Others Completed Ascension I: From Rags to Riches [v1.0.3] [The Pink Penguin]

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InsaneMonster

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Does anyone know what to do for Rose to get abducted so you can rescue her for the achievement?
Rose has 2 endings, the more common one where you pass every dice roll then save and hire her, or the uncommon one where you fail every roll yet still save her, resulting in her fleeing Tego. This achievement is for the latter ending. Best way is to run a Chapter 2 save with low skill levels, keep Athletics, Oratory and Cunning low, fail the investigation while finding the culprit, max up those skills at your apartment then win the duel against the culprit. I personally cannot see the distinction of not unlocking the achievement for both endings, so as to preserve my sanity went on to mod the game file and saved several hours of my time.


Anyone else has trouble turning a profit on the brothel management chapter? I seem to be losing money no matter what.

Also the hunting lodge doesn't seem to do anything, no girls can be brought.

Tip, the code includes ( and ) so it is exactly as it says above!

Oh yeah, anyone figured out how to edit the save games? This narrat is something else.
There are 4 options in the budget section for each building, the last option might not be visible if you are playing at the initial windowed setting. Max out advertisement costs and price per customer. The multipliers are more than enough enough to offset the negative impact of reputation. You can readjust this later when better revenue buildings are acquired.

Editing the save would require knowledge about localstorage, LevelDB and some programming knowhows to parse data. A bit too much for a game of this quality if I must say. Narrat only has 1 global autosave slot that is frequently overwritten so manual save is the more reliable saving method. As to when to be able to manual save, it is decided by the developer, so the only way to increase this frequency is to modify the game files. It probably would be much faster to then just directly modify conditions than save frequency in this regard.
 

Shanni

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Anyone else has trouble turning a profit on the brothel management chapter? I seem to be losing money no matter what.

Also the hunting lodge doesn't seem to do anything, no girls can be brought.

Tip, the code includes ( and ) so it is exactly as it says above!

Oh yeah, anyone figured out how to edit the save games? This narrat is something else.
I really like the game and the AI art but the game does have some weaknesses.
One of them is that you don't get any info on what the variables for the buildings, you can manipulate, do exactly - you can only just assume. You can't see the status of your building. So is it in a desolate state or does it sparkle? Would be valuable info if you want to change it. Or does it just influence a specific value in the calculation (probably customer satisfaction?). What is influenced by the girl's wages?...
If anyone knows how the variables are connected ( e. g. increasing wages increases the chance for customer satisfaction (?)) please let me know.

For making a profit:
I left Salaries and Maintenance as it is.
Make sure advertisement brings in as many clients as your girls can serve (5 per working girl) and ask for the maximum price. Your reputation will stay abyssmal and you won't get any secrets until you upgraded your building and your girls got better and actually sastisfy customers but you will make money. In addition, get the second upgrade, Disguise Service, asap as it doubles the amount of money you can request from rendered services.

I'd be interested in getting my hands on these savefiles as well.
 

Mikkanen

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>Thanks guys!
This is actually a pretty good game,it's completed, has practically no bugs except for Anna showing up in your bathtub while she is also kidnapped and residing in a dungeon - but art is AI, and the engine needs some work on font sizes and load/save functions. The font size mess can hide some text and functions, but usually it can be scrolled to the side or down to see the missing text.

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Anyone found out if the noble/rogue skill actually does anything? Is it just flavour, and maybe it changes the ending?
 
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Tried running it on Linux via Wine and had at least two errors preventing it from playing. I fixed one with a software update, but still running into a lot of stubs in the terminal.
 

Shanni

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Do you need to do something specific for the 'Silk and SUbmission' achievement? I assue that is for finishing the content with Era in the hunting lodge, but she's not available to me in this sepcific menu (although I have her as an active girl hired).
 

InsaneMonster

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1.0.2 is up so somebody will have to update the official version. The bigger fix for this update should be the "Ship Full of Women!" achievement not unlocking despite completing every other Chapter 2 related achievements and optional quests there were. Not sure how the developer fixed it; I merely set it up to unlock after completing the 50 crew quest.

Anyone found out if the noble/rogue skill actually does anything? Is it just flavour, and maybe it changes the ending?
It does more than those. For Ascension I the personality of MC is a rogue by default, so your character being noble influenced or rogue influenced will affect story progression. Edgar will be building different stuff depending on his morality during the endings so its just flavour in that regard (rogue choices also affect which good ending you will end up with), but the bigger result I can think of immediately is the default condition for Blue Nymph purchase whereby you get to do 500k as a noble, 450k plus a quick one with Marianne as a rogue. Rogue choices will also unlock more side CGs than noble ones in general in most random events and hunting lodge, with a few characters being exceptions. The tradeoff usually is between affection progress and CG.

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Do you need to do something specific for the 'Silk and SUbmission' achievement? I assue that is for finishing the content with Era in the hunting lodge, but she's not available to me in this sepcific menu (although I have her as an active girl hired).
Silk and Submission is Kendra specific. She won't be available if you have Sultry Nights as your 4th building.
 
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