Ren'Py Completed Dreaming of Dana [v0.099] [PTOLEMY]

[215303j]

I just noticed: the game version is 0.99, but it has a tag "Completed".
What's up with that?
Will there be a 1.00 or not?

 

[Gomly1980]

Will there be a 1.00 or not?

Nothing has been said about it on Discord since he put up the completed one so probably not at this point.

He's working on about 3 or 4 other games now. 2 of his own and 1 with a few others that I know of and I think he does something for another dev.

This has been finished and put to bed now I think.

 

[a1fox3]

I just noticed: the game version is 0.99, but it has a tag "Completed".
What's up with that?
Will there be a 1.00 or not?

He will polish it up one of these days and fix the few remaining miss spelled words/wrong words and a few minor bugs that don't hurt the story/game.

When this will happen no one knows but he said he would, we will just have to wait.

 

[Engelstein]

I keep getting this error whenever trying to start the game.

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While parsing C:\Users\Ben\Downloads\Games\DreamingofDana-0099-pc\DreamingofDana-0.099-pc/game/gui.rpy.
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xbb in position 1: invalid start byte

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
File "C:\Users\Ben\Downloads\Games\DreamingofDana-0099-pc\DreamingofDana-0.099-pc\renpy\bootstrap.py", line 306, in bootstrap
renpy.main.main()
File "C:\Users\Ben\Downloads\Games\DreamingofDana-0099-pc\DreamingofDana-0.099-pc\renpy\main.py", line 367, in main
renpy.game.script.load_script() # sets renpy.game.script.
File "C:\Users\Ben\Downloads\Games\DreamingofDana-0099-pc\DreamingofDana-0.099-pc\renpy\script.py", line 266, in load_script
self.load_appropriate_file(".rpyc", ".rpy", dir, fn, initcode)
File "C:\Users\Ben\Downloads\Games\DreamingofDana-0099-pc\DreamingofDana-0.099-pc\renpy\script.py", line 730, in load_appropriate_file
data, stmts = self.load_file(dir, fn + source)
File "C:\Users\Ben\Downloads\Games\DreamingofDana-0099-pc\DreamingofDana-0.099-pc\renpy\script.py", line 553, in load_file
stmts = renpy.parser.parse(fullfn)
File "C:\Users\Ben\Downloads\Games\DreamingofDana-0099-pc\DreamingofDana-0.099-pc\renpy\parser.py", line 2602, in parse
lines = list_logical_lines(fn, filedata, linenumber)
File "C:\Users\Ben\Downloads\Games\DreamingofDana-0099-pc\DreamingofDana-0.099-pc\renpy\parser.py", line 213, in list_logical_lines
data = f.read().decode("utf-8")
File "/home/tom/ab/x64lucid-deps/install/lib/python2.7/encodings/utf_8.py", line 16, in decode
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xbb in position 1: invalid start byte

Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
Ren'Py 6.99.14.3135

 

[a1fox3]

I keep getting this error whenever trying to start the game.

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While parsing C:\Users\Ben\Downloads\Games\DreamingofDana-0099-pc\DreamingofDana-0.099-pc/game/gui.rpy.
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xbb in position 1: invalid start byte

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
File "C:\Users\Ben\Downloads\Games\DreamingofDana-0099-pc\DreamingofDana-0.099-pc\renpy\bootstrap.py", line 306, in bootstrap
renpy.main.main()
File "C:\Users\Ben\Downloads\Games\DreamingofDana-0099-pc\DreamingofDana-0.099-pc\renpy\main.py", line 367, in main
renpy.game.script.load_script() # sets renpy.game.script.
File "C:\Users\Ben\Downloads\Games\DreamingofDana-0099-pc\DreamingofDana-0.099-pc\renpy\script.py", line 266, in load_script
self.load_appropriate_file(".rpyc", ".rpy", dir, fn, initcode)
File "C:\Users\Ben\Downloads\Games\DreamingofDana-0099-pc\DreamingofDana-0.099-pc\renpy\script.py", line 730, in load_appropriate_file
data, stmts = self.load_file(dir, fn + source)
File "C:\Users\Ben\Downloads\Games\DreamingofDana-0099-pc\DreamingofDana-0.099-pc\renpy\script.py", line 553, in load_file
stmts = renpy.parser.parse(fullfn)
File "C:\Users\Ben\Downloads\Games\DreamingofDana-0099-pc\DreamingofDana-0.099-pc\renpy\parser.py", line 2602, in parse
lines = list_logical_lines(fn, filedata, linenumber)
File "C:\Users\Ben\Downloads\Games\DreamingofDana-0099-pc\DreamingofDana-0.099-pc\renpy\parser.py", line 213, in list_logical_lines
data = f.read().decode("utf-8")
File "/home/tom/ab/x64lucid-deps/install/lib/python2.7/encodings/utf_8.py", line 16, in decode
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xbb in position 1: invalid start byte

Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
Ren'Py 6.99.14.3135

You may have it to deep in folders, try this take the last folder and place it on your desktop and try it again.

