0.65 is uploaded!

Patch Notes:
- Added Emma
- Added Joel
- Increased game difficulty
- Restored game difficulty option
- Updated the walkthrough RTF file in the game directory
- Fixed Rose's crash
- Fixed Seth's firing bug
- Fixed Firing bug breaking saves
- Fixed commercials not deducting correct amount of money
- Fixed "dating_x" errors in Memorabilia
- Changed the wording of Dallas asking you if you want a ride
- Added a flag that says you already own all equipment at half-million equipment goals
- Added a missing branch when firing Collin while he's romanced
- Rewrote some of Collin's intro
- Unlocked 2 scenes in Collin's path that involve Penny
- Fixed typos

Emma was written by Starling! She's paranoid, she's homeless, and doesn't care what you think! Give her a try!

Joel was written by the lovely Alphonse. I had a writer's block with the poor guy, but Alphonse swooped in and took him under her wing. I really love how he turned out.

I also released 2 of Collin's scenes that I forgot to unlock. They involve Penny from Sebastian's storyline. I also rewrote some of his intro. I hadn't read it a long time. When you guys said you didn't like him I was like ??? but then I read his intro and I was like OH WOW. Yeah. That Collin doesn't represent the Collin I had in mind while writing his arc. Some minor changes, but Owen no longer drops out of high school and such. And now there's a separate reaction scene when firing Collin if you romanced him (thanks to Grotty for pointing that out).

Such is the problem with having so much time between starting and finishing these characters. I just re-read Wizz's intro the other day for the first time in a long time and laughed out loud at Robin attempting to argue over the internet. It's been a while.

The bug that broke your saves after firing someone is FIXED! Hallelujah! The problem was some old code that was calling scenes in a new context. Really shouldn't do that.

And to address the issue with not understanding how to unlock Beau, I've added a hint on that dialogue choice with Dallas. Now it should be clear who you'll end up riding with and hopefully people will naturally choose the character they're going to pursue ...

The Walkthroughs.rtf file now has the Open Mode characters that are released as well.

I downloaded the game but it won't let me update it :/ it says error each time. Also I was quite annoyed that we couldn't pick dialogue at some parts cuz alot of times i wanted to be nice and she would just say really stupidly rude things to her friends -_- the ending of story mode the friends were quite selfish as well >:[ I see that updating gives me more things in the game like cheats and other stuff but it errors each time i try. Also is this the new updated version that's out now? i downloaded it a lil while ago

just did the faust romance! umph!!! *fans self*

Love this game so much!!! I've played this non stop for almost two days now. Kudos for making a well thought out game with complex and relatable characters. Wizz is an awesome character and I can't wait to romance him next (I'd have to break up with Emmitt first :( )

I have question: will it be possible to date Beau in story mode? I know there's an option to be dating him in open ended, but in story I can only date Emmitt and Dallas.

Thank you so much for making a very fun game and I'm sending lots of encouragement to the team for this game and future projects. You rock!

How do you gain access to the cheat menu? And are they implemented? I've played this game about 3 times and would like to try it with a leg up.

I cannot figure out how to write new music... can I get pointed in the right direction?

Is the seth path accesible? I saw a post on the lemmasoft forums that said it is, but I haven't been able to access it?

Hey, I'm new to itch.io and was pointed in this game's direction by a youtuber I watch. I've just completed the Golden Boy path and I have to say that I love it. That was the my first choice of route since I thought it might lead more into the past than the others. I haven't even tried open-ended mode yet, and there's still so much content I haven't seen in story mode which makes me really excited. I saw that you guys were still in beta and were open to info about bugs or typos so I tried to jot down what I noticed (in notepad of all things). I missed five scenes, it would seem that I had a bit a speed run. I'm planning to check them out later so if I see anything I'll let you know?

