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Date, create, and share!

Assuming the role of a male high school student in Japan, the player will meet, interact with, and date a number of female characters with the goal of winding up with one of them at the end of a 101-day calendar. Yeah, you've seen this all before...or have you?

In other romance sims, there's little reason to replay the game again once you've pursued all the characters you're interested in. But Heartache 101 allows for a variable female cast. The number of characters in the game is completely open-ended!

You can create new characters and add them to the game, share them with other users, and add characters created by other users. You can create the images for custom characters from a template, or use images you created yourself, or images from any source. (only "standing" images of characters can be imported; there is no event CG in the game) A simple scripting language is provided for writing story events. You can also customize some of the music.

The game system itself is in part a visual novel interface with gameplay that include conversational decision-making, board game-like mechanics, stat management, financial management, and more.

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Since I've been asked many times if I would ever make a sequel to Heartache....

Well this is not a sequel. In very many ways it's radically different. But some might find that it partially retains a bit of the same feel?

So I'm posting the first public screenshot here, and whoever is interested, look for a game page up in the next week or two with the title "Where One Citizen". Game is not complete yet, but after 10 years of development it's about time to start showing it!

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author=EgyLynx
Why people not look
story files...

Some do.
Zakariya
Every misdeed has its own punishment, and every good deed has its reward.
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author=EgyLynx
Why people not look story files...


I...do that consistently. XD
Marrend
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author=EgyLynx
Why people not look
story files...


It depends on the player, of course. However, I wonder if some players just don't know that it's possible to look things up that way?
author=Marrend
author=EgyLynx
Why people not look
story files...

It depends on the player, of course. However, I wonder if some players just don't know that it's possible to look things up that way?

Right, whoever reads help-files, anyway ;)
Pssht! It's a secret!
You should look around town, like a lot. And look very carefully at the hints you're given.

You won't actually meet this character until pretty late into her route.

I'm only willing to give you one real hint.
SPOILER:

Her route starts at the station. The event is easy to miss and it's not guaranteed that you get it the first time you go there.
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
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My memory on the 8th character is that the route doesn't start until day 50, or thereabouts?

*looks this up*

Nope. I was wrong. The first event can be triggered starting day 10. The "day 50" part is when that event is locked out.

That aside, she's pretty tricky to get. Even the game's TV Tropes page refers to "Guide, dang it!" in it's blurb concerning her. For what it's worth, I seem to recall somebody making a walkthrough for specifically that character. Probably because the case of "Guide, dang it!" was so bad?
OK, here's one more spoiler ;)

The hints you get from her always name a (week)day and a place.
If you can't get decode the weekdays, just remember where the game is set.


EDIT: I'm shocked to learn that TV tropes even give her NAME!!!
author=laithplays
Hello again!
I want to know something it's about the built in file.
It happened when i was looking in the game file's and organizing it, i notice that in the Built-in file i saw an 8th character.
Based on me while playing the game,I have never seen her? i was like, from when this was here. And i started wondering why i couldnt see this character or how to meet it? My question is,how to meet this character if you know please reply to this comment and thanks! (O O) U

Are you get these unlucky events these girls?
if you win that 8,
You can continue at easiest "clean mode" girl...
or "clean mode " girl group with that longer time...
Be careful,some Players maked girls story at not end :( ...

Just try Garage´s Stories and youre NOT down...
... I like them what i downloaded... One i not downloaded, but it wasn´t scanerio this, it is VN game...

And that group scanerio which Marrend maked...
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
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I don't even remember how one would go about unlocking Clean Mode via regular gameplay. I enable it via...


Edit the "records" file. If one does not exist, make one. Ensure the the first (or only) thing you see in it is a "2". BOOM!


...other means.
author=Marrend
I don't even remember how one would go about unlocking Clean Mode via regular gameplay. I enable it via...


Edit the "records" file. If one does not exist, make one. Ensure the the first (or only) thing you see in it is a "2". BOOM!


...other means.

That shouldn't have any effect on her route. At least according to her STORY file.

Her very first event isn't on HIGH priority, though. It might take a few tries to get the TRAIN started.

author=laithplays
Thanks for replying but i want to ask.
What does Clean mode do? Can anyone remind me?
And will i hate my life when i try to find the 8th girl?
That shohiko was hard enough and now this and it's even harder!
I need to have medicine from the looks of it...
You can enable "clean mode" if you want to disable the builtin routes.

And no, trying to find the secret girl shouldn't make you question your life choices.
Is her route harder than Shihoko's? Depends. You don't have to level a bunch of stats, in fact there's not a single stat-check on her route at all, you "just" have to keep your eyes open and decipher the hints she's giving you.

author=Garage
author=laithplays
Thanks for replying but i want to ask. What does Clean mode do? Can anyone remind me? And will i hate my life when i try to find the 8th girl? That shohiko was hard enough and now this and it's even harder! I need to have medicine from the looks of it...
You can enable "clean mode" if you want to disable the builtin routes.
And no, trying to find the secret girl shouldn't make you question your life choices. Is her route harder than Shihoko's? Depends. You don't have to level a bunch of stats, in fact there's not a single stat-check on her route at all, you "just" have to keep your eyes open and decipher the hints she's giving you.
So, G Why you not answer me at my PM:(?
Marrend
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author=EgyLynx
So, G how GREAT projeckts work or going?
Why you not answer me :(?


Maybe it's just me. However, your posts are sometimes very difficult to parse to the point where I just don't know what it is that you're even talking about.


If you're asking about a project/game that Garage is making (has made?) that happens to have a gamepage, you should probably ask there rather than here, though.
author=Marrend
author=EgyLynx
So, G how GREAT projeckts work or going?
Why you not answer me :(?
Maybe it's just me. However, your posts are sometimes very difficult to parse to the point where I just don't know what it is that you're even talking about.
If you're asking about a project/game that Garage is making (has made?) that happens to have a gamepage, you should probably ask there rather than here, though.

Erf? oops... yeah y right... of course you are right...
Slam! Again D message?? Sorry :( .
author=EgyLynx
So, G Why you not answer me at my PM:(?

Sorry, I really should've answered your PM, but - especially since I'm no natural speaker myself, I haven't been able to fully understand it.
Well... now this is really oftopic...