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 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!!
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!!
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 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!! 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!)
Thank you so much for enjoying cirrus!! It might take some time until the next update since I'm working on various other projects at the moment, but I've got it all planned for when I've got a chance to keep working on it! :'D
Thank you so much for playing and for the detailed bug report!! A bunch of bugs were found and were fixed during testing but I completely missed these... I'll fix them as soon as I can and post a bugfix update. I'm glad you've enjoyed it so far! :'D
I accidentally deleted it while cleaning up unused font files (there were a bunch more before from when I was testing new fonts). I updated the executable, so if I didn't miss anything else, it should work fine now! Sorry for the trouble, and hope you enjoy the update! :')
Thank you so much for playing The Stairway!!! It really means a lot that it was able to give you such an emotional and relaxing experience, and that it gave you comfort through such a difficult moment! I wish your partner a very swift recovery!
Since it's an old game, sometimes I think about the things I would have done different if I had worked on it now, but hearing this makes me really glad I made this game when I did. :') I hope you enjoy my other works if you check them out!!
Not at all, it's great to hear your feelings about it!! It's a very interesting way of seeing it! I'm really glad this little story and world was able to make this impression on you. Thank you so much for playing Goodbye Tired Stars! :'D
Thank you so much for playing it!! I'm especially happy that the music helped, since it was my first time composing proper background music. I'm glad you enjoyed it! :'D
Thank you so much for playing it, and for the video too! Hearing this really means a ton!! (Friends of mine keep telling me to add more planets, so I'm really starting to wonder if I should... lol)
Thank you so much for playing it, and for the let's play too!! It was very entertaining to watch, it's always interesting to see the reactions of people as they play :') As a beginner composer, I'm especially happy to hear you enjoyed the music!