These are the things I noticed:

• In the second conversation with Jammy, there's a typo where she uses present instead of past tense. "I mean, I just *remember* we didn't decide what day or what time to go out so ..."
• On Dallas' path, after Robin visits Sterling by herself and she can talk to Dallas about it (he asks her) it says "I was so sick and tired of every *cross* thing that came out of his mouth." I was wondering if cross was supposed to be crass.
• When Robin and Dallas go music hopping during a hang out, in the vinyl store when they enter there's a typo. It says "Thankfully, we split up at the door and went down different *ailses*.

I don't mean to sound uppity or anything >_< (some people say I have a bad habit of sounding condescending).

I'm super stoked about this game since it's just so fun to play and there's so much content. Sorry, I'm not very good at constructive criticism. XD Rock Robin is a lovely game and I can't wait to explore the other parts of the game!

Hey there, I just finished Emmitt's route. (Yup, I'm trying to fit in as many game hours as possible during the final countdown to the new school year.) Here are the things I noticed:

• On Emmitt's route after he receives dog tags from Dallas, Robin can talk to Dallas about it. After he asks Apollo do forgive him for "blasphemey", there's a strange sentence. "He smiled a looked back down on me."
• At the AMPs when talking to the tabloid reporter when Emmitt starts to say something to the reporter, Robin thinks "Christ in jetpack, boy ...". I thought that there may be a typo there.
• After the reporter leaves and Robin says that Emmitt's not cooler than her it says, "I slugged him on the shoulder and he giggle-snorted. What was cute enough to make me laugh, too."

I've only recently started playing visual novels and have become a fan of quite a few titles from varying genres, and RockRobin definitely holds a special place in my favorites list for VNs. I've thoroughly enjoyed the uniqueness of the story and the conflicts put in between each individual character. I must admit that my first playthrough resulted in a "What's love got to do with it?" ending, even when I didn't plan to do it that way. I was focused on trying to romance Beau, but never seemed to figure out how to trigger his romance until I looked up the guide and discovered where I had to do to trigger it.

Thus far I've romanced most of the characters, and I have to say the two that are my favorites are Dallas and Wizz. I'm a sucker for character history and to have first seen most of the basic interactions in my initial playthrough without seeing the romance scenes with Dallas, then doing so in a second playthrough was incredible. I loved seeing the connections between the two and the past they shared together, both positively and negatively. Specifically I loved the Christmas scene with Dallas, as well his epilogue has been fantastic thus far. As for Wizz, I loved how it started out seeming so unlikely (similarly to Dallas when I think about it); the lack of obvious attraction involved and interest in one another's lives. To see how they viewed each other once their masks of hostility toward each other had been taken off; where Robin got to witness a vulnerable, self-conscious side of Wizz which gave her an "in" beyond witty retorts and their music. I've got to admit, I enjoyed the idea of all his date scenes, including the final clip involving their early morning panic and how they handled the situation together; how Wizz stepped up and handled it maturely and delicately without the use of their standard comical outline. I was beyond disappointed when I got the achievement informing me that I had completed his romance, because I loved how it concluded so much that I wanted to see more; some kind of hinted future of maybe where they'd be a couple years down the road. *insert sadface*

On the bright side, at least I have more Dallas epilogue to look forward to later on down the road, though I already know I'll be disappointed to see that conclusion as well. I guess I just don't handle endings very well!

As a side-note: I've made it a point to take screenshots of dialogue scenes that have typos or overall grammatical errors as I've seen them and thought about it and added "notes" in the screenshots of where the errors are and what fixes them. I'm sure you've tons of people helping you with this issue as is (between friends/peers helping on your end and other fans helping out), but if you'd like me to send them to you, let me know and I'll keep on top of it.

T^T still waiting for the rest of emmit's scenes in open end

I really really like the game. It's amazing, and it's really hard to find such a good job, for free!

I do have one comment, and one question.

When in Beau's route, when I am playing against Emmitt for the "kiss", after the game is over, it crashes. I mean, I can always put "ignore" and the game continues, but just to tell you (:

The question is... In open mode, I'm trying to romance Collin, but I think his path may not be done yet. Am I right?

I understand that the game might crash due to a corrupted download or trouble with the video card/driver. I have downloaded the game twice over, and yet the game crashes as soon as I start playing. What do you suggest I do?

