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Writing is done
Proofreading is done
Codechecking is done
I just have one or two little things to fix and then I'm done.
ETA depends on how productive I am but should be tonight.
*puts on a fresh brew of coffee* I'm taking that as challenge.
... just kidding. Different time zone. I'll be asleep in a minute
... just kidding. Different time zone. I'll be asleep in a minute
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Neat. Now I just need to decided if I want to use an old save or start from the beginning again. Considering it sounded like you reworked the weekly visit scenes it might just be easier to start fresh.
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I kinda made this choice for you. Due to some of the changes I made, the earlier saves won't work. On the upside, Prism is all brand new and Blaire's sexy scenes have been written.
Yay, update! Will check it out today. Looking forward to it, and will report any bugs I encounter. Also, proud to be patron #1!
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So I have done a quick playthrough of the new update. Nothing near comprehensive. All the backstory I encountered while talking with Prism is pretty interesting. The conclusion to the after patrol date was kind of unexpected. There's so much to talk about with prism that I will have to go back and read a bunch of it later. Also, the scene tracker is really useful for tracking down unseen content.
I did encounter a few errors while playing though.
Blaire started talking in yellow prism fashion during the K+B scene triggered after giving Kiara the bikini.
The new advisor construct was causing an error with a missing <br> message.
There was also a similar looking error I ran into during the first version of teasing Kiara when she is at the mall.
Consulting Sam, then going to the replay room from that room was causing the time of day to display as ???? until you passed time.
It is possible to stumble upon the B&E training event after you have mastered B&E, but choosing it leads to a broken passage.
For the sake of bug hunting this was all on a save where I skipped both Kiara and Blaire content and set them to FWB and sidekick->feedback.
I did encounter a few errors while playing though.
Blaire started talking in yellow prism fashion during the K+B scene triggered after giving Kiara the bikini.
The new advisor construct was causing an error with a missing <br> message.
There was also a similar looking error I ran into during the first version of teasing Kiara when she is at the mall.
Consulting Sam, then going to the replay room from that room was causing the time of day to display as ???? until you passed time.
It is possible to stumble upon the B&E training event after you have mastered B&E, but choosing it leads to a broken passage.
For the sake of bug hunting this was all on a save where I skipped both Kiara and Blaire content and set them to FWB and sidekick->feedback.
Found a few spelling errors in the intro section.
A couple more when visiting Mr Keyode
Another from the How to be a Psychic lessons
Another in Saying Goodbye
ANOTHER ONE in Gaming with Kiara
*Meme voice* ANOTHER ONE in Home Visits: Introductions
Movie night with Kiara
Prism visit pt 2
Prism visit pt 3
Blaire dream pt 2
Getting hint about Prism
Conversation with Prism
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*Meme voice* ANOTHER ONE in Home Visits: Introductions
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Getting this error all over the place
Edit: I am also just getting a blank page when I click on "Follow Prism" in the City Center.
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Edit: I am also just getting a blank page when I click on "Follow Prism" in the City Center.
Buying the self-deception book now has an inconsistency between variables; it only sets kiara.bookred to 2 if her SuperState is 2 but you can buy it even if it's something else. ie previously it was just
<<set $kiara.bookread to 2>>
now it's
<<if $kiara.superState is 2>><<set $kiara.bookread to 2>><</if>>
but it only unlocks in relation to $kiara.bookread. So ... not sure what's correct here and what the progression should be but it's annoying to buy a book that then disappears At the very least make it not take money under the same condition.
e: Also the Mall saying it's closed Early Morning doesn't seem to matter.
<<set $kiara.bookread to 2>>
now it's
<<if $kiara.superState is 2>><<set $kiara.bookread to 2>><</if>>
but it only unlocks in relation to $kiara.bookread. So ... not sure what's correct here and what the progression should be but it's annoying to buy a book that then disappears
At the very least make it not take money under the same condition.e: Also the Mall saying it's closed Early Morning doesn't seem to matter.
What are you supposed to do when you get this message?
E: nvm, it seems the problem was that I hadn't seen every convo yet
I've bought the bondage kit, but the event just keeps on repeating (apparently without effect?) after I call Prism.
E: nvm, it seems the problem was that I hadn't seen every convo yet
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Thanks for the heads up on the bugs, I'll tackle them today and see what's what.
Always appreciate letting me know about typos (And these were after the other's I found).
Are you using an old save?
Ah, I remember why I did this. It was to prevent the book from showing up when you were on her sidekick path. No idea why I tried to do it that way though.Buying the self-deception book now has an inconsistency between variables; it only sets kiara.bookred to 2 if her SuperState is 2 but you can buy it even if it's something else. ie previously it was just
<<set $kiara.bookread to 2>>
now it's
<<if $kiara.superState is 2>><<set $kiara.bookread to 2>><</if>>
but it only unlocks in relation to $kiara.bookread. So ... not sure what's correct here and what the progression should be but it's annoying to buy a book that then disappears
e: Also the Mall saying it's closed Early Morning doesn't seem to matter.
