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Oh they have. Pixiv, DLsite and a bunch of others got their CC processing pulled because of these exact same people. It got so bad the Japanese government had to get involved and tell Visa (pressured by the activists) to stop fucking around, as they saw it as an attack on national sovereignty.

Yeah, if they had tried to cancel it for lazy programming I might have been on board :P. We've all been there though.

Lol. Amen brother.

THOSE people are back. The people that think they have a right to dictate what adults can create, market or pay for in a fictional work.

I'll be honest: no offense to Zerat, but I'd never buy this game normally. Not because it offends me in any way, but just because it appears to be yet another "pose some models and crank out a VN" game, of which there are hundreds on Itch, none very impressive. But now I am buying, and paying double.

Fuck whiny pieces of shit that think they should dictate how adults relate to creative expression, in games or otherwise. I hope Zerat buys a yacht with the money he makes off this "controversy". Hatred made FAR more than it ever would have without the fake angst around it. I have no doubt this will be the same. These people never learn.

Edit: It appears at least one download source has already been burned through due to demand (secondary one is working as of posting this). Yeah, as long as Itch doesn't pussy out like Steam, this attempt at muzzling creative freedom may be the best thing that ever happened to Zerat.

Really neat to see this continue, and enjoyed what's there so far! One humble bit of advice: edit the music you've got. It's good, but that massive crescendo in the "roaming around" music is kinda jarring. Snip that out so you stick to a loop of the more contemplative stuff while exploring. Otherwise though, this is a heck of a jump forwards. Good luck on the continuing development!

Even the windows stuff can mess up, it's just less paranoid than most. But regardless, good to hear it's working now.

Virus programs are notorious for giving false positives, and they also often cause slow-down and other issues. At this point, especially if you're not using the stuff built into Windows, you're probably doing more harm than good. The days of viruses that would overwrite your files with gibberish or corrupt your boot sector or whatever are long in the past anyway; now days it's mostly about hijacking your system to use as a bot in DDoS attacks or maybe ransomewaring you. But the best antivirus is just common sense. If you're downloading something from a shady website, probably good to toss it through a few scans. If you're downloading a game from a creator on Itch with three titles under the belt, 99% chance it's fine.
If you're not willing to uninstall, check your antivirus's documentation and figure out how to set exceptions so it will leave the game alone.

Nice! Yeah that'll definitely help new players, it can be a little tricky otherwise. Really appreciate the quality of life things you've been adding to these games. Sorry to hear about the music, but glad you were able to find replacements. That's one of the reasons I'm always so hesitant to collab with people, but I'm sure there are upsides too.

Truly, one of the games of all time.
I'm kind of amazed that wasn't taken already.

DLC turned out great! Love it.

In an era where everything seems to be javascript running in a browser (even "desktop" "applications"), it's charming to see a dos game on Itch. Will be fun to give it a try.