Arigato3210

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I just finished the uptade. I was so impatient to play but also so scared to finish it at the same time. Eventually, I finished it and all I can say is that was HELLLCRRRAYZY update. I really Really enjoyed every scene of it and it was totally worth for waiting 7 months.

Damn I'm really in this game and I'm so excited but also patient for Rose's uptade. Looking forward to it. NICE JOBBBB<333
 
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Sthr ▚ nix

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So the next one probably will focused on Rose, huh? Well, plot-wise, I think it's the perfect time, since we now know why Rose's so cautious about getting laid with MC. And, he's already discovered the gift (or curse) after having sex with Lana, so, there's no holding back for Rose anymore.

Tho, if the next one isn't about Rose, there's no complain for me, since everyone, every arc, every story is equally intriguing.

Damn, I really hope this game will be finished to the end. I really intrigued with the story, and all of the characters. Great update, probably the best update so far magicnuts . Keep it up, take your time to rest. Will be wait for next amazing update from you guys.
 

Niv-Mizzet the Firemind

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I caught a really minor bug:
After talking to Abe and going to Celestina and then talking to Celestina about the massage when she's at the porch, this message appears mirrored behind the dialogue: celestinahot unknown attributes: hfneu.
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It's in lines 6164 and 6162 in convo_oc.rpy, it appears on the dialogue : "No, I was thinking of giving you a massage."
 
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magicnuts

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Updated the Mega links with 0.5.01. It should resolve the issues with not being able to exit Serena's mirror or collect Lambert's photo after the end of the current content. The bug only impacts some of the new players (those who unlock Serena's tit-fuck scene before spying on her), so if you didn't experience any issues, you don't need to play the 0.5.01.

Other than that, there are a lot of new messages, and even though I haven't read them carefully, I've seen that many of you liked the 0.5 update. Thank you for all the kind words and we're very happy that you enjoyed this update.
 

WhamBamKam

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After playing the new update over the past two days, I gotta say this game has established itself as one of the best story driven games on here. Although the overall tone/pacing felt a bit different from the last update-probably because this update focuses more on lore-magicnuts did a great job balancing the main story progression and individual relationships. There were some moments where I could genuinely appreciate the fairy tale-esque art and the time and effort that went into this update, like the view of the city from the castle walls. This update definitely left me wanting more, especially Simmone content.
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AhoyLaddies

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I actually specifically asked about this once and got an answer, that the other towns on the map (besides New Capital) are about the same size as the Village in terms of planned content. But I agree with your overall thesis: The amount of planned content is simply far too large and ambitious, it'll take at least until 2030 to finish it without hiring more people (which will cause its own problems). And ten years is a long, long time to keep developing a game like this; Consider how often development of these things stops or stalls out because of circumstances outside the creators' control after just one or two years. Patreon-like crowdfunding platforms might not even *exist* anymore ten years from now.

I don't wanna sound too pessimistic, though. I wish them the best of luck in the attempt. I'm just trying to manage my own expectations.
I completely understand where you're coming from and I agree whole heartedly. The problem isn't waiting for updates, its whether or not the game will be finished and be finished within a reasonable time. Many people are suggesting that Magicnuts release smaller updates more frequently, but that doesn't fix the overall concern I have with the game. Whether you receive 2 small updates within 6 months, or 1 major update every 6 months doesnt alter the overall development time. Perhaps if this was a live service game there would be an argument to be made, or if content could be iterated on more quickly, but that isn't the case here.

Again, I don't have complete insight into what the developers have envisioned for the overall scope of their game, but from a player's perspective WAL's scope is quite large, too large almost. Given the pacing of development, the amount of time it would take to tackle a game of this size-- with only two developers-- seems terrifying in terms of length to an almost unrealistic degree.

There are so many issues that can arise from long development times. Theres more time for issues to occur for one, which could place an estimated release date 2 years from now and push it to potentially a 3-4 year away release date. Tech debt is also an issue, and you're having to tackle the issues of dealing with constant software changes that could require you to make potentially massive overhauls to your game. This game may be built running Ren'Py, but Ren'Py is still subject to its own changes as well as the changes of Python, the language it's built on.

Obviously if this were a major issue, people would never develop games. However, it's definitely something to keep in mind during long periods of development.

In my initial review of the game, which only stands in effect for what I saw at that time, I was completely enamored with WAL and I still am. I saw what they were trying to do as very ambitious, and I was there for it completely. However, given some time I believe there is such a thing as overambition, and thats what I'm afraid is going to happen with the game.

Again, I would appreciate it if Chestnut and Pistachio could perhaps give us a bit more insight into this and perhaps what their plans are to alleviate this perceived issue.

I don't know their full situation, and game development is hard, so it's stupid to just say "Just do this lol". I don't really have any solutions, and I'm not sure there are many that won't introduce other major problems.

Sincerely, a concerned patron.
 
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FlamesOfVengeance

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This honestly might be the only game on here where I'm just as interested in the plot as I am in the sexy stuff. The new update proves yet again how competent Chestnut and Pistachio are at writing characters and especially writing likeable characters. I wouldn't be surprised at all if there's gonna be tons of new Lana fans now similar to how people fell in love with Myrtle in the previous update. All the women in the game are just so well designed and intruiging to interact with that it's always a complete joy to play a new update. I absolutely can't wait for Rose to get the limelight next!

PS: Not sure if I'm the only one but I also really love the theme (and the awesome wallpapers of the girls) that plays in the menu and I always get excited to hear that triumphant melody after months of waiting for a new version.
 

Rubbishcoder

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Lol, some of us said from the beginning that the map caused issues. It was only a minor annoyance back then because the game had so few places to actually go but now it has morphed into having too many places to go with people facing their own mortalities fearing that if each area has 5 girls it will be 1000 years before they can cum.
 

str8up

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picture #3 is in a stupid location having a bitch of a time trying to get it
gave up see ya next update
 
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Oregano696

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MagicNuts could have easily split this update into two for the sake of keeping development within the 3-4 months time frame. Look at how long the whole Simmone storyline was, everything up until the moment the MC enters the city could have been its own update, just put one more sex scene in there and done. Release that update around mid-June and now in September we could have the update with the MC inside the city rescuing Madeline. In the end, we just had to wait a little longer, but the content was the same.
 

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I'm usually unenthusiastic about elves in adult games because they're usually written as snobbish, head cheerleader types who absolutely would not help you shoplift beer to share together later, but fuck me if Lana doesn't single-handedly redeem the entire species. I was going to make a joke about hearing The Internationale after seeing the foreshadowing about teaming up with Kevin to pay back his bosses, but then they had Lana sacrifice her beloved bottomless booze bottle to make a Molotov cocktail. ❤

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As if Lambert's Gomira photo wasn't teasing me enough, they had to go and reveal the Madame is a goblin. :cry:
 

SkyLord2018

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I too agree that compared to the Lana sex scenes which was very good, especially in a 2d game, I was somewhat surprised with the sex scenes in v5.

They resembled more like what you would see in a soft porn game. Really was not enjoyable viewing in my opinion. Other than the sex scenes everything else was just as good as all of v4.

No game operational bugs, which is always great for the dev. The only thing I encountered you could say that was wrong with the update is associated with the grammar. Not that it was a game breaker or anything like that. It just had a lot of sentences that used the wrong text for certain words. Little difficult reading until I saw how & where the same word was being used. Not a complaint, but just pointing it out. I always go into the code and correct the grammar myself

So far, really a great game and looking forward to the future. Thanks to the dev & his wife for putting out this game. Hope that real life will let them be able to complete it. Thanks for all your hard work.
 
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