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July update is here, what do I have to say?

-I have polished Victoria's sprites, tbh I have improved alot with anatomy and shading since starting this project and you kinda see it with the newer sprites for brooke, dana, etc- they definitely look more put together than vic's

-I have accepted that redoing her sprites is gonna slow everything down, honestly I'll learn to love them and accept that I can't fix everything

-scripting wise: I have added values and points, true and dalse statements annnnd new achievements!

-yall get 17 achievements now >:)

-The cat animation after an important choice were added

-I have polished the companion button and screen for Tay and courtney

Let me polish Taylor and Courtney's sprites, rework the dialogue, add one last cutscene annnnd we'll be done with chapter 2

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Chasefield sketch <3

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to whomever used duckduckgo to look up my game

i love you so much

in other news

the game hit around 800+ plays! 433 downloads and 415 web plays

i'm so grateful for this community and the love ya'll have shown this game, I have finished all of the encounters I'm currently adding in the final touches

stay tuned!

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Hey there, GeneralMacek here.

I have already commented on your work on itch.io page of your VN, but I thought I would give you some better review and feedback added with a meme.

I like your work. You give care about your VN and it feels like a fun, little adventure game I used to play a lot of as a kid (I come from the Czech Republic and game series like Polda, Posel Smrti or Horké Léto are well known), so I had a good feeling from this. Plus you follow Victoria (my favorite) which is a good take, because we haven't got much sight on her in the original game. I hope you will be able to develop your idea to the fullest vision you had for it, because this is a nice, niché project I'd like to support in any way possible.

My question is thus: Are you planning to be mostly a single story with little changes or are you planning for a multi-branched story? The latter would be nice, but I understand if that's hard to code and programme.

May the Force be with you.

Yours Sincerely,

Lukáš Macek

Hello Lukáš,

Sorry for the late reply, life has been a little hectic

Thank you so much for following me here and for the lovely comment you left on the itch. io page! I appreciate the love and attention you've shown this project.

Victoria Chase is iconic and I miss her too, what I hate the most about Double Exposure is the fact that we never got to see her in her 30s

As for the story, I'm planning for it to be a one-shot type of thing.

I had plans to make more, but as time went on, I realized how limited my resources and knowledge were in Game development and programming.

I'm sorry, but forcing myself to work on something bigger will put a lot of pressure on achieving it and might cause me to burn out or lose interest in Life is Strange and the Victoria character.

Plus each day I'm getting busier and busier with IRL stuff related to my job and education (I'm pursuing a 2nd Bachelor in architecture), I don't wanna get side tracked by huge fan projects.

I wanna do fanart to relax, I don't want it to turn into an obligation or a chore.

Again, thank you so much for your interest in my work and this cute meme- I hope that you will like the end results when everything is done.

-Nash

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I hope ya'll will like my brooke, I made her a know it all who rubs it in Victoria and crew's face, she hates them cause the vortex club keeps breaking/ruining her tech whenever they borrow it

JUNE UPDATE IS HERE!

So, where are we so far?

-It's official, y'all: the Dana, Stella, and Brooke encounters are done!

-What's left to do is the final cutscene to close off Chapter.2, this cutscene will involve Victoria and crew putting the events of the party in order.

-During the Brooke encounter if you chose to be nice to her she'll tell you everything about a call she overheard between Victoria and the love interest

-The call has the love interest chewing Vic out, and once you played the game, you'll find out why

here's an example from the Kate route:

i had so much fun writing these ksksk it's so messy

-Once I'm done with the final cutscene next week, I'll start polishing everything from the graphics to the dialogue and coding/scripting

when chapter.2 is out I'm gonna take like a 1 month break to cool off and mentally prepare myself to finally finish the game

thank you all so much for supporting this project and my endeavors

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JUNE UPDATE IS HERE!

So, where are we so far?

-It's official, y'all: the Dana, Stella, and Brooke encounters are done!

-What's left to do is the final cutscene to close off Chapter.2, this cutscene will involve Victoria and crew putting the events of the party in order.

-During the Brooke encounter if you chose to be nice to her she'll tell you everything about a call she overheard between Victoria and the love interest

-The call has the love interest chewing Vic out, and once you played the game, you'll find out why

here's an example from the Kate route:

i had so much fun writing these ksksk it's so messy

-Once I'm done with the final cutscene next week, I'll start polishing everything from the graphics to the dialogue and coding/scripting

when chapter.2 is out I'm gonna take like a 1 month break to cool off and mentally prepare myself to finally finish the game

thank you all so much for supporting this project and my endeavors

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hi just wanted to let yall know that the Alyssa sprite is being reworked on

and that I'm starting the brooke encounter

I only need to finish it and one last cutscene between Victoria and the love interest, then we conclude this long looong chapter lol

ngl there's a lot of dialogue in this

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what’s your fav bloom and rage outfit/style choice for the girls? Also is any of the specific characters look your fav?

