In fact, I did use the update button. I was able to progress the stories for "Problem Child" and "Stressed Out" before waking up in the bedroom on Monday Early Morning. Attempted to use the skip button and promptly crashed with the "school_placeholder" error that I and others have posted.
I had the same problem but then everything worked out just fine after loading my save where the dev is basically saying "save right now or you're fucked!"
).A more user-friendly save system would be most welcomed but it's still worth the trouble I think ^^ So feel free to use the attached save file if you're still interested in playing the last update.
Appreciate the help, but I think I'm just gonna pass on this game. This doesn't need to be a sandbox game and the convoluted way it's being implemented is creating a lot of unnecessary problems. I would bet a code refresh is going to be inevitable so I'll wait for that.I had the same problem but then everything worked out just fine after loading my save where the dev is basically saying "save right now or you're fucked!"
If this is any help, I tried to explain it in this post : https://f95zone.to/threads/bonds-of-love-v0-4-zelathorn-games.51752/page-5#post-4345024
And you can also find an attached file with the save I used to do the update (6-5-LT1.save). So you can load this save and then go to your bedroom to do the update and you should be golden (just a few events to replay from 0.3 but that way, it allows you to choose the nice or dominant path with the mom during the massage sessions).
Or you can use the attached save file with the update already done (11-1-LT1.save) and you should be able to play right away (unless it's mandatory to do the update from your own game but that would be unexpected
A more user-friendly save system would be most welcomed but it's still worth the trouble I think ^^ So feel free to use the attached save file if you're still interested in playing the last update.
Edit : if you use a save file, please rename the file and remove the prefix added by F95 during the upload ("872131_" and "872163_" respectively). One save should be in the 5th slot page 6 while the other should be in the first slot page 11 after putting them in your save folder.
Thank God you were more tenacious facing Mangalores or the world would be doomed!
It would prevent some headaches with Renpy on the dev side but it wouldn't be easy to turn this game into a pure VN since we iterate on a series of various events. It would probably need a lot of new transitional scenes in order to make all this stick together. What's more, without a real story and some kind of endgoal to back all this up, it would feel a bit weird.
I think this was coded by a Mangalore!Thank God you were more tenacious facing Mangalores or the world would be doomed!
It would prevent some headaches with Renpy on the dev side but it wouldn't be easy to turn this game into a pure VN since we iterate on a series of various events. It would probably need a lot of new transitional scenes in order to make all this stick together. What's more, without a real story and some kind of endgoal to back all this up, it would feel a bit weird.
Power Vacuum has shown that this kind of format can work well. Anyway I have faith the dev will find the right formula so that more players can enjoy his handiwork be it sandbox or something else! ^^
Helpful Lad is supposed to end since the spring cleaning was supposed to be done during the holidays when Clara has time, but I didn't consider how problem child was tied to it. I'll change that in the next update. I'll also make helpful lad available for more hours in a day so you should always have a chance to do it.
Lol apologies for my mangalore coding, I'm just a compsci uni student, not a professional game developer. I will try and have the next update to be also playable in a VN format, though I probably won't have all the transitional dialogue for the older releases done just yet.I think this was coded by a Mangalore!
I took a look at the code and really had a hard time of making sense of the event system. Events seem to be coded to a specific release for some reason, but I didn't dive into it too deeply. There is a lot of setting and deleting (!) of variable values. It seemed very unnecessary to my eyes. Considering the track record of bugs in this game, the need to "update" the events in a new version of the game, and that saves are now required at a specific point in an event for the next version to work, this leads me to believe that the game will collapse under the weight a shaky framework. Maybe I'm wrong. We'll see.
I agree with you that sandbox could work, but it doesn't seem to be needed since no events overlap so far. Add in a few lines of transitional text between scenes, as you pointed out, and it would work better as a VN narrative, in my opinion. Personally, I'd prefer that. The dialogue is pretty good, but this sandbox structure just seems to be a pain in the neck presently.
Nah, don't do that. Focus on one or the other. Otherwise, both will suffer. I'd suggest taking a look at how other games have implemented sandbox structures and how they code their event progressions, if you haven't already. You might get some ideas or tips for streamlining your code.
I agree... Juggling with two versions of the same game sounds like a nightmare!
Unless you really love the Renpy side of your game! Either way I'll be happy as long as the MC keeps acting like a charming clown (I like having a MC with a personality instead of a monolithic character... Some might thing it's easier to put yourself in MC's shoes when he's a blank page but I could not disagree more! ^^).Plus if you are feeling down, you can just start playing and this game will put a big smile on your face
not pointing at you,its the newbies complaining a few posts before you.
I totally agree with youHello dose this game have any NTR or sharing with other guys ? i hope not
Rest assured, the dev has already stated that those specific kinks won't be forced onto the player.
) cause right now, your badge is empty if we support you (so can't really display it to "advertise" your game ^^).
