That was fun! Thank you very much for making this. Now I'll have to struggle with the idea of Resetting to get the last CG or go through the other path.
Story was cute, artwork was good (especially the CG images), I had to play mute though because it is now 3 am so unfortunately I didn't hear the music or the Voices. Some points felt a little rushed but that's true of the original game as well. It handled the save system well and admittedly at first I thought it crashed. You handled that bit very well! Only problem I can think of is that I had the game save screenshots but for some reason I can't find them. I wanted to sit down and solve the crossword...
Potential spoilers but I'll try to keep it very general as possible:
The characters felt very true to themselves and I found that one scene with our favorite couple to be very adorable both ways (especially the session). Toriel was a bit pushy in regards to a character implied to be older than Frisk but she was very kind all the same. Papyrus made me want to scream a few times (which is true of canon as well) but he was still funny and excited and I found him to be very sweet when he began to suspect. Mettaton had me wanting to boo him (the leg doubly so) but he felt surprisingly tame considering how he was in the game. At the same time seeing as how this is a post near-Paci Neutral route, he did have a bit of a wakeup call before the new human showed up so him being 'tamer' felt fine. And then there's Flowey. As always, he's a rat bas... ... he's a punk and admittedly a lot of our interactions I acted completely out of spite.
With the final act, from after the job to the grand finale, I found it to be very good. The very end was sweet and what happens when you open again did a much better job of talking me out of going again than the original did. There's still the "what if" impulse but for now I'll leave our lovebirds alone.
Thank you so much for playing and for taking the time to comment! Oh that last missing CG is very tempting, is it not? I suppose that means it does its job. ;) I'm glad that the characters stayed true for the most part!! I wanted to give it that Undertale feeling as best I could!
Also I'm sorry to hear about the screenshots! Normally, they're saved in the same folder as the game executable. That's on a Windows, though. I'm not sure what it would be on a Mac or Linux, I'm afraid. ^^;
Regarding the folder, that's the funny thing: this is a Windows machine. I'm chalking it up to my computer just not working right, assuming that other people got their screenshots handled properly.
Hey!! I've played your game already!(and made friends with Sans) You did such great job!! So..I wanted to ask you something. Can we reset game? Like if we reset would Flowey or Sans remeber it? I wanna try new endings but im kinda afraid >//< (sorry for mistakes im just russian :D)
I’m glad you like it! The game actually has a way to reset to the very beginning if you play all the way through the best ending. You have to play it at least twice to get that option.
Hello I have a windows 10 and I need a little help I extract the zip file and presses on the heart and it does look like its loading but then it doesn't is it something I'm doing wrong plz help!
Hi! Sometimes it takes a little bit to load up. But that’s kinda strange it’s not opening up. Do any messages pop up? Or is nothing happening when you double click the heart?
The only thing I can think of is to redownload the game and unzip it again. Then when you go to run it, right click on the red heart and select “Run as administrator”
HELL YEAH CHO LET'S GO IT'S THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR (ME ESPECIALLY) I'M DOWNLOADING THE GAME RIGHT NOW HAHAHAHAHA PREPARE FOR THAT LONG ASS COMMENT I PROMISED YOU AT THE START!!!!!
Congrats on reaching release! A lot of promising fan-VNs get stalled early in development, but you've did it! I forget when I first saw this but I'm definitely excited to see what kind of shenanigans you put the poor characters through given what happened in the demo.
Doubly so given that the player drops into a post-Neutral route rather than being in an alternate take on mid-UT (InLove), post-Paci (Kissy Cutie), pure excuse-plot (Dancing with a Beautiful Robot, Nuts in Bolts) or hilariously insane (Tem Dayting). The consequences of being a Human in an Underground where Undyne might have been the reason why Toriel went back to the Ruins will be hilarious given that people are here to flirt with Sans. Whether Papyrus still lives will undoubtedly affect how Sans reacts to a new human. Especially one with a knife (thanks Flowey).
Thank you so much! I basically treated this like NaNoRenO, but on a much larger time span of two years lol I’m so excited to finally flip the switch and release the VN!
I don’t want to get to much into story, after all it’s releasing in a few hours! But all I can say is that this will be following the Family Ending (Flawed Pacifist) Neutral Route. :) Thank you for checking it out!! ^^
Very long comment incoming. I just finished the Demo! I so a post on Tumblr linking this game and and the Countdown for it (I really like that Countdown thing you did by the way!), and came here to check it out. I wanted to play the Demo before the full game came out, just to get a feel for things, and because sometimes there is some different stuff (like dialogue) in the demo not in the full game, because it is demo-only stuff kind of. So I decided to play the Demo before the full game releases in just 4 days.
I am going to talk about the actual demo now! I really like all the sprites and how everyone looks, and the little animations for like when characters blink and for when Flowey attacks you. Everything just looks so good and I love the coloring. Sans and Tori's looks/designs are probably my favorite so far, defin. for the demo.
I really like all the accessibility options and captions and the all the different settings you can choose from too. I esp. like how you can take screenshots just with the S button, makes things much easier. The Self-voicing is also really interesting, it is cool that the VN is basically voice acted with it, if you so choose to have it enabled.
