Glad to hear from you guys so soon!
Sadly, due to the laws in my homeland (which features a national flag with red and five yellow stars — its name might cause some issues here), I can't connect to Discord without violating these laws. This prevents me from both supporting your great work financially and keeping up with your game. As a result, I also can't share my save file with you for the same reason. It's really disappointing that I can't even use tools like a VPN to access Discord because of certain restrictions that I can't discuss for fear of being detained — a risk greater than the public's use of VPNs.
Getting back to the topic, there is a kind of "Ship of Theseus" dilemma at play here... I first played your game before I had a programmer's mindset. In the early days, whenever I encountered an old save file that wouldn’t work, I’d start a new one and try to recreate it to resemble my previous save. Then, I would copy and paste the necessary lines into the old file until it worked in the new version. I also periodically deleted the file for sold-out slaves (the game didn’t seem to automatically do this in earlier versions, or I had to deal with enormous save files) and reset the date and ages of both MCs and NPCs (I wanted them to stay young forever for some reason...) .
So, I’m not sure if my save file is worth analyzing at this point. But I truly appreciate you taking the time to reply to me — a player who hasn't been able to support your amazing work financially yet.
Thank you once again for all the effort you put into this project!
PS:
I can only send files via email (hope this works this time)... I tried using my Mega account but still cannot log in due to network issues. Is there another way to send my file, or perhaps even buy you a coffee if you guys still have the energy to continue working on this?
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It's so strange that I also found Michelle had disappeared from my household in some versions before... I hadn't noticed it until today's check. She is still in the file, but I can't find her in the NPC menu.
Also, the slaves I haven't bought in the Kymanto Hall are unpurchaseable for unknown reasons...