I came into this game thinking it would be all cutesy and have just beautiful art to go along with it. But, Oh god, how wrong I was. The writing of this game was so beautiful yet absolutely tore my soul apart. And of course the art was all around beautiful, but that's a given hehe. I played Orias' ending first which seemed to be a mistake... as he is my favorite.. so it ripped me into tiny little pieces and then set me on fire to turn to dust. LOL. But seriously, I cant wait to see what the final version of the game becomes. This was so good that i literally HAD to make an account to comment. I hope that whoever sees this comment takes the time to play it, it really is that good!!!!!
(ps. the selection for the voice actors was SO good, i loved all their voices so so so much... i NEED to hear more of them!!!)
Hearing that makes me so excited, I can't wait to experience what's next to come!!! Extra good luck to the whole team cause I'm sure it'll get even more popular than it is now! <3
Ahh this is such a sweet comment. I'm really touched that you went out of. your way to make an account just for us! I hope that the full game can continue making you feel all sorts of things, but!! I am honored to hear it. Orias is a fan fave...and he's also wormed his way into my heart too. Our voice actors are super talented and rest assured, doing all we can to add more and more of their voices in for the full game! (And I do hope you'll love the beautiful cgs, and new characters we're cooking up! And more songs too, hehe.)
I love this game smmm, I'm very glad it caught my eye, the artstyle is absolutely beautiful and the characters are very well-rounded! (i have bias towards seir) The mc's design is also VERY pretty (i had to point that out) I can't wait for the release, thank you for making such a great game. <3
ahh i genuinely love this game so much 😭❤️ the love interests (and story) are interesting and they are written so well and feel so real!! also the ARTSTYLE IS JUST IFDUGJHAKH i literally can't help but simp for them all lol
sadly im broke so i can't buy the full game but i'll def watch someone play it bc i HAVE to know whats gonna happen
We currently don’t have plans to release for mobile, however, we do recommend a workaround using currently available cloud gaming platforms to play on Android or iOS!
Pick him in ur "tests" both chat and calling, pick him to go to the rooftop too. For the other choices pick what favors him more, u will then get his route :3 (the scene u're talking abt is also in his route)
At least this is how I got it and the other routes, hope it helps !
I js started playing it and I already love it! The artstyle and the voice acting is js perfecto 👌 I'm so glad I found this game. I don't usually give comments since i didn't have an account but I have one now, I can't wait for the full release !!
I love a lot of visual novel but this one actually caught my eye and interest, the efforts u guys put on is js incredible. Will be waiting patiently for the release and thank you for making this beautiful game :3
This made me so soft I wasn't sure how to reply! It's so sweet and it really make me super happy to read this and to continue working hard! I hope you'll enjoy the full release and I promise every last effort will be made for it. Thank you for playing and enjoying!
Unfortunately so! Game dev is very expensive and I need to make an income eventually 😅 I will try to do sales and giveaways after release to give more people a chance to try it ^^
What a beautiful game. Its story hooked me from the start. It's one of the few otome games I've seen with impeccable aesthetics and character design. Its music is also beautiful, and it matches the settings very well. I hope it comes out soon! I already have it on my Steam wishlist so I can buy it when it comes out!
This is so kind of you! The goal is q4 this year, zooming along and getting things to get better and better as we work. Thank you so much for enjoying the demo and for your support, and we hope the full game will to be your liking too! It has all our hearts into it 💙
I hope it will be available on Steam as Steam restricts some games in certain countries because of it's missing age rating. For example I even don't have access to the Steam demo already because it's restricted.
The demo is so good, I was hooked from the start, the story is amazing, as is the art and the characters. To say i went back and chose every option i could, I need more content something fierce. The story and characters have me wrapped around their fingers gods damn haha.
Aww this is incredibly heart warming to hear! There's sooo much in store that I can't wait for you to see and experience, it's just as fun creating it.
hello, I heard the game has been updated with the villain route. Is the update still not available in itch io? Since I saw the last update was last year.
Hello! The villain route is currently available in it’s demo phase on Steam. We’re currently working on getting approved with Itch to upload the next build (since it’s a slightly bigger file size)
We were waiting for a storage increase approval from itch io~ We've finally received it and it is available along with the new Valefar chapter. Please enjoy!