Some things I noticed about the self-voicing though, is that I would love if you could maybe toggle the menu thing that appears on top that says it is enabled, to make it go away or at least smaller. It isn't a really big thing, since it is already pretty small, and probably wouldn't be much noticeable at all if played full screen. I played it windowed, because I was doing other stuff, and I forgot how to fullscreen it. Would you press F?
Besides that, another thing I noticed while using self-voicing, is that it will say the numbers and letters that appear on top of the screen when you can take a screenshot. And that it also say all the stuff in the menu while you are using, both things can get a bit annoying. I don't really know if you can fix that, however, an easy thing I did was just to disable the self-voicing while taking a screenshot and when using the menu most of the time. I would maybe just leaving a post or update or something suggesting people do this as well. This is just a suggestion from me too of course. Okay, done talking about that.
I am going to talk about other menu stuff now. I really like how it looks, and I like the music menu section a lot. It is cool you can see the songs and listen to them from there. When you enter your name, it really feels and looks so much like Undertale, it is very well-done.
Now to talk about some more actual game stuff. There may some more spoiler-like/spoiler-y stuff ahead, so if people haven't played the Demo, I wouldn't really read past this point.
The in-game menu is also very good and I like the stats thing as well. I like how it looks, and I also like how the save files look. I hope in the full release though, there is more save files, maybe 2 or 3 at least would be nice, but for a demo, even one like yours, with some cool different options and choices, 1 is fine.
I really like how the "fights" are in this. Well, they are more like conversations, like Sans said, and making choices, but they are very fun, and you do them very well. It is a fun system, and I like the amount of choices for them. Which so far, the most interesting and fun choices have been some encounters with Flowey and Sans. Though being able to call Tori Mom or not, was one that I really liked too.
Like, when you originally meet Flowey, you can decide to accept his LOVE or not. Which I didn't, because I didn't want his LOVE, because I want to date Sans, and also, because he said it as LOVE and not Love, so I wasn't accepting that Flowey, I know what you actually wanted to do. Which was proven seconds later when he tried to kill me.
Then the conversation with Sans later on, which didn't go too well for me. I should have made another joke or tired flirting more, instead of trying to talk so much, and making things awkward to the point Sans took pity on me. Though, I don't think I did TOO bad, but Sans also said our conversation could have gone better, and because I accidently overwrite my load from before the date, I decided I would finish the demo and try to see if I could do better. Though even if I hadn't done that, I probably would have stuck with that and not change that conversation till the Demo was done anyway.
Anyway, I got the end of the Demo, and got a call from Pap, which is really cool by the way. And after that, I decided to reset the game to see if I can get a better conversation with Sans, I didn't realize until I had moved past the dialogue super quickly and reset a couple times thinking I had gone too far, because Sans seemed to show up earlier than the last time, that things had changed. Again, very cool by the way.
A lot of stuff changed after the reset, both Flowey and Sans really knew what was up, and I had very different conversations and/encounters with them. Even Tori knew something was a bit off, though stuff with her wasn't as different as it was with Flowey and Sans. Some different things were Flowey not attacking me in the beginning, and Sans saying we seemed bored in the beginning as well. Flowey also brought up talk about a skip button, and that became enabled. I didn't use it, but I do wonder how/if the characters would have reacted to being skipped (Sans defin. messed with you for doing that during Genocide).
The most interesting thing, was the Flowey gave me a knife right before the Sans conversation this time, which Sans noticed and asked me to please put it down. There being options to either do that ("put it down"), put it away, or FIGHT were such different options. Of course I put it away, because I didn't want to hurt Sans; I wanted to talk to him and date him. You then were given the option to either make a joke, hug, or kiss him. Which is also cool.
Something I thought about after this encounter, if Sans could be backstabbed, or like you could at least try to backstab him (not necessarily succeed at doing it) like you could in Undertale. Maybe if you put the knife away and then hugged him, that might have been an option? Because putting away might mean you still have the knife on your person, unlike when you put it down, and hugging him would probably be the best time to do it. It probably wouldn't have worked though, because Sans was already pretty on-guard with seeing you have the knife and he had just met you and so thought it was too early for hugs, but it is an interesting thought. I would try it, but that would be such a bad way to start off trying to get to know and date him, esp. since there is different stuff you get after resets, plus I don't want to hurt Sans or anyone! I want to talk and get along with everyone, and date Sans of course! Which I think I got closer to doing so.
It was also cool at the end of the demo this time around, instead of from Pap, it was from Sans, another cool change. I like the calls by way! I hope the calls stuff is in the full game, because this has been end of the demo stuff, so Idk. So yeah, I hope there is Calls stuff in the full game!
That is the stuff I got/learned so far. I haven't tried all the dialogue options and choices, and I haven't tried to reset another time, to see if there are any more changes, because I think I left stuff off well with Sans, and I would feel bad if I kept loading and resetting on him. It is really nice that there are this many choices and replayability in just the demo, and makes me even more excited for full VN in four days. I can tell you have put a lot of effort into this and I am looking forward to it!
Seeing your development log, and seeing the Act 1,2, and 3, as well as the Secret Route and Epilogue makes me even more curious to play the full thing very soon! Okay, done with my incredibly long comment/review, hope you didn't mind it.
