VN Ren'Py Completed City of Broken Dreamers [v1.15.0 Ch. 15] [PhillyGames]

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Penfold Mole said:
That could possibly be something about your system and not the games, actually. Especially if it happens with many games.

What OS are you running these games on?
Do you have Python installed on your system?

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Nevermind, I just got the same error trying to load an old save in the new version of "Little Sister".

It seems to have something to do with the Ren'Py SDK being downgraded for the new version of the game:
Version 0.1 of the game was built on Ren'Py 7.3.5.606 and I had 2 save files created there.
Starting the newly released version 0.3 of the same game and trying to load one of the old saves gave me the same error:
Code: 
While running game code:
  File "renpy/common/00action_file.rpy", line 452, in __call__
    renpy.load(fn)
ImportError: No module named matrix
...and full traceback follows.

Since it reports about a missing module, I suspected that Ren'Py SDK may have been upgraded by some new buggy version, but what I actually discovered was that the new version of the game has been built on Ren'Py 7.1.3.1092. It means that Ren'Py has actually been downgraded and save files created by a newer version of Ren'Py can't be loaded because the older version is missing a module that exists in the newer one.

One way to play the new version of the game that has been built on a downgraded Ren'Py version is to start the game from the beginning.

The other one is to upgrade Ren'Py to the version that was used for the previous version of the game: copy folders "renpy" and "lib" from the older version of the game into the newer version and overwrite existing folders and files. Then these old saves that were actually created by a newer version of Ren'Py will work again without the missing module error.

In this case both the new version and the previous version of the Broken Dreamers have been built on the same Ren'Py 7.2.2.491. I'm guessing that the previous compressed version was upgraded to a newer version of Ren'Py by the person who compressed the game and now saves created there won't work with an older version of Ren'Py either in the uncompressed original game or in the new compressed game that hasn't been upgraded to the newer version of Ren'Py.

You should open log.txt file from the previous compressed version of the game and look at the Ren'Py version number. In case it's newer than 7.2.2.491, then I was right about the old compressed version running on a newer version of Ren'Py.
In that case you could copy "renpy" and "lib" folders from that old version into the new one to upgrade Ren'Py to the same version that created those save files.
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man, you are a life saver. copying "renpy" and "lib" folders from old version to new version worked like a charm. cannot thank you enough.
 
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Dev Update #54
Busy week, but a good one. The Steam stuff is finally setup and the game as been approved by their team.
Some really nice artwork was done by a friend of mine for the Steam promotional material. Above is one of his creations. He felt Chandra represented the world the best, so he focused on her for the promo material. He also did cool icons for all the achievements which just adds to the overall polish. I am planning release on August 7th.
So, because of that I will release this version to everyone tomorrow and keep it up till the end of month. There are some slight changes and bug fixes from the previous release. Please make sure once you have 0.7 you hold onto it since I will no longer be allowed to distribute the first chapters on here below the $10 tier due to Steams guidelines. Good thing though, once you have it, I will release patches for the upcoming chapters that you can update that version with. I will make a visual step by step guide on how patching works on the next one to make it easier for people to do. Once you do it once you will understand it is a simple process.
TLDR: Make sure you get the release tomorrow, hold it, and all subsequent chapters will be released via patch.
Here is the store page itself:
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Now for game progress. I'll keep this brief. 260 renders, 23 animations with another 8 on deck ready to be rendered. Everything else is moving at a decent pace as well.
Needless to say this was a stressful week waiting for that approval, but once that happened, PHEW!
As always guys, stay awesome!
Philly
 
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Man I can't wait for next update. 2 months to go still...phew! I don't think I have had this much anticipation for anything in some time.
 
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Chandra's aesthetics are the most interesting visually (especially in terms of selling the sci-fi setting). And she's a cool character, so I'm all for advertising the hell out of her.

But I hope they included a few of the other characters too, because Chandra is definitely not the focus of the game and I wouldn't want to give prospective customers the wrong idea.
 
