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Are you opening the .app file? If you try to launch the .exe it won't work on Mac, as the .exe file is the Windows build.
I've had a few people report that my Mac builds don't work on Itchio, but it always turned out to be that the person was trying to open the wrong file.

Thank you very much!

Thank you so much! I'm glad that you enjoyed it!
I don't usually make branching VNs haha (a lot of my stories are purely linear) so I'm glad adding in the choices + various endings added to the overall experience!
And yeah, if you want to get The Worst Endings you have to be pretty mean to Zero haha ;; I tried to make the good/bad choices pretty apparent (most of the time, at least) so players would't get blindsided by the bad endings.

The art for this story is gorgeous, I love how it turned out. It's so pretty haha, the artist did a great job.

Thank you for your kind comments, reading them made my day! <3

Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
A lot of the endings are pretty short bad endings (like letting your stress or thirst max out, or not making your rent in time), which might be easy to miss haha
And writing this was a lot of fun; I had a good time working on all of the dialogue!

I made myself laugh writing some of the silly lines in this game haha
Thank you, I hope you enjoy it!

I've added a Steam key option to the game and it should be functioning as intended. I can see that several people have claimed Steam keys for the game already, so I pesume that it's all set up properly. If it's not working for you, it's probably an issue with Itchio itself.
If you want you can email me (ebihimes@gmail.com) with proof of your purchase on Itchio and I can send you a key there.

The Steam and Itchio builds of the game are 100% identical. If the works on Steam, it should work on Itchio.
I imagine the issue is that you're trying to open the wrong file in the Itchio version, which is why it isn't launching.
You need to open the .app file, not the .exe.

When you say 'the Steam version works', do you mean the Steam version works on mac? Or were you playing the Steam version on a different PC or laptop?

aaa thank you so much!!! i'm glad that you enjoyed it, and i'm glad you found it sweet! abel is a pretty prickly character and i know one steam reviewer at least disliked him immensely lmao so i'm glad some people appreciate him <3

and yeah, ed is from another time but he's already been living in the modern day for over a year when in fair spirits starts, so he has a handle on a lot of stuff already... i also thought it would be funny if he was a more reliable/responsible driver than abel despite him being born in an era when cars don't exist lmao

i think i naturally tend to be a bit wordy when i write (+ i've read a lot of classic novels) so ed's more old-fashioned first person narration also came easy to me haha ;;

i had fun writing the parallels between ed and abel and how they both cope with grief (+ their relationships with their sisters), so i'm glad it was fun to read and think about! i thought their own past traumas would give ed and abel some nice common ground too, even if their personalities are pretty different and they both come from different time periods.

thank you so much for the long comment! it was really nice to read through it haha, i'm very fond of ed and abel so it's nice that you liked reading about them! thank you!!! <3

thank you very much! <3

Thank you for checking it out!

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it! I wonde if it'd be awkward to recommend a story with so many r18 scenes to your family though hahaha ;;;

Well I guess there is the all ages version...

Thank you so much! I'm glad you appreciate all of the British-ishms haha

Thank you so much! That's so kind of you!
I had a lot of fun writing Robin too haha, especially in Refrain. I became very fond of him, I think his internal narration is kind of endearing despite all of the bad things he has done haha
And I like Bell a lot too, she was also an interesting character to write about! This story is very dark but I did have fun with it, I wrote the first draft of the script pretty quickly.

And Ashes can be read on its own. Scars is a 'what-if' spinoff which happens like 70% of the way into Ashes's timeline. Ashes is a complete story on its own, so if you're not too into BL you can skip Scars and not miss too much (though I am very fond of it).

Thank you so much! I'm glad that you enjoyed it!

You'll have to tell me how it works, since I've received conflicting reports... Some people on Mac are saying the Mac builds work perfectly while other people are struggling to open them...
Granted the people who are struggling seem to only have problems with a couple of my free VNs on Itchio for some reason 😔

I have uploaded a new mac build, hopefully this one will work.

