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There is now https://beencha.itch.io/hand-companion/devlog/1139326/beta-32-the-story-map-upda... :)

Awesome work 😁so fast!  - it's a new rough system, so I'll see if i can find the holes and add those for the next version. The format should remain the same, so it would just be a case of adding lines to each file.

If you want to post a discussion and put the link there for others to download that'd be awesome - otherwise I'll have a think about how to share and properly acknowledge your work

Aw - I did fail to mention the official Itch app - https://itch.io/app - if you aren't using it, try it that way, i think it might be your best chance.

If that doesn't work, lastly, if you don't play games often etc, the other thing that might be out of date on your computer could be https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe (from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=ms...) - outside of that, antivirus or soemthing with your computer set-up, so try it on a different Windows 10/11 machine.

No need to say sorry 😅 I'm a big fan of modding - so i hope this 'modding light' helps! DMs on Instagram(beencha_art), @beencha.bsky.social or email me at beencha (at) outlook.com.au - if you want to be able to maintain your translation NexusMods has always been good or you can even post it on here (itch) so if people want to donate to you for your translating they can 😘

I was able to add a lightweight translation implementation for fan-translations - read about it here: https://beencha.itch.io/hand-companion/devlog/1115379/beta-31

Very odd - it's a free standing .exe so shouldn't install anything - you need to extract the whole zip file and put the folder wherever you want to store the game, don't run the exe out of the zip file.

If that's not the issue, the only 'installing' i can think of.. maybe your DirectX 12 is out of date? maybe try https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/topic/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-d...

It does download but the "Hand Companion.exe" crashes or doesn't open? Does the previous version 2.6 work

The demo 3.0 and current 3.0 are all the same build, so there really shouldn't be any major difference between the ".exe"s - so hopefully it's an easy fix ;)

Hmm - unfortunately I don't think I get email addresses etc, so can't easily send to you manually - I did find this article that might help https://itch.io/t/4642645/downloads-not-starting
Otherwise can you start a topic in https://itch.io/board/10023/questions-support and see if Itch has suggestions?

The collective achievement data seems to have sent through some Chinese - I've considered adding the ability for translation, but if you are someone already doing the work - please let me know :)

集体成就数据似乎包含一些中文内容——我考虑过添加翻译功能，但如果您已经完成了这项工作，请告诉我 (Google translated)

I've considered it - but I'm not sure if it would be an in-game feature or as a separate guide.

Currently though the focus is on content :), i would like to finish Tyco's story, then might explore this a bit more. If others want to post guides they are welcome to ;)

Have you tried again? I can't do much about Ich's servers - can potentially send you an email link if it's not working yet.

Extremist groups are emboldened and listened to because of political climates - but you make your own connections - if you want to see the world as tiny unrelated instances that's your choice.
I stand by my support, and to keep safe, to those suffering.

Yes, he's quite a challenge :) - he generally gives hints as to the achievements you need to have with Kean. As long as you have around half-ish of Kean's achievements, you should be able to get through.

I was looking at doing maybe an achievement guide and art book, but it was taking quite awhile, so I figured i should focus on completing the other characters :)

I'm glad the game is keeping you company 😉, I'm working on the next character arc.

Post below if you want more scenes with our chesty demon.

Hey - if you have it purchased, try downloading the version 1.13d - otherwise, for the online demo version, I'll have the fix uploaded along with some new content later in version 1.14

Yay :D

Ah you're welcome! As a solo dev/artist/etc, it's nice when people help find bugs - I'm not going to make enough money to quit my day job and be able to test on different platforms etc or pay for testing - so I also appreciate your help and patience! 

Ooooo, i don't want to get too excited, but pretty sure there's an error here related to not being a US/UK language system - eg not using "0.5" to mean half - I think I've added a fix for that in 1.13D, see if that is the problem.

Rare bug hunting is a challenge! See if the Unity 6 upgrade version (1.13c) changes anything for you.

Alright, have a try of version 1.13c (windows only for now) - it's a quick upgrade to Unity 6, where unity has done some work around the UI systems, so might be more consistent - it's thrown me a few errors though, but most of them I can go back and try again and works the second time.

