The Flow of Starter Marriage

[hereno]

Progress is saved in this story, yes?

The game remembers where you left off, yes. In addition, you can use the "Save" button at the bottom to create a manual save you can return to later.

[Vidor]

Maybe I'm weird but I like the story better with hereno's prompts.  I liked being in cheat mode and taking the story where I wanted to see it go.

[Sharque]

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Would it be odd if I were to ask how to find the image with the snake?

[hereno]

Would it be odd if I were to ask how to find the image with the snake?

Yes it would be odd. Do not try to see the space snake.

Here is the procedure:

• Do not try to see the space snake
• Do not try to see the space snake
• DO NOT TRY TO SEE THE SPACE SNAKE

What, you want more words? Ugh, fine.

• You need a high libido (fuck Allison all the way (through all the "speed" options) in the very first scene of the game)
• Reject Annie
• Tell Lorelei that Allison has been "sexual in new ways"

Pretty sure that's it. You'll want to make sure you read what Lorelei says while you're fucking her.

[Bob42]

For trying to see the snake incubus, a couple of notes.

I did the things that Hereno said and didn't see it, in my first several attempts.  There seem to be two problems in showing the image.  First is setting up Allison so it is what is going on.  This means getting the right response of Lorelei during sex, which are the parts that Hereno idientified.  But then I got the right response from her and didn't get the image. After some fiddling I think I figured out why, I was generating too many other dream sequence possibilities (max seems to be four) and the incubus was not being shown (either due to random chance or lower priority). So my suggestion is to cut out the other edge case things that can generate dream options.  For me this included not pointing out the blonde in the window, not flirting with Emma, limiting options with Renee and Dante, not getting Allison's libido (exhibitionism?) so high that she's going to be a stripper (this seems to have a very high priority in images shown), etc.

[hereno]

For trying to see the snake incubus, a couple of notes.

I did the things that Hereno said and didn't see it, in my first several attempts.  There seem to be two problems in showing the image.  First is setting up Allison so it is what is going on.  This means getting the right response of Lorelei during sex, which are the parts that Hereno idientified.  But then I got the right response from her and didn't get the image. After some fiddling I think I figured out why, I was generating too many other dream sequence possibilities (max seems to be four) and the incubus was not being shown (either due to random chance or lower priority). So my suggestion is to cut out the other edge case things that can generate dream options.  For me this included not pointing out the blonde in the window, not flirting with Emma, limiting options with Renee and Dante, not getting Allison's libido (exhibitionism?) so high that she's going to be a stripper (this seems to have a very high priority in images shown), etc.

You can only get one pendant image in the dream sequence, not more. (You could get none.) I believe the space snake counts as a pendant image for this purpose.

So I suppose you're right that your character needs to be on an MC path (as opposed to a good boyfriend path) to get any pendant image, and then I guess you need to make sure the space snake has prio over any other pendant option (although I believe that it does automatically).

Yes, you can only see a max of four images in the dream sequence, and you may see less than that, including zero. But only a max of one pendant image.

Also: do not try to see the space snake.

[djv]

I don't know if the game has been updated but I have noticed a bunch of stuff in the last couple runthroughs that I didn't see before. One notable decision in Renee's bathroom in particular (on certain paths).

[Vidor]

Daphne is saying on the other thread that positions in the game will be reset.  I hope Hereno posts an updated guide.

[Daphne]

Of course, it's up to him if he does or not! I've asked him to wait a week or two before providing "cheat sheet"-level information, to allow people to explore on their own.

[hereno]

Buddies, you bet your butts I'm writing up an updated guide. At Daphne's request, I'll give you all two weeks to discover stuff on your own. Maybe you'll even find something I haven't yet!

[hereno]

While we're on the subject: Daphne, is there a way to pin the outline-posts to the top of this thread?

[hereno]

YOU GUYS: I just took my first crack at writing the Ch. 5 flow. It's... it's over 3000 words. Six pages, single-spaced.

There's... there's a lot of stuff in here, guys.

[jwik01]

Well shoot i was just about to comment "who cares if your save position is reset, restoring it is the work of only a few minutes once you're familiar with the routes through the game" but I guess I should rethink that!

[Vidor]

Buddies, you bet your butts I'm writing up an updated guide. At Daphne's request, I'll give you all two weeks to discover stuff on your own. Maybe you'll even find something I haven't yet!

Terrific.

[Daphne]

While we're on the subject: Daphne, is there a way to pin the outline-posts to the top of this thread?

Unfortunately, SMF doesn't let you sticky posts within a topic, just topics on a board.