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Thank you, glad you're enjoying the game!

I might implement in-game achievements along with the Steam ones in future games! I'd even say it's likely, but I don't want to make any promises.

Thank you very much! Apologies about the save - that's the issue with overwriting files directly, always best to make backups!

I've been at work on my next project, hope to share a teaser sometime fairly soon!

Well, Gianna was *so* huge that it made RPG Maker crash constantly as I was working on it... so nothing that big again, at least in RPG Maker. I am aiming to learn another engine like Godot, however!

Yeah, sorry about that, DLSite wanted me to comply with Japanese censor laws and I did, but they rejected the game without telling me what image(s) didn't meet the requirements, so I was unable to update the game without that feedback. Apologies!

Danke für Ihren Einkauf! (Entschuldigung für die Google-Übersetzung.)

Nachdem Sie die Dateien extrahiert haben, sollten Sie einen Ordner mit der Aufschrift „Odyssey of Gianna“ haben. In diesem Ordner sollte sich eine EXE-Datei mit dem Namen „Odyssey of Gianna Launcher“ befinden. Ist das die Datei, die bei Ihnen nicht funktioniert?

Sorry about that! There were a few more cases of that I hadn't caught, but that bug should be completely fixed in the newest release, 1.3.

Unfortunately, Valve is being very quiet and I'm not hearing any feedback from them yet. Very sorry about this!

I'm afraid I don't have any insight on how the app works exactly and if there's a way for me to alter the game to be more compatible with the app, I'm not aware of it. ^ ^;

I'm currently waiting on Valve's review process to complete but yes, it's coming to Steam! It can't be applied to the Steam data yet, however, as that version is on 3.5 instead of 4.0 currently.

Thank you for keeping an eye out! You can comment here if you like, or you can stop by the Discord server where there's a dedicated bug reporting forum.

Thank you very much~!

I am sorry things work out this way but sadly RPG Maker is extremely non-save-friendly as an engine. I will be doing the beta version option on Steam, however, and this new download can be done without overwriting the old game files, so there should be no problems.

There should be instructions on the download page, but I'll copy and paste them:

TO INSTALL:

1. Download "Odyssey of Gianna Venture Forth.rar."

2. Use an archive manager program, such as WinRar to extract the files.

3. Extract to the "Odyssey of Gianna" folder. When asked to overwrite files, say YES to all of them.

4. Run "Odyssey of Gianna Launcher.exe" from that folder.

If the installation was successful, the title screen should have a new design and the game's window name should say "Odyssey of Gianna: Venture Forth" plus the version number and a letter representing your chosen difficulty setting. (It may show an incorrect name for a moment; wait and it should correct itself.)

Not exactly, RPG Maker is actually crashing under Gianna's weight, so the current plan is to take what would have been DLCs 2 and 3 and turn them into Odyssey of Gianna 2 eventually.

Aw, thank you very much!! I hope the DLC is good enough to live up to that!

Unfortunately most mods have been made incompatible with 4.0 and Venture Forth and will need to be updated by the mod authors, but you can still read up on them here:

https://gianna.miraheze.org/wiki/Modding:Mod_Overview

Not exactly, there are three main areas spread around the map. One is actually right where you start!

Sorry about that! I've run into some issues with Valve's review process. I wrote some more info on it here: https://vhiel.itch.io/venture-forth/devlog/723543/odyssey-of-gianna-venture-fort...

Sorry for the late reply! It may be a few more business days before Valve approves the game, there's some more details here: https://vhiel.itch.io/venture-forth/devlog/723543/odyssey-of-gianna-venture-fort...

Not yet, though the base game is currently on sale!

You'll need to have the base game in the new 4.0 update in order to play this content. https://vhiel.itch.io/odyssey-of-gianna

Not currently, unfortunately, but I'm expecting Valve to finish reviewing the game within the first week of May. I'll also send you a Steam key if you buy the game here and send me a message on Discord, you can read about it here: https://vhiel.itch.io/venture-forth/devlog/723543/odyssey-of-gianna-venture-fort...

Thank you so much for the kind words! I hope it manages to meet your expectations!

Ah, that's great to hear~! Thank you for playing, I think you'll like what Venture Forth adds!

That's exciting to hear!!  If you had any questions about modding or wanted to see what other modders are working on for the game, feel free to stop by the Discord and chat with them! https://discord.gg/B5JwPBa

Yep! It's essentially DLC, so that's the pricetag for it.

Thank you~! I hope you'll enjoy Venture Forth just as much!

Thank you~!

Not set quite yet, but I'm expecting it to be done before the end of April!

Thank you very much~!

As far as the itch release goes, only some minor bugfixes and changes. Most of this version is about Steam integration.

I'd recommend checking if you have any equipment on them that curses them while they wear it. If it's not that, then it sounds like a bug.

Just the preview images are censored here to accommodate itch's policies. The full game is completely uncensored!

Thanks for buying the game!

There should be two download buttons on the page, one for the full version (3.01). You can also go to your games library, done by clicking on the arrow next to your name in the top right, then choosing "My library."

Thank you very much and I'm very glad you happened to come across it!

And yeah, I noticed that about the stat randomizer while testing, but it felt sort of in the spirit of "true randomness" to let then potentially zero out like that. I think I'll change that in a future update, though.

As for the future, I'm currently working on getting Gianna onto Steam and after that I'll be working on an expansion to the game adding new areas, statuses, bad ends, and more!

Yes unfortunately DLSite takes about 2-3 days to process updates, but I have uploaded it and it's being reviewed right now. Hopefully it will be there soon!

Well I'm actually going to be finished with 3.0 very soon. ^ ^; So it would probably be best for you to wait before continuing, but the translated dialogue itself should be relatively simple to copy over to the new RPG Maker project.

Again, thank you very much for doing this!

That would be a very big project, but I would greatly appreciate that!

If you like, you can visit our Discord at https://discord.gg/B5JwPBa. I don't really know any Chinese, but I can try to help where I can!

Yes, unfortunately this glitch was still present in this release after being reported and thought to be fixed prior, but was reported again. Apologies!! Thankfully, though, it has been fixed with the latest dev version of the game and won't be present for the full release of version 3.0.

As long as it allowed you to get the Green Jewel, the save should still be salvageable, but you'll need to use a secret space found across from the Blue Orb's pedestal in the Hall of Orbs in Gianna Castle. Interact with the wall opposite and you should get a prompt offering to restore any lost party members. Again, apologies for the inconvenience!

Hello and thank you very much for the support! Glad to hear you're enjoying the game!

If you haven't found it yet, there's a location in the western region of the world called the Seaside Chalet you can buy. Once you do, you can interact with teammates and propose if their attraction is high enough.