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There's a small chance your antivirus/browser is preventing the game from moving forward. The hints you are looking for involve things on the page about the Roottree Sisters. One hint involves jewelry the other a shirt.

If you have definitely have them in the right spot, then try simply refreshing the browser tab. If you can't skip the opening newscasting scene, then your browser isn't allowing the game to save. If you do have a skip button now, it may autocomplete when you enter the game?

If you're still having trouble please come to the discord using the link in-game. Someone can get you a downloadable version of the game that doesn't require browsers to behave.

You likely lost work, usually when this happens its related to a cookies issue caused by the browser or software preventing cookies. The only thing I recommend would be to switch browsers if you can, but the safest option is to use the link for discord in the game and ask for the downloadable version. That one will save locally instead of in your temporary internet files

The intuition tells you when there's still more relevant information or evidence connected to something. It usually only changes when you find evidence or when someone is locked in as being correct. 

From the main menu (on the newspaper) open the settings button. In the upper right should be a reset progress option. When clicking, you need to hover over it a few seconds because I didn't want people to accidentally delete their progress.

This is not a bug. The walkthrough you are watching was likely from an early build of the game. When you search for Rhose, it should give you a hint as to do a bit more necessary research before you can place her on the family tree.

I don't really have any way to verify if it's a bug here. Part of the game is revisiting the information you have and being absolutely sure about everything. For example, you might have all of his information right but not have him in the correct spot on the tree. Sometimes people have similar names, etc.

If you'd like a hint for as to why it is incorrect, we can help in the discord without spoiling anything. There's a link on the settings menu,

There must be something incorrect on some of them. It automatically progresses when you have three right. There is a tiny chance (I'd say about 0.01%, it's seriously very rare) that the game is bugged and not progressing due to some combination of cookies or adblocker, but in most cases it's because there's a mistake in some of the people you've filled in. If you're certain things are correct, I'd recommend coming to the discord and people can manually double check,

You're very welcome!

If you go to the game's discord (from the link in the game) we can get you a downloadable version of the game that will not have this problem since it saves locally instead of to your browser's cookies.

Hey there, I'd appreciate it if you do your best to hide the searchable name in this post.  If you could edit it to say "the musical" that would be great. Thanks for playing!

It's not just you...  If you search for her on the internet you should be able to find more info about why her name isn't in the list.

I don't want to give it away since I don't have an easy way to mark spoilers here, but there is a direct hint along the same path you used to find a newspaper advertisement of a local business that featured a picture of one of the Roottrees. At some point you come across a list of different businesses/organizations, and she's related to one of them.

If you'd like more details the discord can fill you in, but hopefully that's enough to go on.

Yes, you have their jobs correct. Are you sure you have everything else right? Their photos and names are all trickier than their jobs.

Good news! We're working on a remake that doesn't use AI art. This version is expected to remain on itchio, but the new version will be entirely original, and entirely illustrated.

You won't find it on the internet, you'll need to use a different kind of resource. Keep an eye out for anything that can help.

Additionally, you do not need to find spouse names for the Blood Relative to lock in.

If you have any more questions or would like hints, we can help on the discord! (It's accessible from in-game)

Sorry that I didn't see this message before now.

I do not think it is Chrome, because others (including myself) have had no issue in Chrome. That said, I have seem some adblockers cause mayhem with the game (I do not know why, it has no ads) 

Perhaps it is a specific addon or extension causing problems? If you are on Windows and come join the discord (it can be found in the main menu or the settings menu) then you can get a downloadable version of the game.

Good news... 
https://jjohnstongames.itch.io/the-roottrees-are-dead/devlog/690887/the-roottree...

When you search for Rhose on the computer, the page that comes up details that it might be harder to find some people. You could have to do a deeper dive into the things associated with them, such as brands. Looking into those will show you what you're missing.

The discord that you can find on the main menu and in the settings menu is a good resource for hints. There are a lot of people who can help. 

There are also some playthroughs on youtube, though some of them are from older versions of the game so I don't know which ones will be the easiest to help you.

I'm glad that it was so useful for you! Thank you so much for playing, I really appreciate it. I hope your finals went well!

There are many ethical concerns with using AI art, I think that if you're interested in knowing more there is a significant amount of information about that out there since it's a very hot-button topic at the moment. Just searching for "ethics of AI art" for example, would lead to a lot different resources from articles to reddit posts, etc. 

