VN Others Finding Color in the Ashes [Alpha v0.8] [MooncatcherStudios]

[mentalmeddle]

If you "find a quiet place" with Lucy on a weekend morning or afternoon, you can keep pressing spacebar during the animated scene to keep increasing your max stamina. It also keeps spending stamina into the negatives, but that resets to 0 at dinner, and subsequent rests restore stamina in proportion to your (now potentially enormous) max stamina.

 

[Soulcatch]

If you "find a quiet place" with Lucy on a weekend morning or afternoon, you can keep pressing spacebar during the animated scene to keep increasing your max stamina. It also keeps spending stamina into the negatives, but that resets to 0 at dinner, and subsequent rests restore stamina in proportion to your (now potentially enormous) max stamina.

Haha, that's a fun find. Thank you!

 

[Mykul]

Could you do me a solid and download the game off Itch.io (the official host) and see if that version works? It would help me to know if it's a problem in the game engine or if one of the mirrors here just has a bad copy. Also, what kind of graphics card do you have? And processor?? If you don't want to post any of that publicly, feel free to send me a DM with the info. A few people have mentioned this black screen, but I've tested on a bunch of hardware and never seen it so I'd love to hunt down the problem.

Also, shot in the dark here, what resolution is your display? Are you using a 4k monitor?

My resolution is 1600x900 on 60hz monitor with my hardware being GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4600, RAM at 8 GB, and CPU: Intel i5-4670 3.40 GHz. I haven't downloaded the game yet in Itch.io since I am using Data WiFi for my PC through a Dongler, so I would need to download the game in PC cafe and transfer it to my 128 GB Kingston USB. My exact OS is Windows 11 Pro in version 23H2. My drivers are up-to-date

This is what the game looks like to me even after 8 hours.

 

[Soulcatch]

My resolution is 1600x900 on 60hz monitor with my hardware being GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4600, RAM at 8 GB, and CPU: Intel i5-4670 3.40 GHz. I haven't downloaded the game yet in Itch.io since I am using Data WiFi for my PC through a Dongler, so I would need to download the game in PC cafe and transfer it to my 128 GB Kingston USB. My exact OS is Windows 11 Pro in version 23H2. My drivers are up-to-date

This is what the game looks like to me even after 8 hours.
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Ah, yeah it's likely the 11 year old hardware you are running on - it's nearly twice as old as anything I've tested on. Of note you're running windows 11 on unsupported hardware which is pretty funny (not sure how you managed that haha). I think I have solution though, I'm going to test out an older compatibility focused renderer for the next release - as long as it doesn't break anything I've already built, it should make a big difference for people running on older hardware.

Thanks for letting me know - hopefully that next release will work better for you.

 

[Onarm]

Make sure to also try and get it on Steam, though it may be wise to wait until you feel more confident in where it's at/delivery stuff for that. You only do get one Steam launch after all.

I'll gladly buy it once it does!

Curious what the long term roadmap for this is. Obviously still early Alpha, but extremely impressive for an early Alpha. Chomping at the bit to see what gets added.

 

[sagasyahputra12]

I'll for next update

 

[SpaceshipPaladin]

Looks interesting, but it's not working with Wine.

Looks like it's trying to use Vulcan (VK_KHR_surface) but can't an throws an error.

 

[Soulcatch]

Looks interesting, but it's not working with Wine.

Looks like it's trying to use Vulcan (VK_KHR_surface) but can't an throws an error.

Maybe try the newest version over on Itch? I released it with a better compatibility for older systems, it might help run it on other platforms as well? I have no way to test though, so not 100% sure.

 

[misaka906]

Maybe try the newest version over on Itch?

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR AN UPDATE FOR SO LOOOONG
WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

jokes aside, may I ask who's making the art for the game? I really love their artstyle.

 

[Soulcatch]

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR AN UPDATE FOR SO LOOOONG
WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

jokes aside, may I ask who's making the art for the game? I really love their artstyle.

Haha, thank you so much. It's me, I do the art / coding / design stuff, my brother handles the music and SFX.

 

[MangoRipe]

Came for the H, stayed for the plot/mechanics . Solid game, I really enjoyed it, great job. Any time frame for next content update? I need more, doesn't matter if it's on Patreon.

 

[Gyugyu6969]

neatpo

 

[Soulcatch]

Came for the H, stayed for the plot/mechanics . Solid game, I really enjoyed it, great job. Any time frame for next content update? I need more, doesn't matter if it's on Patreon.

I do updates every week or so. I'm planning on doing a patreon in the near future, but for now it's all free on Itch (and usually gets posted here as well). The next update (this week) has an art pass on almost every h-scene, some new scenes, and some events as well. I'll have save slots and the new season (fall) gameplay in there very soon as well. Stay tuned!

 

[DuskSarsis]

Mmm, the game looks interesting! Obligatory question relevant to my kinks, but... pregnancy maybe?

 

[Alfred Nonamous Esq. LXIX]

Looks cool. Any chance of an android version?

 

[Soulcatch]

Mmm, the game looks interesting! Obligatory question relevant to my kinks, but... pregnancy maybe?

Nothing planned at the moment, but I'm not fundamentally opposed to the idea. If the game does well, or if I can get a decent enough following on Patreon, the options for more niche content are all on the table.

Looks cool. Any chance of an android version?

Again nothing planned at the moment, but the engine supports android just fine. I'd have to do a lot of UI work to make it play nice on mobile, and honestly it's just not a priority. Again if the game does well and makes a chunk of money where I can devote more time to it, then who knows.