Okay im curious I've been following through complete evil path while only being nice to a few people that I like and im on the fight with mo long,Now He is telling me to kill him,I normally don't hesitate to kill anyone when the game gives me an option but the fact that the demon queen was mentioned and she is one of the strongest in the story,I have a feeling that he is related to her somehow,so does killing him have consequences?
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.
Yeah I did go back and then decided to ask him questions instead of instantly killing him and yes I did change my mc name from wu to he but im planning on betraying the he clan,with mo long help which made me fail the mission but i do hope that he does become helpful down the road. I also told him that the he clan was responsible for him killing his lover so I do hope these options don't come bite me back,I know for sure the mc at their current state can't fight the demon queen and I feel like if choosing to kill him I might lock myself out later on and die to her,the way the author worded it felt weirdly omnious.
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.
Lots of potential to this story. I'm excited to see where it goes. But I'm gonna plop some thoughts down just to share my perspective.
It would be nice if we were able to cultivate relationships with characters during the free roam. Like, even if it isn't going to "drive" the plot of the relationship forward, it would be nice to just get more exposure to what these characters are doing. ATM the free roam seems a bit empty. It'd also be nice if reading all the books in the library rewarded the player with something (beyond experience) - like a new talent or whatnot. Lore is cool but there are valuable points being spent on it, which feels like a waste.
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. Ruo is accomplishing new feats all the time, and even when the protagonist accomplishes one thing it seems as if Ruo has accomplished double that. It kinda kills the vibe of the ultra-powerful protag story (which is, presumably, the reason why people pick the 4x exp gain). If the protag is supposed to be a legendary martial artist, why can't he compete with the prince/princess, at least in terms of pace-of-progression?
Like, if Ruo is beating people in the Arena, we should be beating people in the Arena. If Ruo is learning new talents super easily, we should be learning talents. I mean, even Tigress has a teacher but no one has even tried to contact us??? And we are stuck with only our family's skills, which the princess can apparently instantly learn anyway. Like??? Is our protag supposed to be strong or nah?
I understand there are narrative reasons why the princess might be in a better place, but the narrative also seems to suggest that we should be able to catch up quicker due to our natural talent. Yet, it seems like we are not catching up quicker at all - but that we are actually falling behind. At least that's how it has been by the time I paused reading this (around when she fights Middle H dude in the Arena).
Anyway, I was loving this game in the beginning but during what seems to be the mid-point 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. After all, our attributes are capped with points but apparently prince/princess Ruo's are not lol. I also don't understand that. Like, if we are at middle H level watching her fight, with maxed out stats, then how is she able to win a fight that we apparently could not? It's not as if she is late-stage H level, just early to mid level.
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.
Maybe I wasn't clear regarding the purpose of my comment. I was offering constructive feedback to the author, specifically, in case it might be useful.
I already understand how the narrative tries to justify why things are written the way they are. I have read the story myself. You say, "I can try to address most of your issues" but you are not actually addressing any of the issues. You are just writing a defense of the story.
Unfortunately, I didn't write this comment to start a debate with random users in the comment section. I wrote my comment for the author. The author can choose to accept or ignore my feedback. That's all I care about. I do not care whether commenters agree or disagree with my opinion - it is totally inconsequential to the development of the story, which is the only thing I actually do care about.
I could go over my specific objections to your comment but I really don't want to write a 10 paragraph essay on why I feel parts of the narrative are weak, despite the ways the story tries to justify it all. If the author wants me to further explain my opinion, then I will be happy to do so, because that might directly impact the development of the story. But for anyone else, no, because it will be totally unproductive.
That's all I have to say. Feel free to think whatever you want about the story - everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
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.
is the different duo spirit intentional or is it a bug cause it somehow let me choose two of them but of different category like bull and elephant(strength and vitality) if its intentional its very good otherwise sorry for not warning earlier ;/
Played the new boosty update. Will there be a way to later reconciliate with Mei Mei or maybe add a third option to stay friends if you kill the bh?
