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Total Text, Some background stuff for color but no pictures
Dang it.
Double Dang it.
Ill fix things and have it out in a bit
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As it's been a while since I played I figured I'd see what was new (though I'd done all the Blaire stuff I can't remember many other hot girls being around and I doubt we've gotten to Photona content yet)...
Anyway, upon loading my save there's red error stuff everywhere...
First page I see has
I go into a meditative trace and get (put in a spoiler as it's big)...
So it looks like old saves are incompatible, but thankfully there's that skip function (but a bit of a shame I'll have to re-gain all the skills and stuff again, but better than nothing).
Also why did the whole UI and stuff change, before it was fine but now it feels very off, the big white bits on the left and the bottom just feel off, the basic twine one you see in the vast majority of them is nicer, I know some twine games change it up but now it's for the worse here... also on some occasions I'm looking at white text on a light gray background (say on the sidebar during a meditative trace), which is pretty illegible...
Edit: And what's up with this super annoying box at the bottom too... I've not seen anything in it, but it just uses up a some of the screen space and forces me to scroll down to see the buttons to move around each time, when otherwise they'd just be on the screen.
Edit2: That box which is infuriating me to the point of just quitting seems to just be to put in flavour text when you click on someone... it's unneeded the vast majority of the time and definitely shouldn't be a permanently there, do it like other games and have it link you to a new page or open something with text in it (like a spoiler box) but it's super annoying (maybe more of a small laptop screen thing)... dunno how I pushed past that before, but while I'm generally chill, bad UIs are something that just seem to do my head in (like when playing real old games and you can't scale text and stuff)... so I'll have to pass over this for a while.
Anyway, upon loading my save there's red error stuff everywhere...
First page I see has
and another one for "property 'rNeigh'"...
I go into a meditative trace and get (put in a spoiler as it's big)...
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So it looks like old saves are incompatible, but thankfully there's that skip function (but a bit of a shame I'll have to re-gain all the skills and stuff again, but better than nothing).
Also why did the whole UI and stuff change, before it was fine but now it feels very off, the big white bits on the left and the bottom just feel off, the basic twine one you see in the vast majority of them is nicer, I know some twine games change it up but now it's for the worse here... also on some occasions I'm looking at white text on a light gray background (say on the sidebar during a meditative trace), which is pretty illegible...
Edit: And what's up with this super annoying box at the bottom too... I've not seen anything in it, but it just uses up a some of the screen space and forces me to scroll down to see the buttons to move around each time, when otherwise they'd just be on the screen.
Edit2: That box which is infuriating me to the point of just quitting seems to just be to put in flavour text when you click on someone... it's unneeded the vast majority of the time and definitely shouldn't be a permanently there, do it like other games and have it link you to a new page or open something with text in it (like a spoiler box) but it's super annoying (maybe more of a small laptop screen thing)... dunno how I pushed past that before, but while I'm generally chill, bad UIs are something that just seem to do my head in (like when playing real old games and you can't scale text and stuff)... so I'll have to pass over this for a while.
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Yeah, I think you may have to start over and skip a bit for those errors. It should autoupdate the save file but I'll have to take another look at that. I'm aware of the sidebar dissepearing during night activities, just have not gotten around to it.
For the UI change, it was just personal preference. I got tired of looking at the old one and like this better.
The box on the bottom has always been there, its used for things the character sees (mostly other characters appearances and stuff, I will be incorporating it more)
Hey guys, anyone know how to get a date with Blaire? Her affection is at level 40.5 already yep there is still no message from her for the date, the only thing I got was her asking for mc favorite colour
Check the calandar, maybe? There's a date at the diner, then a followup one at the restraunt in the hotel.
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" Tried to reduce the number of clicks for some events "
Now THAT's the kind of update i like to see. Not that i had an issue with this game in particular but pointless clicking through menus is one of my biggest pet peeves when it comes to HTML games, and strangely few people seem to pay any attention to it. Real nice to see that a dev of a game i like is paying attention to that stuff.
Now THAT's the kind of update i like to see. Not that i had an issue with this game in particular but pointless clicking through menus is one of my biggest pet peeves when it comes to HTML games, and strangely few people seem to pay any attention to it. Real nice to see that a dev of a game i like is paying attention to that stuff.
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Thanks, its something that bother me as well. I was playing a game that had a clothing system that was mandatory to sleep, to go to work etc. But it had no stat effects, no pictures, nothing. Just an additional 3 clicks if you wanted to do anything. To make things easier. My next half release (1.55) will have keyboard shortcuts for the intro and player's room, which I will roll out to the rest of the game if they work out.
