Currently, this first game has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, and a preliminary Russian translation is being worked on as well. I have some basic quality standards I want to have met before fully endorsing a translation, and in the case of the older ones I just need to do some final checks and reorganize some things so that they're more obvious on the front page, but for now they can usually be found by digging through the old dev logs for the game in question or, in the case of the Russian translation, the message board for GT here on Itch, as it's easier to have longer discussions there. Use at your own risk at this point, as I haven't had time to review it yet, aside from a basic function check.
1 day ago(+1)
I have a few more questions.:
1) When I first got the ear clips, I could also take them off Mezz, even though he was like, "What are you talking about? There's nothing there!", I do not know exactly how it should be or not, but when I continued to play without these clips, cutscenes occurred with a Mez who wears these clips. Therefore, my question reads like this: "Should the ear clips be removed or should they become part of the body and what happened to me is a mistake?" (If anything, version 1.0.4 is the latest at the moment)
2) On my very first launch of the game, I immediately decided to check the gallery option, to my surprise, everything was available there, all 5 of the 5 scenes including the final boss fight, although I expected that everything would be unblocked there and that I would have to go through the game to unlock them in the gallery menu. And again, I do not know if this should be the case or not (Still the same version 1.0.4)
3) Are there any plans to publish these two games on Steam? I would love to buy the second chapter, but alas, I can't buy it on Itch.io due to certain circumstances, the question about the Russian language was not just like that.
4) How many chapters are planned for this game? Or will there be no more chapters on this game?
5) Does this game or do you have other social networks? Twitter, BlueSky, Discord server or something similar? I just see that the community is using Itch.io as a place to discuss the game and I was able to find your Furaffinity
1 day ago (+1)
1. It's been a while since I've had this first game fully in my head, but if I remember right, early on removal of the clips actually disables battlesex. After enough defeats though, it doesn't do anything: the battlesex and scenes play out the same. If the clips are ACTUALLY off, they should disappear in battle, but they'll be on for the actual scenes regardless.
2. The gallery should not be unlocked by default. I checked, and it looks like it was a mistake on my part, I left the gallery file set to unlock. I've fixed and reuploaded: 1.0.4 should start out locked now. Won't bother to increment the version number as this was a minor and silly mistake.
3. Due to recent censorship crackdowns, there's no way these games can go anywhere near Steam. Visa, Mastercard and advertising partners dictate morality for the major platforms, and what's acceptable becomes slimmer and slimmer by the year. If you had told me in 2010 that words like "Kill" or "Murder" would be banned on Youtube I would have thought you were crazy, but this is the world we live in now. The real world becomes worse every month, and our freedom to accurately and honestly discuss it (or in the case of these games, escape from it) becomes less and less.
More to the point, the game can also be "bought" by joining the SubscribeStar at $10 for a month, same price, but my understanding is that Russia is pretty much cut off from everything at this point. It IS technically possible to pay for SubscribeStar via a number of cryptocurrencies now as well, but that's a lot of complexity and effort, and I understand if you're unable or unwilling.
4. There are five chapters planned. CS is 1, GT is 2, and 3 is currently in development.
5. The only official places for the game are here on Itch, and my FA (which was pre-existing, I realize it's obscure). Social media is cancer. I don't say that just as a personal preference, but as a practical judgement: trying to maintain a presence on Twitter, Discord etc would be time and energy consuming and ultimately unsustainable. I've seen it destroy way too many creators. Fans will sometimes discuss the games elsewhere, share fanart and so on, and I have no problem with that. But I'm not setting up shop there.
Glad you're enjoying the game so far though! If there really is absolutely no way for you to buy GT, let me know and I may be able to just gift you a copy. I've always said I'll have to be more strict on that if people abuse it, but so far that hasn't been a problem.
I just still can't figure out what's the use of being able to remove these ear clips if we're going to have sex scenes later in the game where he's wearing these clips even though they've been removed? Even Mez forgot what he was doing in the alley where he found the ear clips and says he doesn't wear anything on his ears. Considering all of the above, it looks like it's a mistake/inconsistency, either from the plot side or from the gameplay side. For me, it all screamed at me that I wouldn't be able to take them off, because the words from Mezza and further cut scenes and sex scenes said that these clips would become an integral part of the whole gameplay. Therefore, I repeat: If Mezz denies the presence of these ear clips on his ears, then why is the player able to remove them from Mezz's ears/take them off his equipment?
