This post will contain no information on the choices themselves other than what it is (hair/clothes/item/scene) and the cost. It will contain the total cost at the end of the post for each type and an overall cost.
If the scene choice as a letter next to it, it indicates the LI it takes place with. Not all these scenes are/can be romantic. Kaine = K, Rainier = R. If #R/K, the choice is LI path dependant but does not need to be repurchased. If #R/#K, the choice is LI path dependant and does need to be repurchased.
If A Choice has 🧿 next to it, then that choice gets you an item for the altar.
Set Up
Hair - 15/15 💎
Total - 15 💎
Chapter One
Clothes - 25 💎
Scene - 17 💎
Total - 42 💎
Chapter Two
Clothes - 25 💎
Scene - 16 + 18R 💎 (34)
Total - 59 💎
Chapter Three
Scene - 17 + 19 💎
Total - 36 💎
Chapter Four
Clothes - 25 💎
Scene - 16 + 17🧿 💎 (33)
Total - 58 💎
Chapter Five
Scene - 17K + 19K 💎
Total - 36 💎
Chapter Six
Scene - 17R🧿 + 18 💎
Total - 35 💎
Chapter Seven
Clothes - 25 💎
Scene - 16 + 18K 💎 (34)
Total - 35 💎
Chapter Eight
Scene - 17🧿 +19R 💎
Total - 36 💎
Chapter Nine
Clothes - 25 💎
Scene - 16 + 20K/20R 💎 (56)
Total - 61 💎
Chapter Ten
Scene - 1 7🧿 + 20K 💎
Total - 37 💎
Chapter Eleven
Scene - 17 + 20K/20R 💎 (57)
Total - 37 💎
Chapter Twelve
Clothes - 25 💎
Scene - 18 + 19K 💎 (37)
Total - 62 💎
Chapter Thirteen
Scene - 17🧿 + 30R 💎
Total - 47 💎
Chapter Fourteen
Scene - 16 + 17 + 19K 💎
Total - 52 💎
Chapter Fifteen
Clothes - 25 💎
Scene - 18 + 30K 💎 (48)
Total - 73 💎
Chapter Sixteen
Scene - 20 + 30K + 30R
Total - 80 💎
Totals
Clothing - 175 💎
Hair - 30 💎 (15)
Scene - 659 💎 (40)
Total - 809 💎
All Choices - 864 💎
So this book costs 864 💎if you buy every option. A single play is 809 💎
Across 15 chapters that’s approx 50 💎per chapter for a single run.
If you take off the diamonds you get for completing each chapter, you save 32 💎 or 64 💎 for VIP. Depending on adverts, you could gather another 15 💎 along the way.
Now the challenges have been released, you gain an extra 2 💎 for each three chapters read and 15 💎 for completing the book. You can gain a maximum of 25 💎 challenge diamonds.
Well it looks like I got it right about the management part....
Reblogging this to remind myself that I need to focus on TRR, not all the distractions I've been letting get in the way.
Also going to add, if there's a book you've been putting off reading, read it now. If you've got a lot of diamonds you've been saving, spend them now.
If there’s a particular book you love on Choices back it up, now
Screenshots, record it, save the music, save the files, save the backgrounds.
Companies admitting online, in public that they’re having ‘staffing issues’ multiple times is not a sign of a healthy company.
And this isn’t the first time Choices has used staffing issues for excusing a book delay or cancellation and that’s a really bad look.
Is management that bad?
Is the work environment so bad they’re bleeding staff?
Is PB bleeding money so much they can’t afford to keep staff on what looks like a successful book and can only afford to fund the really cheap formulaic books?
From a business perspective, this is an unfortunate thing to admit. It raises serious questions about PB’s future.
Some interesting reading - latest Pixelberry review on Glassdoor by an ex-employee, giving their point of view of what's been going on at PB lately. Also says that those 200 people who were let go were around 75% of staff 😬