Choices right now are to either get into a "partnership" or become enemies. I'm fine with the former, but the latter is the only choice for female MCs though.
Mainly, because it didn't do anything. There was a maybe 1-2 interactions where it did play a role and I aimed to simplify the game with the rework. I may return it in the future though, once the story is complete and I'll have time to add details like that
When I download poma-public and try to play it in my browser and translate with Google translate, this happens. (I don't speak English so I'm using Google translate to write this)
And when I try to undo the translation and go back to English to press "Next", the same notification appears.
Oh yeah, I'm aware of this. No idea why it happens (probably something to do with the javascript changes I made to the save system), but you can use any other browser and it'd be fine. I tested with edge/its native translator and firefox, there was no problem
Try refreshing/seeing if the error still persists (you may have caught me uploading bug-fixes). If yes, can you tell me how this happened (which choices you picked) and whether you loaded a save sometime before the crash popped up?
Yes, yes, and yes. I have a save game a bit before this happened, I remember playing through the game and dropping a save a few screens before this. I was in the danger zone expedition, I killed a fellow disciple, the leader of the first tribe I can chose to assault, who was drunk af, called Fu Bing
I then had a poetry fight with Le Xiwen I won, then the guy's sis (I think) Fu Lanfen showed up and karmic stomped my ass to -10k
Then she said
Which I'm not sure I get, since her bro was called Fu Bing a bit earlier, or maybe I'm just mixing up another character (these xianxia names man). Also what does "I'm afraid I can't let him his die" really mean? Prolly some typo or something
Anyways, right after that I try to kill the rest of the gathered disciples like on the screenshot way above, and it triggers that error, which funnily enough also bricks the buttons, so I reload the page, load an earlier save, and go with some other option.
Thanks! I'll check it out. 1) Yes, 'Xiao' is a term used for a younger sibling/kid. She's calling Fu Bing = Xiao Bing (replacing the surname with the endearment). There are also a few others that you'll see in the game: repeating the name twice (Da = Da Da) and adding 'er to the name.
Will stat maximums be readjusted for MCs with a dragon tattoo? Dragon tattoo increases max stats by 20, but we are still capped at 1,000. Is this intentional so that we don't breach into early xiantian stats?
talent_chr is basically an empty variable placed in order to pass quicktest (a tool to proofread bugs), which ignores conditional statements and will show an error otherwise. Actual code for increasing attributes/spending exp looks like this
Since I don't know how to upload file on phone so I just gonna google lens the entire text here it might not work cuz my phone can't copy and paste pop-up the message pic above
Saves broke =( This happens due to me bugfixing things constantly. I am trying to make them more permanent, but so far no luck. The only advice I have for now is have more save filed ;(
Try uploading a safe save now, it should, probably, maybe, work.
Though keep in mind you’ll have to set variables limit_X (str, agi, con etc) to 500 or you’ll get an error when opening stat page/raising attributes (this will only happen with these saves, not in the future lol).
On premium/boosty version. Getting an error that prevents me from raising attributes.
sect_meditation line 128: can't divide by zero
Edit: Never mind, fixed it by raising the attribute limits to 500. That being said, the dragon tattoo you get from the panda is now worthless as I cannot surpass 1,000 in any stat, when the game previously allows 520.
My game breaks before the fight with the disciples and tattooed warriors giving the error: "expo_final_1 line 426: sbr doesn't contain label add_injury"
Have tried reloading and doing things a little differently but I can't seem to get around that error on that choice.
The other options advance the story but do not appeal to me =(
Cool. Not possible for my character in that play-through to not fail the stat check beforehand as I went on normal difficulty and wanted to try playing as a character that wasn’t absolutely maxed out on everything.
I just left a save there and restarted the game to try choosing some different options. Selected stronger starting options and it’s interesting how much it affects how the beginning plays out.
