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Hi, just wanted to let you know the itch.io app won't download this because it says it's not available for windows? even though I can see you have a demo for pc right there

Ah, thanks for letting me know. I had this issue before and think I know how to fix it. Try it now!

Sweet! It works. Thank you!

No problem! Hope you enjoy c:

I played the damn demo like 5 times, so yeah I like it a lot. So thanks, you're awesome. 

I'm really excited for the TOP SECRET content by the way.

Also not really a typo, but there was a missing space in the text you get when you give Rafael chocolate bread. There should be one between 'probably' and 'should'

Thanks so much! I'm so happy you enjoyed it. I am excited for the top secret content to no longer be secret, so let me know what you think when you find it!

Thanks for the typo note, found and fixed!

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I don't have much to say since everything I thought of has already been said.

1. What did you think overall?

I really enjoyed it.

2. Which character are you most excited about romancing?

Rafael is my favourite so far.

3. Did you find any bugs/typos?

No.

4. What would you like to see most in the full game?

Uncovering more of the story and learning more about the characters.

5. Other comments or suggestions?

One problem I had with the game was the font used. I found it difficult to read because the letter "d" looked like an "o" with an accent over it to me. It took me much longer to read everything because I kept misreading words. Another thing that slightly bugged me was how confusing all the options were. It was hard to know what I was selecting when there was only an image. Maybe there could be some text by the options to make it easier to understand? For example, when Ash teases Braums about forgetting their name, the text for that option could say "snarky" or something like that. Or if you don't want to have text, maybe use images that are easier to understand.

Edit: I saw your comment about having a tutorial to show the different meanings of the symbols and I think that would help greatly.

Thank you for your feedback! I'm sorry the font was an issue for you. I hope the tutorial will help with the choices, and that you enjoy the full game!

The font was an issue for me as well. It was really hard to read and eventually gave me a headache. Maybe it would be possibe to have an option to have a different font? 

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I looked into it, and have figured out how to provide an option to change the font. I hope this makes the game a bit more convenient for you! Since I figured out how, I thought I'd put in more options just for fun. The other font option looks like this, please let me know if it's easier to read:

Yes! That is much better! Thank you so much! 

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Took more time than I thought since I was busy, but I’m done with the demo! Well, I did try only one background, but I usually stick with one choice forever in things like that, so yeah, that’s fine. Well, I’ll answer your questions now!

1. What did you think overall?

I really loved the game a lot. I’m brimming with happiness that it has the same setting as Arena Circus – I like playing more than one game in the same setting so I can discover more aspects of the world. Very excited about the newly introduced species too, and happy that I can choose which one to play.

2. Which character are you most excited about romancing?

This is a surprise even for me but… all of them? It doesn’t happen often, but I love the three of them a lot. Rafael is my type – I like awkward characters like him a lot. Braums is very cute and I’m overall curious about him. And Paris… well, this is the biggest mystery as I usually hate childhood friend romances (except if the friendship has gone awry and it’s also about reconstructing it, which isn’t the case here) and I usually hate that kind of flirty characters… and yet, I still like him a lot, and I love how he and Ash interact. Maybe it’s the fact Ash is so unaffected by his shameless flirting XD

3. Did you find any bugs/typos?

I’ve spotted one thing that strikes me as awkward – on the species selection screen, if you pick a cubi, the backstory says “Ash was abandoned in Belldale when they were an orphan (…)” – didn’t you want to say that they are an orphan, abandoned it Belldale when they were a child or something like that? Maybe it’s just me…

4. What would you like to see most in the full game?

Hard to tell, honestly. I don’t really know what to expect from the game – it’s pretty mysterious as of now – I have a hard time predicting how the adventure would flow. I guess I may like to see bad ending styled game overs. I mean, the main characters are doing something obviously dangerous with no prior experience because they don’t know better. Things can go in a bad direction very quickly, and I like to see the consequences of bad choices in games. Seeing some heartbreaking bad endings or game overs makes the good endings even better – it’s like, you see the good outcome after seeing how bad things may have unfolded. It makes them taste even better.

5. Other comments or suggestions?

As I said before, I really like the fact you’re able to choose the gender and species of the main character, and how it affects the story. Of course, since I’ve played with only one main character, I don’t know the exact differences, but I’ve seen lot of dialogue exclusive to the species I’ve chosen – the shika. I must add I love the shika – they’re beautiful and so interesting – I’m genuinely interested in knowing more about the species as a whole, and playing Ash as a shika is a good way I think.

As for not so good things, I’m somewhat confused by the choice system, to be honest. I hated the bakery choice for example – I was outright confused as of wtf are these choices I don’t understand it haha. I mean, unless you’ve seen this specific food presented in this specific way, you won’t know what is it. It would work if Ash was clueless about it too, and if you choose blindly only by the looks of it, but they seemed to know what said food was. I had to pick every one of them, see what Ash says about what it is, and then go back to my choice and so on, and only after that pick my actual answer. Not having at least the name of the product was a bit of a hassle, honestly. The “regular” choice icons confuse me too, but somehow I managed.

