Yeah, I woke up this morning to find my itch account had blown up with notifications xD I really wish I could thank Manly because I'm a relatively unknown solo dev with anxiety, and cos of the anxiety, I hardly post on social media cos it terrifies me >.< Which means that people generally don't even know my games exist, haha. I owe him a lot for making the couple of vids that he has :3 I can't see any way of contacting him besides sending a tweet though (which I'm guessing he wouldn't see with how many followers he has, haha.)
I'm super happy too :D I need to update this because I haven't gone back to it since the jam, and with it being the first thing I made in Unity, my code is messy >.< There are lots of unnecessary mouse clicks for anyone not playing using the scroll wheel! I actually have some idea what I'm doing now, so I can fix those!
This was a very fun ride^^ A bit short, but very pleasant. I hesitated a lot between Castor and Castora, but I picked Castor in the end (he is sooo cute^^).
The parody of otome games was very entertaining, and Castor was... well... bewitching XD
Technically, everything was perfect: the art, the animations, the transitions.... Well done.
I must admit you are the one who made me love the yandere trope ^^
I'm glad you think so :3 If not for the jam, the idea for this probably would have stayed in my head and not seen the light of day for a while to come still, haha. It's something I'd been thinking about in the back of my mind for a while, but I forced myself to refrain from actually working on it cos I didn't wanna fall too far behind on my main projects x3 When the jam was announced though, I just couldn't resist making a start! I'm very excited to do some more work on the full version of the game, which I'm hoping will eventually turn out to be a similar length to SR, possibly longer, with quite a few different characters.
I had a lot of fun editing the colours for Castor and Castoria :3 They're probably some of the best sprites that I have (alongside the others from the same set, which I plan to use for the cast of DD). The hair was a bit of a nightmare to get right since I was trying to get a sorta iridescent sheen on it x3 and if you zoom in reeeeally close, you can see little bits of where I messed up blending some of the colours >.< but I don't think it shows up too badly in the game, haha.
I'm happy you enjoyed it anyhow :3 I really went all out with trying to match the expressions to the voice acting on this one since the sprites have a good range of expressions to use and the engine makes inserting expressions mid-sentence really easy. I'd love to be able to make something using Live2D, but I just don't have the required skills at the moment to be able to use something like that, haha.
And, well, I think almost every game I end up making will have at least one yandere character in since it's probably my favourite character trope, so you'll have to try and guess who it is in future releases x3
Oh, and I actually have more outfits for Castor and Castoria to be used in the full version of the game! Castoria has more because the original artist drew waaaay more stuff for all the female sprites than the male ones >.< but Castor still has one or two that will show up in the future! I think his priest one is still my favourite though :3
I bought the game yesterday, it was pretty short but was really enjoyable. Also, Castoria design is really mad cute like wow.
Oh and if you don't mind answering some of my questions...
1. Any ideas on when can we expect more character routes? Will the update be on the same game (content update) or another project (sequel)? I'm also hoping to see more of Castoria yandere's side (made her scarier / more intense with just from her dialog and not from her trying to hack us out with a knife) but that's just my personal taste
2. Will the future update cost money? i know the game is only 2$ but for me i could use it for my lunch & dinner money ._.
3. Rather than a bug, i just want to ask if it's possible to automatically undo the resolution display setting after changing it without further confirmation from the user? Misclicked and i got the smallest window resolution I've ever seen in my entire life, changing it back to normal size was really challenging.
Thank you so much for purchasing the game :3 I'm really glad to hear you enjoyed it! I don't mind answering your questions at all, though, I'm not sure how much help I will be with some of them, haha.
1) Unfortunately, I can't really give anything specific on the release date front because I'm supposed to working mainly on CiQ, with DD as more of a side project >.< I would definitely love to have another couple of characters released by the end of this year though if possible. I've got plans for at least 7 characters total so far.
I'm not sure what the best way to release characters would be yet, to be honest. I could do it episodically/per character, but that will only work for their sort of introduction stories like with Winter Wish because once you get further in, things become more complicated due to all the player choices, and so it'll eventually have to be released as one big game with everything tied in there together. What I can say is, anyone who has purchased anything I might release in episodes, such as Castor/Castoria's intro story, will definitely get discounts amounting to what they've already spent when the completed version with all characters is released because I wouldn't want anyone to be paying twice for stuff >.< The other option is to have everything in one big game, but rather than charging for the full game as a whole, it could be split into routes so that players can choose exactly what routes/episodes they're interested in. I personally prefer to just buy a whole game with one single payment though. Not sure how the majority of people feel so I guess it's something I'll have to look into!
I have much more planned for Castoria, so you'll definitely be seeing more of her yandere side in various lights :3 Winter Wish is pretty much just a sort of introduction to the first character in the game. Each character will have their own short intro story like that, and then things will continue to progress from there depending on the player's choices :D
2) Sadly, I probably am going to have to charge something for stuff related to DD, yeah :( The problem is, I'm permanently poor myself, and if I release everything for free, I won't be able to afford to keep on creating new content because I won't have the funds to purchase assets, since all I can do is write and put everything together >.< I need to be able to buy sprite art, background art, music, and hire voice actors. The voice actors for Castor and Castoria very kindly volunteered their talents for the project, and my friend Anthony acted as a voice director, but it would be unfair to expect them to do any more work without pay. As it currently stands, I won't be able to afford to pay them for voicing future content for the game, nor can I afford to hire new voice actors for the other characters :( The only way it would be possible is if I were to attempt a Kickstarter or something and try to get some funding. I have all the sprite assets I need for the planned characters, but it would be lovely to have some CGs too, and of course, that will cost money as well. Your purchase of Winter Wish really means a lot to me, as every little bit helps to allow me to keep on creating :3 Sadly, I don't make many sales at all, haha.
