Others Finding Color in the Ashes [Alpha v2.41] [MooncatcherStudios]

[orttro]

Will newer versions be compatible with existing saves?
If so, will there be missable events based on seasons? Will continuing playing cause any harm? For example, If I continue playing past spring in order to get some RNG loot drops, will I miss new spring events in the coming update?

 

[Soulcatch]

So far all saves are more or less compatible. The next update 2.1 completely overhauls the way patrols work, and introduces a bunch of new events. I strongly recommend starting a new save for 2.1 but you are the master of your own fun, do what you want.

There will absolutely be a bunch of things that are missable if you play past the intended season. Right now the game more or less has the content for summer + fall, with a smattering of winter content. But there's quite a bit left to add for winter, and spring content isn't even started yet. Spring content won't be added for a couple of updates at least.

Also once I get all the core mechanics in and we're out of Alpha, I'll be switching over to adding as much content as I can in beta. At that point there will likely be a lot more stuff added for every season.

All this to say, is that if you are worried about missing content and don't want to start over, I would wait until further into development. The core content is only about 60-65% done at the moment.

The intention is that once the main story is completed (summer->spring) the game will enter a proper endless mode where everything after that is not time or season dependent. But we're a little ways off from that in terms of development.

 

[Renaldi16]

Cowgirl

how to trigger?

 

[Aethling342131]

Im just gonna say this here really fast. If you ever gonna realse it on steam (i know the current situation might not be good with the whole master card/visa thing) i definitely gonna buy it.

 

[Don Tebjos]

Game is really nice. Combat system feels original, management is simple and yet has challenging sides, story is engaging while not being text walls, congrats!

Only downside for now imo is sex being too basic, it could really benefit having some of these dice mechanics implemented and faster animations and action length for it to be a more rewarding gameplay mechanic.

Now I don't know if stuff of this kind are planned or not, didn't have the motivation to read the whole thread lol

 

[Soulcatch]

Game is really nice. Combat system feels original, management is simple and yet has challenging sides, story is engaging while not being text walls, congrats!

Only downside for now imo is sex being too basic, it could really benefit having some of these dice mechanics implemented and faster animations and action length for it to be a more rewarding gameplay mechanic.

Now I don't know if stuff of this kind are planned or not, didn't have the motivation to read the whole thread lol

More interactions in the sex scenes are coming, no dice though. But dialog + longer scenes and the ability to chain scenes together. Ideally I would love to get more of the sex minigames in there, but thatll be a little ways off still.

 

[A Solemn Stranger]

Wanted to give a bug notice. While playing 2.11, my current run ended up with getting scout somewhat late during fall (like 40-30 days left until winter) since I didn't notice that it was the patrol function you had to use to interact with her and the others (I mainly focused on gathering/hunting). I got to the point of having to investigate the undead, and went to do late night reading. There was text involving the initial night reading encounter with her with regards to the undead, but when I finished that the text went straight to the following session where I had the option to investigate her and raise affinity. Regardless of what option I chose the game just froze onto the following screen:



I downloaded 2.12 hoping it would fix the run, but no dice. And of course, I don't want to just keep playing this run without being able to interact with her more, if trying to proceed just freezes the game. That's about it.

EDIT: Let me rephrase that. I got scout somewhere mid fall (60-50 days until winter), and then day 141/142 is when this happened if I try to repeat the events.

 

[Soulcatch]

Wanted to give a bug notice. While playing 2.11, my current run ended up with getting scout somewhat late during fall (like 40-30 days left until winter) since I didn't notice that it was the patrol function you had to use to interact with her and the others (I mainly focused on gathering/hunting). I got to the point of having to investigate the undead, and went to do late night reading. There was text involving the initial night reading encounter with her with regards to the undead, but when I finished that the text went straight to the following session where I had the option to investigate her and raise affinity. Regardless of what option I chose the game just froze onto the following screen:

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I downloaded 2.12 hoping it would fix the run, but no dice. And of course, I don't want to just keep playing this run without being able to interact with her more, if trying to proceed just freezes the game. That's about it.

EDIT: Let me rephrase that. I got scout somewhere mid fall (60-50 days until winter), and then day 141/142 is when this happened if I try to repeat the events.

Thanks, I'll see if I can get that patched.

Edit: I have no problem running the event on my side. Can you DM me on discord with your save files? If I can replicate the issue I can get it fixed.

 

[A Solemn Stranger]

Thanks, I'll see if I can get that patched.

Edit: I have no problem running the event on my side. Can you DM me on discord with your save files? If I can replicate the issue I can get it fixed.

Unless you can tell me how, I already overrode those saves with my new run. I got scout in the summer and her events worked normally this time. Funny enough, a similar thing happened with Lucy on this new run, but I forgot what the event was, and redoing the day worked for her. If I had to take a guess as to what I could’ve been doing wrong on my end, I think I was using the space bar a little too fast in order to progress the text. I wasn’t spamming it, maybe, but I will note that so far clicking at a steady pace with my mouse is working fine. If anything else comes up the next time I play I’ll let you know.

 

[cameldrum]

This would be a good game and interesting setting even without the porn. Great job, dev!

Is there, or will there be any threesome (ffm) content?

Will there be more interactive sex scenes?

Is there any use / benefit / downside of spreading Lucy's legs or not during the interactive sex scene? Maybe in future updates?

