I was really enjoying this game but have not been able to get it to save the two times I played. Clicking "logout" didn't seem to do anything and when I quit the game and restarted, my progress in the chat windows didn't seem to be saved. I'm not sure if I'll play again since it means I have to repeat the same conversations for the third time. Is there only the option to logout successfully when you reach the end of a "day" rather than being able to save your progress at any point?
What was the last message you received? You may have not done an activity a character asks you to do in order to progress the story, such as adding an event to your calendar.
this game was amazing it kept me up until 5am . im a trans teen, my names alex and have alot of internet friends so the this game hit me in the head in a good way
I love it so far but I can't seem to get past the first day. Apparently Laguna is supposed to message you but I've tried a bunch of times, read all the forum pages, restarted, even tried on a different machine altogether and Laguna never messages me. Am I missing something?
Specifically Andy's messages are about going to the basketball game and to make the 5pm reminder, same with Sam about going to the movie and putting that reminder in, and then purple squirrel having to go to dinner.
I'm having the same issue sadly :( The last person I spoke with before reaching this barrier was Andy, I held off on starting the conversation with him until after I had spoken with Sam and prplsqrl. After he marked Away there was no other apparent way to progress.
Ah, curiously, I restarted the game and something very different happened compared to when I was originally playing; originally, prplsqrl's spot on the Millenium Net Chat didn't even exist at all until AFTER I had found the private message on the PGFH forums and clicked the "add friend" button. With this restarted version, their icon and chat (plus pings) were viewable from the get-go. Whereas before I basically had no idea they were a part of the game until I found that private message. Might be a totally unrelated issue? But also hope this helps in some way, haha.
That was the same for me, but I had found the private message my first try at the game and was able to add them as a friend, but Laguna still never messaged me :( I’m wondering if completely scrubbing the game from my computer and redownloading might help, but I’m not sure where the game stores it’s other data. When I delete the game folder and redownload it everything I did (adding prplsqrl, all the reminders etc) persist.
That's really strange, it sounds like your game saved despite the fact it isn't supposed to be able to do so until you hit 'logout' at the end of a day's content :O That might be an additional issue too!
I love this game. I raced through the whole thing in one sitting this weekend. Now that ive done the story, im going back and looking for secrets. there is so much depth to this game and attention to detail. Im a sucker for old computers and early forums in general. I wish this had been my experience as a young teen coming out. its immensley comforting to play it out. Alex is doing way better than i was at her age :').
I'ts the only thing i've talked about for 3 days. I showed my roommates, told my siblings and friends, even the ones who dont play games, even the cis ones, even the "cis" ones to go play it.
Im only having one problem....
and skip this is you dont want spoilers, although i have tried to keep details to a minimum
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I know there are secrets hidden "somewhere in the games folder"
but when i expand the app package contents on my mac, I cant find the files even though ive been given the passwords and completed the game once...
there are no other folders related to the game... I even revealed hidden files and searched the file names in all directories manually through terminal. am i missing something? or do the files only show up after some certain event in the game?
as an avid hoarder of old computer shit im DYING to get my emulators up and running. if anyone could give me a hint as to where i can find these files i would really appreciate it.
Only played the first two days, but ooohhh this is lovely. The gaslighting scenes are SUPER terrifying and realistic, it's so far a really good game, and I'm excited to finish it soon! <3
Thanks for this amazing little game. I've been thinking a lot about my gender lately, and I'm not really sure what to make of it yet...but I cried a couple times playing this.
THIS GAME!!!! THIS GAMEEEEEE !!!!!!!! oh my god!!!! this is so beautiful and touching and atmospheric and ohhh my god !!!!! i love this so so much its so well done and OOGOOHGOOG <33333333333 thank you thank you thank you i love it so much i am at a loss for words ogjoihfn i handflapped so so much during the ending out of stress and happiness and anxiety and MAN this is getting long but. from a 14 year old trans boy. thank you thank you thank you so much
good lord THIS GAME. it is so atmospheric and moving but absolutely thrilling. like, you cant even tear your eyes away because of how invested you are in the story. super emotional and heartwarming, i was sobbing at the end. beautifully written text game 10/10 would and WILL play again
I just finished playing this. The game is really well-written and atmospheric - I couldn't tear myself away. This is just... idk I don't have enough words to describe how amazing this game is, I'm so glad I found it.