I can't choose just one! Now that DN is uploading their Artstation portfolios, these are really easy to share as well.

For Kat, I love her second casual outfit. I love the cutoff overall shorts with the oil stain, which implies she repurposed old overalls into shorts. I love the bandana to get her hair out of her face but also adds a cute girlish touch. I love her purple t-shirt with star motifs. It's just an overall fun outfit for a kid who wants to have a good time outside.

I love all the concert outfits and how very over-the-top, 90's riot grrrl they are. Swann's glam makeup look is my fave though for how the colors complement the others' while still feeling distinctly Swann with the moth shape. Also, purple lipstick! And GLITTER!

Adult Nora as a whole both intrigues and saddens me, because compared to how enthusiastic and excitable she was as a teen, it's so much more difficult to get on her good side as an adult. Her avoidant tendencies are much more pronounced and her overall monochromatic look is so much more conformist and generic than her wild teen self. She's literally wearing business casual when reuniting with her friends. Girl, you're at a bar!! Still, I love her overcoat. I love a good winter peacoat, it's so timeless and looks great on all genders.

I also like Autumn's second casual look as a teen. It's so funny how 90s and Y2K fashion is making a comeback with today's teens, because Autumn's outfit wouldn't look out of place in 2025. She really nailed the fashion rule "baggy top and tiny pants OR tiny top and baggy pants" to a tee! Her crop top contrasting with sweatpants conveys "I'm a confident, sporty, skater gal who also is down to laze on the couch with video games." The skeleton design adds a cool, slightly edgy touch to her normally very cautious and serious personality.

The "riot" masks that the girls wear during their raid on the ranch goes SO hard, but I love how it still has that slight amateur, teen crafter look to it. I love the thought of Nora staying up all night to design the perfect themed mask for each of them and how all the protagonists have an artsy, nerdy side to them. They're definitely well-made masks, but they have visible uneven stitches, streaks of paint, and the textures suggest cheap materials. But it amazes me how DN went the extra mile to enhance the visual language of the game with this rougher, DIY look.

All the girls have their own handwriting, and it's consistent. Swann leaves doodles and old homework assignments all over her room, and they were clearly hand drawn by an artist at DN and have realistic imperfections like stains and scribbles. Kat's journal is a generic composition notebook that she covered in personalized stickers and slogans. When Kat mentioned the Bloom & Rage stickers I thought, "That's weird, when did she have time to design and print her own?" But then you see them, and of course they're not custom designed stickers, but just dollar store stickers that she wrote "BLOOM & RAGE" on with marker. The girls make do with what they have, and it just adds this really nice cohesive, charming look to the whole thing. Especially compared to (again, sorry) Max's journal in Double Exposure with these cartoony, borderline stock image drawings and such boring, corporate UI all over the game.

But perhaps my favorite outfit is adult Swann's. It just looks SO cozy and SO comfy and SO her, exactly what a girl like her would wear by middle age. I bet the artists at DN pulled up Goblincore moodboards and said "That's it! That's our main girl!" She wears those earth tones beautifully. When Double Exposure was revealed, I was disappointed that (AGAIN, I AM SORRY!) Max seemed to be generically prettied up with feminine adult clothes of all random colors that didn't distinguish her from any other young working professionals her age. But what I love about Swann's adult look is that coupled with the fact that she learned to love herself as she aged, her 2022 outfit so clearly conveys that confidence and self-love. The overall silhouette hasn't changed (I bet Swann cried with joy when the low-rise jeans trend of the 2000s finally died off 😂), she still has her high-waisted clothes and backpack. But her visual evolution communicates way more narratively than Max's look in DE; Swann's outfit actually says something. At one point, adult Swann reveals, "I didn't feel like I was the type of girl who was 'allowed' to be into sexy, girly stuff." Aka, fashion choices that society said she wouldn't look "conventionally attractive" in due to her weight. So when we finally see her at the end of the game, it's extra rewarding to notice the longer hair, makeup, nail polish, jewelry, and skirt, which all wonderfully communicate that Swann has embraced her queerness, femininity, and inner and outer beauty as a plus-sized woman. I love Swann's character arc so much. Also, her tattoo is fucking sick.

Thank you for asking!! Dontnod (Juliette, Ricardo, Sam Bradley, and the rest of the art team) seriously knocked it out of the park with these character designs and the overall look of the game.

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Nora Malakian model sheets

Character designs by Juliette Devillers, via her Artstation

Additional model sheets by Ricardo Madariaga, via his Artstation

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Time for the May update!

-So basically the script and dialogue for the Stella encounter are done!

-Like the Dana encounter, the cat animation and values hadn't been implemented yet and I will get to it once I finish the Brooke encounter.

-The Stella subplot does have some sort of a twist, she's not as meek as she seems.

