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Update 1.202 with Gallery

Hey, folks! Update time! I meant for this to be on the smaller side due to way less time to work than usual, but I really hit my stride on some days and kinda got carried away.

= Bonus Harold Update - Now, about this update, it assumes you've been through the end of Harold's Epilogue! I meant to leave it unlocked for everyone right off the bat, but I forgot until long after the builds were made and uploaded. So, you'll have to have cleared Papa Bear's epilogue fully to see the bonus...

Update 1.202

Hey, folks! Update time! I meant for this to be on the smaller side due to way less time to work than usual, but I really hit my stride on some days and kinda got carried away.

= Bonus Harold Update - Now, about this update, it assumes you've been through the end of Harold's Epilogue! I meant to leave it unlocked for everyone right off the bat, but I forgot until long after the builds were made and uploaded. So, you'll have to have cleared Papa Bear's epilogue fully to see the bonus...

Update 1.201 with Gallery

Hey, folks! Thanks for being patient with the delay! It's a simple update with not a lot of notes to it, but it's here for ya!

• Dwayne Day 30 - This day can have a variety of things happen at the start that are determined my your previous choices. The day progresses into something silly and ends on something less so, but I think it's all good!

• Added 4 more things to the pinata. All of that stuff -shoooould- function as intended. I did fix another minor issue t...

  2025-11-19 16:55:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Update 1.201

Hey, folks! Thanks for being patient with the delay! It's a simple update with not a lot of notes to it, but it's here for ya!

• Dwayne Day 30 - This day can have a variety of things happen at the start that are determined my your previous choices. The day progresses into something silly and ends on something less so, but I think it's all good!

• Added 4 more things to the pinata. All of that stuff -shoooould- function as intended. I did fix another minor issue t...

  2025-11-19 16:55:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Guest Delays and ??? Update Info!

Between me having a surprise guest Thursday-Sunday and Ger maybe having a delay on art for personal reasons, I'm just preemptively delaying the update till the 19th! Just a few days.

That does, however, bring up the next update.

For anyone who checks the schedule, you'll see the next update is listed as ???. I didn't really know what I wanted to do, but I realized what I was gonna do a couple of days ago. I think you all should enjoy it!

We'll be seeing a bonus update inv...

Happy Halloween! Update 1.200

Hey, folks!

Happy Halloween to you all! This year is a little different for me when it comes to my monthly October work. 9 years in a row, I've used October to work in different projects. I've created whole games in that time or worked on new projects to experiment and try new things. A lot of those projects you can get through my Itch page to see what I've done!

This year, however, I did something a bit diffe...

Happy Halloween! Update 1.200 with Gallery

Hey, folks!

Happy Halloween to you all! This year is a little different for me when it comes to my monthly October work. 9 years in a row, I've used October to work in different projects. I've created whole games in that time or worked on new projects to experiment and try new things. A lot of those projects you can get through my Itch page to see what I've done!

This year, however, I did something a bit diffe...

Pinata Info!

Hey, folks!

Before you all go ham replaying routes to earn tokens, I need to look into some trouble with the timer.

I'm not sure if it's route-wide of just isolated to Harold's Day 28, but something isn't working as intended, and I need to figure it out. I don't want folks trying to gather tokens and not get them all and have to read everything -yet again-.

Since this is tied to the Day Skip feature too, I wanna make sure to get the kinks worked out!

All my prelim...

Update 1.199 with Gallery

Thanks for your patience, folks! There's gonna be a lot of stuff to take a look at with this update, so have at it! (Lots to read in this post, but please check it before asking questions in case they are answered here!)

*EDIT - Apparently, something is wrong with Harodl's Day 28 code for the token stuff, so... I have to figure out what the deal is with that! Sorry, folks. As it stands, I suppose you can only unlock 3 of the images there.

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  2025-10-03 15:16:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Update 1.199

Thanks for your patience, folks! There's gonna be a lot of stuff to take a look at with this update, so have at it! (Lots to read in this post, but please check it before asking questions in case they are answered here!)

*EDIT - Apparently, something is wrong with Harodl's Day 28 code for the token stuff, so... I have to figure out what the deal is with that! Sorry, folks. As it stands, I suppose you can only unlock 3 of the images there.

*EDIT 2...

October 3rd Update!

Hey, folks! Small delay on the Dwayne update till the 3rd.

Don't worry, all is well for once! Husband is fine, and there are no Daisy emergencies! In fact, the husband just got started on an insulin pump, so hopefully his diabetes will be under better control in the near future. (Still waiting on the insurance to handle his Cpap, but it's in progress!).

CaptainGerBear has something he has to take care of this weekend, so he'll be out of work for a few days. Due to our usual w...

10 Year Anniversary

Beware: Long Post, haha!

I was waiting until I posted the Richard update before bringing this up, but this month marks the 10-year anniversary of when my Patreon page launched and I really buckled down to focus on Extracurricular Activities.

There's been so much that's happened in that time. Look at just how far things have come in that time!

Just look at this. This was my title screen when I started! This shows off nothing, haha. Must unappealing title scre...

Update 1.198

Hey, folks! Thank you all for your patience for this update. September was a bit of a rough month for us, but we go through it! The husband is doing much better, and Daisy is too. We just have to sustain it!