It's the next update! The help text doesn't point to anything meaningful (Need help getting past the hammer? It tells you that you should get past the hammer.... really game?), and unlike in Blaire's dream, there's no obvious way to deal with a giant, molten, floating hammer in a hellscape of fantasy mythos that has even less logic than the typical point-and-click adventure game (which seems to be the theme you're going for).
So how do you do it, and why does it seemingly require 4 doses of breaking and entering knowledge, from a dude you can only encounter on Saturday nights in the harbor district?
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I am going to look at this sequence again, hopefully make it a bit more intuitive (maybe add some hidden clues or dialogue or something). Below is the current (1.5) answer.
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Myscra, pretty sure I ran into a bug (though not 100% sure, may just be I've finished content). I just started putting up relays for Kiara, one in the neighborhood, then I put a couple on main street, one at the street light and one at the main sign. However, now whenever I try to call Kiara she says to put up the relays she's given me first. I believe there were still other missions for me to go on, which I currently can't access because Kiara thinks I should still be putting stuff up.
If it matters, between the neighborhood relays and the main street ones, I did both of the like, "cover our tracks" type missions, just because I wanted to see what they were like.
Love the game, by the way. Also, in regards to that guy who asked for pics, it probably does make sense to just put up some screenshots of the game, even if it's just text. That way people can see it and really quickly go "OK, I know what this game is". Obviously I know you say it's text only but people, somewhat ironically, hate to read. (And for the people who do like to read it's a good opportunity to show off some of your great writing to rope them in.)
If it matters, between the neighborhood relays and the main street ones, I did both of the like, "cover our tracks" type missions, just because I wanted to see what they were like.
Love the game, by the way. Also, in regards to that guy who asked for pics, it probably does make sense to just put up some screenshots of the game, even if it's just text. That way people can see it and really quickly go "OK, I know what this game is". Obviously I know you say it's text only but people, somewhat ironically, hate to read. (And for the people who do like to read it's a good opportunity to show off some of your great writing to rope them in.)
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Ah, I see what I did. There is a small "cut scene" after each mission that triggers once the relay is set up. For some reason I have the mission continue until it happens. You have to go on main street at the same time as Kiara (so when she is with her mother shopping). Not sure why I had this logic when I wrote it and will probably change it on the next release (keep the cut scene but not make it mandatory).
I see your point about the pictures. I will post some when I do the next update (and figure out how to do so).
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Is giving Kiara
a one-time choice, or if I give her one can I give her a different one later?
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Currently, a one time choice because I code like a drunk monkey. I'm going to fix and overhaul the entire thing for the next mini update because it's clunky, bloated, and does not work the way I want it to. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Now that I have played a bit more of 1.5 I wanted to say a few words.
I wanted to congratulate you on how distinct the Kiara paths feel. With her minions showing up in the PN path it feels very different to the SK side of things. While I dont know what the results of the secondary split will be in the end, I can easily see very different consequences for each choice.
IIRC you said you wanted to finish Kiara(as in her lvl 5) before moving on to Liane&Prism, correct? Looking forward to the higher levels of the BK hangout events.
I admit I am also having fun guessing what the potential split in Lianes&Prisms routes could be.
Good luck with 1.6
I wanted to congratulate you on how distinct the Kiara paths feel. With her minions showing up in the PN path it feels very different to the SK side of things. While I dont know what the results of the secondary split will be in the end, I can easily see very different consequences for each choice.
IIRC you said you wanted to finish Kiara(as in her lvl 5) before moving on to Liane&Prism, correct? Looking forward to the higher levels of the BK hangout events.
I admit I am also having fun guessing what the potential split in Lianes&Prisms routes could be.
Good luck with 1.6
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Nah, not an inconvenience. That was genuinely a question on my part; I try to figure things like that out on my own, but I'm not great at reading Sugarcube code. To be honest I'm only guessing that the game is Sugarcube, I can't even confidently identify the language let alone reliably trace function calls. I certainly can't throw any stones regarding drunk monkey coding when I'm at, I dunno, narcoleptic goldfish level?
For what it's worth, and if it helps with the overhaul at all:
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I'm really enjoying the game so far, cheers!
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I can actually tell you that. The relevant code is this:
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In other words the one piece is always available; the tankini if Kiara is lvl 3 or greater and the bikini if Kiara lvl is 4 or greater.
And you need to have bought the relevant suit of course.