I just had a moment of "Wait, the Arcana's on itch? There's a version of this game that doesn't have predatory microtransactions?!"
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
If someday this otherwise-promising game gets a version where you can just pay ONCE for all of the content and not be coerced into spending money to make the choices they know people will want to make, maybe it'll finally be worth playing.
Just finished the demo, very excited for the full game! Definitely going to replay the first game in anticipation.
I did find one small typo, though. Near the end of the demo, there's the line "Near the end of the long stone tunnel, Eniri carefully fastens the piece of cloth over my eyes. Part of it falls over my nose, and I truly cannot see though." I'm guessing that last word is supposed to be through?
Sorry, I think it's a bug with the itch app, not with the game itself. I had both the demo and the full game installed, the demo updated properly but the full game didn't, so I uninstalled the demo in order to get the update option for the full game. Apparently running the update removed the full game and installed the updated demo instead, and the game's still listed as purchased under my account but the only version itch will let me download through the app is the demo.
So that sucks, but that's the app's fault, not the update. I'll download and install it outside the app and that should fix things.
In the opening scene, when there's a voice crying "I've ruined us, all three of us", I've played the game all the way through and I'm not sure who that's supposed to be. Is it Orchid, or maybe one of the witches who wrote the demonheart book, or someone else? Just curious. Thanks for the great game!
Y'know, having not been familiar with any of these people before playing, it really is a well-written and fun game. That said, it was awkward and in some cases uncomfortable to get to know these characters, say "hey, they seem cool here and they're all content creators, maybe I should check out the real people", and be confronted with the reality of some of the people and relationships IRL.
TL;DR: It's a good game, but I will never play or read anything fictional that involves real living people ever again.
Lol, I actually also finished Ewan first (not intentionally, just did a blind run and figured my character would be more curious about fae than any of the other research options), and obviously that wasn't a bad experience, but it's nice to have the creator's take on it. I'm glad the order isn't that significant, though. Thanks for the answer!
Neil route, just after chapter 20, at the home page, when I click the "Outfit" button, I get "Loading Error - Failed to load: img/pictures/Fashion/Completed/CLTH_00008.png". There is a "Retry" button, but it results in no change. All other buttons work as expected.
I looked around a bit, found the folder in question (Tailor Tales\www\img\pictures\Fashion\Completed) with similarly named files of clothing I'd created, figured that the error file was an article of clothing I'd deleted, copied a different file and renamed the copy "CLTH_00008", and that resolved the issue. It looks like the delete function works in the short term, but the outfit function is still trying to load deleted files. But on the upside, there's a relatively easy workaround.
It's a tricky thing, because artists definitely deserve to be paid for their work, but on the other hand there are probably a ton of games on here that wouldn't exist if everyone involved wanted to be paid what they're worth for the time spent on it. I've been in a couple game jams where we had fun and it was a good learning experience but no one ever made any money, and we were ok with that.
Maybe you could share the idea and see if any artists are interested in joining you, or like the story enough to want to make art for fun (and obviously recognition and a share of the money the game makes, if it's that sort of game). Or, idk what kind of game you're planning, but you might be able to go the Wayhaven Chronicles route of having it just be text.
I don't know if this is the right place to note this, but I found a couple typos. On Week 2 Day 2, if you're on the Security team, there's the line "I sat there for my tnire shift, bored out of my mind." I'm guessing that's supposed to be "entire" rather than "tnire".
In the medical team branch, the dialog mentions Iris handing you a "crisp white uniform", but the uniform the sprite is wearing is blue.
On Week 2 Day 4, there's the line "Iris was feverently trying to duck...", I think that's supposed to be "fervently".
Really enjoying the demo so far, looking forward to the full game!
I wish it were possible to buy this game without a paypal account. In the past I've bought other itch.io games via paypal, but there was the option to purchase the game without creating an account, and when I tried to buy this game that option wasn't available. I'd buy it with a different method if one was available, but there isn't one.
Well there's Agashi's other otome "This, My Soul", which I really loved, though it is SciFi and I guess that's not everyone's cup of tea. I liked The Rose of Segunda, though it feels a bit on the short side. Valentines Otome is the longest free otome I've played through, and it's hilarious and sweet and just plain enjoyable. It's the sequel to Halloween Otome, which is fine but you can tell they improved a lot for the 2nd one. The Blind Griffin is short and a bit more story-focused than romantic, but I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed Pinewood Island a lot, but not everyone wants murder mysteries in their otomes, so there's that.
All of these are either free or have a free demo here on itch.io.
I am so excited for this game! The demo legitimately made my cry (in a good way), I think Maya might by my favorite otome protagonist ever.
I saw a comment from a while ago mentioning a tentative release date of July 2018, I'm assuming that's not still the plan, but was wondering, do you have a current tentative release date? Are we still looking at $15 for the final product, or is it likely to be more since the scope seems to have been expanded?
Any chance you could make the android version downloadable here, as an APK file? I know it's buggy, but I've already played the game all the way through, it's just more convenient to have on mobile and this is definitely a game worth replaying. I found it available on a couple other sites, just with a google search, but TBH I'd feel much better downloading it from here.
Thanks for the great game!
Even if we ignore that the future queen could be any color, Q still isn't even the most prominent dark-skinned character we've met so far: Lliria is. We don't know as much about her yet, but she's definitely very clever, well-spoken, kind, and immaculately put-together.
Also, where is this notion that Q is "fierce" and "barbaric" coming from? It's possible that he could be fierce, but we haven't seen anything but calmness from him so far. He seems competent and alert and very self-controlled, not "barbaric" in any way. He is certainly strong, but that's not necessarily a racial stereotype, and any of her guards would have to be strong. He doesn't speak fluently, but the text makes it clear that that's because he's new to the area, not because he's unintelligent in any way.
It's important to be aware of racist or racially insensitive characters, but Q very clearly isn't one.
