The game seems so fun and my partner and I enjoyed starting to play and figure out the game, but we really want to be able to actually progress through it. I downloaded the game on Steam and in the discussion there, I see that several people are having the same bugs as me: namely being unable to pickup loot drops after a battle (major reason I started reading comments because it makes the game almost impossible to advance through), as well as characters becoming occasionally stuck near the mountain or sea boundaries (I can adapt to that, although annoying). I don't see anyone mentioning the loot drop bug here, but it seems like these comments are actually being read by the developers. At the very very beginning of the game, it seems like one or two pieces of loot can be gathered in what must be the usual way. After that, we see the messages of "Press A to pick up..." for a split second and then disappear. The white orbs (which other comments make it seem like are the drops?) are completely non-actionable and never go away. I have noticed that if, prior to the battle I had talked to a NPC, the "Press A to talk" message is the message that briefly appears after the battle, even if the character is no longer in range of the NPC. Perhaps there is some issue with the message data? Although it seems in other comments that the orbs themselves drift to unreachable locations (so a timing or positioning issue with the drops scattering or expiration mechanic?). I don't know if you're still releasing updates/revisions. If so, would love to play! If you can explain the issue and there are instructions a playable workaround by avoiding/accommodating the issue, I'd take that too. Thanks!
hi, well there was a known bug where items wouldnt get removed probably when picked up while it was mid-air (usually the first 2 seconds) which resulted in you picking up the item but not removing the item visually. (It would partially be removed though so that’s why you’d still see the item but wouldn’t get a pick up message anymore)
I fixed this for Steam but maybe not for the itch.io version..
It does sound a lot like this bug in which case you should actually have the item in your inventory. But it also sounds like that’s not the case.
Can you confirm that? Also, are you on windows or mac?
Thanks for responding! I am on a Mac, I purchased/downloaded through Steam. I did a little more testing. The first item drop on a new game appears to work normal, gets added to inventory and the orb disappears, subsequent items do not get reliably picked up and orbs do not disappear. If I mash the action button right at the end of the battle there is a chance I will get an item added to inventory, but majority of time it does not. Might be a misperception, but it seems to get less likely the more battles I fight. Items definitely do not got added or picked up by default, so collecting things for quests like fish eyes is basically impossible.