Thanks, I shortly realized after posting that question that all I had to do was push the blocks out of the way and make it to the barrier. The barrier was tripping me up because I thought I had to assemble the pieces in some sort of way to unlock it.
I love your passion for fantasy games and themes. Not sure if this was solely made by you, but it's pretty good for an attempt at a JRPG. And the crystal motifs are pretty cool throughout your creations. The party's variety is unique and entertaining. I also enjoy the development of the relationship of the MC and their love interest.
I'm 8 or 9 hours in and my main issue with the game is with how ... unnecessarily difficult the game can be at times and the level pacing/inconsistencies. I have never made a game myself or been involved in any projects of the sort and I imagine that there's a lot more to it than what most people imagine it takes to make a game, whether short or long. But what I will post is for constructive critique and not to say that it's all over bad.
I'm not sure if I just didn't point allocate my stats properly even though I tried to do it with the characters strengths in mind. Even then, in my personal opinion, the point allocation is too weak to even think that could be why I'm having extreme difficulty in fights. I kinda cheese in order to get rid of most of the monsters. I just flee so their sprites don't appear again in the dungeon until I exit the area and they respawn. I feel very reluctant to get into battle encounters (most of the time.) The only places I feel that should be this challenging are boss encounters.
I also think that AP costs and generation are pretty whacked out. It really takes a lot of time to get enough AP to unleash some really necessary techniques in battle. I know that certain equipment allows AP point generation whether through offense or defense, but it's crazy how much I need those skills and how long it takes to unleash them.
I understand that mages are glass cannons, but Su's health pool is crazy low. I feel like half of my battle actions are taken just to keep Su alive. I know they have a barrier ability, but again, like 100 AP points just to use it and sometimes the enemies have multiattacks or spells that do enough damage to knock it out in a single use. It's kinda nuts how fragile the character is.
** SPOILERS FOR FELLOW PLAYERS **
I'm at the mining dungeon with the boss fight of two robot guardians and then the Darkspore Drey afterwards. I have no idea, through whatever amount of grinding or what tactics to use in order to survive that. Especially with facing the nega-Drey and while the MC is knocked out and just relying on the 3 characters alone. The nega character has the biggest health pool I've ever seen through out the game and my characters barely put a dent in it. I literally thought it was a scripted event where all the characters get beaten and something else happens. I cannot believe how hard these difficulty tiers are stacking.
As far as I could tell, there was one scene where the music was bit too over the top or cheesy where I had to mute it so I could enjoy the scene (first romantic encounter with Garet.) As far as I can tell, everything else works out, but that instance popped into my mind while playing. Something more subtle and intimate would've done a better job. The sound scapy type music from Ad Astra and Far Beyond the World worked perfectly most of the time during intense, emotional, or intimate scenes, just as an example.
I have not bothered to make food recipes in the game because of how many ingredients that they require and because of how expensive the economy is in general.
Another thing that kinda bothered me is that the quests, side quests, and arena encounters didn't give the party XP (maybe I'm overlooking it, but I know there's absolutely no XP from the fights in the arena, just medals for the arena exclusive goods.) And I could've sworn that the MC suggested that the arena would be good for training or something like that.
I will try to finish the game, hopefully I can adjust the difficulty since whatever I have it at is making it hard to enjoy. Challenge can be fun, but more so when it's an option like hard side quests for lots of XP or rewards or secret bosses/encounters.
Thank you so much for the constructive critique! I appreciate this and your feedback on the game! This project is made by myself alone except for the character voices, bg music and some battle animations.
This is my first time making a full RPG, game balancing was quite difficult since it's easy to break the balance based on stat distribution. After watching some testers play the game, some were able to breeze through the game with ease and some had a slightly harder time with it.
So I can totally understand if some areas are slightly challenging than other areas, but I have tried to incorporate other means for the players to overcome these tougher battles.
-Depending on the equipment you have with your party members, you can have an easier time overcoming many battles. - Synthesized equipment will always be better than store-bought equipment (give or take where you are in the game). - Exploiting enemy weaknesses with magic/synth - damage is based on M.ATK and with the armor/magic def skill, you can deal quite some damage. - Using magic will also increase AP. - Cooking, can give party members a good boost in terms of stats, HP/MP/AP recovery and some will last overtime for more than one battle and recovers AP when consumed. Since AP gained through battle can be slow at first with equipment. - Synth healing/revive for group heals will help a lot in tougher battles. - Money, make sure to sell your scraps, for more earnings.