0.85 Released

Patch Notes (this is a long one):
- Xander added (Premium)
- "Band Snapshot" added, appears automatically after Story Mode credits
- 10 new band bases/homes in the Realtor screen
- Stage effects that you buy will now be visible on the chibi stage
- CD sales will now be boosted when you play a song from their tracklist at a gig
- You can see song descriptions from the song list now on mouse hover
- Added 3 new scenes of each band member alluding to the ending in Story Mode
- A new goal was added alongside the million dollar goal to release a 4+ star album
- Added 2 new band chats for Beau: one after you break his glass art and one after you fight with Seth
- Scenes involving Seth's Dreamcatcher now take into account if you've actually played his song or not
- Band chats for Beau and Emmitt after you sleep with Dallas weren't ever set to trigger, oops
- Added song titles to generate for Wizz, Collin, Emma, Jammy, Rose, Seth, Claudette and Alessandro
- Added the option to turn tutorials off or back on in the game menu
- All tutorials now turn off when you access Open Mode
- A button now appears on the left if your band is empty to redirect to band config page
- Changed the requirements for going Gold/Platinum/Diamond, etc to be harder and more accurate.
- Changed 2 achievement icons: "Just A Manager" and "Are You Ready To Rock"
- fixed Wizz's intro scene throwing an error if you've seen Emmitt's alternate sprite
- forced skipping mode to turn off for sensitive screens
- kept Launch from deducting your popularity twice if you quit their label
- prevent you from re-naming your band the exact same if you lose your band to Launch
- Wizz's intro/firing scene doesn't trigger if you're playing the No Scenes mode
- Robin's portrait on the Recruit screen now reflects her correct hair
- Fixed Robin's chibi in Open Mode so it didn't always show the pink bass
- Fixed paging error on CD list
- Moved gig stats graphics so they don't overlap with gig grid
- The little face on the relationship bar now goes all the way to the end and pulses when maxed
- "One For The Ages" achievement slightly easier to achieve
- Beau's path now correctly determines if Rose is your friend or not
- Made "Dreamcatcher" have 5-star quality to better entice the player
- "Lap of Luxury" achievement to now include the Beach House and Pink Paradise.
- Robin's scene with asking Faust to date will now happen if you attempt to hang out with him, too
- Fixed crash in Rose's hang out while playing in Memo
- Typos

to clarify on song department some song would not show up on release album.

had some kind of code file crash when doing first non cheat play-through on pre emmitt route at the loft above tracy's bar have not re encountered it. it may have been a rare one time bug but game kept playing.

Hey there! Just found the game and oh my god it's amazing! I loved it so far, especially Dallas (though I found his route lacking... something. I don't know what, but when it ended it just left me with a feeling of "wait, that's it? there's no more?") and Wizz- especially Wizz. I love that his and Robin's dynamic doesn't really change even after dating, and I just, ugh, idk, maybe I'm just a sucker for angry/angsty kiss scenes?

I have a question though, are there any plans for a gxg route, eventually? I'd be super interested into one, and it could also add a bit more of diversity to a game that's already pretty different from other dating sims and whatnot I've found.

Anyways, I'm super eager to see how the game looks fully finished, thanks for bringing this game to the world! <3

I'm not sure if this counts as a bug report but I've done Xander's route several times already and when I do his path once, for example, and check the Memorabilia, his scenes aren't there. I tried closing the game and opening it again but it doesn't do anything. The same thing happens with Jammy.

After finishing Story Mode with both Emmitt and Beau, I clicked "Ending" under Robin's name in the Memorabilia section of the game and was awarded the "What's Love Got To Do With It?" achievement when the scene finished, without having earned it.

Hi! So just to clear things up, this is still in the beta stage then?

so what do i have to do to be able to get any of this new stuff

sadly no and are the new bases also premium?

so hun, i know i'm always bothering you with questions but are there any new scenes in open end with emmett,dalas and beau

Hello,

Thank you for such an awesome game! I hvae a question regarding the cheats. I am on a mac and cannot use F1 even with the function keys. How can I use cheats?

