Not much you can do better about a team member being sick, sometimes that's just the luck of the draw. Hope they feel better soon!
Ren'Py Academy34 [v0.30.2.2 Public] [Young & Naughty]
yall have a great game going and i hope the team member gets better and all the rest of the team stays in good health
Nothing you can do about it and no need to do better, you're all doing the best you can. Hope Cipheos gets well soon!
Testerguy19
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- Nov 11, 2018
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MOTHRA UPDATE IS FINALLY (almost) HERE!
To say this update was a challenge to make is an understatement. Just to put it into perspective: Our programmer put no less than thousands of hours into making A34 what it is today, and we literally mean thousands. It includes making custom systems for X-Ray, save files, gallery, skins, and of course adding all of the content. At this point it's fair to say our game is rather sizable, even considering we are still far from being done. That being said, this particular update required him to rewrite around 30% of the existing code, because it wasn't designed for the improvement we have in mind today. It might have been a little narrow-sighted of us to make things this way, but in our defense, this game is still our very first project of such scale.
You could imagine how long it took him, all while working alone, half the time doing it from the bed due to being extremely sick. Even though it might look as if the development has been halted due to his condition, he never stopped the grind. This man is a monster and we have nothing but respect for him.
And after all this struggle, the update is almost here!
But there are few major points we have to discuss before we release it:
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and get access to every upcoming closed testing, as well as many other rewards! I am having trouble getting the sinful mei skin, how can I get it? I finished mei's storyline but it isn't appearing in Sombra's shop.
ACADEMY34 — MOTHRA — $10+ Release
It's finally here. For real.
It's finally here. For real.
You all probably know the story by now: This update was one hell of a challenge to make. As we stated in previous post, around 30% of game's code has been rewritten from the scratch, which is no less than hundreds of hours of work, that our solo programmer had to do in the past couple of months, all while being extremely sick and most of the time bedridden. Which is also kind of ironic, considering the "otherworldly" nature of the story you're about to see. Who knows, maybe this update is cursed, and not only in terms of how broken it probably is.
But now, let's get to business.
The reason this update exist, is not to introduce Mothra as a new character, but actually to finally start reworking outdated or poorly performing game elements. Mothra is here to give it more substance, as well as to add more reasoning behind the appearance of the new in-game shop. You can say, her characters works as a glue to hold it all together. That being said, we put A LOT of effort in her story. Not only she's on par in story length with our biggest releases, but also her scene... oh, here scene! To say it's our proudest work would be an understatement! Not only it's first truly "pathing" scene, but it's also features content for all kinds of tastes. Her story is fully playable in this very update. Enjoy!
If you want to know what exactly we reworked — visit our Patreon post, where we got into more details.
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and get access to this and every upcoming closed testing, as well as many other rewards!My game is major blurry is there any fix to this? The HQ version is also blurry for me
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ACADEMY34 is not supposed to be played on a full screen since some of the assets are still not converted into Full HD.
arkhamtheknight
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The X-ray doesn't work in Joiplay. It caused an error every time that I click on the start button.
```
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While running game code:
File "renpy/common/00gamemenu.rpy", line 170, in <module>
File "game/displayables/interactable.rpy", line 143, in render
File "game/displayables/interactable.rpy", line 28, in invert_alpha_mask
TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'opaque'
-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------
Full traceback:
File "00gamemenu.rpyc", line 170, in script
File "renpy/ast.py", line 1131, in execute
File "renpy/python.py", line 1062, in py_exec_bytecode
File "renpy/common/00gamemenu.rpy", line 170, in <module>
File "renpy/ui.py", line 299, in interact
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3423, in interact
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3958, in interact_core
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 2645, in draw_screen
File "render.pyx", line 495, in renpy.display.render.render_screen
File "render.pyx", line 266, in renpy.display.render.render
File "renpy/display/layout.py", line 884, in render
File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 266, in renpy.display.render.render
File "renpy/display/layout.py", line 884, in render
File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 266, in renpy.display.render.render
File "renpy/display/layout.py", line 884, in render
File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 266, in renpy.display.render.render
File "renpy/display/screen.py", line 704, in render
File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 266, in renpy.display.render.render
File "renpy/display/layout.py", line 884, in render
File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 266, in renpy.display.render.render
File "renpy/display/transform.py", line 747, in render
File "accelerator.pyx", line 187, in renpy.display.accelerator.transform_render
File "render.pyx", line 266, in renpy.display.render.render
File "game/displayables/interactable.rpy", line 143, in render
File "game/displayables/interactable.rpy", line 28, in invert_alpha_mask
File "render.pyx", line 591, in renpy.display.render.Render.__init__
TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'opaque'
```
```
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While running game code:
File "renpy/common/00gamemenu.rpy", line 170, in <module>
File "game/displayables/interactable.rpy", line 143, in render
File "game/displayables/interactable.rpy", line 28, in invert_alpha_mask
TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'opaque'
-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------
Full traceback:
File "00gamemenu.rpyc", line 170, in script
File "renpy/ast.py", line 1131, in execute
File "renpy/python.py", line 1062, in py_exec_bytecode
File "renpy/common/00gamemenu.rpy", line 170, in <module>
File "renpy/ui.py", line 299, in interact
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3423, in interact
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3958, in interact_core
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 2645, in draw_screen
File "render.pyx", line 495, in renpy.display.render.render_screen
File "render.pyx", line 266, in renpy.display.render.render
File "renpy/display/layout.py", line 884, in render
File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 266, in renpy.display.render.render
File "renpy/display/layout.py", line 884, in render
File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 266, in renpy.display.render.render
File "renpy/display/layout.py", line 884, in render
File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 266, in renpy.display.render.render
File "renpy/display/screen.py", line 704, in render
File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 266, in renpy.display.render.render
File "renpy/display/layout.py", line 884, in render
File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 266, in renpy.display.render.render
File "renpy/display/transform.py", line 747, in render
File "accelerator.pyx", line 187, in renpy.display.accelerator.transform_render
File "render.pyx", line 266, in renpy.display.render.render
File "game/displayables/interactable.rpy", line 143, in render
File "game/displayables/interactable.rpy", line 28, in invert_alpha_mask
File "render.pyx", line 591, in renpy.display.render.Render.__init__
TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'opaque'
```
We don't officially support Joiplay, so if it's some kind of bug with the launcher itself, we won't be able to help. That being said, if you are playing through the latest update, it has a problem with X-Ray that causes issues for some people. We are currently working on a fix that should be available either later today, or early tomorrow.
