I finished my full playthrough of Grunge andI'm editing the episodes and getting them put up on my YouTube channel.I was able to get over 90 hearts, and I successfully got the best ending in the game. 

I identified a few quests which for sure are broken: 

1. Charlie   
2. Jada 
3. Keke 
4. Father Francis 

These are a few that I'm not sure about and I'm going to playtest a little further. 

1. Sheng's route. I was unable to successfully get his heart, and I'm not sure if that was due to the choices I've made or if that is bugged out. 
2. Tamara 
3. Malik 
4. Winston 

Tamara, Malik, and Winston's quests can only be completed if you successfully complete Sheng's. 

Note: If there is anyone still playing version 1.5, you should still be able to complete the game and get the best ending. There are no game breaking bugs in version 1.5. Version 1.6 didn't make any updates or fix any quests; it just makes the battle system easier, improved some items, and fixed a bug which prevented players from being able to equip armor. It will take you more grinding and battling up, but you can finish the game in version 1.5. 

I'm looking to finish and post version 1.7 before the end of the summer, however, I'm unsure if I'll be able to actually complete it by that time, given that I'm taking classes and working full time. But I hope that this assuages anyone's concerns that you can't get the best ending, because you can. 

I'm doing a video walkthrough of Grunge on my YouTube channel. If you are struggling to get the best ending/romantic ending for the game, please go ahead and check it out. I hope to post new episodes on a weekly or at least semi-weekly basis. 

Click here for the playlist.

Please keep in mind that everyone plays the game differently. If you're really good at strategy and item usage, you could possibly defeat these enemies at a lower level. Conversely, if you don't play a lot of RPG games, you might struggle even with the level that I specify. For reference, I play-tested each of these battles individually at FULL health and MP with NO armor equipped, so this is going to impact how you prepare for these fights. 

When you go into battles, keep your items stocked up! Purchase armor from Wendy! And keep in mind that in SOME battles, your friends might not be there to assist you! 

Brandy - level 1 

• Max HP - 100
• Attack - 15
• Defense - 10 

Schoolyard Bullies - level 1 

• Max HP - 125 
• Attack - 40 
• Defense - 10 

Mean Girls - level 1 

• Max HP - 150
• Attack - 30 
• Defense - 10 

Becky - level 1 

• Max HP - 100 
• Attack - 30 
• Defense - 10 

Kenny (first day of homeroom) - level 1 

• Max HP - 100 
• Attack - 50 
• Defense - 20 

Edd - level 5 

• Max HP - 200 
• Attack - 40 
• Defense - 30 

Kenny (final boss chp.1) - level 5 

• Max HP - 400 
• Attack - 80 
• Defense - 30 

(Enemy Encountered in Copper Junction during Chapter One) - level 5

• Max HP - 300 
• Attack - 50 
• Defense - 25 

Hall Monitor Josefina - level 5 or higher 

• Max HP - 230 
• Attack - 45 
• Defense - 30 

Bully Force and Mean Girl Army - level 10 (or less, possibly) 

• same stats as original bullies and mean girls, but more of them

Hardcore Mean Girls - level 10 

• Max HP - 300 
• Attack - 60 
• Defense - 30 

Super Tough Bullies - level 10 

• Max HP - 300 
• Attack - 60 
• Defense - 30 

Kenny Jones (mini boss chp.2) - level 10

• Max HP - 500 
• Attack - 80 
• Defense - 30 

Karenina (solo, mini-boss)  - level - 10 

• Max HP - 500 
• Attack - 90 
• Defense - 30 

The Dance Girls (Karenina, Monae, and Clarissa) - level 10 

• Karenina's stats are same as above
• Monae: Max HP 300, Attack 80, Defense 30
• Clarissa: Max HP 300, Attack 80, Defense 30 

Pervert - level 15 

• Max HP - 800 
• Attack - 125 
• Defense - 30 

(End Game Enemies) - level 15 

• Max HP - 400 (or 500) 
• Attack - 100 
• Defense - 30 

Chester - level 15 

• Max HP - 1000
• Attack - 90 
• Defense - 30 

(Enemy Encountered at school during Chapter Two) - level 16 

• Max HP - 1000 
• Attack - 85
• Defense - 30 

The Evangelists/Bigots - level 16 

• Each of them have: Max HP 500, Attack 100, and Defense 30

Final Boss - at least level 20 or higher 

• Since this is the final boss, this is the most difficult villain. It has three different stages. 
• First stage: HP 2000, Attack 110, Defense 35 
• Second stage: HP 2500, Attack 120, Defense 35
• Third stage: HP 4000, Attack 130, Defense 35

Hello all, 

I’ve considered creating a written walkthrough of the game to help players get all the hearts. As you may know, there are 104 quests in Grunge and there are three different endings, which are determined by the number of hearts you obtain. Each time you complete a quest, you get a heart. 

