New Year's Day(e)
New Year's Day(e) - Progress Report 9/9/24
Hey All!
Just popping in to give you some news.
It's been a little turbulent lately balancing my new job and this project, but things are smoothing out now and so is the progress on this story.
I've been battling how to fill up this day to make chapter 5 as eventful as the other chapters/days without adding a bunch of fluff and filler. To me, that is a cardinal sin in making these types of games, and I don't want to commit it. So, instead of filling up day 5 with a bunch of boring, unneeded scenes, I'm planning on combining days 5 and 6 into chapter 5. This means you guys are in for a BUNCH of...everything. Revelations, spicy stuff, funny stuff, it's gonna be a wild ride from here on out!
Things are going to start happening fast and I am so excited to get it all done and into your warm little hands!
This also means that the next chapter will be...New Year's Day, which is also going to be fun.
Alright. Enough babbling. Back to work! This thing isn't gonna finish itself!
Love y'all,
~ Jonesy
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I have an urge to start the whole series over in anticipation hahaha You're right. That is a cardinal sin and I'm so happy to know you refuse to fall for it. So many others don't. It's a shame :) Still can't wait to 5 but happy you're taking your time. No need to rush a great story!
Ha! Well, if you do, you'll have plenty of time to replay it all. This is gonna be fun. I've been holding a few cards really close to my chest since before I completed Christmas Eve. It's going to feel like I'm doing something wrong by laying them down, but it's also really exciting. I can't wait. I mean, I know on some level it's just a silly, pervy story, but...it's MY silly, pervy story. I hope you and everyone else enjoys what I have in store for you!
Honestly, and I hope anyone reading this takes note.. But it's easy to see these titles and see them on as just another adult visual novel, and to be honest I did pass them by myself. But when I got bored with the lack of female protagonist stories, Christmas Eve was in the first download stack of male protagonist stories. Because I can't do these unless there is a heavy female protagonist along side that I can meld with and ride along side. If that makes sense. So Evelynne became one of the first of three to fill that need, So your stories have a really special place in my heart, But that's not the point. These stories are way deeper and deserve to be read and appreciated. From Evelynne's find in the cabin (no spoilers) and how that effects New Years going forward. Is more than just the surface story of (other spoilers haha), to the MC's relationship with his wife and with their best friend and with other people. You gave all these characters a reality. Nothing is shallow or pandering. My only complaint so I'm so imprinted on Evelynne that I don't want to share hahahaha I mean Evelynne has a partner in crime I am fine to share with outside of that, I wish it was a little less harem-y. I guess Becky is fine too hahaha People just need to know that it's not just a pervy story. It's actually deep and thoughtful. I hate to toss stories under a bus, but there is a similar story out there that just doesn't compare,
Thanks so much. It really means a lot to me that you or anyone else feels a connection to my stories or the characters within them. And, as you said, when you look at this genre, these may seem like a bunch of pervy stories/games at first glance, but there is a lot more than that to some (if not a majority) of them. I love my characters. Even though they get up to all kinds of crazy fantasy antics, I really do like the people they are when they're not in the middle of a spicy scene. It's nice to know that you do too. It's very encouraging to hear and I really appreciate it!
I'm a guy and I guess I therefore have an innate tendency to look for a male protagonist's viewpoint with regard to sexual strategy and encounters in these AVN storylines. Having said that I'm thankfully no purist and have, over time, learnt the benefit of adopting a very open mind when choosing which type of AVN to support and why, hence my being here now extolling the virtues of Jonesy's amazing creations.
Anyway, I never for one moment got the impression, going in, that either "Christmas Eve" or "New Year's Daye" had a male protagonist. It seems clear as Daye that both are driven exclusively by their female lead characters and rightly so because, in my opinion, therein lies the true source of the success of both these masterpieces. In fact, to me, in comparison with many male protagonist AVNs, this male character plays an incredibly passive role in proceedings which, again I think, is what makes these stories so brilliantly heart-warming.
Much of the freshness and originality in these two tales is derived from the fact that although the sexuality underlies much of the story and permeates almost every scene, the mechanic, if you like, of being driven almost entirely by the young female leads and their natural curiosity, mischief and adventurousness completely bursts the usual balloon of illicit, surreptitious "pervyness" that envelopes so many of the "family-orientated", if you get my meaning, titles possessing a male protagonist.
It is this lack of sordidness which makes the storyline almost innocent and, as a result, all characters so endearing to we who are fortunate enough to have discovered these two...now with the wonderful addition of "Siren Song"...there you go, Jonesy, a totally deserving and shameless plug for you!...three, of course, marvellously creative gems.
Anyway, enough is enough. Suffice to say I endorse all that you say Rocket Girl. I, like I am certain all of Jonesy's supporters, feel very fortunate to be here and look forward to continuing our journey together all the way to the end of the line.
I 100 percent agree with you. Both Christmas Eve, NYE and Siren Song have legit reasons why things happen. It's not just cos pervs are gonna perv hahaha The Male MCs are great in these. Especially in Siren Song. And yes, the female characters are really well done and believable. They really feel more of an ensemble than just one center focus character. And as a musician myself, Siren Song definitely hits home haha I would have loved to join the song contest but my hands are tied VTubing right now *le sigh*
You guys are awesome. Thank you so much for the kind words. A few days ago I started playing around with AI generated music. I pasted in the lyrics to Charlie and Bobby's songs and filled out different prompts, and, viola! A song with vocals and everything. It's all at once impressive, fun, and terrifying how good some of the songs turn out. If you or anyone else wants to use that medium to create songs, feel free to send me the results. I'd love to hear them. I'll post the lyrics in the Siren Song devlog.
This is a fantastic project! I'm glad to hear you are working on it :)
Thanks! It's been a lot of fun to make. Glad to know you've enjoyed it so far!