#romance system

Hi anon, sorry to hear you're having trouble! The requirements vary greatly for each person, so unfortunately there's no universal standard. What I'm finding is that some people who can't trigger the confession haven't actually played all of the available character interludes for that character, so that's somewhere to start!

For a character like Blade, his requirements are more stringent than some others: for example, have you romanced Prihine or slept with Tallys and Chase? Have you done all of his available interludes up to that point? Have you stated anywhere that you're only attracted to women? (I'm guessing not, but one has to cover all the bases.) Are his romance flags at 40 or more? (Check with Mimir!)

FRIENDSHIP POINT SYSTEM MECHANICS: I want y'all to know that this game is as much in favour of friendships as it's for romance.

Whether you are here to build close relationships or even destroy and rebuild them, you are equally welcome.

This game is designed for the purpose of building different kinds of relationships with many people within the Earth realm, as well as character development. And THE RELATIONSHIP/FRIENDSHIP SYSTEM will obviously keep track of your relationships with different characters/orgpanisations around you. It also does not only affect your relationships, but the story flow as well.

NOTE: It is advisable for players in their first time to play freely, and to choose options that suit their MC's personality, without paying much attention to the points collected since the points are a double-edged sword either way.

That being said I'd like to elaborate more on the ROMANCE/FRIENDSHIP POINTS SYSTEMS MECHANICS. 

•While some scenes may differ according to the number of romance/friendship points you've collected with said RO, you do not need or have to select every romance/flirting choice to romance that character. You're free to interact as you wish.

•Some characters will be initiative depending on their personality, so the player will have the option 1-to refuse them completely, 2-keep them at bay until their MC have decided or 3-accept their advances. The second option is so that the RO will stay on the MC's radar until they've settled their mind, while the first one is for the player not to feel uncomfortable being hit on by a character they don't fancy.

•SOME CHOICES WILL BE TAGGED: Every romance/friendship will have a different path or different way of interacting. Which means, some choices may turn out to be a romance choice but don't seem/sound like it. Since the romance choice could be an argument or a little banter between the two characters.

This is in order to build a realistic relationship with the characters, which is not based on flirting only. And the player does not have to be in a state of passion and bulging heart eyes at all times. (if they don't want to.)

•For demisexual MCs, the MC will obviously be able to reject/dismiss said RO's sexual advances (and talk about it) until they've become better acquainted, and choices such as these will be marked so that the RO won't be blocked from the player as an option.

Therefore, I will mark/tag [♡] romance choices to avoid any possible misunderstandings.

There will be stats tracking your rivalry vs your companionship with each of the ro’s. Having a high rivalry isn’t bad, and won’t prevent you from becoming friends/ romancing, etc, but it will open new routes and is for flavour text, as is the same with high companionship.

Things like bickering, or actively competing with them will increase your rivalry stat, and I did it this way because I wanted you to be able to play without having to be an angel/nice to the ro’s all the time to form a relationship with them.

Also currently I have four romance types that you can build stats in, which are: straightforward, flirtatious, denial/oblivious or shy/flustered.

Hi, the number of romance flags is DIFFERENT for each character! Some have a lower threshold, while others are higher: in addition, some characters also have other special requirements that others won't, like spending a certain amount of interludes with that character, not having romanced someone else, a certain amount of hardening (/no pun intended), or even specific choices or character moments that need to have been activated! So it's extremely character-specific!

and i was like. painstakingly making sure i was on blades romanced route its SO hard to romance him skcjjfksnfkdkdk

Hi there, I understand your confusion, but please note that romance is not determined by the 100% approval meter (which determines friendship and overall relationship) on the stats page, but by romance flags, which are largely hidden! You can read more about this in the #romance system tag, especially this post here!