However, I will always keep the option open for those who don't have the money to support my projects to email me for a copy of the things I release because I know how much it sucks to be in a position where you can't afford to buy the games you want to play :3
3) Hmm, that's a tough one! Thanks for bringing it to my attention. This project was the first time I used this engine to create something, so there are plenty of things I'm still unfamiliar with, and I largely left the config UI set to default for this project due to the jam's time constraints. I'll have to look into it and see if there's anything I can do to modify the UI or add a player confirmation box before changing resolution options so that misclicks won't immediately result in changes :3
Thank you very much for your comment! I hope you have a lovely weekend :D
Now that i have read your reply, me asking for free future updates is kinda silly when you have your own struggles developing the game.
In any case, i'd definitely support your work and eagerly waiting for your future updates, especially with Castoria in it (and possibly another Yandere character) ^^. Hope you have a lovely weekend too!
PS: I saw the credits note in the folder, the sprite artist name should be sasAIchi (i caps) instead of l (L) since searching for sasAlchi doesn't give anything in google search.
If I could afford to make stuff for free then I would :3 Heck, even if I try to run a KS, I would forego paying myself if it meant a higher chance of getting enough funding to be able to afford to pay voice actors and artists to help me get the content made! At the same time, I would really love making games like this to be my career as well as my hobby, haha.
Thank you for the support! It's much appreciated :3 I can promise you that there will absolutely be more yandere characters in DD :P
Cheers for pointing that out about the credits! The text I had for crediting didn't specify whether it was a small l or capital i, and I could not for the life of me figure out which one it was supposed to be xD It wouldn't copy either, so I just had to take a guess >.< Next time I update the game, I'll make sure to change that :3 Or maybe I should just upload a fresh credits document separately or something.
Wow, I really enjoyed playing this game. The plot was really interesting and though it was pretty short, it was fun to go through. I had a really hard time trying to figure out a way to run it on my Mac since it wouldn't allow me, but luckily I somehow managed. I can't wait to see possible new things you'll add to this game in the future and other projects :3
That's great to hear :3 I'm super glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for playing and taking the time to comment <3
I don't suppose you can remember any of what you did to get it to work for you? It seems as though no matter what engine I use, there are always issues for poor mac users >.< If you can remember anything, I can include the info for other mac users having problems to see if it will help them :3 If I could buy a Mac to test on, that'd probably help a lot, but sadly, I'm far too poor to be able to afford one, haha.
Thank you again for the support! It means a lot :3
If I remember correctly, I tried to see if I could change my settings but that didn’t work out for me (I probably did it incorrectly, I’m not sure, plus it’s risky so I wouldn’t recommend). Then I decided to download Unarchiver and extract the files. If you check the package contents, you should see Unix executable file in the MacOS file, and you can click on that and a prompt will come up saying “can’t open because developer can’t be verified.” Then you can just go to your security and privacy settings and “open anyway,” and it should be working after.
Ahh, okie dokies! Well, thank you very much for letting me know :3 I'll be able to let anyone else who has issues opening it on Mac this information to see if it helps them :D In fact, I'll just go make a post about it now while I remember, haha.
Hey, I tried opening the Full version on Mac, and I get the message "You do not have permission to open this application on Mac." I am the administrator, so this shouldn't be a problem. I was wondering if you know how to fix this? Thanks!
Hey hey! Thanks for checking out the game, and I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble with opening the mac version >.< I don't personally own a mac, so I have no way of testing on my mac myself, and no idea how they work :( Someone else mentioned having the same problem, they managed to get it to run in the end, but they said they couldn't remember how. I'll have to ask in the support section for the engine I'm using and see if anyone there can help! I'll let you know as soon as I find out any suggestions :3
I found the following comments on the support forums related to mac, but I don't know of any of them will be helpful for you. It would appear it's a more common issue than I thought >.< Hopefully, one of the suggested fixes will work for you! :3
* You might need to right click (or ctrl-click) and then select "Open" to get around Mac security settings. Unless you code sign your application you may need to also disable Gatekeeper by setting System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Allow apps downloaded from "Anywhere". I highly recommend turning that back on after you start your application if you do end up needing to allow apps downloaded from "Anywhere"
*Those who download, do not double click it: right click and extract using a 3rd party extractor like The Unarchiver or Keka
- Double click the extracted app, Mac will show a message saying that it is not allowed to run - Go to system security settings, unlock it and click to open it - Now it should work!
It makes me super happy to know that you think that!
I just finished reading through your review :D Thank you so much for writing all that up, it means a lot to me that you'd take the time to review the game in such detail after playing through it <3 I'm really glad you enjoyed it and appreciated all the little details here and there :3
I think I'm a fairly unknown dev still, so I can't even describe how happy I am to see a review that's so positive! I'd love to be able to make this my job at some point because I have many stories to tell, but it's getting harder and harder to acquire assets and such when I'm so poor, haha, so any sort of coverage is a massive help ^-^
I thought the review was structured really well :3 It had all the sort of info I would want to know if I were looking to purchase a game, and I loved some of your funny little side comments! It was just the right sort of length as well.
