Halloween Special Patron Update v.31!

Hello, everyone!

It is a well-known fact that I love Halloween more than any other holiday and today I bring you just in time for the special day itself... *drumroll* the Escape The Neighborhood Halloween Update!! I have been working tirelessly to get this one out for you guys with very little time to do it! This brings not one, not two, not three, but FOUR all new scenes!!! Three OV scenes (two full size and one shrunken) and one full size CV scene (sorry AV fans I just didn't have it in me this time around)! These special Halloween themed scenes I had a blast writing! They're not each as long as the huge ones I've been putting out lately but they're still pretty hefty between them and have some familiar faces, and a mysterious new character. I worked super hard to get this update out in time for Halloween, I think I've been working on it for about the last 10-11 hours straight and I'm pretty exhausted so if there are any errors please let me know! Honestly, I would also LOVE to know what you guys think of these scenes, please let me know!

Also, the Quest servers are back up and running after another brief outage so this special new version will be available online as well!

I'm so happy to say the Patron Only Discord Server has been going really well so far! Everybody have been lovely and have been sharing art, captions, and memes and we've got some people looking for roleplays so please come visit us!  

To play and join the Patron Only Discord Server please visit my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/EscapetheNeighborhood

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Update Notes:

Major Updates:

- Added a new area with 3 new OV scenes and 1 new CV scene. This area can be accessed by sleeping on the bed in the Open Dorm Room.

- This also changes the time passing mechanic. Now, scenes that previously had to be triggered by time passing by being mugged by Ajax will now be passed here instead. Initially having that be a trigger for time passing was just a thing but as time went on I realized it made less and less sense for it to be the major catalyst for time progression so now this event which takes up more time in the story actively makes sense to cause time to move forward narratively. There may still be other scenes that will rely on Ajax's scene in the future but currently any that previously required being bullied by him first now require this instead. I think I have it fixed without any issues but there certainly could be some as there were several scenes that referred to that event so if you run into any issues please let me know!  

Minor Updates:

- I will be updating the walkthroughs to reflect the changes in time progression but I am too tired to do that tonight before bed so I will do that tomorrow. Just be aware if any scene in the walkthrough says you need to do Ajax's scene first it's talking about visiting the new ones.

- A new Cheat Code has been added for Swallowed+ Tier patrons to allow them to jump immediately to the new content.

- The link to the previous release of the online version has been retired.

For the Human Edition:

- The November password will go into effect with this update and will be released shortly.

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Here is the link to the regular walkthrough (If you're not a patron and you're just curious about what's in the game please take a look!): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QfnsOpJbRMcyuyGEjc1Gvz-rk_06CDLm65vjbK2ITxA/

Here is the link again to the Public Demo: https://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/fzswkqrtqeodggfa7c1sug/escape-the-neighb...

Here is the link again to the Human Edition Demo https://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/z5yiuma9fuylh6_sqvpvvw/escape-the-neighb...

And of course, please keep in mind the online version of the game does not have background/image support and it is always recommended to play the offline version for stability. Online version stability issues are known with the online player and are not something I have control over. If you are going to play offline please do not download the game file from the Quest site; please only download it from the Patreon post.

As always if anyone has any trouble or questions please let me know!

Thank you all so very much again for your support and I hope you enjoy!