Everything is amazing. From the writing to the art/graphics and music. I am so WOWED. Honestly, one of the BEST indie otome games I have played. I am looking forward to how this beautiful project comes into fruition <3
Awed by your support during this demo phase! We have a lot more content coming up for the full release and as we add more into the demo in the future. ❤️
I love this so much!!! You guys are amazing, the interactions between Aina and the RO's are just heart melting. Is Felix going to show up in the plot at any time in the full game? Honestly was trying so hard not to get invested into his character, but Aina and Felix seemed to have such a cute dynamic. Thank you so much for your hard work!
Happy to hear you loved Aina and Felix's dynamic! We may have some things in store to reveal more about their lore in particular. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy our recent update to the game that has been uploaded as of today. :)
Hi! I played this game for houuuuuurs last night, and I love it already! I'm not quite finished with it yet, and I've been quick saving (probably my mistake, but maybe not), but the saves aren't showing up in game. They're in the saves file, but when I go to load them, they don't show up. If I could get some help on this issue, that'd be great, thanks!
Hey hey, happy to hear you love the game so far! I'd love to help you fix this bug if it's still a bother. If you happen to have Discord and don't mind joining our server to report this bug, then I'll be able to get this sorted out for ya!
Me when the human world bg music came on: ヽ(⌐■_■)ノ♪♬ ヾ(´▽｀*;)ゝ” (ﾉ･ｪ･)ﾉ
In all seriousness, this is so amazing! The art is beautifully detailed, the character design is interesting, and the premise is interesting. Pleeeeeeaseeee sell the game's OST when the full game gets released!
Hi! Depending on your system, I've included instructions below:
For PC - 1. Search for %AppData% using your Windows search key. 2. Once inside, look for Roaming. 3. Click on the Renpy folder to find "Salvus Aries". 4. Saves folder should be inside with your saves! 5. Another saves folder is inside the unzipped Salvus-1.0-PC folder. 6. Click on salvus-1.0-pc once unzipped. 7. Head to the game folder. 8. Inside is another folder called "saves".
For Mac - 1. Click out and above your taskbar you'll see the button "Go". Hit "Go to Folder" next. 2. Enter ~/Library 3. Look for the Renpy folder and double click to access Salvus Aries 4. There should be a saves directory inside with your game saves.
Just finished the demo and I'm still FLOORED that this is just a snippet of the full game. I'm sitting here with literal tear tracks on my face, WOW. I'll be counting down the days until this drops because it's such a strong start!!
anyways I enjoyed the game, just kinda wished that at the end when MC sees youknowwhat she was in 5x more despair. I didn't like how she seemed to snap out of it so easily, and even though still distraught she can still think so clearly and rationally. I don't think her thoughts were consistent with how supposedly depressed she was feeling. I think it would be more poetic if she almost broke the way her friend did...Maybe like a bad end where if she doesn't pick any of the guys she goes mad and it's a bad end right there? Dunno, still liked it tho and will be coming back for more Seir
Also I agree with other reviews mentioning how its kinda hard to follow whether MC is saying something or thinking something
amazing game! the game has been so beautifully done, the ost fits very well into scenes and it's very exciting to play through. i look forward to the full release. thank you for your hard work! <3
haven't played through much yet, but I really like it! one problem I'm having though is that when I click to go to the next dialogue, I often jump and get the message after and skip the message I'm supposed to be. it's very confusing and I don't know how to fix this. I don't know if this is just a problem with my computer or the game, but I thought I'd put it here anyway. again, awesome game!
hey there! I haven't heard of this issue yet, but I'll look into this for sure to see if it's either system-related or something in the game's code itself. though I'm glad to hear you're enjoying it so far!
Hi! Yes my sound person is remastering everything currently. But what seems to be the issue with the sound menu, if you don't mind me asking (so we can help you resolve it!)
Love the art! Some bug reports though during testing, I can't choose an option while messaging the boys (I chose Sieran at the time), so I was stuck there can't do anything, and when in the settings the return button doesn't work but pressing escape repeatedly helped.
Also due to the many boys on screen, I didn't know who was talking at the beginning, too many names in such a short time, and I didn't notice their expression change since it was overcrowded which is a shame. Transitions were very off-putting and the music had weird pacing in my opinion, but I do like the music where we first met the shinigamis.
