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I bought this two years ago when the price was $10. Will I need to pay an additional $15 to download it now or can I simply pay the difference of $5?

Also, will $15 be the final price for the game when it officially releases? I'd prefer not to pay multiple times.

Hey there!

Just wanted to say that this has been an amazing game so far. The characters, setting, and plot have all been great. I was excited to see the management screen towards the end of the main quest in 0.2. I'm glad this is more involved than simply a mere visual novel with actual gameplay elements and a battle system to it.

I can't wait for version 0.3.

Is there a luck stat in this game? What is it used for and how do I increase it?

Is there a way to increase max energy?

Hi there. I've played a few hours and it's been a great game so far. To clarify, what do you need to do to get the all-girls ending? You must seduce all the women NPCs in the game, is that correct?

The Christmas event ended before I could even finish all the character quests. There were several quests which require you to pass time 1 day and Victoria will force you to remove all the Christmas decorations in town once you enter the mansion office. Is there a work around to this?

English.

What effect does the cursed flame amulet give for journey mode? It has a blank description.

Also, there's a bit of an oversight with discarding spells. When you don't have enough mana to use a spell, you no longer have the option to discard it. This is especially bad when you're using the arcana medallion. The entire point of this equipment is to discard spells to return mana, but you cannot discard anything because you cannot afford anything.

What happened to the paid release version on itch.io?

The new journey mode is much harder and tedious than it was previously. From reading your comments, I understand you wanted to vary gameplay so that players aren't just gunning for one specific skill. Though I think you may have over tuned it in the other direction to where it's more difficult to go straight for the boss in a dungeon. If the answer instead is to fight every monster and go to every location on the map to prepare for the stage boss, you also need to consider the time investment in order to do so.

Just something to keep in mind. I know this is still a demo, so I expect the combat to have a lot of tweaking in the future. As it is now, I don't particularly enjoy the journey system and will hesitate to do a new game plus after I've already defeated most of the bosses before the combat update. Don't feel discouraged by this comment though. I still love everything else about this game (besides the resource grinding).

Did the new game + like you recommended. I noticed you changed the dialogue with the secretary in the beginning. The option to flirt with her was removed. Was that a mistake or is the secretary not making any further appearances down the line?

I noticed that you added personality bars to the characters, which I assume will change based on decisions the player makes throughout the game. I loaded up a previous save and each character is aligned in the center of their bars. Do I need to start a new game in order to see how my choices affect the characters?

Is it possible to advance the game without having the sisters work as oirans?

Hi there. Great game btw, just had a question that I didn't feel like creating a whole new topic for.

How exactly do you start dating Julianna? I met her during the orientation week and allowed her to sit with me in the atrium, but that was the only interaction we had, besides during the drill. I saw as of v0.3.4 that you're supposed to commit to a relationship during orientation week.

Damn, gotta love it when creators take suggestions from their audience base. Keep up the great work.

I'm fairly certain you just need to wait until the tier price drops to $10 for the discount. I believe that happens 2 weeks after the update, but I might be wrong on the wait time.

Will the secretary at the beginning of the game make a comeback into the story?

Perhaps she could be sent by your father to check in on you or something. Then be made to work under the protagonist again at the academy, which I think makes an interesting dynamic.

Good update as always. The new journey mode was a great addition.

One gripe I have right now is that the game resets all your progress with each update or that saves aren't compatible with older versions. At what point will we be able to just pick up where we left off in our last save to see current content immediately?

I'd like to report an error with v.0.1.9.

When pressing Q to cancel a multi-hit attack in combat, there is an error. Pressing rollback will take you to the world map screen prior to dungeon, pressing ignore will skip the character's turn entirely.

Pressing E will work as intended, you just can't cancel it with Q.

Would also like to report a bug with Megumin meditating during combat. She'll take -100 dodge chance, but no mana gain.

Will Alice eventually get some lewd scenes as well or is she off the table?

Hi there!

I've only been playing a few hours and I've been loving the game so far. I just have one question and you don't have to answer it if it happens to be a spoiler. (Spoiler warning for anyone else reading this):

Is Bront the Goddess? I noticed that they both have white hair, purple eyes, and pale skin.

