
Move The Chains is a choice-driven adult visual novel that puts you into the shoes of a hot-button athlete who finds himself being given a second chance after spending a year behind bars. The road to redemption is a long one, but it's packed with girls, love, drama, and of course, sex.
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Touted as the nation's top cornerback, a five-star recruit out of Inglewood with scholarship and NIL offers from some of the top universities in the country, you finally have your goal in sight. Getting yourself and the woman who practically raised you out of the dump you called home. But the reality you worked yourself to the bone to create comes crashing down on the night of the semifinals against Mater Sei.
After nearly a year behind bars, you find yourself free once more. Knowing that no college was going to come near you, you resigned yourself to life beyond football before that gavel even came down. That is, until you run into a mysterious someone behind sunglasses - a two-time MVP on the biggest stage of them all - looking to recruit you to the Texas A&N Wolves. But before you can even get past the starting pistol, another obstacle lands right in front of you. An obstacle that forces you to take matters into your own hands.
Currently inside of Season 1:
4,020 FHD, high-end still renders downscaled from 4K.
64 Animations through 3 scenes.
Approx. 5-6 hours of content.
A fresh, unique UI that tears itself away from the Ren'py standard.
*Please do note that there is NOT voice acting within Move The Chains. It was (currently) for the trailer only. It's an eventual goal, but only your funding can make that possible.*

Within the hurricane that is your newfound stardom. you immediately draw both ire and praise, both slander and vindication. Can you hand the temptations that come with a second chance?

The options for a star athlete are many, sometimes far too many to choose just one. Just as light comes with the dark, new faces introduce new paths and the many lives within them.

Coming from a past riddled with drugs, abuse, and violence, it's all you've ever known. It's up to you to break away from the anger and violence you've always known to be the answer, it's up to you to break the cycle of pain and hate, to be a better human than those who brought you into the world.

Do you want to train? Do you want to party? Study film? Improve your psychological and physical well-being? Train too hard and the consequences might catch you, train too little and it might bite you. The decision is yours.
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Languages: English
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GG hope this it not dead game its two years old looking for next SEASON
8/10 Incredible visuals, likable and varied characters all around, and engaging story. The writing is mostly very good, but there tends to be a lot of preachy monologues and exposition and trauma dumps. There's a large amount of football references, which can be confusing even with the explanations. There's also too many LIs to the point where you have a hard time keeping track of everyone. Would be better if there was a stronger focus on a few central characters to create more emotional depth. Just nitpicking though and I can’t help but give it a good rating if only for the amazing renders. Barring a few minor details, an good game. If you liked AVN like Summer's gone with dark/moving story, and all that type of sh!t this one is for you, was the case for me. Gonna keep an eye on this one for sure and see where it goes/can't wait for more. Good luck with the rest of the story dev!
[b]หนึ่งใน Teen Drama AVNs ที่มีเนื้อเรื่องกับการเล่าเรื่องที่ดีที่สุด[/b] ไม่คิดว่า AVN จะถ่ายทอดอารมณ์ออกมาได้ดีขนาดนี้ ซื้อเกมมาเพราะดีไซน์ตัวละครสวย แต่ต้องมาหนักใจแทนเพราะอินไปกับมุมมองของแต่ละตัวละคร เห็นถึงความใส่ใจของผู้พัฒนาในการตั้งใจจะถ่ายทอดเนื้อเรื่องออกมา มีโน๊ตอธิบายศัพท์เฉพาะของ American football ให้เข้าไปเช็คอยู่ตลอด แต่ถึงอย่างงั้นก็ยังมีงงอยู่หน่อย ๆ เพราะใช้ศัพท์เฉพาะเยอะมาก 5555 ทางเสียงและเพลงที่ใช้ก็เพราะดี เข้ากับบรรยากาศเกมมาก เสียอย่างเดียวคือเสียงเอฟเฟ็กต์ในฉากอย่างว่านี่เงียบกริบ มีแต่เสียงโต๊ะจนทำหมดอารมณ์ แต่อนิเมชั่นทำออกมาดี [b]ถ้าอยากอ่านอะไรที่กินใจก็ห้ามพลาดเกมนี้ไป[/b] ปล. เห็นทางผู้พัฒนาบอกว่าจะมุ่งทำให้ Harem เป็นทางหลัก แต่ LIs ส่วนใหญ่ก็จะมี Solo เป็นของตัวเองด้วยไม่ต้องกังวลไป ถึงส่วนตัวจะแอบคิดว่าจะเป็น Harem แบบเก็บไม่ครบรึเปล่าเพราะ LI เยอะพอสมควร แถมเนื้อเรื่องหนักไปทางดราม่าอีก
The game kind of needs a Middle Thumb. The positive: The writing is strong, the main character is believable, and far from just another exercise in wish fulfillment. The story is good to great, the sex scenes decent, and I'm genuinely interested in the characters as human beings. The negative: I'm sorry, but three episodes in, and the dev has had a number of show stopping bugs that directly impact the story, Asking me what choice I made in an episode I played six months ago doesn't cut it. Fix the bugs, when you find them, and squash them now, not after releasing a dozen episodes (or however many more are coming). That said, I recommend catching it on sale for the moment, and just be aware that it's an early access title for a reason.
So far I would rate this one of the best visual novels out there. Progress of the developer is slow, though not an issue for me as the content he delivers I personally find one of the best. Quality over quantity. The story itself isn't the most unique one, however is very well-constructed, engaging and actually fun and interesting to read. This combined with the good visuals they create, I'd definitely rank this one among my favourites. Girls are different, fun and of all sorts and it does cater to a larger variety of possibilities with a minor LGBT content (though you are able to turn this off if you don't fancy it). Keep up the good work and definitely will return for a new season, new game and episode if the developer decides to do so.
i would stay away from this game. they can't seem to grasp what an update is used for. 2nd time now that an "update" makes the game broken and un able to launch.
Long story, not really sure what the basic story is about. For me the main char only wants to fight everybody that talks to his girlfriends. The game is really boring when it comes to the "grownuip" fun part. Girls looks great and the game itself is well made. But my guess is that the developers only wants you over to patreon, since there no official dates on when new updates comes out. Playtime around 5 hours. No I dont recomend this game. Based on the fact that its really little happening in the game. And the game gets boring way to fast.
good game keep up the work
At the time of writing (Season 1, Ep3), there's about 9 hours of playtime, on a single run. Worth your time, although there are some bugs with the code currently (one of my choices seemed to get ignored).
Little buggy, but incredible story. I like how well it explains football, because I think it's a good way to bring attention to the game. I look forward to watching the story develop. Definitely worth the spend where it stands and to see how the developer grows.
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