Also at one point the game just freezes so as pretty as it was I couldn't really enjoy the demo.
Good luck though as I'm sure your kickstarter will follow through the art alone is a good enough reason. I hope you can fix the overall mechanics though as it was really buggy.
Oh, would you mind letting me know what system you're on? We've heard reports of problems with mac. Oh, what did you not like about the transitions? And for the music would you like longer pauses in between? Taking notes so I can see what we can improve haha. Thank you!
Sure I'm on windows, 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11600K @ 3.90GHz 3.91 GHz, NVDIA Geforce RTX 3060.
The music to me has some odd placement like when we first meet the reapers the first time I rather it stayed in that first music tone until it entirely change scene since to me the early chat has the same tone but it went into this slightly battle-ish music mid-conversation (idk the music name but it was more quicker pace) before going back to slow. I suppose it all comes to the music choice and placement could be better.
For the transtitions, I felt most are really sudden or sometimes the transtition is very short so it immediately goes to another scene which surprise me I even checked if the transtition setting was off but it was fine. It was like experiencing a jump cut.
For the messaging system renpy has some good messaging frameworks. The best ones are in russians lol, but pretty easy to use sDextra messenger is the one I used as it can also play audio clips and click images and has choices integrated into the text which should prevent the choice error -- as it's a common error in renpy if messaging systems aren't coded correctly due to the screen label clash. Good luck!
Ahh I see! That's interesting, all of our errors have been on mac, but we'll look into it for sure. Ahh the lets go type music! Meant for the introduction. I'll see what I can do, waiting on a lot of other tracks from my musician still. Ohh, okay so you'd prefer slower transitions, I'll look at what the Otomate games do for reference. For the group conversations, we're going to probably install the shadow code to dim the other characters while speaking.
Ooh okay! I'll pass the messaging system on too, thank you so much for the tips!
I know why the messaging error exists now, it's because the messaging system is draggable. So if I dragged it and a choice popped up during messaging system then I couldn't select the choices hence why I got stuck. Because renpy couldn't decide if I was in that screen or in the main one (where the choice is). So I was able to continue after loading and making sure I don't drag and click right at the bottom part/outside the watch area. As for the return it's just an asset thing, since I assume your imagebutton is just the bar and not the return/load text above it (which I thought were the main buttons to click and not the bar below it) You could just include the text with the bar as the buttons so it also makes it easier to click overall I think ^ ^. So I think for those errors, you're good, the solution is easy enough. Other than that other errors are what others listed (white circle during messaging, typos, mismatch voices,etc) but are definitely fixable over time! Story wise I like Caym, the boys and story remind me of Obey Me! for some reason but it's a good thing since I do like it.
Hello!!! Just finished playing through all the routes. Loved the game and I'm looking forward for more (also just wanted to say that everyone looks so good)
I did find some bugs and stuff I'm not sure is a bug or not but I'll mention just in case. Like that other person commented, there's some voice lines not matching the text, and sometimes the transitions are a bit abrupt
The MC had a white circle as a pfp in the messenger window for me
Sometimes in group talks someone would talk (Xaphan or Orias mostly as far as I remember) but they wouldn't be in the sprites
During the conversation with Seir on the roof MC said: "It's good when we tell each other when they mess up" (I think it was supposed to be "when we mess up")?
And also, sometimes it would be a little confusing if MC was thinking something or saying it out loud, so I had to do a double take in a few places, because when not in the narration panel (without MC's name at the top), there were some spots MC would "say" something (like MC: "text"), but then it seemed more like a thought and the other characters wouldn't acknowledge it, so it made me a little confused at times, so in case I wasn't reading wrong, might I suggest making the text italic if it's a thought? Or just a narration panel, if that makes sense
Anyways, good luck on the kickstarter, hopefully we'll get Malthus route funded 👀
Hi! Thank you for all this, it's all been forwarded to our coder! Yessss let's hope he gets his route! You're so kind, this is all super helpful too. So glad you had fun!!
Hi, it's been a long time since I replied but I tried a direct download. I would have preferred having the game accessible from my itch app library along with my other games, but I was able to install it just fine.
The game's story is interesting and I'm interested in how it turns out. However I did notice that there were a few things that need fixing:
When I'm in the settings screen while playing the game, there's no "back" option to resume playing. There's only a "return" option, but that takes you back to the main menu.