Now to wait for the Full VN to come out; know when it does I am going to play it. Thank you for releasing the trailer and Demon of this already and thank you for making this VN! The full VN is gonna be awesome once it comes out. :)
Ahhhhh thank you so much for the in-depth review! I don't mind it at all! I'm so appreciative of the fact you took the time to go in-depth and comment on several aspects of the demo! And I'm glad to see it was an overall positive experience for you! I can't say that my comment will be nearly as long as yours. However, I'll try to address some of the things that you've mentioned!
Yes, pressing F or F11 toggles fullscreen mode. :) I've made this (hopefully) a little clearer on the controls screen for the full VN build. In regards to the self-voicing, I was able to decrease the font size of the message. And I managed to find a way to silence the notifications for the screenshots. However, I'll be leaving the feature of self-voicing speaking the menu options, as the self-voicing feature was originally intended to make navigating the menus more blind-friendly. Your suggestion for those that don't need SV during the menus is a good suggestion as a workaround. :)
I'm really happy that you were getting the Undertale feeling in some aspects! And I'm happy that it's giving you a feel for what the full game will be like! I'll choose not to comment on the things you've mentioned regarding the story. All I have to say is, you'll see when it all unfolds. ;) I'm truly excited to see what you think! Thank you again for your comments/review! :D
I want to be able to play this game on my Android or play it without actually downloading it. Can you please make that possible? I really want to play it.
Hi! I'm sorry, but I currently don't have plans to bring this to Android or Web. :( This might change in the future, but for right now I'll be focusing on the PC/Mac release.
Hi! If you right-click on the zip folder, you'll see an option called "Extract All."
Once you click that, you'll see a prompt to extract it. Make sure the "Show extracted files when complete" checkbox is checked off. Then, click the "Extract" button at the bottom.
Once that's finished, you'll see the new folder unzipped. Double-click that folder.
Inside the unzipped folder is the game. Double-click to run it. I hope that helps!
Hi !!! I created a new account just to tell you how much I love this game/demo. The writing is beautiful and respectful of Sans’ personality (not like some over-fangirls’ work who don't understand it at all), the routes and choices too ! Even though it’s only a demo it was so full of surprises and logic. I was really fulled of admiration. I hope to see the suit one day and the others’ personality too. I really enjoyed my time playing it, thanks to you ^^
Ahhhhhh hi and thank you!! It means so much you created an account just to comment! ;3; I’m happy you enjoyed the writing! I tried to stay as close to Sans’ in-game personality as I could! Thank you for playing!! :D I can’t wait to show the completed game in February!!
Thank you for playing the demo!! I'm glad you're excited about the full game!!
Also, sorry about that! I didn't think to put a sort of "true reset" button for the demo. Do note that in the full game, there will be ways to completely reset. :)
For the demo, however, you'll have to delete the game folder itself. This will be different depending on if played on PC or MAC.
Delete from PC
Delete from MAC
Go to %APPDATA%/RenPy
Go to ~/Library/RenPy
Once in the folder, find the folder named "DatingStartVN-DEMO-15630" and delete it.
Once in the folder, find the folder named "DatingStartVN-DEMO-15630" and delete it.
Once you delete the "DatingStartVN-DEMO-15630" folder, this will revert the game back to its original, pre-played state. :)
I went to the folder "DatingStartVN-Demo" Then inside I looked around the folders inside, but I couldn't find the folder you were talking about. I also could not find anything that says "%APPDATA%/RenPy" anywhere.
Sorry, I've never done this before. So I'm a bit confused. ( Oh and I'm on windows 10 if that helps any).
Hi! I really enjoyed the demo and can't wait for the finished game! I wish you good luck in making this game, and I'll be sure to play it when it's released. ^_^
Hi there! I'm sorry you're having difficulty downloading the game. And no don't worry about your spelling, I understood what you were saying. :)
I'll be honest with you, I'm not too sure why you're getting those messages. The only thing I can think of is that maybe it's a firewall setting on your computer or something similar that's blocking downloads. I'm sorry I can't be any more help. :(
I went through my computer's securaty settings and from what i can see theres nothing set to block my internet downloads. I'm not sure whats going on but is there anyway you can directly send me the game or can you send me the game from a diferent platform?
No no, don't be sorry! I'm sorry that you're having trouble downloading it in the first place! :( I'll upload it to Google Drive temporarily, maybe this will help? Try this link and let me know. :)
I'm going to try to download it on a diferent computer since i think its the computer its self is denying the file from downloading. i'll get back to you once i do. hopefully it works
you can tell i'm determined to download this game 😂 i saw my friend play it and now i'm kinda obsessed, from what i've heard the game is pretty good, you a really good creator :)
Thank you! ;n; That means a lot! And it means a lot that you're so determined! I'm just sorry that it's been difficult! x_x I wish you luck with trying to download it! Hopefully, when I release the final game, it'll be easier!
Just finished the demo and all I can say is I am so ready for more. After all, I'm a simple girl. I see undertale, I see dating sim, I'm in. Can't wait for it to be done lol. Amazing work! :3c
I loved this so much! The dialogue was on. point. The fact you have accessibility options for everything is really thoughtful! The art was amazing, and everything in general is awesome!! (*^▽^*) I can't wait for the completed game! ^^ I'll wait for it for as long as I can until it's out >:33
Overall Rating: 11/10, would play over and over and over again!! :D
(P.S: I would have made a Twitch stream or Youtube video on my playthrough through the demo but I fear of messing up everything in audio so I didn't xD)
(I have so many questions too but I won't voice them because people reading this might get spoiled xD)
(BTW I apologize for the long comment, I tend to go off-kilter with comments sometimes xD)
No no, please don't apologize for the long comment! It's absolutely appreciated; I was overjoyed reading it! It's so encouraging to me to know that there are people that like it so much! It makes me wanna work even harder to get this done!