I've haven't checked in for a really long time because of schoolwork running me over like a school bus, but I want to let you guys know I'm cheering for you! Good luck on the development! It seems people have stopped posting much, but I know for sure that I –and everyone else who loves this game– still support you. Keep on keepin' on, we really appreciate you for all that you've done!

robin birthday party memorabilia

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File "game/code/posts.rpy", line 763, in unlock_post_title

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Full traceback:

File "game/code/story_mode/story.rpy", line 3567, in script

File "C:\Users\gethlord47\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\RockRobin\RockRobin_Beta-all\renpy\ast.py", line 806, in execute

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This game has been really inspirational to me! I had no idea something as seemingly simple as a band simulator could be so fun and moving. The characters whose routes have been released are fascinating and have honest issues and faults that make the story that much more engaging. I really appreciate the wonderful experience you've created. If you end up releasing any future updates, I would definitely be willing to pay for them!!

I'm not sure whether you've already spoken about this, but I'm curious to know how the game was made. It seems like a really complicated game to me (programming-wise), especially the tile-matching game and the "outcome screen" which pops up after the band has played a gig. However, I only know a teensy bit about programming; perhaps that's why I think it seems so complicated :P

Also, if you folks ever need any help spell-checking or editing, I'd really like to help!

Thank you so much for making this game! I love it!

hello! I've played this game a lot since it came out and it's amazing! I love it! I sent in a band snapshot for the premium content thing a while back but never got an email back. Sorry for the inconvenience! Keep up the good work. Really looking forward to Seth's route btw!

Sooooo do we have seth yet? :3 and just needs to be said but we're all still supporting!! best vn ever

Well, hello! Firstly, i'm going to apologize in advance cause I know i will make a lot of mistakes in this message. I'm Alice, i'm from latin america... I don't know where to start; it have been a lot of time since an Otome Game make me addict; i play otomes since 14, and i left it because i feel that the main characters were always the same... Generally I download games but never end them, since it became really boring to see the same always. For curiousity -I mean, it was the first time i see something like "managing a band" game-, i download Rock Robin; and it results in an incredible surprise: I FUCKIN' LOVE ROBIN!!!!!! the girl is the baddast woman in the world...

I love the game, I love the music, I love the variety that offers. Literally, I couldn't stop playing until I finish the first route (I play Dallas first <3), and today i'm trying the open mode... it's more difficult than i expected to be, btw

I want to ask you (Since i pretend to try al the romanceable characters), how can i access to the premium content and to the cheat table? (don't mind me for wanting to cheat xDD)

And again, thanks for making such an amazing game... I'm trying to make some publicity for RR between my friends, but not everybody want to try an english game.

PD: another thing, i don't know, but have you ever think about translate it to spanish or other language? If you ever try it or need some help, i want to offer my hands for that (I'm better translating thins for english to spanish, than writting in english ;w;). We need some good games like this in spanish, seriously.

I'm really enjoying the game so far. The story is interesting, and the romances are all very unique. I mean, on Emmitt's I felt all butterflies and annoyance at Robin's denseness, now I'm romancing Dallas and I'm anguished and in tears. Good job, I mean it, lol. I'll also add that I am not one who laughs very easily, but this game has made me laugh so many times. Nicely done.

A couple of bugs I thought were noteworthy, though. I romanced Dallas so I had all the scenes with getting back the guitar, but even before then I got a cutscene where Robin gets her guitar delivered to her. I'm guessing that wasn't supposed to happen. Needless to say it made me extremely confused and I eventually realized it was a bug. Also at the AMPS Robin is wearing her dress, then when she goes to get air and sees Joel and Natasha, she's suddenly wearing her casual clothing and is for the remainder of the awards.

Picked up the game. Accidentally got addicted to the game (easily makes top 10 in the genre)

First off, your characters are amazingly believable. Real people with real, messed-up lives and drama that is NOT manufactured for the sake of "Oh, I guess I need a conflict" but because of real life feelings. Makes the game brutal, but I think this is probably the most invested I've been in a cast in... awhile? And one of few where I care about making friends with other characters while on a route.

