RPGM The Court Magician [v0.12.3] [Sin and Salvation Games]
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game looks cool, but I get locked in a black screen after interacting with the maid. reloading makes it persist.
Can only start a new game =/
Can only start a new game =/
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Sorry about that. You can send me a DM with a zipped file of your game and I'll try to fix it.
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This is a surprisingly fun and ambitious game but gosh, RPGMaker is buckling under the plugins it's using. I'm sorry to say but this might be worth porting to another game development engine that can better support it if the dev is able.
Slow down with your clicks / inputs. It looks like the images and text are loaded separately and so if you click through before the text appears, you exit out of the background image, leaving yourself in a blackscreen. You can usually get yourself out of this by pressing 'x' enough times to exit out of conversations and scenes.
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Free Version Release and Next Supporter Release
We are pleased to share that the latest Free version of the Court Magician (ver 0.9) is now available here on F95 and
We have some ambitious targets for the next version, and as always we are going to include an animated, interactive lewd scene. We also have a ton of new art to integrate and a new, lewd-filled questline. Finally we are going to update the skill progression of the Tarot system so that you get better at using the cards over time.
Two biggest complaints that we have received are 1) bugs and 2) art clash.
Regarding the bugs, our valiant programmer is developing an entirely new and more robust dialog system to replace the old one which was held together with shoe string and duct tape. Once fully integrated, this will remove the dreaded black-screen bug that occurs sometimes with dialog. It will also make dialog much easier to write and implement new dynamic quests.
In regards to Art Clash, there are several types of art clash here: placeholder art, default assets and art style.
The first is due to placeholder art. These are almost all completely gone from the game. There are only 2 placeholder portraits remaining and these are minor npcs that you may never even see.
The second type is due to using some rpgmaker default assets. There are only a couple of map sprite npcs who use this default art type, and they will be gone soon, but they are lower priority. We also use Rpgmaker battlebacks as the backgrounds for the NPC portraits which we may replace at some point in the future, but again, it is lower priority.
Finally we have a clash of art styles from my earliest art in the game to my latest art. My vision for the game has always been to have a combination of 90s Sierra adventure game style mixed with 90s Disney/western comic style. While I think I have achieved a functional Sierra style, my animated portraits were a mixed success.
The Disney look is actually very difficult to achieve (which is why it was one of the hardest studios to get into in its glory days), and I did not have the artistic ability to mimic it, let alone create my own disney style characters. It is actually much easier to do a pseudo-realistic look (some of described it as early Elder Scrolls style cover art). So my earliest art in game looked like this with heavy shading and rendering and realistic proportions.
I have been formally studying art for a few years now though and recently I have had more success at achieving the Disney look. So I am working on unifying the art style with this look. Some of my early supporters really liked the old look and dont like the new look and I'm sorry about that. I will incorporate a feature to toggle between the art styles in future versions.
Thats is it for now. Thank you all for your financial (
Updates for Next Version:
Stretch Goals:
We are pleased to share that the latest Free version of the Court Magician (ver 0.9) is now available here on F95 and
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. We are currently planning the next Supporter (
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/
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) release for 3/30/2024.We have some ambitious targets for the next version, and as always we are going to include an animated, interactive lewd scene. We also have a ton of new art to integrate and a new, lewd-filled questline. Finally we are going to update the skill progression of the Tarot system so that you get better at using the cards over time.
Two biggest complaints that we have received are 1) bugs and 2) art clash.
Regarding the bugs, our valiant programmer is developing an entirely new and more robust dialog system to replace the old one which was held together with shoe string and duct tape. Once fully integrated, this will remove the dreaded black-screen bug that occurs sometimes with dialog. It will also make dialog much easier to write and implement new dynamic quests.
In regards to Art Clash, there are several types of art clash here: placeholder art, default assets and art style.
The first is due to placeholder art. These are almost all completely gone from the game. There are only 2 placeholder portraits remaining and these are minor npcs that you may never even see.
The second type is due to using some rpgmaker default assets. There are only a couple of map sprite npcs who use this default art type, and they will be gone soon, but they are lower priority. We also use Rpgmaker battlebacks as the backgrounds for the NPC portraits which we may replace at some point in the future, but again, it is lower priority.
Finally we have a clash of art styles from my earliest art in the game to my latest art. My vision for the game has always been to have a combination of 90s Sierra adventure game style mixed with 90s Disney/western comic style. While I think I have achieved a functional Sierra style, my animated portraits were a mixed success.
The Disney look is actually very difficult to achieve (which is why it was one of the hardest studios to get into in its glory days), and I did not have the artistic ability to mimic it, let alone create my own disney style characters. It is actually much easier to do a pseudo-realistic look (some of described it as early Elder Scrolls style cover art). So my earliest art in game looked like this with heavy shading and rendering and realistic proportions.
I have been formally studying art for a few years now though and recently I have had more success at achieving the Disney look. So I am working on unifying the art style with this look. Some of my early supporters really liked the old look and dont like the new look and I'm sorry about that. I will incorporate a feature to toggle between the art styles in future versions.
Thats is it for now. Thank you all for your financial (
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/
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/
You must be registered to see the links
) and spiritual support (positive reviews, notes, and messages) its what makes doing this worthwhile!Updates for Next Version:
- Maid FAP
- Dialog Reliability/interactivity, new system
- Lewd Drawing Quest
- New Slave Portraits
- New Baroness Portraits
- Tarot Skill Progression
- Dungeon Map
Stretch Goals:
- BJ Scene
- Win Conditions
- New Spell
Someone asked me to play and rate this game. I see they have an Android option, but I can't find an .exe file to use with JoiPlay. How are you running this on Android?
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I created an Android version by using RPGMaker MV's native Android deployment package, but I haven't tested it and I don't have a lot of confidence that it actually works. The PC version on itch should work properly though, if you have any issues with it pls let me know.
Am i big stupid or is it impossible to get in the wardrobe when the baroness tells you to hide? Like can't interact with it
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There are supposes to be some sparkles to click on by the wardrobe. Do you see those?
Ye i guess, but interacting gives the vase on the table to the north dialogue. And also can't walk over to it