Oh, and I noticed you mentioned £ in there! Does that mean you're a fellow UK dweller? Haha. Hope you're managing okay in the lockdown and staying safe :3
Well, thank you so much for making such fun and engaging games! Honestly, I've been wanting to review them, and finding this was the perfect way to get into it and I'm happy to review more in the future (in between uni work XD)
Thanks for taking the time out to read it too! I'm glad it's informative and I'd definitely love to see you become a full time creator. Money always seems to be the issue though, but you've done wonders with what you've had so far :3
I am indeed a fellow UK dweller, and dwell is definitely the word to use with everything going on. Hope you're also staying safe and managing in this lockdown too <3
It always means a lot to me to hear from anyone that's played through my stuff! It doesn't take a great deal to sorta knock me down when I see how awesome some of the stuff others are making is, haha. My evil brain starts to tell me that I'm so inferior I should just stop x3 So it's kinda like I'm constantly fighting with myself, trying to beat back the demon that tells me I'm not good enough, and whenever I see some kind words about my projects, it gives me a huge boost towards fighting the negativity demon! So thank you very much :3
I hope you do get the opportunity to write more reviews in the future :D Don't overwork yourself, haha.
Yeah, money is kinda restrictive, unfortunately, and I've always had very little of it xD I'm hoping to try Kickstarter for future projects because, with funding, I'd be able to make stuff the best it can be.
As much as I'm hating the lockdown and the virus situation, I have the original lockdown to thank for finally finishing SR, haha. I just completely buried myself in it to kind of escape reality, working 13 hour days on a regular basis x3 Hang in there! :3
Amazing just like all the other stuff you've made! I love how sweet the story can be while also still having an aspect of creepiness towards it, the designs are amazing as is the VAing.
Super amazing game, I just had to check out your other games ! I really like how you gave the two different gender options, I'd love to see that in the future.
Thank you so much for checking out my stuff + your kind words :3
I'm glad you find the gender options a good feature :D I definitely plan to have them throughout this project each time I'm able to release a new character! I hope to include that sorta thing as much as possible across all my stuff, but sometimes with larger projects it'll be too difficult to implent due to it being too much work in general + too resource-heavy with requiring multiple sprites and voice actors for one character >.<
Thanks for playing + taking the time to comment :3 I'm glad you thought it had an interesting plot!
The reason it's pretty short is cos it was made for a couple of game jams, and while those jams were a month long, I didn't actually have the whole month to work on it >.< I'm not sure exactly how long I had to make this, but it was under 2 weeks anyhow. It's kinda like a sneak peek of things to come really :3 Cos it's now my side project, and I hope to expand on it a lot whenever I have the opportunity :D
Aww, that means a lot to me :3 Thank you very much for playing + taking the time to comment! I'm really glad you enjoyed spending time with Castor :D
As for the music, I'm not 100% certain so I'll have to go check the terms on them, but I think that I'm not allowed to share them outside of the game because they're tracks I've purchased at some point which are allowed for commercial use. A lot of stuff like that usually states that you aren't allowed to upload the tracks anywhere where they can be downloaded as they are >.< I guess because the copyright belongs to the original musical artist, and they're just granting people like me a license to use their stuff in projects. I will try to find out if I'm allowed to share them anyhow!
Aww! Well, I'm glad that you loved it so much :D Makes me super happy to hear that :3 Thanks for taking the time to play + comment! It's much appreciated.
Sadly, I'm not gonna be able to help you much cos this is the first time I've used Unity to make a game >.< I just followed the instructions to make a mac build. I only have access to Windows for testing purposes and I have literally no idea how macs works :( So all I can do is ask around the support forums and see if any other users can give me some idea as to what the issue might be.
I'll let you know as soon as I hear anything! Sorry I can't be of any immediate help >.<
Thank you either way! I managed to get it to work, I'm not sure how because I cant remember, but there's either a problem with the itch app or something else. Loved the game and hope you make more! x
Well, I'm super glad you managed to get it working + that you enjoyed it :D Sorry I wasn't much help in the end >.< I didn't hear anything back yet regarding support cos I guess people are busy with the holidays, haha.
Thanks for taking the time to let me know though :3
this is really cute even tho i was mostly laughing, i guess yanderes arent my thing but i still really loved it ^^ i hope we get to see more of castor if thats what you plan on :)
Haha, aww, well thanks for checking out the game + taking the time to comment :3 I'm really glad you enjoyed it! I absolutely plan on having more content for Castor when I get more of an opportunity to work on the project :D
this game was incredible! the voice acting and art were superb! i loved both the routes! the music perfectly fit the mood of each scene, too! thank you for this game!
i would actually 100% adore castor/castoria if i played the game they're from, since i'm a sucker for sweet characters, but making them yanderes just made the entire thing even better! thanks a lot for the fun experience!
What version were you playing and do you remember where abouts it happened? :o Like what was going on before it?
