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Premise
Reniat returns to her home village after years away at boarding school to find that the village is nearly deserted. The mine that the village depended on heavily for boosting its economy and tourism has been overrun by monsters and no one has bothered doing anything about it. Having trained as an adventurer, she decides to see what she can do about reviving the town and making a name for herself in the world.

Homework Salesman is a life simulation game with an emphasis on dungeon exploration, completing quests, crafting new equipment and items, and befriending the people in town. The game takes inspiration from the Rune Factory and Atelier series.

Features
  • Befriend each villager by talking to them every day and giving them gifts. Higher friendship levels allow you to learn each NPC's personal story and can also gain you access to new shop items, skills, hidden goodies, and more.

  • Unique items means that each item in the game is treated as a separate object. You can rename equipment, find rare versions of them, upgrade and repair them (weapons have durability), and even enchant them. You can have several iron swords each with different enchantments on them.

  • Six unique crafts: Cooking, Smithing, Tailoring, Enchanting, Alchemy, and Construction.

  • Quests are divided into two categories: story quests that propel your adventure forward, and side quests that are procedurally generated.

  • Features a world encounter system where you can find random events in field maps or dungeons, such as traveling merchants or a bandit who'll offer to spare you for money (or you can kill him)

  • Enemy encounters and (most) treasure chests are randomly placed on maps. You typically won't find the same monster encounter in the same dungeon spot every time. Treasure chest contents are randomly drawn from a pool of items appropriate for the zone you're in. You can also find unique weapons with randomized names, stats, and enchantments.



Check out the official website for the game manual, credits, and more.

Check out the wiki here! http://homeworksalesman.wikia.com/wiki/Homework_Salesman_Wiki

Update Log:
1/27/14 - v1.2
- The last two bosses in the game will now put up an anti-frazzle shield if they get hit successfully by frazzle three times. This shield will dissipate after 2 turns. Note that it doesn't count just frazzling the boss, it will count if you frazzle any boss minions in the fight.
- The Treasure Hunter couple will now appear in the ending cut-scene if you saw their world event.
- Fixed bugs related to Liffely's cooking delivery service.
- Fixed bugs related to the 2nd Colorous Cave quest.
- Fixed a bug where if you somehow manage to defeat the 3rd floor bosses on the same day as defeating Plutonus, the magic shop NPCs would not move into town.
- Added several easter eggs, most of which are references to early testers and other people in the community.
- You now get a quest telling you what to do next if you defeat a certain field boss after defeating the last boss of the Caves for the first time.
- Fixed cut-scene bugs related to the Westerlys move in quest.
- Fixed the Beer recipe so that it tells you that you learned how to make Beer instead of Cheese.
- Fixed the case where using L/R would cause the game to crash when browsing recipes in the library.
- Other miscellaneous bug fixes that I don't recall at the moment.

1/25/14 - v1.1d
- Fixed treasure maps that would have a blank name
- Fixed situation where you were not able to trigger the event with Zathus to turn in the 2nd Colorous Cave quest.
- Fixed Manaleech.
- Fixed several spelling errors in the database.
- Updated the manual to include all equipment and skills.
1/12/14 - v1.1c
- Added Xebec's 2 star event
- Added Treasure Hunters world event
- Added post-chapter 1 optional boss (this boss will be refined/tweaked in the next update as well)
- Nerfed Captain Colorous and Robert slightly
- Fixed the cooking delivery quest bug where turning the quest into Qwilte would cause it to be stuck in the quest log
- Fixed weapon renaming
- Fixed a rare case where Autorevive would cause the game to crash
- Fixed a whole bunch of other bugs

6/18 - v1.0l Fixed the patch system so that it does not rerun patches. Fixed one hole in Colorous Cave F5 that could drop you into a dead end.
6/07 - v1.0k Massive balancing patch. Tweaks to crafting, skills, and more.
5/20 - v1.0j Fixed a bug that would cause Raimur to disappear if you ran away or died.
5/16 - v1.0i Fixed the Monster Hunt: Robert quest so that it can be turned in. Also, fixed the quest so that Robert spawns on save files that were created in version 1.0a. Fixed an issue that could cause the party to spawn with you if you respawn from running out of AP. Fixed an issue that could cause Zathus's character event to not be turned off after completion. Added Battle4 bgm file to the Audio\BGM folder. Life Essence and Ressurect now have animations when used on party members.
5/14 - v1.0h Fixed the Super Grind quest so that it can be turned in now.
5/12 - v1.0g Adjusted the difficulty of the last two bosses and fixed an issue where you could get stuck if you fell down certain holes on the 5th floor.
5/11 - v1.0f Fixed a passability issue on the 4th floor of the cave that occurred after defeating Langian. Fixed an issue that could cause Warp to stop working after seeing a world event on the 3rd floor of the cave.
5/08 - v1.0e Added all RTP audio SEs and a couple other files that the resource checker did not pick up. Fixed an issue that could cause a chapter 2 event to appear.
5/07 - v1.0d Fixed an issue where an npc could be stuck in cave walls. Fixed the skill Templar Strike so that it attacks enemies instead of the party. Added the sound effect Cat.ogg for non-rtp users.
5/06 - v1.0c Fixed an issue where Zathus would stop talking to you during the Plutonus quest.
5/06 - v1.0b Fixed an issue that would cause a boss to appear too early in the game
5/05 - v1.0a Initial Release

