BA Chapter 2 Update


Total Word Count (w/code):89.2k

Words Added (w/code):47.9k

Chapter 2 Features:

  • Have a weird encounter at work
  • Enjoy an almost normal day for once, or another bad one
  • No really, if you have a bad day this time it's on you
  • 3 endings, each with their own lasting consequences
  • 3 achievements, if that's your kind of thing

Content Warnings:

  • Severe: Discussions and depictions of death, gaslighting, emotionally unstable parent
  • Moderate: Scopophobia (eyes/staring), references to alcoholism, references to unhealthy coping mechanisms
  • Mild: possession

Chapter 1 Change log:

  • Added piercing and facial hair options during the customization screen
  • A handful of variable fixes
  • Chapter trigger warnings are now both at the start of the game and at the start of the chapter
  • gonna be honest, I edited this chapter a few months ago and I don't remember what else I fixed, but I remembering fixing them

Upcoming in Chapter 3:

  • Consequences for your actions...or not
  • Go to your magic elective and listen to the voice in your head roast your professor
  • Pop quiz, because said professor hates you
  • Hit up the town, go to the freshman party, or break into one of the school buildings. You can even do two of those things, if you're lucky

Notes:

Chapter 1 saves might not work, but if you have any saves from the end of the prologue, those should work so you don't have to start completely from the beginning if you don't want! I'd recommend keeping a save for a chapter prior from now on, ie keeping a chapter 1 save for chapter 3, since there's always a possibility I will need to fix or adjust things in chapter 2.

As always, if I broke something feel free to send an ask at my tumblr or submit it through the google doc here!I'm not super active on itch, so if you catch something wrong after the first week(ish) of its release, it's more likely I'll see it through the above then if you leave a comment on the page! Thank you for playing!

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Small issues I have encountered (I am using a brand new save file so there shouldn't be compatibility issues from previous). Minor spoilers abound so readers beware.

  • Less of a bug, more of a continuity issue but I met Zoe outside the library when Rhea got my books for me. However when I run into them talking to Lars later the passage describes it as if I don't remember them.
  • When confronting lars I get the following error "Error: <<if>>: assignment operator found within <<if>> clause (perhaps you meant to use an equality operator: ==, ===, eq, is), invalid: $major="music""
  • When telling Zoe it was sweet of them to stay with me, there's a rogue close bracket. I think you probably input an extra one when creating the link like: [[It was sweet of you to stay with me.]]]
    • link still works tho
  • When discussing with the Voice, their second question has two bugs.
    • First, their pronouns are broken and it says "You wait, not sure what to expect. $Htheir first question had been harmless, but you don't know if it'll stay that way."
    • Second, when pressing the platonic friendship option the itch browser throws the following error: "Error: Unexpected identifier 'state'" and will not advance. All other options work fine
  • When talking with the wraiths there is an unclosed elseif visible in the text: <elseif 13>>Despite your hesitate greeting, the others move forward, almost encouraged by your response. The smallest one is practically bouncing on their feet. The one who originally approached you, the leader maybe, sounds warm, 'Yes, nice to meet you.'

Thats everything I found on my way through. There was one more bit earlier, I think maybe chapter 1, where one of the options was unselectable for some reason. Not crossed out just broken looking. I wasn't able to find it while writing this though so idk, I might just be going mad. Love the story and am looking forward to more!

Thank you! These all should be fixed now! 

Also Zoe exclusively uses they/them pronouns!

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ah shit thanks for correcting me then, idk how I got that in my brain