Thanks for the heads up. I'll work through these and post an updated version later today.
Possibly another bug - when I try to "Work on Kiara's Barrier" I get a white screen. Edit: this only happens if I don't click the "message read" button on the messages section.
How do you get build points? It's been a couple weeks since I spent my first one and I've been checking every morning.
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You get one point every time you level your connection with Blaire or Kiara. At the moment that ends up being ten points, and there are more than ten option, so you will miss out on a couple constructs until we get some Prism levels added.
Fantastic writing in this game!
However, it really needs to be more user-friendly. Half the time I just don't know what I'm doing. At the beginning of the game I found the city confusing as heck. A map would be nice! Or even just an indication of where certain places (like the Mall or University) are in the city! It took me forever to realize that working with the old neighbour was what was giving me woodworking (it was driving me nuts to realize I had 2 of 4 parts, so I must have gotten them somehow...). It would be nice to indicate where you learned a skill while you're still learning it (e.g. the Squid attack, which I still have no idea why I'm learning, in the Parkside area). I've finally done everything I can think of in Blaire's dream, finding two places that tell me she's not ready yet and I need to take her on dates. Which is frustrating, because I still haven't figured out how to ask Blaire on a date - I've gone and followed her around to every place like a stalker, to the point that none of them give me any more friendliness, and I have her phone number but can't send her messages. And Sam just keeps telling me to get her number. Thanks, Sam. (EDIT: And ten minutes after writing that, I found the book in the library...oh well).
Basically, too often I'm finding myself completely stuck and doing random things, and to me that takes away from the fun of playing.
However, it really needs to be more user-friendly. Half the time I just don't know what I'm doing. At the beginning of the game I found the city confusing as heck. A map would be nice! Or even just an indication of where certain places (like the Mall or University) are in the city! It took me forever to realize that working with the old neighbour was what was giving me woodworking (it was driving me nuts to realize I had 2 of 4 parts, so I must have gotten them somehow...). It would be nice to indicate where you learned a skill while you're still learning it (e.g. the Squid attack, which I still have no idea why I'm learning, in the Parkside area). I've finally done everything I can think of in Blaire's dream, finding two places that tell me she's not ready yet and I need to take her on dates. Which is frustrating, because I still haven't figured out how to ask Blaire on a date - I've gone and followed her around to every place like a stalker, to the point that none of them give me any more friendliness, and I have her phone number but can't send her messages. And Sam just keeps telling me to get her number. Thanks, Sam. (EDIT: And ten minutes after writing that, I found the book in the library...oh well).
Basically, too often I'm finding myself completely stuck and doing random things, and to me that takes away from the fun of playing.
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This is really good. Excellent writing, and the dreamsculpting in particular is awesome — great Psychonaughts vibe; not to mention how generally interesting it is seeing a conceptual breakdown of a character's psyche.
I agree wth QuietlyReading above, there are some confusing elements - e.g. I didn't realise you could travel by ExcelDrive, becuase when I initially explored the game's available options, it didn't let me do anything.
There are also some early pacing issues that I think will get fleshed out over time & with more content. It could be worth taking the character out of the initial sanbox-styled daily activities until he's mostly trained, though, as much of the content is written with the assumption you've finished your training with Sam.
...I actually enjoyed this enough that I wrote a few, er, pages of feedback on some bugs & issues I noticed with how you're handling things in Twine. Happy to shoot those in a message if you don't mind discussing them. Might help with some of the complexity you're dealing with under the hood.
I agree wth QuietlyReading above, there are some confusing elements - e.g. I didn't realise you could travel by ExcelDrive, becuase when I initially explored the game's available options, it didn't let me do anything.
There are also some early pacing issues that I think will get fleshed out over time & with more content. It could be worth taking the character out of the initial sanbox-styled daily activities until he's mostly trained, though, as much of the content is written with the assumption you've finished your training with Sam.
...I actually enjoyed this enough that I wrote a few, er, pages of feedback on some bugs & issues I noticed with how you're handling things in Twine. Happy to shoot those in a message if you don't mind discussing them. Might help with some of the complexity you're dealing with under the hood.
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When the game was first released it was pretty much just Blaire content, and movement inside of areas took part of a time block. Because of this I guess in the current version the amount you can accomplish before you are fully trained has increased noticeably. I wouldn't really mind too much if the game were slightly more on rails until you were fully trained(I spend quite a bit of that time observing to train skills so I can cheat at poker anyway), but considering how often people get lost because they just skim over the text I doubt it would make much of a difference. I do agree that the things you can do on the sidebar do seem to slip by the notice of people pretty often, so a small introduction to it might be worth adding during the tutorial week. Perhaps needing to hurry somewhere to give somebody a lift home or some such would at least give an excuse to demonstrate the cab and the message system.