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Hi!! Thank you so much for dropping by with a comment. It's definitely nice to be reminded that there's still continued interest in my little game! 😂 

The game is still going! Progress has been slower because I've been busy with irl things like moving house + my mental health has been really bad these few months. But only part of Sebastien's route is left so the finish line is in sight! Tentatively I'd say maybe final beta will be ready in a few months, followed by public full release? 

I'm really sorry about the delays and keeping you waiting for so long! But once again, thank you so much still for still remembering and being interested in RS 💖

Thank you so much for playing Emberfate, and I'm glad to hear you enjoyed Nathan's route! If you join my Discord server (https://discord.gg/qKuAB9q), you'll find a link to a Google Docs walkthrough for the game. Sorry I can't link it directly here since it's meant to be a perk for my Discord community. Let me know if you have trouble finding the link inside the server. Thanks again for playing! 💖

Hi! Thank you so much for checking in again and still being interested in the game!🥹I'm so sorry about the delays >_< My real life ended up unexpectedly getting in the way in the past few months due to moving as well as other problems causing my mental health to decline pretty badly.

But I hope it helps to hear that I'm inching towards the finish line now! Jori's route is finalized and will be ready for beta next week (just wrapping up coding and testing for his ending epilogues), and then it's just Sebastien's route left. 

I'm estimating it will take maybe 2-3 months to finish rewriting/editing and coding in Sebastien's route (which is roughly about over halfway finalized script-wise atm). Afterwards, it'll be just recording & implementing the voice acting lines, and that would be all for the game! 

Right now, I'm aiming for an end of the year release and honestly would really prefer to wrap the game up before 2025 ends. Worst case scenario, if the schedule proves to be a problem, I might leave out the partial voice acting and add them in later as a patch. So you can probably tentatively mark a reminder to check back in before end of the year, though I'll make another devlog/announcement post too before release once I set an exact launch date, of course. 

Thank you so much for your patience and ongoing interest!! 💖 I hope the game will be worth your wait in the end.

Ahhh thank you so much! I'm really happy that you still remember the game and are looking forward to playing 💖 Though I'm ashamed to admit this devlog post you commented on was from last year, because I thought I could finish the game by Q3 last year... 😭but the game has made a lot more progress since this devlog and will definitely be out this year (2025) if it's the last thing I do, most likely Q2/Q3 (for real this time 😂) I'll make another devlog post here once I have a fixed release date! ✨

Hey! I'm so sorry to hear about the weird bug you're experiencing... I've been investigating the issue but failing to reproduce it on my end. So I'm chiming in to add to Rose's response, but please send us the save file that is bugged that keeps being loaded & then if you have it, another save file that *should* be close to it before the bugged saved was made. 

You can find all .save files in the game folder > saves folder, and they look like 1-1-LT1.save, 1-2-LT1.save etc.! The number corresponds to the save file's position in the save/load grid in game, so if the bugged save is for example, at the start of the second row, then it should be 1-4-LT1.save.

After sending us the save files, please delete the bugged save (by hovering over the slot in the save/load screen in game, and then pressing Delete on your keyboard. A pop up confirm should appear asking if you want to delete it.) and downloading the newest version of the game from the attached files on this Itch.io page (1.2.2). Try and load the other saves and see if the other saves behave correctly! If not, please report back and let me know. 

Thank you so much for your patience, and so sorry once again for the issues.

Hi! Thank you for playing Emberfate and for the question 💖 Don't worry, it doesn't sound weird at all. 

The base game will always remain free to play on both Itch.io and Steam, but later on, there'll be some small paid DLCs that add extra content like Potato's romance route. So no worries if you ever want to redownload the game in the future — you should always be able to! :)

Hi! I'm so sorry to hear about your issue. At a glance, I have no clue what's causing this. Can you make a save here at this point where you're stuck and then look in the "saves" folder of the game and find its corresponding save file (1-<# of your save file in the list of slots>-LT1.save) and then send it to me either by email (contact@windchimesgames.com) or on Discord (wind.chimes)? I'll look into the issue further once I receive the save. Thank you so much!

This is the full game including all 8 episodes :)

Hi! Sorry to hear about the unexpected issue you were having. Unfortunately, I'm unable to replicate your issue on my end, and I haven't heard of other reports of that so far. 

At that early point of the game, the only chats that you are required to complete  before progression are guild chat and raid voice comms. Please check to make sure the guild chat is not paused, is scrolled all the way to the bottom and there are no outstanding choices. If you have immersion mode on, please wait for the voice dialogue lines to complete and auto advance (if you don't have auto-advance setting on, you have to click personally on the screen to advance to the next raid voice line) and choose any choices that pop up accordingly.

If the issue persists, please include a screenshot of the point you couldn't progress past and more information about your problem (e.g. Windows or Mac or Linux, game version, what choices you've chosen so far in the chats, etc.)

Thank you, and I apologize again for the inconvenience!

Thank you for playing Emberfate! I'm really glad to hear you enjoyed the game <3 It makes me so happy whenever someone says the game is immersive and makes them feel like they're in a real MMO.

