Omg! 45 minutes na lang!
Nagulat ako, OP. hahahah!
This is a very fun demo
Omg! 45 minutes na lang!
Nagulat ako, OP. hahahah!
This is a very fun demo
Oh my god, I am already in love with this whole story! qwq
As a Filipino myself, I was shocked to see some familiar words sprinkled in the text [Like āpoā, ākuyaā, āateā, and that stuff!] And I absolutely ADORE IT!
And oh my gee, those little āreferencesā in the classroom? It really reminds me of when I went to school qvq The classroom cleaners, Ibong Adarna, and Florante at Laura oOoOh my godS this is giving me so many flashbacks.
The relationships with each character feels so authenthic and real for me- I got really hurt myself when the twins started fighting, I was like: ānOOOOoooOo donāt fight eachother TwTā
All in all, I love it and Iām excited for when the full story gets released ^^
Oh my GGGGGG this. Is. AMAZING! I remember back when this was starting, I once said the Taglish implementation was kind off awkward, but now, it is so VERY SEEMLESS! I am shocked at the quality of improvement this has. Not only was the Writing improved, with better pacing and dialogue, but the graphics itself improved as well! By a lot actually! I love the tiny touches that makes it feel like an RPG, that Undertake and Among Us reference though lol.
But most importantly, what this demo did the best is to take me back to the time of elementary. Iāve never seen a part of my life feel so very realized in fiction ever, Filipino elementary life is just such a niche topic but God this takes me back! Those were the simpler times, wow. It is so horrifying y accurate, that you even used the section names as a basis for stats! Now THAT is clever!
My only concern now is how niche this is going to be. This looks like it is done specifically for a more Filipino audience, I am only concerned with how stuff like Filipino words not translated might confuse more English Speaking folks. Will there be an option for Translation for that? Or are you going to keep the Taglish roots? Lol
Just found if you give alliterative names to the kids you get a stat change, love it!
Also I adore how the whole game is laid out? Getting a +Silly notification in bubbly red writing is just delightful.
@Kirlett Iām glad you think so! Btw, if youāre shipping them, youāll get a chance to hug B during the confrontation. Itās also possible to be with Wayne or Rosie without anyone getting hurt, so thereās that too.
@redfield @IamABakedBiscuit Thanks! The classroom scenes were very fun to write. And Iām glad you liked the fighting sceneāyou actually take damage if your character has 70%+ Emotion or have the Love Language (Words) Trait.
@freeki_Milliu Hi there! Iām glad you like the rewrite!
My concern is more about the MCās age, actually. Iāve quite a few references to other media, and the setting will no longer take place in the ārealā world after several chapters, so I donāt think itād be much of an issue. So far I havenāt received any feedback that they were hard to understand, and l think part of what made it clunky in the first place was that I was using the translations as a crutch. Now Iām making sure that itās easy to understand through context clues.
@Zanite Yay! Iām happy you liked the locket notifications. They were a bit of a pain to set up.
@feather_light Muahahaha. It was your own fault! (Emotional MCs are the best)
Aaanyway, since nobody else seems to be using the sharing feature, Iāll set up some polls since Iām curious what are the most popular choices.
If youāve done multiple playthroughs, choose the one you picked first (except for the genre question).
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Iāve only played once for now, but I went ahead and added my votes.
I might have to play through againā¦
hey, I didnāt share the code because the way it was framed felt like āOhh here a code, and share with your friends for fun!āā kinda of thing. May wanna say you wanna see it and to post it here?
I can do a new playtrough and share it though, cose the story is alot of fun!
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i hope you donāt mind me asking; but, is there anyone in the group who likes taking photos? i remember the times i took photos from my trips (but in school and family trips) and i had a funny visual of the MC (or anyone really) documenting their trip with photos especially during the tense situations like them being threatened, being chased by monsters or something like that.
So I think we have enough data for the polls! I asked these questions specifically because theyāre the most important choices so far.
It seems like thereās a pretty even split for leader and follower twins, and heart/star locket wearers.
By the way, the locket shape choice also determines how affectionate your twin is. Twins wearing the heart locket will kiss and hug you more often (regardless of your starting relationship), and will be closer to Roselyna.
Thereās quite a lead for those who kept the locket picture and those who chose to write the story with their twin, which is nice to see, actually.
I donāt know if anyoneās noticed this, but besides changing the stat screen headers, writing the story only for yourself also changes how much the MC acknowledges their twin. Theyāll use āIā and āmyā more often than āweā and āourā when talking and when writing the short story.
Regarding the story genres, there isnāt anything below 20%, so thatās pretty good! Although I wasnāt expecting Mystery and Superheroes to be below Fairytales. They all have similar storylines, although Adventure and Mystery are slightly different than the other genres.
Isnāt it weird that you can change the genre of a story just by changing a few things around?
Thatās fair! I didnāt want to pressure people into sharing them, but I didnāt expect that no one would really use it. That was half the reason for the delay.
Oh well, in the future Iāll keep the codes much shorter and simpler to only include the major choices I really need stats on.