You get future updates.

Looks interesting. I'll definitely be keeping my eye on this one.

I wouldn't be surprised if that's where the inspiration for his character came from.

That would be elder Shouzi, the hidden elder of the sect. AKA, the Monkey God. He's the old man that was spying on women bathing in the river.

Yang Bohai is the bald muscle giant who is the second strongest elder in the sect.

If you have regeneration and high vitality, it's better to leave the black spot alone. You'll get an additional talent if you just power through without any help.

How I feel about Ai, tbh.

Author just hasn't written any romantic scenes with Tang Ruo yet. Only characters who have gotten any major developments in the story are Tigress and Mei Mei, and Ai to a lesser extent.

Are you playing the Boosty demo by any chance? If not, then MC makes some SERIOUS headway in terms of strength, so you have a lot to look forward to.

I'm not trying to argue with you, but I do want to bring attention to one thing.

If we follow the logic that even the main character himself stated as well as tang wei, these stones should make him even stronger. By now, in the story, he's found 2 stones, so absorbing the second one should at least put him at peak houtain. I'm simply pointing out the plot holes I'm seeing,

This is assuming two things:

1. That qi stones are all made equal. We don't really know this; the second qi stone may have just been less potent than the first.

2. That going from middle-Houtian to peak-Houtian takes the same amount of effort as going from mortal to middle-Houtian. It most likely isn't.

Take Tang Ruo for example. They enter early-Houtian a few days (or weeks) after entering the sect. Then they enter middle-Houtian right before the expo. This was over the course of several months. Now a 2.5-year time-skip happens, and they've only reached late-Houtian.

We know Tang Ruo never stopped training. So that could only mean the time, training, and power necessary to ascend to the next stage will take longer every "level up," so to speak.

That's it. Personally, it makes sense to me. Though, you likely know more about cultivation stories than me, and so if that runs contradictory to other xianxia tales, then that's fair criticism. Have a good day.

I think you're being unreasonably impatient when you expect them to just jump to the next major power stage in matter of weeks, as if it didn't take other people decades if not more. That'd be just silly level of player's ego stroking.

It seems to be a common sentiment for fans to question why we aren't instantly bulldozing everyone and leaving our competition in the dust. It isn't enough that we're within the top 2 of our generation, we also have to be able to beat everyone and everything without breaking a sweat. Not only that, but we also have to completely overtake Tang Ruo who's been training far longer, with better teachers, countless priceless artifacts, and has been juicing since they were a kid.

Personally, I like that not everyone can just be steamrolled. It enriches the world, provides stakes, and gives a sense of accomplishment whenever we actually fight and beat someone strong, like in the latest Boosty update.

I won't spoil what happens, but choosing to kill Mo Long doesn't strictly result in a game over later on. You can absolutely kill him if you want to for your evil play through.

Yeah, there are consequences to killing and sparing him. Did you happen to change your last name? That offers a change to the mission if you happen to do so.

Perhaps I came across as argumentative in my first response, and it seemed like I was jumping to the defense of the work like some rabid follower. Apologies, that was not my intention.

I interpreted your criticisms as less constructive as some of your grievances seemed to overlook some of the smaller details or events within the story that I felt would have addressed them otherwise. Of course, that isn't for me to presume.

As you've made clear, we all have our own opinions and I, like you, just want this story to prosper.

I can try to address most of your issues or complaints about the narrative:

1. "Another thing is that the prince/princess is always being worshipped by everyone, yet the protag, who is supposed to have this ultra divine blood, is, from a narrative perspective, sort of put into the second-place category."

 The imperial heir essentially is the leading figure in MC's generation. They have access to numerous priceless artifacts, fortune, martial arts and skills, as well as incredibly strong mentors, such as their grandfather, the current emperor and strongest martial artist in the world. Also, their aunt, the Sword Mistress, whom by Tang Ruo's account is the best sword wielder in the world. Tang Ruo is expected to become the next martial sovereign on reputation alone. Not to mention the 97% blood purity. Tang Ruo has a massive head start compared to MC, which is shown and explained when they first fight.

