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Hello, It took me a while to find contact with you, KnottyGames. I posted comments in Steam about the HeartBreaker achievement. I have read the guide on Steam and your answer that you have to take the path of Katy, Madison and Caroline but there is a problem. On day 1, there are two choices for the route between Katy or Madison. If I take Katy, Madison Road is closed for week 2. If I take Madison, Katy Road is closed. It is not possible to have all 3 in week 2

Hey bro, I was wondering if you are going to keep the game free for people who can't pay for it, I mean, the last version available for someone like me and like many other people was the 0.21 if I remember correctly, or it's just that we won't see the developing of the history with our favorite girls because we can't pay the game? Hope you'll answer and nice game, I love Zoey.

i found a few bugs, if you want to fix them.

in my last playthrough i "dated" ash and chloe day 14 in the morning, the part with fingering and licking Chloe, you once used a picture of her wearing only her bra, before she put her sweater off. in the next picture she's wearing it again

and i actually watched out to never even meet emma this time, but when "he" left his house because of zoeys call on 14th night, it says he watches emma before leaving his house.

i assume (and hope) the story isn't finished yet, with version 0.2

just finished the 2nd week.

awesome story dude. just a bit predictable who's the enemy.

if i buy it now, will i get future updates? or do i have to buy them again and again? and why isn't it on steam for my country? when i google it, i keep finding steam links, but it's not available in germany. why tho?

The pathing for this game is very confusing.  For some of the 'lower priority' characters, you apparently need to make the correct choices to even see their paths, make the correct choices to start their path, start the path of another unrelated 'correct' character to even see their events and be able to continue their path, and reject the paths of other unrelated characters who will invisibly lead you 'astray' from the path you want to follow.

I've played through multiple playthroughs, and I can't figure out how to intentionally follow several of the characters and see their story.  This is incentivizing me to not be paying attention to the story but skipping through scenes making random experimental choices to see if I get scenes I haven't seen before.

Maybe players should be able to see more than 1/8 or so of the characters and their story on any given playthrough.  I really liked the story, and the pathing is getting in the way of my enjoying it.

pregnancy?

i love Madison and want more of her story 

1. Chloe remains an unclickable ? in the memories screen even after unlocking (AFAIK) all her scenes.

2. Attempting to do Emma's Day 13 evening event results in an exception right at the end:

  File "game/script2.rpy", line 56845, in <module>

NameError: name 'flag_emma_backdoor_decline' is not defined

Presumably flag isn't defined because I didn't decline?

3. Speaking of, said event only seems to happen if you spill the beans to Emma at the very first opportunity.  Unsure if this means failing to do so ends her as a prospective romance in spite of her story appearing to continue for some ways (including getting a second chance to spill the beans) or does it mean there is a branch in her story?)  AFAIK romances typically fail at the end of the week, which would presumably be after the 14th day, not the 13th.  She even has a (possible) lewd scene earlier that day.

P.S. Line 56845?  Not sure if that's some sort of odd restriction in the renpy engine, but no source file should EVER be that long.

Does this game have a discord server if so where can I find it or is the discord server only for patreons?

Great story so far, easily 10 out of 10

I'm currently only interacting with Zoe(I'm on her love path more or less) , Jules and Penny as I find them most interesting although I have a weird feeling about Penny(hope this is not a spoiler and that it's just me chasing ghosts) but I feel like she's pretending to be so oblivious, I don't know man it feels like there's some shit lurking under the surface.. she could possibly be the masked chick hunting Zoe and the Mc.. Maybe I'm looking too deep into things but some minor details and occurrences has lead me to this conclusion.. I hope I'm wrong tho 

I love this story. I binge played and now I need more. When is the next up date?  5 star

I've started on Chapter Two just now...this twist has me....flustered but in a good way. You're telling a very good story here. Just as I thought maybe I had messed up on a route that I that I wanted to take...nope....WHATA TWIST!! I've become heavily intrigued and if I were to try to play this all in one go...I'd never get any sleep tonight! Easily Top Five VN for me. Thank you for the hard work you've put into this! 

I like how you've explained things, it's all very believable, and true to the Sci-Fi narrative, it feels like a lot like the classics back from the 70s and 80s novels I've read, which is a compliment. I also feel that cliché but enjoyable anime theme you've put into it, it's made this a very unique story unlike anything I've ever read. 

Feels Good bruh! 

I do have one complaint, it feels so far like the beginning of Chapter Two has way less choices than Chapter One did, but it doesnt hurt the story at all, even if they were not important, it would have been nice to have a few more choices than what we got, something to make it feel less linear. 

Hello!  Great game, I am a fan.  However, just downloaded and extracted v0.18 and it keeps looping me through the same day instead of giving me any new content.  Did I do something wrong?  Do I have to restart?

When will version 18 be available to the public?

I downloaded this game and decide to check it out briefly to see if how it is, only to be taken back and how good of a story unfolding before me that I played the whole thing in one sitting.  I really enjoyed this and am now in shock just like a series TV finale and I got to wait for the next lol.

I had to chuckle on the power girl transformation, but I loved it nonetheless, though I wish she had a slicker outfit, all leather because she is so awesome, hopefully no ill intended critique its wonderful as is :)

Thank you KnottyGames for this wonder story so far, when I finish this post you got my Patreon pledge!  I dont know if you offer custom photos, but my waifu Zoey, she has stole my heart <3

~Joey

Might just be missing all the right choices, but where does the lab girl run off to? Never got to figure out the rest of the quiz.

