[17:18] <Qwerty__> hello
[17:18] <@TopHat> hi
[17:18] <Qwerty__> may i ask a few questions?
[17:19] <@TopHat> yus
[17:19] <%All-Maker> hello
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[17:19] <Qwerty__> thank you. these are all questions from the /salty/ thread so I'll just go in a list
[17:19] * Hearts wwalks into chat
[17:20] <@TopHat> alrighty
[17:20] <Qwerty__> what kind of stories and things have influenced the weiter's routes?
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[17:20] <@TopHat> uhhhhhh, youd have to ask the writer
[17:20] <@TopHat> let me ping him
[17:20] <@Twrlare> oh boy I am so excited
[17:20] <%Mehkanik> Hello
[17:21] <@TopHat> there you go
[17:21] <%Hearts> sup Mehk you get the first question
[17:21] <Qwerty__> hello.
[17:21] <%Mehkanik> Golly gee
[17:21] <%Mehkanik> It's kinda hard to say what kind of stories have influenced me
[17:22] <%Mehkanik> A lot of the literature I read isn't really romance
[17:22] <Qwerty__> so yeah. what kind of things have influenced your routes?
[17:22] <%Mehkanik> But I see a lot of it and have experienced plenty of it in life
[17:22] <%Mehkanik> I've read a few love stories, but not many
[17:22] <%Hearts> this guy
[17:22] <%Mehkanik> I suppose being a hopeless romantic helps a lot though
[17:23] <Qwerty__> we all know that feel. will there be a Christmas demo?
[17:23] <@TopHat> nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnope
[17:23] <@TopHat> or probably not anyway
[17:23] <%All-Maker> not likely
[17:23] <%Mehkanik> Caps/TopHat is the better one to ask that, I just write
[17:23] <Qwerty__> what clubs are the sidecharacters in at school?
[17:23] <%Mehkanik> I've gotten almost all of the writing for the demo completely done, though
[17:23] <@TopHat> we have the first 20 scenes planned out and i think itd be better to release all that at once
[17:24] <@TopHat> rather than, like, cutting out the first few scenes
[17:24] <%Hearts> ooh side characters
[17:24] <%All-Maker> side characters
[17:25] <%Mehkanik> Most of the side characters are also part of either the writing or art club
[17:25] <Raidis> as a member of WiP i can safely answer anything you need
[17:25] <%Hearts> I think he was asking for specifics
[17:25] <@TopHat> as a member of wip i can safely fire raidis
[17:25] <%Mehkanik> Raidis, go away
[17:25] <%All-Maker> we'd have to reveal side characters to be specific, wouldnt we
[17:25] <Raidis> shiz theyre being mean
[17:25] <%Mehkanik> Yes, sort of
[17:25] <%Hearts> Allison is revealed though
[17:25] <@TopHat> allison is in the art club
[17:25] <%All-Maker> true enough, allison is a member of the art club
[17:25] <@Twrlare> you can just kick him, though
[17:26] <Qwerty__> can't go into much detail about the side characters?
[17:26] <%Mehkanik> Are there any particular side characters you'd like to ask about, qwerty?
[17:26] <%Mehkanik> Well, we probably can
[17:26] <%Hearts> I'm okay with talking more about the side characters... don't see the harm in it
[17:26] <%Mehkanik> But you'd have to tell us which you want to know about that are shown
[17:26] <@TopHat> heather
[17:26] <@TopHat> since she's not art club
[17:26] <%Hearts> this guy's droppin bombs
[17:26] <%Mehkanik> She isn't actually revealed, but okay
[17:27] <Qwerty__> maybe some other time. I'm in a rush right now, so I'm trying to go through everyone's questions.
[17:27] <%Mehkanik> Well, for now, anyone who has been shown either falls into the writing or art club
[17:27] <@TopHat> well in general theres a handful of writing and art club members and we can talk about them later when asked
[17:27] <%Mehkanik> Some may be in another, but the focus are the clubs
[17:27] <%Hearts> what about izaak?  
[17:27] <Qwerty__> any unlockables? stuff like cg?
[17:27] <%Mehkanik> Table tennis club member
[17:28] <@TopHat> mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
[17:28] <%Mehkanik> I'm being sarcastic about that one
[17:28] <%Hearts> I think there will be unlockables, right?  at least one
[17:28] <@TopHat> if we say there are secret things they wouldnt be secret
[17:28] <%Mehkanik> Few community colleges have organized sports teams
[17:28] <%All-Maker> there will probably be unlockables
[17:28] <@TopHat> but we'll have a media gallery or whatever
[17:28] <@TopHat> with cgs and whatnot
[17:29] <Qwerty__> what are the girls' favorite and least favorite color and subjects?
[17:29] <%Mehkanik> Naturally there'll be unlockables like art, backgrounds, cgs, the typical vn fodder
[17:29] <%Mehkanik> Music test
[17:29] <%Mehkanik> There could be some short stories tucked away in there too, that don't fit in the actual story but would go with the release
[17:29] <@TopHat> uh.
