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Are we still alive? Genuinely love the premise of this IF, but I honestly to gods can’t access it through cogdemos and we haven’t had an update since dashingdon crashed 💔

Would just like to make sure our beloved author is alive and well 🙏

Idk what the hell happened, but the link should work now. Let me know if it doesn’t.

On your second point, I’m still working on the story. But I honestly regret posting about it so early in its development. I should’ve started posting when I was five chapters deep, not just fresh off of making the first one.

I’ve decided to put a pause on posting about it until I’ve gotten farther along in the project. That might be be another year or two away, but I really don’t want to give up on this story.

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Updated Links

Hey, everyone! I've updated the links for the stories so it'll go to the correct place now.

CAMP OVERLOOK - A horror story set inside a small town's summer camp, where everything is not what it seems. The story this blog mainly focuses on.

DARKNESS REBORN - A fantasy story where you take the role of an adventurer trying to protect their homeland. I posted this on the COG forums last year and have been slowly working through it. Give it a read if you're interested.

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Hello! If you are unaware Dashingdon

Will be shutting down by the end of this month

For more information here is the link to the forum

https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/dashingdon-free-choicescript-game-hosting/9250/798

Thank you to the everyone who messaged me about this.

I will be transferring CO to cogdemos when I get off work today, and will make a second post to let everyone know. As well as changing all the links from previous posts.

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I’ve been waiting since March to post this…

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Bad traits of the ros?

I'm going to try and not spoil parts of the actual story, so wish me luck!

Lucas - Very two-faced. Sometimes you can use this against him, but not often.

Asher - Will never ask for help. Never. Will try to do everything on their own as long as they can.

Jack/Jasmine - Can be way too much of a mediator, will literally stay neutral on everything which can piss people off. Passive for a better word.

Ella/Ethan - Just a little mischivious. Just a tiny bit. You won't even notice. Promise.

Ezra - Believe it or not, a very reckless person. Mostly related to his background, but he takes the type of risks people would break up over.

William/Willow

Kairi/Kei - They don't speak up when they should. If they're in a bad situation, they're more often just endure it before thinking of somehow walking away.

Ruby - A complete pushover. Really bad when you're a camp counselor.

Silas - He has a hard time montiering what comes out of his mouth, which is why he doesn't much if you don't become close.

Olivia/Oliver - They're very likely to leave an ally behind to go rescue them. Let's just leave it at that.

Daniel/Dani - Brick. Wall.

Claire - Have you met her?

Heather/Henry - Can be completely oblivious at any given moment about ANYTHING. I'm telling you, you need to tell this mf why the current problem is a problem at least three times before they get it.

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Weekly Progress Update #13// 12/8/24

ITS THE SPOOKY NUMBER WATCH OUT WATCH OU-

Hey everyone, back again with another update.

Let’s kick things off with what I’ve been working on this week. Remember a few weeks ago when I said I was done with the sixth grade section? Well, guess what? I’m back at it. No major overhauls, just revisiting to streamline the scenes and clean things up, make it not as messy as my code was making it out to be.

The opening for the seventh grade section is going pretty smooth so far as well, which I'm coming to realize just might be the hardest group of people to write for. A lot of personality in that group is all I'm gonna say. What I will say is that I’m really enjoying writing scenes where the player builds stronger connections with the counselors.

I also spent some time writing a bit further ahead in the chapter. I don’t want to make a habit of that, but sometimes you just need to get your ideas down on paper. It’s meant to advance the story, but it’s also one of those scenes where you’re left thinking, How the hell is this going to connect back??????

One of my friends has read through the story so far and shared some great ideas to help make a few scenes flow more smoothly. Like I mentioned last week, the issue isn’t the writing itself, but figuring out where to include a choice section and what options it should offer. Having a second opinion has been incredibly helpful. Especially since my mom hates horror media involving children, so she out for the count. 🤣

That's all I wanted to say, see ya next week!

