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It’s my birthday! 🎈 I’m officially joining the 40s club now. If you’d like to give me a little gift, I’d humbly ask for a reblog of my work today. It would mean the world to me. ❤️

Chenria @ Patreon | Chenria @ Bsky

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I finally remembered to update the demo link to the new CogDemos one!

I also added Awoken to CogDemos (even if looking at my old writing is awkard lol)

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Too many writers are using generative 'AI' to make their book covers, so I've written a guide on how to make your own cover for free or cheap without turning to a machine.

If you can't afford to pay an artist, you CAN make your own!

I hope this is a helpful overview that covers the basics and points to some free resources.

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Hi, will you port over Awoken too? I know it's not your active project, but it would be a shame to lose the demo.

Sure!

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hey scribble! i don't know if you've seen but dashingdon is getting taken down at the end of january. lots of people are moving to cogdemos :) love your work and i hope you're doing well <3

Thanks for letting me know! (and the others who have messaged me about this). I’ll definitely try and move the Crossfire demo over. What a shame about Dashingdon though!

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I forgot to ask my question lol, I was going to say is there an ending in the aegis project where angel doesn’t run off without you? and do they actually even like you

Angel always runs off because they have a job to do! As for whether they like 180, well if you’ve earned their respect they definitely have a fascination with you. But them liking you doesn’t mean they trust you.

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do you have any updates on the aegis project sequel?? im dying to know what happens next 🥹

Still in progress, a bit of a mess right now! I don’t tend to write in a very linear fashion so there are branches that just say “fill in here”.

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hi!! just discovered your blog & games and am immediately and whole heartedly devoted to 100 (making him worse. coughs)

i was wondering if being trans is an option/plays into the game at all? not at all a factor in how much i know i'll enjoy the game, just curious!

I'm very sorry for the late answer, I did my thing of seeing this ask, thinking 'ah, a question that deserves a thoughtful answer when I get home' and then, uh, completely forgetting about it.

So, in Aegis Project the gender choice is supposed to encompass trans and cis people; 'man' could be a trans man or cis man and I've tried to make sure that nothing in any description of the MC makes any assumptions (if anyone thinks anything does, please let me know).

Clothing styles are open to everyone and I tried not to present it as 'gendered' clothing. Maybe one person imagines the 'suit' option as a very masculine style; maybe another sees it as a bright pink floral number. Maybe it's bright pink, floral *and* masculine!

If I recall correctly, being non-binary can get you a teeny bit of extra dialogue with Hex but that's it.

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making a collection

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Hi, i hope it's okay to ask. How get a drive from Vicki? I'm struggling and I've tried so many times and still i can't get it 😭

I thought this had an easy answer and then I checked and it was somewhat more complicated than I remembered; cue me staring at my own code like wtf was I doing here...

There's a stat check in Chapter Four during the conversation where you meet her in a hotel.

If you take the truth serum during the equipment scene in Chapter Two, you can drug Vicki during this scene and it will make the stat checks super easy. Otherwise the difficulty is based on what you told her the last time you met. If you lied to her before but now pick the 'come clean' option, it will make the stat check harder, as will going the other way around and lying to her now but hinting at the truth before. Keeping the same approach is best for this particular stat check, but bear in mind that Vicki will be mad when she figures out you lied, and 313 will be mad if you tell her too much. Your approach also affects the overall coverup/expose stat.

As for the actual choice, it's:

Tell her that you're absolutely committed to solving the crime. (tests Justice, needs 45+ for 'super easy', 55+ for normal, 75+ for hard)

Tell her that this will boost both your careers. (tests Ambition, same stat boundaries as above)

Keep cool and downplay the importance of getting her help. (tests Composure, same as above)

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Hi, back again with another 180 files question (sorry if it's bothersome). What would happen if a high-suspicion Agent 180 gets captured by security in chapter 6, and Angel doesn't come to rescue them?

Oof this is a really late answer and I'm sorry!

The security guards are taking 180 to Faustus, the evil scientist. He would put an Aegis in them and get 180 to tell him everything that they knew. I think then that would spur him to make his escape earlier than he was intending to. What I'm not sure is what he'd do with 180 then. He might send them back to the IIA to act as a mole for him. He might keep them to do evil science stuff on. Whatever happens, not a good fate for poor 180.

(Angel knows this, which is why they're smug about the rescue)

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Hi, hope you're doing well. I've got a question about 180 files. Say 180 somehow managed to capture Angel at the casino. What would happen then?

Hmmm, they’d probably be ordered to take Angel somewhere to meet up with an extraction team who would then whisk poor Angel off to some secret blackops site. I don’t think they had these people standing by nearby because the Agency wasn’t really expecting you to capture Angel all on your own, just ID them for later. But they wouldn’t turn down the opportunity if 180 did manage it.

Now, you would probably do well to keep Angel unconscious/drugged, or else they’ll spend the whole time trying to escape. But, there is that pesky mole you didn’t know about, and as soon as DIABLO finds out, there’s going to be a lot of people trying to intercept you!

