Good morning everyone. I wish you all a very happy Winter Solstice!

In addition to however you spend the last few days of 2024 (whether you have any celebrations or not) have a great end to 2024, as we welcome in 2025!

As always, a huge thank you to those of you who are continuing to support me, and thank you to everyone who has so far participated in the feedback survey for Chapter 2 (0.3). If you've not done so already, then please take a minute or two of your time to fill it out (Can find the links below).

PUBLIC Chapter 2 (0.3) Survey

CAMPER + tier Chapter 2 (0.3) Donor Survey

Camper + tiers will be able to participate in an additional survey, where they can put down their own thoughts as part of the feedback, which greatly helps. Please do the public survey also if you're one of the Camper + tier groups.

S I T R E P

As you already know, progress for Chapter 3 (0.4) has already started! The first segment of Chapter 3 has been proof read and in due course, the next segment will be handed on over to the proof readers to check on through. The script will get edited in smaller segments by the proof readers as I progress through rendering the chapter. Rendering has also had a strong start as I've already made great progress with that. There will be some challenges in Chapter 3 as production ramps on up and as the game gets more complex.

One of the changes, which will tie into the story will need to be done, which may not be as popular going off the first and second feedback surveys. Bare in mind that this decision is mainly due to a technical standpoint, and was made many months ago, but the change will be done through a dramatic event, which pushes on the story. After Chapter 3 has been released, I'll explain the reasoning for it. But long term anyone who gets disappointment by what will happen from my decision, will be thankful of what happens, vs what could have arguably have had happened a lot later. Bearing in mind that we all know that later in-game a lot of significant and quite frankly disastrous outcomes will transpire, and in this case it was going to happen "eventually".

F E E D B A C K S U R V E Y

So far a whopping 31 respondents so far! It does provide some interesting insight, especially when you compare it to Chapter 1's survey. So without further ado, here are the findings:

Q1: How Did You Find Out About Fairwood Retreat 87?

A: 2 from Patreon, 6 from Itchio, 6 from Discord, 1 from Word of Mouth and 16 from "other sources".

Q2: Would You Recommend Fairwood Retreat 87 To Others?

A: All 31 respondents responded yes.

Q3: Did You Notice An Improvement Between 0.2 and 0.3 (Chapter 1 and Chapter 2)?

A: 27 respondents said Yes, whilst 4 said No

Q4: Who Is Your Favourite Love Interest (At The Time Of Chapter 2)?

A: 13 Tiffany, 17 Vanessa, 1 Tara

This compares to the first survey of 25 respondents where 11 voted for Tiffany, 11 for Vanessa and 3 for Tara. Both Tiffany and Vanessa have had an increase, especially Vanessa, which makes sense given the nsfw routes of Chapter 1+2 combined. Tara unfortunately, who does have a small route segment of her own (Vanessa route specific). You can see from the last survey illustrated below.

Q5: Did You Join Vanessa In The Cafeteria Bathroom & Accept Her Advances? (Loose Your Virginity)

A: 23 responded yes, 8 no.

Q6: Did You Walk Back To The Cabin With Tiffany (Follow Her Route?)

A: 26 yes, 5 no.

Q7: Did You Ridicule Tara and Later Retort At Her? (Her Negative Route)

A: 1 yes, 30 no.

Q8: Did You Enjoy The Easter Egg Movie Scene (Tiffany Route To See All)?

A: 26 yes, 5 no.

Q9: Who's Your Favorite Side-Character or Extra?

A: Tanya 5, Michelle 10, Amanda 2, Samantha 3, Teresa 0, Nicole (ginger) 4, Tammy (redhead) 1, Gina 2, Lisa 1, April 0, Brooke 0, Sally (Movie scene) 3, Sarah (Movie scene) 0.

With the significant increase in supporting cast members, as shown in the Chapter 1 survey above, Tammy suffered a reduction in vote share, along with Michelle (only slightly). Tanya still holds a respectable minority, with other votes being cast to members not previously listed.

Q10: In The Last Survey, The Majority Of Players Said That They're Prepared For Loss Of Life... are you?

A: Yes 26, no 5.

Well, and with that, that wraps up the feedback, and a little mini update followed by some beautiful teasers.

S O C I A L S

As always, you're all welcome to come and join my Discord server, which is a lovely environment for fans of this game to converse in a friendly non-toxic environment. Pssst, you'll also get to meet the real Jeff and Otter from the VN movie scene (winks).

Also, if you like Fairwood Retreat 87 and have a Patreon account, please consider following me on there to keep up to date, and if you're able, consider becoming a donor in the future. Every little helps!

I wish you all a very happy end to 2024, whether you celebrate the various "festive" seasons or not, and as always from the bottom of my heart, thank you so, so much for all your continued support!

~ Aya