I have to hover my mouse under the system, volume, load, and return options in the settings screen to click them. I had this issue in both windowed and full screen.
The pages at the very bottom of the "load game" screen are barely visible because they are so dark. I also can't see the quick save menu. I know it's there because I clicked the space in front of the "1" and there seems to be 2 pages of quick saves, but I can't see any button indicating that.
Sometimes, the next voiceline plays even when I didn't click for the next line.
I have tried the demo and the game filled with error. The voiceover doesn't match the subtitles on the screen, some of the transitions are very awkward they're just changed the scene right away confused me, I can't figure out what's going on, where those characters are or what time of day it is at that moment. The battle music keeps playing after the training scene at peaceful scene after that makes me feel like a pop up quiz is gonna take place any moment. But the opening music was totally a bop and the character arts are stunning. I hope the official version of the game will fix all the bugs, really looking forward to it
Hi! The bgs shouldn't have problems, but I'll definitely check, but yes I've been made aware of all the other bugs (the voice/sound issue happened right before upload.) Thank you for letting us know, we're hoping to put out a patch in a couple of weeks to address the errors!
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I came into this game thinking it would be all cutesy and have just beautiful art to go along with it. But, Oh god, how wrong I was. The writing of this game was so beautiful yet absolutely tore my soul apart. And of course the art was all around beautiful, but that's a given hehe. I played Orias' ending first which seemed to be a mistake... as he is my favorite.. so it ripped me into tiny little pieces and then set me on fire to turn to dust. LOL. But seriously, I cant wait to see what the final version of the game becomes. This was so good that i literally HAD to make an account to comment. I hope that whoever sees this comment takes the time to play it, it really is that good!!!!!
(ps. the selection for the voice actors was SO good, i loved all their voices so so so much... i NEED to hear more of them!!!)
thrilled to hear you enjoyed the game! our artists, writers, and voice cast have put their heart into this and there’s so much more in-store.
Hearing that makes me so excited, I can't wait to experience what's next to come!!! Extra good luck to the whole team cause I'm sure it'll get even more popular than it is now! <3
Ahh this is such a sweet comment. I'm really touched that you went out of. your way to make an account just for us! I hope that the full game can continue making you feel all sorts of things, but!! I am honored to hear it. Orias is a fan fave...and he's also wormed his way into my heart too. Our voice actors are super talented and rest assured, doing all we can to add more and more of their voices in for the full game! (And I do hope you'll love the beautiful cgs, and new characters we're cooking up! And more songs too, hehe.)
The art is beautiful, the music is beautiful, the story is beautiful, THE CHARACTERS ARE BEAUTIFUL I LOVEEEE THIS GAME
awww thank you! our wonderful cast of characters love you back -
omg caym's brother is so fucking hot help
RIGHT
he’s just a simple lil guy :3
SIMPLE WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEREEEEEEEEEEE? ( its me on the image btw )
I love this game smmm, I'm very glad it caught my eye, the artstyle is absolutely beautiful and the characters are very well-rounded! (i have bias towards seir)
The mc's design is also VERY pretty (i had to point that out) I can't wait for the release, thank you for making such a great game. <3
Appreciate your kind words! Seir is a very loveable man, indeed! There’s definitely more to see from him in the near future :)
ahh i genuinely love this game so much 😭❤️ the love interests (and story) are interesting and they are written so well and feel so real!! also the ARTSTYLE IS JUST IFDUGJHAKH i literally can't help but simp for them all lol
sadly im broke so i can't buy the full game but i'll def watch someone play it bc i HAVE to know whats gonna happen
thank you! not to worry, upon release we’ll be holding a giveaway for anyone interested who can’t afford it at the time :D
Will it be available on Android? I'm really excited to try it
We don’t have plans to release on Android or iOS, however, we do recommend a using cloud gaming platforms to play on Android or iOS!
Will this be available on Android so I can play this game comfortably in my tablet? Thanks!!
We currently don’t have plans to release for mobile, however, we do recommend a workaround using currently available cloud gaming platforms to play on Android or iOS!
how do u get the scene of caym on the fourth slide 😭
Pick him in ur "tests" both chat and calling, pick him to go to the rooftop too. For the other choices pick what favors him more, u will then get his route :3 (the scene u're talking abt is also in his route)
At least this is how I got it and the other routes, hope it helps !
