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Is that a bug or wishful thinking?

Fair enough, but i did say you could just post a simple "Still working on it" rather then months of silence. I think i'm going to go down a rabit hole into how Itch posts work. Does it require something to be attached? Does mods or someone vet them and punish things they think are lackinig? Damn my curiosity, there goes the next few hours.

Thanks, i enjoy your work. But would it kill you to just post a status update on itch, even if it's just 'still working on it'? I'm honestly curious about it because no one seems to do it but the dev for Debtors and it doesn't sound like something hard or time consuming to do. But i've never created a project on itch, maybe they make you jump through hoops when you want to post something.

So there are no updates, but the project is still being worked on.

I fully understand that, but the original question was is this still getting updates. The recent response was yes. But there has been no updates or information for a very long time. Not even just a message saying not dead just busy. It's something that seems common on itch.io that Devs just NEVER post simple status updates. There're fans here waiting but having no signs of life just makes things look very dead and cancelled as is sadly common with furry VNs. So i was asking where the information is so i know where to look and since it was said "for the game to release" that sounds like the WHOLE game released all at once, so i was asking for clarification.

Edit just to add, If Drakes is still working on it that would be the VN being worked on, not an update. So that again just adds to my confusion.

Can i ask where it's getting updates? It doesn't seem to be either on patreon or itch. I also haven't found anything saying Drakes going to write everything for the entire thing and release it all at once. So i'm a little confused.

No idea, i don't use discord much, think i only made one at first because of taven of spear. But two people joined 1/10/24 so there must be a link somewhere out there.

The discord update channel hasn't had a post since 16/1/24 and it was a warning about hacked accounts and people following dodgy links. The last time someone joined the discord was 20/8/24.

To get on other paths you miss passwords usually and the X's mean a character is now dead. Also all paths are complete in this build. A is the true end of the game, the other paths are bad ends and such. 

A public post on paths A,B,C,D-

https://www.patreon.com/posts/on-topic-of-42690779

Also the password is said by one of the characters on the day, The vault gives you a clue where to look when you go to enter it.

It's an easter egg that's been removed. It was 'the end' i think. Now it just force closes password.

Considering the last time hidenwall mentioned trying to get an update out was in december, i dont know where you got that idea from. Also don't know for sure but the next public build will probably be the current patreon build which is build 1.06 Leandros chapter 9.

I'm confused, what do you mean? Sal isn't Flora's kid. Ozwin is Flora's brother, or she's the adopted sister (it's been a while since i played through so i might be misremembering the adoption thing, but she is Oswins sister). Flora married a rabbit (i think he's a rabbit) thats why she's Flora Sinclair and not Flora Hammond. If you're talking about benson, he's still the family servant even if he did pretty much all the parenting as if he was the hammond childrens father.

Well i'm not sure all the details and wont say all i know since it's spoilery but the sequal is called syndicate and will be investigating something involving the police, and at least two of passwords cast i know will be involved for sure.

There will be a sequal but its set some time after password and wont have Dave in it, or at least last it was mentioned he wouldn't even have a camio. I'm not sure what you mean by Dave's dad not being dead, because he is, the only times he isn't is in the alternate timelines.

If you need something kingsguard related while you wait there's this thing: https://play.aidungeon.com/scenario/843netkCEUL6/kingsguard-vn

its free, no downloads and just plays in the browser. It has some issues, ramos's personality is odd with him knowing who you are even if it's the first time you've met him or being overly romantic. But i don't think it's that bad, leandros is pretty good. If you want it smutty, when you're playing click the little gear in the top right and change the the safety setting in the gameplay tab.

Hiddenwall mentioned trying to get a build out over winter holidays since school would be out, but i guess that things ended up getting in the way as they've paused their patreon payments and have been silent for the last few months.

They haven't been put in yet Ghostlink is still working on them

The cg's aren't done yet, currently Grizz is working on the dean rewrite. But if you're thinking of playing the itch.io version it isn't currently being updated while Grizz works on getting everything finished up. The itch.io version is the complete BETA version. All updates are currently just on patreon that you can get access to for £1 a month.

this is from october so i think its okay to post but yeah the sprites are going great

Didn't expect to talk about this in a comment section, but i get it. I got depression and severe anxiety, but one of the ways i've been told to help with it is 'imagery techniques'. which is just building another place you can experiance in your head and thinking about what you could smell, hear or see there. I normally just use aidungeon.com to help with that, since its like DnD but with an ai dungeon master and can be quite absorbing into other worlds or characters. Like one of them i can be in the beastars universe and can do anything i want like run a black market stall or befriend anyone i feel like. Though melon did fuck me up a bit, guess i cant just walk over and say 'hi' to a psychopath.

damn this just makes me sad, rip four letter word and crescendo

The coffee is a way of getting affection with the boys.

Use 'Dave' to get +1 affection with everyone. You can use any of the friends names to get unique dialogue and +1 affection with that person (names must be capitalised). 

Theres some others just for dialogue like 'Timber' and 'Chase', i dont know them all

i dont really get the point but i'm also tired so wtf. Is the problem you want voice acting or is it just because it's plain text without some mannerisms like slovenly speech?

If its the mannerisms thing the reason is most likely to keep things plain and simple to read. Grizz is australian and some people had problems with the text early on so he changed it all to american. Putting regional colloquialisms into the story would just make it harder for people to follow or understand and in a murder mystery that you need to solve that can be alienating.

It's fine every update you've done so far has been awsome so i can wait.

This was the last public post on patreon.

