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Hi, I played Gilles' and Ferdinand's routes last month and really enjoyed them. But when I tried playing Bernard's route today, I couldn't get to the end. The day after the sex scene (it happens on march 24 for me, even though I tried following the guide), I can't pick any place to go. Everything is locked. I don't see any comment about that, so maybe it's because of the last update? (or I messed up somehow)

Ive got an issue aswell, for somereason Im at a point were the screen just says "Test, a ver donde leches esta el error".

Same here. I also have this error in Emile's route. At some point I couldn't continue with either of those routes. 

Thank you for the feedback, I'll check it out!

Hiii!!! Congrats for your released on Steam! I have a question, I see that in Itch you have the game for Mac, there will be for Mac in steam too?? Thanks for your attention!

Hello and thank you! The newest version of Mac requires game devs to fill in some paperwork and pay a yearly tax... which I'm sorry to say isn't worth it with the little number of downloads from Mac users I get. I know many Mac users do some kind of trick in order to be able to overcome this inconvenience and download indie games anyway, so they can play the itchio version. However, Steam doesn't even allow me to upload an old Mac version, so the game will only have a Mac build for itchio.

I can make a post asking about how to bypass Mac's features and play indie games on your computer, if you want.

Heey! Thats so sweet of you, really, but I don't want to inconvenience you, I have another computer in my home so I guess I can wait a couple of months until then I play there! (I knew I should buy it here, in itch:( ) if you see there are a lot of people who have the same issue, then the post can be a good ideated we will be very grateful, but again, don't stress yourself with this kinda stuff, I guess the wait can make me more hype! 

oh, before I forget it, the game "Ex assault" will be the same? only for windows? 

Have a great day!

Yes: it's easier to make an Android port than a Mac build!

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I got an email saying this game was released on Steam (had it wishlisted), but I don't see an option to claim a Steam key under my download page. How can I go about getting my Steam key? Thanks!

I've just made a devlog about it, thank you for reminding me!

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If possible could I ask what relationship dynamics are between Paul and the 4 romancible characters? 

Atleast in face-value its hard for me to see Paul be the agressor to anyone except Gilles. 

Thanks for the time.

I'm a bit confused about what you mean by "the aggressor", but if you're asking about sex dynamics, you can choose in each +18 scene to top or to bottom.

If you need clarification about any other aspect of their relationships, I'll be glad to answer!

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I love the game so far an congrats on the release!

At first exhibition the guide says I need to have 19 conf to to get invited again and the most I was able to get was 16. Is there other ways to get conf other than randomly from the shop? I'm trying to get Giles route so I don't go to the shop as often.

You also get confidence boosts when you sell a painting, in the river.

So, I'm going to raise some issues I had with the game, but I want to keep in mind that, overall, I liked the characters and the story.

The first is kind of on me in that I don't get why anyone likes stat raising visual novels. For me they ALWAYS devolve into me just finding a guide and following it to the letter which, at that point, it may as well have been a kinetic visual novel with no choices at all. But to the point of this specific visual novel, what is the point of over half the stats in the game? From what I can tell the only stats that REALLY matter are art basics and to a lesser extent colour theory, and on the social side confidence, eloquence and persuasion. That leaves a huge amount of skills that you may need one or two points in for the best ending, but end up being almost completely unused.

Now, I don't like to offer criticism without offering some form of solution. I think, rather than requiring an arbitrary number in certain skill categories for the best ending (according to the guide it is art basics 40, colour 20, all art skills +3, and confidence +25) instead require a total of 70 across any art skills and 25 across any social skills. That way your character would feel a little more unique in their art style and social approach. You could even have small snippets of dialogue from the art dealer depending on what the highest art skill is, highlighting your character's specific approach to art.

Secondly, I kept hitting an error message in many of my runs that completely stopped the game dead. And not a Renpy error page but an error written into the text of the game. "Test, a ver donde leches esta el error". It completely stopped all forward progress and rolling back didn't change it. Errors happen, but it is still frustrating to have a run through completely bricked because of it.

The writing isn't perfect English, but in all honesty I actually think it's a little charming. As if the characters are all actually speaking French and it's being translated a little loosely for the reader.