Hello! Wanted to ask something. I really enjoy your game and I found romance with Tigress to be just amazing. But when I tried to star Ruo romance I found that there is much less content with his romance in the Demo so far. Like during the “training arc” there was almost no event scenes with him, unlike with other RO.
Is it supposed to be like that and he will get more of “romance” but just in the future chapters, or I am missing something/doing something wrong, and need to follow specific steps to get his romance scenes?
Tigress is pretty much the only romance option that you can go anywhere with right now. At most, you can just flirt with the other cast members and spend time with them, but it's nothing so developed as Tigress' romance.
In some of my saves, the game returns to the beginning, in others an error appears. I tried to restart the game and I get this message after talking to the owner of the cheapest inn (the same thing happens to me in another save)
Fixed the error, was changing some stuff and accidentally broke it lol.
About the saves... it may break if you save at the state page or if you enter stat page, leave it and save then without advancing to a new page/making a choice. I'm working on locking the save function during these times, but for now there is nothing I can do =(
Hii! I've encountered a bug in the new version where when you attempt to save (while playing in browser) and then load back to said save, the game immediately freezes. After refreshing the website, the game resets, your save is still there, however the same bug happens when trying to load again. It seems to do the same when downloading it, however when you download it, the game will not acknowledge your save and will not load it.
Did you save during stat page / after you opened stat page and haven't clicked 'next page' or made a choice?
Sadly due to how stat page works in CS, saves tend to break if you do so. I'm working on trying to prevent you from saving during these moments, but it'll take me some time
I saved during a choice, so thats probably why. I tried again after restarting the game and the same issue still occured. Thank you for the reply!! ^^ also I'm not sure if this only happens for mobile as that's what I'm using.
A great start to something that could (have) be(en) terribly ambitious. The sheer amount of world building done to create a background of characters, places, factions, artifacts and relations which never appear but are mentioned in passing, is enormous. Unfortunately, it also suffers from some serious flaws:
Given CoG's bizarre obsession with not wanting to make ChoiceScript user-friendly, a back-button and the ability to export saves were always pretty much out of the question.
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The game isn't consistent about whether Tigress is from the East or from the West.
If you hope that Tigress is okay after getting injured during the Outer Disciple tournament, the game says you can challenge Long Wyoung. But if you then go to the Arena Administrative Building, it says you can only issue ranked challenges, not personal ones.
The game tells you the Ro Hui/Hyi is the "Mistress/Little Demon Queen", but then doesn't give you any options acknowledging this (You can only either go along with them apparently without recognizing them, or you can express disinterest in the disciples' lives without recognizing them).
</SPOILERS>
"There is no right and wrong. Justice is upheld by man, and fairness is a made-up concept for the weak to soothe their aches."
Ooh yikes. Methinks somebody's been hitting the Nietzsche, Foucault and Le Guin a bit too hard. Quick repeat after me:
The Dao that can be spoken of, is not The Eternal Dao. The Name that can be spoken of, is not The Eternal Name.
I'm pretty sure the match with Long Chen's brother just hasn't been implemented yet. Not exactly a flaw.
When does the game tell you that Ro Hyi is the Little Demon Queen? MC is only suspicious about their mask in their initial meeting but realizes something was truly wrong when they encounter the pile of corpses in the cave and sees Ro Hyi among the list of dead disciples. I might be misremembering this detail though, perhaps the game did namedrop her true identity.
If the game tells you that you can now challenge Long Wyoung, while you can't actually do so in the current build, then I would call that a (small) flaw in the current build, since that line could have just been commented out until it gets updated.
If you pass a check (INT iirc, but I'm not clicking through the whole game to make sure :p) with the correct degree of success, when she tries to convince MC to follow her to the cave, then MC lists several similarities between Ro Huy/Hyi and the "Mistress/Little Demon Queen" (e.g. androgynous, wears mask to hide deformed face, etc.). So that comparison strongly suggests to me that MC recognizes her suspects her identity.
