#carter lance

I’M FREE! FREEEEEE! 32 MOSTLY UNIQUE VARIATIONS OF INTIMATE SCENES DONE!

Clears throat

So, like stated above, the update is out! I’ll leave a list of patch notes, but this is majorly a bigger one for Alzarez and Lance romancers. The Lance extra story “Movie and Dessert” is being released with this update. You will need to replay the game. I’m sorry about that. BUT it’s because I added in new variables to the train scene so that stuff said there could possibly be brought up in this new scene! Reactivity, yay!

Along with that, you’ll get to read Alvarez’s flashback scene which is the actual end of Chapter 4. Along with a lot of little goodies. All in all, there was about… 44k-45k words added into this update? 40k of them are entirely optional and only happen if you choose to hang out with Lance after Alvarez’s flashback scene scene.

Not gonna lie, 1 variation in I was confident it would take two weeks. 8 variations in I was a bit tired but still energized to get this scene done. 16 variations in I had to step away for a couple of days to not let my brain melt. By the time I hit mid-twenties in variation for this scene, I was finding myself thinking that it just. wasn’t. worth it.

I have no idea if I’ll make the other intimate scenes this branching. It was honestly a lot of work. Like, a lot, it it was so fatiguing after a while, but I knew I had to get it done. IT’s also the reason I paused my patreon this month, because it wouldn’t be fair to charge people for something that they’re not getting early as promised in the rewards. This took way longer than I thought, so I wanted to just release it to everyone at once.

I do hope you guys enjoy it, and without further ado, here are the patch notes for this update.

Stay Brilliant, -Vi

Patch Notes:

“Movie and Dessert” Lance Extra Scene is finished.

Alvarez Flashback scene is finished.

Added a Text Box Investigation Tab in the Stats Screen.

You are now able to toggle between Text Box Investigations and regular choice script gameplay for TBI sequences.

You can now view the Text Box Investigation tutorial at any time via the stats screen.

Removed the Text Box Investigation Tutorial from chapter 4.

Added an option in the beginning of the game to Fade To Black during intimate scenes.

You can now pick asexual and aromantic as separate options, and they are not tied to each other.

Grammar edits and fixes (thank you to all who report them).

Everyone, I’ve been working on this for months now, and the impressive and also sad part is; it’s only halfway done! But it’s also 60k words and brings the average playthrough of the demo to 65k words long, so I figured it was worth uploading. Can’t go too long without an update, right?

In this update, pair with Lance and Alvarez as you infiltrate the abandoned warehouse with the S.W.A.T. team on a mission to take down the suspects and end put a close on this case once and for all! There are a lot of different branches to this one. Like… maybe more than I realistically needed. But, I wanted people to be able to craft their own story and make sure they had something to come back to a second time around if they were so inclined. I may even go back and add a little more to parts of this scene before the official release, but that’s a discussion for another day.

Thank you all so much for supporting me, whether you’re a paid member or a free member, and I hope you all continue to enjoy the story I’m crafting!

You can check out my Patreon here for side stories, original short stories, audiobook readings and more! Morbeth Games | Creating Interactive Fiction | Patreon

You can play the demo here! https://dashingdon.com/play/morbethgames/the-bureau-wip/mygame/

You can talk about the game here! https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/wip-the-bureau-chapters-1-3-600k-words-updated-12-22-2023/99993

Stay Brilliant,

Hello all! As the title says, the newest part of Chapter 4 is completely finished and ready to play! A couple things to mention, there is a TW for mentions of SA and Torture in this chapter. This is a mature story with mature themes, and the themes in question are handled with the utmost of care and respect. 

Another thing worth mentioning is, TEXT BOX INVESTIGATIONS ARE A THING! I FIGURED OUT HOW TO MAKE THEM A THING THAT WORKED! Okay, so they break randomtest in CSIDE, small downside. But other than that, from what I tested (for hours today) they work just fine and I am very proud of myself for figuring it out. It may be a pretty small feat, but darn if it doesn’t feel cool to be able to implement a feature in these games the isn’t just click a button on the screen. 

It took a lot of work, and there are still additional features that aren’t going to be out until the full release of the game/when I get around to adding them (like a record of all the clues you’ve found for the current investigation, which will be able to be accessed through the stats menu). For people that aren’t a fan of the text box investigations, I would like to add that in the final product, they will be optional. 

This has been months in the making (mainly because school was a thing) so I truly hope you enjoy, and let the investigation now fully be under way, and don’t forget to check out the new EXTRA SCENE in the stats menu in the beginning of the game, after reading Special Agent Lance’s session with Dr. Cullen!

Demo: https://dashingdon.com/play/morbethgames/the-bureau-wip/mygame/

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheBureauIF

Yup, it is! The FTB makes it cut off when they first start kissing. Not FTB makes it cut off after the foreplay.

More than happy to clarify this! These are essentially just going to be brief summaries of each.

Hawks - Can see things in real time as they happen without the normal human delay it takes to get information from the eyes to the brain.

Lance - Can immensely change the density of their muscles, allowing for things like extra strength and steel like density.

Ryder - Depending on their emotions, their body temperature rises to astronomical and sometimes, potentially dangerous, heights.

So fun fact, Scarlett was actually the name of the daughter of a character I created for a Vampire: The Masquerade game a while back. The reason for that name was because the character herself was called Violet.

The MC is currently 25

Special Agent Lance is 26

Team Leader Hawks is 29

Agent Ryder is 29