Building Bonds (Part 2) - V 0.5


My brother in Oltura! I have come forth bearing gifts! A NEW UPDATE!

This update took way too long since we had to set up and plan for the following chapters. This is the reason why it took too long, partnered with the usual whisper of the school bell and my alarm clock at 6 AM, we are actually surprised we are able to finish the update on time!

The story between the main six are getting deeper. But I wonder, is that all that is on the surface?

  • Optimized images to save more space
  • 2 3 days added 
  • 5 new CGs, 1 shared by Ridge and Koku
  • New character introduced
  • Someone is here  Set-up for chapter 3
  • Added a button to expand the Biography
  • Added a new Biography Feature: Memories
  • Memories showcase important parts of their lives, unlocked by going through their route
  • Adjusted the opening part of Jin and Leo's day 9, to work with the SFW tag
  • Fixed the bug where saving during the love notification bugs the game
  • Some grammar corrections on the previous days

As usual, if the game somehow crashes, it might be because it was from an old save. Please make sure the save you are using is updated to avoid any issues. Just a reminder again that the game is still in its beta so translations are still far from our current plan. We would like to finish the game first since we have to correct our English, and we don't want to burden translators with constantly updating something even we have no idea of.

We also want to let everyone know that we plan, and hopefully able to, release the next update (0.6/0.7) in full because it will only make sense if we finish it all rather than bits like what we have been doing with the previous updates. So if we are not able to announce anything after our quarterly update, we are still working on it, and we won't go on a hiatus (I can't even go on one because we are really excited to work it!) So please expect the next one to take a little longer but trust us, it will be worth it!

Thank you again for a year of support! This game has been a huge boost between me and DaSinBun when it comes to our roles. We really had such low expectations but the support and love for the game by all of you really told us "We can make something that is worth remembering!". For that, we both thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

You are all amazing!

    
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hello, i dont know if its just me but i keep runnin into this bug where text stops appearing and i cant proceed with the game. this happens two times (spoilers incoming), once on day 8 when trying to tease joseph (i had to rollback and choose comfort instead since i couldnt proceed), and again on day 9 when telling joseph "i want to be closer with you". specifically when the character says "i think joseph is liking me even more!", and then a heart appears and thats it. text just stops appearing and im stuck. did i reach the end of jo's route for now?

This is a common error for the game that we arr currently fixing. We will implement a change of coding on these parts to see if it helps in the next update.

yo! hope ya'll are doin' well! i ran through most of runan's route (runan my beloved) and found a good chunk of dialogue errors. most of them aren't bad -- in fact, a lot of them were more suggestions than actual mistakes. i've listed those mistakes below, but i didn't want to flood the devlogs with them. but i can send em' in reply here if you'd like them!

formatting:
* Day # -- "LINE IN QUESTION" // CHANGE NEEDED (+ extra commentary)
*** note: MC = main character

* Day 8 (all?) -- "When you decided" // decided --> decide (stay in the present, never dwell on the past!)
* Day 8 -- "He needs pick them up soon because..." // needs --> needs to
* Day 8, (all?) -- "Why did you chose me to be the first?" // chose --> choose
* Day 8, (all?) -- "I shook my awake trying to ground myself back to the present." // my --> myself (i now have a pet "awake!" he's a cute lil' guy, but very sleepy!)
* Day 8 -- "Runan was already there waiting for me there too" // cut the ending "there too" (runan's so patient he can double wait!)
* Day 8 -- "Then I didn't made you wait!" // made --> make
* Day 8 -- "I said, Are you single?!" // Are --> are (capitalization error)
* Day 8 (all?) -- "I didn't ate lunch at all so I was extremely hungry." // ate --> eat
* Day 9 -- "You looked too focus so I didn't want to be rude." // focus --> focused
* Day 9, -- "... as the knife just slides accorss the fish," // accorss --> across (accorss sounds like a shitty business name)
* Day 9 -- "Runan grabbed the towel and wiped the towel clean again."//  assuming second "towel" should be "knife" (maybe runan owns a self-cleaning towel! that would be cool)
* Day 9 -- "He looks like is looking for something underneath." // like is --> like he is
* Day 9 -- "Now you're just feeding him fish when you barely even eat yourself!" // you barely even eat --> you barely have eaten (runan so hungry he's eating himself -- and not the kinky way...)
* Day 9 -- "MC, You should go." // You --> you (capitalization error)
* Day 10 -- "As you have already know, we are not able..." // cut "have"
* Day 11 -- "I know we are a bit struggling because of the trading issues," // a bit struggling --> struggling a bit (the verb "struggling" precedes the modifying "a bit")
* Day 11 -- "... but did you know the wish Jam was actually his idea?" // wish Jam --> Wish Jam (capitalization error)
* Day 11 -- "I specifically avoided that topic because I want to focus on something else" // want --> wanted (runan is remembering something he did, so this should be past tense. btw, i like how the music fades here, matching runan's thought process of the MC's manipulation)
* Day 11 -- "Just! leave!" // leave --> Leave (capitalization. btw this is a power line, i can feel the MC's anger towards nasher here)

