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This is so charming; I love it!

My only complaint is that I found out the hard way that saving and loading doesn't work from one session to another when you're playing it in a browser. Whoops, you said that in the description and I forgot to read! Anyway, time for me to download it! :D

Cool! This feels a little more skill-based than your last micro-game, because I can watch the dots and try to get the timing right. :)

It's nice to see more of your work, AGGroAzteca! I caught a couple of rare fish; it looks like each of those counts as 2 fish in the basket total, right?

I like that you called it a Micro-game; that sets expectations nicely and I think the term should be normalized for games that can be completed in <15m.

Very cool!

Bullets reducing max health is an interesting twist!

I like this font. It has personality. :)

I'm enjoying the concept and the cutscene art! I chose the Divine track. I noticed a few issues as I was playing:

* The skeletons I've fought so far don't seem to deal any damage to Prin.

* This one that's guarding a treasure chest doesn't go away when it's defeated.

Ahaha this is adorable! Very nice work.

Great looking font! So clean.

Your monsters from this pack made an appearance in Scarmonde; they look great!

Intuitive gameplay, and unsettling yet surprisingly poignant storytelling.

Hi Cutievirus! I'm developing for Tyruswoo.com and I'd like to work with you on making MZ3D and Tyruswoo Altimit Movement cross-compatible. I tried to contact you on Discord but your Discord link from this page is broken. What would be the best way to reach you and talk through the details of getting our plugins to work together? If you like, you're welcome to email me: mckathlin@tyruswoo.com.

Nicely polished game, and very challenging! I'm stuck on the second Chad level. ':)

I love the concept, and this was a challenge to play! Am I guessing right that the fiends are based on the seven deadly sins?

Not bad! It's cheat-able, but a nice challenge when not cheating. :)

Congrats on the official release! This is exciting!

Thanks, I'll try that next time I play. And if that doesn't work, I'll simply wait patiently for the next build. :)

Oh man, this looks like fun, but I'm unable to play it. After Utar spoke (in the same scene shown in this game's screenshot) and the message box closed, I couldn't move anymore. I couldn't get any buttons to work. Clicking on the screen to recapture focus in case I'd lost it didn't help, either. Please help!

Retro-style RPGs like this are my jam!

Overall Fun: My favorite thing about this game is being a braggadocious, glory-seeking hero. :D  Plus, the mythical ancient Greek setting is fun, and so is the dialogue. Unfortunately, I'm finding it difficult to progress through this game due to balance issues and level design bugs. (My current status: doing a second go-around for the sake of level grinding, but now stuck because it seems the button that opened the route deeper, also closed off part of the loop.) If those issues were fixed, Overall Fun could easily be a 5 out of 5. But as it is, I didn't get the chance to experience much of the game. It's a shame, because it seems to have much to offer.

Art/Graphics: I love the retro look, and the enemy art and character portraits are great! I agree with others' comments that making the bright grass green less saturated (maybe aim for a light spring green instead of the current neon green) would be an improvement. Redrawing the hero so they don't look quite so flat from the side would be good, too.

Controls/UI: The UI basically does what it needs to. My biggest ask would be for a quicksave: not for save scumming purposes, but so that I can save my progress and exit the game mid-dungeon when I have to go do something out-of-game.

The item descriptions are informative and often funny.  They could benefit from giving more details on some things: how much magic or life an item heals (even if it's vague like "a little" or "a lot"), seeing a more complete breakdown of which stats a weapon or armor increases before buying, etc.

Sound/Music: Fits well with the aesthetic, and some of the tunes are quite catchy! My favorite music so far is Thebes, and the slime dungeon. My one complaint is that the music and sounds aren't all matched for volume. For instance, Thebes' music is quieter than most other sounds and music, and some spells and buffs are too loud. I had to adjust my volume between areas so that I could hear the town music, and not have my ears ringing from some in-battle sounds.

Overall, this has the makings of an excellent game, and just needs some rough spots smoothed out. I'm glad I got a chance to play, and hope to play again next version. :)

Oh yes! That will be helpful to know.

This is probably a stupid question, but what does Goo do? I've gotten a lot of it from Slimes, and it shows as if it's supposed to be usable both in and out of battle, but it doesn't do anything in either case. I was hoping if I knew what it was for, it would help me in the forest where I'm finding it; I'm struggling here.

Thank you so much!

Yeah, I first approached that guy from the north, because I'd emerged from the great big basement area where I defeated the slime boss, then up through the dungeon, through the palace, etc.

Here's a picture of where I got stuck.

I was having fun! I'd just defeated a certain very stinky boss, and was on my way back from the north side of Thebes, when I talked to a guy who was standing on a bridge, and suggested he go west. And now my character can't move. I can't open my menu either. Please help!

Thank you, Choco!

It's very generous of you to offer! I wasn't going to ask for financial support until I launch the game's Kickstarter campaign later this year, but since you're offering, I've updated my Ko-fi page for the purpose. If you wish to donate, I'll put the money to good use on the game. https://ko-fi.com/mckathlin

I definitely plan on changing up teammate counts and join conditions by Alpha 5. Your battle UI suggestions are good ideas as well; I'm considering them. Thank you so much for the feedback!

Thanks! Good to know.

How do I pick which of the three skills the right click does?

Thank you so much for your support! If you notice any bugs or have any suggestions, please send a message my way. :)

Thanks for playing! I'd be interested to hear more of your thoughts on battle pacing.

Hey Jessy, thanks for playing! I'm glad you enjoyed. :)

I've added this to the info on controls now; thanks for the reminder!

Your plans sound interesting!

I loved the trial scene; there were some plot twists I wasn't expecting but that make sense! This was fun.

That would be great! :)

Thanks for the tech support! I ran dxdiag and found out my computer has DirectX 12.

In my experience so far, Windows 11 runs basically everything that Windows 10 runs, but I suppose there could be some exceptions. If we're out of ideas for further troubleshooting, I'd better thank you for your time and let you go. I appreciate your help!

I copied in the Saved folder in the place given in the directions of the fix you sent over. Unfortunately, the screen is still black, as before. Do I need to install DirectX?

Update: I used dxdiag and found out that my computer is running DirectX version 12. I hope this helps.

Thanks for the reply! I downloaded Brave x Valor 2.1.1. I'm using Windows 11, and I have Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2013 installed on it. I don't see any installation of DirectX on my computer. What version of DirectX, if any, should I make sure I have?

Hi Anigames Project! I installed the Brave X Valor demo and started it up, but the only things from the game I could actually see were the language selection flags, and the disclaimer text. After those were done showing, everything was pitched black and remained that way for several minutes until I gave up. I heard the game's music (which sounds amazing!) and could tell that my laptop was heating up and working very hard, but I saw nothing.

I suspect that this is a graphics card issue. My laptop is only a couple years old and its graphics card is an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. I hope I'll get a chance to try out this game; if you get another build ready for me to try, please reply to let me know. Thank you!