Le Stag - A New Dawn: The Future of Netorase Phone

Sorry everyone, I had to delete the previous post, and remake it, because it didn't follow Patreon's guidelines...

As most of you might know by now, Netorase Phone will soon be coming to an end.

As the game has progressed, the fact that I initially tried to write content that would please both Cucks and Stags is making it harder and harder to write more of Laura's hijinks. The sluttier she becomes, the harder it is to find story beats that will work for both tendencies.

I might get into more details later, and explain the issues I've been encountering with her stories, but to make it short: version 0.40 will be the last "main" release of Netorase Phone. After its release, I will let the game cool down for a bit, and assess what changes need to be made to past chapters. After some time has passed, I will make these changes, and add an Epilogue chapter that will conclude the story (with an open ending), and consider the game to be in version 1.0 then (this release will probably take up a spot in the schedule).

I will keep the door open for more content later down the road, either after the end, or by adding chapters between others. Laura and her friends will not be abandoned on the side of the road to be forgotten.

If you have followed me here, on Discord, or even somewhere else, you might have already heard about Dawn. It is time, though, to properly, officially introduce her.

Dawn is your wife. You have been happily married for a few years now, and have two kids together. She is a teacher at the local university, and teaches, among other things, French classes (yes, I needed an excuse to use more French jokes in my games, deal with it!).

Dawn is usually confident and assertive, but she has no issue relinquishing control if she's feeling comfortable enough with her partner.

While Dawn is already aware that you would feel comfortable with her sleeping around, she has not made the leap yet, for various reasons. Of course, considering the topic of the game, this is bound to change soon.

Netorase Phone: Dawn will be exclusively focused on Stag players. As Dawn's husband, your character is confident enough, both in himself, in his wife, and in their relationship, to know that her having sex with other people is not going to jeopardize their marriage.

Your sexual life together is already satisfying to both of you, but you are convinced Netorase/Hotwifing might make it even better. And, while you would enjoy your wife telling you stories of her adventures with other men, you are not pushing her to do it. If she ever actually start sleeping with other men, it will be of her own free will.

Dawn's story will heavily focus on your own relationship, and on the way the kink will affect and improve it. Sharing your wife is meant as a fun addition to an already fulfilling dynamic, not as a central part in your sex life.

As such, the game will highlight both your usual sex life, and your reclaiming after your wife gets back from one of her hookups. Sex with you will make a large part of the game.

While I experimented with your girlfriend sharing you in Netorase Phone, it had not been part of my initial plans. Ashley and Tara were initially only supposed to be "support" characters in Laura's hijinks, and not partners for you to play with. As such, I couldn't explore the topic of mutual sharing as much as I wanted to.

For Netorase Phone: Dawn, this element will be there from the start. As part of her journey toward embracing your kink, Dawn will suggest sharing you too, as some form of "equality" in the relationship.

This part of the story will be fully optional, and will not make up too much of the game. If you prefer to stay faithful to your wife while she's having fun outside, this will be entirely possible.

As a Stag/Confident player, you will have more control in the dynamics of your relationship than you could have with Laura and Iris. Because the game will exclusively focus on Stags, I will be able to offer you more meaningful choices than in these two other stories.

As a consequence, Dawn will not have a tendency system, like Laura or Iris. I felt that, in such a story, a binary choice at the start of the game wouldn't work. While it makes sense for Iris, I constantly have to work against it for Laura, and it would make every subsequent choice less powerful.

That being said, one of my priorities will be to make your choices meaningful. While most of the dialogues will still be cosmetic variations (I cannot deeply alter the story with every choice of dialogues), I will make sure that major decisions have a real impact on the story.

All of this means that the amount of "raw" content you might get in a single playthrough will be lower than for other games, as I will have to write all alternative paths & dialogues. For example, if I release a 15 000 words update for Iris, most players will see 95% of it in a single playthrough, as her story is quite linear. For Dawn, you might only see half of it, as the other half might be linked to different choices.

Once I stop working on Netorase Phone, its releases will be replaced by Netorase Phone: Dawn, alternating with Iris. Depending on the exact timing, I MIGHT take some time off around this time, but I am not sure yet (and if I do, it won't be much ;) ).