VN Others Finding Color in the Ashes [Alpha v1.11] [MooncatcherStudios]

[FlorpFlorble]

I can't work out how to progress the dryads quest. I fully studied heart trees and met her in the forest, but I can't figure out what I need to do to trigger the next step.

EDIT: Nevermind, had to gather reagants this time

 

[Soulcatch]

I can't work out how to progress the dryads quest. I fully studied heart trees and met her in the forest, but I can't figure out what I need to do to trigger the next step.

EDIT: Nevermind, had to gather reagants this time

Dryad is a slow quest that can take a while to finish. Hunting, Gathering Reagents, and Patrols all have a chance to spawn events. The dryad is one of the events that can show up, and it will force the dryad event to show up at least 1 in 4 times you get an event. But this means you might be close to winter by the time you can get her hired.

 

[winceptor]

If there is a way to launch game in a debug mode or get some log out of why it crashes it would help figuring out what is wrong.
As for UI it is fine i think, most other games i tried on Winlator work one way or another, unless it requires mouse and keyboard at same time, then it can get a bit annoying. I just don't know why it crashes right there. Maybe if i try someones savefile and skip that part it would work?

Can someone maybe give me a savefile that is right after the initial tutorial (or whatever earliest savefile you can get).

I loaded the game on pc and after autosave triggered for first time i copied the AppData/Roaming/ForestInn/save_data2.sav to my phone and then to winlator appdata folder (same path, just different username "xuser" there).
Now the game seems to work so far and controls are fine so far aswell. So as long as you can get past the intro->game transition it seems to work. I will keep testing this out and see if any other issues arise that prevent from progressing.



With this Winlator version i use there is "touchscreen mode" where mouse clicks are simulated on spots where you tap screen. Tapping with two fingers is rightclick. So controls are perfect for this type of game. I will play as long as i can and report once i face any new blockers.

 

[FlorpFlorble]

Dryad is a slow quest that can take a while to finish. Hunting, Gathering Reagents, and Patrols all have a chance to spawn events. The dryad is one of the events that can show up, and it will force the dryad event to show up at least 1 in 4 times you get an event. But this means you might be close to winter by the time you can get her hired.

It'd probably good to either make the RNG for this much higher after completing a progress step, or be explicit about this in the quest log hints. I went a long time not getting the roll and not knowing if it was because I was doing something wrong or if it hadn't been implemented yet.

When I figured it out I switched to save scumming - closing the game and loading the last autosave 20 times until I got the event. The game's on a calendar and besides, it's legitimately faster than playing the rest of the day out. It's not healthy for the game if that's the optimal way to follow story quests.

 

[Soulcatch]

It'd probably good to either make the RNG for this much higher after completing a progress step, or be explicit about this in the quest log hints. I went a long time not getting the roll and not knowing if it was because I was doing something wrong or if it hadn't been implemented yet.

When I figured it out I switched to save scumming - closing the game and loading the last autosave 20 times until I got the event. The game's on a calendar and besides, it's legitimately faster than playing the rest of the day out. It's not healthy for the game if that's the optimal way to follow story quests.

Perfectly fair. Game is alpha, lots of stuff is either half done or still finding its place. The dryad is intended to be mid-late fall for the hire, and I can definitely signpost it better. But I think it'll feel less bad once the fall / winter gameplay is fleshed out a bit so it's not the *one* thing left undone in the quest log. I may also add a way to force the interactions as well, but it's one of many things that still needs to get added.

The dryad, also, only unlocks farming plots right now. There's not a lot of content tied to her in the current build, so you won't be missing much by leaving her for later (if you want to).

 

[FlorpFlorble]

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Definitely agree, it only started feeling Bad when I ran out of other content so there was nothing else to do while waiting for the event to come up organically. It definitely feels like that's where I would have hit it organically in my own timeline, too. Congratulations again on the really fantastic work.

 

[Soulcatch]

Definitely agree, it only started feeling Bad when I ran out of other content so there was nothing else to do while waiting for the event to come up organically. It definitely feels like that's where I would have hit it organically in my own timeline, too. Congratulations again on the really fantastic work.

