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friend request sent. (I'm gonna be going offline for a few days so I won't be able to respond to anything till saturday night)

Well a bit late on that 'do it now' but here I am. Is there a better way to reach you beyond just back and forth via comments? it would make things a lot easier.

AN UPDATE?! Wasn't expecting this but will VERY HAPILY accept it. I've loved this ever since I first saw it like a year or two ago and I'll happily revisit it.

Actually, as someone who's been hinking about doing his own VN focusing on Dawn, do you mind if I reach out to you a bit?

I have a feling I know where the villain/very evil route goes.

as an aside, I like the screenshots, especially that first one.

Lance being the choice for 'authority figure Cynthia can talk back to" worked rather well honestly. May not fit his other portrayals perfectl;y but it fits with his position in the world.

I have been DESPERATELY trying to figure out how Red can prevent the escape andkeep messing up somehow. It's always Shawn and Muk (no, I will not dignify it with the name). Similarly, I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to beat Betsy yourself. Does the TM choice matter at all?

On the subject of Red doing other stuff, I actually was almost epextcing Lugia to show up, considering what the dex says about it and storms and Red coming in to help with that. 

Also, while I still have yet to get her to appear, I appreciate the Dawn references I've seen others mention (and Cynthia's own lines that reference A New Dawn's Ending). I adore that VN so much (not the least reason of which being my love for Dawn) so the easter eggs are very welcome.

This was really solid! As a major lover of Cynthia I really liked how you characterized her. It feels like a mixture of her anime, game and even somewhat her manga self while adding in some bits that make sense. I also really love Jasmie and I'm happy about her prominant role.

While I feel like the portrayal of Lance is a bit uncharitable I also get that this is from Cynthia's view.

I  really liked Nelson. He was a neat side character. Coll regular dude who just happens to be able to use telekinisis. 

Now, there were a few things I wanted to ask about and mention. First, you can meet Red on the pier and you talk to him about how you may need backup and he agrees to help you so long as you come to him. But he never does and you never get a prompt to get him to come help you. Did I miss some other prompt or is that something that will pop up in a later release? (If not, I'm just gonna headcanon that he as dealing with more gyardos out there or something)

Similarly, investigating Jasmine's house. Does THAT plot thread actually go anywhere? (My morbid curiosity forces me to ask.)

Additionally, I recieved an error at the end of the day when I went an investigated Jasmine's house. Specifically, when you and Cynthia talk to one another after the exploration you can get halfway through it all before running into an error. This happens at both the bar and coffee shop. You can only progress by skipping that day's talk option. Here's the code:

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I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:

  File "game/gym.rpy", line 673, in script call

    call cyn_tms from _call_cyn_tms_1

  File "game/hotel.rpy", line 521, in script call

    call cynthia_chat_blocks from _call_cynthia_chat_blocks_5

  File "game/cynthia chat blocks.rpy", line 76, in script

    if not cyn_chat_job:

  File "game/cynthia chat blocks.rpy", line 76, in <module>

    if not cyn_chat_job:

NameError: name 'cyn_chat_job' is not defined

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:

  File "game/gym.rpy", line 673, in script call

    call cyn_tms from _call_cyn_tms_1

  File "game/hotel.rpy", line 521, in script call

    call cynthia_chat_blocks from _call_cynthia_chat_blocks_5

  File "game/cynthia chat blocks.rpy", line 76, in script

    if not cyn_chat_job:

  File "C:\Visiual Novels\OlivineLights-Beta_1.3.1-win\renpy\ast.py", line 2115, in execute

    if renpy.python.py_eval(condition):

  File "C:\Visiual Novels\OlivineLights-Beta_1.3.1-win\renpy\python.py", line 1092, in py_eval

    return py_eval_bytecode(code, globals, locals)

  File "C:\Visiual Novels\OlivineLights-Beta_1.3.1-win\renpy\python.py", line 1085, in py_eval_bytecode

    return eval(bytecode, globals, locals)

  File "game/cynthia chat blocks.rpy", line 76, in <module>

    if not cyn_chat_job:

NameError: name 'cyn_chat_job' is not defined

Windows-10-10.0.19044 AMD64

Ren'Py 8.0.3.22090809

Olivine Lights Beta_1.3.1

Fri Jan 27 01:39:47 2023

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