BRADY'S PROFILE

The chip is actually something that hasn't been implemented yet. I wanted to put the item in now so that when it's function came into play, no one would have to repeat the mission to get the item again; you'd already have it, and it'd just suddenly become useful. A "the chip has been decrypted" notice would appear, if you follow me.

Access 2 isn't accessible yet as I've no idea what to put there (too many possibilities, none of them solid in my mind yet) so have just left it there so it can be added in whenever. Although you should be able to get down to the HoloMap Deck fine.

Which small mission(s) is/are missing? All the missions in the game are available if you have over 25k rep (and I'm assuming you've unlocked the Urgent Mission as well, which isn't based on rep). Note that three of the characters don't have solo missions yet, if that's what you mean.

As for the shuttle mission, I'll need to look into that. I've not come across that bug myself, but it's possible I've not done two runs of it in the same test file, so I'll check up on that and see if I can sort something out.

As for advancement, I don't know what to say! I just don't have any more content available yet! Have you done Hard Modes? I haven't been able to beat the Golem on Hard Mode yet, myself.
But no, sadly I don't have any spare content with more repeat value; maybe you have some suggestions you could throw my way? As I said in the blog, I've taken a few days off to work on VXA Panto so I can refresh my mind a wee bit and think clearer for the Episode XI missions; I'm running out of unique ideas for solo missions, in particular! :)

Sounds good; I'll have a look at it if you want~

I never said his ideas were better because he was the creator. I've already said I'd personally prefer Skinwalker if it was more interactive (and suggested as such) but it seems that he's not inclined to make it more interactive and, forgive me if I'm wrong SnowOwl, but I get the impression he wasn't 100% happy with the current amount of interactive play.

Now either stop ignoring me or stop talking to me. I'm not telling him to ignore everyone else and do whatever the hell he wants. I'm just saying that since he's not designing this game for other people (since, yes, he's designing it for himself and is choosing to share it with the community) that he should take in everyone's advice, but ultimately prioritise his own opinion over them.

If everyone says they want more gameplay elements, fine. But if he just doesn't like the game anymore after adding them, then he should absolutely ignore public opinion and take them back out.
This is a hobbyist site, he is making the game as a hobby, and as much as I'm sure he'd like everyone in the known world to like his game, that's just not as important as him liking it himself. He's doing it for all the wrong reasons otherwise.

I'm sure he's intelligent enough to rationally weigh out good and bad decisions while still managing to keep a perspective on what's important to him. He's not going to suddenly add dinosaurs and flying saucers with music rhythm mechanics just because he thinks they're cool, too.
You seem under the impression that I'm advising him to just ignore critical feedback and allow flaws to remain, but I'm just saying that the final decision on what changes to make should rely on how he personally wants the game to turn out.

Get it, yet?

"You're the ONLY ONE who needs to like your game"
is not the same as
"You're the only one who NEEDS to like your game"

Sure, he wants other people to, but they don't NEED to like it. However, he needs to like it, or he'll just feel like he's doing some chore and eventually lose interest.

And you can't use selfishness as a defence. This is a site for hobbyists mostly, and as sharing and communal as you may be, at the end of the day not many people are here expressly with the purpose of doing everything in their power to make everyone elses lives better. You enjoy making games, you enjoy playing games; you do both, you share, you collaborate. But you don't sit down and spend your free time working on a game you don't give two shits about, purely because a group of people you've never met think it's a really cool game.

This is creation, remember; you want to create something that you enjoy, that you want. Creating something that you don't care about isn't going to mean much, regardless whether or not it's a success. If I ask you to make some new toilet product, would you be emotionally invested in whether or not people liked using it? For free?

Banging a product down to suit as many demographics as possible is only going to make it paper thin and ultimately no one's going to be fully interested in it. Even by your point of view, it's better to focus on a single demographic and make it the best possible game for that group, so the game will be a success in their eyes, and worry less about appeasing other secondary demographics.

Remember, making a visual novel in game form with zero interactiveness is may read on paper "like a book or a movie", but it will play like neither; it'll still be unique as a creative storytelling medium.

Well I'm glad you think so. Have been unsure about public opinion because I'm not getting much feedback, so am just relying entirely on my own judgement/perception of what sounds cool to me! Good to hear that others are enjoying it :)