Btw, there's also a guide available in my Discord server if you ever want to hunt down the other endings and consequences of different choices!

Thank you so much again for playing and taking the time to leave a comment!

Hi! I promise I haven't forgotten about this bug report, but somehow, I still have not been able to replicate the error on my end or locate the issue in the code. I'll keep investigating this issue, but if anyone else runs into this problem, please let me know and any more details you can provide would be helpful too! Thank you, and I'm sorry for the inconveniences caused!

Thank you so much for playing Emberfate! I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed it. The game is inspired by my nostalgia and fond memories of my own found family of guilds and online gaming friend groups growing up, so I'm really happy that the game hits close to home for you and was a comforting experience, which means I've achieved the goal I set out to do! <3

Hi! Sorry to hear about the unexpected bug. Can you please provide more information on where you're encountering this bug? For example, which chapter did this occur, and at what point in the story (which conversation in guild)? Who has left the guild at that point in time? Unfortunately, I'm unable to locate and fix this bug without more details on the occurrence. Thank you, and I apologize again for the inconvenience!

HAHAH I agree, the world of Emberfate is a lot better than the real world, and I'd much rather be talking to the guild all day long instead 😂 I'll be adding a DLC for Potato's route ($4.99) at the end of the year / early 2024, so maybe you can come back to the game when that happens and romance another cutie in your guild too👀

Regardless, thank you so much for playing Emberfate, and I'm really glad that you enjoyed it! <3

Thank you so much for such kind compliments!! <3 I'm so happy to hear the game was an enjoyable experience.

I had a lot of fun making Emberfate too, and I definitely have considered the possibility of making a sequel / spin-off of the same set-up but a different guild... But if it ever happens, it'd be very far off in the future and would depend entirely on my financial situation to see if I can afford funding another game. 

However, good news is, there will be additional content coming for Emberfate at the end of this year / early 2024! A DLC for Potato's route will be released for $4.99, and I'm hoping to be able to do some minor content updates for the base game as well. Hoping to see you back in the world of Emberfate when that happens! :D

👀A valid reaction to seeing them honestly. I hope you enjoyed their route! <3

Sorry for the late reply, but yes, there is a full guide for all endings that is available if you join our Discord server!

Hi! Thanks for your interest in Emberfate! There are plans to port Emberfate to Android, but it probably won't come any time soon because there's a lot of UI adjustments that have to be done for it to fit on the mobile screen, and I've never done mobile port before so it'll take some time for me to figure out the programming side of things. I'll make announcements on social media once the Android port is ready though, so be sure to follow us to stay tuned!

Hi! Thank you for playing Emberfate, and I'm sorry to hear about the issues! Unfortunately, I'm not able to replicate your issue on my end, and I've double checked the code which should be working fine. Perhaps you can try redownloading the newest build from the game and restarting from an earlier Day 6 save. If that doesn't work, you can PM me on Discord @ Windchimes#1995 to send me your save file with this issue so I can take a look to see what the problem is. Sorry about the inconvenience!

没想到我的小游戏竟然会吸引到国人，真的太惊喜了。非常谢谢您的评语！这个游戏的灵感来自于我当年玩MMO时公会里的各种经历和故事，因为怀念当初和朋友们的日子就制作了这个游戏，虽然制作不完美但对我的意义很大，所以这个作品能让您也想起您以前玩游戏的回忆我真的很高兴，我也特别有成功感，哈哈！谢谢您特意花时间留言，预祝您新年快乐，身体健康，心想事成！

Thank you so much!! I'm so happy to hear you liked the game. The voice actors really did an amazing job for sure, and I'm really lucky I got to work with them! I also have a soft spot for Ali tbh, so I'm glad you liked her too!

Thank you so much! I'm so happy you like the game and especially Chris~ I definitely would very much appreciate the support for the DLCs! Be sure to follow us on Twitter or Tumblr so you don't miss the release of future DLCs! :D

Hi! Thank you so much for playing! Unfortunately,there isn't an official ending guide for Emberfate as of yet. It's something that's on my to-do list, but it'll probably be some time before I get around to it unfortunately. But if there's a lot of demand for it, I'll try and see if I can do it earlier!

Thank you so much!! I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed it <3

HAHAH his playful flirting was too good to not turn him into a romance option! I'm excited to come back to this game and work on the DLC later this year too!

Thank you so much for playing Emberfate! I'm so happy to hear you liked the game and Nathan's route in particular!

So many Potato fans are coming out of the woods from this route announcement apparently LOL He really is too charming for his own good, huh? I'm really glad to hear your comment though, since it helps me gauge interest for the DLC route.

Again, thank you so much for the support, and I hope to see you again in the future for either his DLC or my other projects!! <3

Thank you for playing Emberfate! I'm glad to hear you enjoy it! 

At this point in time, I don't have plans to officially translate the project, as the costs of translations are too much for me to pay for out of pocket for a free game, and if I don't speak the language, it's difficult for me to tell if the translation is accurate to the script. Chinese is the only language I'd probably consider for this project translations-wise as I'm a native Chinese speaker myself, but I'm not really sure if I have the time to translate the script myself or if it's worth the effort, haha. If there's enough interest for it though, I'll mark it down as something to consider for the future!