Onto the good. Despite their flaws I actually really liked all of the characters, which is rare for a VN. Usually there is one clear favourite, but I think I liked all of them about the same The setting as well is great, and I really got caught up in the post WW2 new wave of art and philosophy. I'm not familiar enough with the time period to say how accurate the portrayal is, but as a setting it is very good. The 18+ scenes are also very well written. In some games they can come across as a bit cringey (and entirely impractical) but these felt very realistic and well thought out.

The art style and character design is great. Emile is my favourite, but all of the love interests are well designed, and even the side characters have great character design.

All in all, I'd say it is well worth the price, but I really hope the dev does some bug fixes to make the game a bit smoother and maybe adjusts the stat raising mechanics a bit.

Thank you so much for your feedback! Actually, I think your solution would work well, but I'll have to check if it can be implemented or not: the more leeway the game gives to the player, the more prone to prompt a bug it is, as you have already seen. That error message you keep encountering means precisely that, that the game system doesn't know what scene it should go to next. It would help me a lot if you could tell me, here or in a PM, what day in the game you find that screen. Right now I can only work on the game on the weekends, so I'll try to fix everything I can right away, before Monday.

I'm glad you are enjoying the story and the characters, despite the game's flaws!

I've been trying to buy this game through itch.io and every time I press pay with paypal it redirects me to the itch.io homepage.

That's strange, because paypal is the default payment option for this game. Could you write to itchio support, please? It's not something I can do anything about on my side, I'm really sorry.

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Hey  Ertal, Congrats on your release! It's crazy that it's finally here. 5/5!

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Thank you so much! Still fixing bugs and waiting for Steam's approval, though! 

I’m sorry to bother but will this be available on steam or do I need to buy it here?

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Yes, of course it will be available on Steam! Fixing some things for it to get approved (adding and removing features from the store page, like captions, stats, or partial controller availability).

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Can we have a walkthrough?... honestly I tried tree routes and I am able to complete only one. In the beginning of april in Ferdinand  route with 4 hearts I cannot do any action, the game give me an error...

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This weekend I'll check all the variables around the last week of March: everything works fine for me, but since a few errors keep appearing for some people, I'll make sure they get fixed for everyone.

As for a walkthrough, there's a guide available on the downloads section of this page! ;)

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I was playing emile's route (got 3 hearts), but the game suddenly put me on bernard's route around march  26th :(

I have problems with March 24th in Bernard's route, i cant seem to click on the icons at all and i tried reloading and all but nothing, hope u can help :)

Me too

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hi! I am getting a similar error that was mentioned below for (March 8th) but for April 3rd/4th. Enjoying the game otherwise so far!   

This was already reported by another player, but it will take longer to fix. I didn't program more days after April 3rd because I thought all the players would get an ending, good or bad, before that, so now I need to extend the days, let's say a week more. Make a save of your game and maybe start over and go for another route in the meanwhile? Remember there's a guide, too, if you want to go straight to one route more easily.

Nooo i was really exited about the release but now i cant play it because the screen keeps flickering black and it hurts my eyes so i get a headache :

Does anyone has the same problem?

That sounds like a problem with your video card. But it's odd because visual novels don't use a lot of video resources.

The thing is i play a lot on my PC and this never happend in any other game (including your other games). Even games like Cyberpunk 2077 work without a struggle. I ran a few tests earlyer to see if any hardwear, video card or graphic card problems show while i played again but nothing. I had the same problem with the demo on my old PC too.

Then perhaps the game didn't unzip or install correctly, sometimes it happens. Can you try deleting it and downloading it again?

i already did that but tried again just now. Sadly its still there

Hi, I'm pretty sure it's a game related problem since my game also flickers a lot and it is hard to play it.

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Okay, I asked around about this problem. Let's see!

1. Does it happen only in full-screen mode? If that's the case, it can be that another Windows process is interfering, like the notifications system.

2. Open the game and then click on Shift + G. It will open the following menu:

Try another option for your renderer: that should solve performance issues. Renpy games choose OpenGL first if it's available, so that could be the option that it's giving you issues.

I hope this helps!

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I have some Problems with Ferdinants Story,
when I'm on Dates with him it mix the Dates with others  like Gilles and Emile  and I never approached  the other ones,
and further in the Story when I'm going back from his home I can't access anything anymore like going back home etc,

SPOILER..............................................................................................






and the Story isn't fitting like he disappeared with his sis and I can still visit his home and can go on Dates with him, o.O

I hope it can be fixed somehow in an update , I Love the Game and the Storys is so nice T_T

Can you DM me through Discord or Twitter, or send me an email to ertal77@hotmail.com? I'd like to ask you a few details.