Hopefully, these will help you progress the game better!
Ok, so I was able to progress and I'm able to handle the battles better. Thank you for the tips. Some of them I was aware of or experimented with during lower level grinding areas. I think the mine instance was what tripped me up since I thought I legitimately believed that we had to beat Darkspore Drey in a battle of attrition. I can't wait to find all the slibs so that I can get more AoE or powerful spells to whack some major tail haha
did you ever figure out how to beat the lex part where you have to meet lex’s father I’m stuck at the part with the fire if you can help me I’d really appreciate it thx
Could you tell more about the game world besides just "you find yourself lost in the middle of the woods" ? Like, who are the main characters, they pictures, who's romanceable and how many cut scenes we can expect? I'd gladly pay much more, but for a decent bara game with lots of mature content, not just another RPG maker clone full of long repeated fights (not saying your game is like that, I'm just asking).
Hi there, the main character is the human protagonist that you will be playing, along with three other members, one in which you will develop romantic feelings for. There are no multiple romancing choices as the whole game is based on a linear story and a single ending. As for the gameplay, the game is very much similar to old-school Final Fantasy-type games with turn-base battle mechanics.
need help or BUG???? at emerald garden... direction puzzle that was given (S,SW,W,E) i reverse the directions by mirror imaging E,W,SW,S. gone to the opposite direction (N,NE,E,W) and it still doenst work?!?!!
hi again^^ i tried finding them and got the 2 problems on my hand if you wouldnt mind answering^^: !, what is the MCs ultimate weapon and 2 where do i get the dark matter drops? i tried farming them at fortess soul and it didnt work out...
The game doesn't have a compass. So is N this way ^, E this way >, W this way <, and South this way v? I don't know what I'm doing wrong from your instructions.
Yeah, that's the correct order. Before you do it, talk to the bird to reset the puzzle to get a clean start. After going through all the directions, you should end up on the same map as to where the bird is. Go to the bird and you should be able to see a monster.
No, it's a monster that's in front of the sign. I'll take a look at this on my end to see if it might be a bug.
Edit: I've double-checked the code ran through the puzzle and made sure to do it incorrectly and then I just reset the puzzle by interacting with the bird again to do the puzzle with the correct directions of up, upper right, right, and left. The monster appears in front of the bird.
I could narrow this down on my side with your save file/data that would be easiest for me to figure if there is a bug at this point. If you're still having problems could you post the saved data here so I could take a look at it on my end? https://www.file.io/
Does the game have a complete ending? If I fall in love with the characters in the game and can't experience the ending, I will feel so uncomfortable that I can't sleep.
When I ran through the game when it was bug free, playing from start to finish and trying to 100% complete the game i had 28 hours game time. It took me a good 4 days to finish. I've seen others having 30+ hours. Just depends on how well you do in the game mostly :)
I may have found the issue. I'll make a new resubmit on the download file asap. When playing again, please take your 'Save' folder and move it into the new download and then load from your most recent save file. Sorry about this!
Hi there Jojo, I know the other form of payment Itch.io has provided is Stripe. I've gone ahead and activated this, might take a while before this becomes an option for purchasing.
lol it’s fine I just paid as a guest on paypal been playing through it and it’s extremely fun but a bit difficult with enemies not got gonna lie lol btw amazing work on the game
Unfortunately, this game will only be on Itch. Plans for releasing and publishing on steam is still something I'll be working on very late towards the future.
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This puzzle is going me crazy! I tried almost every combination. Somebody help me, please!
I found out...
What's the solution?
https://i.imgur.com/Utjv19S.png
Thanks, I shortly realized after posting that question that all I had to do was push the blocks out of the way and make it to the barrier. The barrier was tripping me up because I thought I had to assemble the pieces in some sort of way to unlock it.
I love your passion for fantasy games and themes. Not sure if this was solely made by you, but it's pretty good for an attempt at a JRPG. And the crystal motifs are pretty cool throughout your creations. The party's variety is unique and entertaining. I also enjoy the development of the relationship of the MC and their love interest.
I'm 8 or 9 hours in and my main issue with the game is with how ... unnecessarily difficult the game can be at times and the level pacing/inconsistencies. I have never made a game myself or been involved in any projects of the sort and I imagine that there's a lot more to it than what most people imagine it takes to make a game, whether short or long. But what I will post is for constructive critique and not to say that it's all over bad.