I've only been able to test the windows versions and that didn't happen for me when I played through them fully several times. But I only have one PC to test on, so it's possible that stuff might mess up on different screen resolutions and stuff. If I can manage to replicate what happened on my end, then I should be able to find out what the issue is and fix it :3
Also, the textbox is supposed to disappear for a bit in certain parts of the game where it's not required, but clicking is still required to proceed through the scene itself.
I downloaded the game yesturday, so it should be the newest version. And as far as i can remember nothing happened before. as to if it was supposed to happen or not, it was shortle after MC tested if he was awake or not in the kitchen.
Sorry, I should have been clearer when I asked you about the version. I meant was it the Windows, Mac, or Linux one that you downloaded? :3 I only ask cos windows is the only one I can test stuff on cos I don't own a Mac or Linux, unfortunately >.< After the text box disappeared, did it ever come back? Or did it just stay gone for the rest of the game?
Oh, you meant that kinda version. You was actually clear enough about that, It's just me who haven't slept for like 2 nights so my brain is more or less shut down on me.
Well, it's the windows version and I don't know how long the text bos was gone for. I just continued klicking until the background changed back from the kitchen to the bedroom.
So I opened the game again and played up until where I was last time, this time the text box didn't disapear. So yeah, now you know atleast that it can happen
I know the feeling, haha. I quite often go without sleep, especially if I'm working on game jam stuff x3
That's very interesting and confusing that it disappeared on you that time but not the other :o I'll have to ask on the engine support what could possibly cause that cos I have no idea why it would randomly do that >.< Thank you for letting me know about it anyhow! And thanks for playing as well :3
I’m so excited to play this game I played your other game recently “solipsism reigns” and I absolutely loved it! I’m downloading this as soon as I get off work. thank you so much for your contributions to male yandere otome love! 🥰 best Christmas present ever!
Edit: Love the game, I hope to see more content in the future!
Aww, that makes me super happy to hear that you're excited for it :3 I worked my ass off to get it done in time for Christmas, haha. I didn't even sleep last night cos I just figured I would get all the main testing over with. Now I'm kinda exhausted x3 Since it's my first Unity project, there will probably be some unforeseen bugs >.<
I'm really glad you enjoyed SR! I hope that this one isn't a disappointment :3
Thank you so much for all your kind words! They mean a lot to me <3 I will always include some kind of yandere-type content in my projects because I adore the trope and really wanna see more English voiced male yandere characters out there :D
That's so sweet of you :3 Hmm, I think probably straight up through PayPal probably gives me the highest % of a sale or donation! I'm not 100% sure on that though cos I don't get all that many donations to be able to tell, haha. Anything that goes through itch.io means I automatically have to give 30% away in US tax though, sadly :( Even if it's a donation for a free game rather than a payment for a commercial game, 30% tax is still taken. I don't know why it's so high >.< Itch does mention that if your country has some kinda deal with the US and you enter your home country's tax code, you might be allowed a lowered rate, but I'm in the UK and I have no idea if we have a deal. Even if we did, I can't give Itch a tax code because I don't have one. I've never earned enough money in my life to be liable to pay tax >.<
It's possible that just sending a donation via PayPal directly would result in a lot less % being taken away. I'm not sure what their fees are like though. I know my mum makes a lot of sales using that though for her handmade cards and people just pay her using PayPal friends and family. Maybe that's frowned upon on here though, I dunno x3 I think I listed my PP email on my main profile page anyhow :3
Thank you for being so considerate ^-^ I have a feeling that a lot of people probably don't even realise that when they make a donation or payment to a dev that a huge % of it immediately goes to someone else >.< That's never really advertised anywhere.
Merry Christmas! I hope you have a lovely day if you're celebrating :3 Well, even if you're not celebrating I still hope you have a lovely day, haha.
Ok! I'll send something your way as soon as I get paid. Thank you so much for making these lovely games! Please get some rest and enjoy your holiday celebrations! <3
Please don't worry about sending anything unless you're absolutely sure you want to :3
Thank YOU for playing <3 I have incredibly low self-esteem, so any time I hear such lovely comments it really helps a lot to give me a big boost in fighting off that evil part of my brain that tells me nothing I do is good enough :3
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I couldn't sleep and i just thought you might like to know manly just played this game 3 hours ago I'm just super happy right now ^.^
Yeah, I woke up this morning to find my itch account had blown up with notifications xD I really wish I could thank Manly because I'm a relatively unknown solo dev with anxiety, and cos of the anxiety, I hardly post on social media cos it terrifies me >.< Which means that people generally don't even know my games exist, haha. I owe him a lot for making the couple of vids that he has :3 I can't see any way of contacting him besides sending a tweet though (which I'm guessing he wouldn't see with how many followers he has, haha.)
I'm super happy too :D I need to update this because I haven't gone back to it since the jam, and with it being the first thing I made in Unity, my code is messy >.< There are lots of unnecessary mouse clicks for anyone not playing using the scroll wheel! I actually have some idea what I'm doing now, so I can fix those!
I saw that too ! For once I played a game before him lol, I usually end up playing the games he already played TwT
This was a very fun ride^^ A bit short, but very pleasant. I hesitated a lot between Castor and Castora, but I picked Castor in the end (he is sooo cute^^).
The parody of otome games was very entertaining, and Castor was... well... bewitching XD
Technically, everything was perfect: the art, the animations, the transitions.... Well done.
I must admit you are the one who made me love the yandere trope ^^
Love.
