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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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In other news, congrats on the 10000 downloads!!!
BTW one of the best RPGmaker game I've played ! I've got trouble finding the exit on lv 3 to lv 4 got the bridge but can't use it anywhere(?) do we go to other towns?
author=shimlack
BTW one of the best RPGmaker game I've played ! I've got trouble finding the exit on lv 3 to lv 4 got the bridge but can't use it anywhere(?) do we go to other towns?

this might be a very late reply, but if you are still looking for it,
go to the western part of 3rd floor, and use it near the hill over there (you need to press Z to make it work).
Umm, does anyone have a list of who likes what? I accidentally gave HOrton something he dislikes...
author=flitchard
Umm, does anyone have a list of who likes what? I accidentally gave HOrton something he dislikes...

it's on the wiki.
What do I do after placing the rope ladder on floor 3? I found the book, but there's a hole I cannot find a way over?
How to go to floor 4? I am totally lost in the mines, did I not need to murder the skull demon?
author=flitchard
What do I do after placing the rope ladder on floor 3? I found the book, but there's a hole I cannot find a way over?


quoted from here:
author=Bufkus
You have to defeat the 2nd boss on that floor, Queue Boy. If you search around the eastern part of that map, you should find a room. There, you need to drop down the right path and then kill the bugger. He will drop a bridge that you can use to cross over to the exit to the 4th floor.


author=flitchard
How to go to floor 4? I am totally lost in the mines, did I not need to murder the skull demon?

if it's listed on your quest, then yes.
if the skull demon is the one that i think about, he should be on the last room in the 4th floor.
I recently got into rpgmaker games and downloaded this game and really enjoyed it, untill the moment I had to restart everything because Linus disappeared, couldn't find him anywhere even on rainy days.

I know the game is "old", and i really like games with crafting like this one, it's well made even though it has variety over quantity, but i feel like i had to get some things off my chest. The grinding is annoying because it's there to mask the game, what i mean is, you take what? 10 hours of grinding to finish Colorous Cave? Because you need to farm all the equipment and level up everyone to survive 2 normal attacks from a normal enemy skeleton. It exists because there aren't many dungeons, the game masks lack of content with excess grinding, so you end the game with 100+ days instead of 20-30.
This game is one of my favorites and I play it daily! (ノ> ◇ <)ノ♪

Sadly, my computer's memory deleted it somehow, so I redownloaded it and I found an issue after Xebec "dies."

When I go to buy something from the pub, the game freezes ヾ( ๑´д`๑)ツ
Ronove
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Hey caged_bird98, could you send me your savefile so either me or Diedrupo can figure out what's up?
@Ronove

I'm sorry to file in a false report here, but I figured it out. I need to quick save before I buy the bottle of spirits.

I apologize for any confusion given.

Thank you for the concern ^^
Ronove
More like Misao Stealing Prince
2867
Well, I'm glad you figured it out! Happy playing!
@Ronove I'm sorry for any time I may have wasted hehe ^^"
It's too bad to hear that this game won't be continued. I think it does some things well and has some interesting concepts. I particularly enjoyed the crafting aspects and the old-school RPG feel. I think the characters are interesting, and the dialogue is weird, wacky, and surprisingly well-written.

I hope one day that the creators decide to pick it up again.
author=Vaylon
It's too bad to hear that this game won't be continued. I think it does some things well and has some interesting concepts. I particularly enjoyed the crafting aspects and the old-school RPG feel. I think the characters are interesting, and the dialogue is weird, wacky, and surprisingly well-written.

I hope one day that the creators decide to pick it up again.


Oh my goodness, that's sad ‧º·(˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )‧º·˚

Maybe the creators got a little busy with life and couldn't find time for it. But, I still will play the game until I beat it and I will enjoy what I have of the game ^^

I also hope they will come back to it someday ♫꒰・‿・๑꒱
Ronove
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2867
I will say this again: the reason we've stopped is the game grew too big for either of us to handle and we ran into a wall and then our interest died so to speak. I feel the game as it is stands on its own relatively okay and Diedrupo does want to fix a few things and give it more of a definite ending as it is, but life does what it does and gets in the way.

Thank you anyone who continues to find HWS and enjoy it. At the very least, I'm glad people enjoy it as it is right now.
author=Ronove
I will say this again: the reason we've stopped is the game grew too big for either of us to handle and we ran into a wall and then our interest died so to speak. I feel the game as it is stands on its own relatively okay and Diedrupo does want to fix a few things and give it more of a definite ending as it is, but life does what it does and gets in the way.

Thank you anyone who continues to find HWS and enjoy it. At the very least, I'm glad people enjoy it as it is right now.


Thank you Ronove and Diedrupo for this amazingly addictive game ^^

I play the game daily in hopes to find new treasures and other things to make my life in the game awesome! I enjoy finding all the different treasures, meeting all the different characters and npcs alike, searching and exploring the new places, and the bosses give me a great challenge and want to make an effort for the game!

Again I thank you both for this awesome game! I feel like this game will be one of the very famous rpgs ^^

Best wishes <3
Ok so you quit on the game does that mean the game is not able to be finished?
like what was it that is not done in this game?
I mean i know it's a free game but still...i would like to know what was not done.
author=ryan7251
Ok so you quit on the game does that mean the game is not able to be finished?
like what was it that is not done in this game?
I mean i know it's a free game but still...i would like to know what was not done.


Ronove said that Diedrupo wants to fix a few things and give a more definite ending, so I assure you it will have an ending. Everything will be finished (̂ ˃̥̥̥ ˑ̫ ˂̥̥̥ )̂