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BUG? "Getting the "beyond here lies" message doesn't encounter cancel, and it follows me into the battle menu, and then says "enemy emerged" as well.

Probably not relevant unless you're gonna use the feature outside of the demo.
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Reentering Quasha Caves at least, regens chests? Not sure if intentional.
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Trying to enter the caves to the right of Quasha (Cevik Heights?) doesn't give a prevention message?
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Dimel Commander:

Black Knight: News of it's defeat > News of its defeat

plauged with witches > plagued with witches
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"Opening a chest should, in fact, perform an encounter cancel."

Yeah, I didn't mean on the 0-frame, just that it encounter-canceled.
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"You can fast-forwarding any in-game text message text by holding CTRL and/or ALT. This method is true across any MZ game I’ve made, more or less. Knowing this should alleviate this issue somewhat for future plays. An alternate solution would be to remove level-up messages entirely, but, I don’t exactly feel good about that alternative?"

I just mash Confirm (X), queuing all the level ups so they don't take up only one line of a box that can hold 4 would be what I expected? Especially since I do want to know who did(n't) level up.
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However, it might also behoove me to remove the Rune slots from the optimize method entirely. Either of these options would mean making exceptions in the code, and I’ve doubts one method would be strictly “easier” to do than the other.

Oh, well, good luck. In-case removing runes from the optimization is easier, it'd be better to do that, because the optimization is less clear with all the spells / techs available?

Thanks for the update! Good to know you feel better now!

Nice! Took 2 days with a sleep break! 303~!

The checkpoint after the second switch door seems a bit too easy to trigger, I didn't even touch the new ground or something and could get the new point?

The walls seem way too frictiony? And sometimes, when doing two full sword charges in quick succession, my second charge doesn't push me much?

And resetting, I don't want to reset to Sword, I want to keep my form because of that, also I like Pistol more?

And now I seem to have shot the 3 door puzzle too-much and froze the game. Going 1-2-3 is too hard because the ground is too frictiony to get back up fast enough, maybe. And/ Or I'm bad at angling to get to 2 fast enough.

Thanks!

When I hit "New Game", it asks if I wanna overwrite. Do I have a save I dunno about?

Gonna check if I can run the updated version, after breakfast. Thanks for the update no matter how it goes!

BUG? Opening a chest as the Encounter Timer hits 0 stops encounter?

BUG: Was messing in the Party Formation menu with the first three characters: Use all three, navigate to an empty space, then try to back out and got "Type Error: Cannot read property 'isHidden' of undefined"

BUG: Holding down when scrolling through the characters list doesn't update the stats.

BUG: Unites should lock out overlaps, right? My part of: Lester, Massaki, Richard. Nari, Vince, and Sue can do all three of Dark Sun Bandits, Brothers of the Blade, and Returning a Favor / Rivalry?

And using Best Friends, Family Attack, and then selecting Golden Triangle and backing out stops Massaki from selecting any Unites anymore.

And everyone levelling up on its only text box is taking a while.

Question: Why is Optimize favoring Sue to have the Vile Rune over the more comprehensive Devil Rune?

Typos at bottom.

And it worked! 3616 more EXP if I wanna hit LV 5. So close to two-shotting Soldiers! I think I might stick it out, also test that Panacea and Potions are healing right. ... And LV 5 doesn't increase damage?? Aww. Only Lv 6 gets me 17 damage...

Actually, it's hard to tell on the screen how much HP is my max for optimal Panacea / Potion usage?

Can you make the game not pause when off-focus? Battle Animations are annoying long when grinding 30 enemies, lol. Probably a sign I shouldn't be doing that.

And I missed a chest in the first area? Huh. Woo! Another Lucky Card! Now I really wanna use it on the 2 "bosses"! ... Okay, so the chests actually refreshed with the update, for some reason?

Ooh, finally landed my first hit on a Dark Sun Bandit with a LV 6 Fire. If a Slash isn't supremely better, such a battle is basically unwinnable! HA! Nevermind, gonna give up. LV 6 is enough.

Lester's Geo and Janice's Recover should both bouns > bonus

All element Runes serieses except First Aid: Inbues > Imbues

Omnisicence Rune > Omniscience Rune

Omnipotence Rune: techquines > techniques

Oh, on the MZ front, then I've got nothing then. https://waldorf.itch.io/respawn-banter works for me, but having an HTML version might be different.