EDIT: Oh and I loooove Castor's priest outfit <3
I'm glad you think so :3 If not for the jam, the idea for this probably would have stayed in my head and not seen the light of day for a while to come still, haha. It's something I'd been thinking about in the back of my mind for a while, but I forced myself to refrain from actually working on it cos I didn't wanna fall too far behind on my main projects x3 When the jam was announced though, I just couldn't resist making a start! I'm very excited to do some more work on the full version of the game, which I'm hoping will eventually turn out to be a similar length to SR, possibly longer, with quite a few different characters.
I had a lot of fun editing the colours for Castor and Castoria :3 They're probably some of the best sprites that I have (alongside the others from the same set, which I plan to use for the cast of DD). The hair was a bit of a nightmare to get right since I was trying to get a sorta iridescent sheen on it x3 and if you zoom in reeeeally close, you can see little bits of where I messed up blending some of the colours >.< but I don't think it shows up too badly in the game, haha.
I'm happy you enjoyed it anyhow :3 I really went all out with trying to match the expressions to the voice acting on this one since the sprites have a good range of expressions to use and the engine makes inserting expressions mid-sentence really easy. I'd love to be able to make something using Live2D, but I just don't have the required skills at the moment to be able to use something like that, haha.
And, well, I think almost every game I end up making will have at least one yandere character in since it's probably my favourite character trope, so you'll have to try and guess who it is in future releases x3
Oh, and I actually have more outfits for Castor and Castoria to be used in the full version of the game! Castoria has more because the original artist drew waaaay more stuff for all the female sprites than the male ones >.< but Castor still has one or two that will show up in the future! I think his priest one is still my favourite though :3
I hope you have a lovely weekend!
I bought the game yesterday, it was pretty short but was really enjoyable. Also, Castoria design is really mad cute like wow.
Oh and if you don't mind answering some of my questions...
1. Any ideas on when can we expect more character routes? Will the update be on the same game (content update) or another project (sequel)?
I'm also hoping to see more of Castoria yandere's side (made her scarier / more intense with just from her dialog and not from her trying to hack us out with a knife) but that's just my personal taste
2. Will the future update cost money? i know the game is only 2$ but for me i could use it for my lunch & dinner money ._.
3. Rather than a bug, i just want to ask if it's possible to automatically undo the resolution display setting after changing it without further confirmation from the user? Misclicked and i got the smallest window resolution I've ever seen in my entire life, changing it back to normal size was really challenging.
Thank you~
Thank you so much for purchasing the game :3 I'm really glad to hear you enjoyed it! I don't mind answering your questions at all, though, I'm not sure how much help I will be with some of them, haha.
1) Unfortunately, I can't really give anything specific on the release date front because I'm supposed to working mainly on CiQ, with DD as more of a side project >.< I would definitely love to have another couple of characters released by the end of this year though if possible. I've got plans for at least 7 characters total so far.
I'm not sure what the best way to release characters would be yet, to be honest. I could do it episodically/per character, but that will only work for their sort of introduction stories like with Winter Wish because once you get further in, things become more complicated due to all the player choices, and so it'll eventually have to be released as one big game with everything tied in there together. What I can say is, anyone who has purchased anything I might release in episodes, such as Castor/Castoria's intro story, will definitely get discounts amounting to what they've already spent when the completed version with all characters is released because I wouldn't want anyone to be paying twice for stuff >.< The other option is to have everything in one big game, but rather than charging for the full game as a whole, it could be split into routes so that players can choose exactly what routes/episodes they're interested in. I personally prefer to just buy a whole game with one single payment though. Not sure how the majority of people feel so I guess it's something I'll have to look into!
I have much more planned for Castoria, so you'll definitely be seeing more of her yandere side in various lights :3 Winter Wish is pretty much just a sort of introduction to the first character in the game. Each character will have their own short intro story like that, and then things will continue to progress from there depending on the player's choices :D
2) Sadly, I probably am going to have to charge something for stuff related to DD, yeah :( The problem is, I'm permanently poor myself, and if I release everything for free, I won't be able to afford to keep on creating new content because I won't have the funds to purchase assets, since all I can do is write and put everything together >.< I need to be able to buy sprite art, background art, music, and hire voice actors. The voice actors for Castor and Castoria very kindly volunteered their talents for the project, and my friend Anthony acted as a voice director, but it would be unfair to expect them to do any more work without pay. As it currently stands, I won't be able to afford to pay them for voicing future content for the game, nor can I afford to hire new voice actors for the other characters :( The only way it would be possible is if I were to attempt a Kickstarter or something and try to get some funding. I have all the sprite assets I need for the planned characters, but it would be lovely to have some CGs too, and of course, that will cost money as well. Your purchase of Winter Wish really means a lot to me, as every little bit helps to allow me to keep on creating :3 Sadly, I don't make many sales at all, haha.
However, I will always keep the option open for those who don't have the money to support my projects to email me for a copy of the things I release because I know how much it sucks to be in a position where you can't afford to buy the games you want to play :3
3) Hmm, that's a tough one! Thanks for bringing it to my attention. This project was the first time I used this engine to create something, so there are plenty of things I'm still unfamiliar with, and I largely left the config UI set to default for this project due to the jam's time constraints. I'll have to look into it and see if there's anything I can do to modify the UI or add a player confirmation box before changing resolution options so that misclicks won't immediately result in changes :3
Thank you very much for your comment! I hope you have a lovely weekend :D
Thank you for answering my questions!
