I've haven't been do obsessed and felt so invested in a game like this in a very long time. There are just so many little secrets, interactions and easter eggs that it took me a lot of brainpower to finally figure out how to get everything (?) JUST FROM THE DEMO CHAPTER ALONE (and even then I think I've probably missed some things but WHATEVER!). Currently on my second playthrough of disc 1 (because i changed my mind about who I wanted to romance) and I'm loving it even more than my first run after re-reading everything. It pays off well to read the USBs and every single dialogue attentively because there's just so much world building and characterization and all that shit that gets my brain stimulated and interested!
Really looking forward for disc 2 and 3. And hopefully even more than that :) you have my (and many other's) support. you've created something really amazing snd unique.
THANK YOU!! It makes me so happy to hear all the world elements being eaten up and appreciated 4> I try really hard to make sure every corner of the game is stuffed with love c: I spent two years before starting significant work on the game to flesh out the world as much as possible
I'm a good chunk into working on d2 already, and I think the full first game will be out this year! It's only more motivating the more I work on it, and I'm at it every day.
In the meantime, keep your eyes on my account 'cause i'm gonna release a very special spinoff game very soon you're sure to love too :>
That's great I'll be looking forward to the spinoff and d2 and d3 :)
BTW I wanted to ask about the other games just out of curiosity if that's okay ofc...will the latter games follow the storyline of the first one? Based in the same universe? Or is every game gonna be it's own thing/story individually? If you can't tell us about it yet that's okay too sorry I'm just really excited for whatever's coming next! ^^
Is there any way to play the older versions of this game? I just wanted to check them out to see the differences cause looking at older screenshots, the art and the UI were different, right?
There are not, since the number of versions i can make available for download are super limited by my google drive upload space
yes, the art used to be quite different. I photoshopped bgs and sprites by mushing tons of images together like a collage and animated them + cut parallax stuff just as the game has now. it was always my intention to replace it once i got an artist, but I was a solo dev for a good while.
Loving the game so far! Just wondering if you’re planning to release a guide or walkthrough at some point? I’d love to make sure I see all the routes and endings! :)
hmmm i think not just cause it would eat a lot of time i could spend making even more. i also think a guide / walkthrough might rob someone of later scenes i.e. sometimes only by missing content in a disc can you see certain scenes in future discs c: so i want everyone to have that unique run experience and not feel suboptimal. seeing every major scene is pretty feasible now with a lot of runs (i think you need at least 6 for everything in d0 + 1) but when we get into d2 etc, its going to be a bit of a headache for those trying. i want players to embrace their choices so i put a lot of work into alternate scenes (such as there being 3 different ways to meet piamat after the intro) to make sure nobody who puts time into exploring feels like they're missing out on stuff.
but I do really enjoy people sharing things they found, and i think without a guide we'll see more of it in the community c: it was very lively prior to stamps, so they're going to be removed soon for the same reasons.
I understand i played through the game twice, and they felt really different from each other. But the stamps are a nice hint for things I might have missed. But you do have a good point.
they were def intended for those like you to have a general idea of the amount of content in the game, but I had a ton of people join my server just to ask about getting all of them, and they didnt care about serects outside of them, and were really frustrated about how niche some were when the point was to make runs special and acknowledge niche choices. some were pretty nasty about it. its definitely unfortunate but I think the only way to overcome completionist mentality is to remove them so the only people who see secret scenes are those who search for the mere want to see them; and that way youll know the only people who've seen the ones you've found are others who made the same choices / had the same smart ideas and were rewarded for it. I thought about having a healthcode to turn them on for curious people, but decided not to. it took a lot of consideration before i pulled the plug for sure
sorry; it was only available for my bday! my artists and i are unpaid and working on this game full time, so i really want to be able to afford paying them.
Icon is in the files of the game in the same folder as the game file to which shortcut refers to. It’s a file with extension ICO you left press on the renpy shortcut icon and customize, or more options or something along these lines, depending on your OS. I think there were a couple of possible icons, so choose whichever you like best.