For example, I didnāt expect youād get the Gifted Trait while only having 40% Precocious (especially after the bonus)! Iām not really sure how hard it is to get without actually trying (or if the stat requirements for it are clear).
Wayne and Roselyna certainly do, and youād be correct if you think Wayne would be crazy enough to do that!
One of the features that was planned in the older demo was taking pictures using your phone (accessed via the stats screen), but I really have to be careful about adding extra features now. Youāll probably still have the choice, but there wonāt be many opportunities to do so. Youāll actually have limited access to the stats screen while youāre being chased by monsters! (Or if youāre not close to your locket for whatever reason.)
i like the āshare the codeā feature though i admit that i have been using it to ensure that i made the decisions i wanted for Remy and Ryan. Seeing everyoneās character pages is nice especially with the different headers and icons but i can respect if some donāt feel comfortable to do that.
Here to share the code Iāve gotten!
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Playing through this a second time, and thereās one thing Iād like to point out that Iām not a fan of - the Leader/Follower stat.
Someone can be quiet and introverted without being a āfollowerā, just like someone who talks a lot isnāt necessarily a āleaderā. I think I understand why itās written that way, but as someone who played through with a quiet-yet-independent individual, that kind of bugged meā¦
Edit: Also, Iām having trouble with the code. I was given this code at the end of my second playthrough, but it doesnāt work. I keep getting an error that there needs to be 154 characters, and I only have 153, but Iāve checked three times and this is all I got.
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i think you may have missed some of the extra spaces when you placed the code. i was able to read your code just fine after removing them and got the same error when i purposefully missed a few.
I directly did a Copy/Paste from that screen, and copied everything that showed up. I suppose itās possible that doing it on mobile is what causes the issue, since that was my first time playing on my phoneā¦
Removing the spaces did seem to work though, so it does seem like an issue with copy/pasting on mobile. Or possibly just my phoneā¦
@Abe I donāt know about scrapbooking, but I can see Rosie making one in between their adventures. Wayne also likes collecting trinkets, so he and MC can at least have a trinket hoard.
@q_riley Hi there! Thanks for sharing your code! We have very similar characters it looks like!
@OtherGrimm Glad you resolved the issue then! Yup, itās a little hard to copy/paste on mobile, but Iāll work on improving it in the future when I have time.
I am very much open to renaming the trait (if anyone has a better idea) or rewording the text.
Getting the āLeaderā Trait doesnāt necessarily mean you act more leader-like. You can totally pick that and still be quiet.
The name is a little misleading, true, but I thought it was clear that the choice only determines who between you and your twin is more likely to speak up first, which is its primary purpose. This is why thereās no middle ground optionāwho speaks up first isnāt based on your introvert/extrovert stat, it just gives a bonus instead (I actually just lowered it from +50 to +30 right now to help alleviate that).
Anyway, I fixed a bug in the Character Page Viewer that shows the Gifted Trait when your character actually has the Studious Trait instead. Sneaky cheatersā¦
Gosh I will say, the detail in the codes are amazing, I didnāt even noticed most of the small stuff you added! I really love being able to customize like this
Just played through this and I loved it so much!! It was so fun, and I loved the way all the stats were done, and the āquestsā, and it was just so refreshing and enjoyable. Iām already imagining that my MC has a crush on B haha. Really looking forward to reading more : )
ā¦i admit that i did a double take and iām very confused on how to interpret that. i donāt think Franzinyte would let the MC romance their twin, all things considered.
For those who are curious about the ROs, you can have feelings towards Lily, Roselyna, JM, Wayne, B, and four more characters who will be introduced in the future chapters.
If polyamory is possible in the game, it would depend on Franzinyte. Seeing that the game is established to have happened in 2020, i think itās safe to say the kids have an idea that polyamorous/open relationships exist.
As far as i can also remember, the MC can be Cupid for their twin and their bestie. Is it possible to be an anti-cupid as well?
Thanks for the feedback! And oh no, now Iām wondering how popular the pairing will be, considering what happens during the encounter.
Um, no. Iāll leave that to the fanfic writers if they want to, but no.
Correction: At least four more characters.
There might be more in future installments too, but other than the main five, the other ones will be minor ācrush optionsā in the sense that they wonāt appear during the story as much by virtue of meeting them later in the story and not being part of the main group. Although one of them will probably semi-permanently join the group later.
I donāt think so. They might not dismiss the idea entirely, but I donāt want to open that can of worms.
But you can totally crush on multiple people. It might have consequences though.
Iām most likely ditching the twin crush subplot. It doesnāt really add anything, and it just further complicates things to add several more variables. If I do decide later on, itāll probably be just a minor side character mentioned mostly in passing (if theyāre wearing the heart locket).
Well, anyway, this discussion has made me rethink of Wayneās crush on Roselyna, and I might be retconning it so that while he still likes teasing her, he develops an actual crush over the story instead. Itās still in character for him, but this way, having interest for either of them will be less awkward and insensitive for lack of a better word.
By the way, thereās also āfriendship routesā if thatās more your thing. Theyāll have mostly the same scenes as the ācrush scenesā, just in a different context, so you wonāt miss out on anything.