Ahhh, I would have loved to see a playthrough, but I totally get worrying about audio! The thought alone that you would have wanted to makes me happy! ^^
Thank you again for taking the time to play the demo and to comment!
Honestly, the original comment was WAY longer, but I didn't know if long comments were 'ok' with you yet so I just sort of... shortened it xD
Maybe I might make a playthrough if I get the time to, but that might be for a while.. twt Plus, my mic is terrible. xD I bet you would only hear my fan blowing in the background and static noise xDD
How's development going on the game, by the way? Make sure to take a break if you overwork yourself and drink plenty of water! Eat something if you need to! Take a nap! I dunno, just remember not to strain yourself! xD
(I really can't fathom making a visual novel as great as this, let alone a demo on my own! I barely know anything about game-making and coding, so it all seems bizzare to me.. Hmm.. Maybe I might give game-making a shot someday.
i really don't know xD)
And thank YOU for making this gosh darn masterpiece, you amazing person! ^^
Oh gosh, you're too kind! Shoot now I'm excited to read your comment for when the full VN comes out! XD No pressure to comment, of course! ^^;
Development is going well, thank you for asking! I'll go into a little more detail in my next devblog entry, but for the most part I'm almost done with Act 2 with a little bit of progress on Act 3! I took a break this weekend, just to rest up. But I'll be back on the grind again! I've got a quite a bit to go, but I'm getting there!
You should totally give game making a shot someday, if you want! ^^ And don't worry about not knowing anything! I'll let you in on a little secret: I always have, like, 15 tabs of RenPy documentation open when I'm working on the VN lol
Hehe, prepare for what will probably be at LEAST one full 1 page long comment of pure praise when the game is finished :PP
Good to know you're doing well on the game, as well as mentally and physically! xD You keep doing that :3
Game development seems fun and I'd like to mess around a bit with code but online school cancels all my lockdown plans for boredom xD And I'll probably have like, x2 tabs more open than you while messing around because I know nothing XD
Anyway, maybe I'll make a small project soon when I get the chance..
But that's enough from me! :P Remember to stay determined >:33
I don't know what I expected going into this but I did not think it would be this good! I'm really looking forward to the release! Keep up the amazing work and thank you for creating this :)
Hi Cho! Thank you again for making this demo! I love it. I love the writing, the art, the mechanics--it's great! I had a lot of fun playing it during the livestream. I've made a VOD recording of my playthrough: Twitch
Ahhhhhh Katy thank you so much again for playing it!! And your words mean so much! <3 It was so fun watching you playthrough it! I actually rewatched some parts because I had a lot of fun seeing your reactions! :D
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AHHH I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!! I REMEMBER PLAYING THE DEMO AND IT WAS SO AMAZING!! THE FULL GAME WAS SO MCUH MORE THAN I WAS HOPING FOR THANK YOUUUUUU
AHHHHHHH THANK YOU FOR PLAYING!!! I'M SO GLAD YOU ENJOYED IT!!
That was fun! Thank you very much for making this. Now I'll have to struggle with the idea of Resetting to get the last CG or go through the other path.
Story was cute, artwork was good (especially the CG images), I had to play mute though because it is now 3 am so unfortunately I didn't hear the music or the Voices. Some points felt a little rushed but that's true of the original game as well. It handled the save system well and admittedly at first I thought it crashed. You handled that bit very well! Only problem I can think of is that I had the game save screenshots but for some reason I can't find them. I wanted to sit down and solve the crossword...
Potential spoilers but I'll try to keep it very general as possible:
The characters felt very true to themselves and I found that one scene with our favorite couple to be very adorable both ways (especially the session). Toriel was a bit pushy in regards to a character implied to be older than Frisk but she was very kind all the same. Papyrus made me want to scream a few times (which is true of canon as well) but he was still funny and excited and I found him to be very sweet when he began to suspect. Mettaton had me wanting to boo him (the leg doubly so) but he felt surprisingly tame considering how he was in the game. At the same time seeing as how this is a post near-Paci Neutral route, he did have a bit of a wakeup call before the new human showed up so him being 'tamer' felt fine. And then there's Flowey. As always, he's a rat bas... ... he's a punk and admittedly a lot of our interactions I acted completely out of spite.
With the final act, from after the job to the grand finale, I found it to be very good. The very end was sweet and what happens when you open again did a much better job of talking me out of going again than the original did. There's still the "what if" impulse but for now I'll leave our lovebirds alone.
Thank you again!
Thank you so much for playing and for taking the time to comment! Oh that last missing CG is very tempting, is it not? I suppose that means it does its job. ;) I'm glad that the characters stayed true for the most part!! I wanted to give it that Undertale feeling as best I could!
Also I'm sorry to hear about the screenshots! Normally, they're saved in the same folder as the game executable. That's on a Windows, though. I'm not sure what it would be on a Mac or Linux, I'm afraid. ^^;
You are a cunning and wily fiend.