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why option to 'download save' got removed?
can we get that back.that was useful for different playthrough specially since saves are getting corrupted .
You can download your saves in freeroam it is called protected saves.
How much do you plan on updating the demo? Will you stop after a certain word count and focus one the premium version?
Okay im curious I've been following through complete evil path while only being nice to a few people that I like and im on the fight with mo long,Now He is telling me to kill him,I normally don't hesitate to kill anyone when the game gives me an option but the fact that the demon queen was mentioned and she is one of the strongest in the story,I have a feeling that he is related to her somehow,so does killing him have consequences?
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.
Yeah I did go back and then decided to ask him questions instead of instantly killing him and yes I did change my mc name from wu to he but im planning on betraying the he clan,with mo long help which made me fail the mission but i do hope that he does become helpful down the road. I also told him that the he clan was responsible for him killing his lover so I do hope these options don't come bite me back,I know for sure the mc at their current state can't fight the demon queen and I feel like if choosing to kill him I might lock myself out later on and die to her,the way the author worded it felt weirdly omnious.
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.
Thanks for the info I appreciate the help 👍
Lots of potential to this story. I'm excited to see where it goes. But I'm gonna plop some thoughts down just to share my perspective.
It would be nice if we were able to cultivate relationships with characters during the free roam. Like, even if it isn't going to "drive" the plot of the relationship forward, it would be nice to just get more exposure to what these characters are doing. ATM the free roam seems a bit empty. It'd also be nice if reading all the books in the library rewarded the player with something (beyond experience) - like a new talent or whatnot. Lore is cool but there are valuable points being spent on it, which feels like a waste.
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. Ruo is accomplishing new feats all the time, and even when the protagonist accomplishes one thing it seems as if Ruo has accomplished double that. It kinda kills the vibe of the ultra-powerful protag story (which is, presumably, the reason why people pick the 4x exp gain). If the protag is supposed to be a legendary martial artist, why can't he compete with the prince/princess, at least in terms of pace-of-progression?
Like, if Ruo is beating people in the Arena, we should be beating people in the Arena. If Ruo is learning new talents super easily, we should be learning talents. I mean, even Tigress has a teacher but no one has even tried to contact us??? And we are stuck with only our family's skills, which the princess can apparently instantly learn anyway. Like??? Is our protag supposed to be strong or nah?
I understand there are narrative reasons why the princess might be in a better place, but the narrative also seems to suggest that we should be able to catch up quicker due to our natural talent. Yet, it seems like we are not catching up quicker at all - but that we are actually falling behind. At least that's how it has been by the time I paused reading this (around when she fights Middle H dude in the Arena).
Anyway, I was loving this game in the beginning but during what seems to be the mid-point 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. After all, our attributes are capped with points but apparently prince/princess Ruo's are not lol. I also don't understand that. Like, if we are at middle H level watching her fight, with maxed out stats, then how is she able to win a fight that we apparently could not? It's not as if she is late-stage H level, just early to mid level.
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.
Maybe I wasn't clear regarding the purpose of my comment. I was offering constructive feedback to the author, specifically, in case it might be useful.
I already understand how the narrative tries to justify why things are written the way they are. I have read the story myself. You say, "I can try to address most of your issues" but you are not actually addressing any of the issues. You are just writing a defense of the story.
Unfortunately, I didn't write this comment to start a debate with random users in the comment section. I wrote my comment for the author. The author can choose to accept or ignore my feedback. That's all I care about. I do not care whether commenters agree or disagree with my opinion - it is totally inconsequential to the development of the story, which is the only thing I actually do care about.
I could go over my specific objections to your comment but I really don't want to write a 10 paragraph essay on why I feel parts of the narrative are weak, despite the ways the story tries to justify it all. If the author wants me to further explain my opinion, then I will be happy to do so, because that might directly impact the development of the story. But for anyone else, no, because it will be totally unproductive.
