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This game was reaaaaally fun (I submitted a review, with nearly only nice things to say !)

I'm here to answers your questionnaire (don't know if it's still topical...)



I must report a few bugs :
- the game freezes after the first encounter with Grubb. I had to play a few times to finally pass.
- the sapphire guy disappearing before we get the chance to give him the sapphire (honestly, if it's only going to change something into the cathedral, he should still be here until we step into the cathedral, shouldn't he ?)
- the woman asking for the dryads bracelets disappeared too before i could bring all the bracelets to her. managed to catch her on my second play. I think it may have something to do with finding Kaity or not finding kaity...not sure.
- After one hour or so of playing, the game just shut down. Don't know why, but since we can't save as often as we'd like, it's...unnerving.
- The first time I played (help from Gilmund and Kaity), the dragon didn't make any damages to me. It was always zero. The second time (help from no one) the damages were working...can't tell you what the problem was.


In fact, there are just two points who really bothered me :
- the lack of saving points.
We shouldn't be able to play more than 20 minutes without being able to save in those kind of game. Here, it's one hour or more.
- the timing of the dialogues.
I get that you have a story to tell (and so, lots of dialogues) and that timing them must be a loooot of work, but it's unnecessary. Even more, it's unnerving.
I read more quickly than the dialogues appear (at full speed) and when playing the game again I would like to be able to pass some dialogues more quickly.

I honestly think that without the timing, the intro could be shortened to 15 minutes or so (because we're spending a lot of time just waiting for the text to unfold).
You want to tell a story, and we want to hear it, but we also want to play your game.
I honestly think that without the timing we'd be able to enjoy both the game and the story.
And it's saving you a lot of work.
Win-win situation here.


Anyway, I'm looking forward to play your next game if it's only half as fun as this one !!!

I'm....actually a little surprised at how little download there is.
If my review is a cause of this, (mainly because I kinda spoil in my review...) I'd like to amend :

Yes, this game has a few shortcomings (little bugs here and there easy to overlook) and a slight incoherence in the storyline.
(major spoiler about it)

But even that can be overlooked.

This game is really enjoyable, and for many hours (should being emphasized on a site where many RPGs can be beaten in less than 1h...)
I had no problem replaying some parts to unlock all the endings.

You should really give it a try, people. It's well worth it.

Hi there !
Is it still in project or did you let it drop ?
I hope not, this game sounds promising !
Also the mapping is amazing !!! (can I ask what kind of tileset was used for the outside ? I don't recall seeing it anywhere...)

author=pianotm

the-phantom-crow
I love the concept (I love me some dark fairytales), but I'm having difficulty with even the first piece of alchemy, as this supposed green bar never appears. Either I am dumb, or something's not kosher with my copy of the game.

I'm not sure how to help. This problem has never come up.

And it comes up again.
I'm having the exact same problem as the-phantom-crow, and thus can't play the game
:(

I've tried to tinker with the compatibility, re-install the game, and many things...nothing works.
If the images of the games are anything to go by, I'd say it might be a matter of fonts.
The text does not appear in gothic at all, and maybe the missing green bar is linked to it.

Anyway, if someone has a solution, or stumbles upon the same problem and has other clues, let us know !


Edit 03/27 : finally managed to have the game working !
I only managed to have the green bar with windows 10 (nothing older would work).

And so ! after days of struggling to finally be able to play this game, I must say that I was...disappointed.
200Mo, and the game is easily beaten in less than 45 minutes (while taking my time to explore and everything).
Is that a demo ?
cause if it's not, maybe you'd like to add a few things to make the players...play.

Since I can't review, I'm listing my grievances here :
- the summary tells us that we're going to have to learn recipes and upgrade our skills (yeah !)
We got to do 4 alchemies, and we can manage with ONE cooking recipe.
- I expected many paths, but basically we have a few Game Over and one and only path leading to the end (that we can't influence at all, no matter what we do we're railroaded to the end)
- the map is an enclosed space, but I don't think we got to use 75% of it. We don't use most of the items and ingredients we found. It's like starting the game and then...it's the end.
- the story was nice and dark and all until...

were you lacking time to develop the story and just throw a way out quickly ?

I am VERY sorry to be harsh on this game, but that's what happen when I am disapointed...I had great expectations here, and I feel that this game didn't keep his promises at all.
Also, if other people have trouble getting this game to run, they might like to know it's not exactly worth the trouble of tikering for hours with their compatibility settings...


And, I'd like to report a few bugs :
- If you realize that the pump is broken before giving the essence to Gwendolyn, she will be stuck telling you to go fetch water in the cave no matter what you may do, thus we are stuck in the game.
- we can find the nightshade before gwendolyn actually told us where to find it. Not a bug, but that’s kinda ludicrous to ask where is the nightshade when I have some in my inventory !
- when checking your items, if you press enter, the item will disappear. Not a problem with vegatables/cooking items, but it might be more serious with some more important stuff…
- there is a recurring mistake between east and west all along the game. Since we are able to find our way quickly it’s not important, but still…
- cooked meals do not always appear on the table. Sometimes you have to leave the room and come back.
- this is a game claiming to have many routes, so a game people will play many times. Being able to skip the intro could prove useful (unless people are not as dense as I am and get themself a saving file at the start that they’ll use whenever they want to restart from the beginning…)

And that's all folks !