I uploaded a new build only for the mac, hopefully this one should work.

The first ending is a short bad end you can only get in the introductory scenes (so if you choose to skip the intro you can't unlock it).
You need to be rude to Miss Himemiya, and you should be able to unlock it.

And thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Apks aren't compatible with iPhones, unfortunately. It only works on Android phones!

That sounds like a fun idea! Good luck with it! o7

haha thank you, i hope it's enjoyable!

Love the MC's sprite, she's so expressive! It was fun hunting down all of the ends, and I like the bgm that was picked out; it suits this story perfectly!

Thank you very much!!! <3

Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Ekkoberry's art is really cute; I'm very glad we were able to work together!

And I do love writing characters who bicker, it's a lot of fun!

Late reply but thank you for the feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

I'm glad that the apk file is working properly too!

I can't add any Steam trading cards or backgrounds until the game earns a certain amount of money in Steam sales, and the game is very far from hitting that earnings threshold. With the way curent sales are, I wouldn't be surprised if it took 4 or 5 years until it made enough money to be eligible for profile customisations.

It's mostly just a matter of personal preference. I read a lot of VNs myself, but I actually prefer kinetic VNs since I tend to get choice paralysis (I have literally dropped VNs before because I got to a choice point, didn't know what to pick, and then closed the game and never returned to it lol)

Since I tend to write stories that appeal to my own tastes first and foremost, I mostly write linear stories since I like them more. Rain and the Wolf was an exception since I wanted to write a story with a few grim bad endings, but I also wanted there to be a possibility of a fairytale happily ever after romance; the story was conceived as having multiple ends from the get-go. Most of my VNs aren't planned with any branching in mind, however, and I also think I'm a bit better at writing structured linear stories than branching ones.

I have been experimenting a little more with VNs that have choices and multiple endings lately, however, so I might make more branching BL in the future. I'll have to see how I feel!

The art is very soft and pretty (I really liked the animated effect of the falling leaves) and I'm pleasantly surprised that there's a couple of endings which aren't too bleak. I'm not sure if it's exactly uplifting but it feels fairly hopeful despite the subject matter.

i didn't make an android version for this one since i think some parts of the code wouldn't work nicely on android and i'd need to edit some stuff... i don't think it'd take a very long time but i've been focusing on other things
i might add an android version to this at some point, i'll write a devlog to announce it if i do! and thank you! <3

Tysm! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I did think it would be fun to do a little more in the Lonely universe but I didn't think I had anything else to really explore with the three main LIs in Lonely (at least, not in the same setting), so I wound up doing something a bit different...
I wasn't really sure if people would vibe with it since I mostly saw people saying they wanted to read more about the princess haha but I'm glad it was still interesting!

And I love the music in this VN too, it's so good!!! It's one of my fav parts about the whole VN haha, I enjoyed listening to it a lot while I was coding the story together <3

thank you very much, i'm glad you liked it! i was a bit worried people would think it's too short or too underwhelming compared to lonely, especially since there's only 2 characters and not as mnay art assets, so i'm glad it wasn't the case...!

(i also kept this story in my drafts for like 6 months wondering if i should actually release it or not haha so ig it's good i did...)

and yes it is true love... medea and rosette belong together haha ;;

Thank you for checking it out, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

There was a bug with the 8th music track not unlocking properly, so I've ploaded a new build of the game which should hopefully fix that. Thank you for pointing it out!

Thank you!

Sequel🙏🙏🙏

Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

glad you were able to unlock everything!

Tysm for your kind comment, it's appreciated!
It didn't get too many downloads but I'm glad a few people checked it out at least!

For these missing endings, I don't recall exactly what correlates to what, but you get them by:
- hitting max thirst with Mayu (can do it on any day) while having max affection with Sumire
- not having enough money to pay your rent on Halloween while having max affecton with Sumire
- not having enough money to pay your rent on Halloween while having max affection with Juriel

Aha I'm glad it was still enjoyable despite that, I just hope it wasn't disappointing