That's all I have to say. Feel free to think whatever you want about the story - everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
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.
is the different duo spirit intentional or is it a bug cause it somehow let me choose two of them but of different category like bull and elephant(strength and vitality) if its intentional its very good otherwise sorry for not warning earlier ;/
Is there a way to beat the demon queen in the quest to escort Tang Huo's daughter or do you have to do something else to avoid the quest entirely?
The quest is unavoidable. If you killed the demon queen's son, it's basically submit or die.
Played the new boosty update. Will there be a way to later reconciliate with Mei Mei or maybe add a third option to stay friends if you kill the bh?
Choices right now are to either get into a "partnership" or become enemies. I'm fine with the former, but the latter is the only choice for female MCs though.
so is there still no porn in this or
no porn
Was there a reason for getting rid of the prestige stat?
Mainly, because it didn't do anything. There was a maybe 1-2 interactions where it did play a role and I aimed to simplify the game with the rework. I may return it in the future though, once the story is complete and I'll have time to add details like that
When I download poma-public and try to play it in my browser and translate with Google translate, this happens. (I don't speak English so I'm using Google translate to write this)
And when I try to undo the translation and go back to English to press "Next", the same notification appears.
Oh yeah, I'm aware of this. No idea why it happens (probably something to do with the javascript changes I made to the save system), but you can use any other browser and it'd be fine. I tested with edge/its native translator and firefox, there was no problem
Senior was able to break reality with a simple thought. Truly profound martial provess, this junior seeks guidance in the way of the dao from senior
Fun game btw, looking forward to it
Try refreshing/seeing if the error still persists (you may have caught me uploading bug-fixes). If yes, can you tell me how this happened (which choices you picked) and whether you loaded a save sometime before the crash popped up?
Yes, yes, and yes. I have a save game a bit before this happened, I remember playing through the game and dropping a save a few screens before this. I was in the danger zone expedition, I killed a fellow disciple, the leader of the first tribe I can chose to assault, who was drunk af, called Fu Bing
I then had a poetry fight with Le Xiwen I won, then the guy's sis (I think) Fu Lanfen showed up and karmic stomped my ass to -10k
Then she said
Which I'm not sure I get, since her bro was called Fu Bing a bit earlier, or maybe I'm just mixing up another character (these xianxia names man). Also what does "I'm afraid I can't let him his die" really mean? Prolly some typo or something
Anyways, right after that I try to kill the rest of the gathered disciples like on the screenshot way above, and it triggers that error, which funnily enough also bricks the buttons, so I reload the page, load an earlier save, and go with some other option.
Thanks! I'll check it out.
1) Yes, 'Xiao' is a term used for a younger sibling/kid. She's calling Fu Bing = Xiao Bing (replacing the surname with the endearment). There are also a few others that you'll see in the game: repeating the name twice (Da = Da Da) and adding 'er to the name.
2) It's a typo, will fix
Will stat maximums be readjusted for MCs with a dragon tattoo? Dragon tattoo increases max stats by 20, but we are still capped at 1,000. Is this intentional so that we don't breach into early xiantian stats?
Nope. I'll fix it in a minute, 1000 is the absolute limit, which is supposed to be very, very end-game and will cost much more to reach
There's a coding error when selecting the good-looking trait in the beginning. It's not enabling the "talent_chr" variable when it normally should.
its coded as 'beautiful'
No, the "beautiful" variable is enabled. It's not enabling the "talent_chr" variable that allows half the exp required to increase charisma.
talent_chr is basically an empty variable placed in order to pass quicktest (a tool to proofread bugs), which ignores conditional statements and will show an error otherwise. Actual code for increasing attributes/spending exp looks like this
Oh, that's good to know. I was stat editing it on anyways.
I believe this only happens in mobile since i played in the PC just fine
Maybe an old save issue. Does it persist with new ones?