Dallas's route made me cry a little, and I loved the direction Wizz's went.

So... bugs:

Important but unhelpfully vague: There was a glitch on the "Public opinion" in free play where a series of errors popped up and "Ignore" loaded a screen with two of the "Top Album" and three of the "Top Single" boxes were missing, along with the back button. Clicking any of the forum threads resulted in the same errors popping up. It wasn't a problem with variables; I'm assuming it was a hiccup with the script that generates the list? This only occurred once, and it was three in the morning, so uselessly I find that I have no recollection of the error beyond the fact that it was more code than I wanted to interpret at that hour. (Sorry!) And since I had to start from scratch I lost that file and the traceback for it.

Less important: When viewing Collin's route unlocked via cheats in "Memorabilia", "Choreography" starts with an undefined variable "topics_story". Assuming it's the fact that nothing was unlocked organically. Ignoring lets everything play naturally.

Also triggered Robin getting her bass back (and fixed) before the "Confronting Sterling" arc. It... killed the tension of that arc a bit when she was frantically looking for something she already had in her possession.

After playing through Wizz's romance route, "Contingency", his dates, his hangouts, and a handful of Open-Ended mode scenes didn't unlock for me in the Memorabilia. (Also, not a bug but a minor gripe: the tabletop scene unlocks way before I get the option to trigger his romance every time I've played (whether I'm actively befriending him or not) It'd be cool to have a better chance of seeing v2, or at least getting a follow up comment if you get together after the scene?)

is emma supposed to change clothes twice? i had the scene where she changes clothes and then in another scene she has her old clothes and at band meeting she then is wearing her old one again. the new outfit with the sweater is gone. it came back when we hung out. it's sort of just switching back and forth

i have a question about wizz.  after namecalling is apologies. it says its supposed to be automatic but is it supposed to start immediately after? because its been over a week ingame and ih avent gotten the scene yet. 

I have to ask, what year is the game set in? It just doesn't have that modern vibe, you know? With the forums and the CD's, it feels like it's set in the 90's or 80's.

all new songs are suddenly listed as untitled is there anything I can do to fix that? same with a lot of the songs and albums on the top charts. might only be on that file tho. ill see what happens if i nake a new one. also i ussually don't point out typos since i always make them but there was one really important typo thata completely changes the meaning of the sentence. idk maybe it's n ot a typo. but when talking about dallas and sterling natasha says to robin "you love sterling." present tense. as if she is still in love with sterling. unless that's what she meant. i was just really confused by that. and idk if its an all the time thing but when i got hte scene where sebastian finds out robin is with wizz that when seth talk it  has his name as sterling

i just did a run with beau and i h ad seth in the band. when he talked it still said sterling so i think that might be a continous thing. speaking of that does beau know seth slept with robin because he was definitely not happy to see him lol

can robin do singing and bass in open mode like with s tory mode? if i put her on babss and press the mic button?

Hey!

So, I just bought and downloaded the game,  but I cannot seem to load it...

I have modified the security parameters as usual, to authorise my Mac to open it. I have tried to download it 3 times, but it still does not work...

Any idea on how I can fix that problem? I am on Mac OS Sierra 10.12.5.

Thanks in advance for your help!

I know you're all excited for more content. When my life settles down a bit, I'm sure I'll write up a storm. I have the outline, the ideas ...

If anyone wants to help me, like with writing scenes, outlines, forum posts, etc that would be great ... You can email me at maselphie AT gmail.

Hey, awesome game! I wish I found this gem sooner. I only have a problem, I'm on Dallas' route and my relationship score with Emmitt is very low. I can't play gigs because of that and therefore I can't get gifts for him so I'm stuck. What should I do? I'm out of money.

hello hellloooooo haven't checked in in a while,gosh lol have there been any new updates? :)

Hi,

I just love love your game, thank you so much for making it. I think I'm in love with Beau (Side question how is is full name pronounced?), oh and how do I unlock Faust?, just to unlock him I finished Dallas's route even whilst feeling like I was cheating on my Beau. oh and is there a cheat menu that I can access?  if so then please tell me how.

