RockRobin

Happy Backwards · 2016-04-13T23:25:10Z

Beta Testing We've decided against rushing everyone out and dealing with a thousand bugs at once (that would be the worst) so we're rolling out the content over time. Story Mode is complete in content and is playable right now. Open Mode characters will be released as they are completed. I will announce when they are available. If you test the game, you qualify for the Premium Content code ! Just post on the forum (here or Lemma ) or email me with feedback, bugs and typos and I'll PM you a code when I get the chance. FAQ My game won't launch / crashes immediately. This is likely a problem with your video drivers / video card or you have a corrupted download. If you've redownloaded successfully, try holding down the SHIFT key while launching the game. A menu will come up with different render options. Try different ones until the game works. Where are the rollback/game menu buttons on screen? You'll need to use keyboard/mouse buttons. The mousewheel or PageUp/Down buttons work for rolling back and the ESC key or right-click brings up the game menu. All of the game's controls can be viewed from the "Help" screen on the main menu. The Open Mode characters don't have anything to say. They're probably not released yet. Will I be able to continue playing my band that I made in Story Mode after the ending? Not right now, but I am thinking of making a cheat code where you can enter to play Story Mode endlessly Why can't I scroll down the thread on the Public Opinion forum? It is a fake thread. You will only ever be able to see 2 posts in every thread. It's taking a long time to generate $1,000,000 in CD sales. Your CDs sell more if you're more popular, meaning you should probably play more gigs. Certain things in the story happen no matter what I do! These are pre-determined and won't change. They are there for character growth and to account for Open-Ended Mode. Why doesn't the music being played in the gigs reflect the actual instruments I have in my band? The amount of time it would take to accomplish that outweighs how much that would add to the game. Can I accidentally romance other characters? Not in Story Mode. You pick your romance path early on at Sophia's party ("Who do I want to hang out with?") and you can only fail that character's path from then on. So you don't have to ignore the other band members. :) What happened to the characters that I met in Story Mode that just disappeared? (Wizz, etc.) These are band recruits for Open Mode that you are unlocking for later. Once they are officially released (see release schedule above) and you recruit them in Open-Ended Mode, their story arc will begin to trigger. Why is this game free? In a day and age where Commercial English Visual Novels are common and Steam an archive of amazing games to choose from, the fact that a game of Rock Robin's size and complexity is free might be startling, or even slightly off-putting. But when Rock Robin began in 2008, both commercial EVNs, and otome games specifically, were a rarity. The idea that we could make money from this game wasn't even a thought in our minds. All we wanted to do was create a fantastic game where you could be a female character and romance others, as at the time we could count the amount of Otome games out there on one hand. After Aleema held the Open Mode Character Creation Contest, Rock Robin went from a one-woman show, to a group effort. People from all over the community contributed in writing, art and editing. We gathered resources from wherever we could: music, art brushes, clipart, all those things that, because our game was to be free, we could use. Six years later, the state of EVNs has changed, but the idea of Rock Robin being a group effort and the fact that the game had become filthy with resources that cannot be used in a pay-for game have kept this game free for everyone. To be honest, to try and find all the amazing people who had helped to contribute to this game to make sure they get compensated from anything we'd make from the game would be nigh impossible. Instead of paying for our game, if you want to show your love for it, spread the word, make fanart, fanfiction, tell us about your band! Support us in future endeavors! But most of all, just enjoy the game.

Band Management Sim, with romance! · By Happy Backwards, Aleema

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jlaakso4 years ago

I can't get this to work on Mac. Something to do with my Ren'Py installation maybe? It just won't start, no error, no process running. It gives the usual "unverified developer" on initial launch, I right click and "open", then "open", then double click... and nothing. Is it just me? Latest OSX.

jlaakso4 years ago

Tried running through Wine (first time using it!) and it seems to work fine. :)

alexlovesvns4 years ago

As an aside, if there is enough interest in a Discord channel to discuss this VN I would be happy to set it up, even if I'm not at all involved with who is still developing the game. I only extend the offer because I love to see discussion of it and I feel like RockRobin isn't talked about enough. It's a gem of a project and my all time favourite VN even if I haven't played it in years. This may be personal bias speaking, so anyhow - if there's already a discord for it, I would love to join it.

Happy BackwardsDeveloper4 years ago (2 edits)

Well, it's completely empty! But if anyone wants to join, here's our Discord: https://discord.gg/zNvpYvK ! :) I post it to my twitter as well.

edit: I will make you a mod if you join

alexlovesvns4 years ago

Thank you so much!! I've just joined and I'm excited for it.