Always appreciate the feedback. Thanks for taking the time to write the review as well, the feedback really helps me figure out what to focus on, and the kind words always make my day!

 

[hhhj0]

I was about to mention that I wish we got at least one scene with Ellie for her introduction to the game and then I go to check the itch.io page and see there is an update! Let's gooooo

Do you intend to open a patreon or something like that or are you satisfied with payments for the game on itch?

 

[Soulcatch]

I was about to mention that I wish we got at least one scene with Ellie for her introduction to the game and then I go to check the itch.io page and see there is an update! Let's gooooo

Do you intend to open a patreon or something like that or are you satisfied with payments for the game on itch?

I'm absolutely going to open a patreon at some point, but I want to make sure I make it worthwhile for people that subscribe. I've just been busy haha. I promise I'm working on it.

 

[Reaper791]

I'm absolutely going to open a patreon at some point, but I want to make sure I make it worthwhile for people that subscribe. I've just been busy haha. I promise I'm working on it.

Patreon not available for some people, so recomend open boosty too. Love your game by the way, one of the best i play for the very long time. Wish you luck and can't wait to buy it on steam one day

 

[winceptor]

I loaded the game on pc and after autosave triggered for first time i copied the AppData/Roaming/ForestInn/save_data2.sav to my phone and then to winlator appdata folder (same path, just different username "xuser" there).
Now the game seems to work so far and controls are fine so far aswell. So as long as you can get past the intro->game transition it seems to work. I will keep testing this out and see if any other issues arise that prevent from progressing.

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With this Winlator version i use there is "touchscreen mode" where mouse clicks are simulated on spots where you tap screen. Tapping with two fingers is rightclick. So controls are perfect for this type of game. I will play as long as i can and report once i face any new blockers.

Welp, i basically finished the game quests that are available for now and had no issues with the game, other than some audio problem when using ALSA audio, but it was fixed after changing to PulseAudio. So i can now confirm, game is completely playable on Android through Winlator 7.1.5 glibc. The only issue is the crash after the intro which you have to work around using existing savefile.

 

[Gu Changge]

does the game have enough content or just a few scenes?

 

[mentalmeddle]

does the game have enough content or just a few scenes?

Well iirc there's like 8 animations, with some clothing and background variations.

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Eventually after night scenes with Lucy you can "continue" into a more interactive scene with her.

Whether that's "enough" is subjective, but the menus say that around 3 more scenes are planned for each companion, of which 2 more are yet to be added.

 

[brr23]

Hey there! Just coming in to let all of you know that the game is actually fully playable (at least from what I've seen) on mobile (Android specifically!) through joiplay's Godot plugin. One issue I've found is that you can use right click to go back through the menus, but that's easily solved by pressing escape on joiplay's virtual gamepad. Joiplay is much easier to use than winlator (practically plug n play!) and, at least from what I've tried, winlator runs very choppy on my phone, while joiplay runs smoothly.

 

[winceptor]

Hey there! Just coming in to let all of you know that the game is actually fully playable (at least from what I've seen) on mobile (Android specifically!) through joiplay's Godot plugin. One issue I've found is that you can use right click to go back through the menus, but that's easily solved by pressing escape on joiplay's virtual gamepad. Joiplay is much easier to use than winlator (practically plug n play!) and, at least from what I've tried, winlator runs very choppy on my phone, while joiplay runs smoothly.

I had no problems playing through game on Winlator, except for the crash after intro choices. I did not even know joiplay had godot plugin. But generally anything will be working better than emulating entire Windows environment to play a game.

 

[dr_maricon]

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[NotaBullRobo]

Well iirc there's like 8 animations, with some clothing and background variations.

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Eventually after night scenes with Lucy you can "continue" into a more interactive scene with her.

Whether that's "enough" is subjective, but the menus say that around 3 more scenes are planned for each companion, of which 2 more are yet to be added.

Wait,

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[RayBar]

Wait,

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Cowgirl

 

[RayBar]

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The speed at which the Dev is pushing out some quality updates....in 2 yrs this game will be the size of elden ring

 

[Temujinkun]

well, then i was well worth the wait I'd say. =D