Our Red String [Chapter 13.1 Full]

Chapter 13
This new update focuses on Lena’s trip with Seymour, and only has content for that particular path, but work on the following events for the chapter is already underway. So, if you’re not playing Seymour’s route you’ll have to skip this one, but I wanted to try and make justice to one of the most pivotal plot-points in this story.

Chapter 12.3 Alpha
This update completes the beach house event from Ian’s POV, and is centered on his relationships with the main cast, especially Lena and Holly, but you’ll find content for other characters and plotlines.

Chapter 12 Full
Small bugs have been ironed out and some tweaks and improvements added. I also expanded on a Lena solo scene, adding a new branch and images, but there aren’t major changes from the Beta.
As you know, in this update will be focused on the beach house event, which will be concluded in the next release to cap off this long chapter. Also, a new companion will be joining Ian and his friends during their summer vacation

Chapter 12 Beta
Here’s the Beta for Chapter 12! Small bugs have been ironed out and some tweaks and improvements added, but there aren’t major changes from the Alpha (excpet a small extension of a texting scene, with 3 new illustrations added).
As you know, in this update will be focused on the beach house event, which will be concluded in the next release to cap off this long chapter. Also, a new companion will be joining Ian and his friends during their summer vacation 🙂
(I’ve also added a small addition to the mma torunament scene, if anyone’s curious and wants to check it out, to set up some future plot points).

v12.2a Chapter 12 Alpha
Here’s the freshly baked Alpha for Chapter 12! As you know, in this update will be focused on the beach house event, which will be concluded in the next release to cap off this long chapter. Also, a new companion will be joining Ian and his friends during their summer vacation 🙂

(I’ve also added a small addition to the mma torunament scene, if anyone’s curious and wants to check it out, to set up some future plot points).

I can’t think of much else to say, other than I hope you enjoy this update and have fun exploring and finding all the different paths, scenes and variations. I think this one has some of my favourite lewd scenes and animations! Work on the last part of the beach house event is already underway, and I will continue writing and drawing during this release cycle to have it ready as soon as I can.

v12.1 Chapter 12 Prologue Full
Bug fixes
Proofreading
Scene extensions:
Lena x Jeremy
Lena x Marcel
Gallery now up to date with CH12

Chapter 12 Beta
Here’s the Beta for Chapter 12’s tournament update! Major bugs from the Alpha have been fixed, some additional dialogue pertaining to the Cherry/Holly routes has been added, plus a new Stalkfap scene and a small expansion to one of the sex scenes. The Full release will expand on another scene from Chapter 11.
This part of Chapter 12 focuses on the MMA tournament, while trying to advance some plotlines with character relationships. You might also find a particularly intense and maybe unexpected scene if you’re on a certain path…
I had to go back and fix somewhat of a plothole regarding the Cindy love path: turns out Ian hadn’t yet broken up with Lena and/or Alison even though he said he would, and as I was writing this chapter, I realized adding those event now would feel out of place. A quick replay of Chapter 11 might be needed to avoid possible bugs. I’ve also tweaked some “kickboxing” requirements that apparently made impossible to get to the master level during chapter 11, did you encounter this problem?
I also took the opportunity to tweak Seymour’s scene in this last chapter, and add something I had in my mind but wasn’t able to include. I wanted to save it for later, but it made so much sense to include it in this scene, and I had to.

Regarding the tournament itself; I knew I wanted to create a narrative-driven fighting system since before starting ORS, that’s why I included the MMA training concept right from the start. I know it’s not really integral to the plot of an erotic game, and some of you will skip entirely and wish I hadn’t devoted the time I did (because, in the end, I made it way more complicated than I probably should).
But for those who try it, I hope you enjoy it; some tweaking and balancing is probably still needed, and I’m not entirely sure how easy it is to win or lose. I’ve tested it quite a lot and I believe it works as intended; it’s been a real head-ache to build but I also had quite a lot of fun, so it’s a side-quest I enjoyed and I hope the effort put into it translates into something fun and enjoyable for players too.