Hi! Thank you so much for the bug report, and I'm so sorry about the issue. I've managed to locate the issue and uploaded a new build (v1.0.2) that should include a fix for the error. You might have to restart the day for the changes to take effect and progress past that point without the error.

Thank you again, and I hope you enjoy the rest of your playthrough!

I see yet another player has fallen for Potato's charm LOL Thank you, I'm really glad to hear of your interest in the DLC since I'm still nervous about whether it'd sell enough to cover the costs LOL I'm excited to return to this game later this year as well, and I'll definitely keep you all updated in the future!

Thank you so much for playing Emberfate!! I'm really happy to hear that you enjoyed it! <3

Jim has definitely become a fan favorite, so you're not alone LOL He's one of my favorite side characters too because of how adorable he is and how fun he is to write!

Again, thank you for playing Emberfate, and I hope I'll see you again later this year for Potato's DLC too! ;D

Thank you so much for playing Emberfate! It makes me so happy to hear you like the game <3 I hope you'll enjoy your other playthroughs as well!!

PS: Emberfate will be releasing on Steam soon with some achievements, so you might want to wait on the Steam version before doing more playthroughs if you care about being a completionist and getting all the achievements on Steam! Haha

Thank you so much! I believe I've figured out the issue and it should work properly now. I've just updated the build on Itch.io to v1.0.1, so please redownload the game files and try playing again!

You might have to go back to the start of Day 8 (by loading a save file from Day 7, or loading a Day 8 save file with Force Recovery Mode enabled) for the fixes to take effect.

Please let me know if it works! Thank you again!

Thank you so much for leaving such a nice comment! I'm happy to announce that the final episode (Day 8) has been released, so I hope you'll enjoy the rest of the game if you do play it! :D

Hi! Thank you so much for playing Emberfate, and I'm so glad to hear you've been enjoying it! 

Oops, I have no idea how that bug slipped through the cracks. I'm so sorry about that! I think I know what the issue is after checking the code, but having a screenshot of the error would be really helpful to make sure I'm fixing the right thing. Thank you again, and I'm sorry about the inconvenience and issues!

Hi! Thank you for playing Emberfate! I'm sorry to hear about the issues — unfortunately I'm not able to replicate the problem you said you were experiencing. Persistent data like what lines have been already read before should be saved locally on your machine — can you check the following folder locations to see if there were mistakenly multiple save folders for the game such as EmberfateTempestofElementsPublic-1631333206 or EmberfateTempestofElements-1631333206? 

• Windows: %AppData\Roaming\RenPy\
• Mac: $HOME/Library/RenPy/
• Linux: $HOME/.renpy/

Either way, there should be a setting in game to let you skip through all text, whether read or not, so you can toggle it on to All Text to skip through everything faster even if the local persistent data on what lines have been read was somehow bugged or lost. Please let me know if that works for you, and again, I'm sorry about the inconvenience and issues! This game kind of has a lot going on programming-wise for the chat system to work, and unfortunately, thanks to my lack of expertise with coding, I'm unable to fix all the backwards compatibility issues that occurs with the engine. Thank you very much for your patience!

Thank you so much for playing Emberfate! I'm so happy to hear that you enjoyed the game so much. <3 Positive comments like this make me really happy so thank you for taking the time to leave a nice review!!

Hi! Thank you for the bug report! 

I've located the issue and updated the game build on Itch.io (v0.6.3) that should include a fix to the issue. You might have to reload at the start of Day 5 for the fixes to apply as any save files made after starting Zeke's conversation would likely have the old bugged progress condition set incorrectly still. Please let me know if the issue persists after that!

Apologies for the inconvenience and issues! Thank you for playing Emberfate!

I just updated the game build which should fix this issue again! Apologies for the inconvenience, and thank you for playing Emberfate!

Hi! Thank you for playing Emberfate! I'm really glad to hear you enjoyed the game :D 

Oops, I'm not sure how that bug slipped through the cracks all this time, but I have just updated the game build on Itch.io that should include a fix to the bug. Sorry about that issue, and thank you for the report!

Hi! Unfortunately, I'm unable to replicate your issue even after trying it on a Macbook. The code for the chat system and the game menu buttons wasn't really changed either between the original game jam demo and these newer version updates, so theoretically it shouldn't have broken anything.

I'm unsure what could be causing the issue, so all I can suggest at this point is potentially try a fresh clean install of the game to see if it fixes the issue.

Delete all previous downloaded builds of Emberfate,  then navigate to this location on your computer: $HOME/Library/RenPy/

If you see any folders called EmberfateTempestofElements, whether it's EmberfateTempestofElementsPublic-1631333206 or EmberfateTempestofElementsDemo-1631333206, delete all the contents inside those Emberfate folders.

Then redownload the game and extract to a fresh new folder again.

Sorry about the strange issue, but thank you for your interest in Emberfate!