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Thank you for sharing your imagination with us. Looking forward to more from you. 💜

Thank you for the info. 💜 After I stopped choosing to see Gilles and just go straight to painting a few times, the Gilles option disappeared from when I chose the riverbank in the afternoons. I'll experiment with choosing him a few more times to see if it will remain available to me any trigger the scene on that date. That sounds cute. :3

Also - so I've played Emile like five times for my own enjoyment as well as still trying to get the Montmartre date scene. Paul successfully asks him every time but the scene never happens no matter where I choose to go that Sunday or the next. I know this is kind of a stretch and I respect if the answer is no, but is there any way to maybe just let me watch a recording of it? I really want to see it. :'( Scruffy chibi Emile is the absolute cutest. If no, it's ok. Didn't want you to feel pressured, but just thought I'd ask.

I finally finished all the routes, I love them all but Emile is still my favorite. (⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡

Question - just for fun I tried to accomplish the "set Bernard up with Gilles" option I saw in the guide. I got a heart with Gilles and made sure to keep out of his and Bernard's routes. Stuck strictly to the guide every day. When Emile says he's worried about Bernard and asks if Paul knows anyone he could introduce to him, Paul thought of Gilles. But then in the rest of the playthrough nothing else happened. Are there other scenes I failed to trigger or was that it?

I will check it, thank you. (⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡

I pre-ordered the game, and  the file name of the one I played in March was com.heartcoredev.thesymbiant-release.apk, the one in August was com.heartcoredev.thesymbiant-e0.4.0.apk, and the one I just recently downloaded and played when you posted about the extended demo being released to the public was this one - TheSymbiant-N-0.4.5-android.apk.

Thank you for making the extended demo public. :) It will tide me over until the full version release date. (⁠✯⁠ᴗ⁠✯⁠) Such gorgeous art and high quality ui. Stupid question - I downloaded the Android version from here, is the extended demo the sfw version? I've gone through two scenes now that we're previously nsfw. Was not asked by the game if I had a preference, and I've checked my main game settings. Just curious. 💙

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I forgot to mention,  Paul asked Emile out on dates that same week Emile accidentally punched his shoulder. Emile said yes to the Louvre, and then a couple more days went by and he said yes when Paul invited him to dinner. Then a couple more days went by and he said yes to the Eiffel tower, a couple more days would go by and he said yes to the other place (started with M?). Several days passed after that, and randomly they went to the Louvre. Then a few more days went by, and they went to dinner. Then it was the good end scene and the art show. I was prompted to give gifts once at the river bank soon after the art dealer agreed to take Paul on, and once when Paul went to Emile's house for the second time and he's invited to move in.

I'm sorry I didn't take better notes. If there are any questions I can answer that would help you figure out what I did wrong, please ask. 💜

Your characters are always so heartfelt, realistic, and unique. I love Emile so much. 😭 Even with the points system distracting the crap out of me I will play him again. Thank you again for sharing your stories with us. 

(Sorry for being a pain 💜)

Thank you so muuuch. Despite the holidays you took the time to make changes for us, thank you.  T__T   <3 I uninstalled the game and deleted the folder you recommended above. Played Emile again. I got the good end, Yves agreed to my dealer, I attended two shows, and won the 1ts place, so it seems I did everything correctly? 

Noticed a few things though.

1 - The guide says it doesn't effect Emile's route if you ask Ferdinand on a date but during my gameplay it definitely did. It completely closed off the option to check on Bernard or even go to the café in the evenings at all. I redid the route making the exact same choices except choosing not to ask Ferdinand out the several times it prompts, and I was able to check on Bernard and also visit his café in the evenings for week 4.

2 - In the extra scene after Emile's love scene, Emile's body zoomed in from his neck to his thighs shows in the screen the entire time. Bug?

3 - You mentioned above that you added some days in April to go on dates and give gifts. My game play still ended in March. I was only prompted to give gifts twice, and I got Emile to agree to go on all four dates with Paul but my gameplay only showed the Louvre and dinner.  

Starting with the sixth week I basically stuck with flower shop in the mornings, riverbank in the afternoon, and club at night. Should I have chosen differently?

Again, thank you so much for making it easier. 

I will wait and try playing again after the update. 💜🙏 Thank you for that kindness. (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠)

I LOVE the main romance story, the characters are precious, the art is beautiful, and the bottom/top option is seriously great. I also love the fact that Paul gains affection points based on how and where and with who he chooses to spend his time every day. I love all of your VNs so much 😭 

But I'm struggling with the art stat system on this one. Even following the guide perfectly for each day and week (thank you for kindly providing that) and even when my stats match what the guide recommends for certain encounters, the art dealer continues to reject Paul in my three play throughs of Emile's route.

I am playing the newest version in the itch app with no previous version save files.

Honestly, wether it's a glitch or operator error....the system itself is my negative feedback. Yes I see the art stats are stated as optional but it feels deeply frustrating to fail and watch Paul get rejected. It is also extremely distracting and takes away from story immersion to repeatedly have to check the date and count the little stats boxes to try and plan ahead for which subject to learn. It would be so nice to just choose casually for fun, and watch Paul win like protagonists are supposed to.

I'm sorry for complaining, but I wanted to give my feedback for future releases. If everyone else thinks the stats system is fun then you have to go with what will make the most people happy. But my request is that if future releases have similar systems, would it be possible to have an easy mode where you can still get the best ending simply through affection points? (I wish there could be an "easy mode" without the art stats system released as an update to this one but I understand if that's not possible.)

I want to stress again that I absolutely love the stories you create and I hope you will release many more. 💜

Yes, thank you. 💜  Looking forward to the release date. ( ◜‿◝ )♡

Hi, I pre-ordered the game a couple months ago, and just wondered if the extended demo in this post is the same as the Extended demo (Beta 0.4) for Android 449 MB here. :) Can't see the Patreon post since I'm not signed up there.

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Love that idea, very excited to play the game! 🥰

This was so sweet (╥﹏╥) Thank you. Please feel free to release more after stories. Wish this game was longer and had more love interests. 💜

Pre-ordered and patiently waiting. ^_^ Good luck with it all. <3

Awe he's so cute! Thanks and to you as well! <3