#Sun haven romance options driver#

Is there some third factor that drew players (and myself) to both China and Etienne or to both Russia and Sharon? It seems our natural biases worked for us… but how? We’ve been building up the romance for months across storylines that meandered all over the globe. I confess I have my own bias: Although I usually prefer women in fiction, Etienne (written by KG Tan who later surrendered his side of the writing to me because he has so many other jobs to do for Tin Man Games) is my favourite in this story. In Russia (written by Alyce Potter, who created the character of Sharon), 67% of characters fell for Sharon, while 14% fell for Etienne.īut in China, 50% of characters fell for Etienne and 19% fell for Sharon. Here’s where it gets even more interesting. 42% of players are with me (and the other 58% are in Russia). (Looking at public reviews, it looks like almost twice as many males are leaving reviews, but there are a lot of things that could be skewing those results.)Īt present I’m writing the “China” side of the story. More males play video games, but more females play phone games. The lovely Sharon walked off into the sunset (and by sunset I mean “hail of bullets” because the story’s climax is happening right now) with 45% of players.Įtienne snagged 30%, and the remaining 25% opted out of romance this time.ĭo we have more male players than female? No idea. Well set me on fire and call me barbie… it’s Sharon! We were dying with curiosity about which one of our love interests proved more popular. We also let the player say no to romance if they wished. Over time, the player was given several opportunities to flirt with each potential love interest, and we kept track of whether players chose to flirt or not (and how often).įinally, in Arc 13 (yep, that’s thirteen months into the story!) we finally let the romance go ahead… if a player had been sufficiently flirtatious. He’s a pacifist with a philosophical bent, and he can handle himself in a fight (…when he has to.

She uses a bunch of Australian slang, drives like a (talented) maniac, and is addicted to danger.Įtienne is a Canadian Park Ranger of Middle Eastern descent.

#Sun haven romance options driver#

Sharon is a blonde Australian taxi driver with an adult daughter. In “Choices: And The Sun Went Out” there are two possible love interests (both bisexual the protagonist’s gender is never specified). Spoilers from “Choices: And The Sun Went Out” coming!!!!!! One of the cool things about the app is that each arc (that is, four weeks) the players get to actually see how many other players are on the same path they are. They are both serial/subscription phone app stories (with the banner name of “Choices: And The Sun Went Out” on itunes and Android), that release a new piece of story roughly once per week. I’m co-writer on “Choices: And The Sun Went Out” and writer on “Choices: And Their Souls Were Eaten”.