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There's a locker where you can upload images and link it here.
Highlight your name and there's a dropdown box that says locker.
shayoko
We do not condone harassing other members by PM.
515
:O thank you! tho i feel pretty dumb for not noticing that b4 :(
As of the latest patch, what would be the easiest way to earn money?
Please anyone help me to find the Captain Room in the 5th floor of Colorous Cave :(. Where should I go from this? I have tried every way I can, and still keep falling down the holes. Thank you very much.
http://imgur.com/ZccTCny
I think I'm stuck. I defeated the Captain, but the game (and the green haired guy from the Guild) tells me there's something else I should do in the caves.
I've got no idea about what to do now. :(
edchuy
You the practice of self-promotion
1624
OK, I hope there are the right, helpful answers. They are based on what I remember from playing the game. Both of you are nearing the end of Chapter 1!

author=pink_love149
Please anyone help me to find the Captain Room in the 5th floor of Colorous Cave :(. Where should I go from this? I have tried every way I can, and still keep falling down the holes. Thank you very much.
http://imgur.com/ZccTCny

Looks like you are close to the exit of that area. You need to find a path through the center of the room (there is one, trial and error) and then up to reach the next area.

author=Cozzer
I think I'm stuck. I defeated the Captain, but the game (and the green haired guy from the Guild) tells me there's something else I should do in the caves.
I've got no idea about what to do now. :(


I'm guessing that you defeated the Captain the first time. Have you seen the Earth Spirit for a second time? You need to go to the statue outdoors in the area to the left of the cave entrance for a cutscene (you need a token as a key item for that to occur) and then you will get the quest to defeat the Captain finally. Which will lead you to ... a nice surprise!
Seems like the problem is that I don't have the token...
Do you remember where can I find it?
Thanks, anyways!
edchuy
You the practice of self-promotion
1624
author=Cozzer
Seems like the problem is that I don't have the token...
Do you remember where can I find it?
Thanks, anyways!


Have you defeated the mid-boss on stormy days for the quest given to you by the "green haired guy"? There's your answer, if I recall it correctly.
I thought that was an optional quest...
I'll just have to wait for a bad-weather day, then! Thanks!
@edchuy: This is the center of the room where I am now. However, as I said, I cannot find a way to go up from here :(. If you still remember how to get out of this, please help me. I would be really grateful.

http://imgur.com/11IJImk



edchuy
You the practice of self-promotion
1624
author=pink_love149
@edchuy: This is the center of the room where I am now. However, as I said, I cannot find a way to go up from here :(. If you still remember how to get out of this, please help me. I would be really grateful.

http://imgur.com/11IJImk

This is roughly what I remember the path was from your image:



I might a bit wrong about the first few steps ...
author=SeraphTwilight
As of the latest patch, what would be the easiest way to earn money?


Fish, they sell for buttloads of cash if you get decent drops.
author=edchuy
author=pink_love149
@edchuy: This is the center of the room where I am now. However, as I said, I cannot find a way to go up from here :(. If you still remember how to get out of this, please help me. I would be really grateful.

http://imgur.com/11IJImk
This is roughly what I remember the path was from your image:



I might a bit wrong about the first few steps ...
author=edchuy
author=pink_love149
@edchuy: This is the center of the room where I am now. However, as I said, I cannot find a way to go up from here :(. If you still remember how to get out of this, please help me. I would be really grateful.

http://imgur.com/11IJImk
This is roughly what I remember the path was from your image:



I might a bit wrong about the first few steps ...

Oh yay. I got it. Thanks so much. You're my savior :D
edchuy
You the practice of self-promotion
1624
I'm glad I could help. I probably played the game too much ... :P
shayoko
We do not condone harassing other members by PM.
515
Felt i should mention this and a couple other games may have been "stolen"
from what others are saying
someone or a group of people taking credit for whats not theirs
i feel its wrong
the developers of these games worked hard and spent alot of time on them...

culprit?
http://dragoscimpineanu.wix.com/hottorch

report them? :D
http://www.wix.com/upgrade/abuse/#!copyright-infringiment/cnaa
edchuy
You the practice of self-promotion
1624
author=shayoko
Felt i should mention this and a couple other games may have been "stolen"
from what others are saying
someone or a group of people taking credit for whats not theirs


The Prince's Star has been "stolen" by HotTorch. Time to call Reniat and her allies to kick his/her a**!
J-L
"I cannot complain when your icon of choice is a penguin"
1791
"Play our games for free."

Absolutely disgusting.
author=shayoko
Felt i should mention this and a couple other games may have been "stolen"
from what others are saying
someone or a group of people taking credit for whats not theirs
i feel its wrong
the developers of these games worked hard and spent alot of time on them...

culprit?
http://dragoscimpineanu.wix.com/hottorch

report them? :D
http://www.wix.com/upgrade/abuse/#!copyright-infringiment/cnaa
The report form wasn't working, but I emailed them today at abuse@wix.com - hopefully this works out.
hey been awhile since i commented but i found a bug. when i was walking around i just happened to hit the w key and my game crashed
How do you get to the 5th floor please???