However, because written things can be misconstrued (and in some cases, may open up more questions than answers) I’ve decided that I don’t want to do that. I also don’t want to remove the challenge from the game for players who are actively working on getting all the quests. I feel like a video walkthrough would be far more useful to people who are struggling anyways, and I’m planning on doing that in the future. 

For now, I’m providing a guide that details when you can complete certain quests. I’m not going to include information on where (if you have to meet them in the school vs in Copper Junction), but rather just break down which chapter you’ll encounter which quest. 

Not all the quests can be completed at the start of the game. Quests can only be completed in certain areas. So if you progress to chapter three without completing a quest that was in chapter two, you can’t go back and obtain it. 

Generally, I recommend that you talk to everyone in each explorable section of the map, in each chapter. If you’re at school one day, talk to them and see if they need something. If you see them in the city, talk to them again and see if they need something. 

This is another important thing to keep in mind: some quests piggyback off of other quests. And what I mean by that is that if you fail one person’s quest, you could end up failing other peoples’ quests. Right off the bat, I can say that Tony’s quest is an example of that: if you fail his quest, you can’t do Charlie and Marquis’ quests, as that is tied to him. If you don't do Brendan's quest, you can't do Jada's. There are other examples like that in the game. 

Grunge is not meant to be extremely difficult but it’s also not supposed to be completely forgiving and hold-your-hand-like. Quests are not always entirely based on morality, or just on the basis of being a good person alone; sometimes the quest’s solution (such as Lapis or Sheng’s) are difficult to obtain and require you to be extremely careful about your phrasing or your actions. 

If you don't know who any of these people are, check out the Major Characters Guide and the Character Booklet.

What I can say definitively is that if you thoroughly explore the game, you can get enough hearts to earn the romantic ending. 

Quests That Stretch Out Over a Long Period of Time: 

Ale and Sheng. 

Hearts Awarded Automatically As You Progress Throughout The Game: 

9. Talulah. Karenina. Carver. Michael. Brandy. Freddie. Dwayne. Harmond. Your own.

People You Can’t Earn Hearts From: 

There are 9 people you can’t earn hearts from: two children (seen only in Chapter 4), Becky, Kenny, Chester, Tommy’s dad, Carson’s dad

CHAPTER ONE 

• Brendan’s quest (you collect his heart later this chapter) 
• Yenez’s quest
• Sid’s quest
• Mrs. Robinson’s quest   
• Mr. Ramirez’ quest 
• Topher’s quest
• Elijah’s quest 
• Start of Sheng’s quest
• Chris’s quest 
• Steph and Gulliby’s quest (2 hearts at once) 
• Carlos’ quest 
• Marquis’s quest
• Tony’s quest 
• Carson’s quest 
• Edd’s quest
• Tommy’s quest 
• Javi’s quest
• Blue’s quest (go and see him again in Chapter 2) 
• Abigail’s quest
• Tara’s quest 
• Ms. Winters’ quest 
• Charlie’s quest 
• DeAndre’s quest 
• Georgia’s quest 
• Sasha’s quest 
• Michael’s quest 
• Craig’s quest 
• Lapis’ quest 
• Jada’s quest 
• Start of Ale’s quest 
• Marco and Ali’s quest (2 hearts at once) 
• Shaniqua’s quest

CHAPTER TWO 

• Margarita’s quest 
• Manolo’s quest 
• Diego’s quest 
• Mr Jordan’s quest
• Lynn’s quest  
• Luther’s quest 
• Jasmyn’s quest
• Latoya’s quest 
• Mateo’s quest
• Cesar’s quest 
• Michelle’s quest 
• Kelly’s quest 
• Rachel’s quest
• Wade’s quest
• Billy’s quest 
• Winnie’s quest
• Clarissa’s quest 
• Heine’s quest 
• Keke’s quest
• Rat’s quest
• Jamiya’s quest 
• Monae’s quest 
• Tamara’s quest 
• Malik’s quest 
• Mrs. McGrady’s quest
• Uzuri’s quest 
• Diwali’s quest 
• Mr Rosales quest
• Dulce’s quest 
• Finn’s quest 
• Marisol’s quest 
• Flo’s quest 
• Wendy quest 
• Amaya’s quest 
• Akila’s quest 
• Richard/Dick’s quest 
• RJ Quest
• Glenda Quest
• Winston Quest
• Kiriko Quest*** has very specific steps

