Starter Marriage, Phase 4

[onyxghoul]

Since we are at T-1 week, I wanted to post some release notes:

• This phase not only extends the narrative, but adds to and changes other parts that came before. Some of the choices may lead in different directions now. There will be a lot to explore!
• Because of how many changes there are internally, when Phase 4 rolls out, any current position in the game or saved positions will be reset.

There is also a big new feature!

• Savepoints! You will be able to save up to five different positions in the game and switch between them, rather than just one as it is now.

We're very excited about this release!

Does this mean that finding scenes in this phase will unlock content in previous chapters?

[Daphne]

Does this mean that finding scenes in this phase will unlock content in previous chapters?

The game is linear in the sense that each playthrough is independent, so something you do later in the game does not affect things that are available earlier in the game in a subsequent playthrough.

[twobears]

I've been playing around with this a bit recently

Still quite unclear how to trigger the scenes with

1.  The love potion
2.  The spell

Once or twice, I managed to have some dreams sequences involving Renee, but even here I'm kinda unclear how I ended up with these.  I THINK it involved discussions with Natalie, but I'm not 100% sure...

[Underworld]

Looking forward to exploring this - but I don't seem to snore too move past the dream sequence at the end of chapter 3 even if I restart the story. It's this happening to anyone else or am I missing something?

[ktc1221]

Looking forward to exploring this - but I don't seem to snore too move past the dream sequence at the end of chapter 3 even if I restart the story. It's this happening to anyone else or am I missing something?

An earlier post by Daphne. The TLDR would be wait til after 12pm PST.

Just a note on progress…

* Thanks to the amazing work of our beta testers, it is coming along wonderfully. A particular shout-out to Hereno, who has been doing amazing work and invaluable in finding all kinds of bugs.

* Unlike the comics, launching a new phase of Starter Marriage is a manual process, so it will probably launch around noon Pacific on 1/1/2025.

Thanks!

[Underworld]

Ah thanks for that! Bring across the pond is just seen it had gone live as a new comic. Thanks for the quick answer

[djv]

Since it's on the front page right now I think a lot of people are getting confused. Would be helpful if there was some sort of indicator as to when it got released

[Daphne]

Since it's on the front page right now I think a lot of people are getting confused. Would be helpful if there was some sort of indicator as to when it got released

I will post a note here. It'll be soon!

[Daphne]

Phase 4 is up!

[ktc1221]

There's just so many routes. I'm curious what others have ended up on. My personal favorite so far has been the honest abe route while hypnotizing Allison to want big boobs. Up until the 2nd days end and I text Annie about seeing her again but only with explicit commitment the next morning. This seems to inevitably spiral to resuming your relationship with Lorelei, to which you then lie to Allisons face about it and get her permission for Lorelei in the future and fuck her all night. You can also in this route feel up Renee's boobs without getting a BJ from her. I'm uncertain if that's one of the new tweaks or not but is appreciated.

Basically... my favorite route crosses lines I wouldn't irl but definitely give a thrill exploring in fantasy.

[Daphne]

Starter Marriage is a pretty amoral game. It's a good environment to put your scruples aside. :-)

[Bob42]

Is this the right place to point out apparent inconsistencies?  Also is there a spoiler blocking method in this forum we should be using for the first while after the new release?

[Daphne]

Is this the right place to point out apparent inconsistencies?  Also is there a spoiler blocking method in this forum we should be using for the first while after the new release?

Yes, you can post them here. If you find things out during normal gameplay, you don't have to mark them as spoilers.

[TacTic]

Personnaly, I like the "Unapologetic dom" route: just make the most of every sex scene, being extremely straightforward about it. I just tone down two times with bashfull truth: I reply "nothing important" at the start to "create" the affaire with Lorelei, and don't talk about Annie by phone to keep Allison a bit insecure. Coupled with some try to make the scenes with each girl the most domineering possible, it is enough to have complete dominance upon Allison by the end of phase 3 and install some powerplay with Lorelei, Renée and Annie.

 It also unlock the "fantasy" of Allison and I am surprised, because if you go all the way of Allison's fantasy, my MC finally say: "
This fantasy is so specific and unlike her that you wonder... You decide that it's time to move on, and you can talk to her about it in the morning."
 But at the start of phase 4, I don't find how to talk to her about it. I tried to delay or even deny the love scene, but to no avait. The rest of the phase is not played differently if I chose Allison's fantasy or the other more "traditional" form of control over her.
Maybe I took this fantasy a bit too seriously and it does not unlock some dark mysteries, or maybe it will be the topic of another phase later. But it is a bit frustrating to not know if it's an oversight or just normal development.

[Daphne]

But it is a bit frustrating to not know if it's an oversight or just normal development.

You can assume things like that are as-intended.