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Weekly Progress Update #12// 12/2/24

Taking two weeks to update again is crazyyyyyy-

Hey everyone, nice to see yall well for this fine update. Even though I was radio silent for two weeks, I hadn't stopped writing in that time. While it is a bit slow going, that could just be that the end of the year is when I get th laziest honestly.

The hardest part of writing for me is figuring out what the actual choices should be. For some scenes, it’s really obvious, but with others, I’m completely stumped on what else someone could say in that situation. It makes the process a bit challenging, but I’m sure I’ll get used to it eventually. I think the first episode was easier because it was the introduction, so I didn’t have to overthink it. Maybe finding a beta reader to bounce ideas off of (besides my mom) would make this part smoother. Luckily, I have some good friends, so hopefully, I’ll start having an easier time with this soon.

In my last update, I mentioned that I’ve started working on the actual introduction of the campers. Now that I’ve had a little more time to develop them, I’m starting to get a better sense of their characterizations. However, I’ve noticed that some of their personalities are coming across as a bit too mature for their age. I know it's a thing that teens think they're really mature, but that's different from them actually being mature, and I don't really want them to be. It would be fine for like, two or three of them, but a whole grade? Not happening bro.

That was a ramble 🤣 but basically I'm going to rework the personalites of some of the kids. I'm begun to realize that it's okay that some of them might be very similair to one another, there's 36 of them, someone is getting the 'yeah, just change it a little so it won't be obvious' treatment.

I’ve been working on outlining some of the big mysteries in the story, and I honestly can’t wait to share more because it’s just so exciting! But, it's also been very freeing since I've been changing plot points here and there to make it all feel so much smoother. Like I've cut, created, brought back, and let hang in the wind so many characters, it's crazy.

As for when the chapter itself will be published, I’m not entirely sure. I’m aiming for a February release, but I don’t want to make promises like last time. Let’s just hope it’s at least ready sometime in 2025, hehe.

That's all I wanted to talk about, see you all next week!

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I want to bully W so badly, pls make it possible in the future and I'll give you the Hawk Tauh. 😭🙏

One of these days you'll be able to call W out on all their bullshit, then kiss them in the next moment. Promise

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where can we play a full, non demo version?

If you were still wondering about this question, it doesn't exist yet. Probably won't for honestly another two years with how long it's taken me to write the next part of the demo.

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i dont know who to romance. im not good with decisions. how could you do this to me.

matter of fact, i do like claire, but OF COURSE she’s in a relationship already and i hate her boyfriend

Just have him die at the earliest point, problem solved.🤷🏿‍♀️

But like fr, I think only one of the poly routes is between two likeable character and it is not W&D 🤣

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i hope you'll feel better soon!

the snippet was adorable! i definitely have a soft spot for kids i'm already ready to adopt all of them (then get my heart broken when something bad inevitably happens)

I was able to write a few scenes to help me get inside of minds of a few of the kids while I was sick, so I really get this feeling 😂

Like on one hand, I don't want to write scenes involving their deaths cause their MY children. But on the other hand, I know someone's not going to bother saving about two or three of these kids 😭

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Weekly Progress Update #11// 11/14/24

I didn't totally dream that I posted this update and went on to believe that happened in reality. Nah....

Another week, another round of writing. The scenes are as usual beating my ass, which means I don't really get a lot of work down by the end of a session. Sucks, but that's what happened with episode 1 and I still got that bad boy out.

My mom, believe it or not, is actually a good motivator for me. She works from home, so we usually sit together at our dining table to do our work. When I come down to start writing, she'll say, "You here to start a shift?" or "You clocking in late?" or "You doin' overtime?" Makes me laugh and then I'll start a session in a good move. Love her.

I'm also been trying to outline events that happen in the next one episode or so. I don't really like outlining since I'm liable to not follow my own notes and send the plot in a completely different direction. My nemesis has followed me from my fanfiction wips! But I'm really going in deep with these outlines, so hoepfully I don't try to derail the situation and keep the story the way I want it.

