Hi, I just started playing yesterday and am liking what I see so far, but have a couple of questions for you:
1. Why does saving the game take so long? I have a fast computer and SSD drive, and in other AVNs saving is basically instant. But when this game saves (especially the autosaves), it can take 15-30 seconds and it's an annoying break in the flow.
2. Is there no way to rollback to dialog I might have missed or to change a decision? Given the dialog choices, it's not always clear what a given choice will actually say. With other AVNs it's the mouse scroll wheel, but I haven't been able to find an equivalent option for this game.
3. There doesn't seem to be any explanation for the floating icons that appear sometimes after a dialog choice. Up arrow seems good/friendly, but magnet? dice? Is there somewhere that explains it a bit more?

Thanks :) 

Hi!

I'm really glad to hear you're enjoying it! 😄 Let me answer your questions:

1. Yes, the save time is very long. I'm not sure why it's happening yet, but I have some suspicions. I thought I had fixed this issue for the alpha 2.1 version, but apparently not. I'd love to spend time fixing it, but right now I'm prioritizing other, more serious bugs and mainly focusing on continuing the story of the game.
   In any case, you can disable autosaves in Settings, under the Gameplay tab.

2. The Rollback option is actually in the code, but I disabled it because it was causing issues. Like I mentioned before, it's not something I'm prioritizing fixing right now. That said, once it's working again, I might make it something you have to activate as a cheat, because I believe the game should ideally be played without too much saving/loading or going back, choosing the responses you feel are right and dealing with the consequences, just like in real life.
   If the problem is that it's not clear what your character will say with each option, then that's something I do need to improve by making the responses clearer. What do you think?

3. Most of the icons are placeholders and I'm improvising with what I have at hand. 🤣 The "magnet" represents the Charisma Attribute, and the "dice" represents Nerd Identity. In version alpha 2.1 (which is currently available on my Patreon), I've already added a menu where you can see your Attribute scores and a description for each one. The menus for Identity and Relationship with each character are still in development. (I can explain more about those if you want)

You can check it out here (you just need to join as a free member if you haven't already): https://www.patreon.com/posts/update-22-stats-120955244

Hope that helped! And again, I'm so happy you're enjoying it. 

Feel free to share more feedback, I'd love to hear it! 😊