haha every game I make will always have at least one <3

Oh that sucks, I'm not sure why that might be happening!  You might want to check the app's Write permissions if you're on Mac. If you're on Windows you might want to look into the save files (there should be a Saves folder inside the The Hero's Journey_Data folder) and see if things disappear when you quit the game.

Aw I'm so glad to hear that T_T

Oh I'm glad it worked out in the end! I'm glad you enjoyed it and that it'll stick with you :)

Aw thank you! I'm glad to hear your friends love the game (and Beca!) too <3

Have you tried enabling "Read & Write" permissions on the game? This is usually the issue on Mac if you can't get past CGs (also if you can't save or change anything in the settings). You can check the permissions of the game by right-clicking and selecting "Get Info".

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I'm so happy you feel so strongly about your choices and the characters :') Leaving Emrys and Beca behind to take the Sun path is a hard choice for sure! I cried when I wrote Beca's scenes on the Sun path sometimes, I love her and it's hard to write her and Emrys as antagonists T_T I think it makes it all the more heartfelt and sweet when you do take the Star path and get to have them by your side though!
Thanks for taking the time to write your thoughts and feelings!

Ah I'm glad you liked it! I'm also hungry for that sort of content so I'm trying to do my part to bring some more into the world :')

aw thank you, I'm really glad to hear that!

aw I'm glad! I also get more and more excited to release the extended demo as I make more progress on it, I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone's thoughts on the new content!

He does also have four, but I just checked the script and it seems I forgot to make one of them unlock in the gallery. I'll make a fix for this soon! Thanks for letting me know!

I'm glad you're enjoying it so far :) I love VNs/games that have drastically different paths too, it's really thought-provoking to see the same story from different perspectives!
I think Emrys is a little easier than Solas haha

You can send me an email at manekimushidev@gmail.com and I'll give you the booklet file! Just use the email connected to your paypal/what you used to buy the game so I can check your purchase :)

Thank you :)

Thank you so much :)

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I'm a sucker for happy endings so I had to give him one, despite everything :') I'm glad you liked him and his route!

This contains the full game + the NSFW DLC, so you can buy it by itself!

Aw I'm glad you liked Blank! I use Naninovel, a visual novel extension for Unity!

No, sorry! The protagonist is really established and her appearance/gender are really integral to the story.

I'm so glad you liked it!
They'll both start unveiling a bit of their backstories and more sides of themselves in the content I'm planning for the extended demo :)

I'm glad you do :)

I'm not sure! Are you playing on Mac or PC? If the former, there could be issues with the permissions given to the game (it needs to be allowed to "write"). Another potential reason might be that the drive the game is located in doesn't have enough space to create a new save.

I hope you'll enjoy Saint Ceri too :)

I'm glad you're interested in the characters! Everyone will get a bit more backstory/time to shine in the extended demo :)

Thank you!

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it :)

I'm the same, I get too excited/frustrated playing wips :) I'm really happy to hear you liked THJ and this demo!
I actually haven't read LotR but a friend has told me they can see the comparison because Tolkien likes to write about the mundane aspects of travel/meals and the like? I do really love that stuff, as can be seen with the bath scene haha.
Thank you for commenting!

Was it for "The Hero's Journey (full game)" or "The Hero's Journey (NSFW edition)"? The former would give you the files for this version of the game:
https://maneki-mushi.itch.io/theherosjourney
(this version doesn't have the NSFW content, but the purchase would have unlocked the booklet)
If it was the latter you would have been able to download the NSFW edition of the game, but not the booklet.

Maybe you weren't logged in/you were logged into a different itch.io account? This page https://itch.io/docs/buying/already-bought has advice on this, or you can just look for an email from itch.io (sent to the same email address that's connected to your Paypal account). They should have emailed you when you made the purchase, and it will contain a link to the downloads.

Do you mean that itch.io is not letting you download the booklet? It should be available if you purchase the game for $8 or more. This will unlock the downloads for both the game files and the booklet pdf (these are separate files, you'll have to press the Download button for both).

I'm considering it! The NSFW scenes that occur before the epilogues will be skippable (and skipping them won't lock you out of any routes). The various endings will be pretty NSFW-heavy, but I could do the same thing I did in THJ with fade-to-black scenes, and having an option to toggle them on/off. My only concern is that players who choose this option might feel they're not getting much out of the game (since most of the planned CGs are NSFW).
I'll think more about it as development progresses!

Thank you so much, and I'm happy to hear you liked the booklet too! 
I'm actually going to publish a fix soon so this is helpful!






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Noted for Emrys's epilogue, that'll be fixed!
Just to be sure, the issue with the repeating lines occurs in the epilogue where you've spoken to the stranger? And the lines that repeat are the one you mentioned + "Paladin Tomos has been a good friend to her, she tells you... (etc)"? Or is it something else?

I'm not sure what makes the gallery not show up at all sometimes, but as for only 4 CGs showing up I will upload a fix for it soon!

Could you describe what happens exactly; all the CG slots still show the little lock icon? or does the gallery not show up at all?
Also are you playing on Windows or Mac?

No, this is an otome with a predefined female protag!

thank you :)

:') one day I'll finally catch them all
I'll wait for more bug reports to make a fix since this isn't too big, but thanks for letting me know!

I'm so glad you liked it and my other games! I'm working on the demo for my next project now, looking forward to sharing it with everyone soon ;)

If you press the Escape key it'll open the pause menu, where you can find the "journal" button!

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this! Rhain does seem to really want to be big haha. I'll fix everything and have an updated build up soon, thanks again :)