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Some fun facts about OA! (members post)
🕑 Added 2024-11-18 13:00:24 +0000 UTCHey guys! I wanted to interact with you guys a bit more with Patreon posts. I'm going to make this one members only, but not paid; I'm going to save that for stuff listed on member descriptions, like exclusive renders, nsfw versions of promos, Playdaz renders, and voting. Check out the membership levels if you're interested!
So here's some fun facts about Once Again! (no spoilers)
The original idea I had for a game was actually a short one. I wanted to make something that had direct meaning and relevance to my life, so the story was about the stuff you'd miss out on if you ended your own life, and the people that would miss you. However, I couldn't find a way to convey it properly in a short story format and felt it lacked impact. As I gathered a team together, I got another idea for a game...
The true idea for Once Again came from a really bad manga. I would often read manga when bored around this time, and I read one with one of my favorite story templates; going back in time to when you were younger. If I gave details about the story you guys might get the wrong idea about how much inspiration I took, so I will refrain from saying anything else for now. But let's just say I decided to start making Once Again because I read the manga, thought it was shit, and wanted to make a better version of it. Oh my god, the twist was SO bad in it too, Jesus Christ
Did you know Winter used to look a LOT different? Long time fans of the game may be aware that before release, she got a huge makeover. What most of you guys aren't aware of, however, is the journey that was the creation of Winter 2.0; and by journey, I mean absolute torture for Krash. It took 3 weeks to pick from a bunch of premade models, remakes, custom models, and other stuff before Krash was able to make one I was satisfied with. Krash probably still holds a bit of resentment for that one.
Heres the original Winter.
Another fun fact is that Harper used to be named Joey. That was changed right before release, and actually caused a lot of issues in our system, due to some profile bug. Thank God Hex is a miracle worker. I still have no clue what happened. The only real reason for the change was her name was really similar to Joy, and Joy's name was important to me.
Joy and Jenny are twins, and their names both reference the same show. Do you have any idea what they're referencing? Hint: they're both parts of very large families, and all their sisters share the same name.
Last fact of the day; no, Autumn is not trans. I actually considered making a main girl trans, but felt it was best to confine the trans girls to a side girl, to make sure people didn't feel forced to have a relationship to a trans girl if they weren't into that. Again, you're not forced to date anyone in the game, but it was just an example.
Thats it for this post! I actually wanted to add more facts, but the Patreon app is being an absolute menace right now. Thank you for reading and hope you enjoyed!
Comments
Meiri
That was a very interesting read, thanks for posting!
Calhoun28
That's a very nice origin story to share with us. Thank you! :)
