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oh gosh that's so kind uwu

awesome!  I'll download it too just in case lol

aw jeez ♥

30-60 minutes, about?  I made the thing and I can finish it in 15 minutes so I really have no perspective lol

aw jeez ;.;

I love this gaaaAAAAAAAMEEE

There's only one ending, but if you find all the things and meet some conditions, there's a little treat at the end ;D

https://lovegames.itch.io/rxcovery

thanks!  I'll try my best to answer, it's been a while and I don't remember all the things I did... 

After every battle, every character has a chance for at least one random stat to go up by a little tiny bit - that includes characters not in the party and not discovered yet.  So hopefully, the characters you find later aren't TOO underleveled compared to your active party.  

In addition to that, every action taken has a chance of increasing its related stat a little bit - punching can increase strength and max HP, using a gun can increase agility and luck... I forget which actions directly affect which stats, but it's not a 1-to-1 thing, made to avoid the Final Fantasy 2 problem where the only way to increase defense was to get your ass kicked.  

So yeah, a non-gun-using character's gun-related stats will go up a little sometimes, but not nearly as much as a character who actually fires a gun every battle.  

oh, cool!

Oh no!!  What seems to cause the error? Is it when a sound plays, or just when you try to install it?  

I'm not a pro at this kind of thing, so maybe somebody at some RPG Maker 2003 forum has figured this out already...

i'm literally crying right now ;.;  Thanks so much!! I'm glad my work seems to have made a difference!

there's a book for every school of magic!  You just have to find them ;)

nice!!!  Yeah, looks like you have!  As far as I know, anyway... I haven't seen anyone else try yet

That's an idea!

Oh wow, that's so cool!!  My first youtube-style game review!!  Thanks so much for playing, I'm glad you liked it ;.;

That's a good idea!  I should revisit that someday.  
I did make the original game hoping my hard-of-hearing dad and hard-of-hearing best friend would play it, and that's what the "easy mode" is for, but yeah it misses part of the experience

I've tried a lot of fixes like the ones you suggested, but they either didn't help or made it worse ;.;

This has been most helpful!  Apparently, a new script I added to stop the timer whenever you're reading something or sitting through a cutscene has been messing with how the New Game+ works.  I've fixed all of the issues you were having with the timer running out during battles, as well as the hopeless loop all New Game Pluses were getting caught in.  I'm going to see if I can somehow rescue your New Game+ file.  

The bug that happens when someone leaves your party is a bit stickier, though.  I'm trying, but I can't seem to fix it.  I think it's an issue with the Yanfly script not playing nice with some other vital scripts.  I'll spend some more time on it, but it might not be fixable.  

Ah, that's weird!  The NG+ is supposed to recover everybody's health on its own, but I guess if it doesn't, then I can do that manually.  Thanks!  

And if you could send me your save files in a Dropbox link or something, I will gladly accept then

You seem to have a knack for finding really strange bugs somehow.  Well, thanks for your report, I'll noodle around and see what I can do.  So far, I haven't managed to replicate any of the bugs you've described, but I'll keep at it.  

I've probably lost your interest entirely at this point, but can you tell me more about what you were doing right before the bugs happened?  

The "Script Sprite_Battler line 80: TypeError occurred. no implicit conversion from nil to integer" bug used to happen when you removed a character from your party and didn't replace them with a new member.  I thought I'd fixed it, but perhaps not.  Someone else got around the bug by always having the max number of members in the active party.  

The other bug happened once when the timer ran out as a boss battle was being finished, and for some reason it caused the player to be caught in a loop like that. 

How does that compare to what you experienced?

They aren't anybody in particular.  They were fantasy races for a game that never got made, and now they're just there to look cool I guess

Well, if it helps, this is definitely the last time I'm using this engine

That is an incredible compliment!!  Thanks so much!  I hope you do make games - it's heartbreaking work, but also a lot of fun!  I really liked watching your playthrough of it too!  

The New Game + prompt only happens when the timer runs out!  Be sure to save your game and choose the "New Game +" option when it appears.  

Thanks for playing!!  I enjoyed watching you give it a go!

I don't know how to fix it.... the engine is kind of a black box.  I'm hoping I can find someone to help me with it, but for now, it's just how it is.  Sorry!  

Thanks so much!!  I'm glad you liked it!  This made my day haha

Oh my god, please don't kill yourself!!  I'm glad I managed to help, but I'm not a therapist and I hope you see a professional about this!  

I know it's not an easy step, and you've probably heard all that before, but it makes all the difference - I didn't want to either, but after getting treatment, I was pretty much a new person!  No more thinking about ending it all, no more hiding in the broom closet at work so nobody sees me burst into tears, no more locking myself in the car and literally screaming until I lose my voice - I promise, it doesn't have to be like this!  

You totally weren't asking for advice but reading your comment really worried me

The monsters are sort of color-coded, and have the element in their name - Devil element monsters hjave "Devil" in their name and are purple, Slime element monsters are green and have "Slime" in their name, etc.  The monster names are kind of nonsense so it's a bit abstract, but it's there!

yay!!

Ok, the Windows thing is definitely fixed now.  I don't know why you aren't seeing a download link, though, I see it just fine.  :< 

oh shoot, you're right!  yeah, it's for Windows.  It should say now!

Thanks so much for playing!! :D

Thanks!  :D

Thanks so much!! I'm glad you enjoyed it!  Sorry, I forgot I had a comments section lol

I keep trying to boink Darius, but I'm apparently way too much of an annoying little prude.  It's exactly like re-living my early awkward college years.  I was so insufferable back then...  

I love this game!!  Let me know if you want me to donate a finished background or two

I'm glad you found a workaround!!  Yeah, it seems to have something to do with who's in your party, but if you downloaded "Rxcovery v5.1.zip," that bug shouldn't be happening no matter how few people are in your party.  I'll continue trying to figure this out.  Thanks so much for being patient!

I just uploaded v5.1, so give this one a try.  I moved some things around.  I can't make the bug happen for me for some reason, so you'll have to be my canary.