*fingers crossed* if it gets you further, I'll sort out the other issues :)

:( - I've updated the web version with those settings too - check there - let me know if it gets any further.

Otherwise, I'll see if i can upgrade it to Unity 6 - they might have fixed/better handle the interface, but that might take me a little while.

Awesome :) - though not a super helpful error as this is a Unity problem with the way it renders text likely (thus explains the rareness).

I've put some extra checks in place to tidy up/clear off text - so download the windows version 1.13b and see if those extra checks/tidy up fix it. If it sticks again, there's a checkbox under settings for "Fading Text" - that will simplify the typing animation, which should reduce the amount of processing it does, but not super confident that'll fix it.

*Fingers crossed*

Hm, if you do it before when it normally stops does it show text in the text field?

Also, have you tried playing the browser demo, does it get stuck in the same place?

We might be stuck with looking for that "Player.log" file - whatever is the problem might be stopping it outputting the debug info too.

Thanks for helping with reporting - hopefully I can find the issue, but without being able to make it happen, or any error

Alright - if you download 1.13, in settings turn on "Debug..." - run the game and when it stops, open the home button, click the text field on the bottom - it should copy debugging information which you can then paste the output here - it will hopefully guide me to what the problem is :)

Keep in mind this only works with the Windows/purchased version right now (can't use ctrl+c with Unity's web build apparently :( ) The Browser demo should allow you to do this as well, but you'll need click the text box, then in the pop-up right click the text "select all" then right click "copy" and paste here.

Thanks for reporting - can you try hitting the home button in the corner and check you can exit back to the main screen?

If you have it purchased and feel a bit more tech savvy - you can head to "%APPDATA%\..\LocalLow\BeenCha\HC1" by pasting it into a windows explorer, there should be a "Player.log" file that you can send me the last few lines (open with notepad) - hopefully it is some sort of error I can look into. Keep in mind, it might some identifying data about your computer etc at the beginning of the file, so best not to post the whole thing. 

Congrats for being the 4th person (out of almost 8000 successful plays!) to report this weird and rare bug! :D

Hmm, alright, I'll have a bit more of a play and see if it's somehow saving the side achievement - ah yes, logic error - I'll have it fixed for 1.13, which i hope to have out soon :)

I don't think it's a bug (I did a check, but let me know if the following doesn't work)

Thanks for letting me know (and purchasing :D ) - looks like i forgot to include a file in the zip >< - please check now.

In Chrome, can you right click and open "Inspect", click "console" tab and send me what is says? beencha (at) outlook-com-au - that would help me, :D otherwise I'll post a windows demo soonish.

Hmmm ok - I'll try to make a windows version of the demo and upload it, but might take me a few days :)

Sure - https://youtu.be/xsUBJKODA-Y - see if that helps, it's quick play to the Grab Banana game

Ok, hmm, i've tried spamming the mouse button and getting to that point a few times, but I can't seem to make the problem happen - are you able to record it?

hey - so this is for the demo? Do you do the trace the shape that's like a penis (varies how many traces you've done by that stage depending upon choices), because you need that before the Grab the Banana mini-game - otherwise if you let me know what options you chose I'll check if there's a bug :)

As long as it's version Beta 1.11 (shouldn't tell you there's an update), and you can get into 'Kean at Home' there's no other unlocks required. Maybe this video will help (let me know when it has so i can take it down ;) )

Currently you can only be a top (working on the bottom scene), it's all about the decisions you make (Kean's a bit of a romantic, even if he's coy about it).

You'll know you've done it right when you slowly undress him and hear the music change.

Thank you for buying! 🍆❤️

The LucasArts vibes are great :D

I didn't know there was an itch.io app! Thanks for the heads up - I'll see if i can figure anything out - otherwise I'll release a pc build eventually :)

Hmm, tricky one as I've never had that happen, if you can screen record or shot it that'd really help me :)

Haha, I'm working on a change around that area, look out for it on an update ;) But yeah, look like spamming options sometimes makes the code trip up, I'll keep it on my list to investigate!