I definitely made use of the extra time I took to finish things too, so... Here it is.

-Richard Day 35 - Well, here it is. Richard's final route update. I don't know what to say other than see how the camping trip plays out along with the rest of the day.

It's ha...

Update 1.198 with Gallery

Hey, folks! Thank you all for your patience for this update. September was a bit of a rough month for us, but we go through it! The husband is doing much better, and Daisy is too. We just have to sustain it!

I definitely made use of the extra time I took to finish things too, so... Here it is.

-Richard Day 35 - Well, here it is. Richard's final route update. I don't know what to say other than see how the camping trip plays out along with the rest of the day.

It's ha...

The Dreaded Delay

I really didn't want to do it, but between sick dog (and now sick husband), I've lost over a week in my usual work time for Richard's Day 35.

I'm not terribly far off from finishing it, but with what all I have left, it'll still take me some extra time to finish it.

To be on the safe side, I'm giving myself 1 extra week, so plan for the update on the 8th. It'll just eat into the time I planned for taking a break, but it'll still leave me with a week for myself to unwind and rel...

Visual Novel Point of View

I asked about this on Discord, so I thought I'd ask here as well!

You might end up seeing a lot more polls from me in the future as I get ideas about what I want to do for my next project.

Do you have a preference in what kind of point of view your visual novels are told in?

ExcA, for example, is second person. "You saw Darius and grabbed his butt." as opposed to first person, "I saw Darius and grabbed his butt." or the third person "He saw Darius and grabbed the lion's b...

No Update Reminder + Bonus Content Question!

Just a reminder that I'm working on Richard's Day 35 update and will be spending the entire month on it! I -might- have to delay it some due to all of the Daisy emergency, but I'll wait till later in the month to see how I'm doing with progress. (She has 2 more appointments this month, and the husband has 2 appointments too)

She's doing great, too! She should be good to have her staples removed on Wednesday, and she'll not have to wear the cone anymore (huzzah!). My ankles and shins ...

A Daisy Emergency - Update

Update! -

She had her surgery, and we have her back home. They said everything went great and saw no reason for her to go back to the overnight vet. They sent home some pain killers and antibiotics, and now we wait a couple of weeks to take her back to have the staples removed.

As long as she has her appetite again tomorrow, she should be in the clear for a smooth recovery (pending Chomp being a brat!).

Thank you to everyone that has donated or spread the ...

Visual Novel UI Likes and Dislikes

Update: This post isn't exactly meant to be what you want changed / like/dislike about -ExcA-. It's more about what User Interface designs you like/dislike in the visual novel medium overall.

Do you guys have any particular annoyances when it comes to user interface design for visual novels? Any certain things you like?

ExcA has a pretty basic UI, I think. I never really wanted anything overly complex, but sometimes it feels a bit bland too. As I plan for t...

Update 1.197 with Gallery

Hey, folks! Update 1.197 is here and ready to go!

- Dwayne Day 28 - There wasn't much from that last update that would let you guys know what's going on here, so you'll just have to dive in and see with that big cutie is up to.

- I fixed a couple of big bugs. It seems I had done something that was causing Chester's epilogue to crash early in the day, and that should no longer be happening. As well, regarding the image gallery version, I've fixed some code with the hot tub scene...

Update 1.197

Hey, folks! Update 1.197 is here and ready to go!

- Dwayne Day 28 - There wasn't much from that last update that would let you guys know what's going on here, so you'll just have to dive in and see with that big cutie is up to.

- I fixed a couple of big bugs. It seems I had done something that was causing Chester's epilogue to crash early in the day, and that should no longer be happening. As well, regarding the image gallery version, I've fixed some code with the hot tub scene...

Update 1.196 with Gallery

Hey, folks! Thanks for the patience with the update! I'm glad I took the few extra days, because... man, I had more to write than I realized. Anyway, here's what's up!

- Richard Day 34 - It's Richard's turn for a little big of camping fun, so you get to see what kind of plans he has up his sleeves for you and whoever else might be there.

This is Richard's second to last update too, which is mind boggling! It doesn't feel like that long ago when I even started his route, and he...

Update 1.196

Hey, folks! Thanks for the patience with the update! I'm glad I took the few extra days, because... man, I had more to write than I realized. Anyway, here's what's up!

- Richard Day 34 - It's Richard's turn for a little big of camping fun, so you get to see what kind of plans he has up his sleeves for you and whoever else might be there.

This is Richard's second to last update too, which is mind boggling! It doesn't feel like that long ago when I even started his route, and he...

A Wild Delay Appears!

After having guests from Thursday to Sunday, I realized there's no way I'm getting everything done on time, so I'm gonna just delay Richard's update till the 19th. (I was way ahead of schedule even from putting in extra work already!) In turn, that'll push Dwayne's next update to the 3rd next month, and then it won't impact the following Richard update any.

One a totally different note, you guys should check this out!

2025-07-15 16:21:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Update 1.195 with Gallery

Hey, folks! Update day! I'm tired, hah. I went a little hard with this update, so there's a lot to read!

- Dwayne Day 27 - It's time for a trip to the club! Will Dwayne finally make his wish come true to see someone he idolizes? There's a lot of stuff to look at in this update, so get to it!

- Honestly, that's all there is for this one. Just a big update, so dive in!

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