more flashback scenes or at least have characters talk about them more. You are right that it's hard to care about them when they aren't shown much.
Funny enough, the only character who has an actual friendship point system is Daren. If I was smart, I'd use them for everyone, but I was not smart early on when coding. Whoops. But maybe for the major things that get affected, I can go back and make things more apparent.
Unfortunately, I don't have the money for something like that. Sorry.
There was a lot more but I'm not wanting to post anything with spoilers. What I can say is that I do appreciate the constructive criticism I get. Even if some of it is stuff I can't change now, it's still useful for anything else I may write in the future! Whether positive or negative, I enjoy seeing everyone's thoughts and opinions, and it's good to have a nice mix.
The last one I will mention, which I can't post a screenshot of or go into specifics about due to heavy spoilers. There have been quite a few times where people have said that certain parts of the story are plotholes. I can say that everything is actually intentional, and if you notice something with the plot that seems off, or that a character is acting in a way that doesn't make sense for who they are, that means you're probably on the right track to figuring stuff out ;)
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy! And let me know if there are any bugs or issues and I'll see if I can sort them out.
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Happy to see a new update! Was going through and reading some of the older parts to get a refresher, where would you like us to post about typos/proofreading mistakes? Just as an example, I found:
""Ted fidgets nervously when I ask, and I wonder if maybe asking him about their private chat was a bad idea."" (Tricky to format bc I typically put quotes around the quoted part of the text, but the error spotted was a set of quotation marks around a non-dialogue part of the text.)
Good catch on those quotation marks! I'll fix it for next time.
I'm always appreciative of mistakes being pointed out. If you find typos and gramatical errors, you can always leave them in a comment here. If there's stuff that you don't want to spoil, I think if you press Enter enough times and add a bunch of line breaks, then the part of your message afterwards will be hidden unless someone clicks it. That's what I've seen other people do at least.
Ah, I just meant if there was a discord or something like that that you preferred fans to use to notify you of this sort of thing. This is fine too! Just didn't know your preference, different authors different preferences and all that. Just one pair of quotation marks will be used this time unless that's a typo that pops up again. Tried to bold errors.
Spoilers
"Sometims I feel like I'm pretending. Like... if I'm just positive and make people smile, then everything will be fine." (Sometimes)
"Despite having been chocked and left with quick, raspy breaths now, I left feeling nothing but pleasure... well, and some pain as well." (choked)
"Caijoru crosses his arms and looks up at the sky, letting out a sigh. Despite he usual confident demeanor, he almost looks perturbed." (his)
"By now, you should be exausted from all of your running and shouting [cont.]" (exhausted)
"Huh? How would ruin our friendship?" (missing word, maybe "that" or "it"?; further context, rejecting Ted on the Ted - Reject route after Ted confesses after talking about Rix, Adrian, & co.)
"I pull Ted's tail with one hand and grab my now rock hard shaft with the other, guiding it down to the baise of his tail until I get to his opening." (base)
I've added those to the list of things for fix for next update. Thanks!
And nah, I don't have a Discord server. I have way too much anxiety to manage one.
SPOILER:
glad to see the Ted route getting an update!
any plans to add a hard to reach good ending with Ted? I know it would be a thread the needle kind of end but honestly the fact that no matter what you do it's a bad ending really put a terrible taste in my mouth. It's basically just a choice between suicide being trapped or dropping him, and it really turned me away from the game because theres no meaningfull good ending with him. It makes your choices feel like they dont matter anymore and really kills the feeling you can do any good at all even if you try.While I can't give specifics, I can say that the routes where you reject Caijoru's offer have better endings than the routes where you accept it.
Oh ok, honestly i havent played in a very long time ill have to try again then. You better not depress me again though!
Right now Tracy's route is the only one finished on the reject path which probably won't end how you want, but Ted's route will be done next update.
waiting pays off
finally waited for new update :>
I hope you like it :D