Chapter 11 Epilogue Complete
This is the final iteration of Chapter’s 11 epilogue, featuring Lena’s Friday. All the reported bugs should’ve been fixed and other features fully implemented. I’ve also added some new original music tracks to the game’s score.

Sorry it took a bit longer to be released, I got sidetracked with work on Chapter 12 already. I’ll share some news with you of what to expect moving forward, but my plan is to give you new content very soon. Meanwhile, enjoy this last part of Chapter 11.

6 New Scenes:
Lena w/ Emma
Lena x Marcel
Lena x Jeremy
Lena x Axel
Lena x Mark
Lena x Ian

Chapter 11 Final
The complete iteration of this release is finally here. It took a while since I’ve been ironing out some obscure narrative bugs (BloodyMAres help is being invaluable in this task), and I’ve also added new music. Lena’s second song, “Shine Again”, has been fully realized with an original composition and lyrics, so if you got the mini-game choices right, you’ll be able to listen to it during the concert scene in Chapter 8 , but I’ve also attached the mp3 file in this post so you can check it out right away! I’ve also added two new narrative scenes that weren’t present in the Beta, nothing major, but it sheds light on a new plot point in the Seymour route as well as detail a bit more of Ian and Lena’s relationship.

v11.0 Chapter 11 Alpha
Chapter 11 release
Over 20 new scenes
Bugfixes for previous chapters
New texting UI
Built-in gallery unlocker

Chapter 11 Full version 10.3
Scene list:
Lena x Ian
Lena x Louise
Gallery Updated to include all new scenes
Groundwork for CH11
Bugfixes

v10.0 Final
It includes the new Minerva scene, featuring 8 new full screen illustrations and 1 animation, 1 new outfit for Minerva and about +1500 new lines of code to the script, plus some tweaks, enhancements and solving the reported bugs. More info the the other post!

v0.10 ALPHA
It is by far the heaviest update to date: the script is almost 33% longer than Chapter 7, the longest one yet, and it amasses around 130 new, full-screen illustrations, not counting all the possible variations and layered cosmetics. It also features some new music tracks, let’s see if you like them!

v0.9
Chapter 9 release
Official gallery added to the game
Complete rework of back-end code structure

0.8 Final
Added two new, fully fledged sex scenes: Ian x Emma and Lena x Mike, with 10 new flull-screen illustrations, with variations and 1 new animation.
Now Lena can choose to wear two necklaces during her concert, and they will also show up during Ian x Lena sex scene
A new illustration for Lena x Mike sex scene in Chapter 5 and a reworked illustration I wasn’t happy with.
I retconned Lena handing Seymour Ian’s book. Now she hands it to him at the start of the photo shoot in Chapter 6
Added an option to skip Ian’s heavy bag boxing minigame in Chapter 5
Added the missing cameos

v0.7 Revised
As I’m working on Chapter 8, I’ve also revised a couple things across the previous chapters. I’ve gone over Ian and Wade’s interactions, since there were some incongruities after tweaking Wade’s job situation, and this also allowed me to revise his and Cindy’s introduction in Chapter 1.

Having to work on the game release after release, and trying to publish them as fast as I’m able, means that I rarely get to revise what I wrote and polish things. I’ll admit I’m not a fan of going over what I wrote over and over again, but in this case I think that first scene flows better and represent the characters more accurately, since I didn’t know them as well as I do now when I first started writing them. It’s a minor thing, but to me it’s important!

I’ve also added two new tracks to the soundtrack, now Cindy has her own dedicated theme, as she should! When she appears on screen she usually steals the show, and she needed some music to highlight the impact she has.

Anyways, just a few small changes but I thought they were worth re-releasing this last update.

