okay, phew.

had to take a couple of days off due to personal reasons. i think I also needed the time to stew on the direction of where I wanted this story to go. due to time limitations, I think the parsing down a couple of options (removing the “nope” variables/ending, specifically) will help move things along.

this release is playable, but sparse. there’s no sound effects or music just yet, and it only covers a portion of act 1. if I don’t do anything else from this point, I’ll still have learned a little about variables and flags, which is a success in my eyes!

i would like to get this to a “completed” state if possible, though - at the very least, finish writing the story, adding interactions with dad and Mr Em, adding music, and having those branching paths feel complete. We’ll see how far I can get with the time left!