Update Version 0.2.5C
Added 2023-04-19 02:39:57 +0000 UTCFixes for the previous version. It is very hard to find bugs when you play and play and play. I have gotten so used to knowing what is correct and what is not, hence the reason why sometimes these things happen. Also working 80+ hours a week, and doing this on top of everything else. Kind of loss of mindset sometimes. I do apologize for the constants.
Ok, anyways... Fixes that are in this version... (Not so many this time.)
Fixed the massage quest loop. Rayne will now ask during Moviequest3 (if it has not been completed) if Angela wants a massage or do something different. It also has a new trigger in the same action under "Grab her had", or "Agree with."
Fixed the Lynn issue of the scene not appearing because of a mistake I made when naming the image. Completely my fault for not catching it.
Fixed the Brynn waiting action as well in the same way. Also added the 2nd part of the homework scene. (After this, there are no more scenes yet made.)
Val's Dean quest has part three in it now as well, since that was because of the triggering issues. That has been fixed.
I took out the beta test that shows you where everyone is. Later on, I am creating a button that turns this on or off if you need help to know where everyone is during the game.
Currently working on have the characters positions saved during closing, quitting, or reloading the game. The persistent data is not saving correctly, and I should have a fix by the weekend for that.
Lastly, I will be trying to my best ability to have faster updates as this code is a bit easier to deal with - I would say, every 2 weeks or so, something new should appear here. Keep a look out.
I do appreciate all the help you all give me and your patience with me during this game development. I love you all for that, and thank you!
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Stiffman Productions
2023-05-02 01:42:22 +0000 UTCyes, can confirm this as well
Chad Turner
2023-04-26 23:36:27 +0000 UTCwhen ask photo at pool, i did not recive photo, im stuck cannot go ahead...
toni and
2023-04-26 16:00:44 +0000 UTCno prob. i'm a software developer as well, so i can appreciate how difficult it is to test every scenario.
Chad Turner
2023-04-26 04:54:01 +0000 UTCI am on these. Thanks again for the extreme help with this. Sorry that it never gets to be perfect... Giant code, giant game...
Stiffman Productions
2023-04-26 00:50:11 +0000 UTCanother crash bug. When declining to go over and see Val and Angela at the pool, there is an exception crash: While running game code: File "game/StageTwo/Actions/poolactions.rpy", line 579, in NameError: name 'angelafeel' is not defined Also, something in the Brynn questline adds points to Stage 1 completion %. it went from 100% to 101% after a "study session" (can't remember which one) in Stage 2 Also, another weird bug. If you click the hourglass multiple times, the screen goes black and a message displays "She coming soon..."
Chad Turner
2023-04-25 06:32:22 +0000 UTCThanks, unfortunantely I'm not in subscribestar for some ideological reasons but...anyway
Sirio98
2023-04-22 09:35:53 +0000 UTCthe ideas are are well appreciated and will look into some of them. If I use any, I will be sure to give you credit here, in gamecode, and at subscribestar. :) And thanks for the extreme praise! I also like sisterly lust... good game, nice guy also who made it :)
Stiffman Productions
2023-04-21 21:34:35 +0000 UTCI wish to share few general thoughts about your work, hoping not to bore or offend you, with the premise that I appreciate it the most; Secrets is one of the best game I played, second only to Sisterly Lust in my opinion and ranking. While I understand very well your will to release quickly and frequently the updates (which is also my and most other players expectation) this can lead to have a little buggy or at least an unclear product. The sandbox mechanism introduces unavoidable repetitions which are boring and creates anxiety in the player for fear of forgetting some action or not knowing what to do. Another side effect is some scenes are 'out of the line'; I mean, when Angela and Rayne have already kissed, touched and seen each other naked it is funny (or annoying) that later they still doubt if this is correct or not to show a tit. These are some suggestion I'd like to advance for your evaluation: - offer a button to skip the already played scenes if there is not any new content - show on the main page the achievements level so the player knows immediately if he did what expected - at the map give some suggestion on what it is suggested (better) to do (i.e. go to school, to Val's house, to a shop...) - hide everything (no icons I mean) not needed at the current stage (the PC in Angela's room, the clothes under Angela bed, Rayne PC, the fridge in kitchen, the kitchen itself when Angela is not there, the shower...) - make an extreme Hint to explain exactly what is needed to advance in the game Concerning the current release (0.2.5c) I'd sadly raise some criticisms: If the player did not completed Stage 1 (like I was at 95%) he should not be allowed to start Stage 2; when he reaches 100% there should be a message telling the Stage 2 is available. Some actions anticipated by Angela (i.e. 'come to find me at work' or 'call me by phone'), by Val ('I will send you another picture'), by Bryn ('help with my study') are confusing the player since those actions can not be done right now and he wonders if something is still missing. All this trying to help you somehow.
Sirio98
2023-04-21 15:35:44 +0000 UTCI just fixed that. That's good find. I never would have found this without any help! Thanks!
Stiffman Productions
2023-04-21 12:37:33 +0000 UTCat school, clicking on the character icon (the cog) and navigating inside, will generate a new set of location icons for the house on top of existing icons at bottom left.
Chad Turner
2023-04-21 10:42:18 +0000 UTCI am making a button for the next update to turn it on or off. Because, even for me it is difficult without it :)
Stiffman Productions
2023-04-20 16:37:02 +0000 UTCthe first photo is from the tutorial. If you didn't do the tutorial, then the image doesnt appear :) It's no problem :)
Stiffman Productions
2023-04-20 16:36:25 +0000 UTCConfused and confysing... The duplicated location icons problem magically disappeared; I hope was just a glictch. As per S1 95%, I'm still missing the very first image in gallery, so it was possibly at the very beginning. Anyway, I must apologize...I was so concentrated to S1 to not discover that I already started S2, at 12%, my fault. Maybe a sort of message saying that S2 started would have be to some help.
Sirio98
2023-04-20 11:38:23 +0000 UTCI'll try the Mac version later to see if that changes anything. I've been using a workaround to run windows version on Mac
me
2023-04-19 23:09:37 +0000 UTCThat's weird... Since I don't have that on mine... huh...
Stiffman Productions
2023-04-19 22:30:58 +0000 UTCok... are all images in the gallery? and when did you get the bar error? Was it the first time you saw either Val or Brynn? or was it during the library scenes, or the dean office scenes?
Stiffman Productions
2023-04-19 22:30:35 +0000 UTCI just started over again from scratch but beta test "showing where everyone is located" is still intact for me.
me
2023-04-19 20:18:03 +0000 UTCOk, I tried, almost everthing I think, but I'm still stucked at 95% of Stage 1, even after the visits to Val and Bree at the college and to Val's house (pool scenes included). All the quests, massage included fos stage 1, are completed. I found a small error visiting the school: after a scene with Val or Bree the lower icon bar shows both the school ones and the map ones; only the last are active. I also get a very bad moment when the stat dropped from 95% to 90%; unfortunately I was not able to replicate that. I loaded a previous save and replayed from there at 95%.
Sirio98
2023-04-19 19:59:42 +0000 UTCThanls for the update; I will try it asap. Since you are very lazy :-) working only 80 hours a week (!), I wish to advance a new suggestion: the grinding (you see, I learnt this new word) has been reduced a lot, but is unavoidably still present, so would be possible to introduce a 'skip scene' when the same event has been played few times? I'm sorry to give you something more to do.
Sirio98
2023-04-19 09:25:00 +0000 UTC