Our Red String v0.7
It’s finally here! Chapter 7: Heavenly Sins is finished. The Beta corrects a few minor bugs and spelling mistakes present in the Alpha and adds a few tweaks to some scenes that I felt needed to be modified, but it’s subtle stuff. Updates to the Agenda section are still needed and will be implemented in the Final version, which will also contain a new sex scene, so stay tuned for that!

This has probably been the most challenging update I’ve pushed out so far, and it took me longer than I anticipated, but I think it’ll be worth it. Thank you so much for your patience and support, and I hope you really enjoy this one!
This update is packed with the most amount of content I’ve ever crammed in a single episode, it has 80+ full-screen, full-color illustrations, 20.000+ lines of narrative code and sex scenes with over 10 characters. Be mindful, to see all possible events you’ll have to go over the chapter at least two separate times, and a lot of what will happen is dependant on your previous choices.

Did you Lena tell Louise about Jeremy’s games, causing them to break up, or are they still together? Did Lena sleep with Robert or rejected him right away? What’s Ian relationship to Emma, Alison, and the other female cast? Try different choices to discover wildly different scenes.

Our Red String v0.6 Final
Thanks to everyone who helped me polish this and reported any bugs. Everything should be fixed now, and I also added a couple new small features.
Updated the Agenda information and created missing character profiles.
Added the option to manually name individual saves (thank you Lara for your mod!)
Ironed out minor bugs that could cause compatibility issues moving forward (thank you BloodyMares and Cabot, and anyone who reported them!)
Cleaned remaining typos and grammar mistakes (thank you again, vBerlichingen!)
Changed the variable requirement for the appearance of certain character (can’t say more without spoiling it, so I’ll talk about that more in depth in a later post)

Our Red String v0.6 Beta
Here’s the Beta for ORS Chapter 6!
The Alpha was pretty stable and only minor bugs had to be fixed. Here’s a changelog on what had been altered:
Added a new dialogue option to the Cherry/Alison bar scene that will be relevant in the future, but it doesn’t add a new variable. It just transforms an old one from True/False to a numerical value.
Fixed a loop that was present in Chapter 2
Fixed story inconsistency regarding Wade
Fixed various graphical bugs
Fixed minor coding bugs
Fixed a few spelling mistakes

Our Red String 0.5 Enhanced
So, what’s new in the enhanced edition?
I’ve added a couple things to strengthen the driving narrative of the story, making Ian and Lena’s personal goals a bit more clear. Lena’s situation at the café is also re-worked and better tied to the narrative and gameplay.
I’ve added a few new interactions with Axel and Ivy that will open up interesting plot points in the future. Not including them felt like a missed opportunity.
I’ve restructured Ian’s training sessions to be more coherent. I dug myself in too deep giving the option to choose between two martial arts, but it’s something I wanted to explore. Now the progression is clearer and makes more sense, and there’s also a new goal related to that path of the game: an upcoming tournament!
I’m reworking Robert scenes to make him more likeable. Don’t worry, you’ll still have the jerk you love to hate, if you don’t correspond his advances. But I felt Lena had a lack of appealing options 5 chapters into the game, so I want to make Robert fun to pursue if you as a player are into it.
There will also be a new naughty scene you’ll see over the phone… Just make sure you’re in good terms with Jeremy 😉
I’ll implement a way to track the current day in game, so you always know where the scene you’re playing is happening in the chronological order.
I’ve also made some minor tweaks to some stats and restructured the way I compute the variables in the script, but that shouldn’t concern you.
Some other minor tweaks and re-writes I can’t remember now, but most importantly…
ANIMATIONS! I’ve been experimenting with the idea and implemented quite a few animations during sex scenes. It’s a feature that has been really requested and I’ve decided to give it a try… They are just simple 2-frame animations, but it’s the best I can do considering my work-load and schedule. I want to hear your opinion on them… Do you like them? Do you feel they add something of value and are they worth the time and effort needed to create them?