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Dev Update #54
Busy week, but a good one. The Steam stuff is finally setup and the game as been approved by their team.
Some really nice artwork was done by a friend of mine for the Steam promotional material. Above is one of his creations. He felt Chandra represented the world the best, so he focused on her for the promo material. He also did cool icons for all the achievements which just adds to the overall polish. I am planning release on August 7th.
So, because of that I will release this version to everyone tomorrow and keep it up till the end of month. There are some slight changes and bug fixes from the previous release. Please make sure once you have 0.7 you hold onto it since I will no longer be allowed to distribute the first chapters on here below the $10 tier due to Steams guidelines. Good thing though, once you have it, I will release patches for the upcoming chapters that you can update that version with. I will make a visual step by step guide on how patching works on the next one to make it easier for people to do. Once you do it once you will understand it is a simple process.
TLDR: Make sure you get the release tomorrow, hold it, and all subsequent chapters will be released via patch.
Here is the store page itself:
You must be registered to see the links

Now for game progress. I'll keep this brief. 260 renders, 23 animations with another 8 on deck ready to be rendered. Everything else is moving at a decent pace as well.
Needless to say this was a stressful week waiting for that approval, but once that happened, PHEW!
As always guys, stay awesome!
Philly
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Already put it on my wishlist.
Nice promotional banner by the way. :cool:
 
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ename144 said:
Chandra's aesthetics are the most interesting visually (especially in terms of selling the sci-fi setting). And she's a cool character, so I'm all for advertising the hell out of her.

But I hope they included a few of the other characters too, because Chandra is definitely not the focus of the game and I wouldn't want to give prospective customers the wrong idea.
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Since Vicky wouldn't have exemplified the game's atmosphere as well, instead of Chandra I've would've gone for Ellen though. But I guess I'm biased towards her :love:
 
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ename144 said:
Chandra's aesthetics are the most interesting visually (especially in terms of selling the sci-fi setting). And she's a cool character, so I'm all for advertising the hell out of her.

But I hope they included a few of the other characters too, because Chandra is definitely not the focus of the game and I wouldn't want to give prospective customers the wrong idea.
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Between her game screen time, the hidden stats for her and now this steam banner I get the feeling this is going to change.
 
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He just released "BrokenDreamers-1.0.2-pc .zip" on his Patreon, but I'm not sure what's the difference? :unsure:


Hey guys, this is the complete version for Book One. From this point on updates will be available as patches for $1 and $5 so make sure you keep this copy.

If you already have 0.7 you should be fine, there are only minor adjustments to this one. Typo fixes, some balance changes, and a few minor bug fixes. In August I will have to lock this behind the Ghost tier as per Steams guidelines.

I have also included a patch file. To patch 0.6 to this, simply extract the files from the zip file and copy them inside the game/ folder. You will see files such as scripts.rpa. You want to take these files copy them into that game folder and overwrite anything that is in there. Once done your game will be patched.

On mac it is slightly different. You will need to open the contents of the app. Then go to Contents\Resources\Game and copy the files into that and also make sure you overwrite when asked.
 
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rf96 said:
He just released "BrokenDreamers-1.0.2-pc .zip" on his Patreon, but I'm not sure what's the difference? :unsure:


Hey guys, this is the complete version for Book One. From this point on updates will be available as patches for $1 and $5 so make sure you keep this copy.

If you already have 0.7 you should be fine, there are only minor adjustments to this one. Typo fixes, some balance changes, and a few minor bug fixes. In August I will have to lock this behind the Ghost tier as per Steams guidelines.

I have also included a patch file. To patch 0.6 to this, simply extract the files from the zip file and copy them inside the game/ folder. You will see files such as scripts.rpa. You want to take these files copy them into that game folder and overwrite anything that is in there. Once done your game will be patched.

On mac it is slightly different. You will need to open the contents of the app. Then go to Contents\Resources\Game and copy the files into that and also make sure you overwrite when asked.
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think of it like a definitive version of the first 7 chapters, its fully polished since its the version that is going on steam as book 1.
 
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Englen said:
think of it like a definitive version of the first 7 chapters, its fully polished since its the version that is going on steam as book 1.
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Ok, I've updated OP with newer versions. The version number has changed, but it's technically still version 0.7.

There is an official patch for updating 0.6 or 0.7 to Book 1 (here named 1.02).​
 
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