Thank you for the fast answer :) 

I messaged you via E-Mail,

I hope my Comment didn't come out aggressively T_T

English isn't my first Language

No, don't worry! You are helping a lot with your feedback, I'm very grateful. I'll check it and try to fix the errors as soon as possible.

seems i am having similar issues. even completely restarted ferdinand's route, and attempted to ignore all other potential suitors.  cannot finish this route. last day noticed was march 31.

playing on a lenovo yoga 7 with amd 6800u.

Have had a very similar experience with Ferdinands route, even left a description, but seems it has been deleted.  on march 31. have been romantic with Ferd. roomates have gone to the club to talk to police, can still go to fer and ophilias house, but it seems like it is suddenly back to the first time i dropped by the house.  talking to emile, i get discussion of bernard, who i have ignored.

the game seems like it will be fantastic, but having issues with ferdinands route.

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Thank you! Your comment is not deleted, I can see it as a comment to another person who had the same problem. I'm sorry, I haven't got the time to solve it yet, but I'll do it as soon as possible (hopefully in a few hours). 

YES FINALLY XD!! When is it going to be released on Steam?

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The build was already sent to the Steam review team, so as soon as they approve it

wait ohh nooo its paypal only?? crying

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I can't get past day March 9 is say where i want to go and my only option is the river bank then I click it and the message is saying (test a ver donde leches el error)then it repeats

Can you message me through Twitter, Discord or email so I can ask you more details? 

Sure

Where do I message you on discord

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Same as the previous user. It gets to march 8th ends the day and asks if you want to go home. Then the jazz club isn't available and the only option is to click the artist hangout before it gives the error "test a ver donde leches el error".

Please, roll back and make a save at the end of your previous scene. I'll update the game tomorrow and you'll be able to keep going from the point you were in.  It seems to be just a typo on a variable, so easy to fix. 

Hey, I've got the same problem. Does it mean we have do download the game on itch again when you are done with the update?


ps. big fan of the game so far :D

Yes, I'll make a post about it as soon as it's fixed. Your saves should be compatible

yessss

Any news about release date? 

Some, yes! Please, consider following my Twitter for regular updates: https://twitter.com/ertal77

I won't probably post about it here until the release date is definitive and around the corner.

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I was a bit unsure whether I would like this, because I'm not a huge fan of stat raising, but the demo is really cute and makes me want more! I really love that we also get so many sweet moments with our roommates. Getting to choose top or bottom in the sex scenes is a neat plus, as well. (Though tbh I'll probably go with the LI's preferences. At least the first time, heh.) Pre-order, here I come!

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Hi Ertal! I know you were saying that all the art, writing, etc. was finished, and the only thing left was the coding. But on Patreon you post about how you're working on writing the character routes and making CGs. Is there an updated status? 

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I'll make a Kickstarter update post within this week, and will share it here! 

In short, I commissioned another set of CGs for the game to make the most of the delay, but they are already done. As for the script, the main scenes of each route were finished months ago, around September, but all the in-between scenes with the side characters or linking major scenes weren't finished yet, and that's what I'm working on now.  Besides making sure everything works as it should, of course.

Hey Hey, any updates?

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^_^ Sorry, I keep posting on our social media and once a month on Kickstarter, and then forget about updating here...

Still working on coding the whole thing. Right now I can only dedicate time to VN work on the weekends, so progress is slow but steady. You can see screenshots of the new scenes coded on Twitter, facebook or Instagram, for #screenshotsaturday, if you want to check the progress.

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Pre-ordered and eagerly awaiting for the day it is available. I loved the demo and can't wait to play the full version. 

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Sorry for the trouble... But any news?

Sorry, I always forget to post devlogs here... Let me share my KS update!

Np and thanks !

Any release date ?

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Down below they said 

"As soon as it's finished :/  I'm afraid the coding part is taking way more than anticipated."

Just gotta be a lil bit patient 

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Thank you for the response:) I just found it a bit weird how their making new games already ((2 new ones )) but this one still isn't finished

Ah... Those new games are just game jam VNs: very short, with a small scope, 30 minutes to one hour long. They are just a way to keep myself motivated.

Will there be a Android download I'm so sick of games looking amazing and me not being able to play them because no one has Android downloads

Sorry, but no, there's no Android version planned so far. 