Now that i have read your reply, me asking for free future updates is kinda silly when you have your own struggles developing the game.
In any case, i'd definitely support your work and eagerly waiting for your future updates, especially with Castoria in it (and possibly another Yandere character) ^^.
Hope you have a lovely weekend too!
PS: I saw the credits note in the folder, the sprite artist name should be sasAIchi (i caps) instead of l (L) since searching for sasAlchi doesn't give anything in google search.
No problem :D
If I could afford to make stuff for free then I would :3 Heck, even if I try to run a KS, I would forego paying myself if it meant a higher chance of getting enough funding to be able to afford to pay voice actors and artists to help me get the content made! At the same time, I would really love making games like this to be my career as well as my hobby, haha.
Thank you for the support! It's much appreciated :3 I can promise you that there will absolutely be more yandere characters in DD :P
Cheers for pointing that out about the credits! The text I had for crediting didn't specify whether it was a small l or capital i, and I could not for the life of me figure out which one it was supposed to be xD It wouldn't copy either, so I just had to take a guess >.< Next time I update the game, I'll make sure to change that :3 Or maybe I should just upload a fresh credits document separately or something.
Have a happy week!
For people getting told it won't work on Mac, here's a possible fix: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/408752/the-message-you-do-not-have-per...
Thank you for linking to that! I'll add that on as well :3
Wow, I really enjoyed playing this game. The plot was really interesting and though it was pretty short, it was fun to go through. I had a really hard time trying to figure out a way to run it on my Mac since it wouldn't allow me, but luckily I somehow managed. I can't wait to see possible new things you'll add to this game in the future and other projects :3
That's great to hear :3 I'm super glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for playing and taking the time to comment <3
I don't suppose you can remember any of what you did to get it to work for you? It seems as though no matter what engine I use, there are always issues for poor mac users >.< If you can remember anything, I can include the info for other mac users having problems to see if it will help them :3 If I could buy a Mac to test on, that'd probably help a lot, but sadly, I'm far too poor to be able to afford one, haha.
Thank you again for the support! It means a lot :3
If I remember correctly, I tried to see if I could change my settings but that didn’t work out for me (I probably did it incorrectly, I’m not sure, plus it’s risky so I wouldn’t recommend). Then I decided to download Unarchiver and extract the files. If you check the package contents, you should see Unix executable file in the MacOS file, and you can click on that and a prompt will come up saying “can’t open because developer can’t be verified.” Then you can just go to your security and privacy settings and “open anyway,” and it should be working after.
Ahh, okie dokies! Well, thank you very much for letting me know :3 I'll be able to let anyone else who has issues opening it on Mac this information to see if it helps them :D In fact, I'll just go make a post about it now while I remember, haha.
No problem! Hopefully my information helps :D
Hey, I tried opening the Full version on Mac, and I get the message "You do not have permission to open this application on Mac." I am the administrator, so this shouldn't be a problem. I was wondering if you know how to fix this? Thanks!
Hey hey! Thanks for checking out the game, and I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble with opening the mac version >.< I don't personally own a mac, so I have no way of testing on my mac myself, and no idea how they work :( Someone else mentioned having the same problem, they managed to get it to run in the end, but they said they couldn't remember how. I'll have to ask in the support section for the engine I'm using and see if anyone there can help! I'll let you know as soon as I find out any suggestions :3
I found the following comments on the support forums related to mac, but I don't know of any of them will be helpful for you. It would appear it's a more common issue than I thought >.< Hopefully, one of the suggested fixes will work for you! :3
* You might need to right click (or ctrl-click) and then select "Open" to get around Mac security settings. Unless you code sign your application you may need to also disable Gatekeeper by setting System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Allow apps downloaded from "Anywhere". I highly recommend turning that back on after you start your application if you do end up needing to allow apps downloaded from "Anywhere"
*https://www.imore.com/how-open-apps-anywhere-macos-catalina-and-mojave
*Those who download, do not double click it: right click and extract using a 3rd party extractor like The Unarchiver or Keka
- Double click the extracted app, Mac will show a message saying that it is not allowed to run
- Go to system security settings, unlock it and click to open it
- Now it should work!
This is honestly another great visual novel in your collection! I actually tried to write a review on it for my blog, so if you wanted to check it out, here it is - https://myonettesilver.wixsite.com/geekishblog/post/review-time-darling-duality
(I apologise if it's not that great, I'm still getting into the swing of reviewing)
It makes me super happy to know that you think that!
I just finished reading through your review :D Thank you so much for writing all that up, it means a lot to me that you'd take the time to review the game in such detail after playing through it <3 I'm really glad you enjoyed it and appreciated all the little details here and there :3
I think I'm a fairly unknown dev still, so I can't even describe how happy I am to see a review that's so positive! I'd love to be able to make this my job at some point because I have many stories to tell, but it's getting harder and harder to acquire assets and such when I'm so poor, haha, so any sort of coverage is a massive help ^-^
I thought the review was structured really well :3 It had all the sort of info I would want to know if I were looking to purchase a game, and I loved some of your funny little side comments! It was just the right sort of length as well.
