Wow, thanks so much for all this great feedback!
Zelan wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2020 3:35 pm
I think some options should be taken away once they've been completed, though, like getting rid of the eyelash or eating the plane food. It didn't really make sense to be able to do them twice lmao.
I'll definitely edit out the option to do some of those actions twice, it's a bit weird that Mia has access to infinite lemon cakes lmao
Zelan wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2020 3:35 pm
I liked the battle system, but found it a little simple. That's fine for the first few battles as the player gets used to the system, but I'd be interested in seeing some more depth to it. Maybe special abilities for either the protagonists or the enemies. I would like it if Mia had the ability to heal other party members besides just herself, since that's her strength and Noah's weakness. Having an enemy like Evelyn occasionally heal or do more damage would be interesting too (probably not for Richie since he's the first battle).
I totally agree with you on the battle system, it's pretty simple at the moment. I'm going to think about new skills to add later so it doesn't get too repetitive, maybe different styles of dancing and singing, or special skills like posing and rapping? I'll try some stuff out!
I couldn't figure out how to get Mia to heal Noah at all, but today I realised I could probably just use a simple choice button like: "Sing to: >Mia >Noah"
Why didn't I think about that before?! It's so simple...
Zelan wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2020 3:35 pm
So I actually... hid the textbox so that I could read the entire contract lmao, I was curious to see what was hidden in it. Turns out Mia reads all the important stuff if you keep reading it lmao, so that wasn't really necessary, but at least I felt justified in getting a game over. I did notice that because I spent so long looking at the contract, the music reached the end of the track, and then started up after maybe 10-15 seconds. It might be good to revisit the music files so that there isn't so much silence before it starts to loop again (a slight pause would be fine but not so long to be noticeable).
Oh, and I don't know enough about coding to help fix this, but the icon isn't the actual icon of the game. The game has the default Ren'Py icon, with the actual icon just being a separate file.
I'm glad you read the entire contract! I spent way too much time typing that thing out... I just checked the song in that section and you're right, there's like 40 seconds of silence at the end, I'll fix it tomorrow, along with the issue with the icon.
Thanks again for all your nice comments about the demo, I'm so glad you enjoyed it and I'll keep working to make the game as good as possible!
Also good luck with your paper! (: