Of course, and I think I understand you better now! While my lips are sealed on some story elements here, let my just say this:
What you're feeling is exactly what I originally hoped you would.
Things will make much more sense later - assuming the project gains support and I'll be able to continue it into the future!
Thank you so much for your feedback, Chestercat! For sure about the Shrinking Scene - I realized too long after I had written it, I put myself into just that situation where if the player was in your exact situation, it would be pretty awkward. Unfortunately by that time in the development, I wasn't really able to put the proper resources to fixing that. Assuming I'm able to continue the project into the future, I will certainly add that option.
Regarding the 'Shrinking Scene' as the 'Cannon' choice I do have to disagree with, unfortunately. There definitely was a lot of work that went into those scenes for sure - but that was more of due to the animation/still-frame timeline and structure rather than an actual preference towards that scene, or any other scenes for that matter.
Regarding the previous options - I'm against having any of my options lead directly to a "Game Over" because I'd like for them to have a direct impact on the story's continuation (as much as possible). And there's options that the player will have little control over (such as the player character's early history, Shorestone's Duke having been executed, and them being sent as a messenger).
That being said, I do want the player to have as much control over the player character as possible and if I gain enough support, I'd like to include different options and perhaps models (or character creation, if I am so fortunate!) for the player to chose as their character. Regarding this option specifically, I may consider having a few different choices for some of these past flashbacks. However, some things do need to more or less "canonically" occur for the game to be called...Honeymoon Quest.
Thanks so much! The voice acting, though it is another expense, is pretty essential to the project I'd say. Consider that the Narrator is as much of a character as Cordelia, at least according to the story I have in mind.
Hjalgrin, you were so thorough that this helped so much with fixing the errors! Apologies again for not messaging sooner, it's been a crazy couple of days (today also being my birthday didn't help), but I'm hoping to add the fixes by tomorrow or Friday if I can.
I really couldn't have done this without you, Hjalgrim - thank you so much! This version will work much better I think (and hope)!
Aaah, thank you so much! That's very high praise and I'm really glad you enjoyed it
My logic with it being free is because I want to continue this project into the future, and essentially just give a "taste" of what it could be. I'll definitely need financial support to continue - this was all done out of pocket and was pretty expensive (though rewarding in it's own way).
I'm hoping people get a chance to play through the Demo and consider helping me continue it through Patreon if they have the ability to, or otherwise "spread the word" about the project.
Also, BOINK! And I'll definitely try - I have the motivation and the resources...just not a bottomless bank account.
Perfect perfect! Thank you so much for going out of your way to do this, Hjalgrim - this really helps a lot!
Regarding the gallery scenes you asked about in your other reply, I believe there's an error with the gender titles. To clarify, you know in the beginning where it asks after male/female sex the "male, female, other?" Well, I believe those lines might be causing the issue. I had thought that myself and one of my programmers had made it that it would simply use the option the player chose in game. However, if they played the gallery before starting the game...I can see that being an issue.
But if it errors out even if the game was completed all the way through first, then it will be a slightly larger issue.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write! Apologies for the late message. I see the error and I’ll do my best to take care of it and release an update before the end of the week! I’d do it sooner, but I’m moving for work tomorrow and might be pretty busy until the weekend.
I heard there were issues with the gallery section as well? I think I know what I can do to fix this, but I just wanted to confirm this was definitely an issue.