Regarding the folder, that's the funny thing: this is a Windows machine. I'm chalking it up to my computer just not working right, assuming that other people got their screenshots handled properly.
Hey!! I've played your game already!(and made friends with Sans) You did such great job!! So..I wanted to ask you something. Can we reset game? Like if we reset would Flowey or Sans remeber it? I wanna try new endings but im kinda afraid >//< (sorry for mistakes im just russian :D)
Ahhhhh thank you so much! And no need to apologize! I highly recommend resetting. :) That’s how you get the best (or worst) ending :)
I love this so much!! thak you
How do you delete all your game progress? I can't seem to go back to the original script.
I’m glad you like it! The game actually has a way to reset to the very beginning if you play all the way through the best ending. You have to play it at least twice to get that option.
Hello I have a windows 10 and I need a little help I extract the zip file and presses on the heart and it does look like its loading but then it doesn't is it something I'm doing wrong plz help!
Hi! Sometimes it takes a little bit to load up. But that’s kinda strange it’s not opening up. Do any messages pop up? Or is nothing happening when you double click the heart?
Nothing is really happening.
Does the inside of the unzipped folder look like this?
yeah, it does so did I do something wrong is there a way to fix it?
The only thing I can think of is to redownload the game and unzip it again. Then when you go to run it, right click on the red heart and select “Run as administrator”
HELL YEAH CHO LET'S GO IT'S THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR (ME ESPECIALLY) I'M DOWNLOADING THE GAME RIGHT NOW HAHAHAHAHA PREPARE FOR THAT LONG ASS COMMENT I PROMISED YOU AT THE START!!!!!
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TEEEEEEM (I know I should be asleep shhhhh) I’m sooooo excited to see your comment and what you think! No rush, of course!! ^^
Congrats on reaching release! A lot of promising fan-VNs get stalled early in development, but you've did it! I forget when I first saw this but I'm definitely excited to see what kind of shenanigans you put the poor characters through given what happened in the demo.
Doubly so given that the player drops into a post-Neutral route rather than being in an alternate take on mid-UT (InLove), post-Paci (Kissy Cutie), pure excuse-plot (Dancing with a Beautiful Robot, Nuts in Bolts) or hilariously insane (Tem Dayting). The consequences of being a Human in an Underground where Undyne might have been the reason why Toriel went back to the Ruins will be hilarious given that people are here to flirt with Sans. Whether Papyrus still lives will undoubtedly affect how Sans reacts to a new human. Especially one with a knife (thanks Flowey).
Thank you so much! I basically treated this like NaNoRenO, but on a much larger time span of two years lol I’m so excited to finally flip the switch and release the VN!
I don’t want to get to much into story, after all it’s releasing in a few hours! But all I can say is that this will be following the Family Ending (Flawed Pacifist) Neutral Route. :) Thank you for checking it out!! ^^
only 23 hours and 5 minuets until the full game!!😄😊
I cant wait!! :3We’re almost there!! ✨✨ Just a little while longer!
Very long comment incoming. I just finished the Demo! I so a post on Tumblr linking this game and and the Countdown for it (I really like that Countdown thing you did by the way!), and came here to check it out. I wanted to play the Demo before the full game came out, just to get a feel for things, and because sometimes there is some different stuff (like dialogue) in the demo not in the full game, because it is demo-only stuff kind of. So I decided to play the Demo before the full game releases in just 4 days.
I am going to talk about the actual demo now! I really like all the sprites and how everyone looks, and the little animations for like when characters blink and for when Flowey attacks you. Everything just looks so good and I love the coloring. Sans and Tori's looks/designs are probably my favorite so far, defin. for the demo.
I really like all the accessibility options and captions and the all the different settings you can choose from too. I esp. like how you can take screenshots just with the S button, makes things much easier. The Self-voicing is also really interesting, it is cool that the VN is basically voice acted with it, if you so choose to have it enabled.
Some things I noticed about the self-voicing though, is that I would love if you could maybe toggle the menu thing that appears on top that says it is enabled, to make it go away or at least smaller. It isn't a really big thing, since it is already pretty small, and probably wouldn't be much noticeable at all if played full screen. I played it windowed, because I was doing other stuff, and I forgot how to fullscreen it. Would you press F?
Besides that, another thing I noticed while using self-voicing, is that it will say the numbers and letters that appear on top of the screen when you can take a screenshot. And that it also say all the stuff in the menu while you are using, both things can get a bit annoying. I don't really know if you can fix that, however, an easy thing I did was just to disable the self-voicing while taking a screenshot and when using the menu most of the time. I would maybe just leaving a post or update or something suggesting people do this as well. This is just a suggestion from me too of course. Okay, done talking about that.
I am going to talk about other menu stuff now. I really like how it looks, and I like the music menu section a lot. It is cool you can see the songs and listen to them from there. When you enter your name, it really feels and looks so much like Undertale, it is very well-done.
Now to talk about some more actual game stuff. There may some more spoiler-like/spoiler-y stuff ahead, so if people haven't played the Demo, I wouldn't really read past this point.
The in-game menu is also very good and I like the stats thing as well. I like how it looks, and I also like how the save files look. I hope in the full release though, there is more save files, maybe 2 or 3 at least would be nice, but for a demo, even one like yours, with some cool different options and choices, 1 is fine.