I js started playing it and I already love it! The artstyle and the voice acting is js perfecto 👌 I'm so glad I found this game. I don't usually give comments since i didn't have an account but I have one now, I can't wait for the full release !!
I love a lot of visual novel but this one actually caught my eye and interest, the efforts u guys put on is js incredible. Will be waiting patiently for the release and thank you for making this beautiful game :3
This made me so soft I wasn't sure how to reply! It's so sweet and it really make me super happy to read this and to continue working hard! I hope you'll enjoy the full release and I promise every last effort will be made for it. Thank you for playing and enjoying!
will the full game cost money?
Unfortunately so! Game dev is very expensive and I need to make an income eventually 😅 I will try to do sales and giveaways after release to give more people a chance to try it ^^
thank u for responding !!! :)))
What a beautiful game. Its story hooked me from the start. It's one of the few otome games I've seen with impeccable aesthetics and character design. Its music is also beautiful, and it matches the settings very well. I hope it comes out soon! I already have it on my Steam wishlist so I can buy it when it comes out!
This is so kind of you! The goal is q4 this year, zooming along and getting things to get better and better as we work. Thank you so much for enjoying the demo and for your support, and we hope the full game will to be your liking too! It has all our hearts into it 💙
I hope it will be available on Steam as Steam restricts some games in certain countries because of it's missing age rating. For example I even don't have access to the Steam demo already because it's restricted.
Hi! Planning on putting both steam and itch!
will be waiting for the full release ><
Thank you!
The demo is so good, I was hooked from the start, the story is amazing, as is the art and the characters. To say i went back and chose every option i could, I need more content something fierce. The story and characters have me wrapped around their fingers gods damn haha.
Aww this is incredibly heart warming to hear! There's sooo much in store that I can't wait for you to see and experience, it's just as fun creating it.
ackkk, ive been waiting for the update for my entire lifeeee!! thank u for your efforts<33
Thank you so much! I hope you have fun! Sorry for the long wait 😅 Our lovely Kohi zoomed to upload it the second our size increase was approved.
hello, I heard the game has been updated with the villain route. Is the update still not available in itch io? Since I saw the last update was last year.
(please do reply, thanks)
Hello! The villain route is currently available in it’s demo phase on Steam. We’re currently working on getting approved with Itch to upload the next build (since it’s a slightly bigger file size)
We were waiting for a storage increase approval from itch io~ We've finally received it and it is available along with the new Valefar chapter. Please enjoy!
When is the full release?
We plan on releasing the full game next year 2025 ⭐
<3 awesome sauce
A+++ tier game and this just the demo...!
Everything is amazing. From the writing to the art/graphics and music. I am so WOWED. Honestly, one of the BEST indie otome games I have played. I am looking forward to how this beautiful project comes into fruition <3
Awed by your support during this demo phase! We have a lot more content coming up for the full release and as we add more into the demo in the future. ❤️
I love this so much!!! You guys are amazing, the interactions between Aina and the RO's are just heart melting. Is Felix going to show up in the plot at any time in the full game? Honestly was trying so hard not to get invested into his character, but Aina and Felix seemed to have such a cute dynamic. Thank you so much for your hard work!
Happy to hear you loved Aina and Felix's dynamic! We may have some things in store to reveal more about their lore in particular. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy our recent update to the game that has been uploaded as of today. :)
Excellent!!!Eagerly anticipating the full release and it'd be even better if there were Chinese version!!!
谢谢! We'll definitely look into Chinese localization once we've expanded the game further into development.
Hi! I played this game for houuuuuurs last night, and I love it already! I'm not quite finished with it yet, and I've been quick saving (probably my mistake, but maybe not), but the saves aren't showing up in game. They're in the saves file, but when I go to load them, they don't show up. If I could get some help on this issue, that'd be great, thanks!
Hey hey, happy to hear you love the game so far! I'd love to help you fix this bug if it's still a bother. If you happen to have Discord and don't mind joining our server to report this bug, then I'll be able to get this sorted out for ya!
Me when the human world bg music came on: ヽ(⌐■_■)ノ♪♬ ヾ(´▽｀*;)ゝ” (ﾉ･ｪ･)ﾉ
In all seriousness, this is so amazing! The art is beautifully detailed, the character design is interesting, and the premise is interesting. Pleeeeeeaseeee sell the game's OST when the full game gets released!
