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So sorry for the late reply! Thank you so much for playing!! :’)

Part of the reason why I made the characters re-nameable was so players could add a bit more of a personal interpretation, so you’re free to read them as it feels best for your adventure!

(So sorry for the super late reply!!)

Thank you so so much for playing!! I’m really fond of how the lake part turned out, so I’m glad you enjoyed it especially :’D

(Big apologies for the super late reply!!)

Thank you so much for playing it and for recording it!! I’m really glad to hear it was able to immerse you in the story! :’D

My biggest apologies for the late reply!

My guess is that since it detects it as an unusually downloaded file, the download doesn’t complete properly and stays as a .crdownload file, so it doesn’t fully work as an .exe as it should. If it helps, I can guarantee the file is safe to download and execute. One option I can think of is downloading it with a different browser if you still want to give the game a try!

Apologies again for the lateness and for the issues!

Thank you so so much for playing!! I’m really glad you enjoyed it! ;v; (sorry for the late reply!)

Thank you so so much for playing, Hymeji! And for recording it too! ;v; I’m really glad you enjoyed it!!

Go ahead! No problem at all :’D

OH LMAOO No worries at all then!! I put that in the description so people wouldn’t expect it to be horror but I can see why it might make it more suspicious XD

Hello! What part seems like false advertising? Honest question. I want to be sure if there’s anything I didn’t describe well!

Thank you so much for playing Omen of Rain!! It means a lot that you were able to connect with it in such a way. ;v; The atmosphere is definitely my favorite part of this story, so I’m glad it worked well!

Waaa I'm really glad you enjoyed it!! Thank you so much for playing it!! Drawing the planets was one of the most enjoyable parts of this story hehe

If you'd like to translate it, I'd be glad to accept!! If you want, feel free to send me a mail to the address in the readme file, and I can send you the script so it's easier to work with!

About the typo, I checked again and it's technically not incorrect, but it's a very literary way of writing "I wish I could, but I can't"! It's not very common, so it might be a bit confusing. Since I'm not a native English speaker, a lot of the expressions I use when writing are from what I've absorbed from reading, so my word choices can sometimes be a bit odd lmaoo

Thank you so so much for playing and putting it in such a beautiful way!! Ib was definitely one of the main inspirations for it along with Yume Nikki, so I'm glad it was able to transmit such a feeling. ;v;

Thank you so much for playing and  recording it too!! I'm really glad you enjoyed it! You described it in very heartwarming words. :')

No worries at all, I appreciate the feedback a ton! Knowing what doesn't work well helps me know what to improve when I get to work on the post-jam update! I'm taking note of all of this.

Unfortunately with the time limit of one month I had to cut out some stuff, like the crown part or making more detailed sprites, so hopefully I can add everything properly in the future. :')

I'm glad you were able to enjoy part of it nonetheless! Thank you so much!!

Hello! Thank you so much for playing Moonlit Blessed first of all!!

I'm so sorry that happened! If you have any other saves, you can try reloading from a previous one if it helps recover progress. The scene select has a warning to tell that the progress after the selected scene will be reset, but I can make it stand out more in a future update so accidents like this don't happen ;v;

If in another moment you want to give it another try, you can skip through the dialogue a bit faster by holding shift+z! If it helps too, at the moment the crown doesn't change much aside from the decision to choose who carries it. But in a future update, maybe something else might happen...?

So sorry for the late reply!! Thank you so much for playing!! ;v; I'm really honored that it was able to make you feel for the characters!! 

About the bug with the black screen, is the version you have the newest version of the game? If it's the newest version, I'll check to see if I missed anything that could still bug the scene select screen.

Thank you so much for the typo report too!! I'll make sure to fix it when I'm able to update the game!

I'm really glad you enjoyed it!! Thank you so much for playing! :'D

I'm really glad you enjoyed the story!! Thank you so much for playing! :'D

Thank you so much!!! I'm really glad you enjoyed it! :'D

Thank you so much for playing!! I'm really flattered to hear that! ;v;

Thank you so much for playing!! I'm glad you enjoyed it! :'D

For the text problem, I might have missed some places where the text goes outside the textbox (especially with longer character names). I'll give it a thorough check when I get to work on the future update eventually. Thank you so much for letting me know!

Thank you so much for playing!! At the moment there are six endings, but I plan to add a seventh one in the future.

The backgrounds were mostly a mix of time saving and experimenting, but I plan on drawing my own for a future update so they fit much better with the rest of the visuals. :')

I'm happy you enjoyed it!! Thank you so much for playing and recording it! It's always great to see the first impressions :')

Thank you for letting me know of the bugs too! Was the version you played an older one? If it was the newest version, I'll make sure to re-check it for any issues when I get to work on it again. (But if it wasn't the newest one, it should all be fixed now!)