I really like how the "fights" are in this. Well, they are more like conversations, like Sans said, and making choices, but they are very fun, and you do them very well. It is a fun system, and I like the amount of choices for them. Which so far, the most interesting and fun choices have been some encounters with Flowey and Sans. Though being able to call Tori Mom or not, was one that I really liked too.
Like, when you originally meet Flowey, you can decide to accept his LOVE or not. Which I didn't, because I didn't want his LOVE, because I want to date Sans, and also, because he said it as LOVE and not Love, so I wasn't accepting that Flowey, I know what you actually wanted to do. Which was proven seconds later when he tried to kill me.
Then the conversation with Sans later on, which didn't go too well for me. I should have made another joke or tired flirting more, instead of trying to talk so much, and making things awkward to the point Sans took pity on me. Though, I don't think I did TOO bad, but Sans also said our conversation could have gone better, and because I accidently overwrite my load from before the date, I decided I would finish the demo and try to see if I could do better. Though even if I hadn't done that, I probably would have stuck with that and not change that conversation till the Demo was done anyway.
Anyway, I got the end of the Demo, and got a call from Pap, which is really cool by the way. And after that, I decided to reset the game to see if I can get a better conversation with Sans, I didn't realize until I had moved past the dialogue super quickly and reset a couple times thinking I had gone too far, because Sans seemed to show up earlier than the last time, that things had changed. Again, very cool by the way.
A lot of stuff changed after the reset, both Flowey and Sans really knew what was up, and I had very different conversations and/encounters with them. Even Tori knew something was a bit off, though stuff with her wasn't as different as it was with Flowey and Sans. Some different things were Flowey not attacking me in the beginning, and Sans saying we seemed bored in the beginning as well. Flowey also brought up talk about a skip button, and that became enabled. I didn't use it, but I do wonder how/if the characters would have reacted to being skipped (Sans defin. messed with you for doing that during Genocide).
The most interesting thing, was the Flowey gave me a knife right before the Sans conversation this time, which Sans noticed and asked me to please put it down. There being options to either do that ("put it down"), put it away, or FIGHT were such different options. Of course I put it away, because I didn't want to hurt Sans; I wanted to talk to him and date him. You then were given the option to either make a joke, hug, or kiss him. Which is also cool.
Something I thought about after this encounter, if Sans could be backstabbed, or like you could at least try to backstab him (not necessarily succeed at doing it) like you could in Undertale. Maybe if you put the knife away and then hugged him, that might have been an option? Because putting away might mean you still have the knife on your person, unlike when you put it down, and hugging him would probably be the best time to do it. It probably wouldn't have worked though, because Sans was already pretty on-guard with seeing you have the knife and he had just met you and so thought it was too early for hugs, but it is an interesting thought. I would try it, but that would be such a bad way to start off trying to get to know and date him, esp. since there is different stuff you get after resets, plus I don't want to hurt Sans or anyone! I want to talk and get along with everyone, and date Sans of course! Which I think I got closer to doing so.
It was also cool at the end of the demo this time around, instead of from Pap, it was from Sans, another cool change. I like the calls by way! I hope the calls stuff is in the full game, because this has been end of the demo stuff, so Idk. So yeah, I hope there is Calls stuff in the full game!
That is the stuff I got/learned so far. I haven't tried all the dialogue options and choices, and I haven't tried to reset another time, to see if there are any more changes, because I think I left stuff off well with Sans, and I would feel bad if I kept loading and resetting on him. It is really nice that there are this many choices and replayability in just the demo, and makes me even more excited for full VN in four days. I can tell you have put a lot of effort into this and I am looking forward to it!
Seeing your development log, and seeing the Act 1,2, and 3, as well as the Secret Route and Epilogue makes me even more curious to play the full thing very soon! Okay, done with my incredibly long comment/review, hope you didn't mind it.
Now to wait for the Full VN to come out; know when it does I am going to play it. Thank you for releasing the trailer and Demon of this already and thank you for making this VN! The full VN is gonna be awesome once it comes out. :)
Ahhhhh thank you so much for the in-depth review! I don't mind it at all! I'm so appreciative of the fact you took the time to go in-depth and comment on several aspects of the demo! And I'm glad to see it was an overall positive experience for you! I can't say that my comment will be nearly as long as yours. However, I'll try to address some of the things that you've mentioned!
Yes, pressing F or F11 toggles fullscreen mode. :) I've made this (hopefully) a little clearer on the controls screen for the full VN build. In regards to the self-voicing, I was able to decrease the font size of the message. And I managed to find a way to silence the notifications for the screenshots. However, I'll be leaving the feature of self-voicing speaking the menu options, as the self-voicing feature was originally intended to make navigating the menus more blind-friendly. Your suggestion for those that don't need SV during the menus is a good suggestion as a workaround. :)
I'm really happy that you were getting the Undertale feeling in some aspects! And I'm happy that it's giving you a feel for what the full game will be like! I'll choose not to comment on the things you've mentioned regarding the story. All I have to say is, you'll see when it all unfolds. ;) I'm truly excited to see what you think! Thank you again for your comments/review! :D
Thanks for the reply. And your welcome! looking forward to playing the Full VN then. ^^
thank you for this amazing gameeeeeeeee
You're very welcome! And thank you for playing the demo!! The full version is coming very soon!!
