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Hello, I hope everything is going well with you! I wanted to come here and share my thoughts about the latest update, more specifically about Julian's part - about him in general, actually lol

I let a few updates pile up because I wanted to see how Julian's part would end up and I can say that I'm very pleased with the result

Ever since I started playing Conway back when I was still in the first build with the sprites being all little scribbled figures, I already knew that there was a lot of potential there. Eventually as the game was updated and developed I started playing again and I immediately fell in love with Julian

He is by far my favorite character of all - and by a very large margin btw. I simply love all the scenes with him and all the interactions and dialogues with him are very fun. I love that lizard soooo much it's not even funny

Now that the glowing sea session is over I can say that my feelings have only strengthened. The way his relationship with James (who I named Kirkley in my playthrough, but I'll call him by his canonical name just to make things easier) was deepened, and all I wanted to do was get into the game and show Julian all my love

But it was at this point that I felt the first major disconnect between how the character James feels about Julian and how I, as a player, feel about him. Julian definitely likes James more than James likes him back, and I definitely love Julian more than James loves him back. I was distressed that I couldn't show all my affection and make this beautiful friendship more reciprocal, because I really wanted to lmao

Now that all that said: I have no idea how to unlock his latest LMAO. Normally I wouldn't come here looking for hints because I like to explore the choices and routes by myself but I really got stuck and have no idea how to unlock it. Btw where did the art from the night session with Julian and Samuel go? It's not in either of their tabs (or in any other tab, really). Should it appear somewhere? I just couldn't find it

While I'm already pathetically asking for help, I also haven't been able to unlock Nomax's last art lmao. I have no idea what to do to unlock it tbh

I also haven't unlocked Samuel's last art but it's been a while since I last played his route so I hope to get there eventually

Anyway, I'm very happy to have the opportunity to play Conway. It's easily one of my favorite visual novels ever. I hope everything goes well in the development journey and I wish you and the entire team all the best!

Nomax11 days ago(+1)

Hey hey and thank you for the kind words first of all. Also just as a warning to others, further on in the post I'll be mentioning some spoilers. But should be beyond the fold-out cutoff.

And yeah, I'm glad the lizard's got his appreciators :D I feel like he's very much the character you either love or he annoys you to death. Which is fine, he's written like that for a reason after all and we wouldn't want Jules to be any other way.

And yeah, I can see why you might feel a disconnect in that scene, though do keep in mind that your mindset and that of James in that moment is likely quite different after what he had to deal with in the days prior. For as much as we try to have him reflect the player, in some situations there are just cisrcumstances that are difficult to induce in a player. Such as that grinding down of James over the last couple of days at that point.

Then as for the unlocks. You don't have Julian's last one? But that is the scene you just talked about...? If you played that one then you should have it unlocked.

Sam is the same Bioluminescence scene, just with you being closer to Sam.

As for the Nomax one, it's easily the trickiest one to get in the game. So no surprise there: You have to basically pursue both Nomax and Julian. Skip your first day of work to spend time with Nomax and make sure to bed him. Later, make sure to win the dice game with Julian and Wolf, and ask Jules for an "anatomy lesson". During the following scene, when Julian asks if he could spend time with Nomax, give him your blessing. Later, choose to leave Conway instead of trying to talk Arthur into letting you stay, and then go spend time with Nomax. You'll find that he and Jules were getting acquainted and get to join in.

Setsunami11 days ago

Okay, about the unlocks, it seems it's really a bug or something like that. If the last Julian artwork is the bioluminescense sea, then it should've been unlocked in the gallery, but it didn't

Here's a screenshot of the scene that I just took after loading up a save I had:

And here's a screenshot of the gallery that I took right after the scene:

About the Nomax route artwork, I do have that one, actually! It was a tricky one, but it was a lot of fun. What I was referring to was the last one in the gallery that seems to be missing and I couldn't find it at all:

Idk if this bug is something that just happened to me for whatever reason but that's how things are for me as of right now lol. But if I didn't actually missed a scene then that's fine, it means I actually played (almost) everything that I had to play. Now I want more!

Anyway, that's the feedback I had to share. Thanks for responding!

Nomax11 days ago

Ah alright, yeah you indeed caught a bug with the image not being unlocked! It's fixed for Update 19. :)

As for the Nomax one, it's a variance of the bioluminesence that starts back during the day 2 meeting. You can be promised a drawing during it which then can be resolved during the bioluminescence scene.

Setsunami10 days ago(+1)

I'm happy to help in anyway. Looking forward for the next update!

(i totally forgot about that drawing so if you excuse me i'll try to unlock it-

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