Thank you for the kind feedback - I'm glad you find both TROS and the sequel enjoyable.
Yes, I plan to keep making games for as long as I have ideas for them. BFF will be the next I finish, after that I've a couple of ideas I want to explore - it will depend on what people want to play. ^_^
Glad to hear you enjoyed it! A guide will be coming in the next few days - if you want any hints on how to get a particular ending before then, you can email me at support@blackcross-taylor.com
Are you using the itch app or just downloading straight from itch.io? I think it might be wise to move this over to support@blackcross-taylor.com, where I can better support you with this query. If you email me there, we can continue to troubleshoot this.
Hmm, that sounds like renpy is trying to define something as both true and false at the same time. This should completely break the game, and since others are playing fine, I think we can assume at the moment this is a local issue.
I'm not a expert on the inner workings of renpy, but at the moment, I am thinking this is an issue with the download or a corruption in the persistent data (or both).
Please can you try the following steps.
1. Delete the game folder and all past versions of the game folder, as we need a fresh install.
2. Then delete your persistent data. This is usually found C:\Users\<you>\AppData\Roaming\RenPy\ - don't delete the whole renpy folder, just the folder for the Thorns of War should do it. It should be a called something like 'The Thorns of War - 1234567890'.
Doing the above should remove any persistent data and save files that might have been corrupted between versions.
3. Now we are sure renpy isn't going to be reading any old data, you can re-download versions 2.8 and, with any luck, find the problem has resolved.
Please let me know how you get on - I really hope this works for you
Thank you for the kind feedback - I'm glad you enjoyed the route. As for Minette, it's actually his nickname for the MC, as carried over from the Rose of Segunda. ^_^
So you are going onto the screen with all the portraits to select him and it is just not highlighting or something else?
I just downloaded the game now and it worked fine for me, so I am wondering if, despite you downloading the new version, renpy is still looking at 2.7.
Did you delete your old copy of the game before downloading the new one? And when in the game, are you going from the very start or loading a save?
If you let me know the above, it will narrow the search ^_^
Ah, thank you for the encouragement. And the artwork was actually commissioned by a friend of our artist who also happens to like Frederique. Our artist sent it over and explained her friend had given us permission to use it in the update posts, so a big thanks to both of them, as well!
It means the nine personality traits as defined by the three choices early in The Rose of Segunda. They were, as I recall, "Scholarly, Roguish, or Slovenly", "Cunning, Witty, or Diplomatic", and "Commanding, Strong, or Lecherous".
Thank you for your kind feedback - I'm glad to hear you enjoyed his route. And yes, the sequel will be released on Steam, too, once the game is completed. Fred's route is being worked on right now, and then comes Charlotte, so you will not have too wait much longer.
And Nightshade is one of my favourite visual novels ever - I love Hanzo's route ^_^
I am still here and the current word count is about 60,000 words, but my focus has had to shift of late. My mother has broken her hip and is currently bed-bound, which means I have had to move back to my childhood home to take care of her. I hope this allays your worries and I appreciate your patience going forward.
Many thanks for your ongoing encouragement and support ^_^
If you have downloaded v2.7, then the Loveless route can be accessed via Guillaume's route.
After clicking on his portrait, at the prompt 'who did King Auguste want to become queen?' click on 'Me'. And then choose the last option, "No, I behaved as instructed and King Auguste chose me".
This will get you onto the Loveless route. I hope this helps
Thank you for the kind feedback - I hope you enjoy The Rose of Segunda.
Once Thorns of War is finished it will be released on Steam and anyone who purchased a copy on itch will get a free key, but we have still two routes to finish before that can happen. ^_^
UPDATE: I have found and fixed a coding issue that was added by the Loveless Route (it is part of Guillaume's route and unfortunately seemed to cause some trouble with the existing code), so thank you for bring that to my attention. If you wish to redownload the game and see if this is now working for you, the version you are looking for is 2.7.
However, I have been unable to replicate the issue with the Sofia and Etrillard scenes being mentioned. This might be because fixing the code issue has fixed that as well, or it might be that I am not making the specific combination of in-game choices that lead to the issue. Please could I ask you to send me details of the line/lines where they are mentioned erroneously and I will try to investigate further.
Hello and thank you for the feedback. Do you think you could give a more detailed list of where bugs are occurring, please - either here or sent to support@blackcross-taylor.com - it can very very hard to find specific bugs without the reports owing to the number of variables defined as you play the route. I would be grateful for any help you can provide.