[17:29] <%Mehkanik> Well
[17:29] <%Mehkanik> They wear their favorite colors
[17:30] <@TopHat> well theres the whole red and blue thing
[17:30] <@TopHat> we arent gonna do anything sneaky like make mekki's favorite color green or something
[17:30] <%All-Maker> they really like those colors
[17:30] <%Hearts> KS already did it
[17:30] <%Mehkanik> And are you asking for favorite subjects aside from their hobbies like writing and art
[17:30] <Qwerty__> sure
[17:30] <%Mehkanik> So noncommital
[17:30] <@Twrlare> [CONTRAST INTENSIFYING]
[17:32] <@TopHat> mehk are you answering that
[17:32] <@TopHat> or are we sitting in awkward silence
[17:32] <%Mehkanik> Oh, sorry lol
[17:32] <%Hearts> how about you guys ask an interesting question
[17:32] <%Mehkanik> The answer is kinda boring, so I was seeing if there was another he had
[17:32] <@TopHat> :|
[17:32] <Qwerty__> why was Mekki's figure changed to chubby?
[17:32] <%Hearts> they all like long walks on the beach and quiet evenings by the fireplace
[17:33] <%Mehkanik> The characters from the beginning have always been polarized to one another
[17:33] <%Mehkanik> Red is warm, blue is cool, short hair, long hair
[17:33] <@TopHat> they have other hobbies and interests apart from marine biology/ art and law/ writing but i think we may be doing some stuff with those
[17:33] <%Mehkanik> We've made a habit of looking for anything we could sort of use to make them opposites
[17:34] <%All-Maker> i like drawing her that way #1 reason
[17:34] <%Mehkanik> Allmaker is a chubby chaser too, I guess!
[17:34] <%Hearts> aren't we all?
[17:34] <%Hearts> I personally favoured the idea because it made her less vanilla
[17:34] <%Hearts> not sure if anyone else felt that way
[17:34] <%All-Maker> im not a chubby chaser
[17:34] <%Mehkanik> Like I said, sort of boring
[17:35] <%All-Maker> mekki is just soft and curvy
[17:35] <%Mehkanik> Caprice made her degree/career choice off of the courses she enjoyed taking
[17:35] <Qwerty__> chubby girls are best
[17:35] <%Mehkanik> For Mekki it blends into "stories" as well as history always having a lot of interesting law cases
[17:36] <%Mehkanik> Why did you voice waltz, hearts
[17:36] <%Hearts> i like him
[17:36] <%Hearts> what a fuddy duddy
[17:36] <@Twrlare> as much as I like him, no
[17:36] <@TopHat> ANYWAY
[17:36] <@TopHat> yeah chub is okay i guess
[17:37] <Qwerty__> so, um, what's up with the hat?
[17:37] <%Mehkanik> Cushion for pushin etc etc
[17:37] <@TopHat> he's in a rush so itd be rude to be all distracting and stuff
[17:37] <%Hearts> here we go
[17:37] <%Mehkanik> That's a trade secret
[17:37] <%All-Maker> it's a hat, certainly
[17:37] <@TopHat> its plot related
[17:37] <@TopHat> promise
[17:37] <%Mehkanik> There's a reason for the hat
[17:38] <Qwerty__> sounds good to me
[17:38] <%Mehkanik> As much as people might think that it's just a zany character trait
[17:40] <%Hearts> ded
[17:40] <Qwerty__> the game will be open to modification upon release, correct? how flexible will the story be? can things be added my modders without rest inning certain events?
[17:40] <@TopHat> allison specifically?
[17:40] <@TopHat> probably not very easily
[17:41] <@TopHat> hayley definitely possible
[17:41] <@TopHat> without much retcon business
[17:41] <%All-Maker> wait, what
[17:41] <%Mehkanik> I'm not sure I understand the story
[17:41] <%Mehkanik> Er
[17:41] <%Mehkanik> Question*
[17:41] <Qwerty__> I spelled retconning wrong.
[17:41] <@TopHat> he's saying how easy it will be to make fan routes
[17:41] <@TopHat> in regards to like
[17:41] <@TopHat> retconning elements of the story
[17:42] <%Hearts> oh, is he asking if we are intentionally leaving elements of the story vague to facilitate modding?
[17:42] <%Mehkanik> I'm certainly not
[17:42] <@TopHat> hayley is introduced in a similar enough fashion to where you could probably get away with just putting in a choice in a key area and go on her route without much trouble
[17:42] <@TopHat> off the top of my head i could even think of an easy way to do it
[17:42] <%Mehkanik> The vn itself will be available for any modification, so if you just open it and change things around
[17:42] <%Mehkanik> You could do whatever you really want
[17:43] <%Mehkanik> Shiz is good about commenting scripts/explaining what's doing what, so it'd be fairly simple to figure out
[17:43] <Qwerty__> cool. any plans for you guys after wip is complete?
[17:43] <@TopHat> so like, ten years from now?
[17:43] <%Hearts> heh
[17:43] <%All-Maker> ha ha
[17:44] <@Twrlare> 0/10
[17:44] <@TopHat> i dont think theres anything planned as like a group or whatever
[17:45] <Qwerty__> you haven't discussed it?
[17:45] <@TopHat> but i'd like to do something maybe