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Thanks so much for your thoughtful comments! We're really glad to see you enjoyed immersing yourself in and speculating about the world we're crafting. Be sure to check out the much more robust Episode 0 Demo we just put out on Steam, or check out our other games and stories here:https://linktr.ee/otdevil

Thank you, we're glad you had fun playing together! Please look forward to our upcoming Steam release which is jam-packed with new gameplay, features, and cinematic enhancements; Anyone who's played our itch build will have a lot to look forward to!

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Sorry you had difficulty there- you should be able to mouse over the START text in the bottom left corner and Left click it to start the game normally, but using the pause menu to return to the title screen and selecting New Game should always work as well!

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Yes.

We're currently working on of the Devil's next iteration, and will be able to share details about it soon. We'd like to make our games available on as many platforms as possible!

Thanks so much for testing this! We'll look into reproducing and patching this as soon as we can. Hope you enjoy your playtime!

Thanks for letting us know about this. This sounds similar to a bug some players encounter when first playing the game on Mac or Windows. Have you tried starting the game again after restarting your computer?

Thank you for playing- your English is great! We're glad to hear that you enjoyed our story and its themes.

This is so sweet! Our craft, our team and our engine has greatly improved over the past year and we're excited about the new developments we'll be able to announce soon. Stay tuned!

So sweet, thank you! We're always aiming to make the most cinematic visual novels we can, so any comparison to a full film is high praise!

Thanks for playing, and letting us know about the bugs you encountered. It's only with the help of players like you that we've been able to find and squash so many bugs this month!

As for a happy ending...

Penny would argue that the protag's happy in all of them!

Penny is cute, but your reactions were cute too! Thanks again for playing our game and enjoying it with your audience.

You can check our the bottom of our store page here for hints on how to unlock each ending as well. 

Happy to hear you enjoyed Penny's unique brand of honesty! We wanted her to be eye-catching, energetic and attentive, so a lot of streamer DNA went into her design- something between corporate mascot and sponsored v-tuber, with lots of evil panopticon goodness added to the mix.

We hope your corporate bf turns out better, too!

Thank you for your comments and feedback! We'll be looking to improve optimization and accessibility features moving forward, so reading player experiences like yours are super helpful. Glad you had fun!

ps: We like Riley too ;)

Some players have encountered this bug their first time playing the game. Based on their reports, restarting your computer should be enough to prevent the issue from occurring again.

Glad you enjoyed the game so much! As for Riley, like Penny said- "Can't win em all!"

Thank you for writing in, we've found and resolved the bug you encountered as of our latest patch, Model Employee 1.04. Sorry that your game experience wasn't as intended, but thank you for playing!

Sorry that you encountered this bug, but thanks for reporting in. We'll run some tests on how the number of saves affects game performance.

The UI is progressively eroded/glitched by Penny as part of the story, so this may not necessarily be a bug. 

Can you provide a screenshot of the UI not loading in?

We're sorry that you had difficulty getting the game started. Thank you for taking the time to write and translate your experience for us!

We hope you enjoy playing Model Employee!

Thanks for your comment (and your recommendations)! One of our original goals was to create a game that resembled a classic Twilight Zone sci-fi horror story with a timeless moral lesson, so we're glad to hear you were reminded of other science fiction works.

Thanks for the bug report. If the game doesn't properly initialize your choices when you load a save, you can always use the Log feature from the pause menu (ESC key) and click the clock icon next to a previous message to reset the dialogue and continue gameplay as normal.

Thanks for playing, andou! Glad you and your audience had so much fun reading along. 

Penny likes you too!

Wow, thank you so much! We're touched that our game ranks so highly for you. We've got more stories to come, so check out our other works in the meantime if you like our storytelling!

Thanks for your comment! This was our first time offering player character customization options, so we'll  incorporate feedback like yours into our approach moving forward. Glad you enjoyed your playtime!

We're so glad you had such a great experience with our game! We're not planning on a paid release at this time, but ratings and comments like yours help a lot, and you can always support us by spreading the word to fellow fans of visual novels and horror games in general!

Thanks so much for your praise! We're glad to see you enjoyed playing our game so much.

Thanks for leaving a comment! The whole team's glad to hear you were so enthralled- including Penny, of course!

Thanks so much for your comment! You can play other titles from the same creative team at https://nthcircle.itch.io/

Thanks so much for writing about your experience and giving us your bug report. Sorry about the screen resolution bug- due to the time constraints of the jam, we weren't able to test on as wide a variety of PC setups as we'd have liked. We'll be patching the game throughout the month as we find and fix bugs like this.

In the meantime, you can try resetting your install's settings so that the game will launch and run in the same state it initially did- from there we'd recommend you  play Fullscreen on a 1920x1080 monitor or in Windowed mode on any larger screen.

You can find Model Employee's local Settings File in:

C:\Users\YOURPCUSERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\Nth Circle\Model Employee\NaninovelData\Saves

If you delete Settings.json, the game should reset all resolution, text, volume and screen size settings upon launch, and you should be able to play normally from there.

Thanks again for taking the time to write about this issue and how our work affected you. Have fun playing!

Thank you for your kind praise (and your respect for spoilers). We're hard at work on chapter one and more, so please stay tuned and spread the word where you can!

Thanks so much for your playthrough! We're always looking for ways to improve the UI, controls, and story experience, so we really appreciate it!

Thanks so much for such a thoughtful playthrough and for your recommendation! Your feedback on UI and game systems was also very appreciated- we're working on making players' experience as smooth and immersive as possible. Chapter One will explore the world and its characters further, including HK.    

Thanks so much! We've got so much more we want to show you all!

Thank you, the team's excited to bring you more! Your comments, ratings and reviews all mean the world to us!

Thank you! We're happy to tell you that the prologue's just the tip of the iceberg! We have so much more to show you all about this world and its characters. Be sure to tell all your fellow fans of the genre so we can get this project to the next big stage!

Thank you so much for reading it all! We're really excited to bring you the rest of the story with just as much passion and polish. Follow us here and on twitter for updates on our progress, and be sure to spread the word!

We've just recently released the full prologue of our visual novel adventure game 'of the Devil' here on itch, and we've love for people to play it and give us their thoughts!  Windows and MacOS users can download it here: https://ofthedevilgame.itch.io/of-the-devil

of the Devil plays similarly to Japanese visual novel/adventure game hybrids where you collect evidence and participate in trials, getting to shout "Objection!" or "You've got that wrong!" when you find the opposition's lies. But it also draws inspiration from 20th century noir detective comics as well to create a vibrant, velvety art style that feels like a living techno comic book. Set in a neon-drenched cyberpunk future, you play as both a Defense Attorney fighting to prove their clients' innocence and a serial criminal operating within the blind spots of an oppressive police state. Both perspectives will be necessary to sort through the corporate intrigue and puzzling mysteries presented to you.

In this prologue,  protagonist Morgan answers an unassuming Public Defender request and finds herself charged with advocating for the man who the police say has shot five people through the heart...and counting.

Check it out on our itch page, or check out additional screenshots and character profiles at our Carrd, and follow us on twitter for concept art and gameplay footage.

Thanks for reading!