Meanwhile MC is the heir to a dying clan that's been having a talent drought for centuries, at least, which was only briefly broken by their father. It's even stated by the library that if nothing is done, then the Wu clan may just die off in the next hundred years. The only things going for the MC are the inherited clan martial skills and perfect blood purity. Compared to Tang Ruo, they're severely lacking in resources and experience. A mere difference of 3% blood purity isn't enough for the MC to overtake the prince/princess is a matter of months or even a few years. So, from a narrative perspective, it makes sense that Tang Ruo is going to be the more focused disciple in the martial world, for now at least.

That being said, the MC absolutely takes Ws and are a force to be reckoned with in their own right. As far as the point you are currently at, you can: beat Tang Ruo in the tournament, beat an early-Houtian for your first arena match, beat a bandit gang lead by another early-Houtian martial artist, and beat the son of the DQ who has the ability to transform, albeit partially, into Asura (most powerful transformation in the verse btw).

Also, the only things Tang Ruo has done since entering the sect was enter early-Houtian off screen, showcase their eyes of perfect replication, and then beat up Jing Guo's brother in the arena, who initially was 2 stages higher than them. It's impressive and it overshadows MC's feats by a considerable margin, but you have to remember that they have ridiculously powerful martial arts and in-born talents that the MC doesn't get due to their differences in family.

2. "Like, if Ruo is beating people in the Arena, we should be beating people in the Arena."

We do. In fact, as of current build, we have two arena fights. We haven't done an arena marathon like Tang Ruo did right before the expo, but we still get to showcase our abilities and prove ourselves to the masses.

3. Ruo copied two of our abilities with their magic eye hacks, then has not shown to use them again (on-screen at least). Besides, MC will eventually gain access to new abilities and resources that exponentially increases their power (some available in current build, in fact). Tigress gets a master before you, yes, but you eventually are recruited by an elder of the sect (again, available in current build). The protagonist is strong, it's just that the MC is constantly going up against top tiers and higher stage practitioners that you may feel otherwise.

4. "it's turned into a slog where the story doesn't make us feel like we're progressing at all - that we are always behind in a world where people are far more powerful than us, despite us apparently being born with enormous potential."

I mean, not really. MC and Tang Ruo are the top 2 of their generation, far above the likes of Ai, Tigress, and Jing Guo. MC is pretty much going against the top brass and trivializing everyone at or beneath their martial level. Literally, the only people that give the MC trouble are the ones who are at the top of peak-Houtian and above. Which makes sense, because there is absolutely no reason for MC to start clowning on people decades their senior or characters so high above their weight class.

As far as Tang Ruo goes, they do get humbled. It actually happens not that long after you left off in fact. They're still considerably stronger than you (at the point you left off), but MC quickly grows stronger, and you'll learn why.

How much of the story are you going to incorporate into your game? I just booted up the game and saw you included the pirate king's execution. It would be incredibly ambitious to include every significant event or arc in the story, so I just had to ask.

I 100% current build.

1. You can't do anything there right now.

2. No, letting Velvetia possess you doesn't do anything right now.

3. The most impact I've seen with the fox shrine is having speed drastically increased. There is a bar with the body influence levels, if you max it, it increases the speed characters have when they are possessed by the same spirit.

Take Galiene for example. Base Galiene has a speed of 129 at 90, but possessed Galiene has a max speed of 221 with a full bar.

Take note that you do not have to battle to increase the body influence levels. You can just fast forward time to increase it.

Hope that answers your questions.

2 bugs:

1. If you max level Faylen when she's possessed by Cindy, release her, then possess her as Celica, her level goes down when Cindy re-possesses her. I've seen her level get reduced from 90 to 72. This bug has been present at least for the last two updates. If you want to see proof, scroll down and you'll see a previous comment that I've made concerning this about 2 days ago. (You'll also notice the increasing speed I was talking about, ignore that. The speed increase is actually a result of increasing a spirit's body influence. Speed does have a limit.)

2. If you have Faylen wearing her lingerie set as Cindy, when she masturbates in battle, she will change into her normal attire.

I have Faylen equipped with the lingerie set, but she changes into her normal armor whenever she masturbates in battle.

Get Ceres and Faylen to max affection levels. I'm on patreon build btw, you'll have to wait until next update if you're on public.