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Really enjoying, but I do find it a bit annoying that Zoey seems completely oblivious that she appears to be a viable part of the "solution" (and quite probably intended as such by the resistance that sent her) So I'm hoping Zoey's "solo" path, once the MC has chosen her, at least does something to explain why she previously ignored/overlooked that possibility, perhaps something like:

After things "settle", MC confesses to her, says he doesn't want anybody else.

She says that's impossible, she'd be a dead end as she has to go back.

He points out the entire point is to prevent her version of the future from ever happening, so unless she fails it was always just going to be a one way trip for her.

She says it still doesn't matter, he has to spread the cure to as many women as possible, he can't just be with her, and she doesn't think she can handle being somebody who "shares", so it's best for everyone if they just keep sticking to her plan.

He asks why the resistance chose her.  Was she the best fighter, or best infiltrator, or what?  She grimaces and admits that she didn't think she was a good choice and didn't even volunteer or anything because she was at best merely average, so when they approached her and asked her to do it she asked them that very same question, and they said it was because of her personality.  They said they wanted her to go because it was more important to pick somebody he would form an attachment with, somebody he would be able to trust.

He laughs, she gets an offended look.

He says, "Zoey, you've been played.  They sent you on a high stakes blind date on a cosmic scale. They didn't choose you to send back so I would fall in love with my pimp.  They chose you so I could fall in love with my wife."

*her mouth drops*

"But they told me..."

"A lie?  Seems that way.  If they had told you the truth, would it have worked?  Of 'course not. You said it yourself.  The primary route for transmission is by having kids. Relying on the viral properties with "repeated injections" of the gene was always just a riskier backup plan.  The resistance looked into that crystal ball of theirs and discovered I never had sex because there was no one here suitable for me, so they decided they had to send somebody here who was. And you know me well enough now to know I'm not the type of person who would jump into the sack with some random lady from the future showing up on my door step looking to get knocked up  to save the world.  And there's certainly no way you would have come had they told you the plan was for you to try to seduce me. They scoured who knows how many different possible time lines to find you, my perfect person, and misrepresented their plan in the way they knew they had to in order to get you to agree to go.

"And I, for one, am glad they did.  Because now you are here, and I love you. So, Zoey Gardner, Will you be my perfect person?"

(she jumps on top of him kissing him)

"I'll take that as a yes."

*Just before penetration*.

She lightly stops him and He asks what's wrong.

She replies that they are still just in college and with everything happening she never even thought to start taking the pill...

He chuckles and says that's ok, they have time.  he'll pull out... this time.

(H Scene)

(credits)

*Denouement*

MC narrating:

Now, I'm not gonna say that if you had tested Zoey a few weeks later she would have still tested negative for the gene, but I WILL say we waited until after we had graduated before we started actively trying for kids.

And it turns out it's a good thing we did, as the money from our jobs, matched with Zoeys ability to scan the time lines, allowed us to rapidly make a lot of money from some very profitable investments.   Money that we very quickly needed as we discovered the resistance had hedged their bets in more ways than one.  I wasn't the only one with special genes. Zoey was blessed with a rare genetically inherited condition the doctors called hyperovulation.  Which meant that while most couples have kids 1 at a time, we and our descendants tended to have them in twos and threes.

*picture of an older Zoey/MC (mc face presumably covered by some kids hand) in front of a large house with a whole bunch of twins/triplets/nannies/support staff/etc. around them.

Preventing the disease was all but assured.

(What, can't this be an H-game that still has a "wait until you're out of school to have kids" moral in it?)

Very well done, a very enjoyable experience. You took a not so normal route of making the women classier. So that even Penny who is presumably meant to have a sluttier appearance retains her sexual appeal and still looks decent. This makes things more realistic in my opinion, and it hits home because of it.

Then there's the romantic angle, which most who play these sorts of games don't care for since they just want to get their rocks off. Which is understandable. It's really nice. I actually care about whether or not something bad happens to a certain someone who "looks like she doesn't belong". And the feeling that this someone has a particular interest in the player is also nice.

The mystery as well, It's got me paranoid as to who could be behind what. And the anime-esque music choice lol, I liked that too. Very well done overall, a worthwhile experience for sure.

However, the more you grow a liking for something, the more worrisome you become for its consistency.

This is your game. Your vision. And not to mention, your generosity that's allowed me to indulge in the experience for free in the first place. I can't tell you how to run your story. 

But I figured that you knowing that there's someone out there who enjoys the music selection, the approach taken towards creating the women, and the romance angle. Not to mention the action, amongst other things. That maybe that would serve as a reminder that those things don't go unnoticed, and are well appreciated. And would be missed, just as well.

And with that, that you wouldn't overlook the value of such things whilst in future development.

I know I sound like a neckbeard when I say these things. But this game has genuinely left a lasting impression on me, and if your mission was for me to care for the story and the characters alike, then mission accomplished. 

I also understand that the weight of my opinion is of a lower echelon since I haven't made a paying contribution to the project, but I wanted to to try and reach you anyways. In the hopes that seeing my appreciation for such things, would extend their longevity.

Thank you either way, regardless of what you choose to do.
And best of luck.

Doesn't open on my iMac.

love the game so far, but how much percentage of the game can i see in v0.15 ? is there much more comming?

Interesting game, needs multiple playthroughs to get the different scenarios. I'm really enjoying it.

it be great to add "skip for next time of day" button. Especially when both options in choice lead to event with girl and you are not interested in any of them. I know I could make some bad decisions in conversations with particural girls  to lower their interest in me but i like being nice for most of the girls even if I already chose the one which I want to romance. 

that was... interesting

some attractive women... and they are romancable

it's not bad begenning for something bigger