xapican

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Hmm, maybe you should talk with some good Dev. who already did such project, and exchange expierences ?
 

DeathIsImminent

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Hmm. I wonder if making a VN mode would be worth it. I'm not sure how I'd do that given how much interaction and character development I hope to embed in the game, but it'd be good to know what people think. Maybe I could leave the gameplay in but make it hella easy to the point that it's basically a sandbox VN? IDK. I'll do some polling and see. I don't want to do design by committee (aka the worst way to build something good) or sacrifice the vision too much, but if there's strong demand for something by my userbase, I at least want to know about it and see if I can meet that demand in some way.


I don't like minigames much either, FWIW. I'm imagining more of a management style game - things like balancing production of A vs B, raising one stat at the expense of another, etc. - combined with a wholesome trainer (uncorrupting an LI who's been possessed). I'm still months from even starting to develop the codebase, but that's the vision. No quick time reactions or anything like that, should just require a mouse and critical thinking.
I respect any Dev that wants to stick to their creative vision. But I also don't think making an "easy mode" has to be a comprise on that. Game creators make difficulty modes all the time. It just making it more palatable to people like me who really don't like renpy gameplay.

And I really don't think I'm alone in not liking sandbox games, but are also willing to put up with them as long as they don't get in the way of me enjoying the story, or piss me off enough that I'd rather drop the game altogether, or never play again to not deal with the hassle.

So yeah, I really like the idea of a story mode, but also regardless, I'm still going to at least try your game. You've earned that much trust from me with Price of power.
 
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johnny_reb_21

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so what choice starts the "throuple" or "harem" route, so far used the mod and only got the Maria only route and am back on the southlands with zaya and lune.
 

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I used to wonder what Legacy did all day to stay sane during his confinement. Now I know he just kept watching this youtube clip of a Basalisk lizard over and over again to stay happy and content.

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so what choice starts the "throuple" or "harem" route, so far used the mod and only got the Maria only route and am back on the southlands with zaya and lune.
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If you want the harem, need to be on the throuple route, and "be enthusiastic" about having the other girls around...
 

johnny_reb_21

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If you didn't get this...
You likely need to make different choices in these previous scenes...
If you want the harem, need to be on the throuple route, and "be enthusiastic" about having the other girls around...

i chose to side with jacob, the offer comprimise, the i don't mind option, and never got the scene for the "forget the risk" choice.. when it should give the "tell Emilia before you need alone time" it still gives me the maria only route.
 

cooldevo

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I'm not getting any images from epilogue 2, and I downloaded it twice from separate servers.
I used the Pixeldrain one, and it worked fine for me.

Just to confirm, you aren't trying to use it like an update/patch, right? You can't extract it over top of a previous version, has to be it's own fresh copy.
 

LastOne24/7

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I used the Pixeldrain one, and it worked fine for me.

Just to confirm, you aren't trying to use it like an update/patch, right? You can't extract it over top of a previous version, has to be it's own fresh copy.
I used the compressed version. 9 GB is too much for me....
 

LastOne24/7

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Ah apologies, for the compressed you'd have to talk to the person doing the compressed versions, normally it's a third party.
I loaded the last save. I loaded the automatic save. Both loaded no images. I loaded a far back save, and I fast forwarded it. THAT did have the images in epilogue 2. Weird.
 

HostileLord221

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Loved the game but it could have been so much more. I understand where the narrative focus was but I still feel a lot is unexplored. There could have been more interaction with the other noble houses, with the Council, even with the Islanders. It felt like the main group live in an isolated space. Another thing that bugged a little was that the MC is shown to be a bit passive. I think there's depth to his character but the story holds him back. In almost all the important moments, he felt like a supporting character to either Maria or Emilia. It makes sense narratively but it's a personal opinion.

Overall, really enjoyed the game.
 
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abc123xyz

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It's not tagged complete. Is there an Epilogue 3 coming? I've been waiting for it to be marked complete to finish playing.
 
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