this was, honestly, absolutely incredible. it felt like i was transported back in time. every part of this feels extremely personal. while i'm not a trans girl myself, i am nb--and almost every single one of these experiences hit almost too close to home. the parental shit, the forums (though mine were the Friendship is Magic forums :P), and the friends... each of them felt like someone i knew in life or online.
though i do have to warn people--if you're like me, play if you're in a good headspace, not when you've just had an extremely stressful weekend of going to the hospital !!!
all in all, this was an incredible game and i loved it a lot. alex is so strong and i see myself in her. and i know she'll figure it out... and so will i. :)
This game made me cry multiple times, thank you so much for making such a beautiful story that means so much to so many people like myself. You are truly doing heavenly work on this planet, we all need more of this :)
Couldn't pull myself away after starting, so well written, so many feels, never been hit so hard or related to a game so much. The waiting for a reply to some of the moments gave me chills.
she'll figure it out <3 i'm a bit of a sucker for point-and-click-os games, and a bigger sucker for good trans stories (because i'm trans and there aren't enough of them) and just gosh, i loved this! honestly, i'm bummed out to only be playing it now! ;-; i totally hope you make more stuff, because holy shit, the writing was just aaaaaaaa 10/10
got this with the bundle, played through it in a night and have been thinking about it ever since. really really amazing, this game hit so much harder than i anticipated. what a treasure.
I seem to be stuck on the second day, where I have Jenni asking me "is everything okay?" and a message from Dad, but I don't see a message? Everyone else has signed out for the night, so it's just them two.
Really loved this game, thanks so much for it. Love the characters and aesthetic and everything about it. I could really feel like this would've been my life had I been a teen in 1999 and is even very relatable to my current life today.
I'm only like 15 minutes into this game and it's already hit closer to home than basically anything I've ever watched/read/played it honestly feels kinda weird to have actual representation but it's really nice!
A beautiful game with excellent dialogue and a great aesthetic. Captures that amazing experience for any trans woman of finding out that, really and truly, you CAN be a girl. Definitely reminded me of some important lessons I need to keep at heart. I've already recommended this game to many of my close friends, and I'd recommend it to anyone reading this.
A truly amazing experience. I didn't want this game to end. Everything from the plot and dialogues to the beautiful aesthetic made me feel completely involved in the story.
i am not used to downloading games on my linux (64 bit), may i ask how it works? and if i cant get the game to work, the aesthetic/vibe to it is cool !
This was my 2017, almost exactly.
Finding myself in IRC channels while dealing with my parent’s divorce.
This game hit hard.
And it was one of the best experiences of my life.
We’ll figure it out <3
~Guardian Glitter out
This game is honestly a masterpiece. It almost perfectly captures old fandom and the feeling of being a young, queer person looking for an escape from reality via the internet. The experience of being a high schooler and having this weird mix of college-aged internet friends, friends your age struggling just as much as you are... and those closer to home, who you feel farthest from emotionally, and how the family we make can be infinitely more important than the family we're born with.
This game will stay with me for a long time. The characters were so realistic, like people I knew a long time ago...
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All the conversations are either played for you or predetermined.
I mean... yes, it is a visual novel?
I didn't know visual novel were suppose to be so bad. This should be like text base Fallout but its not. It's more like chinese voting.
If you don't like it, don't play it. I found it incredible. Just because the genre isn't for you doesn't mean you need to trash the game.
I was really enjoying this game but have not been able to get it to save the two times I played. Clicking "logout" didn't seem to do anything and when I quit the game and restarted, my progress in the chat windows didn't seem to be saved. I'm not sure if I'll play again since it means I have to repeat the same conversations for the third time. Is there only the option to logout successfully when you reach the end of a "day" rather than being able to save your progress at any point?
yes you can only log out at the end of the day. make sure you've talked to everyone.
What was the last message you received? You may have not done an activity a character asks you to do in order to progress the story, such as adding an event to your calendar.
this game was amazing it kept me up until 5am . im a trans teen, my names alex and have alot of internet friends so the this game hit me in the head in a good way
My father's name is John. o.o
He did several of those actions.
Hits hardest when we can put ourselves in the shoes of the character.
