𝓕𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓘 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓴 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓽𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓮𝓶𝓸 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓻𝓮𝓹𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓾𝓰𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓯𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭. 𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓴𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓰𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓫𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓸𝓭𝓪𝔂.

Hello! I have developed the game using the Visual Novel Maker engine; this has its good side and its very bad side. Due to the limitations that the engine currently has the following errors may occur:

-After the last updates of the engine, the automatic game saving often fails or does not work.

- Currently, you may experience some problems on "macOS Sierra" and "Linux Mint 19.2" operating systems (reason why there is no Linux version).

-Sometimes the playback of the "circle with flowers" that appears at the beginning of each chapter may fail or repeat the animation, but only for a few seconds.

-In rare cases, if the time between clicks is too fast, the game may not display the text background. The text has been highlighted in white to alleviate the effects of this error, but if you continue the story it will reappear after a short time. Another option is to load a previous game.

-Sometimes an error occurs when loading a game, this can also happen after upgrading to a newer version of the game.

Make all the comments you want and if possible upload screenshots to help me to fix it.

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¡Hola! He desarrollado el videojuego a partir del motor Visual Novel Maker; eso tiene su lado bueno y su lado muy malo. Debido a las limitaciones que tiene actualmente el motor pueden darse los siguientes errores:

-Tras las últimas actualizaciones del motor, el guardado automático de partidas suele fallar o no funciona.

- Actualmente, puede experimentar algunos problemas en los sistemas operativos "macOS Sierra" y "Linux Mint 19.2" (razón por la cual no hay versión de Linux).

-En ocasiones la reproducción del "círculo con flores" que aparece al inicio de cada capítulo puede fallar o repetir la animación, pero tan solo por unos segundos.

-En raras ocasiones, si el tiempo entre clics es demasiado rápido, el juego puede no mostrar el fondo del texto. Se ha resaltado el texto con blanco para paliar los efectos de este error, pero si continúas la historia en poco tiempo vuelve a aparecer. Otra opción es cargar una partida anterior.

-En ocasiones se produce un error al cargar una partida, esto también puede suceder tras actualizar a una versión más actualizada del juego.

Haced todos los comentarios que queráis y a ser posible subid capturas de pantalla para ayudarme a arreglarlo.

Update day 2 - fix major bugs

I apologize to those who have suffered bugs while playing Dear Althea, and I am very grateful to all those who have told me about the bugs they have encountered during their game; being only one person, these bugs had gone unnoticed until now.
I hope that with this update, the most common bugs that you have reported to me will be fixed or at least less annoying.

To enjoy these changes, be sure to re-download the game to get the April 10th version.
Before talking about the new features that this new version brings, I have to remind you that, because the game engine is Visual Novel Maker, there are some limitations that prevent me from implementing: auto-save, the game remembering the language settings or the errors produced when you click too fast the right mouse button.

That said, here are the notes on this new version:

1. A button has been added at the bottom right to skip the introduction videos.
2. Fixed, in most cases, the bug that made the background of the text disappear and made the text unreadable when the scene was very dark.
3. Added a shadow to the text to improve visibility and alleviate the bug that causes the background of the text to disappear (which usually appeared or appears in some cases when the right mouse button is clicked too quickly).
4. The puzzle, which consisted of a box with a family represented on the lid, has been removed for the time being, as the source of the bug, which in some cases did not allow the game to continue, was not found. I will incorporate the puzzle again later if I am able to find the cause of the bug, but I'm afraid it has to do with the engine used to create the game.
5. The speed at which text appears has been accelerated.
6. Fixed most of the text that sometimes repeated due to a bug.

I would like to thank again the comments with the bug reports, thanks to them this game is better and I hope that more people are encouraged to put their comments and opinions to continue improving the product as much as possible.

Best regards and thanks for your attention.
Tijerín Art Studios

This is the list of reported bugs fixed up to this moment (13 April)

-Fixed the loop that was created when making certain decisions near the beginning of the game when Fanny appears on the scene.
-Fixed bug, experienced by some players, where the floral frame around the portraits in the dialogue in front of the library door would disappear.
-Fixed spelling error in Mrs. Baxter's description.
-Fixed a couple of minor decisions that were not remembered by the game.
-Updated, under the "extras" menu, which leads to a webpage with the original novel, take a look at it! Then you can compare the two works and see why the videogame is a re-signification of the original work.
-Minor spelling errors in the English version.
-A few sentences of dialogue in the English version that were repeated.
-Translation of words or phrases in the English version that were in Spanish.
-Errors that caused the wrong person's portrait to appear in a conversation.
-Bugs that, depending on the directions taken, did not allow to continue from the settlement party.
-Texts in the English version overflowed in the poster section.
-Bug that caused the text to remain on the screen after the Mother's analysis.
-Bug that caused the text background to appear when it shouldn't after analysing the little sister.
-At the end of the chapter "surprises" depending on the decisions part of the story disappeared.
-Bug that prevented to see the decision that made that Eliza could stay after taking a specific combination of decisions.
-Depending on the decisions after finishing the chapter "At the right time" you could end up in an inadequate end of the game.

Best regards and thanks for your attention.
Tijerín Art Studios

Major update - Bug fixes - New Haker Menu!!!
This is one of the biggest updates there has been and probably will be from Dear Althea. It fixes almost all the bugs and errors that have been detected to date, but there is also a new feature that will greatly speed up replayability. The Haker!!! option has been added to the main menu. From which you can go to any chapter and even change any decision to see the result. It's still in testing phase and it's possible that when you indicate a game from the main menu, it may cause unexpected problems.

That said, here is the list of fixed bugs, most of them detected by @Bahaha:

-Small translation errors in English.
-Redundancy in some sentences in the English translation.
-Bug that caused Faustina to always be inside the library even if Althea didn't invite her in.
-Loops that happened when you had a strong argument with Faustina.
-Bug in the symbols of the locks in the decision of the chapter "Miss Cressida Delafield Lanington".
-Flower circle animation appeared in some moments when it was not supposed to be there.
-Some spelling mistakes related to the apostrophe.
-The word "ejaculation" has been replaced by other words despite being written by the original author; e.g.:
...setting down his teacup, and casting an eye irrepressibly jovial even while uttering this pensive ejaculation along the emptied bookshelves. (page 54 - Dear Faustina)
...pouring himself a cup of tea, and casting an eye along the empty bookshelves.
-Various bugs that made Miss Delafield look as Mr Drake was talking
-Some occasional "Spanglish" error in decision making.
-Missing phrase from the "good news" chapter
-Error that, depending on the choices made, prevented continuing from the women's club party.

Finally, thanks to the work of @Bahaha I can tell you that in order to find your Dear Althea savegames in your Windows you have to:
-Go to the following address (remember to activate the option to see hidden folders):