the beauty & the horror

But yesss the idea that the town has a reason for being the way it is is so interesting, I keep devouring that lore whenever it's dropped.

Chastity belts can be really helpful, especially when you're trying to become an angel haha.

Save-scumming is very based as well (though be careful of doing it with Gwylan since if you try to like reload a save to get more dialogue/choose a different option he KNOWS lmao)

Oh that’s good to know! I have started getting some of Avery’s early encounters again. I tried like three times and I couldn’t get anyone besides Bailey and Leighton to win 😭 I ended up going with Bailey and he just drove the PC home.

I might keep going on my current run then, it just takes so long to build up promiscuity. I just can’t wait until she’s not pregnant anymore!!! Should have got the contraceptives 😩

YES I really enjoyed the ivory wraith stuff in general, it’s fun to have a yandere-esque character who seems to have an interest in the PC that’s very threatening, when compared to kylar they’re much more my speed. Spooky and powerful and supernatural possession yes yes yes. Also the ear slime 🫪 I think it’s very cool that there’s an implied reason why the town is like that.

I've tried to play it before but never got into it, but this time it has a HOLD of me. The gameplay loop is so satisfying

Whitney being insanely cruel makes for some of my favourite scenes that I've experienced, he's definitely my fav LI so far. Eden is also sweet though (or as sweet as you get in dol LOL) but Harper full LI when....

Transformations are fun, and cow especially can be really useful early game to make money if you figure out where to go with that.

Have you experienced a blood moon yet?

Also if you're looking for people to talk to about dol, there is a pretty active reddit forum and even tumblr has a decent amount of people talking about it. I know there's a discord but I have seen multiple cases of drama coming from it like most discord servers so yeah. I frequently search Gwylan's tag though because I am down Bad. Also there's apparently code in the game that shows there's a future plan for a "soft bad end" like the asylum/farm etc for Gwylan and I am SEATED for it

I totally understand why people like Kylar, I think for me he's just a little TOO pathetic to the point that he doesn't feel threatening? Maybe it's just that he's a sub haha. I usually love a yandere so I was surprised! I like Whitney a lot but he lost some of his appeal when he stopped being so awful lmao. Some of those early encounters with him are just insane.

i have NOT yet experienced a blood moon! Somehow? I started in Autumn and I'm nearing the end of January. I'm definitely considering a restart, one so my PC isn't pregnant anymore (💀) and two because I'd like to start fresh to do some of the Sydney/temple stuff

Literally this is why I’m happy for your asks though! I want to talk about it bc it’s so good and so singular, I’ve never played anything like it.

but yeah it’s definitely too far off of the mainstream in terms of kinks and fetishes to bring up to people.

also on your last point. haha. yeah me too definitely.

Pleassse keep us updated about your dol progress, I can't wait to see your reactions to certain story events.

Also if things are getting too frustrating, I do really recommend turning on cheats, it blocks feats but I never really cared about them anyway (never really saw a benefit to them) lmao. It made things so much easier for me and personally didn't take away anything.

I also recommend playing around with some of the transformations, especially if you interact more with Gwylan (he'll address you in certain ways depending on what you are, my favourite to interact with him is a fox tf)

Yes I will! So far in terms of big events, I feel like I’ve done most (?) of Whitney’s encounters (I just love him, my first favourite), I was kidnapped by Kylar (I feel like the only person in the world not really keen on him though), the asylum, the underground farm (GODDDD), Eden’s stuff (so genuinely sweet that I had to reload before I met him bc my PC wouldn’t go back to the city lol), and some of Avery’s quest (I did get to the card game.) I know of the great hawk and wolf pack, but haven’t done their stuff yet.

But yes, the petplay is very nice lmao.

But also Harper's hypnotism is very interesting too, understandable that you'd like the Asylum ahaha

Omg he knows that’s so sinister, I love it. The more I see of him the more he really does seem like one of the most powerful characters in the game. I really need to keep going on Avery’s questline too, I’m intrigued by the cult (?) and the broader lore.

Hypnotism is just one of the All Time kinks for me, but petplay is def up there. The Underground Farm was great for adjacent reasons LOL.

LMAO STOP I KNOW the doctor angle + the hypnosis ohhhh my god his scenes are so good.

I was kind of ignoring Gwylan because he seemed so nice? But then I got transformed into a cow and it opened up his questline. Now that I know he ALSO hypnotizes the PC I visit him way more, and I’ve just started doing his quests. And hearing you say there’s petplay on his route 👀