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I love it so far but I can't seem to get past the first day. Apparently Laguna is supposed to message you but I've tried a bunch of times, read all the forum pages, restarted, even tried on a different machine altogether and Laguna never messages me. Am I missing something?
Oh, what are the last messages you saw before the game stops sending messages?
I can make it through Sam's, purple squirrel, and andy's messages completely. They all log off and after that I don't get anymore messages.
Specifically Andy's messages are about going to the basketball game and to make the 5pm reminder, same with Sam about going to the movie and putting that reminder in, and then purple squirrel having to go to dinner.
I'm having the same issue sadly :( The last person I spoke with before reaching this barrier was Andy, I held off on starting the conversation with him until after I had spoken with Sam and prplsqrl. After he marked Away there was no other apparent way to progress.
Ah, curiously, I restarted the game and something very different happened compared to when I was originally playing; originally, prplsqrl's spot on the Millenium Net Chat didn't even exist at all until AFTER I had found the private message on the PGFH forums and clicked the "add friend" button. With this restarted version, their icon and chat (plus pings) were viewable from the get-go. Whereas before I basically had no idea they were a part of the game until I found that private message. Might be a totally unrelated issue? But also hope this helps in some way, haha.
That was the same for me, but I had found the private message my first try at the game and was able to add them as a friend, but Laguna still never messaged me :( I’m wondering if completely scrubbing the game from my computer and redownloading might help, but I’m not sure where the game stores it’s other data. When I delete the game folder and redownload it everything I did (adding prplsqrl, all the reminders etc) persist.
That's really strange, it sounds like your game saved despite the fact it isn't supposed to be able to do so until you hit 'logout' at the end of a day's content :O That might be an additional issue too!
I finally found the issue! Picking options against going to the game with Andy made Laguna message me : D
this game is lovely but how do I switch off the godforsaken cats PLEASE
You can close them just like any other application by clicking on them and then selecting Quit from the System Menu Bar in SanctuaryOS.
thanks!
I stayed up too late to finish this one in one sitting! Thank you for making such a beautiful game.
Wow this hurt me to play even though it had such a beautiful ending. Really hit me hard with what I've been going through right now.
This game was deeply impactful. I cannot stress how well done this game is. It was very emotional and well paced. I am glad this thing exists.
I love this game. I raced through the whole thing in one sitting this weekend. Now that ive done the story, im going back and looking for secrets. there is so much depth to this game and attention to detail. Im a sucker for old computers and early forums in general. I wish this had been my experience as a young teen coming out. its immensley comforting to play it out. Alex is doing way better than i was at her age :').
I'ts the only thing i've talked about for 3 days. I showed my roommates, told my siblings and friends, even the ones who dont play games, even the cis ones, even the "cis" ones to go play it.
Im only having one problem....
and skip this is you dont want spoilers, although i have tried to keep details to a minimum
/
/
/
I know there are secrets hidden "somewhere in the games folder"
but when i expand the app package contents on my mac, I cant find the files even though ive been given the passwords and completed the game once...
there are no other folders related to the game... I even revealed hidden files and searched the file names in all directories manually through terminal. am i missing something? or do the files only show up after some certain event in the game?
as an avid hoarder of old computer shit im DYING to get my emulators up and running. if anyone could give me a hint as to where i can find these files i would really appreciate it.
Oh thank you !!! nice to know im not just missing something >.< ill check that out
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I loved it. <3
thank you so much for this game. i'm still figuring things out myself, so this has been a huge comfort for me. <3
Only played the first two days, but ooohhh this is lovely.
The gaslighting scenes are SUPER terrifying and realistic, it's so far a really good game, and I'm excited to finish it soon! <3
Thanks for this amazing little game. I've been thinking a lot about my gender lately, and I'm not really sure what to make of it yet...but I cried a couple times playing this.