Anways thank you so so much for the game, please keep up the good work.

Is Emmitt's story at the open end complete???? 

hi hi still loving and supporting! are we still on for a full release? a little worried with no word for so long D: would be happy to send some funding if needed?

Hello! Really enjoying the game thus far--blasted through Beau's route on Story Mode and now playing through Open Mode. It seems like not all of the available characters/routes unlock just by playing through one route, and I don't think it's included in the walkthrough. Is there a list somewhere of which routes/modes unlock which characters? Thanks so much! 

Edit: I think there may also be a glitch with song recording in Open Mode? During the recording process, I can see the song gaining in popularity, but then the final screen shows popularity of -1 -> -1 or -99 > -99. Both times this has happened has been when I recorded "Classic" songs. 

Edit 2: Another likely (very minor) glitch-- after signing to Piccolo, I noticed that in the expenses report it deducts the label cut, but says 0% rather than 75% in brackets as it should be. 

Sort of an irrelevant question but are any of the characters LGBTQIA+?

Hello guys! Is anyone still working on this game?

Anyway, I'd just like to congratulate everyone who has worked on it so far! It's amazing! I've been playing it for 3 days straight now and I absolutely love it! It's such a breath of fresh air to have a protagonist who actually has a personality! (although Robin's might be a little too much at times... haha - but I still love her <3 ) I've laughed and cried with this game and I'm so grateful that you all have put in so much effort to make this game, thank you all wonderful people! <3 I feel like I've found a real gem here.

That being said, I've found some error bugs and weird french grammar on this game and I wonder if I should post them here? 

So I know you're still working on the game and just busy rn, but any chance we can get a tiiiiny hint on the rest of the epilogues? Or really anything to tide us over >.< basically crazy about Beau but it looks like they're in a really rocky place when the epilogue preview ends :( 

also THANK YOU for making this! I'm a decent writer and would be down to help you read over/edit any writing if that'd be helpful!

will gladly start sending funding if it means completion D:

I am working diligently to get a huge update soon. I've reached out to a writer to help me along.

Can I just start off by saying you are absolutely amazing. I can thank you enough for still working all this time to put out more for your players even after what you already put out is not only extremely entertaining but so high quality. I've had this game downloaded on my computer for almost two years and I constantly go back to play it again. It is by far one of the best dating sims/visual novels I have ever played (and I have played a lot haha) Not only is the story so very well written, it's extremely realistic. The way she talks to herself, the way there are small sounds of the tv in the background or the bed creaking, the backgrounds and everything.

Your game made me feel like I WAS Robin, trying to prove to myself and everyone else that I was going to make a name for myself.

Hello! I posted a couple times on this message board/forum/etc. in the past a while ago, and came to check up on this project to see how it's going. I'm so glad a new update will be coming soon! I'll definitely have to replay the game before that, though! Thanks so, so much for continuing to work on this despite how hectic life is and how difficult it must be to find the motivation to keep going. This is still one of my favorite VNs on itch.io and I look forward to the update! <3

I don't get it. I try to romance Emmitt, he likes me a lot but no matter what I do, when he finally makes me cookies and confesses he likes me, me (Robin) always harshly refuses him. What do I do wrong? Also... Even if it is indeed my fault I find it a bit unfortunate design that the romance fails because _my_ character's (Robin) does not do what I want her to do - there is no possibility to accept his proposal.

So happy this is still going! ;^; 

With the new update- will it be the final full update for the game, completing open mode, then just any bug patches, or is only certain content coming out? If so- what content?

Hey, where can we check for new releases? Is there any way we can be notified? For example, we could all send you our e-mails so you could have an e-mail list to send news about the game. Or you could just link us to a page where the new release would be, I myself am obsessed enough to check on a monthly or even weekly basis.

Hey I just wanted to ask if open-ended mode had an "end point" to play through because the Memorabilia screen still has all the scenes I've already watched in my open-ended playthrough locked.