This demo was amazing, I can't wait for the full game!
Are there anyways to delete saves? Or reset the whole game?
Hi! Depending on your system, I've included instructions below:
For PC -
Let me know if you have questions!1. Search for %AppData% using your Windows search key.
2. Once inside, look for Roaming.
3. Click on the Renpy folder to find "Salvus Aries".
4. Saves folder should be inside with your saves!
5. Another saves folder is inside the unzipped Salvus-1.0-PC folder.
6. Click on salvus-1.0-pc once unzipped.
7. Head to the game folder. 8. Inside is another folder called "saves".
For Mac -
1. Click out and above your taskbar you'll see the button "Go". Hit "Go to Folder" next.
2. Enter ~/Library
3. Look for the Renpy folder and double click to access Salvus Aries
4. There should be a saves directory inside with your game saves.
Just finished the demo and I'm still FLOORED that this is just a snippet of the full game. I'm sitting here with literal tear tracks on my face, WOW. I'll be counting down the days until this drops because it's such a strong start!!
We're happy to hear you enjoyed the game! <3 We'll do our best to make sure the full release is worth another bucket or 2 more of tears ~
SEIR IS BEST BOI
anyways I enjoyed the game, just kinda wished that at the end when MC sees youknowwhat she was in 5x more despair. I didn't like how she seemed to snap out of it so easily, and even though still distraught she can still think so clearly and rationally. I don't think her thoughts were consistent with how supposedly depressed she was feeling. I think it would be more poetic if she almost broke the way her friend did...Maybe like a bad end where if she doesn't pick any of the guys she goes mad and it's a bad end right there? Dunno, still liked it tho and will be coming back for more Seir
Also I agree with other reviews mentioning how its kinda hard to follow whether MC is saying something or thinking something
amazing game! the game has been so beautifully done, the ost fits very well into scenes and it's very exciting to play through. i look forward to the full release. thank you for your hard work! <3
we appreciate your kind words! the full release will be worth it (:
i love game
haven't played through much yet, but I really like it! one problem I'm having though is that when I click to go to the next dialogue, I often jump and get the message after and skip the message I'm supposed to be. it's very confusing and I don't know how to fix this. I don't know if this is just a problem with my computer or the game, but I thought I'd put it here anyway. again, awesome game!
hey there! I haven't heard of this issue yet, but I'll look into this for sure to see if it's either system-related or something in the game's code itself. though I'm glad to hear you're enjoying it so far!
The background music is way too loud compared to the voiced lines and I can't access the sound menu to adjust the level.
Hi! Yes my sound person is remastering everything currently. But what seems to be the issue with the sound menu, if you don't mind me asking (so we can help you resolve it!)
Love the art! Some bug reports though during testing, I can't choose an option while messaging the boys (I chose Sieran at the time), so I was stuck there can't do anything, and when in the settings the return button doesn't work but pressing escape repeatedly helped.
Also due to the many boys on screen, I didn't know who was talking at the beginning, too many names in such a short time, and I didn't notice their expression change since it was overcrowded which is a shame. Transitions were very off-putting and the music had weird pacing in my opinion, but I do like the music where we first met the shinigamis.
Also at one point the game just freezes so as pretty as it was I couldn't really enjoy the demo.
Good luck though as I'm sure your kickstarter will follow through the art alone is a good enough reason. I hope you can fix the overall mechanics though as it was really buggy.
Oh, would you mind letting me know what system you're on? We've heard reports of problems with mac. Oh, what did you not like about the transitions? And for the music would you like longer pauses in between? Taking notes so I can see what we can improve haha. Thank you!
Sure I'm on windows, 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11600K @ 3.90GHz 3.91 GHz, NVDIA Geforce RTX 3060.
The music to me has some odd placement like when we first meet the reapers the first time I rather it stayed in that first music tone until it entirely change scene since to me the early chat has the same tone but it went into this slightly battle-ish music mid-conversation (idk the music name but it was more quicker pace) before going back to slow. I suppose it all comes to the music choice and placement could be better.
For the transtitions, I felt most are really sudden or sometimes the transtition is very short so it immediately goes to another scene which surprise me I even checked if the transtition setting was off but it was fine. It was like experiencing a jump cut.