By the way, while I was already playing the fixed version, the error with the gallery was fixed, although I didn't say, but in the version with this bug, out of my curiosity, I decided to watch all the sex scenes that were here, including the final boss battle, and I caught a lot of spoilers... :,) Fortunately, I did not understand the essence of these spoilers due to the language barrier and the fact that I could not distinguish reality from the effect of ear clips (no, really, when I played this, I could not understand what kind of psychedelic was at that moment). However, I found another bug, but this time the situation is more interesting. I noticed that the game has a different icon in windowed mode, he took it from another game called Lust Doll Plus, it was also on my computer and was created using the same engine as your game, RPG Maker.
If this helps in solving the problem, then here is the link to Lust Doll Plus, which I mentioned earlier:Lust Doll Plus by indivi
As for giving me a copy of the second chapter, I am very pleased to hear that and it is noble of you to do so. By the way, this reminded me of the situation when in November 2023, the head of the Pirate Software indie studio, Jason Thor Hall, announced that he was ready to donate a Steam copy of the Heartbound game to any resident of Russia who could not replenish the Steam wallet, by the way, unfortunately, he could not do this because he abandoned the idea of a free distribution due to sanctions. There was a case when the developer informed one of the Russian users that he could not give him the key, but promised to give him the game later as soon as the political situation was resolved. But now I want to decline such an offer, because firstly, it seems to me somehow greedy and/or selfish to take advantage of your kindness, it's not for me. Secondly, I haven't completed the first chapter yet because of the situation with the ear clips in the game, which for some reason triggers me.
I can actually buy it, but I don't want to conduct transactions on this particular site. He doesn't inspire confidence in me as a Steam engine, for me Itch.io This is a platform where players can try out different indie projects for different tastes and colors, and where indie developers can publish their games for free, as long as Steam requests a certain amount of money at that time so that the game can be published there. So unfortunately I won't be able to accept Itch.io as a platform on which you can entrust your transactions. In addition, I was alarmed by the price of 10 USD, if you rely on the current dollar exchange rate, it turns out that your game costs about 830 RUB, just so that you understand that this is quite decent pocket money for the average Russian student (This is purely my opinion since I am still in college), besides Hollow Knight: Silksong costs 710 RUB in Russian steam, and I don't want to offend anyone, but HK:SS and CS:GT are absolutely two different things, despite the fact that these two games are from indie developers and that each of them is the second game in a row that was created by its creators.
No, I can easily download PayPal (which is miraculously still available for download on Google Play) and buy this game, as this is the only option for payment. But I noticed that for some reason the rating of this application is terrible, 1.8 stars and most of the reviews are one star (I do not know what rating will show you if you visit the application page on Google Play yourself)! In the reviews from Russian users, I noticed that they had various problems that I don't want to face myself.
And given all of the above, I'd rather save my finances, nerves, strength, and time than risk it for an amateur 18+ indie game made on RPG Maker (I know it might sound rude, but I didn't mean to insult you and your game while writing this post). It would be easier for me to replenish my steam wallet through one of the online platforms/online services (By the way, I use keysforgamers.com Since it has the lowest commission for replenishing a Steam wallet on the market, I used to use another service. kupikod.com ) and buy the game already there if it is released at all and will be available for the Russian region since the same Lust Doll Plus (which I mentioned earlier when I was talking about bugs) recruited a Steam page, in the early days of the Steam page's existence everything was fine and was available in my region, I even added it to my wish list, but after a while it stopped being available in my region, so yes, the game is still in steam, but it is no longer available to all steam users.
Phew...
Well... I think I've already said a lot (maybe even said something unnecessary...), and what can I say at the end? Your game has interesting and possibly great potential, it hooked me with its simplicity, as if it were a mysterious lost porn game from the 2000s with a double bottom, where at first the game seems like an ordinary RPG fighting game, and then it becomes a real porn game (I don't know why I have such associations, but I like it), but this does not mean that I did not find flaws in it for myself, for example, the same appearance and mechanics of enemies and few unique abilities for battles and the absence of some things that I would add in your place. But that doesn't mean it spoils the game, no, it's more a feature of it that makes it look like it's from the 2000s, but I think it could use a few improvements.
And as the developer and creator of the game, I want to wish you good luck and success in this project! I hope that in the future you will be able to realize everything you have planned for the third chapter, and that you will not be limited to this trilogy and will be able to create more chapters for this series of games! ;)
And yes, the Internet in Russia is getting worse and worse with every ban and restriction, and we are fighting this as best we can. We cannot avoid Cheburnet. (Google what Cheburnet [Чебурнет] is if you don't understand, This is a Russian meme about the Russian Internet in the future.)