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ah! I only have 2. Not entirely sure how to get more but I started a more thorough search on my lunch. 

Interesting, hadn't seen anything about blue fruit from them aside from the thing about the bushes. I think unfortunately I didn't commit enough in any direction to beat the spider as is, so I may just try starting over. 

I did find the bushes but both say they aren't ripe yet. Though if there is another way to get it then I know there's someone else I can help

I really like how you've filled out the world since I first played the demo! I like the pulp-y touches like finding who needs which item.

I do think I'm soft locked now unfortunately. Even with the gold fruit I can't defeat the boss I found (which is also the only lead I have on what to do next), and all the other caves have locked doors. I don't have any items to give anyone and I can't buy any more candy. The encounter rate is also brutal; I'm often walking more in the inventory screen to get a bandage than I am in the world between battles!

All that said, I do really like the world and I want to see the rest of the story. Should I maybe start over and respec to focus more on attack, or do you have some pointers?

Actually, the Playdate sideloading site says it can't find the top level pdx file. Is this just the zest file?

Congrats on the release! Just sideloaded and I'll be playing sometime this week!

One of them was made for a bundle a couple of easters ago, I think I changed one of the enemies to a bunny? I don't actually remember haha.

hell yeah

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Yeah I won't be getting a modern OS until our demands are met

Thanks! Can't wait to work on it more!

No prob, just posted it for a local game jam! New, slightly better version will hopefully be up this weekend!

I won't lie, in general you won't get a ton of response for Pulp games unless you're really active/well known, but I would definitely be all up in there if you decide to! There's also the dev forum, which is less traffic but still good for documenting thoughts and progress. I'd love to tag along either way.

Yes! Yes! Orkn pointed me to this and I'm so happy to see it. I love the art and your take on ID's systems and terminology. Pennies in particular feels so good as someone who went to his fair share of summer camps! Very good setting for a Pulp-style adventure as well.
Are you on the Playdate Squad Discord? I would love to follow along with a devlog if you're doing one there or anywhere else. And you KNOW I'm down to playtest!

This is great!

THIS is a good game

Thank you! Hopefully it sustains that momentum for you!

Got it loaded! Thanks!

I played a few rounds, you've got a good thing going here. High score so far is 68. Happy to test any and all builds going forward haha. I feel like most of what I have to say is pretty obvious stuff at this point, like weapon and movement bonuses for killing enemies, specific goals and achievements, characters with different skillsets, pretty classic stuff for this kind of game. It's already off to a pretty strong start though!

That worked! I'll check it out this afternoon!

Hey, super excited about this. But I just tried to sideload it and the website says it can't find the top level PDX.

It hangs on the logo screen, and then the crash screen directs me to this URL, which doesn't have a lot of info haha

https://help.play.date/e0/

Hey! I love the idea of this game, but I loaded it up on my Playdate and it crashes before it can open all the way. I'm on a revA so I'm wondering if it has to do with that, as I've heard the load times can be slower.

I just want you to know, I randomly remembered this game I bought years ago and have been playing it every day for the last two weeks. I like it very much.

Ah! Thank you so much! I'm so glad to hear that. 

Pulp is such a wonderful tool, and there are so many other great games made with it. Good times ahead for you!

Thank you! Trying not to count my chickens when it comes to Catalog, but they did seem excited about it!

really excellent work

Someone linked this to me in the discord last night! Thank you so much! I was just about to email you a thank you haha. Hopefully you'll have another plane ride coming up after I finish the new build so you can check out the super bosses!

Also I clicked around the site a bit, and I'm so glad someone is doing what you're doing. Always good to have another Playdate resource.

Aw thanks!

Stoked!

Totally get it! Great game either way

Just finished the final mission, and it was everything I hoped after seeing the trailer in the direct! NG+ is a very cool challenge as well, as I get big for my britches thinking using high level towers on early stages will be cake, and it's totally not haha.

I did have one crash in the first mission where you don't get any money for destroying ships, early teens I think? But it only happened once and I was able to make it through the rest of the game without it happening again.

Also, I have to assume there are technical limitations in the way, but I would die for a free play mode.

Seriously, I love this game. Definitely gonna remember it for next year's awards!

Oh my word, thank you so much for telling me! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! That really made my day.

Interesting! I will check that out when I get home.

Thank you for the feedback! This is why testing is so valuable haha.

Which caves specifically were you in? The Sunken Tunnel or the Liquor Mines?

The wheels problem should be fixed in the latest version, as you are not the only person who ran into this.

I was actually testing the game on my flight today and ALSO ran into the issue of data not deleting properly! I'm going to consult with the Pulp gurus on this one, but I am out of town for the weekend.

Thanks again for playing. Hopefully in a new go around you won't hit the same issues in the new update. Otherwise, I'll be working on more improvements for a while yet! Thanks again for letting me know!

d'aw

hello! if you are the same person who messaged me on Twitter this morning, I've already sent you a new build on there that should fix this! I'm also gonna work on some other stuff tonight and push out a new build soon that includes this fix and other little improvements. Thanks!

All I gotta do is sell 10,000 copies of Initial Daydream and then we won't have this problem ever again.

You know it!

Just got home from work! a couple more little changes and we're gold