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Hey ambrolen,

Just pushed v1.2.2 with both fixes!

• Images now display inline wherever you place the # IMAGE tag—much more intuitive than always appearing at the top.
• Special pages now correctly reflect current variable values. I added a test in the demo under the Special Pages menu so you can verify it’s working.

You’ll need to download the updated template files and replace them in your project to get these fixes.

Thanks again for the detailed bug reports!

Hey ambrolen!

Thanks for catching that special pages bug! You’re absolutely right, the values aren’t updating as they should.

Special pages are tricky to handle since they need to pause the main story flow while still showing current variable values. It’s one of those features that seems simple but has some complex state management under the hood.

I appreciate your examples with ~alter() and direct assignment, that’ll help me track down exactly where things are going wrong.

For the image placement, it’s actually handled by the JavaScript that processes the IMAGE tag, not pure CSS, so it’s not that easily customizable right now. But you’re right that it would be nice to have more control over where images appear. I could look into adding something a position parameter to the tag so you can decide where the image appears directly in the ink script.

I’ll dig into both of these this week and see what I can do!

Hey, thanks for letting me know about this issue! I really appreciate you taking the time to report it. I can’t seem to reproduce it on my end, though. Could you let me know:

• Are you on mobile or desktop?
• What exactly do you see when you click “Run game” on itch.io? (Blank screen, partial UI, error message, etc.)
• I assume other games on itch.io work for you?

Since you mentioned it works on Neocities but not on itch.io, I suspect this might be related to how the game is embedded in itch.io’s iframe.

For anyone else experiencing similar issues, here’s the Neocities link that you’ve confirmed works: https://one-foot-in.neocities.org/

I’m looking into it and will update once I find a solution. Thanks again for your help!

Thank you, really glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you so much for this comment!

Your read on Nour as the black sheep who gets it because they’re kind of on outside looking in is exactly right. And what S decides to do about their education will depend on a lot of choices throughout the story, you’ll be able to influence them one way or the other.

You’re spot on about tradition too: how do we keep what nourishes us and let go of what suffocates us? Like you said, you can’t do it alone.

I really appreciate you understanding why I locked parts of the MC’s identity—sometimes constraints do make stories stronger.

Sending solidarity on the panic attack recognition—that’s such a hard realization. 💜

(And yes, you’ll definitely find out how MC died!)

I haven’t figured out time travel yet, but I’m working on it! That and chapter 2, obviously. ;)

Thank you so much! I’m both glad and sorry all at once that you can relate in that way. Take good care of yourself, too! 💜

Hey, sorry you didn’t connect with this story. Just to clarify a couple things: this is a Maronite Catholic family (not Muslim), and there are multiple first name and last name options for players to choose from, all with meanings provided.

Thank you for this incredible feedback! My walls definitely can’t handle this level of praise! 💜

And I can’t wait to share more!

Thank you so much! You have no idea how much your comment means to me 💜

Sorry not sorry! 😈 But seriously, thank you for caring about the characters that much! It means a lot to me.

Glad you like it :) Let me know if you think of any functionality improvements or spot any bugs!