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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
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
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.
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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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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 ^^
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 ^^
Hey caged_bird98, could you send me your savefile so either me or Diedrupo can figure out what's up?
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
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
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.
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.
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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?
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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.
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?
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author=flitchard
Umm, does anyone have a list of who likes what? I accidentally gave HOrton something he dislikes...
it's on the wiki.
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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).
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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?
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That's quite a sad news, actually. However, i can somehow bear it.
I can see your effort in making the game, and as i said earlier, it has a great potential. With such quality, i think it can be sold for a good price.
I guess i'll just play for your next game, then :)
Anyways, i already +10 all the weapons and it's gonna take a long time to +10 the armors for 4 people. Since there is nothing much to do, i'm somewhat bored to do it so i'm really looking for a "side-quest" to clear my boredom (not that daily quest in bulletin board though, lol). Come to think about it, there is a debuff skill for the flute. Maybe i can use it to "reset" the berserk. Thanks for the advice!
EDIT: the flute actually isn't working because it only gives negative status ailments, not a status debuff. the boss always cure the status ailments by the end of the turn, so it doesn't really help. I guess i'll just give up with this, lol. Having +10 equipment and +0 doesn't do much it seems, or maybe i just need a better armor than ironplate.
Btw, you know, although the project has been stopped, i'm glad that you are still around! :)
I can see your effort in making the game, and as i said earlier, it has a great potential. With such quality, i think it can be sold for a good price.
I guess i'll just play for your next game, then :)
Anyways, i already +10 all the weapons and it's gonna take a long time to +10 the armors for 4 people. Since there is nothing much to do, i'm somewhat bored to do it so i'm really looking for a "side-quest" to clear my boredom (not that daily quest in bulletin board though, lol). Come to think about it, there is a debuff skill for the flute. Maybe i can use it to "reset" the berserk. Thanks for the advice!
EDIT: the flute actually isn't working because it only gives negative status ailments, not a status debuff. the boss always cure the status ailments by the end of the turn, so it doesn't really help. I guess i'll just give up with this, lol. Having +10 equipment and +0 doesn't do much it seems, or maybe i just need a better armor than ironplate.
Btw, you know, although the project has been stopped, i'm glad that you are still around! :)
Unfortunately, Aqua, as of this time there probably won't be a Chapter 2. I made a post a few pages back about why me and Diedrupo decided to move on. Apologies in advance. Short version: the game was too ambitious and things happened, we put it down for a while, and we don't have the drive to return. Unfortunately, that happens. It was a free game, and Diedrupo and I are glad that people enjoyed what we managed to put together.
You say it's hard to kill bosses without upgraded equipment so the intention was that you upgrade your equipment! You can do things after you finish off Captain Colorous if I remember correctly but it's been a long time. As for the Jar boss, try using a Flute and using the skills from it.
You say it's hard to kill bosses without upgraded equipment so the intention was that you upgrade your equipment! You can do things after you finish off Captain Colorous if I remember correctly but it's been a long time. As for the Jar boss, try using a Flute and using the skills from it.
aquatorrent
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hey, i just played this game and i must say that it's awesome!
i got some problem with the equipment though, since it seems that it's very hard to kill the boss without upgrading them (or i'm just suck at it).
anyway, i got a question:
is the game ends after you beat captain colorous for the second time (with the help of earth spirit)? if yes, are there any unlockable after you cleared the chapter? (except the cave being able to be bought and that monster in the jar thingy in the forest (any tips on beating it? i keep on dying when its using berserk for the second time, its hp doesn't even reach 50%. i even use food buff before battle)).
i hope you'll release chapter 2 soon ! this game has a great potential :)
i got some problem with the equipment though, since it seems that it's very hard to kill the boss without upgrading them (or i'm just suck at it).
anyway, i got a question:
is the game ends after you beat captain colorous for the second time (with the help of earth spirit)? if yes, are there any unlockable after you cleared the chapter? (except the cave being able to be bought and that monster in the jar thingy in the forest (any tips on beating it? i keep on dying when its using berserk for the second time, its hp doesn't even reach 50%. i even use food buff before battle)).
i hope you'll release chapter 2 soon ! this game has a great potential :)
It's completely random. A suggestion is increase your friendship with Horton as he has some events that give you free battles with elite monsters. Otherwise if you're having too much trouble, abandon the quest and see if you can find an easier to find elite the following day.
Is there a certain weather condition where the Bubonic Rabbit, Gay Snake, etc. mobs such as these appear?
I didn't do the stat balancing but I'm told it affects some skills (maybe daggers). Sorry it's been a long time since either dev has even looked at this game so we don't know what all everything does anymore.
Also you would THINK having the groundwork be done would make it easier but really the brunt of the work is in what you mentioned and when you don't have the energy to come back, you don't. If we ever do come back to do more with this, we'll definitely let everyone know. I just don't want anyone to get their hopes up.
Also you would THINK having the groundwork be done would make it easier but really the brunt of the work is in what you mentioned and when you don't have the energy to come back, you don't. If we ever do come back to do more with this, we'll definitely let everyone know. I just don't want anyone to get their hopes up.