Hello,i just wanna let you know that i play the demo and its awessomeee wohooo!!! i cant wait to see the full releasee of the game to play 😊
Ahhhhhh thank you for playing the demo!! ;n; I'm glad you enjoyed it! Just a few more days until the release! :D
I want to be able to play this game on my Android or play it without actually downloading it. Can you please make that possible? I really want to play it.
Hi! I'm sorry, but I currently don't have plans to bring this to Android or Web. :( This might change in the future, but for right now I'll be focusing on the PC/Mac release.
Aw man, that’s a shame. I wonder if I could download it on my chrome book. I doubt it will work, though.
:3 I cant wait for the full games release😊.I'm gonna be counting down the days :D
Ahhhhhhh I’m glad you’re excited!! ^^ And I’ll be counting down the days, too! I’m ready to finally share this with everyone! 💙
hi i need some help opening the demo
Hi there! What are you having trouble with exactly? Were you able to unzip the folder? Also, are you Windows or Mac?
hi I need help opening the zip and I'm a windows
Hi! If you right-click on the zip folder, you'll see an option called "Extract All."
Once you click that, you'll see a prompt to extract it. Make sure the "Show extracted files when complete" checkbox is checked off. Then, click the "Extract" button at the bottom.
Once that's finished, you'll see the new folder unzipped. Double-click that folder.
Inside the unzipped folder is the game. Double-click to run it. I hope that helps!
Hi !!! I created a new account just to tell you how much I love this game/demo. The writing is beautiful and respectful of Sans’ personality (not like some over-fangirls’ work who don't understand it at all), the routes and choices too ! Even though it’s only a demo it was so full of surprises and logic. I was really fulled of admiration. I hope to see the suit one day and the others’ personality too. I really enjoyed my time playing it, thanks to you ^^
Ahhhhhh hi and thank you!! It means so much you created an account just to comment! ;3; I’m happy you enjoyed the writing! I tried to stay as close to Sans’ in-game personality as I could! Thank you for playing!! :D I can’t wait to show the completed game in February!!
How do you delete all your game progress? I can't seem to go back to the original script.
( p.s I am really excited to play the full game! )
Thank you for playing the demo!! I'm glad you're excited about the full game!!
Also, sorry about that! I didn't think to put a sort of "true reset" button for the demo. Do note that in the full game, there will be ways to completely reset. :)
For the demo, however, you'll have to delete the game folder itself. This will be different depending on if played on PC or MAC.
Once you delete the "DatingStartVN-DEMO-15630" folder, this will revert the game back to its original, pre-played state. :)
I went to the folder "DatingStartVN-Demo" Then inside I looked around the folders inside, but I couldn't find the folder you were talking about. I also could not find anything that says "%APPDATA%/RenPy" anywhere.
Sorry, I've never done this before. So I'm a bit confused. ( Oh and I'm on windows 10 if that helps any).
No need to be sorry! I know it can be a bit confusing.
You'll have to type in "%APPDATA%/RenPy" at the top here and press ENTER.
Once you're in there, you're going to want to find the "DatingStartVN-DEMO-15630" folder and delete it. I hope that makes it a little more clear!
Hi! I really enjoyed the demo and can't wait for the finished game! I wish you good luck in making this game, and I'll be sure to play it when it's released. ^_^
Ahhhhh thank you so much for the good luck wishes and for taking the time to play the demo! ;3; I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
hello umm im on windows 7 and when i try to download the game it either says authorisation requiured or interrupted download error
(also my spelling is garbage😅)
Hi there! I'm sorry you're having difficulty downloading the game. And no don't worry about your spelling, I understood what you were saying. :)
I'll be honest with you, I'm not too sure why you're getting those messages. The only thing I can think of is that maybe it's a firewall setting on your computer or something similar that's blocking downloads. I'm sorry I can't be any more help. :(
I went through my computer's securaty settings and from what i can see theres nothing set to block my internet downloads. I'm not sure whats going on but is there anyway you can directly send me the game or can you send me the game from a diferent platform?
also I'm sorry for all the trouble😅
No no, don't be sorry! I'm sorry that you're having trouble downloading it in the first place! :( I'll upload it to Google Drive temporarily,
maybe this will help? Try this link and let me know. :)I'm going to try to download it on a diferent computer since i think its the computer its self is denying the file from downloading. i'll get back to you once i do. hopefully it works
you can tell i'm determined to download this game 😂 i saw my friend play it and now i'm kinda obsessed, from what i've heard the game is pretty good, you a really good creator :)
Thank you! ;n; That means a lot! And it means a lot that you're so determined! I'm just sorry that it's been difficult! x_x I wish you luck with trying to download it! Hopefully, when I release the final game, it'll be easier!
I love this! I hope you are proud of yourself cuz you should be! :3
Ahhhhh thank you, that means a lot! ;n; I'm glad you enjoyed the demo!
yeah i loved it! also im glad i made you happy, you are soooo great and even helping you out in the slightest makes me feel good ouo
Oooo this looks so good! I can't wait to get home and play it! :D
Ahhhhhh thank you!! ^^ I hope you enjoy the demo!!