CHAPTER THREE 

• Iggi’s quest 
• Sol’s quest 
• Eko’s quest
• Father Francis quest 
• Danielle’s quest 
• Candace’s quest
• Vicki’s quest 
• Jessica quest
• Mr Katz quest 
• Eman’s quest 
• Jaxton’s quest 
• Phyllis’ quest 
• Polly and Dolly’s quest (2 hearts at once) 

CHAPTER FOUR 

• Maddie’s quest 
• Mei’s quest 
• Colton’s quest 
• Alexis’ quest 
• Loretta’s quest 
• Brianne’s quest 

I made this post in the event that people were struggling with Sheng, or were wondering about how many different paths you could take with Sheng's route. 

Sheng’s quest is one of the most complicated in the game. For those of you who are familiar with programming in RPGMakerMV, it relies on a handful of switches to determine the endings. 

Here are the choices that result in an immediate win. 

• You helped Elijah by agreeing to keep his relationship with Sheng a secret
• You helped Sheng when Kenny was bullying him in Chapter Two 
• You didn’t out Sheng to Winston in Chapter One. 

Here are the choices that result in immediate failure. 

• You didn’t help Elijah by agreeing to keep his relationship with Sheng a secret 
• You didn’t help Sheng when Kenny was bullying him in Chapter Two. 

Here is the one unique pathway that will allow Sheng to forgive you. 

• You helped Elijah by agreeing to keep his relationship with Sheng a secret. 
• You helped Sheng when Kenny was bullying him in Chapter Two. 
• You outed Sheng to Winston in Chapter One. 
• Here’s how you can resolve the situation and unlock the secret route: 
• Stand directly in front of Winston when you’re at Candace’s track meet. He will get angry with you and tell Sheng what you said. Sheng will pull you aside and talk to you and ask you why you did that. 
• You can tell Sheng your reason why. If you admit that you did it out of concern for his well being, he will be willing to forgive you for this action. This doesn’t negate the fact that you did something horrible, but Sheng grants you leniency. 
• If you do NOT talk to Sheng and explain yourself, you will lose. 

I want to make something clear to players, if I haven’t made it clear already: 

There is no option that you can take that results in Sheng’s death. 

No matter if you’re a good friend to Sheng or act like his worst enemy, Sheng survives his attempt, and lives on to seek treatment and work on his mental health. When starting off Sheng’s route, I knew that I wouldn’t want the player responsible for whether or not Sheng lives or dies. 

One of my favorite games, Life is Strange, uses a situation in which a character, Kate, attempts suicide. The player’s goal is to convince Kate to not kill herself. The scene and the emotional impact is powerful, but honestly, I don’t think it’s a good idea to communicate to a player that they are responsible for whether or not someone commits suicide-- and then if you fail, see the actual person commit suicide. 

Your responsibility to Sheng is not to save his life. It is not to talk him down from suicide; it is not to treat his depression. Your only goal is to be a good friend to him and support him through his difficult coming out experience, and then when he’s going through treatment. 

Grunge has hit almost 1,500 pageviews and nearly 170 downloads. I wanted to check in with y'all and see if you had any questions or concerns regarding quests? If people are interested, I could also make some walkthrough videos on the game. Just let me know what you need from me! :-) 

If I was a cooler, more talented dev, I could have made some sort of secret special ending that you get after achieving ALL the quests, but alas, this is my first game, and I am incapable of such a feat.

Endings are determined on the number of heart tokens that you have when you reach the end of the game. 

32 or less - you end up with the alone ending. 

33 to 80 - you end up with the just friends ending. 

81 or more - you end up with the romantic ending. 

The Alone ending and Just Friends ending have special surprises if you play the game a certain way. I don’t want to give it away completely, but certain choices you make in Chapter Two add another event to your ending. 

So I guess that means that there’s really more like… five different endings, if you take that into account.