HIII yes the demo would be act 1, then I'm working currently on act 2 script, and it will be a fair amount of content before we start with the actual big routes! And thank you so much for the proposal I appreciate it!
Thank you so much for your amazing comment! I always appreciate when people have takes like these and do such deep analysis on the game, I love it! Thank you so much for playing and I'm really glad you liked it!
Hi! It's totally fine since it's just a free demo, but once the full PAID game is released , it would be better to have some commentary or some external value added to the video since uploading the entire paid game would hurt me directly as an indie developer, I hope you understand what I mean, and thank you for playing the game!
I have! And I really couldn't find anything that could possibly be doing this! I'm so sorry my knowledge in coding and these type of technical issues don't go that far, seriously!...but I've tried to do some research on my own, I've seen some stuff that could be acting up on your computer because considering the great amount of people that have been able to play with no issues it's logical to consider that it's not exactly the game files themselves!....
So for what I've seen, it could be the typical issue with the antivirus/windows defender! Try disabling it and see if it works!
It also could be that if you're using the itchio desktop app, itch app is notorious for throwing TLS/network errors if local network settings or certificates are out of sync. Try to download the game directly through a standard web browser instead!
And other stuff that I've found I'd copy/paste it here textually:
It seems the download keeps dropping mid-way, the critical engine library librenpython.dll is either completely missing or only partially downloaded (0 KB), causing Windows to throw the "not designed to run on Windows or contains an error" message.
Try an alternate web browser or Incognito mode: If Google Chrome is consistently failing to retrieve the file, they should clear their browser cache, use an Incognito window, or try a completely different browser like Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft Edge.
Use a download manager: If their local internet connection drops frequently, a download manager tool can handle the intermittent packet loss and prevent the archive from corrupting before it finishes.
(For what I've seen, this is an issue that occurs specifically when you're in the process of the download.... I'm really really sorry I can't be of much help more than research myself and trying to help like this!)
Heyyy! thank you so much! and oh please tell me if you find those spelling errors! you can DM me on twitter, tiktok or even tumblr if you want and i'll happily revise it! ill fix them right away! thank you!
Corrupted? How so? I didn't update the demo, I just changed it's name in itchio so it says "Demo" but I didn't touch the files themselves.... that's so weird I really have no idea how could that happen
Thank you!!! And definitely there will be more options but not the way you think, I don't like adding meaningless options for stuff that seems irrelevant or unnecessary, I prefer to leave the choices to the minimum so they feel impactful! So there will be a few minor choices to make it more interactive but the BIG choices will be just to decide which route you'll do, and every route will be a big fully made and original story on it's own, so there won't be much branching or like 1582 possible endings...if there's 4 big routes, then there will be 4 endings type of thing
Thank you so much for the advice! It honestly never occurred to me to do the exploration thing, and also I'm extremely new to coding so I had no idea it was even possible to do such thing! I'll do more research and see if I can learn properly and maybe integrate it into the full game!
God this is so sweet! Thank you so much for everything you've said it means a lot to me! Everyone has been very supportive and it makes me very happy that I delivered something that people enjoyed and that was worth your time! Thank you for your kind words! <3
Thank you so much for playing! And the MC is not customizable cuz she's not a self insert! She's just another character with personality and appearance, the objective of this VN was never to make a self insert but rather have the player as a witness of a story they can alter through choices! Play for a little longer and maybe you might even like her!
Oh my gosh SPELLING ERRORS?! I swear I used a spell check software and ran the script like 5 times to make sure everything was okay! English is not my first language so maybe you mean that's why some sentences might look kinda weird, I apologize!!!
oh woah that's probably one of the most detailed takes on the game I've seen so far!...I love it so much when players go so in depth with each little thing they notice and like, it makes me realize that people will understand what I'm trying to show with each scene!...thank you so much for your comment and for playing the game! and I fully agree on the NSFW thing, I'll make it all flow organically in the story because i want players to feel rewarded when they finnally get there! I don't want to do it just for the sake of drawing NSFW, i want it to feel important, special and relevant to the plot!
omg such a great comment!!!! haha thank you so much I'm so so soooo glad you liked it that much you have no idea! thank you for the compliments too! this made my day <3
Thank you so much really! It was really nice to hear you enjoyed your time playing it, and the compliments to the writing are also greatly appreciated! Because I have been drawing my entire life, but I've never written anything this big before...not leaving plot holes , connecting characters, world building and even making a good character are things I never thought I was good at! So thank you so much! I'm sooo glad you liked it and I really appreciate your kind comment! <3
Hello! yes it's completely fine!...I want everyone to have fun and enjoy the game! thank you so much for this and for playing it, ALSO REMEMBER if you clicked too fast and you want to see the dialogue you just missed, all you have to do is roll back your mouse wheel! it'll show the previous text!.... I'm really glad you liked it, and I hope your voice gets better! <3
Oh the history thing is a good detail, i'll research how to add it! also if you want to read text that has already passed, you can roll back your mouse wheel on pc, or touch the "back" button on the quickmenu on the mobile version to see previous dialogue! and remember there's always the option to save your gameplay! that feature is made so you can save regularly and take it from there or replay the scenes you want!
Hehe they really do, but I actually had planned somethimng like that from the beggining, so I wont discard it, it all depends on peoples opinion and reaction to the idea, if it's mostly positive, I might consider it...if not, well, I'll leave that to the fanartists!
Hey! of course!...I know you and I trust your work, I know you've done the same with The Freak Circus, Big Bad Dogs and other visual novels, so it's totally fine!
I understand why this might feel a bit frustrating, but it was very important for the story to move foward!...I just felt like the game had no options at all, and wanted to let know players that I am willing to use that feature, and don't worry, the demo is a linear story but once I make the routes, the options you choose will actually impact greatly on the plot!...this was just a little test to say "Hey, I know how to do it, and you can expect it to be on the full game!"
Thank you so much for your criticism, you points are totally valid and I'll definitely keep them in mind!... also regarding the text flow thing, you CAN go back haha!...in the Android version there's a button down on the quick menu that says "back" and it makes the text go to the previous dialogue, and in PC you just need to roll back your mouse wheel and it will go back as much as you want!...oh and also, to know when you can click, that's exactly why I added the little pulsing heart at the end of the text, once it appears, it means the text is fully over! If it doesn't, it means you still have to click cuz there's text left!...I guess I didn't make it very intuitive though.
Haha I'm sooo glad you liked it! And I really love players like you that like to analyze and watch closely because I LOVE doing stuff like little reactions or subtle moments than you later will be like "oh so that's why..."
And I really appreciate your kind words, I know this is just a demo and it's not a lot, but believe me I have big ideas and everything will get even more fucked up hehe... I'm just taking a little break to gather opinions, feedback and give some time to create a bit of a fanbase that can give me new ideas and help me with their theories! Thanks for the support<3
Thank you for your comment!...yes, it was kinda an illusion because I felt like it could be a good moment after an entire demo without choices, to let know players that I can and i will make use of the choice feature, since the game feels pretty straightforward, but I also need the story to go in that specific way for it to progress further!...I apologize if it felt frustrating and I totally understand, I'm relatively new to this so I'm just testing the waters a bit, I'll keep your comment in mind and will avoid making similar situations like this in the future!
Oh nonono it was not Miles!...Miles was sleeping with Eric's ex-girlfriend , and she found stuff on Eric's phone and told Miles, now he's using that against Sarah!