I'm not sure if I just didn't point allocate my stats properly even though I tried to do it with the characters strengths in mind. Even then, in my personal opinion, the point allocation is too weak to even think that could be why I'm having extreme difficulty in fights. I kinda cheese in order to get rid of most of the monsters. I just flee so their sprites don't appear again in the dungeon until I exit the area and they respawn. I feel very reluctant to get into battle encounters (most of the time.) The only places I feel that should be this challenging are boss encounters.
I also think that AP costs and generation are pretty whacked out. It really takes a lot of time to get enough AP to unleash some really necessary techniques in battle. I know that certain equipment allows AP point generation whether through offense or defense, but it's crazy how much I need those skills and how long it takes to unleash them.
I understand that mages are glass cannons, but Su's health pool is crazy low. I feel like half of my battle actions are taken just to keep Su alive. I know they have a barrier ability, but again, like 100 AP points just to use it and sometimes the enemies have multiattacks or spells that do enough damage to knock it out in a single use. It's kinda nuts how fragile the character is.
** SPOILERS FOR FELLOW PLAYERS **
I'm at the mining dungeon with the boss fight of two robot guardians and then the Darkspore Drey afterwards. I have no idea, through whatever amount of grinding or what tactics to use in order to survive that. Especially with facing the nega-Drey and while the MC is knocked out and just relying on the 3 characters alone. The nega character has the biggest health pool I've ever seen through out the game and my characters barely put a dent in it. I literally thought it was a scripted event where all the characters get beaten and something else happens. I cannot believe how hard these difficulty tiers are stacking.
As far as I could tell, there was one scene where the music was bit too over the top or cheesy where I had to mute it so I could enjoy the scene (first romantic encounter with Garet.) As far as I can tell, everything else works out, but that instance popped into my mind while playing. Something more subtle and intimate would've done a better job. The sound scapy type music from Ad Astra and Far Beyond the World worked perfectly most of the time during intense, emotional, or intimate scenes, just as an example.
I have not bothered to make food recipes in the game because of how many ingredients that they require and because of how expensive the economy is in general.
Another thing that kinda bothered me is that the quests, side quests, and arena encounters didn't give the party XP (maybe I'm overlooking it, but I know there's absolutely no XP from the fights in the arena, just medals for the arena exclusive goods.) And I could've sworn that the MC suggested that the arena would be good for training or something like that.
I will try to finish the game, hopefully I can adjust the difficulty since whatever I have it at is making it hard to enjoy. Challenge can be fun, but more so when it's an option like hard side quests for lots of XP or rewards or secret bosses/encounters.
Thank you so much for the constructive critique!
I appreciate this and your feedback on the game!
This project is made by myself alone except for the character voices, bg music and some battle animations.
This is my first time making a full RPG, game balancing was quite difficult since it's easy to break the balance based on stat distribution. After watching some testers play the game, some were able to breeze through the game with ease and some had a slightly harder time with it.
So I can totally understand if some areas are slightly challenging than other areas, but I have tried to incorporate other means for the players to overcome these tougher battles.
-Depending on the equipment you have with your party members, you can have an easier time overcoming many battles.
- Synthesized equipment will always be better than store-bought equipment (give or take where you are in the game).
- Exploiting enemy weaknesses with magic/synth - damage is based on M.ATK and with the armor/magic def skill, you can deal quite some damage.
- Using magic will also increase AP.
- Cooking, can give party members a good boost in terms of stats, HP/MP/AP recovery and some will last overtime for more than one battle and recovers AP when consumed. Since AP gained through battle can be slow at first with equipment.
- Synth healing/revive for group heals will help a lot in tougher battles.
- Money, make sure to sell your scraps, for more earnings.
Hopefully, these will help you progress the game better!
Thanks again for commenting!
Ok, so I was able to progress and I'm able to handle the battles better. Thank you for the tips. Some of them I was aware of or experimented with during lower level grinding areas. I think the mine instance was what tripped me up since I thought I legitimately believed that we had to beat Darkspore Drey in a battle of attrition. I can't wait to find all the slibs so that I can get more AoE or powerful spells to whack some major tail haha
Is the game finished?
Yes, it's finished :)
I am stuck. After completing 3 tasks at the slum, I am supposed to meet the knight captain, but I couldn't find him anywhere. Can someone help?
Make sure to check your quest log in the main menu, if you ever need help with where to go next.
I checked the Fort, but he is not there either.
Have you done the Lex quest at your new home on the upper level in the kingdom?
