Will there be more variants of zenos?
For now the plan is 3 different types, but weāll see!
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Now roughly 50% of the gameās content is already functional in the demo. Any feedback is welcome to guide me in possibly altering some things for the rest of it!
It may actually be possible that itās already finished during June. The next update will likely simply be the whole public beta of the game.
This game was never going to be all that long, and itāll probably also be a free-to-play game, like my previous two games. However, it should become at least somewhat longer than those. My fourth game, on the other hand, will probably be massively longer!
Here are some new polls too just for extra feedback gatheringā¦
How does the size of a game affect your level of interest in trying it out?
- Itās a dealbreaker if itās somewhat short/small (50-100k words)
- It would discourage me but not a dealbreaker on its own
- Doesnāt really matter
- I prefer shorter ones
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How do you like the gameās content so far?
- Excited for more!
- Worth my time so far
- Not really interested anymore
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Top request going forward?
- More class/party interactions / character development
- More spellcasting / magic combat
- More world building / side characters
- More minigames / extra content
- More choices/branching
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Favorite named character so far?
- Arth
- Maria
- Sera
- Will
- Zavier
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Oh yeah, and any feedback about the two minigames in chapter 3 is very welcome. Mainly if theyāre fun enough to play and is the difficulty/complexity level alrightā¦
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Really like this game!
But I am an error at āWhat weāve named the forth nestā¦ā which I cannot get passed 
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Thanks for the catch! It should be fixed now. There was a possible stat distribution that made you unable to make progress past that point in the game.
Bump for a big update: the whole game is now playable at Dashingdon (view the first post of the thread for the link), and so the project is finally in public beta!
Any feedback is very welcome about the final(?) product. I doubt Iāll be making huge changes to it anymore, as I feel that the game is pretty complete as it is, but Iāll at the very least consider any suggestions. Mainly Iām looking for clear/necessary fixes to the text/code though. I may still also add some new content, but probably not a lot, in order to keep the flow of the game pretty fast-paced.
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Can we have the list of RO?
@Sakura_Higanbana28 In the end, there actually isnāt real romance in this story. I guess you could say you can deepen your bonds with several characters, but more like comrades than lovers. For certain reasons, I felt like romance wouldnāt have fit very well into the events, especially the last chapterā¦ also, I canāt say Iām great at writing romance, so thatās partly why things ended up like this too 
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Ohhh thatās too bad.
I always like having a romance options in my games but if you say so. I wonāt push too much.
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Haha, I do understand. I admit it can be a great addition especially to fill the void of downtime / slower periods of time in a story, and for an extra aspect of motivation to feed interest in characters over time. I guess I will try writing substories like that properly at some point too. This story just wasnāt quite meant to be for romancesā¦
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Iāve actually never used that feature for Dashingdon. I wonder if itās really necessary since an average playthrough is around 15-20k words? I guess I can add it thoughā¦ letās see.
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I think the save/load feature for Dashingdon should be working now.
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You have quite interesting concept here. Binding specific personality to specific magic is clever idea ngl but i dont like the fact that the story pick magic by itself for mc. I feels like my mc gone out of control when it comes to magic. Cant predict what act and magic mc do either. Maybe add glossary about what personality do what magic?
Tho tbh i rather let mc use magic what i want than let ruleset decide it.
@Den I agree this magic system didnāt work quite as well in practice as I imagined. Itās basically quite unpredictable/unreliable in the spell selection. However, mainly the spell choices just add flavor to the story, and only a few spell choices toward the end actually impact the development of the story (and even then, your spell selection will reflect your play style). Thatās why I donāt really think it needs to be revamped in any major way at this point, even if it doesnāt work perfectly as I hoped it could.
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I guess no errors have been encountered so far? Thatās my main concern at this point, since there is quite a bit of code in the last chapters.
Other types of feedback are also still very welcome. I doubt there will be huge changes to the whole game anymore, but if thereās a specific part of the story that feels lackluster / not so well thought out, I may well revamp limited parts of the game before submitting it forward.
Quite an interesting stat mechanism!
You should have a Kofi or patreon so we can atleast support you
@Big_fan1231 Thanks for that thought - thatās what really counts!
However, as far as I know, Patreon (or even Kofi) doesnāt make a lot of sense for what Iām doing. Theyāre helpful if you have a big audience following a popular and consistent project, such as a multi-game series or one massive game. Then you can provide development updates / teasers / polls etc. for your established supporters to keep them engaged in the process. On the other hand, Iām currently making shorter games that have no real connection to each other, so itās unlikely for there to be a big audience thatāll support whatever I happen to be creating. And due to the overhead / expenses / time spent, itās apparently not worthwhile to go for Patreon if you expect less than 100$ per month or something like that. Kofi seems to be relatively easier to set up / run, but much of the same stuff applies to it too.
By the way, even with free HG games, itās not like I make zero income out of them. I still get 25% of the revenue from ads and ad-removal DLCs. Iām also not really in poverty or anything like that anyway 
For now, this is pretty much a hobby for me (writing HGs). My next HG game should be vastly longer and more complex though. Itāll likely be a free-to-try, pay-to-play game, although still not expensive. Hopefully I can manage to finish it within 1-2 years! (all the games Iāve created so far have only taken about 2-3 months to write)
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I made some minor improvements to various parts of the text (especially regarding Seraās 3rd bonding event and the first scene of chapter 4). There were no code changes this time around, however.
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