Oh, and I noticed you mentioned £ in there! Does that mean you're a fellow UK dweller? Haha. Hope you're managing okay in the lockdown and staying safe :3
Well, thank you so much for making such fun and engaging games! Honestly, I've been wanting to review them, and finding this was the perfect way to get into it and I'm happy to review more in the future (in between uni work XD)
Thanks for taking the time out to read it too! I'm glad it's informative and I'd definitely love to see you become a full time creator. Money always seems to be the issue though, but you've done wonders with what you've had so far :3
I am indeed a fellow UK dweller, and dwell is definitely the word to use with everything going on. Hope you're also staying safe and managing in this lockdown too <3
I'm glad you think they're fun an engaging :3
It always means a lot to me to hear from anyone that's played through my stuff! It doesn't take a great deal to sorta knock me down when I see how awesome some of the stuff others are making is, haha. My evil brain starts to tell me that I'm so inferior I should just stop x3 So it's kinda like I'm constantly fighting with myself, trying to beat back the demon that tells me I'm not good enough, and whenever I see some kind words about my projects, it gives me a huge boost towards fighting the negativity demon! So thank you very much :3
I hope you do get the opportunity to write more reviews in the future :D Don't overwork yourself, haha.
Yeah, money is kinda restrictive, unfortunately, and I've always had very little of it xD I'm hoping to try Kickstarter for future projects because, with funding, I'd be able to make stuff the best it can be.
As much as I'm hating the lockdown and the virus situation, I have the original lockdown to thank for finally finishing SR, haha. I just completely buried myself in it to kind of escape reality, working 13 hour days on a regular basis x3 Hang in there! :3
Amazing just like all the other stuff you've made! I love how sweet the story can be while also still having an aspect of creepiness towards it, the designs are amazing as is the VAing.
Aww, thanks so much for your kind words :3 I'm really glad you like it!
I do love me some cute and creepy combos, haha :D
I really hope I'm able to turn this into a full game with many more characters at some point!
Super amazing game, I just had to check out your other games ! I really like how you gave the two different gender options, I'd love to see that in the future.
Thank you so much for checking out my stuff + your kind words :3
I'm glad you find the gender options a good feature :D I definitely plan to have them throughout this project each time I'm able to release a new character! I hope to include that sorta thing as much as possible across all my stuff, but sometimes with larger projects it'll be too difficult to implent due to it being too much work in general + too resource-heavy with requiring multiple sprites and voice actors for one character >.<
Thanks again for taking the time to comment :D
Interesting plot and good art but I really was expecting something longer...
Thanks for playing + taking the time to comment :3 I'm glad you thought it had an interesting plot!
The reason it's pretty short is cos it was made for a couple of game jams, and while those jams were a month long, I didn't actually have the whole month to work on it >.< I'm not sure exactly how long I had to make this, but it was under 2 weeks anyhow. It's kinda like a sneak peek of things to come really :3 Cos it's now my side project, and I hope to expand on it a lot whenever I have the opportunity :D
Seriously, this is one of the most unique games I've ever played! Castor was exactly the type of character I LOVE. Thank you so much!
P.S. Is there any way to find these awesome soundtracks online?
Aww, that means a lot to me :3 Thank you very much for playing + taking the time to comment! I'm really glad you enjoyed spending time with Castor :D
As for the music, I'm not 100% certain so I'll have to go check the terms on them, but I think that I'm not allowed to share them outside of the game because they're tracks I've purchased at some point which are allowed for commercial use. A lot of stuff like that usually states that you aren't allowed to upload the tracks anywhere where they can be downloaded as they are >.< I guess because the copyright belongs to the original musical artist, and they're just granting people like me a license to use their stuff in projects. I will try to find out if I'm allowed to share them anyhow!
what can l say? l became a fan of yours since l played imposter.your games are amazing and well writen.enjoyed it a lot!thanks for making these games.
Thanks so much for your kind words + for checking out the games :3 It means a lot or me! Super happy you enjoyed em :D
Absolutely love it!!!! I picked Castoria's side..And OHH BOY was she kinda of fun to be with...I give this VN 100/10 stars!!!!! Great Job on this...
Aww! Well, I'm glad that you loved it so much :D Makes me super happy to hear that :3 Thanks for taking the time to play + comment! It's much appreciated.
Some help?
I tried downloading both mac versions of the game, but I can't seem to open either, saying "The application “Mac” can’t be opened."
When i checked the contents, there was no terminal file to open it that way- maybe thats why, it kept asking me to get setapp which it shouldnt
Hey there! Thanks for checking out the game :3
Sadly, I'm not gonna be able to help you much cos this is the first time I've used Unity to make a game >.< I just followed the instructions to make a mac build. I only have access to Windows for testing purposes and I have literally no idea how macs works :( So all I can do is ask around the support forums and see if any other users can give me some idea as to what the issue might be.
I'll let you know as soon as I hear anything! Sorry I can't be of any immediate help >.<
Thank you either way! I managed to get it to work, I'm not sure how because I cant remember, but there's either a problem with the itch app or something else. Loved the game and hope you make more! x
Well, I'm super glad you managed to get it working + that you enjoyed it :D Sorry I wasn't much help in the end >.< I didn't hear anything back yet regarding support cos I guess people are busy with the holidays, haha.
