The game is completely free, but if you want a boost on progression you can subscribe to my Patreon. You can find the link in the game bio here, as itch.io doesn't let me paste links in comments.
A character has to reach level 40 and have 100 resonance which is gained from combat. Then you have to make a Refined Heart with a specific compound. These items are farmable in the R stages. Every character needs a different one and it will be shown which one that is when you try to ascend them before having the item.
Thats very strange. Did you try redownloading it again? If that too doesn't help can you send be the logs? They are located on %appdata%/Godot/app_userdata/beyond-evolution
What platform are you on? If its mac, thats normal. Otherwise, it shouldn't do that, I haven't heard anyone have this issue. Can you tell me more how it happens? Does it just instantly close
Backup saves are created at the same time as normal saves. Currently the issue stems from crashes that happen during the saving action. I have made it more stable and it will only get better. This is only the first version after all. To explain a bit more of the saving system, it currently stages changed and commits them to the save file only every 5 seconds or on important events such as winning a stage, recruiting a character from the banner and leveling up a character. Savefile cheating is not a concern currently and won't be. The files are encrypted by default but that is not a measure made because of this.
I am sorry for your bad experience, but I hope to do better in next releases. The saving system has been a problem since release and with this being the first official version, it is normal to have bugs.
For the difficulty, I think most people complain about the nuns' healing. It has been nerfed significantly for the next version.
Overall, as more stages get released the resource stages will get more spread out, thus making it possible to reduce their difficulty. As it currently is, I had to somehow make the "endgame" of the current version somewhat challenging, thus the power of enemies.
Saving is done every 5 seconds in the background. It also saves upon game close. So when a crash happens at the perfect time, aka when the game was saving, it corrupts the files. I have fixed this problem for the next version so it will be better for sure.
Glad you have enjoyed the game so far! Most game crashes have been fixed now but saving still has issues. They have been fixed for the next version so lets hope its more bug prone.
As for Maria, she is supposed to be the strongest of the starting cast as she is incredibly rare compared to the rest so thats normal.
Taunt basically just increases the chance to be targeted. There was an issue previously with the sorting function used for it so it might have not worked in more bizzare cases. It should be fixed in the latest current release though. It has been also improved as well as targeting in general for the next version.
Well its not that hard as you can grow 2-3 characters before it. If you do that it will be very easy - just kill the nuns. They are going to get nerfed in the next update so it will be much easier then.
I made it that hard as with it you kind of enter the 'endgame' of the current version, so it can't be so easy.
I know that the newer versions of Vulkan, I think it was from 1.3, have more compatibility issues with older hardware. It may also be a gpu driver issue if you are on 5th or 6th gen nvidia.
It depends on a few things, but you can search up Vulcan compatibility online and there is a tool that can tell you if its due to that. This issue is only caused by this.
Well it is very much easier with the keybinds now, so if you aren't playing the newest version I suggest you do.
In the newest version if you click the keybind before the turn has started it won't let you select targets, but thats fixed if you just hover over the button. I don't know if thats your issue though.
When creating a profile, you just need to enter a username and click create then click back on the account menu. It will take you to the start screen and you should be able to play.
Are you on mobile? If so, then it is due to the game not saving properly on android be default. You can enable it to save by giving it file access permissions in the settings of the app.
High tier patreon subscribers have resource multipliers. The grind itself will get easier with updates as currently the stages are too focused. Also with the Auto + x4 buttons it is quite fast to grind resources I'd say, unlike how it was on release.
The good end is where they get inside the bathroom get naughty, so if you got that you are fine. The good end plays for the last two stages of affection, meaning likes and adores.
Its not that hard though. I can beat it with a level 1 human with a bit of dodging, but if you are like level 15 it should be easy for you. I know they may feel overwhelming at first but after a few fights are quite predictable.
There was a weird Godot quirk I didn't know about that caused this to happen upon export. It has now been fixed in the new build I just uploaded. Sorry for the inconvenience!
It should not be a problem of the save. You can try starting every dialogue and instantly skipping. That will reset everything to default, so then you can redo the choices. It should work like that.
Subscriptions grant resource gain bonuses currently, but with each version they will get more rewards and even some special characters that are unavailable to others
Well you should aways see text on top, so its weird you don't. Does this happen in some specific scenario?
As for endings, there are 3 for each character, except Tio, who doesn't have any currently as hers are story tied and will come later on as the story progresses.
