Bug report for Android
You can hardlock saves by: saving with hidden text, saving in the map screen.
Now i have to redo most of the game...
Oh i found another critique worthy point, you can start repeatable h-scenes before you progress the girl's main story to that point. For example, Mina's morning Yoga events can be progressed to 'oral' and maybe further before developing the relationship to the point where that'd be ok/normal.
It's an easy fix though i think, and it's ok if you don't fix it until the end of development. Probably best if you put off fixing it until all events are in the game.
Oh yeah and a gallery for the unique h-events would be nice. I can just make a ton of saves so it's ok. Idk anything about how you'd make a gallery, so i can't give any opinion on that front. But yeah it's ok if you never make one, so don't feel pressured.
Do you have 'Fixing broken English' on your To-Do-List?
Like do you have some plan for it? Like when/how you would do it?
I'd rate your English 3/5. It's all understandable and it's not so wrong that it's comedic or cringe.
Almost all of your mistakes can be easily forgiven. All except: "Me either".
"I liked it" "Me either". It's supposed to be "Me too"
"I don't like him" "I don't either" is correct, i pulled that one from goggle though.
"Either" isn't used in positive agreement, only in negative one and as i'm aware of relatively rarely. I guess it's a 'if it sounds right we'll allow it' case.
Also the most common use for either is in 'or' sentences, example: "You either like tits, or ass"
Don't get discouraged by my critique though. I like your game so far, and i didn't even get to the h-scenes, which look very nice in the previews i must say.
To wrap up i'll give a short positive review: Good UI, interesting story, good character design, good environments and everything gameplay wise works well.
Android ver. doesn't work.
I can't give you good info on what's wrong with the installation. I can however spout nonsense.
All i can say is: i'm on android 11, i have enough space, and the installation fails like at 75~ish %. It doesn't say why, it just says "app not installed".
It's as if i don't have enough space or as if it was in conflict with the older version.
but i have enough space and i don't have any version of the game installed
Idk how this shit works but, is it possible that the installation package has conflicting parts? Like (random numbers) outta 100 files: file#23 and file#76 are ok on their own but together they make a problem? So like 75 outta 100 files (numbers outta my ass) get installed and it's fine but when file #76 starts getting installed it creates a conflict?
Stats and stat checks
Why are the stat checks always so low? Example >8 or >12.
And why are there so many events without a stat check?
- I mean, there are several events that are scripted for you to get your ass handed to you like you're a lvl1 peasant, by a lvl3 lumberjack. Meanwhile your stats are 5 times greater than one stat check event had required to do an almost super human feat.
While well written, they do feel 'emersion breaking' for those that hit the grind before doing any events.
You can make extra versions of most of the events to accommodate for different levels, but i am sure that'd be even more work to deliver updates.
You can make the story-lines more linearly intertwined so you don't do a quest where you 1v1 a dragon and win before doing a quest where you get ass whooped by a basic thug.
Maybe make milestone locked level limits? I expect a 'just because you trained a lot doesn't mean you'll actually be good in a real fight' and to that i agree. So maybe make a event/milestone-locked level limits? Y'know? From 0 sword skill you can train to 10 and no further without a 'real life experience' event, then you can improve it to like 25 by training and hit another limit until another improvement inspiring event.
Probably best to apply some kind of mix of those ideas.
I don't know how the game making process' look and i don't know how you are making this one and if you already got those ideas in mind. I like the project and wish the best for it so i had to unload some of my opinions.
I don't know if this was constructive criticism and i hope i don't incite any kind of negative attitude towards the 'creators vision' or creative process.
Much love
The status screen doesn't work. Says something like 'error not defined 'boldMC' name'
In the Zen questline when you go troll hunting the guild background is missing.
The Taliya 'one last duel' after she invites you to the party doesn't work. The dot isn't moving and you can't get more than one hit in.
All on android. P.s. +2023090415 and i don't remember where i downloaded from
I played yesterday and i am going to play again today.
Since i have to re-play to get to the new stuff cus i can't use the save file they posted for download.
That's how i know for the initial Maki mini-games, and today i'll know for the sports festival.
Fyi the first Maki mini-game event isn't necessary at all since you get the scene replay of that scene even if you don't go through it or win and unlock it in the gallery if you initiate it at the fountain.
I'm going through all the mini-games to see what state they're in
The tennis mini-game has been fixed it seems. Less bounces and as such less speed build up.
But the Maki running has been chronologically been: impossible, extra hard <{idk which came before which}> time consuming but easy if you tap in a somewhat slow rhythm, impossible, and now again extra hard.
Idk when i played the sports festival but it worked well for me. Weightlifting worked how it was supposed to. The running was hard but gradually easier as it was programmed to be. Pong/tennis caught me off guard how hard the first training session is, but it also became gradually easier. I think i wanted to bite off my fingers during and after the running sports event. Which worked but was hard.
Everybody complains how old saves don't work on new versions, and now i have to as well.
On my phone 99.7% of the files aren't accessible, and among those i can't see are the HUH save files.
Every time the game got an update the old files would become incompatible and you'd remedy that by putting out save files for installation, but never would it work for me. I always had to re-do the whole game to enjoy new updates. I'm tired boss. Work on the save compatibility and delay the content update or something. Maybe do what Sexnote has? The load new content save button.
I don't wanna go through all that tap-tap-tapping again. It's a time consuming process and i had enough.
Please fix saves.
And yes i did try to use the save files you put out for download, and yes the issue remains how i spoke of it.
Go into 'Apps' on your Android and in filter options turn on 'Show system apps', then look for 'Package installer/Application installer', the one that has a suspiciously large storage usage is the thing in which you have to go into, click 'Storage' and then 'Clear data'.
For some reason that thing fully duplicates the files you tried to install if the installation failed and it keeps duplicates of some data from things you installed over time. It's safe to clear it.
Also make sure you delete installation packages of games you installed already. Otherwise you have double the storage use.
And clearing cache of Chrome is advised if you're using it.
I want this game to be all that the Devs claim it'll be. I really like the art (we do not speak of the Janice scene), i really like the characters and the generic town dating sim element. I'm still angy that we are still waiting for updates. Still not hehe that they keep promising "update at the end of this month" to their Patreons and not delivering.
In short terms my feelings shall be expressed with a simple: "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!!"
Hi! It's been a while!
I had issues with my phones that i don't even bother to remember but basically i replayed the whole 0.5 version twice and then lost progress in 0.6A where i only did Shizuka's story before my phone *poofed*
I was like: "I'll wait until there's a LOT more content to replay again" and here i am, remember everything only vaguely so rereading 5h of text will be like a fresh experience and if i understand you remade a bit of the early story?
Anyways. What would you say how much more is there than 0.5 +Shizuka part of 0.6A?
Also will there be any remakes in the story later?
I don't need a quality guarantee, i have more than enough faith in your work. But i want to know if there's a lot more content before i decide to invest myself again into this story.
I love you Stawer and i love this game. I may not be able to support you financially but i hope good faith is felt. <3