Got any other MZ games you wanna recommend so I can test try to pin down my issue?

Look it up, first step is to get it in the Wayback Machine, and having Linux would be easier but not required.

Well, not sure what happened, but can't run Zilif anymore on my Windows 10, but can run https://doctorspacebar.itch.io/ruphand-an-apothecarys-adventure

And both are RPG Maker MV, IIRC, so not sure what's going on. Probably something about Windows updating.

Only got an Optional update waiting for me, gonna see if that fixes it.

2025-01 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5050081)

Don't seem to help. Gonna try Linux Steam Proton. Nope on that front too, even though it does also work for Ruphand...

Sorry I'm not playing the demo!
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You're welcome! A tip for anything like the modern Castlevania-s, is just grind levels.

I haven't beaten Portrait either, but that's because I'm just playing other things.

Have fun game making!

Ooh, big maze! At least the stairs are a landmark? And the sections are clearly different shapes!

Sure looks dark and menacing! Also blood-red vein-y tree-y things!

Woo progress! May there be less delays in future!

Congrats on making another thing!

I really should stop playing Ecclesia Hard Mode, but I'm almost at the halfway then it's smooth sailing. Really. Gotta be. Can't be that much harder... Right?

What's the update about? Still gotta play the Respawn update...

"the more complicated stuff is done." Woo!

Lol goblins and bombs. Lol goblins in a fancy place.

"Goblin Sappers are among the guards in this fancy estate, which coincides with their boss investing in blast-proofing everything." Hehe! Smart!

"They're all about offense", so either I get really good at tanking, or hit them hard like they're planning for me? Woo turning tactics back!

Thanks for responding! Yeah, levelling up enough to beat the Bandits would be at least LV 5, a.k.a 30+ minutes of grinding IIRC. Not gonna do it unless they give tons of EXP, like 10K+?

Gonna check out the Bunker! Demon portals! Woo! Lol https://lukhash.bandcamp.com/album/magic-gateway
Oh, can't run on Windows 10? Wow, lucky I have Windows XP... somewhere? EDIT 2: Actually gotta allow it past security checks first. Tons of references! Fun! Loud!
https://lukhash.bandcamp.com/album/hongdae-single

And Another World comes from here... https://lukhash.bandcamp.com/album/the-other-side

Maybe I was thinking of Arcade Journeys with its speaker... Eh. Weird uses 6 different LukHash songs and none are Hongdae so maybe it was something else else like Luxaren Allure. Whatever, good music! Thanks for motivating me to find links, and woo some LukHash stuff is free!

Gonna play this and actually continue the plot after lunch or something! Breakfast now lol

Woo updates!

Well, I didn't expect such... Techno music like Weird and Unfortunate battle music! LukHash sure feels familiar. Was it in one of the dungeons? Hmm.

Is Potions healing 50% instead of 25% as stated, supposed to happen? Actually, more than 50%? 332 to 709, is healing 377 where max is 711... Is this a "Heal a percentage and a fixed bit like EBF / Weird?" https://tvtropes.org/Main/PercentBasedValues

Panacea: resotres > restores

Also, it's "Soldier", not "Soilder". Took me a few battles to see it heh.

I wonder what happens if I win against the Dark Sun Bandits. With how strong enemies are and that I can fight one Soldier at a time, along with Blind, grinding is possible... LV 3 after less than 13 minutes of game time. Probably can take down 1 Bandit if one misses like my second or third try, at LV 4.

Woo! Demo! Solving computer problems elsewhere, so probably gonna play this later...

How short's the demo?

Woo headway! Ooh, options! It's just one enemy group. How hard could it be? lol

Just lucked out into saving and loading in the end portal room of the Fae Hedge, is it supposed to have no BGM?

Or am I just not noticing that boss rooms (without Dragon Statues) are sometimes silent to be ominous?

Ha! Lol pipes button can be used everywhere!

Lol can technically mute Evil, but managed to sell her Pipes for all the Neuros.

Thanks! The 1M is achievable in like 1-2 days, but the 1B would therefore take 10-20 days!

Yay for easy fix!
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Mine examination: The "Maybe it's got food" barrel in the first room has an extra space before "touched".

Okay, rafting on the healing spring was a bad idea. Locked me in the not-sparkly corner.

And sailing around Daltah is dangerous. The Raft can go into Daltah but almost couldn't leave unless I activated Down, a.k.a the Entrance Tile.