Thanks for taking the time to let me know though :3
this is really cute even tho i was mostly laughing, i guess yanderes arent my thing but i still really loved it ^^ i hope we get to see more of castor if thats what you plan on :)
Haha, aww, well thanks for checking out the game + taking the time to comment :3 I'm really glad you enjoyed it! I absolutely plan on having more content for Castor when I get more of an opportunity to work on the project :D
this game was incredible! the voice acting and art were superb! i loved both the routes! the music perfectly fit the mood of each scene, too! thank you for this game!
i would actually 100% adore castor/castoria if i played the game they're from, since i'm a sucker for sweet characters, but making them yanderes just made the entire thing even better! thanks a lot for the fun experience!
I'm glad you think so :3 Thank you very much for playing and taking the time to comment <3
Yeah, I wouldn't mind it if they were just sweet, haha, but I'm a sucker for yandere characters x3
I love your games so much!! Can’t wait to finish this game!!!
Aww, that makes me super happy to hear <3 Thanks for taking the time to say so :3 Hope you enjoy it!
The text window disapered for me and when I was klicking it was like the game continiued like nothing was wrong
What version were you playing and do you remember where abouts it happened? :o Like what was going on before it?
I've only been able to test the windows versions and that didn't happen for me when I played through them fully several times. But I only have one PC to test on, so it's possible that stuff might mess up on different screen resolutions and stuff. If I can manage to replicate what happened on my end, then I should be able to find out what the issue is and fix it :3
Also, the textbox is supposed to disappear for a bit in certain parts of the game where it's not required, but clicking is still required to proceed through the scene itself.
I downloaded the game yesturday, so it should be the newest version. And as far as i can remember nothing happened before. as to if it was supposed to happen or not, it was shortle after MC tested if he was awake or not in the kitchen.
Sorry, I should have been clearer when I asked you about the version. I meant was it the Windows, Mac, or Linux one that you downloaded? :3 I only ask cos windows is the only one I can test stuff on cos I don't own a Mac or Linux, unfortunately >.< After the text box disappeared, did it ever come back? Or did it just stay gone for the rest of the game?
Oh, you meant that kinda version. You was actually clear enough about that, It's just me who haven't slept for like 2 nights so my brain is more or less shut down on me.
Well, it's the windows version and I don't know how long the text bos was gone for. I just continued klicking until the background changed back from the kitchen to the bedroom.
So I opened the game again and played up until where I was last time, this time the text box didn't disapear. So yeah, now you know atleast that it can happen
I know the feeling, haha. I quite often go without sleep, especially if I'm working on game jam stuff x3
That's very interesting and confusing that it disappeared on you that time but not the other :o I'll have to ask on the engine support what could possibly cause that cos I have no idea why it would randomly do that >.< Thank you for letting me know about it anyhow! And thanks for playing as well :3
I’m so excited to play this game I played your other game recently “solipsism reigns” and I absolutely loved it! I’m downloading this as soon as I get off work. thank you so much for your contributions to male yandere otome love! 🥰 best Christmas present ever!
Edit: Love the game, I hope to see more content in the future!
Aww, that makes me super happy to hear that you're excited for it :3 I worked my ass off to get it done in time for Christmas, haha. I didn't even sleep last night cos I just figured I would get all the main testing over with. Now I'm kinda exhausted x3 Since it's my first Unity project, there will probably be some unforeseen bugs >.<
I'm really glad you enjoyed SR! I hope that this one isn't a disappointment :3
Thank you so much for all your kind words! They mean a lot to me <3 I will always include some kind of yandere-type content in my projects because I adore the trope and really wanna see more English voiced male yandere characters out there :D
That's so sweet of you :3 Hmm, I think probably straight up through PayPal probably gives me the highest % of a sale or donation! I'm not 100% sure on that though cos I don't get all that many donations to be able to tell, haha. Anything that goes through itch.io means I automatically have to give 30% away in US tax though, sadly :( Even if it's a donation for a free game rather than a payment for a commercial game, 30% tax is still taken. I don't know why it's so high >.< Itch does mention that if your country has some kinda deal with the US and you enter your home country's tax code, you might be allowed a lowered rate, but I'm in the UK and I have no idea if we have a deal. Even if we did, I can't give Itch a tax code because I don't have one. I've never earned enough money in my life to be liable to pay tax >.<
It's possible that just sending a donation via PayPal directly would result in a lot less % being taken away. I'm not sure what their fees are like though. I know my mum makes a lot of sales using that though for her handmade cards and people just pay her using PayPal friends and family. Maybe that's frowned upon on here though, I dunno x3 I think I listed my PP email on my main profile page anyhow :3
Thank you for being so considerate ^-^ I have a feeling that a lot of people probably don't even realise that when they make a donation or payment to a dev that a huge % of it immediately goes to someone else >.< That's never really advertised anywhere.
Merry Christmas! I hope you have a lovely day if you're celebrating :3 Well, even if you're not celebrating I still hope you have a lovely day, haha.
Ok! I'll send something your way as soon as I get paid. Thank you so much for making these lovely games! Please get some rest and enjoy your holiday celebrations! <3
Please don't worry about sending anything unless you're absolutely sure you want to :3
Thank YOU for playing <3 I have incredibly low self-esteem, so any time I hear such lovely comments it really helps a lot to give me a big boost in fighting off that evil part of my brain that tells me nothing I do is good enough :3