Status Update~

Jul 27, 2023

Hey guys! It's been a while. I thought I should probably make a news post to tell people where I'm at.

Sorry again for the lack of Pervader content. I really wanted to get back into monthly updates, but I haven't been able to. Life gets in the way, in small ways that don't really seem that big at first, but they get big enough to become obstacles.

I probably won't have another update too soon. The main problem, as always, is writing. There are a few stressful factors in my life which sabotage my ability to work on the text. It's not necessarily for lack of time, though I have been busy IRL too.

As much as I would wish it, I definitely can't commit to monthly updates, as I've failed to do that so many times by now, and I need to stop pretending that I can do it. I wax and wane too much in everything I do for me to keep a consistent schedule of things.

Every month that passes without an update makes me feel bad for disappointing everyone, but I know it doesn't help to dwell on it. Right now, I just want to do more fun artwork, so that's going to be my focus for a while longer. Though I am a bit cautious since I burned out a bit at the start of the year with that daily art challenge I tried. Still, drawing is a great way for me to make content and feel good about it. I haven't yet done those Alen and Jymsar pics you guys voted on either, so look forward to that too.

That's about it as far as Pervader goes. Not much to say, but I figured everyone was owed a little status update. I don't have any Horny Gaol updates I can show either, though I've been reworking and tinkering with its design quite a bit over the past few months, and I quite like where it's at right now.

There's more but the later bit is just going to explain what's going on with the patreon. If you want to read it then here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/status-update-86754669

its affection, having it high does things like being able to hug Sal at the pool or kiss Hoss in the library

Use 'Dave' to get +1 affection with everyone. You can use any of the friends names to get unique dialogue and +1 affection with that person (names must be capitalised). 

Theres some others just for dialogue like 'Timber' and 'Chase', i dont know them all

oh no the depression point is in regards to Q65 - 

Anyway— going back to Blake.

It might feel sudden, but the signs were there for you to see on D3 when he opens up about Anthony, Day 1 as well. Joel feels something’s wrong with his behavior, but you’re clearly told to mind your own business (politely). Blake’s depression hits me close to my personal experience. You know you’re fucked up and nobody has to know because they wouldn’t understand. They would feel sorry for you(or they would tell you the opposite, how dare you feel that way, just a bunch of excuses.) and your problems would ruin the whole atmosphere.

Blake is functional outside and wants you to think that he’s fine. That’s why there isn’t much setup. I wouldn’t want to tell anybody that I often think of ways to die

- Its more an 'i agree' but from personal experiance its something people have opinions on with no understanding. Like that popular streamer guy asmongold, whenever he talks about depression has strong opinions but also admits he knows nothing and doesn't get it, seemingly thinking its a choice to be miserable.

Reading these i notice you emphasize that joel just witnessed the person he loved die. This seems odd to me just because of the varying relationships. Patrice i'm sure says something like 'oh so you're the Joel Ryan's always talking about', that seems to say that Joel and him have never spoken. So they have like 2 conversations before day 3 and suddenly Joels in love with him? I mean it makes sense for someone like Ryan who has previous history but i cant really see it happening for others. Russ and Clyde have like no relationship with him and Joel doesn't seem all that thrilled with Liam either. So jumping to love is quite something.

As for depression, i find people who have never dealt with it have no real grasp on what it is. You see it alot iwth people declaring that they're mental health professionals but they only say 'think happy thoughts', which is the least useful thing to say. It's why where i'm from when people say ''I'm fine'' it means their not fine but they don't want to talk about it. Pushing the issue is very rude.

The stat checks for the corrupted max path doesn't seem to be working saying the check is undefined.

The music can only be heard in the music room at the moment, think the plan is to sell the OST when its all done.

The name was a thing way in the past but since Dave is his own person not a self insert he gets his own name. The coffee cup is now for easter eggs. If you type Dave then you get +1 affection with everyone but if you put someone elses name you get +1 with that person (my fave is how Dave reacts to seeing Tysons name). There's some patreon names that change it i think, but the only one i remember is Timber (i think).

I don't think so in the public version, but if it's there it's in the Compendium section. It's been a while so i can't remember if the free version has the compendium even as an option in its basic function or not.

wow just wow, i've done everything with password and i used about 36. Have you thought about going over your older saves?

you used up all 180 save slots?

there's a scroll bar on the side, each page has alot of save slot on them.

Anxiety doesn't work that way, you always second guess yourself things like "am i bothing them?" "i'm just wasting their time", "i dont want to cause trouble". Makes comunication a bitch. As for the vault Oz explains it and mentions he's worried about dave using it because of his nervous disposition.

You got to day 15 and never realised Dave's an anxious mess with depression and using the vault causes severe mental trauma?

From the ask me anything Grizz did:

What options for translations will there be on full release, fan-made or otherwise?

Ideally, I’d like to have Password available in other languages. As of right now, Chinese and Spanish are the two biggest ones requested and given the size of the Chinese fanbase that’d probably be the priority.

Now, while I know fan made translations exist, I don’t endorse them. I can’t quality check them to know what’s going in there, or how well they’re done, but I’m not going to actively tell people to stop doing them.

It’ll also depend on the cost of translating the whole thing as to if it’ll be available. While offers have been made for fan translations to be done for free, it’s a lot of work and something I’d like to reliably be able to purchase under contract so I can deliver on any promises of it coming.

urgh mega with its 6hr lock on downloads over 5gb curse you .09gb extra now i got to wait forever just to complete the download

Im on pc and theres no download option.