Very touching game, I enjoyed it a lot
Thank you <3
Holy fuck this is good
THIS GAME!!!! THIS GAMEEEEEE !!!!!!!! oh my god!!!! this is so beautiful and touching and atmospheric and ohhh my god !!!!! i love this so so much its so well done and OOGOOHGOOG <33333333333 thank you thank you thank you i love it so much i am at a loss for words ogjoihfn i handflapped so so much during the ending out of stress and happiness and anxiety and MAN this is getting long but. from a 14 year old trans boy. thank you thank you thank you so much
this game was wonderful. thank you for sharing this.
good lord THIS GAME. it is so atmospheric and moving but absolutely thrilling. like, you cant even tear your eyes away because of how invested you are in the story. super emotional and heartwarming, i was sobbing at the end. beautifully written text game 10/10 would and WILL play again
waa waa i'm sobbing the soundtrack is good but i can't listen to it without nearly decaying
I just finished playing this. The game is really well-written and atmospheric - I couldn't tear myself away. This is just... idk I don't have enough words to describe how amazing this game is, I'm so glad I found it.
this was, honestly, absolutely incredible. it felt like i was transported back in time. every part of this feels extremely personal. while i'm not a trans girl myself, i am nb--and almost every single one of these experiences hit almost too close to home. the parental shit, the forums (though mine were the Friendship is Magic forums :P), and the friends... each of them felt like someone i knew in life or online.
though i do have to warn people--if you're like me, play if you're in a good headspace, not when you've just had an extremely stressful weekend of going to the hospital !!!
all in all, this was an incredible game and i loved it a lot. alex is so strong and i see myself in her. and i know she'll figure it out... and so will i. :)
This game made me cry multiple times, thank you so much for making such a beautiful story that means so much to so many people like myself. You are truly doing heavenly work on this planet, we all need more of this :)
Couldn't pull myself away after starting, so well written, so many feels, never been hit so hard or related to a game so much. The waiting for a reply to some of the moments gave me chills.
she'll figure it out <3
i'm a bit of a sucker for point-and-click-os games, and a bigger sucker for good trans stories (because i'm trans and there aren't enough of them) and just
gosh, i loved this! honestly, i'm bummed out to only be playing it now! ;-;
i totally hope you make more stuff, because holy shit, the writing was just aaaaaaaa
10/10
ive been sobbing all night because this couldve been my autobiography and i didnt realize anyone else had these experiences of being trans online
got this with the bundle, played through it in a night and have been thinking about it ever since. really really amazing, this game hit so much harder than i anticipated. what a treasure.
I seem to be stuck on the second day, where I have Jenni asking me "is everything okay?" and a message from Dad, but I don't see a message?
Everyone else has signed out for the night, so it's just them two.
i got the bundle and was NOT expecting this in here!! absolutely love the vibes thank you
Really loved this game, thanks so much for it. Love the characters and aesthetic and everything about it. I could really feel like this would've been my life had I been a teen in 1999 and is even very relatable to my current life today.
played this all in one playthrough, my favorite game in years. Id be willing to spend a lot of money on another one. Can't recommend enough
I'm only like 15 minutes into this game and it's already hit closer to home than basically anything I've ever watched/read/played it honestly feels kinda weird to have actual representation but it's really nice!
A beautiful game with excellent dialogue and a great aesthetic. Captures that amazing experience for any trans woman of finding out that, really and truly, you CAN be a girl. Definitely reminded me of some important lessons I need to keep at heart. I've already recommended this game to many of my close friends, and I'd recommend it to anyone reading this.
What an incredible game! Thanks so much for sharing this.
A truly amazing experience. I didn't want this game to end. Everything from the plot and dialogues to the beautiful aesthetic made me feel completely involved in the story.
This game has come into my life as a gift. Everything in this work is incredible and precious.
Just 10 days ago I discovered that I was a trans woman, and your game has helped me a lot in dealing with anxiety.
Thank you, I will never forget this.
i am not used to downloading games on my linux (64 bit), may i ask how it works? and if i cant get the game to work, the aesthetic/vibe to it is cool !
This was my 2017, almost exactly. Finding myself in IRC channels while dealing with my parent’s divorce. This game hit hard. And it was one of the best experiences of my life. We’ll figure it out <3 ~Guardian Glitter out
This game is honestly a masterpiece. It almost perfectly captures old fandom and the feeling of being a young, queer person looking for an escape from reality via the internet. The experience of being a high schooler and having this weird mix of college-aged internet friends, friends your age struggling just as much as you are... and those closer to home, who you feel farthest from emotionally, and how the family we make can be infinitely more important than the family we're born with.
This game will stay with me for a long time. The characters were so realistic, like people I knew a long time ago...
Thank you for making this. It's brilliant