Others Borrowed Lives [v1.0.0] [Corvienne]

[TeckXChaos]

The game is a cool proof of concept. Sex doesn't work, combat isn't actually implemented (the concept of combat exists at all), and there doesn't really seem to be a point to do anything yet.

You can earn a bunch of money, level up stats and skills, and raise/lower relationships with named npcs, but that seems to be the beginning and ending of the game unless there were large chunks of content that I missed.

It would be more accurate to call this a pre-alpha build and as a pre-alpha build it's well fleshed out. The UI is very nice, if not a bit too busy with how much information is everywhere. The menu nesting is done well, but some information is really hidden from you. For example, the game constantly tells you that you have stress building up, but it'll take some clicking around and opening nested menus to figure out where to even see your stress levels.

I don't know why but there were a million achievements setup for the game already. I might read through that menu just to see what's planned for the game, but the ones at the top were things like 'Meet 5 named npcs' so I'm in no rush.

 

[xwor639]

online version seems to work for me but not sure about offline. if anyone else is experiencing the same thing as me but offline version launches but doesnt finish loading for me.

 

[Semorie]

Okay now that the grey screen bug has been fixed seemingly it seems to be decent,

A bit lackluster in exact tutorial, mainly cause it could do with a map ofc, but all in all, yeah its an alpha test,

Seems to at least function decently,
for the map even if it was just a placeholder map of "this is a path", you could even use ms paint for making the placeholder.

Doesnt need anything fancy this early on, and yeah super grindy for stuff, there's no option for selecting an actual backstory of the host's history which would affect starting stats,

Like no peasant would have only 1 in all stats by the time they reach the age stated, especially when they work on a farm, endurance should be at least level 2 at the start, since farmers need to work long hours all day, not exactly strength building (though you can argue that if you want to), but definitely extremely persistent and used to long repetitive labor. and starting beauty could be randomized (between level 1-3 since people can just be naturally attractive)

these are just of course my takes on it, not something i expect to be taken seriously

 

[TheOneTrueFusion]

"v1.0.0"?

 

[rei9234]

Apk is not working

 

[TerumiNin]

I hope this goes well but currently not sure what's actually possible/in the game due to wonkyness and bugs. Certainly has potential though.

 

[Acalca]

The script might need adjustment and the sex scenes are very limited. Otherwise, it shows promise.

 

[MisterE9599]

not yet

Thanks for the heads up I'll put this on hold till then

 

[Jaunie]

Aha, so I wasn't the only one who got bamboozled by the 1.0 label

 

[Bearclaw01234]

The online version of the game wouldn't even load for me on itch.io (which is weird, considering it's the only game that has not loaded for me on there). It just went to a blank black screen just like with the windows download version. I'm using Chrome on Windows 11, if that matters at all.

 

[Semorie]

The online version of the game wouldn't even load for me on itch.io (which is weird, considering it's the only game that has not loaded for me on there). It just went to a blank black screen just like with the windows download version. I'm using Chrome on Windows 11, if that matters at all.

its kind of a hit or miss, sometimes works, but the mega one for download was stated by the creator to be usable. same for the pc build on itch.

 

[corvienneetalle]

The online version of the game wouldn't even load for me on itch.io (which is weird, considering it's the only game that has not loaded for me on there). It just went to a blank black screen just like with the windows download version. I'm using Chrome on Windows 11, if that matters at all.

Do you mind showing me the console log?

 

[AsklepiosRod]

So just a comment for the dev corvienneetalle . You might want to clean up your sex dialogue. I was playing a male character (penis, no vagina) and did a sexual interaction with a "female" character from the inn. Only while the game said they were female it used masculine pronouns in some places and I think feminine ones in others. Also while there was penetrative sex available (penis -> vagina) the dialogue mentioned that they were "releasing" into my character which is worded completely backwards and also there was no dialogue of the reverse.

Overall I look forward to seeing what the game will have to offer in the future though.