Hmm, in what circumstances would I want Reviver Amulets instead of Angel Rings? Probably Perilous Punch related. And the Rings are from the Tower... hmmm.

Thanks! Yeah, I thought that might've been it. It was my "How low can Resistances go?" loadout, so I was packing the Dullstone.

And just as a note, the answer is that it can go up to 98% if it's Ice Res, a.k.a a display of 2%.

BUG below? Edit: Oh, right, something about using Brill's Rock Wall stats instead of their own, if I remember right?

Bestiary / Brill's Notes say that Mineral Slimes can deal up to 100 Earth Damage with Rockslide, but how? Their max Wall lasts for 6 turns, not 10, so "Wall Def" x "Wall Turns" isn't gonna be the 10x10 needed for 100?

Actually, how is Rockslide not hurting me? Not Blocking, Defense 23, Earth Damage Multiplier at 100%... Only other effects are the Double Dragonstone, Master's Gift... And that's all that seems relevant? And the Slime does have a Wall up...

Hope I'm only finding new bugs / your records are good on knowing when/if I am! I feel like I refought Mineral Slimes before for Mythril or something and would've noticed this already...?

No prob! Thanks for making an enemy that made me think and Check to discover this mechanic!

Yay for code reuse making things easier!

Edit: Felt like going deeper into the Mine... What triggers Mineral Slimes to make Walls? Or even Block? Because they're just punching me for 0 damage since I'm Genji Shield-ing.

Uh, that doesn't seem to be happening? I blocked the one at the upper right of the mine, above the Miner in the side passage, all the way from 5 Star Force to 75 Star Force, and no Burrowing is happening... A.k.a it's Bulldozed me more than 20+ times?

Especially since I seem to have maxed out my Shield Generator boost, a.k.a 300 ticks?

Woo! New capabilities, but simple! Heh, allowing negatives! Allowing more possibilities!

Oh, good, it's not another Shadow monster. I guess Shadow monsters are even more dark / hidden than this Worm!

Solid rock stats! Not 300 HP a basic monster... yet?

Great time to Mix up a fast Earth attack!

And this is just by itself! If there's more than one, or if there's other enemies with it... heh. They're sorta tougher / hold bigger grudges than Cave Worms, who don't stick around! Uh, how do I get a Cave Worm to flee? I've been blocking for 10 turns?

Yay progress!

Thanks! Nice! The new trees remind me of Ara Fell: Enhanced!

Heh, probably because I don't play that many RPG Maker games with lush forests or something?

Yay for art! But what's the differences between styles? The images at top don't seem different to me?

Nice that you don't have to answer perfectly, heck, I accidentally pressed too fast for 2 Anny parts and still captured!

Cool and creepy! I wonder who the secret character is.

Hmm, can't seem to quit or restart right. Not sure if it's me / Firefox, or the game.

Fun concept though! Beat in like 1:05.

Tablet-y things words don't stay on screen long, is there a way to get them to repeat? But I can read some of them at least. EDIT, nevermind, Hover, I was dumb. Ha!

But, with Price reduction, I got a Game Over when digging at $653 and $450. Is that supposed to happen?

So many cool artifacts! Trying to get all the districts was my bad strat, if I didn't plan with Bombs and Bread. Just gotta go for it now that I have Roguelike Clue experience.

And having Card, Skull, Radar, Bread, Collar, Wheel, Lamp, Globe, covers the Region so I dunno where I am by number.

Finally won with $7314 and found all 5 Districts but only needed 3! Triangulation!

Good enemy variety! Not too hard! Good buildup to the reveal!

Sweet end picture~!

No Time blocks! heh.

In Windows 10, I solved it by going into Protection History and just telling it to Restore the Zip then I could extract and it worked.

Ooh, a non-Neuro game! Cool! And not just saying that because Snow.

The switch had me confused because I wasn't sure it worked, especially since it could be undone, maybe. But it's not too hard to check!

I wonder if it's possible to go the wrong direction from the start, but I guess that's why the target location is semi-visible after you've sorta lost sight of the start location? Good location design!

Whoops, wrong game, sorry. Are you gonna add the boss after the Jam or something?

Word combo fun! Good color coding! Tons of words! Reminds me of https://sawyer-friend.itch.io/ratd

Used all my words against John Archive but can't click the battery to go next turn. He wants to "Dodge"

Ooh, stealthy but player actions matter! Cool!

Enjoy the next celebration!