ACADEMY34 — MOTHRA — $5+ Release
You all probably know the story by now: This update was one hell of a challenge to make. As we stated in previous post, around 30% of game's code has been rewritten from the scratch, which is no less than hundreds of hours of work, that our solo programmer had to do in the past couple of months, all while being extremely sick and most of the time bedridden. Which is also kind of ironic, considering the "otherworldly" nature of the story you're about to see. Who knows, maybe this update is cursed, and not only in terms of how broken it probably is.
But now, let's get to business.
The reason this update exist, is not to introduce Mothra as a new character, but actually to finally start reworking outdated or poorly performing game elements. Mothra is here to give it more substance, as well as to add more reasoning behind the appearance of the new in-game shop. You can say, her characters works as a glue to hold it all together. That being said, we put A LOT of effort in her story. Not only she's on par in story length with our biggest releases, but also her scene... oh, here scene! To say it's our proudest work would be an understatement! Not only it's first truly "pathing" scene, but it's also features content for all kinds of tastes. Her story is fully playable in this very update. Enjoy!
If you want to know what exactly we reworked — visit our Patreon post, where we got into more details.
DOWNLOAD:
>
PATREON POST:
>
>
You must be registered to see the links
<PATREON POST:
>
You must be registered to see the links
<Early access is open to high tier patrons! If you enjoy what we are doing and would like to take part in shaping our game's future, be sure to join
You must be registered to see the links
and get access to this and every upcoming closed testing, as well as many other rewards!hey im sorry if i sound dumb or whatever i dont ususally use patreon but after seeing your game i love whast you have done any you made from all the games ive played def my top 3 fav game and i wanna know is there a way i can give like custon amount on patreon i only see teirs on there
Thank you! We are really glad you enjoyed our game!
When you pledge, you can enter a custom amount. Tiers are more like "if you pledge this amount or more, you'll get those rewards", but you are free to ignore them. So if you pledge $13, you'll get all rewards from tiers that cost lower, and if you pledge, let's say, $30, you'll get every possible reward, since $20 tier is the highest.
funny you mention 30 that was my plan to donate and i found it thank you its so cool and keep up the good work
I've been slowly recovering over the past two months and this just made my day, finally someone appreciates this
I appreciate all the kind words as well. Frankly we're not quite sure what exactly is wrong with me yet, the doctors hope to figure that out in the coming weeks. It's been wild. Whatever it is, it's almost certainly not a death sentence, just a major pain in the ass. Not to worry, as long as I can type there will be updates <3
ACADEMY34 — Blaze Story Update — $10+ Release
As we said, taking a forced hiatus while our programmer has been lying sick allowed us to work quite far ahead when it comes to writing a story and making art. Now we want to use all that freshly made content to keep a steady stream of releases, because otherwise we feel like keeping your pledge isn't really worth it. Hopefully, that is about to change for good.
So here it is, our first story-focused update, that is going to kick start Blaze's route and introduce her as new romanceable character. As you all know, we are kind of serious about making storylines, that you can actually get invested in, but that takes a lot of setting up. So we thought, why don't we make these "setups", filled mostly with dialogue and character-building into their separate updates? Their development is far less time-consuming, and would allow us to expand stories in so many more interesting ways! You will get more updates per month, and our writer will finally fulfil his desire to write so much cutesy romantic stuff, that the world will collapse under its weight. Win-win!
Without further ado, Blaze! A person, driven solely by the power of sugar and pure hatred towards sitting at the same place for over a minute. Enjoy!
DOWNLOAD:
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PATREON POST:
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<PATREON POST:
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<Early access is open to high tier patrons! If you enjoy what we are doing and would like to take part in shaping our game's future, be sure to join
You must be registered to see the links
and get access to this and every upcoming closed testing, as well as many other rewards!sorry bug you again so if i donate or whatever 30 will i get the update version and other updates or do i gotta keep updatingThank you so much.....
Sadly, pledge gives you access only to current closed betas and only for the month you pledged