Digital Noob4 years ago (1 edit)

So I know this game is a bit older (at least compared to the world of "otome" games), but I do have to say I love everything about this game! I feel like the characters really have depth and perspective and it really adds volumes to the game itself. I like the aspect of managing your own band (well, should I say, Robin's band) andI adore that that was a huge aspect of the game. I felt like I was really playing, really getting involved, whereas with some other games that ave a similar style to this I feel a bit disassociated. Including an open ended mode just made the entire game even better! My personal favorite being Wizz, which is funny, because before playing his route I couldn't stand him, that really shows how many hidden layers each character has. This is one of the best games I've played in a long time, intoxicating and really draws you in! I wish this game was more popular and had open ended modes for each character and I try to tell everyone who will listen to give this game a shot.

Happy BackwardsDeveloper4 years ago

Wow, that means a lot to us. Really. We tried to make a game that we would want to play.

We're still working on it, albeit slowly. If you have any questions, you can pop into our discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/zNvpYvK

lucie.gio4 years ago (2 edits)

Hello, this is my favourite otome game of all time. The characters are so elaborate. I loved the game so much I decide to contribute so I donated and discovered you could get premium content. The problem is that my f1 key is broken, I saw in the thread that you told someone to change it to the C key but I don't seem to be able to do that… (Am I that dumb ? (｡￫∀￩｡) Well I Don't if you will respond but thank you for making such a good game even though its not finished and stay safe <3.

Happy BackwardsDeveloper4 years ago

Thank you!

There should be multiple pages to the settings area. I think it's on the last page.

lucie.gio4 years ago

Thank you so much, the problem was that I downloaded the game on the itch.io website and thought it was the latest update. I then updated it in the game and found the the settings area. Thanks for responding so quickly.

Rose20114 years ago

Hey, love the game. I have a question though, I've completed the story mode and have not tried the open ended one. I know the prologues haven't been completed yet. But did you manage to complete Faust, Seth, Collin and Wizz's Romance arc ? And is Xander available for dating ? Anyway thanks for your hard work, have a nice day.

Happy BackwardsDeveloper4 years ago

Xander, Faust, Collin and Wizz - yes!

Rose20114 years ago

Thx ! x)

harmonywish4 years ago

After playing RockRobin and listening to the sound track, it really got my curious rock music and bands in general! 0: Thank you! I know Robin is supposed to be a general character, but is there someone in real life she would sound like (such as a voice claim or something?)

This is such a great game and I got so emotional playing it and I'm really attached to her character, thank you!

Happy BackwardsDeveloper4 years ago (1 edit)

That's so nice to hear.

I've been asked that before and I never have a specific voice in mind for her. There's so many that would work for her. I couldn't pick just one, but this one is closest to my brain voice (Liz Granite): http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/breaker-more?song=7

harmonywish4 years ago

Oh wow!! Thank you so much for replying!

Thank you as well for the music/artist recommendation as well! I think it's a wonderful choice! Ahh the moment I heard her voice I was like, this definitely feels like her!! I'm so ecstatic , I have a voice to put to imagine with the dialogue now! ovo

Also also, I haven't finished all of the routes yet so I just wanted to say I'm really excited to see where this game will go/continue!

TaqaraTheTaco3 years ago

So i have the premium code and it tells me to press F1 to get to the cheat menu but when I press it I only get the help menu .

Happy BackwardsDeveloper3 years ago

You can change the button to the "c" key in the game options.

TaqaraTheTaco3 years ago

But I don't have the cheats menu....like at all it's just not there like it evaporated .

Happy BackwardsDeveloper3 years ago

Even after changing the button? Did you see it before and now its gone?

TaqaraTheTaco3 years ago

It was never there to begin with from my knowledge, do I have to update it ?

Happy BackwardsDeveloper3 years ago

If you're talking about the game's help screen, You must be IN GAME for it to work. It will not work from the main menu. F1 does something different for some people on some OS, so I included an option to toggle the key needed to press to the letter "c" on your keyboard. In order to toggle this, you must go into the game setting and go into the "Advanced" tab (button near top) to go to the page where it is on.

TaqaraTheTaco3 years ago

This is what my screen looks like(also I am in game)

Happy BackwardsDeveloper3 years ago

Oh wow. Yeah try updating. Cheat menu has been inherent to the game for a long time. I wonder what build you have.

Junesong3 years ago

I absolutely love this game, and I probably won't ever get tired of it. Out of the "main" romances, Dallas is my favourite by far. Such sweet, sweet agony.

Question: Will Wizz and the others get a CG too, or is that just for E, D and B?

Rose20113 years ago

Hey, I'm having a problem with Xander's path. The last scene I get is when Robin and him hang out and go back in front of the diner he used to work at and then I get no other scenes. Am I doing Something wrong ? thanks

Happy BackwardsDeveloper3 years ago

Before I deep-dive to find out, did you check the walkthrough available for him in the game folder?

Rose20113 years ago

No I didn't, I'll check it out. Thanks :)

RegularJennifer3 years ago

Hey! Is Emmits Epilogue out? And is there an estimate of when Seth's route will come out? xx

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