I am no expert on the subject, but generally, how I sum up the main problem, is that there is no public-use AI that I know of that has been built on art that they sourced ethically. In many cases it was taken without permission, and in the cases where they do claim to have permission, it seems like that permission was gathered retroactively (because AI is a relatively recent phenomenon)

AI needs a massive database of images to begin to learn the patterns of how to create more images, and in this situation that core seems to be built without properly gathering the rights to do so for essentially every mainstream AI image generator.

Generally this is primarily a graphical and user-interface overhaul. We do plan to have some new content and some new puzzles, but we're trying to be very careful not to disrupt the story as it currently stands.

We're not adding any new people to the main family tree, for example, and I don't have the bandwidth to create an entirely new family tree like I would if this were a sequel.

Instead, I'm working on ways to include bonus content to investigate into and solve that fits nicely into the story I've created.

The discord is found on the main menu of the game. If you mean that the main menu won't even come up in your current browser, you should be able to temporarily open it in a different browser, and click the discord link there. (Don't bother playing it in a browser that's unfamiliar with you, you can close that browser once you click the discord link)

I'm not sure. I wouldn't trust it if it didn't work the first time. If you run into any kind of bug near the end of the game due to not being able to save I'd really not want for you to have to start over

This likely means that your browser isn't allowing the game to save cookies or there is an issue with an adblocker.

If you come to the discord I (or someone else) can set you up with a downloadable version of the game that will save your file locally instead of into your browser data.

You're going to need to do a bit more research specifically into the person you're missing.

If you search for her name directly on the search engine, it will give you some general search tips on how to track individual people down. This includes searching for things associated with them like product and brand names.

For this one you're gonna wanna look more into one of the Notable Roottree who is directly connected to Eli C.

Be sure to re-read any resources you found when looking into him the first time, especially the ones that are also listed on the periodicals page of your notepad.

 Most mobile games are meant to be played across many short sessions, with good breaks between the gameplay. I think that generally this game has a bit too much reading and note-taking and cross referencing to make it an ideal game for playing in short bursts.

I'm really sorry to hear about your save problems. I'm not sure what more I can do. It's saving to a file that's essentially out of my control. As for my connection to the Pittsburgh region, you can read more about that by searching for the local in-game periodical from that region... but the answer is no. I just picked it at random as a place that sounded reasonable.

I prefer, if you could, remove the names of those people. Maybe just say "some siblings".

I can try to be super vague here but give you enough to find it. It's not on a website though you need the computer. Check the older resources related to the job of the more well known one.

It's in the menu of the game, you can get there from settings.

No problem, I really appreciate it! Because your questions are now removed I can kinda answer both a bit more vaguely without giving anything away to people that don't already know the answers/questions. 

The male's job in particular that you were missing is in a magazine article. It's easy to skip over the significance of it because the article is about that person's offspring, not them directly.

The other job you guessed at is found on a website that lists some clients of a specific company. To remind you which list, one of the entries lead you to find some advertisements involving vehicles. That's the easy one to find. The other thing in the list that you can search for leads you to some information about a local performance. That can help find the second person's job.

I am not planning on releasing a paid version here on itchio. As for the name you were missing, there is a periodical that you likely didn't find. It's mentioned offhand in a pretty major book (the main one in the game) and some people skip right over it because it feels a bit like "lore".

I'd appreciate if you edit out your spoilers, but yes, there are answers for both. One is located on a webpage and the other is located in a periodical article.

If you come to the discord I (or someone else) can tell you the answers less vaguely, if you'd like.

Once you fill in the three sisters correctly the tutorial will automatically move on, you don't need to do anything special.

When you search for the Roottree Sisters it mentions that they specifically have a job associated with one brand of clothing. That's a good place to look into.

Thank you very much!

Scroll wheel will zoom out once you're done with the tutorial.

The game should save but depending on browser and OS it has had some issues. The best way to be sure it is saving is to finish the tutorial, then to use the "save and quit" button in the settings. If you restart the game and don't have the ability to skip the scene with the news on TV, then the game is not saving properly.

After the tutorial ends you will see another sticky note on the computer that leads to a periodical search.

When you do a search for Rhose Roottree in the search engine, there is a mention that you can sometimes find more information about people by searching for things like brand names associated with them. That will help you solve the first puzzle.