I don't believe it. Having not put a penny toward the game thus far, if only because I don't have one to spare, I can't complain too much about the long cycle. It's still coming out faster than Star Citizen's story campaign, so I'm going to show some confidence in the creator.
Though I admit if another year goes by without 1.3 I may begin to doubt, myself. Oh, well.
So, I just read your last update, and realized I haven't actually checked for updates for this game in... Geez, a year and a half now. I was hoping to come back to a boat-load of content, which is my usual method for games of this nature; Notice something cool, catch up to production, then forget it exists for four to six months and hope I come back to lots of new stuff to enjoy. That there was nothing had me worried, and I'll admit, I'm still a bit worried. It's not the best of looks, no updates for two years.
With that having been said, my experience with the game that exists has been top-notch. I absolutely adore the characters, and when they get caught up in rough experiences it makes my heart ache for them in sympathy. They're portrayed extremely well, and their actions and interactions, for the most part, feel very realistic for their given personalities. For those reasons, I want to hold out and see what comes with 1.3. Recover well from that eye surgery, and do your best to drop the rest of chapter one soon! I'm so, so, SO very impatient to get back in with the girls.
Hardly in the minority when I say I adore this game so far. Had a lot of moments that made me smile, and the story so far is engaging. The downside is the relatively slow production rate, but if I'm not mistaken, the author is the only one working on it, and for a game of this size and polish, it's understandable that progress is slow. Keep it up, I'm looking forward to seeing the conclusion some day!
You may want to look at a new way to play your game on Android or something. JoiPlay did something that has basically broken their ability to play Ren'Py games, and so far, around a month later, they haven't fixed it. I have this game earmarked for when I am home and can use my PC again, but as it stands I can't play at all in spite of very real interest in the game's premise. Guess I'll be waiting another week or two to try it out x.x
So, I'm having issues, which is what prompted me to post, but it seems kind of selfish to just ask for help when I haven't actually spoken about the game itself. So... I played the ever-merciful heck out of the original game, primarily just grinding stats so that when I actually started pursuing the story my stats wouldn't hold me back from any options. My favorite story-line from the original was actually Cassie, which is where I'm having trouble here.
I can't seem to figure out who to talk to in order to save Cassie from the Don. I got as far as being kicked out after refusing the credits (I used the character creation to essentially rebuild my character from the original, who in no way needed the money after all the grinding) but I can't seem to find who to speak to. I initially thought 'Arlene,' but her conversation didn't change and there's no new options. I tried sleeping, in case it was time-based, but no dice. I've spoken to literally everyone in the city and slums, and just can't seem to find any help.
I have to admit, I was was incredibly disappointed to reach the 'That's the end of the story content for this build' screen. I've played a few games of this style from Itch, but only a couple have gotten me hooked hard enough that I feel legitimately disappointed when I hit the end. The writing has been great so far, and while there have been a few points where I would have used different grammar, I can't say I really saw any spelling errors, so good work there, too! All-in-all, a fun, funny, and intriguing game. Definitely watching for more of this, and impatiently, too! Keep it up!
I'm having a slight issue with the game, actually. Every time I try to use Ginny's diary to unlock it, it encounters an error, and shunts me to the 'I have no idea how to read this' dialog. I've tried completely deleting and reinstalling the game, to no effect. Is there a work-around, or can I simply not continue/finish this path?
For the record, this is what it pops up.
While running game code:
File "renpy/common/000statements.rpy", line 531, in execute_call_screen
store._return = renpy.call_screen(name, *args, **kwargs)
File "game/scripts/plot/act_1/chapter_4/ginny_dialogues.rpy", line 43, in execute
File "game/scripts/plot/act_1/chapter_4/ginny_dialogues.rpy", line 43, in execute
File "game/scripts/plot/act_1/chapter_4/ginny_dialogues.rpy", line 73, in execute
File "game/scripts/plot/act_1/chapter_4/ginny_dialogues.rpy", line 75, in execute
File "game/scripts/plot/act_1/chapter_4/ginny_dialogues.rpy", line 77, in execute
File "game/scripts/plot/act_1/chapter_4/assistent.rpy", line 351, in encrypt_text
KeyError: u'english'