A question now! Since the game seems to have the same setting as Arena Circus, I’m curious… where are the humans? It may be a coincidence, but I didn’t see any human in the descriptions all along – all the characters I’ve met were described as cubi, shika or reaver. Obviously, if it’s something important and a spoiler, don’t feel like you must answer me XD

Also, will you actually get to choose the routes you’ll travel? Braums asked Ash to choose the safest route, and I’m wondering if the players will actually be able to choose the path they’ll travel, which would determine what will be happening during their time on the roads.

Oh yeah, and last one, is this a free game? Just want to know if I have to prepare some spare money haha! I mean, it says it's free, but Arena Circus is free and yet you can pay for bonus content.

 

Anyway, except for the choice system I’ve really liked the demo! Can’t wait to play the full version!

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I'm glad you liked it! It's not /quite/ the same setting as Arena Circus, it's actually how I imagine the past of the world to be. So it's not really a spoiler, the reason there are no Cubi or Shika is that they're extinct, and humans haven't evolved yet. I'm so glad to hear you like all the characters! I love them all so much. Same with me for the flirty thing, I don't usually like giant flirts like that, but Paris stole my heart ahh.

OH MAN I can't believe I wrote that xD thank you for catching it. I'll fix that ASAP. 

I'm sorry you don't like the choice system! I wanted to try something a little different. As for the bakery, that's the only choice styled that particular way, I just really wanted to draw bread. I also forget that not every place has the same kind of bread as here so it's not quite as obvious haha. 

As for the routes you travel, I'll tell you now you don't. The story is fairly linear, with the exception of the endings of course. 

And yes, it will be free.

Thank you as always for the feedback! I hope you enjoy the full game. ^^

Thank you! And thanks for answering about the species thing! It's so sad the shika and cubi are extinct now, man. Oh and by the way, when I say same setting, I mostly mean the same universe - not necessarily the same period. Not that this is really important since you answered anyway haha

No problem! I'm glad you noticed actually xD And yeah, the more I write about them all, Reavers included, the more I want to just really delve into their history and culture but like I've got a plot to write xD Arena Circus used to have a feature with these playing cards you could find all over the world that had lore on them, but I took it out at the last minute. Maybe I'll add it back in when I eventually finish the game. 

Oh, that feature sounds nice - I'd definitely love it! I'm a sucker for lore, especially if the universe is interesting and have a rich history

1. What did you think overall?

I loved the demo it was so much more enjoyable then I was expecting. I really loved the backgrounds for Ash and how it added so much personality for every play through.

2. Which character are you most excited about romancing?

Rafael hands down. I was laughing at a lot of his scenes and it made me excited to see his route through. Side note I kinda feel like we didn't get much time to really know Braums from the demo so while I enjoyed his character so far I don't have as much attachment to him as the others.

3. Did you find any bugs/typos?

I think I did every option at least once except being the male ash. The only thing I ever caught was right before naming the guild the scene between Rafael and Paris I'm pretty sure it says angel instead of angle.

4. What would you like to see most in the full game?

Probably more world building I love the way it's set up so far and I'm can't wait to see how Ash is gonna interact with the world through the various backgrounds.

5. Other comments or suggestions?

Kinda said it in the character part with Braums. Otherwise I'm very excited for this game.

Thanks for the typo shout out, it has been fixed! I really appreciate the feedback. I was worried that there was a lack of Braums in the intro, so I’ll see what I can do about that before the full release. Thanks again and I hope you like what comes next just as much!

1. What did you think overall?

I really loved the demo! I enjoyed all of the characters, and I can tell Ash is going to be very fun to play as. I was a little confused about the symbols, but the comments helped me out, I think it's a really cool idea but it definitely needs a tutorial.

2. Which character are you most excited about romancing?

A hard choice, but I'm really curious about Rafael! All of his dialogue was a treat to read and anyone who loves chocolate automatically gets points with me.

3. Did you find any bugs/typos?

Nope!

4. What would you like to see most in the full game?

Hmm...I know this is a romance game, but I'd like to see more of the boys bonding a bit with each other too. I'm as weak for friendship as I am for romance,,, Also more lore, I'm assuming with how extensive a world you've built there will be lots to learn, and I'm looking forward to it!

5. Other comments or suggestions?

I'm really looking forward to March 20th now! I'm super curious about how the story is gonna progress in the full game.

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Thank you for the feedback! I will definitely include a  tutorial in the full game. c: I’m so happy you enjoyed the demo, and that you like Rafael. I wasn’t sure how his character would go over really so it’s great to see so many people like him! I’m also glad you brought up friendship, I don’t think  you’ll be disappointed!

