Hello Boo,
I'm bringing everyone 3 things today.
-Crazy Hotfix
-Alternate solo path walk through
-Store announcement
Crazy Hotfix
There have been some code snoopers wondering about a crazy variable. The main point of that was for me to pepper in some extra character lines and open up a solo path. I thought it was more possible.
-Fixed some missing images
-Changed some text
-Added chapter header for chapter 4
-Lowered point goal for the May ending
Walk Through Tulip's May Ending
This is an exclusive path that ||takes a darker tone and cuts off relationships with other love interests, particularly the women that live in the house.
These are choices that you will need to watch out for in order.
-Talk to your family first at the party
There is a drama modifier. We need it to be high.
-"I'll take care of it, Bea."
-"The boss is here to weather the storm."
Building points for the path. We need nine. It used to be ten.
"I wonder if mom knows how much the Martmart photo developers looked at her nudes."
"Pickles"
If you made out with Gail at the party
-"I thought my sisters were sabotaging me."
If you made out with Hermy at the party
-"Nothing beats a summer handshake."
"Because sofas stretch." or "It wasn't a joke."
-"Try to listen"
-"A Birthday Cake"
-"Just a few days"
-"I'm going with the flow."
-"I don't cry."
-"Do you want to talk about it?"
-"No."
-"Fuck to the hell no."
-"Mo Bitches, mo problems."
This puts you on the path On the roof with Beatrice at the end of chapter 2
-"Stay out of it."
-"No. We don't need you."
This locks off the path. Some sections will be skipped as a consequence. Less interaction with other girls will happen, so there are more interactions with Tulip!
I OPENED A STORE FOR VISUAL NOVEL FANS
We have a bookstore in town that exclusively sells romance books. They have the shelves divided by subgenres or tropes. Enemies to lovers, happy endings, miscommunication, monster romance, and noncon.
They also had a lot of merch. Book holders, witty teeshirts, posters, sexy dice, and things shaped like penises.
I know this section of the hobby is a little more secretive, unless you have your game notifications public, like a hero. BUT, we're still gamers and we can still represent our hobbies. We're not the first to get questionable merch. Like "romance" readers there are sanitized names for our hobbies and inside jokes that we can pull.
Of course, there is also dirty stuff.
The official sponsor of the Crazy Hotfix and Tulip Solo ending, the craz- PERFECTLY EMOTIONALLY BALANCED TULIP WITH A KNIFE BODY PILLOW.
100% no sharp edges and safe to cuddle. There is also a Beatrice body pillow.
Several POSTERS of my art. I don't own anyone else's art. I put up pieces that I thought were my best work and pieces that my friends thought were attractive. Two got rejected because I messed up the thumbnails, but there are several left!
Tee Shirts!
We actually have a pretty huge niche. I really like Tulip's shadowbra shot and I had an idea of how to make it clever. I'm proud of the Read Visual Novels: rollback the mistakes shirts. There's a lot of variety of main character preferences. People roleplay, self insert, or explicitly don't self insert. The main character shirts are customizable. By default they say Main Character: cringe self insert because I think it's funny. I put several options in the description but people can put in their own.
I avoid really niche and "flavor" phrases. I think a "No NTR" shirt might sell but I'm not branding fetish first. I do have a soft spot for my game's catch phrase "It's okay to kiss your sister" but I didn't fall in love with any of the designs that I came up with.
Then there is a giant mouse pad because I love giant mouse pads. Shadow bikini women.
Visit https://thesugarray.etsy.com
Q&A
What's the warranty?
No one asked this. Everything is printed on demand. I'm doing it this way ideally so that it doesn't take a lot of my time. Everything printed has a 30 warranty through the printer. So, they can deal with it and you'll have a way to make sure you get a quality product that you paid for.
Make sure you inspect everything when you receive it.
Why don't you sell in the EU?
There's a fun EU law that clothes have to have a two year warranty. The current warranty seems pretty good to me, for clothes. Ideally, people see things they like and buy them and it boosts my overall outreach. Instead of more of my time, I can devote a person to this part time and we can take a few hits from people who waited a year to inspect their tee shirt. Alternatively, if a lot of people from the EU want tees, I'll cave for attention.
Why are the v-necks so expensive?
I HAVE NO IDEA. I can guess but all it would be is a guess. I included them because my personal preference is the v-necks.
How fast is the shipping?
A little slow. Order early. I'm making no promises here. I ordered a few shirts and posters to test and show off and they still haven't arrived. I always choose the slowest shipping option but even by those standards, it's taking a while. I ordered them seven days ago. They produced and shipped six days ago. I ordered three posters and two shirts, one crew neck, and one v-neck. I might receive the crew neck tonight, at the time of writing.
What designs were rejected?
Tulip naked running in a barn and my shadow bra poster. I currently don't have the option to appeal.