Very minor quibbles:

- Every time you make a small meal, Lucy says something like "...But I don't mind!". Woman, if you don't mind, why do you have to comment that every single time?? Obviously really low priority, but I'd appreciate more variation.
- In the interactive sex scene with Lucy, unlike most other actions, the blowjob is only seen in the small popup; could this be changed?

EDIT: Though it technically is, I don't count sex with Bluecy (or whatever her name is) as threesome.

 

[Soulcatch]

There will be more regular threesome content later.

The interactive sex scenes are huge amount of work, but yes, I'll add some more. They are just a lower priority while I get the core systems in place. Expect them towards the end of the alpha or beginning of the beta.

Dialog variation is more or a beta thing, I'll be working on polish at that point.

Spreading legs is required for penetration.

More poses in the interactive scene are totally possible, but again, just low priority at the moment. I'll get around to them eventually.

 

[cameldrum]

There will be more regular threesome content later.

The interactive sex scenes are huge amount of work, but yes, I'll add some more. They are just a lower priority while I get the core systems in place. Expect them towards the end of the alpha or beginning of the beta.

Dialog variation is more or a beta thing, I'll be working on polish at that point.

Spreading legs is required for penetration.

More poses in the interactive scene are totally possible, but again, just low priority at the moment. I'll get around to them eventually.

Thanks!

About spreading legs, I didn't phrase it very well; if it's only for penetration, why not just have it do so automatically? Currently it gives (me) the impression that we're (supposed to be) able to do different things depending on leg position.
Maybe plans for more options eventually?

Whatever the case, thanks for your answers, and of course your great game!

P.S.: You should definitely consider using this setting in non-porn games too! I'm sure a lot of people would enjoy it.

 

[randrew]

More interactions in the sex scenes are coming, no dice though. But dialog + longer scenes and the ability to chain scenes together. Ideally I would love to get more of the sex minigames in there, but thatll be a little ways off still.

I understand there's a lot of work on the development side of making the sex scenes (and they look good!) -- though for me, I second what

it could... benefit having... faster animations

For me, I like the ability (if I choose) to skip/fast-forward animations. In this case, if it's e.g. a 5-step animation, being able to click to advance to the start of the next animation step would be a nice QoL addition.

 

[Soulcatch]

Thanks!

About spreading legs, I didn't phrase it very well; if it's only for penetration, why not just have it do so automatically? Currently it gives (me) the impression that we're (supposed to be) able to do different things depending on leg position.
Maybe plans for more options eventually?

Whatever the case, thanks for your answers, and of course your great game!

P.S.: You should definitely consider using this setting in non-porn games too! I'm sure a lot of people would enjoy it.

The interactive scene was the first scene I made. I wasn't 100% sure what was going to included and what was needed, so I just tried to build it to accommodate a bunch of different options. As it turns out, I really liked doing the animations a lot more than the interactive scenes, as they only take a day or two to make, and offer a bigger amount of variety (just by quantity I mean).

The interactive scene took like 3 weeks to make and new ones will likely take at least a couple weeks (lots of little animations and lots of code). I think they have a lot of value, but I don't wanna give up a few weeks of dev time when there's more core features to add.

I would love to get scenes for each of the characters, and maybe some more poses for Lucy. Just gonna be a little time before I get to them. Development is going reasonably quick though, so won't be a crazy long time until I get to them.

 

[tacosgrande]

12/10 original. I mean my knowledge of the genre isn't broad but this has a lot going on that's so very interesting. I get that there's sex scenes and whatnot but I find myself far more interested in just progressing.

On that note, what am I doing wrong that I can't trigger the mage training? I feel like I'm missing something obvious.

Anyway, really enjoying it!

 

[Soulcatch]

12/10 original. I mean my knowledge of the genre isn't broad but this has a lot going on that's so very interesting. I get that there's sex scenes and whatnot but I find myself far more interested in just progressing.

On that note, what am I doing wrong that I can't trigger the mage training? I feel like I'm missing something obvious.

Anyway, really enjoying it!

Thx!

To get mage training: Do the first few quests (Clear the road -> get herbalism -> build the alchemy table), then get Lucy's affinity up (I think it's around 130-150 trust) and the option to have her teach you magic will appear in the evening chat options. Once youve picked that option a couple of times, you'll get the ability to pick up magic in the level up screen.

 

[tacosgrande]

Thx!

To get mage training: Do the first few quests (Clear the road -> get herbalism -> build the alchemy table), then get Lucy's affinity up (I think it's around 130-150 trust) and the option to have her teach you magic will appear in the evening chat options. Once youve picked that option a couple of times, you'll get the ability to pick up magic in the level up screen.

Ah, nice. I was on the right track, then - I knew I'd seen that option.

Thanks!

 

[tacosgrande]

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I've encountered a bug.

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I no longer have any options to Gather Wood, Forage, Patrol or anything, it's just gone.

wat do

 

[Soulcatch]

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I no longer have any options to Gather Wood, Forage, Patrol or anything, it's just gone.

wat do

If you restart the game does it fix it ? And if it doesn't can you get me your save files? I'm desperately trying to track down the bug that stops morning action menu from spawning as I've been unable to reproduce it and I want it squashed very badly.

 

[tacosgrande]

I will gladly send you a save file, as the problem is not corrected by restarting. Unfortunately you're going to have to direct me me to where this thing is saving. Is it my /user/ folder?