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I've haven't been do obsessed and felt so invested in a game like this in a very long time. There are just so many little secrets, interactions and easter eggs that it took me a lot of brainpower to finally figure out how to get everything (?) JUST FROM THE DEMO CHAPTER ALONE (and even then I think I've probably missed some things but WHATEVER!). Currently on my second playthrough of disc 1 (because i changed my mind about who I wanted to romance) and I'm loving it even more than my first run after re-reading everything. It pays off well to read the USBs and every single dialogue attentively because there's just so much world building and characterization and all that shit that gets my brain stimulated and interested!
Really looking forward for disc 2 and 3. And hopefully even more than that :) you have my (and many other's) support. you've created something really amazing snd unique.
THANK YOU!! It makes me so happy to hear all the world elements being eaten up and appreciated 4> I try really hard to make sure every corner of the game is stuffed with love c: I spent two years before starting significant work on the game to flesh out the world as much as possible
I'm a good chunk into working on d2 already, and I think the full first game will be out this year! It's only more motivating the more I work on it, and I'm at it every day.
In the meantime, keep your eyes on my account 'cause i'm gonna release a very special spinoff game very soon you're sure to love too :>
That's great I'll be looking forward to the spinoff and d2 and d3 :)
BTW I wanted to ask about the other games just out of curiosity if that's okay ofc...will the latter games follow the storyline of the first one? Based in the same universe? Or is every game gonna be it's own thing/story individually? If you can't tell us about it yet that's okay too sorry I'm just really excited for whatever's coming next! ^^
absolutely loved this! Excited for more
Is there any way to play the older versions of this game? I just wanted to check them out to see the differences cause looking at older screenshots, the art and the UI were different, right?
There are not, since the number of versions i can make available for download are super limited by my google drive upload space
yes, the art used to be quite different. I photoshopped bgs and sprites by mushing tons of images together like a collage and animated them + cut parallax stuff just as the game has now. it was always my intention to replace it once i got an artist, but I was a solo dev for a good while.
Loving the game so far! Just wondering if you’re planning to release a guide or walkthrough at some point? I’d love to make sure I see all the routes and endings! :)
hmmm i think not just cause it would eat a lot of time i could spend making even more. i also think a guide / walkthrough might rob someone of later scenes i.e. sometimes only by missing content in a disc can you see certain scenes in future discs c: so i want everyone to have that unique run experience and not feel suboptimal. seeing every major scene is pretty feasible now with a lot of runs (i think you need at least 6 for everything in d0 + 1) but when we get into d2 etc, its going to be a bit of a headache for those trying. i want players to embrace their choices so i put a lot of work into alternate scenes (such as there being 3 different ways to meet piamat after the intro) to make sure nobody who puts time into exploring feels like they're missing out on stuff.
but I do really enjoy people sharing things they found, and i think without a guide we'll see more of it in the community c: it was very lively prior to stamps, so they're going to be removed soon for the same reasons.
I understand i played through the game twice, and they felt really different from each other. But the stamps are a nice hint for things I might have missed. But you do have a good point.
they were def intended for those like you to have a general idea of the amount of content in the game, but I had a ton of people join my server just to ask about getting all of them, and they didnt care about serects outside of them, and were really frustrated about how niche some were when the point was to make runs special and acknowledge niche choices. some were pretty nasty about it. its definitely unfortunate but I think the only way to overcome completionist mentality is to remove them so the only people who see secret scenes are those who search for the mere want to see them; and that way youll know the only people who've seen the ones you've found are others who made the same choices / had the same smart ideas and were rewarded for it. I thought about having a healthcode to turn them on for curious people, but decided not to. it took a lot of consideration before i pulled the plug for sure
If you can offer your game a little bit longer, some french people would be delighted...
https://www.dealabs.com/bons-plans/ad-nauseam-the-wrong-side-gratuit-sur-pc-dema...
Thx.
sorry; it was only available for my bday! my artists and i are unpaid and working on this game full time, so i really want to be able to afford paying them.
would be a 5/5, but your cursor changes on the store page making it 6/5
Also, Happy Birthday!
thank you!! :D
The defult icon was Ren'Py Icon, but it took me only like 2 min to change it manually, other than that it works great!!
weird. haven't heard of anyone else having that issue :< glad you could fix it though
Icon is in the files of the game in the same folder as the game file to which shortcut refers to. It’s a file with extension ICO you left press on the renpy shortcut icon and customize, or more options or something along these lines, depending on your OS. I think there were a couple of possible icons, so choose whichever you like best.