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Hi all! I’m here with another progress update. I’ve got some good news to share with you this week: the first draft of Sho’s route is 95% finished, and it’s been sent to my two awesome volunteer editors to begin the editing process while I finish that remaining 5%. It’s basically done except for the few minor things I have to finish writing. Yay!! ✨
I’m sure you’re wondering why it took so long to finish - or maybe you aren’t, but I’ll talk about it anyway. My original idea for the route way back in April or May was for Piper/the player to have the choice of what to cook with Sho for the cooking contest - and that depending on which one you pick, a large chunk of the middle of the route would be different. In practice, this ended up making the route fairly complicated, to the point that I was basically writing two routes that lead to the same possible endings. So, when Sho’s route is eventually finished, you’ll actually be able to play it again and see several completely different scenes and dialogue options.
I’m proud of how it’s turning out, but suffice to say, I probably won’t be doing something that complex with any of the other routes, once this one is done. ^^;; It’s caused the route to balloon into something much longer than I ever intended, and it’ll require a lot more proofreading and playtesting than if I had just employed a little creative self-control. But I’m learning how to make VNs as I go along, so I’m considering it a learning experience! ✨
That’s a real screenshot from the Google doc. I don’t think the route will go past 40,000 words by the time I finish the last 5%, but it might get very close. Whew! x_x
No idea when the route itself will be complete and uploaded to Itch.io, considering that all my estimations on those things have been wrong so far. On top of that, after my huge writing marathon during September, I’m in need of a short break. But my goal at this point is to ramp up my efforts to get the art assets finished once I’ve had my break, and you can be sure that everything I get done it eventually get posted here! ✌️
As always, thank you for playing and for reading! (and I’ll be posting this update to Itch.io today too, so sorry for the repetition if you follow me on both sites!)
I finished these designs and talksprites for Sho’s, Huey’s, and Moyo’s outfits for the post-demo parts of the game! Hooray!!
I know I’ve been very quiet here lately, but I’m still chugging along, working on the game, and I hope to be able to share some good news with everyone in the next two weeks. <3 <3 <3
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I spent my evening finally programming an actual route selection system into the Saucy Suitors demo! I had no idea how to do this at the time I made the demo, so, like… none of the choices were connected to any kind of point tally to determine which condimen’s route you’d end up on. But they are now! Yay!
I made this flow chart while I was working on it to help me keep it all straight, so I guess it’s basically a walkthrough for the pre-route part of the game!
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The first romance route for my otome visual novel, Saucy Suitors, is now available to play in alpha on itch.io!! Click over here to download it and check it out, along with links for walkthroughs!
I’ve put a lot of sweat and love into finishing this, so I really hope everyone enjoys it!!! Please let me know what you think!
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Hi everyone! An update is going out today on itch.io for alpha version 0.11.1! This small update fixes a few things and adds an author’s note to the beginning of the game about the unfinished state of the game and where to find walkthroughs.
Here’s a walkthrough for Sho’s route itself and all of his endings! Note, this contains spoilers, so if you want to play Sho’s route a few times before looking at this, you should. But if you’re trying to see all of his endings, this is where to look!
I made this flowchart a few months ago for my beta testers - if this isn’t clear enough or you’d like a text version, please let me know!
Thank you again for your support <3
Hi everyone!! As was announced on Monday, Saucy Suitors has been updated on itchio. A beta of Sho’s route is now playable! Hooray for the first romance route being complete!!
To help people access the new content, I’ve prepared a walkthrough to help people select the right dialogue options in the prologue to get to his route in the first place.
So, technically I posted a walkthrough to get not only Sho’s route, but every condimen’s route (eventually), a long time ago. This flowchart breaks down how all of the choices in the prologue work. But to give you a clearer idea of what options you need to pick, here’s a summary!
How to Get Sho’s Route in Saucy Suitors
When the tourist is rude to you: doesn’t matter which you pick.
When the boy is asking for poutine: offer him something off the menu (top option).
When deciding whether to call your boss back immediately: call him back (top option).
Eventually, you should reach a point where Piper rushes off to work. If you get the text box that says she ate a bagel for breakfast, you’ve selected the right choices so far. If you messed up somewhere, you may get the option to pick what breakfast she has - if you do see this choice come up and you’re trying to get Sho’s route, pick the bagel!
When deciding what to do about the other food trucks: call the police immediately (top option).
When Jean offers you his mustard: eat the mustard (bottom option).
When Huey asks your opinion about Star Angel’s Bliss: agree with him (top option).
When deciding whether to ask Sweets to stay: let Sweets leave (top option).
When asked your opinion about Hunter’s behavior: agree with Moyo (top option).
Note that if you happened to ask Sweets to stay, you’ll get a different final choice in the scene that follows. In this scene, when Sho loans you his handkerchief, don’t blow your nose (top option, if I remember right).
If you follow the above steps, Piper will select Sho has her cook-off partner, and you’ll be officially on Sho’s romance route! Have fun and please tell me what you think after you’ve played it!!!