 

[Engelstein]

Nope, didn't work. What's weird is the first time I opened it, it all went through fine and loaded. Second time is when this started.

 

[a1fox3]

Nope, didn't work. What's weird is the first time I opened it, it all went through fine and loaded. Second time is when this started.

Remove all save games and the persistent file in the save game folder and appdata and start a new game and see what happens.
C:\Users\(your computer name)\AppData\Roaming\RenPy\DreamingofDana-1480253191

 

[Engelstein]

Nope, still occurs. I deleted the files in the game/saves and the appdata/roaming/renpy/Dreaming folder. I'm going to try to redownload, I got a feeling maybe it downloaded wrong somehow because it took unusually long to download for some reason. I don't know, maybe it'll fix it... maybe not.

 

[RedWhite]

I always skipped this game, because I thought it was another standard milking game with shitty characters and bad writing. Turns out I was wrong and this game is actually pretty nice. I especially like the Dana and Andrea characters. They're well done and thought through. Thank you Milos

 

[PhuckKnuckle]

I was 22 when Morrowind came out.

I grew up with the Atari 2600, Spectrum ZX and Commodore 64.

Fuck, some of you lot make me feel old.

don't forget the amstrad 464 cpc

 

[EnderAV]

what i do wrong, i have so many point but story not going forward ..week 12
only over and over diner, dance club etc...
sometimes 2 rusian guys going to dinner, and dana + maria + john dinner but not forward only repeat
what i do wrong?

 

[a1fox3]

what i do wrong, i have so many point but story not going forward ..week 12
only over and over diner, dance club etc...
sometimes 2 rusian guys going to dinner, and dana + maria + john dinner but not forward only repeat
what i do wrong?

You need to go on date with Andrea and the biker chic to not just Maria and John, if I remember right you need to do at least 2 dates with each group.

 

[SrRK]

About a 4/10 for me.

Girls are okay, Dana being the most attractive, the sex and foreplay scenes are nothing to rave about, especially when you have to watch the same exact ones play out like 200 times each. Grindy, repetitive, linear, and the story just isn't that interesting.

 

[NTRDEV]

Looks promising

 

[vitkren]

So what is the point of no-return for Dana solo ending (when should I save the game)?

 

[Gomly1980]

There are 4 endings. You pick them for the second weekend getaway.

You can either go with Andrea, Jessica, Maria and John or dump Dana which leads to the Dana ending.

As i've said before though, it's short and not all that good. He was never planning on adding a Dana only ending but did so due to constant whining but it's tacked on just for the sake of having it.

 

[Londo_Mollari]

About a 4/10 for me.

Girls are okay, Dana being the most attractive, the sex and foreplay scenes are nothing to rave about, especially when you have to watch the same exact ones play out like 200 times each. Grindy, repetitive, linear, and the story just isn't that interesting.

Not mentioning the funny dialogues and awesome references? oO
There's not much grinding needed to advance story ...

 

[SrRK]

Not mentioning the funny dialogues and awesome references? oO
There's not much grinding needed to advance story ...

There are some funny scenes, yeah. The story isn't *bad,* it's just not gripping enough to keep my attention along with the other issues I mentioned. Advancing relationships and their respective romances isn't hard nor time consuming, you're correct, but the game itself in it's entirety, including the format used for "dating," feels like a grind on it's own. Like I kind of fail to see how it's necessary for gameplay to have multiple days in a row where all you do is work, talk(except by talk, I just mean press a button and see +2 relationship), eat lunch, work, with one or two scenes in between. This is the kind of thing that I mean by grindy, and there isn't much to the dialogue you have with other characters (which should honestly be the biggest aspect of this game, except of course for the intimacy).

It's just my opinion, though. I know many people like this game, and I'm sure they have their own reasons. It's not a bad game, just not for me and not something I'd recommend to others.

 

[asdasdasdasdff]

animated scenes or stills?

 

[a1fox3]

animated scenes or stills?

Stills.