Detective Cancer

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this - I know it's supposed to be this big and empty island and you built the maps with that in mind, but it's just completely tedious and unfun to actually play it and don't add anything to the narrative or world building
I want to like it, as I said the art is good, the bad writing I can almost skirt around (still hope it improves, everyone's just bipolar atm and inconsistent af...), but the drag of moving around is hard to negotiate.

You don't need that much empty space, like genuinely the tilesets are good and it all looks nice but it doesn't need to be that big. Less is more with 2D RPG screens. The second floor of the Manor made me sigh audibly and look for the RPG cheat tool so I could speed up walking.
 
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Detective Cancer

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Movement speed is actually pretty fast if you use the "Always Dash" option.
I always have always dash on in every RPGM game.
It's fast, but traversal in this game isn't.
The Forest screen has a huge divide in the middle for no reason, the second floor of the Manor is actually insane.
The tedium is either by design or a very unfortunate and consistent mistake.
For a counter-example here's a very packed but also very detailed and manageable screen in Overgrown: Genesis.
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You can pack so much detail into even small RPGM screens that making an INSANELY HUGE EMPTY ROOM is inexcusable.
This isn't even the best example to counter that awful Mansion but I don't want to redownload the game atm.
 
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Modsognir

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There's also the fast travel option that puts you right on top of the "huge divide in the middle" in the forest, basically negating your complaint.
 

Detective Cancer

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There's also the fast travel option that puts you right on top of the "huge divide in the middle" in the forest, basically negating your complaint.
He says, focusing on 15% of the complaint.
It's not just movement and traversal between screens, sweetie, but I take it you're not here to be convinced, that's okay.
I'll stop addressing you from now on too.

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Fact is even if you can teleport between screens it's still tedious because you still then have to trudge around in them to find the characters or items you need to interact with. Scenery is one thing, the Forest is almost fine were it not for the pointless roundabout, but one could reasonably shave off a chunk of the size of the pool, beach, mansion, and even the random transition screens and not much of value would be lost. Why go for something like that on RPGM anyway? This is basically a VN.

They would look more detailed and cared for if they were more concise imo.. and literally nothing excuses the Mansion.

Now that I'm thinking about it bloat is just a problem in general in this game and it's only at 0.2.5.0. We'll see how it goes, I do like the art and if nothing else improves I at least have that to rip and look at considering the context would be overly wordy anyway.
 

danielcool19

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Aug 27, 2017
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Game is great. My only criticizing is that the protagonist(kate) is already slutty after her first scene. There is no corruption and slow burn even though she has the amulet. She despise Leroy for good reasons after insulting her mom and the teacher but during one scene she is into him already then after she hates him for tricking him. Makes her look dumb.
 
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Yamakasi20

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May 17, 2017
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Not sure what to think about this one...

Definetly has the potential to be one of the best games ever, but...
too many intricacies, too many details, story gets lost in translation...

At this point I'll be happy just downloading and visiting the gallery.
Really not interested in keeping the food up, watering plants, managing sanity points...
 

yo75z

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Feb 27, 2020
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This went from horror story game to animal crossing in less than half an hour :I
It s cool and all so far, can t wait to see more.
 

Wan Curr

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Yeah, something crashed for you. There's a fog effect in there but you can definitely see stuff. I hope you have a save nearby. If it happens again I'll play the game up to that point and send you a save inside that place without the black screen.
Well I tried but no luck, it's happening every time
So help me here and thanks in advance
 

Infinite Lust Studios

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Alright, here it is. I've put 3 new saves in there. Slot 21, 22 and 23.

Save 21 - After the hedge maze is completed. (If you use this one make sure to use the "Menu->Item->Special->White Amulet, to pass time. 'Cause you'll miss the tutorial explaining this mechanic).

Save 22 - Right before you enter the hedge maze (Where your game is bugging.)

Save 23 - Inside the hedge maze, right when you enter it.

I've no idea what is causing this problem for you. It might be your download got corrupted somehow (so try downloading the file again from another mirror, I downloaded mine from itch.io) or a driver issue with your graphics card. I hope this fixes it for you, or that at least you can skip it.

Well I tried but no luck, it's happening every time
So help me here and thanks in advance
 
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