Demo when?
>21:44  TJeffy  A few months, conceivably. Even if we could put an exact date on it, I'm not sure we'd want to. Sorry it doesn't get any more specific than that.
>21:45  TJeffy  May, at latest.
 
Do the twins share a route or have their own?
>21:58  TJeffy  Each twin gets a route
 
How diverse are the twin's routes?
>22:02  TJeffy  Yeah, I get you. It's kind of hard to describe, but they start out being identical (kind of like a second common route, if that makes sense?), then branching off.
>22:02  TJeffy  So first you'd get slotted into the twins, and then more specifically into one of the two.
 
Threesome confirmed?
>22:05  TJeffy  I hope you don't mind if I leave that one hanging.
>22:06  TJeffy  Don't want to kill all speculation.
 
Do the twins have the same mental disorder?
>22:12  TJeffy  I want to tell you, but my peers are shooting me disapproving looks.
>22:12  TJeffy  Sorry.
 
When do we find out about the girl's disorders?
22:16   keviniskool     You'll basically know everyone's disorder by the end of Act 1, but not the true depth of it
 
What kind of information will be revealed soon?
>22:18  keviniskool     Character introductions beyond superficial fluff that we posted before
 
What's the music going to be like? Will it be midi on the site?
>22:23  keviniskool     Those were for people who wanted to learn the songs with Synthesia or a light-up keyboard
>22:23  keviniskool     Full songs have actual instruments
>22:23  keviniskool     And more than piano
>22:24  keviniskool     Although one or two tracks has some real guitar
>22:24  keviniskool     If we do end up using real instruments somewhere, it won't be in the demo
 
Any character pairings?
>22:29  Hamadyne        Isolda and Jeanne are friends, and do astronomy things.
 
Protag's disability?
>22:34  TJeffy  Sorry, but all disorders are under wraps.
>22:34  Hamadyne        You've activated my nope card.
>22:34  TJeffy  I know that kills discussion like few other things, but alas.
>22:39  keviniskool     We hint at it literally 12 lines in
 
Tone of MS? How Alpha Hanako is it?
>22:39  keviniskool     Like double suicide?
>22:39  keviniskool     Not quite that dark
>22:40  TJeffy  There's definitely plenty of darkness, if you go looking for it.
 
Longest route?
>22:43  TJeffy  Is "not Katja's" specific enough?
>22:44  keviniskool     Probably not the Twins either
>22:44  TJeffy  Kidding aside, you know that about as well as we do at the moment.
>22:44  keviniskool     But I think we can all put money on Katja's route being the longest
>22:44  raithfyr_       Isolda' probably won't be that long, judging by my notes so far
 
Do Katja and Annaliese have any relation? Both are into music.
>22:56  Hamadyne        The two of them don't have much of a relation, if any.
 
Any news on side characters? How many are important to the plot in a similar way Misha is?
>3:02   keviniskool     We have some very important side characters
>23:02  keviniskool     We have three that are especially important
>23:07  TJeffy  Katja, Twins, and Isolda, most significantly
>23:07  TJeffy  But side characters will have a role in most every route.
 
How much of a sanitarium is the school?
>23:11  Hamadyne        There's a separate building for the more "delicate" students to go to. Other than that, the rest of the school is fairly standard, with some changes to accommodate all students.
 
Can students leave the school? What's the common language?
>23:12  Hamadyne        Students can leave, but they need to fill out paperwork and need to be back before a certain time.
>23:12  TJeffy  School's in Vienna
>23:12  Hamadyne        Outside Vienna, to be more specific.
>23:14  Hamadyne        As for language, it's an international school, so English is spoken by the staff/students.
>23:14  Hamadyne        However, this doesn't mean that the language barrier isn't present. You'll find out about that as you read the VN.
 
Will Isolda get mad at me if I claim tea is vastly superior to coffee?
>23:28  Hamadyne        Isolda won't hate you.
>23:30  Raithfyre       She's not the type to hate people.
 
Do the girl's interests in pop culture get referenced very often in the story?
>23:32  keviniskool     We don't get that detailed
>23:32  keviniskool     It matters a little for Anna, but not much for anyone else
Is Lena delicious brown or tanned?
>23:44  Hamadyne        Technically, Lena is a bit of both.
 
Can the girls function in society (with support?)
>23:48  TJeffy  More or less, yeah. Nobody is "broken" beyond help.
>23:48  TJeffy  Nobody is wearing anyone's skin.
 
What are the local attractions and date spots near the school?
>23:51  TJeffy  Parks, restaurants
>23:51  Hamadyne        Vienna has a lot to offer. Cafes, coffee houses, and plenty of shopping
 
Will we ever game with Jeanne?
>00:15  Hamadyne        Yes.
 
Is Lena allowed to remove her mask?
>00:04  Hamadyne        It's up to her.
 
How does the choice system work? Is it similar to KS where the points are +girl, or something different?
>00:32  alabaster       The original outline was more point-based.
>00:33  alabaster       With the same basic sequence of events.
>00:33  alabaster       Which doesn't feel as organic as it could.
>00:34  alabaster       Then Hama did a version that was almost entirely about the branching structure and much less about points.
>00:34  alabaster       I thought the problem with that was that much of what you see in Act 1 is determined basically by a couple choices you make in the first few scenes.
>00:35  alabaster       So the current outline is sort of a balance between the two.
How do the choices diversify the scenes?
>00:35  alabaster       There's enough branching to make the writers' heads spin, but a lot of it is of the scene-variation type rather than getting completely different content.
 
Will we be able to meet all the girls?
>00:36  alabaster       You definitely get to meet all of them.
>00:37  alabaster       There are definitely scenarios where you may only see them once or twice, though.
>00:38  alabaster       What I'm pretty proud of is that how much time you spend with most girls is up to you.
>00:39  alabaster       So you get your initial encounter with Lena or Jeanne, say, and then you have a very obvious in that would allow Erik to hang out with them more.
>00:39  alabaster       Which you can choose to take or not.
 
Can you choose to reject everyone?
>00:40  alabaster       It's not an option per se.
>00:40  alabaster       But if you're super anti-social, there's a path for that.
>00:40  TJeffy  The roof to St. Dymphna's is locked, if that's the kind of thing you're asking about
 
Are there any choices that don't have consequences, but just change the situation of a scene, like petting shizune or not in her alpha?
>00:50  Hamadyne        All the choices do something.
>00:50  Hamadyne        At least, as far as Act One goes.
 
Drunk scenes?
00:59   alabaster       Perhaps.
 
Drunken incest?
00:59   alabaster       Perhaps.
 
Annaliese best girl.