the flower hates me

So now that the infos are more or less known from the beta, i suppose i can speak out and give some more (personnal) information :) I wish i could have done it before, but i just could not.

First of all, a topic that quite bugs me is the “I wasted X years of my life for this”? You know it’s a game right ? It’s awesome you care so much for it, but didn’t you know it woud end someday ? Do you consider every game, book, movie that you finished like wasted time ? o_o   My candy love could have stopped at the episode 40 and that’s it, end of the story. But we are lucky to be able to continue in this universe with University Life, which is like a new season. It’s different, yes, but still connected.  (you could also compare this to Marvel who has done dozens of versions of their stories/characters. Yet Spiderman is always named Spiderman. There are been lots and lots of them, like bladewitch too because i’m not just talking about the movies or most famous ones here. ) 

Secondly, I said to trust us, yes, but i didn’t say i was going to make your every whishes. I still take you in consideration but i also took myself in consideration and did what i think is best, even if it’s hard to accept at first. I get it. Just a reminder that it is impossible to do everyone’s wish. Just take as an exemple the fact that so many people wanted to flirt with a teacher, and now that it is possible, the other side is outraged that it is even possible. Or another exemple, the sooo many rants in the past when i did the characters redesigns. I’m sure by now that if we would put back the very first designs, you would be all screaming in pain. But at that time, it was like the worst decision ever for you.

So to make it clear, i am happy with the choices i made. And even if I can sincerely understand your sadness, i won’t change my mind about it, and the planned characters and scenario won’t change either. Then, in or out, it’s your choice.

Now, how, why did this happen ? What you must keep in mind is that we (the creative team) work for a business. We have counts to give to our bosses, deadlines to respect, and also access to numbers and stats that you don’t know about that might affect our choices/work. ( and those stats can actually be very different from the expressed wishes and points of view of the active fandom, because lots of players are also silent players.)

This brings us to the first topic ! First thing to know is that to maintain good delays for everyone and every country, (because as you saw we have episodes coming out on a regular basis by now) we have to follow strict rules of production. This is not totally new but still: we have a number of words allowed per episode that we can not go over, and less than 2monthes to produce and test everything. So yeah, it’s a bit sad in some way, but totally understandable, if we did not do that, the game could not go on. So to keep the best quality, this is also why we can’t handle more than 5 routes. (and this is also why last episodes on High school life seem shorter when you are on one guy’s route, as it is like 5 little episodes in one.) I’m not totally sure i am allowed to share those production informations, but it’s not just some friends playing around,snapping fingers and bam an episode. So i wanted you to know that :)

This brings us to the next topic, the crushes gone in Campus Life ? Yes they are. At first it was a decision strongly suggested by our bosses. And i was sooo against it, i was like “they will be so mad, it’s a dangerous move”, but apart from wanting to preserve you, i didn’t have any other reasons not to do so. In the end, the idea really grew up on me, and i totally agree with it. So here we are. Yeah I’ll cherish the past characters and will miss them but a breath of fresh air will be great, and i’m really happy to be able to play along with new characters. Also I wanted that 4 years gap, because i wanted the characters to have grown and develop on their own for some time. Let’s move on. 

Why I chose to keep Castiel  ? Well, let’s be honest about that, Castiel has always been the main favorite, and by far. Just like pokemon, there are thousands of them but Pikachu still remains special. Anyway, if you are good at maths, you’ll have noticed that i said we are doing 5 routes, and you only know about 4 so far, so yeah, there is someone i still wish to torture some more too hurr hurr. And i think he will be my favotire for UL.

One last thing to clear out. As I said we work for a business and our bosses, but even if we have some rules to follow, i am not complaining. We are very lucky to be free in our creation process, they dont mingle in our story and scenarios, and i really think we are very very lucky about that. This is how you can have a Priya route ( which would have been impossible if we kept all the old crushes too by the way). They were a bit worried that a lesbian route wouldn’t draw enough players as just another guy’s route, but they still let us do without interfering. (Show them we were right ! ;) )

I think this is all by now ! If you keep on with University Life, i hope you will enjoy your new adventure, and i will always be lurking around to see your reactions ;) If you prefer to quit because you are too disillusioned, well i am sad to hear it,  but it’s ok. No one is forcing you to play, and thank you so much for being part of this great community until there.

Kisses and take care everyone ♥

Me, reading commentary on Youtube : Wait, WHAT ! Priya is a potential crush ? Answer me, Beemoov, DON’T WINK !

Me, seeing again the trailer : Hello Rayan, you’re sexy !

Me, finally : WHERE IS MY LYSANDER !!!! WHERE IS HE !!! I WANNA SEE MY PRECIOUS BOY !!!! WHERE WHERE WHERE !!!