Thank you so much for playing!! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

At the moment, those are the only final endings! The other three can happen along the journey depending on the choices. I do have a 7th ending planned that I want to add, though! I didn't have time to add it to the game jam version, so it'll be coming in a future update along with more improvements :')

Thank you so much for playing!! I hope you'll enjoy the other endings too! :')

Thank you so so much!! I'm really flattered to hear this. :'D

That was my exact intention with the name/gender select! It could have worked with a choice menu too, but I thought it would be a nice way to introduce the characters a little at the same time. Big agree on the moon too, Moon's haunted will never not be a peak fantasy trope. 🙏 I'm glad I've been able to make a story with it!!

Thank you so much for playing Moonlit Blessed!! I'm glad you enjoyed it :'D I'll do my best to bring the 7th ending as best as it can be!

If you want a hint, endings 1 and 2 can be found pretty early on depending on what you choose!

Yup!! The Stairway was the very first game I made! This year it's going to be its 10th anniversary, so I'm planning on doing something a bit related to it to celebrate :')

My biggest thanks to you once again for playing it!! I'm honored that it was able to give such a good experience ;v; It's a big relief to hear the scene select works now too! I'll do my best to improve it as best as I can and give it the polish it deserves!!

Thank you so much!! :')

Thank you so much for playing!! :'D

I'm glad you enjoyed the art!! I had wanted to try out making a visual novel with edited photos for the backgrounds for a while, but it was definitely in part for the time efficiency too.  I'll take note of adding more hints for the endings too for future improvements! If you want a hint to avoid ending 3 in a future playthrough and see the rest of the story, you can try choosing the options where you teamwork more with the Hero. o/

I definitely want to expand it in the future and add the stuff I didn't have enough time to do and more. Without the time constraint I could redraw the backgrounds myself to keep them more consistent and close to how I imagined the places, and maybe even make them explorable maps :')

The music is all royalty free tracks from various composers! The vocal one from the title screen is by zippy, with the vocals made with VSynth if I'm not wrong.

This isn't exactly a question related to the jam process itself, but is using the banner art of the jam for YouTube thumbnails allowed? I was thinking of playing some jam games on stream, so I wanted to make sure first.

Thank you so much!! :'D

Thank you so so much for trying the updated version!! I really appreciate it a ton. ;v;

I added one final small fix, I'm not sure if it will completely solve it, but hopefully it does! If not, then for the future it is. I hope that when I can update it again after the jam fully ends I can make it as best as possible so it's not frustrating.

I'll be looking forward to the video and review and hearing your insights!! Thank you so much!!

It happens often with RPG Maker compressed files since they're executables, but I can guarantee there's nothing unsafe in it! If you want more reassurance, there's the comments below from people who have played it o/

Thank you so much for playing!! I'm really glad the story had the intended effect hehe. Unfortunately I had to cut out the final/true ending because of the time constraints, but I really want to add it after the jam fully ends! One of the testers said exactly that too, about expanding it with more traditional RPG elements like battles and exploration! There's definitely a lot I haven't been able to expand on as much as I'd wanted, so I'm definitely considering it for the future. :'D

The scene select menu has been a real struggle, but I think I've managed to fix it in the latest bugfix update, fortunately! I do recommend making a new save just in case to avoid conflicts, but if I haven't missed anything, it should be working well now hopefully. Thank you very much!!

Thank you so much for playing and for the bug report! I'm so sorry you had to bear with so many issues ;; I imagine the reason for the ending 2 happening every time might be that if you restart from that scene itself without redoing the first Guardian, the decisions necessary for it will have already happened, but I'll check if it happens even if that's not the case. Feel free to send me the save, that will definitely help fix all the issues!

Still, I'm glad you enjoyed the game!! And thank you for recording it! As for a hint for ending 3, during the first two guardians, try making decisions that don't align with the Hero's plans even if it's with good intentions.

Thank you so much for checking out more of my games too!! I'm glad you enjoyed it! :'D

EDIT: I updated the game with a hopefully fixed scene select menu! I recommend making a new save to avoid any conflicts, but it should be working better now if I didn't miss anything. :')

Thank you so so much for playing and for the thourough feedback!! I'm especially honored you enjoyed the art :'D

The issue with the scene select and black screen definitely has to be a bug, so I'll look into it and fix it as soon as I can. The eventing of the scene select is an absolute nightmare that I finished at like 9am with no sleep, so I'm not surprised it still breaks at some points... If it keeps happening the best option might be to restart from the beginning for now. I'll consider removing the pauses in the future too if I can't figure out a way to make a more efficient skip option!

EDIT: I've updated the game with a hopefully fixed scene select menu! I recommend making a new save to avoid any conflicts, but if I didn't miss anything it should be working better now!

Thank you so much for playing!! To give a little hint for the one you're missing: if you see a cat somewhere, maybe there's a way to make it react!

Thank you so much for playing!! I'm really glad you've enjoyed it so far. :'D The ending will still take some more updates to come, but it's already planned at least! (I hope you enjoy them if you decide to try any of my other projects too!)