-If you were nice to her, you get a cameo from Hayden! He's a bit of a troll, likes to screw with Victoria over her crushes

lemme show you an example

Chasemarsh route:

Chaseprice route:

Chasefield route:

Amberchase route:

Hell, even Dana gets into it as well at certain points:

Speaking of Dana, did you know that if you were nice to Juliet- Victoria automatically flirts with her? Exanple from the Chasefield route:

And she's not the only one, if you were nice to Alyssa- Victoria will tease Stella a little:

good Victoria gets a lot of a/ss

OH and you can unlock Taylor route in the bad Victoria run!

Basically you have to be mean to everybody else BUT Taylor...

Here are more screenshots:

Hopefully I'll get to finalize Chapter 2 by the start of August :)

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Hope youll enjoy it ^^

Ya'll! Just a quick update on the fan game

I'm kinda done with polishing part.1, still have some minor graphics to render but the scripting and programming aspect is done- so before jumping to part.2 next week I thought I'd make the nearly polished part.1 playable before updating the build n stuff

The new demo features include:

-The achievement system

-Improved dialogue

-Sound effects and music

-Improved cutscenes

DOWNLOAD LINKS:

-PC and Mac

-Web version

enjoy, i welcome all feedback

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Shooort update

So im half way done the Stella encounter, im happy to announce that Hayden is officially gonna be included in the game- he appears when you’re nice to Stella for reasons you will find out once you play this chapter

Im currently finalizing his sprites

Is Nathan gonna appear?

No

Look I made him kinda sober and not criminal in this au, i dont have to include more than that- im kinda sick of him, im sorry

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SOMEBODY USED BING.COM TO LOOK UP MY LIS FAN GAME

I HAVE PEAKED AS A HUMAN BEING

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victoria got unfairly implicated in the jefferson/nathan case and sean presscott pulled strings to pin nathan's role entirely on her and leave him be her feeble defenseless friend

So….

Anyone interested in a runaway victoria chase au?

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how long does it take you to write the bully dialog sections???? I just read Alyssa’s after running through the demo a few times and internally cringed with every blow 😭

is that a bad thing or a good thing? idk just high schoolers being messy lol

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THANK YOU SO MUCH

Tis been a labor of love and giving back to a world/character that meant a lot to me at a young age! Cant wait to finish this

The April Update is here!

So far we have achieved the following:

-Basic exploration system for the Chapter. 2 Hallways and Victoria's bedroom (with extra dialogue from Taylor and Courtney)

-Gave them each special dialogue depending on player choices and how many nice points Victoria has

-Finished the basic script for the Dana encounter, alongside a minigame where you explore her room:

the minigame:

*basically you need to pick the right theme for her Halloween party

-You can skip the minigame by being mean/dismissive to Dana (which will land you in hot waters with Rachel or Max later) BUT will unlock the secret Taylor route:

-Currently I'm working on the Stella encounter, which will take me about two weeks

-After that I'll take another two weeks to finish the Brooke encounter

-It will take me the entirety of the month of June to polish chapter 2 and add the appropriate values, statements, extra dialogue animation and achievements

-Extra stuff I wanna add during the part.2 polishing phase:-

. Fix or improve sprites for the following characters: Victoria, Alyssa, Courtney, Taylor

. Add new music

. Color or improve graphics for certain cutscenes

. Fix grammar/spelling

one more thing! I snuck in a Lost Records: Bloom and Rage reference somewhere in the game:

also heads up, the love interest are gonna make their first dialogue-only appearance in this chapter!

SOooooo expect chapter.2 or episode 2 to be available right around July

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The April Update is here!

So far we have achieved the following:

-Basic exploration system for the Chapter. 2 Hallways and Victoria's bedroom (with extra dialogue from Taylor and Courtney)

-Gave them each special dialogue depending on player choices and how many nice points Victoria has

-Finished the basic script for the Dana encounter, alongside a minigame where you explore her room:

the minigame:

*basically you need to pick the right theme for her Halloween party

-You can skip the minigame by being mean/dismissive to Dana (which will land you in hot waters with Rachel or Max later) BUT will unlock the secret Taylor route:

-Currently I'm working on the Stella encounter, which will take me about two weeks

-After that I'll take another two weeks to finish the Brooke encounter

-It will take me the entirety of the month of June to polish chapter 2 and add the appropriate values, statements, extra dialogue animation and achievements

-Extra stuff I wanna add during the part.2 polishing phase:-

. Fix or improve sprites for the following characters: Victoria, Alyssa, Courtney, Taylor

. Add new music

. Color or improve graphics for certain cutscenes

. Fix grammar/spelling

one more thing! I snuck in a Lost Records: Bloom and Rage reference somewhere in the game:

also heads up, the love interest are gonna make their first dialogue-only appearance in this chapter!

SOooooo expect chapter.2 or episode 2 to be available right around July