I missed that. Thanks for the help!
did you ever figure out how to beat the lex part where you have to meet lex’s father I’m stuck at the part with the fire if you can help me I’d really appreciate it thx
Could you tell more about the game world besides just "you find yourself lost in the middle of the woods" ? Like, who are the main characters, they pictures, who's romanceable and how many cut scenes we can expect? I'd gladly pay much more, but for a decent bara game with lots of mature content, not just another RPG maker clone full of long repeated fights (not saying your game is like that, I'm just asking).
Hi there, the main character is the human protagonist that you will be playing, along with three other members, one in which you will develop romantic feelings for. There are no multiple romancing choices as the whole game is based on a linear story and a single ending.
As for the gameplay, the game is very much similar to old-school Final Fantasy-type games with turn-base battle mechanics.
need help or BUG???? at emerald garden... direction puzzle that was given (S,SW,W,E) i reverse the directions by mirror imaging E,W,SW,S. gone to the opposite direction (N,NE,E,W) and it still doenst work?!?!!
Talk to the bird to reset the puzzle, (N,NE,E,W) is correct.
hi thanks for anwering my question ^^ can i ask for hints for the memory stone cgs? i seem to miss since i only got 2
Collecting all their Ultimate weapons will give you the last memory cg.
Once you've collected them go back to the snow village.
hi again^^ i tried finding them and got the 2 problems on my hand if you wouldnt mind answering^^: !, what is the MCs ultimate weapon and 2 where do i get the dark matter drops? i tried farming them at fortess soul and it didnt work out...
MC weapon is at Arcius Ruins. Dark Matter is from doing the quest from the messenger at Regull Port.
What is memory stone cg? is it an item you find?
it's an end game item.
I've tried following that order and I'm still going no where
The game doesn't have a compass. So is N this way ^, E this way >, W this way <, and South this way v? I don't know what I'm doing wrong from your instructions.
I'm going up, upper right, right, and then back and I still end up nowhere.
Yeah, that's the correct order. Before you do it, talk to the bird to reset the puzzle to get a clean start. After going through all the directions, you should end up on the same map as to where the bird is. Go to the bird and you should be able to see a monster.
I go to the owl sign, go the directions, and end back where the sign is and no monster appears. Is it a monster that moves around?
No, it's a monster that's in front of the sign. I'll take a look at this on my end to see if it might be a bug.
Edit: I've double-checked the code ran through the puzzle and made sure to do it incorrectly and then I just reset the puzzle by interacting with the bird again to do the puzzle with the correct directions of up, upper right, right, and left. The monster appears in front of the bird.
I could narrow this down on my side with your save file/data that would be easiest for me to figure if there is a bug at this point.
If you're still having problems could you post the saved data here so I could take a look at it on my end? https://www.file.io/
Does the game have a complete ending? If I fall in love with the characters in the game and can't experience the ending, I will feel so uncomfortable that I can't sleep.
Yes, the game is fully complete with an ending.
How many characters are there to develop relationships with? It looks like there's only one dragonman in the picture.
20 dollars is a bit much so i wanted to know if the game is long enough to last a little while. Can someone give me an aproximative time ?
Not saying that it does not deserve to be sold at 20 dollars but last time i bought a game was knight college and it was good but way too short...
When I ran through the game when it was bug free, playing from start to finish and trying to 100% complete the game i had 28 hours game time. It took me a good 4 days to finish. I've seen others having 30+ hours. Just depends on how well you do in the game mostly :)
Is there a Discord channel for people to look for guides?
Is there a way to rewatch the different cutscenes?
There is! Once you've completed the game :)
our boy be looking different damn
Damn it I need to buy this now I'm going to be so broke this week XD
I may have found the issue. I'll make a new resubmit on the download file asap. When playing again, please take your 'Save' folder and move it into the new download and then load from your most recent save file. Sorry about this!
You can now re-download the game, the black screen should be fixed.
Glad I could fix it ;D
is there another method of payment that we can do or is it strictly PayPal. I’m asking cause I’ve had bad experiences using PayPal
Hi there Jojo, I know the other form of payment Itch.io has provided is Stripe. I've gone ahead and activated this, might take a while before this becomes an option for purchasing.
lol it’s fine I just paid as a guest on paypal been playing through it and it’s extremely fun but a bit difficult with enemies not got gonna lie lol btw amazing work on the game
Synthesized equipment will always be better than store-bought weapons & armor. Make sure to fully equip yourself :)
Congrats on the release, looking forward to playing!
Thank you very much!
will this be on steam?
Unfortunately, this game will only be on Itch. Plans for releasing and publishing on steam is still something I'll be working on very late towards the future.