this is where i ended off. one final thing, i was curious if the game's music is available somewhere? that's all! thanks for making this game. the effort shows in its writing, art, and attention to detail, and i can't wait to explore the other routes!

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This is very insightful! As someone whose main language isnt English, we would need all the help we can get. And to be honest, after a while, some words start to blur so these corrections are huge. Thanks!

We will implement these on the next update.

Edit: For the music, you can find the artists on on the credits to see their work. But we are working on something custom that we will be uploading in the future.

- Roda -

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honestly, i know people who's only language is english and yet are quite... lacking, let's say. for a non-native speaker and a game in development, the writing is holding up just fine.

anyways, i got through runan (my beloved) and have compiled my findings in a google doc, which you can get to here. if you have trouble navigating the document, let me know! i'll update it whenever i get to the other (ridge is up next!) routes as well as backtrack to days 1-6. as a key thing, a lot of my comments are very nitpicky -- if a change doesn't make sense or does not fit the story, ignore it! i won't be hurt :)

again, i love the story and art in this game. perhaps i should get into monster hunter, but that's another time. you've got something awesome here and i'm excited for what you have cooking!

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This is awesome! I'll be sure to refer to your document whenever I am doing some debugging and grammar updates so that it would be polished before the next update. Thanks again for your support and help!

- Roda - 

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i cant wait untill the next update!

why did you end it at such a cliffhanger T0T

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Amazing work and it will be worth the wait for sure, I went from not knowing a thing about MH to getting really into it thanks to finding this story and will be excited to see what you all have in store for me and my beloved Tigrex next <3

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Amazing work so far! It may be a good idea to mirror the gui horizontally during Joseph’s scene, as the character prompt covers half of his facial expression. Just put the menu on the left, and the prompt on the right and it should look fine.

Hi, so I was doing runan's route but I tried everything and I can't seem to increase his love to 4 like the other routes , I'm not sure if I missed anything

Same here and I have even went back and played through again. I must be missing something.

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Thanks for all of the team's hard work that went into getting this update out! Keep  up the great work & good luck with classes! 

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pretty great update ngl....

i found a major misspelling at early chapter 2 

i'm not perfect English but still i know its ain't right.
it kinda should be "found someone in the village who trusts you" (or is it an elder only special wording?)



anyways as i said earlier, i love your VN its pretty chill and great ;)

Oh yes, this is supposed to be "that". Thank you! Will change this for the next update

Keep getting the bad ending, even though I feel like I have been making nothing but good choices... But maybe I am just not experienced enough with visual novels....

Always remember to spend time with your preferred villager. So if you choose let's say, Leo, be sure to hang out with him on days he is available. Some routes will be locked IF you don't choose the proper responses. 

A tip:
You should be able to hang out with your preferred villager at least 3 times from days 4-7. Any less than that will guarantee you a bad ending.

Good Luck Scriviner!

Oh, I think my issue was trying to evenly do everyone at the start.

ah im excited :D  Hopefully Ridge keeps vore teasing me lol

Fixed a bug where checking Ridge's Gallery before revealing his orientation would crash. 

- Roda - 

The update is really great and I enjoyed so much, but there seem to be problem on android when accessing Ridge Biography. This pops up when you want to open it:

Oh dear this is something I should fix immediately! Thank you for letting us know!

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Fixed the bug purely because I forgot to actually put one word in it!!!!! I love making this game but programming is just...

- Roda - 

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Just finished Leo and talk about the cliffhanger...

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Finally, itch felt so stagnant lately, tysm for update.

this is so true w me. im waiting for every vn to update and its so long. dawn chorus ( torulf and bjorn), tavern of spear, rain check, greenhouse, small on top, chasing stripes saga, for skin and scales, lust shards, deers and deckards etc.

If you look up recent comments under lust shards, you can find dev saying update is very very soon. For patreons, I assume, but still, good news.

thank you alot!!

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I always get hyped to see an update! Great work Roda!

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thank you so much for new public update I love it amazing work