Thanks again for playing the demo, and I hope you like the full game just as much. 

1. What did you think overall?

Really enjoyed the demo! I'm supposed to be in bed because I have work in the morning but I put it off for this instead. Played through twice and some change. Once as a Reaver and once as a Shika. I already commented on the dialogue symbols below, so besides being a little unsure of what they all meant, I did enjoy that style of dialogue.

2. Which character are you most excited about romancing?

Rafael! Although, I had a heck of a time trying to get his picture to light up as a Reaver.  I could only get it to light up when I ran through as a Shika. Are the romances race locked, because if so that's a bummer. :c 

3. Did you find any bugs/typos?

I had a error screen pop up once when I tried to save but I haven't been able to get it to happen again to copy the error message.

I also had an odd bug where I went back to the main menu while waiting for the interview and the tavern crowd background music did not end like it should have.

4. What would you like to see most in the full game?

Hard to say without knowing more about the game? I definitely enjoy the humor sprinkled through out, so more of that. Plus, romance. The sappier the better, because I'm a huge romantic. XD

5. Other comments or suggestions?

The first time I went through the demo I almost named the guild "The Guild" because I literally couldn't think of anything. XD The second time,  I nearly died laughing because I changed my dialogue choice during that scene and got Rafael's suggestion. Had me rolling! I went with his suggestion that time. You should totally sneak in an extra bit of dialogue there if the player goes with "Guide" as the guild name.

Really looking forward to the full game!

Thanks for the feedback! Yes, the romances are locked, each character can be romanced by two of the three races. Aside from it making sense from a story perspective as far as Ash's different backgrounds in those cases, I had practical reasons for it as well in regards to writing and programming. Sorry!

I'm so glad you like Rafael! When I was first going through I wrote his route last, and as such I was sure that I wouldn't like it as much as I had the other two, but he really surprised me. I hope you enjoy it c;

I'll see if I can reproduce those errors, thanks for letting me know!

Don't worry, sappy romance is what I live for :D

Ha! That's a good idea... hehehe

Okay so I found the error you mentioned and fixed it! I also looked into the sound effects thing, but I haven't found any documentation about how to fix it. I did make the crowd sound effect shorter, because it was much too long to begin with. Hopefully this will solve the problem in another way. Thanks again!

Aah, I'm not the type, but I've enjoyed it so much I'll  leave an ACTUAL FEEDBACK.

Incredible.

So anyway...
1. Overall, it looks pretty sweet. And can I say I simply adore the background thing? I was actually pretty surprised at how much it changes in the game, especially your relationship with Paris. And I can't really say which one origin is a vanilla one, because every and each of them seem similarly developed.
2. Hm, I'm rather partial to Reaver!Ash/Paris dynamic - the snark is strong in this one.
3. No typoes, no sir!
4. In the full game I'd like to see full game - nothing more, nothing less.
5. I was slightly confused about dialogue thing? Kinda reminded me of Fallout 4 and it's "sarcastic" dialogue option. Perhaps if I was sure what every icon meant, it would be easier to gauge, but I'm not confident I got that right.

Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback! I'm really glad you enjoyed the backgrounds, I was hoping it would add an extra layer to gameplay. I am also a fan of Reaver!Ash/Paris, they might be my favorite. As for the dialogue, I've never played fallout 4 so I can't be sure, but I was basing it on the emotion based decisions from the Dragon Age series. I was thinking about including a short tutorial about the emotions tied to every icon, do you think that would enhance the gameplay?

I'm only part way through the demo right now, and came back here looking for an explanation on what the different symbols meant. I would definitely say some sort of tutorial or even just a descriptor displayed with the icon would help a lot. That being said, what /do/ all the symbols stand for?

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Thank you for saying so! I'll definitely add that in. 

Here's a little cheatsheet in advance:

The purple speech bubbles: anger

The stars: Funny

The lightbulb: Logical

The hearts: Flirty

The wings: Gentle

Yeah, the tutorial should do the trick. The icon give the basic ideas and it seems my guesses were right or at least close enough, but having confirmation is nice. 

I named my guild "WE ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOO GAY" :v 

best decision ever made :v 

LOL omg just picturing Rafael saying that with confidence

that scene where they announce the other guilds they got hired was the best one, it was like they where announcing their gaynnes :v 

"go home everyone, WE ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GAY................. just got hired" :v 

anyways, good game :v

Aaaah so excited now! It looks soooo so cool! Gonna test it this night and answer the question after that haha

Ah thanks for your continued support! I hope you enjoy it :D

Really really fun!! Can't wait for the full version!

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Ahh I'm so happy to hear that! I hope you enjoy it. Also good to know that the demo isn't breaking ;u;

aaaah looks pretty good! c:

Thank you! I hope you enjoy the full game when it's released. (:

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