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guy who has mistaken adrenaline for love and isn’t interested in correcting the mistake

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New Crow Time 🎀🏅

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The aegis project still rotates in my mind like a microwave meal. Along with all the cliffhangers!

Who is the DIABLO contact? Negating that the mole is in connection with the director or 300, do they know?? Does the mole know 100 knows something is up?? In the parents bg, who set the hit? Why was it cleared??; who was on the phone to 180's mum, why?? 

What is anybody's real name??? (313, you don't count, I love you)

Love the book, sorry for the gushing. Demo is still holding up. Wishing all the best. 🥺

Oh my gosh, thank you for such a sweet message!

Most of these questions I cannot answer yet 😅 hmmm... I think the mole doesn't know that anyone is onto them yet BUT Azazel knows, and is counting on it.

Real names.... eh you'll learn 100's in an earlyish chapter. 196's is Esther!

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Chop Shop is strictly 18+ for language, themes, and potential explicit content. 

🔗 - Game Intro | Bug Report | Ko-Fi

Episode Three is now available! (+ 86,000) - PLAY HERE

Get your first taste of the underground car scene.

Meet some other players in the game.

Be made an offer.

5 achievements up for grabs!

And more!

AN: thank you so much for the patience - i've been dying to put this update out. lots of new characters and lots of variation!! there are 3 major paths to choose between in this ep, i recommend trying them all out! and thank you to my betas for keeping me sane lmao

This update comes with a patch and UI refresh (Version 1.1.2) Notes are under the cut. If preferred, you can access them in game in the start menu.

STORY

EPISODE 01:

MC should now be able to smoke! Buying cigarettes at the shop was not triggering correctly. If playing with an old save, you DO NOT have to restart as code at the beginning of EP 03 has resolved the error. Player will need to restart if they wish to read smoking related scenes in previous episodes.

Updated MC Name selection. Player can now choose from a list of names instead of having to input one to proceed.

Player can now give Taha their chocolate bar if it's in their inventory.

When asking Maz about their scars, the second choice 'You want to ask about it but you're going to keep your mouth shut.' should now take you to the correct response.

Extended and updated 'End Game' scenes.

EPISODE 02:

If MC is faint after exiting the car, but also drunk, they should now get the fainting scene, followed by Dilani helping the MC in the bathroom.

UI + TECHNICAL

SETTINGS:

Autoname Save is now defaulted to ON. This is to add ease and flow to gameplay, especially for mobile, tablet, and app users, instead of calling for an inputted saved name. If player wants to input save names, toggle Autoname Saves to OFF.

Autoname Save previously only used the forename of the MC but now includes the surname as well.

Removed the Fullscreen toggle as it is only intended for desktop use. Player can still toggle fullscreen function via the UI bar on the desktop interface.

Added a choice indicator toggle. (This probably won't come into effect until EP 04 or 05)

Changed serif font from Vollkron to EB Garamond.

OTHER:

Changing the MC's pronouns via the Dashboard has been updated. Additionally, after confirmation will take player back to the Dashboard and not close the dialog boxes entirely.

Hovering over 'Personality', 'Motives', and 'Skills' titles in the Dashboard will now display an information box with a definition. Mobile and tablet users will need to tap on the title.

'Resume Game' now only appears on the main menu when there is an autosave in the saves log.

Choices styling changes.

General UI and button style changes.

Fixed errors with the text message styling.

Added styling for reading text off of a page in game.

Darkened blue in light theme 'Skyline' to reduce eye strain.

CREATE A SAVE

Introducing Create a Save! This feature allows players to quickly manufacture a save file and start at a later point in the game.

Set your identity, appearance, history, and statistics; including personality, motives, and skills. Continue to set key decisions made in previous episodes.

Randomise options available for creating a PC and key decisions.

OTHER

Fixed gaps and spacing issues.

Minor phrasing and sentence structure changes.

Grammar and typo fixes.

whew -- that's a lot of patch notes! apologies for so much that needed to be fixed.

this update shouldn't break/ mess with saves but as a disclaimer i will say, if you spot anything funky, broken, or you don't think things are triggering correctly, try starting a new save. the new create a save feature is incredibly code heavy, and it's been tested relentlessly, but i wouldn't be surprised if something crops up.

if starting a new save doesn't resolve your issue - please submit to bug report or just send me an ask/message.

some things have been meaning to get fixed for Some Time - thank you to everyone that is using the bug report form!

apologies if there are typos and/or bugs - this was a long one to edit and my lovely betas did an OUTSTANDING job reading so much for ep 3 - thank you so much again!!! this time i am going to give it a bit more time before i put together a patch so i can grab more error responses haha.

create a save has also added a wee chunk to the word count, somewhere around 6k, but i'm not including it in the episode 03 word count as it's purely code. so, if you think the total wc is off, that's why!

if you've read this far, happy reading and thank you so much for the continued support!! :) - becky <3

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👀 you didn't say I couldn't fix 100... New mission found: get those lights off the dash! Well, some of them.

Well, you can try!