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Are you talking about Android phone or android computer/Laptop/notebook?

Android phone

okay.  I think the reason why a lot of developers don't include downloads for Android phones is that the size of the game needs to be small enough to run.  As far as I know, unless you're got a really good job and can afford a phone that can run vn games with a bigger file size people aren't going to have a phone that can run a vn with a bigger size.

On top of that, it requires more resources/programming/time/money etc.   It's not as simple as just resizing the resources, because going from the size for a PC or laptop to the size for a phone screen, can affect the quality of them unless you know how to do it without it affecting the quality.

So art resources would have to be redone in a smaller size.

Don't quote me 100%  but as far as I know, it would be basically making two games instead of one even though it's the same game.

So a lot of developers don't do phone versions of their vn games because it would be double the cost and what they have planned for their game might not work or be too large for most Android phones.

However, you have given me something to think about for my own projects to consider.

that's awesome have you made anything so far  love the screen name btw

not for android no.

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any updates? new release date mb?

Not yet, sorry 😞

Hello, will you add steam keys to itch ? 

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Yes, I do that with all my games <3

Yay! Thanks for answering <3

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wait when does it release?

As soon as it's finished :/  I'm afraid the coding part is taking way more than anticipated.

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ahh, i see take your timee we'll be here <3!!

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as soon as you make it that we do not have to give you our full  address when purchasing, i would gladly buy some of your games. but personal info should not be required to buy a digital commodity

Does itchio really ask for that?? 

Aaah, it's because of VAT... But you only need to add your country, right? Anyway, that information is only for Paypal use, they only share the buyers' email with the person who receives the payment (which is useful in case someone needs a refund). Nothing else: name, address, etc. remain private.

I love this game sm!! Please add a romance for Denis haha <3

I don't think he'll get a route, unless its a three-way relationship with Denis and Nathalie lol.

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To be honest, that was the plan when I first started to outline the routes... but was quickly discarded, sorry XDD

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I'm REALLY interested in Gilles!

From what I read in his description (I didn't play the demo yet), it seems he's kinda like Dazai Osamu (the personality and such) from the anime Bungou Strays Dogs and he is my crush! He gives me those vibes Idk.

I hope anybody knows what I'm talking about lol.

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Hii! I can't wait for the release! I hope evertything is going well! :3

I'm sorry if you already answer this, maybe is a bother with the work you have to do, but I just wanted to know if we have the option in the game to change the name of Paul?

 I really don't mind if it's not possible, I just wanted to ask because in other games I played before, the developers didn't annouce the option and it was something you discover as a player. It's mostly my curiosity!

Someone asked me the same a few weeks ago, so I'll surely implement the option of renaming the MC.

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Oh, that's cool! Thanks for answering! Sorry again for asking the same question.

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The characters are so cute I can't wait for more  this is gonna be so amazing, my best wishes :D

Thank you so much!

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Hi, I'm sure this has been asked multiple times😅, so sorry if I missed those replies and if I'm bothering. But, wanted to ask if the game will be out soon,  since it's up for pre order. If so, when do you think it'll likely be finished? 

😂 I already bought it, and just can't wait to play it. This game looks fantastic 👏! Any little guesstimate would be nice, if possible. Like perhaps sometimes this summer👀? Or is it more probable that it comes out in the fall of 2021? 

Anyways, if you can't give an answer that's understandable🤣, just thought I'd try and ask anyways.

I hoped it would be mostly finished by now, but we are all trying our hardest to finish the game within this summer. 

No prob! Take the time you guys need. And thanks so much for your reply! Can't wait to play it!

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Hello :D !
I'd like to preorder the game and I saw that itchi.io support CA so I was delighted. 
Though unlike other games I don't have the option to pay with a CA for your game. Do I have a graphic bug or is it an option that you have to activated yourself ?

Oh! Someone told me the other day that they had indeed used a CA card to buy one of my games, so it should work.

Hello!
I want to preorder your game but the only option for payment is with PayPal.
Is it possible to pay with a credit card instead?

Thanks xx

You can buy it with a card on Steam once it's released. It seems you can use a CA card here on itchio, in case you don't want to use Paypal.

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Can you choose to top or bottom with any characters or only certain characters ? 

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With all of them!

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hi! I really like your demo! if I buy the game I will have the full game to play, or it is still a work in progress? thanks;)

Still a work in progress for a couple of months!

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