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Alpaca Rider2 years ago(+1)

Wow, this game is big. Honestly, the game really needs a save feature, it's the kind of game I'd like to play over a few sessions.

Some thoughts:

Cool splash art at the beginning
I wasn't able to figure out how to send people on expeditions, and also I couldn't get enough seeds to progress my base (I needed 10 to be able to build a garden).
For a new player, it's a bit confusing to figure out what each area does. Perhaps it could be useful to leave the name of each area permanently one, and show the details when the player hovers over it.

I think you have a good prototype for a very interesting game here. Keep at it!

By the way, I'm not sure if it's allowed to do updates to the game while the rating period is on. You may want to talk to the organizers, they may ask you to resubmit your previous version. Just my two cents anyway, I don't have any problem with it :D.

Digital Gamez2 years ago(+1)

I asked about bug fix updates before doing it and it was signed off as ok to fix issues, I havn't added any new features just fixed the game.

Digital Gamez2 years ago

the game should save, it saves for me after each turn it saves.

On each turn your expedition (scouts) automatically venture out depending on their upgrade level and return with a chance of finding Seeds, research, and spare parts.

Alpaca Rider2 years ago(+1)

In my side I tried exiting and hitting play again, and it started at the beginning. It may be an issue on my side, or may be I did something wrong. In any case, I'll keep an eye on the game for the future :D.

About the update, I didn't mean it as an attack, just as a heads up. I'm happy it's all good!

Digital Gamez2 years ago

I didn't take it as an attack don't worry. I would have asked the same question myself.

Digital Gamez2 years ago

Hello again Alpaca i tested the build again and it seemed to save ok, you do have to pass turn 1 tho as it saves at end of the turn.

Maybe i could suggest you go to C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\LocalLow\Digital Gamez and delete the Hope folder.
Hope it works for you, pun intended lol.

Alpaca Rider2 years ago(+1)

I played for around 15 minutes, and then I had to go. The funny thing is that the save files are there, in the directory you mentioned. My version is the portable one, I don't know if that could make a difference. I'll try deleting it and playing again in a few hours.

Digital Gamez2 years ago (1 edit)

it shouldn't effect it but I will jot down to test the portable specific files, btw I would suggest the installer version anyway its just a nicer experience to be able to launch the game from the program files area, also at a much later time I hope, you can quiet easily uninstall the game via the uninstall programs system in Windows which means you don't have to remember which folder you put it in.

This feedback is very useful as I would like to get to the root of your issue.

Alpaca Rider2 years ago

Ah, also, I played the portable version, perhaps the save issue could be there?

Digital Gamez2 years ago

which version did you download? V0.3 or v0.31?

I will retest it on a different machine in a few hours.

But i programmed it to save so if it doesn't then I might have broken it on the bug fix update, Dev woes fix a bug create 10 more.....

Alpaca Rider2 years ago(+1)

Hahaha, indeed. I played version 0.31, I will try it again in a few hours to see if I just did something wrong.

Digital Gamez2 years ago

can I suggest you play the installer version and then let me know if it still doesn't save, just delete the folder Hope in the folder Digital Gamez the path I posted earlier, then run the installer version up until turn 3 then exit via the exit button and quit the game from the main menu, then boot it back up and check. Please reply your findings 🙂👍

Digital Gamez2 years ago

I have tested the portable build and it worked the same way as the installer. it worked correctly in terms of it saved I played until turn 11 then saved it and returned and it was still on turn 11, so save functioned as desired.

When the unity debug request comes up to pass the firewall do you accept it? or decline it? or just ignore it??
As that could potentially cause an issue as the game is built to debug mode(development) so I'm unsure if you decline the game might miss behave. As I can't think of any other reason why it's not working for you.
I do suggest deleting the Hope folder of the save game and installing the installer version of the game then try that hopefully you have the game as it is intended to work then.
I hope you resolve your save issue as I'm planning on expanding the game after the testing time for the game jam so it would be nice for you to still enjoy the game as it progresses.

Alpaca Rider2 years ago(+1)

Thanks for all the tips! In the end I don't have time to check it tonight, but I'll try deleting the folder and playing it again tomorrow morning. Cheers man!

Alpaca Rider2 years ago

Alright, after trying it again, I realized that my old save had actually saved my resources, but not the things I had built. I had built improvements for wood and metal, among others, but they weren't there. Gathering those would give me 10 materials and take 3 seconds, consistent with the room not being built.

After deleting the Hope folder as you told me, I played a few turns and the same thing happened again. I built stairs, then left, and on playing again the stairs were not there (but my resources were).

I will try again in the next update. And, if I'm the only one having the issue, don't worry too much, it may be something on my end.

Digital Gamez2 years ago

Could you copy/add your initial comment into my games main page comments please, it would be very helpful. thank you

digitalgamez.itch.io/hope

Alpaca Rider2 years ago(+1)

I copied a slightly edited version of it. Cheers man!