That's all I wanted to say, see you all again on Monday! (hopefully...)

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Weekly Progress Update #10// 11/4/24

Here we are back again with the weekly updates. Let’s hope I keep it up this time, haha.

I’m joining in on Nanowrimo this month (fuck the website) and I’ve already finished two scenes I was struggling through before. I still want to go back over them, but I’m pretty satisfied with how they turned out.

It’s crazy to think that this time last year CO was just a series of pages outlining what, who, why everything was. It’s also crazy how much I’ve already diverted from certain parts of that, but I feel like that’s just apart of writing for lot of authors.

The sixth grade section I can confidently say is basically 90% completed, and I can finally start the process of beginning the 7th grade section. I’m honestly so excited to start writing the all the kids into the story. I tried to make them likable while also showing just how weird middle schoolers can be. They don’t see themselves as kids anymore, but it’s not like they’re adults yet either, so they can be a little awkward.

I myself entered the 7th grade in 2011(!!), and I remember just how awkward I was at that age. I really was one of those kids who thought I was smarter than most people my age. Cringe.

Thats all I wanted to say, till next time!

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Progress Update #9// 10/30/24

Hey everyone, look who's almost a whole month late. Unfortunately, this will not be a post about the demo update. But please don't worry, the project is not being cancelled.

I’ve been holding off on releasing the update because I don’t feel it’s quite ready yet. I really dislike going back on my promises, and I’m genuinely sorry for the delay. But I'm doing this because I feel this will be better for my overall personal process. I've written close to 20k words since the beginning of the month and I just don't want anyone seeing it yet.

Moving forward, I think it would be best to update the demo only once each episode is complete, rather than posting sporadically as I have been. I was so excited to get the story out there with the first episode, but there's so many points that I could have done better if I hadn't put time limits for myself.

So yes, for now on, I'll only update the demo once an episode has been finished. I hope you understand and I appcrecite all the support everyone has given me so far.

With that said, I hope what I say next will be seen as some good news.

I realize I haven’t posted a proper progress report since July, which was around the time I got sick. As I've said before it was just the flu (which I get literally every year), and I'm back to 100% by now. It did make me sluggish for a long while though and I sorta lost my motivation to keep up with the blog.

But, now that I've gotten all this stuff off my chest, I'd really like to go back to those weely updates and go back to answering questions. I'm sorry to everyone who asked if I was okay and didn't get a reply, I was just kinda embarrassed at my long absence to be honest.

That’s all I wanted to share, thank you for reading if you’ve made it this far. I completely understand if anyone is unsure about the future of this project and would prefer to unfollow until it’s closer to being finshed. I worry about its future too, but I'm committed to seeing it through.

Thank you again, and see you all on Monday!

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are you alive dear hestor i am worried

Don't worry, the camp killer hasn't gotten me yet!

I just took a break from using tumblr, I was starting to feel some early burnout so I took a step back to focus solely on the wip. But eventually I'll return, when I'm in a better headspace for it.

I am happy to say that the first half of the next episode is going to be released in the beginning of October! So get ready for that ✌️

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E is going to be so bad for MC. They definitely won’t communicate everything with them. They are holding back and are not to be trusted. Too bad my MC is just going to keep kicking their ankles dreamily.

Haha, E is definitely going to be acting a little suspect throughout the story. Honestly I’m excited for how the player won’t know if it’s because they know everything and are involved with it or that’s just how they are for some reason.

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My guess is either Ezra or Asher who has a crush on MC

Asher was one of MC’s friends back then so it’s not impossible and the way Ezra acts can easily be just his way to hide his feelings.

ANON: my guess is one of the E’s

I like how this implies either Ella or Ethan have a crush on MC. Not that E can have a crush, it’s either Ella or Ethan, no in between.

But E was MC’s best friend among the campers and spent the most time with them, so not a crazy read if true.