Love the game, keep up the good work. Can’t wait to play the full game :P
Thank you so much!! ;n; I'm glad you enjoyed it so far!! And I can't wait to release the full game! ^^
Just finished the demo and all I can say is I am so ready for more. After all, I'm a simple girl. I see undertale, I see dating sim, I'm in. Can't wait for it to be done lol. Amazing work! :3c
Ahhhhhh thank you so much!! ;n; Honestly, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one interested in this idea LOL!! I'm hoping to finish this soon! ^^
LETS GO ACT 3!!! im so excited for this to be finished >:3!!!
THANK YOUUU!! ;n; I'm hoping to stay on track! I'm really excited to share the final VN with you all! ^^
this is it. this is the dream. thank you so much for making this! can't wait til it's finished!
Ahhhhhh thank you for taking the time to comment!! :D I'm so excited to show everyone once it's done!
im so hyped for the full game!
Ahhh thank you so much!! :D
AAAAAA THIS IS SO GOOD JDUSHAFWEJIK
I loved this so much! The dialogue was on. point. The fact you have accessibility options for everything is really thoughtful! The art was amazing, and everything in general is awesome!! (*^▽^*) I can't wait for the completed game! ^^ I'll wait for it for as long as I can until it's out >:33
Overall Rating: 11/10, would play over and over and over again!! :D
(P.S: I would have made a Twitch stream or Youtube video on my playthrough through the demo but I fear of messing up everything in audio so I didn't xD)
(I have so many questions too but I won't voice them because people reading this might get spoiled xD)
(BTW I apologize for the long comment, I tend to go off-kilter with comments sometimes xD)
OMGGG AHHHHH THANK YOU!!! ;n;
No no, please don't apologize for the long comment! It's absolutely appreciated; I was overjoyed reading it! It's so encouraging to me to know that there are people that like it so much! It makes me wanna work even harder to get this done!
Ahhh, I would have loved to see a playthrough, but I totally get worrying about audio! The thought alone that you would have wanted to makes me happy! ^^
Thank you again for taking the time to play the demo and to comment!
No problem!(*^▽^)
Honestly, the original comment was WAY longer, but I didn't know if long comments were 'ok' with you yet so I just sort of... shortened it xD
Maybe I might make a playthrough if I get the time to, but that might be for a while.. twt Plus, my mic is terrible. xD I bet you would only hear my fan blowing in the background and static noise xDD
How's development going on the game, by the way? Make sure to take a break if you overwork yourself and drink plenty of water! Eat something if you need to! Take a nap! I dunno, just remember not to strain yourself! xD
(I really can't fathom making a visual novel as great as this, let alone a demo on my own! I barely know anything about game-making and coding, so it all seems bizzare to me.. Hmm.. Maybe I might give game-making a shot someday.i really don't know xD)And thank YOU for making this gosh darn masterpiece, you amazing person! ^^
Oh gosh, you're too kind! Shoot now I'm excited to read your comment for when the full VN comes out! XD No pressure to comment, of course! ^^;
Development is going well, thank you for asking! I'll go into a little more detail in my next devblog entry, but for the most part I'm almost done with Act 2 with a little bit of progress on Act 3! I took a break this weekend, just to rest up. But I'll be back on the grind again! I've got a quite a bit to go, but I'm getting there!
You should totally give game making a shot someday, if you want! ^^ And don't worry about not knowing anything! I'll let you in on a little secret: I always have, like, 15 tabs of RenPy documentation open when I'm working on the VN lol
Hehe, prepare for what will probably be at LEAST one full 1 page long comment of pure praise when the game is finished :PP
Good to know you're doing well on the game, as well as mentally and physically! xD You keep doing that :3
Game development seems fun and I'd like to mess around a bit with code but online school cancels all my lockdown plans for boredom xD And I'll probably have like, x2 tabs more open than you while messing around because I know nothing XD
Anyway, maybe I'll make a small project soon when I get the chance..
But that's enough from me! :P Remember to stay determined >:33
I don't know what I expected going into this but I did not think it would be this good! I'm really looking forward to the release! Keep up the amazing work and thank you for creating this :)
Ahhhhhh, thank you for playing and for the encouraging words! It means a lot! :D I'm so glad you liked the demo!
._. I'm truly stunned. Never thought i'd see a dating sim 4 sans in my life span
Well, here it is, I guess? Ta-da? ._.
Dream come true XD UwU
Hi Cho! Thank you again for making this demo! I love it. I love the writing, the art, the mechanics--it's great! I had a lot of fun playing it during the livestream. I've made a VOD recording of my playthrough: Twitch
I'm looking forward to seeing the final game. <3
Ahhhhhh Katy thank you so much again for playing it!! And your words mean so much! <3 It was so fun watching you playthrough it! I actually rewatched some parts because I had a lot of fun seeing your reactions! :D
If anyone else is reading this, please watch Katy's playthrough and follow her on Twitch!
I AM proud of myself, DJ, you meme >:C
I meant it, cuz' I'm proud of you
but the internet is still a mistake
thank you ;n;
lol that's a fair statementUndertale??? In my 2020??? More likely than you think. Time to live out my self-insert dreams from 2018.
LOL it's never too late, right?
Thank you so much for playing and for taking the time to comment! I’m glad you enjoyed it! :)