For the messaging system renpy has some good messaging frameworks. The best ones are in russians lol, but pretty easy to use sDextra messenger is the one I used as it can also play audio clips and click images and has choices integrated into the text which should prevent the choice error -- as it's a common error in renpy if messaging systems aren't coded correctly due to the screen label clash. Good luck!
Ahh I see! That's interesting, all of our errors have been on mac, but we'll look into it for sure. Ahh the lets go type music! Meant for the introduction. I'll see what I can do, waiting on a lot of other tracks from my musician still. Ohh, okay so you'd prefer slower transitions, I'll look at what the Otomate games do for reference. For the group conversations, we're going to probably install the shadow code to dim the other characters while speaking.
Ooh okay! I'll pass the messaging system on too, thank you so much for the tips!
I know why the messaging error exists now, it's because the messaging system is draggable. So if I dragged it and a choice popped up during messaging system then I couldn't select the choices hence why I got stuck. Because renpy couldn't decide if I was in that screen or in the main one (where the choice is). So I was able to continue after loading and making sure I don't drag and click right at the bottom part/outside the watch area. As for the return it's just an asset thing, since I assume your imagebutton is just the bar and not the return/load text above it (which I thought were the main buttons to click and not the bar below it) You could just include the text with the bar as the buttons so it also makes it easier to click overall I think ^ ^. So I think for those errors, you're good, the solution is easy enough. Other than that other errors are what others listed (white circle during messaging, typos, mismatch voices,etc) but are definitely fixable over time! Story wise I like Caym, the boys and story remind me of Obey Me! for some reason but it's a good thing since I do like it.
Hello!!! Just finished playing through all the routes. Loved the game and I'm looking forward for more (also just wanted to say that everyone looks so good)
I did find some bugs and stuff I'm not sure is a bug or not but I'll mention just in case. Like that other person commented, there's some voice lines not matching the text, and sometimes the transitions are a bit abrupt
The MC had a white circle as a pfp in the messenger window for me
Sometimes in group talks someone would talk (Xaphan or Orias mostly as far as I remember) but they wouldn't be in the sprites
During the conversation with Seir on the roof MC said: "It's good when we tell each other when they mess up" (I think it was supposed to be "when we mess up")?
And also, sometimes it would be a little confusing if MC was thinking something or saying it out loud, so I had to do a double take in a few places, because when not in the narration panel (without MC's name at the top), there were some spots MC would "say" something (like MC: "text"), but then it seemed more like a thought and the other characters wouldn't acknowledge it, so it made me a little confused at times, so in case I wasn't reading wrong, might I suggest making the text italic if it's a thought? Or just a narration panel, if that makes sense
Anyways, good luck on the kickstarter, hopefully we'll get Malthus route funded 👀
Hi! Thank you for all this, it's all been forwarded to our coder! Yessss let's hope he gets his route! You're so kind, this is all super helpful too. So glad you had fun!!
Hi, I want to download the demo, but when I try to install it, an error occurs saying "Cannot read property 'build' of undefined."
Hi! What platform are you on?
I don't know what platform in your question means. I'm using the itch pc app on windows. Does this help?
Ah hm , the itch app...That might be why, I've heard that it has issues. A direct download might work better, I'll ask our coder too what she thinks!
Hi, it's been a long time since I replied but I tried a direct download. I would have preferred having the game accessible from my itch app library along with my other games, but I was able to install it just fine.
The game's story is interesting and I'm interested in how it turns out. However I did notice that there were a few things that need fixing:
Amazing!!!! It's already so good :3
Thank you so much! (And we hope to make it even better~)
I have tried the demo and the game filled with error. The voiceover doesn't match the subtitles on the screen, some of the transitions are very awkward they're just changed the scene right away confused me, I can't figure out what's going on, where those characters are or what time of day it is at that moment. The battle music keeps playing after the training scene at peaceful scene after that makes me feel like a pop up quiz is gonna take place any moment. But the opening music was totally a bop and the character arts are stunning. I hope the official version of the game will fix all the bugs, really looking forward to it
Hi! The bgs shouldn't have problems, but I'll definitely check, but yes I've been made aware of all the other bugs (the voice/sound issue happened right before upload.) Thank you for letting us know, we're hoping to put out a patch in a couple of weeks to address the errors!