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I'm fascinated by the writing system in the cover art. I invented one that looks quite similar when I was in high school, documented on an old blog here: https://paradox11.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/kandalinga-na-my-constructed-language...

I have a question about the rule around not portraying jealousy. I might be misreading it, but they seemed to imply that jealousy should not be portrayed unless it is "overcome" by the end of the game. Jealousy is an emotion that virtually all humans experience, and I'm worried that disallowing characters from expressing an entire emotion by the end of the game isn't great for polyamory representation either. It sets a very high bar of "perfection" that most people can't live up to, and may make polyamorous folks whose lives don't live up to that high bar feel bad about themselves. Struggling with jealousy, especially if you come from a background of trauma around unmet needs or clinical anxiety, doesn't make someone a bad person or not polyamorous or imply their relationships will fail. I get that it's a negative stereotype that jealousy will destroy polyamorous relationships, and that many mono people assume that it isn't possible to have polyam relationships without jealousy, but I also want to see more games with polyamory that feel realistic while still being positive/happy representations.

Also, is it acceptable to focus on non-romantic or queerplatonic partnerships in the context of polyamory? What about content that focuses on aromantic spectrum people, queerplatonic relationships, and otherwise non-romantic polyamorous relationships? Aro people exist in polyamorous spaces, and I want to see their experiences in games as well. Arospec relationships get devalued so often and considered "less than" romantic ones.

(While I'm not currently in any relationships, I'm pretty sure I'm polyam and I'm definitely arospec.)

Hopefully I'll get around to it eventually! I want to. Unfortunately this is a back burner project for me until at least October

I still occasionally think about this game even though I played it years ago! I'm a sucker for magic schools and this game is so cute!

Oof, relatable! It's so rare to see people acknowledge how ace people can be harmed by fundamentalist Christianity. I appreciate that reference

I tried clicking the Steam key button and it said there were none available now

I live near the Berkshires and not used to reading anything set near where I live, so I'm very curious about this

I've left the theme up to interpretation, and I'm not going to police how closely people's submissions match the theme as long as the submission can reasonably be considered a zine (I've removed some obvious jam spam that were generic-looking video games)

I feel like it doesn't fit the stereotype as long as other characters who aren't aromantic are non-human in some way as well. You should be fine

Oddly satisfying and stimmy! Played on Steam Deck

I managed to update and expand a game draft based on playtesting and release it for sale on itch! Submitted it to the jam

I'm not sure what's going on here. I think I'd need to see your export settings

Just created a Discord server for the jam! https://discord.gg/H6GcV3Gqh

Just created a server for the jam: https://discord.gg/H6GcV3Gqh

That sounds fine to me to create a game like this for the jam!

The download link is broken now :(

If you think that that aesthetic contributed to the look of the Internet during that era, it should be fine, though it's not really the focus of the jam

Every time I extract from the zip file, there are no character sheets in the Character Sheets folder

Played this on my Steam Deck. Nice!

https://metaparadox.itch.io/chrysalis-cycle-rebirth-prelude

I received a copy of this in a recent Drivethrurpg order despite... not having ordered it. Is it fate?

The issue has been solved after I emailed support. Looks like because I bought a bunch of games at once due to the sale that it looked suspicious to the automated system, so the sales had to be reviewed before releasing the keys

This says it comes with a Steam key, but it's not showing up for me on the download page

This doesn't run on the itch.io client on Mac

Ooh! This looks really cool! Glad to know people are still writing online LARPs! I actually developed a LARP discord bot over the course of the pandemic to enable inventories, items and searchable channel-based locations, contingency envelopes and various abilities for games like this. If you're ever interested in using the bot, feel free to reach out! It's not publicly available yet, but I'll work with anyone interested in using it. Here's my website about the bot with documentation on all the commands and an intro video: https://www.oliviamontoya.com/index.php/projects/larp/larp-bot/

That's perfectly fine!

This says it will run on Mac but I downloaded it and there were only .exe files to run on PC, no Mac app

It's a really old laptop that I use for playing small PC-only games (my main computer is a Macbook). I literally found it on a free stuff table a few years ago. It says the graphics card is AMD Radeon HD 7520G. Driver version is 15.200.1055.0.  Scanning for an update said this is the best driver for this card, but it's from 2015... so it's probably just that the computer and graphics card are too old. I mostly use it for RPG Maker games. Someday I'll get something newer

Found the log file. Here's the relevant part:

info startup: Initializing user interface rendering...

error window: Application creation error: java.lang.RuntimeException: asset not loaded: shader/gui.json

at com.lezliz.b.g.a(Unknown Source)

at com.lezliz.rainnskye.b.e(Unknown Source)

at com.lezliz.rainnskye.a.a(Unknown Source)

at com.lezliz.window.MainWindowNative.a(Unknown Source)

at com.lezliz.rainnskye.Main.main(Unknown Source)

Still didn't work :(

Mac app wouldn't open :(

Mac app wouldn't open, even after multiple tries (the usual way you open an unsigned app)

This game crashes every time I try to open it on Windows :(

The error message said "Run Time Package non trovate. Installare RTPe.exe"

I tried copying over the RPG_RT.exe file to where it was missing, but I just get an error message when I try to run it. It says I need to install something. I have the RTP installed already

Game wouldn't load data when I tried to play...

Yes, that’s fine

Totally counts as mythology! Feel free to interpret "mythology" however you wish

Saw this game on the Jimquisition Game of the Year awards, so I'm downloading it!

Will there be a mac build?