we appreciate the feedback! Our choice on three save slots is something we may reconsider and expand on down the road. For the moment- we felt it encouraged players to replay and enjoy the experience all over again instead of just having a large amount of saves and exploring everything in a single play through. But we do listen to feedback and change accordingly!
Unfortunately, yes, we noticed a small change to the save system impacted existing saves. We’re working towards fixing that permanently in updates going forward. Sorry about that!
Games in development are tricky when it comes to backward save compatibility.
turns out anyone who’s jumping straight from the original demo release (v1.0.2) to the latest- will need to restart saves. When we built the save anywhere feature in v1.1.0 we changed how saves work.
Save files are stored in your user profile directory, not with the EXE file. So even if you update the EXE and use a newer version - it should pull the same save files from your profile
On windows this is %APPDATA%\Godot\app_userdata\Overworked\saves
So we ran a bunch of testing across a few different versions and Android devices- we couldn’t get the issue to happen. Our saves were intact every time we upgraded. Not sure what happened with your experience but hopefully it doesn’t happen again!
It shouldn't - which platform are you playing on? (Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, SteamDeck?) We'll add in some extra testing to make sure that existing saves are preserved. The only time I can see this happening is if you're on Android and you uninstall the game before installing the latest. If you remove the game then yes - all save files will be removed with it. If you download the latest APK it should just update the existing one while preserving your saves.
It is, and we simply don't have the budget for it. We do have a MacOS version posted now though and in our testing it worked just fine on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.
Thanks for the feedback! We are definitely having a look at our save system and hope to have a much better solution for players to make saves more frequently.
For the mini games: at this time we don’t plan to implement a skip option. While the game primarily presents itself as a VN right now, we’re aiming for more of a click-and-explore type story which lends itself to more interactivity than just reading and following the story. The games and how well the player performs them will have an impact on the story.
We hope you decide to stick around and enjoy the rest of the game as it’s built, but if it’s not something that appeals to you- that’s OK too.
It depends! Are you running on a fairly new device or an older one? We tested with a few phones and tablets and didn't note anything running slowly - but obviously the Android ecosystem is fairly vast. Older devices may take a bit more time to load and unload things.
The EXE file is created by compiling the Godot Engine with Embedded PCK - there are reports of Godot games being flagged as false positive in virus scanners. We assure you we did not develop a virus.
The EXE file is created by compiling the Godot Engine with Embedded PCK - there are reports of Godot games being flagged as false positive in virus scanners. We assure you we did not develop a virus.
Wow apologies for the super late reply on this one.
Engaging Destiny takes place in a world known as Talestrios and there are a few other stories that tie into Engaging Destiny in one way or another. Endless Bounty (https://dynewulf.itch.io/endless-bounty), Tales Of Lorithel: Bonds of Royalty (https://dynewulf.itch.io/tolbor), and Eternal Endeavor (https://dynewulf.itch.io/eternal-endeavor-demo) are all set in the same universe. If you look closely enough, you might even catch some cameos from these titles in Engaging Destiny itself :)
Glad you enjoyed ED! Stay tuned to future games that take place in the same universe.
Thanks for all the wonderful feedback! Sorry to hear you were having issues with the Itch download - generally only folks going through the Itch Client application will experience issues. A direct download in your browser from the itch page should be working just fine. Anyway - glad you are enjoying it :)
Happy to hear you enjoyed the game! Sorry the ending was so unexpected, the story we wanted to tell about Calen coming to terms with himself and his feelings for Warrick was the main focus and we feel we addressed it pretty well. We haven't talked about direct sequels for Engaging Destiny but you never know what the future might hold. There will be more titles set in this world so Calen & Warrick may pop up in another entry.
the script file has to be put in the same directory as Engaging Destiny.app -> do not put it inside the .app but just in the same directory as the .app file itself
If you are still having issues, please come find me on Discord ( @ medwyn_ ) and I'll try to help out.
That's so weird! From the screenshot you sent it's almost like you tried showing Garret the soap? We'll have a look at this and see if there's a bug hiding there we need to fix. Thanks for letting us know!
