We are working on this right now, trying to figure out what might be causing it. So far neither I nor Slockie have an answer, so we've turned to our beta testers and our players on Discord to see if any of them might have an idea. We'll respond and soon as we have something. In the meantime, if it begins to work or you figure out what was the issue please let us know.
We apologize, but so far we have no answer on this. No one else has experienced the same problem as far as we can tell, and it's been crickets in response to us asking our community at large. If we get a response on this we'll post it here, but for now the only thing we can recommend is to play it on another platform if that's possible for you.
157 days ago(+1)
Hi. Sorry for the trouble you're experiencing. I'm a beta tester for the title and a Mac user. I'd be interested in knowing which version of the OS you're using, whether you're on Apple Silicon or Intel and what you might see if you press Fn+F3 during game play. The upper-left of the screen should give you information on the renderer and frame rate you're seeing among other information.
Full disclaimer, I have been unable to reproduce this issue on an Intel CPU running Monterey with an AMD GPU. As such, I currently have no helpful ideas without further information. Sorry again for the trouble.
156 days ago(+1)
Thanks for the information, John. I'm unaware of any issues with Ren'Py with UHD graphics, but here's an idea that might help you:
When running the game, press Fn-F3 to bring up the video information. It'll look something like this:
Note the line near the bottom that says gl. That's the renderer my system is using. When you've pressed Fn-F3, make a note of yours. It's likely going to be either gl or gl2. What we're now going to do is change your renderer. What I want you to do now is press Shift-G. Up in the upper left portion of the screen that opens, you'll see the renderer settings. By default, Ren'Py is set to automatically choose:
Don't worry, any change we make here can easily be undone and won't affect any of your other Ren'Py games. What I want you do do is to click on the Force renderer text button that is opposite to what Ren'Py has chosen automatically for you. So if you saw 'gl', click on Force GL2 Renderer. Likewise, if it was 'gl2', click on Force GL Renderer.
After this, you'll need to Quit and restart the game. Let me know whether this fixes the issue for you.
Cheers!