Yep it still persist on mobile, you can save the game but can't load them.
Can you send me your save file? Either upload the file somewhere and link it or just copy text and paste it here
Since I don't know how to upload file on phone so I just gonna google lens the entire text here it might not work cuz my phone can't copy and paste pop-up the message pic above
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https://www.file.io/
upload the .txt and send the link =)
where can i download the new premium version?
https://nickydicky.itch.io/poma-premium
but you'll need to sub on boosty to get the password
i don't see any download links 😥
Ah, what do you mean?
Is it normal if my save doesn't work? I left a save on a "safe save" page yet it always goes back to the beginning when I load
Yeah my save files also don't work, doesn't matter if I download and upload them, after a few hours since I close the game they just stop working.
Saves broke =(
This happens due to me bugfixing things constantly. I am trying to make them more permanent, but so far no luck. The only advice I have for now is have more save filed ;(
Try uploading a safe save now, it should, probably, maybe, work.
Though keep in mind you’ll have to set variables limit_X (str, agi, con etc) to 500 or you’ll get an error when opening stat page/raising attributes (this will only happen with these saves, not in the future lol).
On premium/boosty version. Getting an error that prevents me from raising attributes.
sect_meditation line 128: can't divide by zero
Edit: Never mind, fixed it by raising the attribute limits to 500. That being said, the dragon tattoo you get from the panda is now worthless as I cannot surpass 1,000 in any stat, when the game previously allows 520.
My game breaks before the fight with the disciples and tattooed warriors giving the error: "expo_final_1 line 426: sbr doesn't contain label add_injury"
Have tried reloading and doing things a little differently but I can't seem to get around that error on that choice.
The other options advance the story but do not appeal to me =(
Will be fixed with the next update (pretty soon). For now, you can get around it by not failing the stat check :D
Cool. Not possible for my character in that play-through to not fail the stat check beforehand as I went on normal difficulty and wanted to try playing as a character that wasn’t absolutely maxed out on everything.
I just left a save there and restarted the game to try choosing some different options. Selected stronger starting options and it’s interesting how much it affects how the beginning plays out.
Thanks for your reply.
Loved the update and the new RO, she must've been so loney, my poor heart bleeds for her. Great work Nic
Its a great game but its missing the NSFW i was expecting
Yeah
Hello! Wanted to ask something. I really enjoy your game and I found romance with Tigress to be just amazing. But when I tried to star Ruo romance I found that there is much less content with his romance in the Demo so far. Like during the “training arc” there was almost no event scenes with him, unlike with other RO.
Is it supposed to be like that and he will get more of “romance” but just in the future chapters, or I am missing something/doing something wrong, and need to follow specific steps to get his romance scenes?
Tigress is pretty much the only romance option that you can go anywhere with right now. At most, you can just flirt with the other cast members and spend time with them, but it's nothing so developed as Tigress' romance.
Oh I see, thank you
fixed
I hope can we get more Ai content soon. She gets quite a lot less screentime compared to the other cast members.
What happened to the little kid we save on the mission with Ai? There hasn't been any mention of him in a long time.
He's in the sect. In fact, you may (depending on the route) interact with him in the next premium/in two public updates.
MC gets smashed too easily just saying the wrong thing can get their teeth kicked in npc
Will sex scenes ever be added or just fading to black?
just fade to black
Guess ur just so ahead of the curve even the game don't know
He's fighting a stage above, as a Late-Houtian
Amazing game. It was fun and can't wait for more.
Well aside from the bugs and reducing few free roam places
It was fun as always
CAnt w8 for the next season
Fixed the error, was changing some stuff and accidentally broke it lol.
About the saves... it may break if you save at the state page or if you enter stat page, leave it and save then without advancing to a new page/making a choice. I'm working on locking the save function during these times, but for now there is nothing I can do =(
Hii! I've encountered a bug in the new version where when you attempt to save (while playing in browser) and then load back to said save, the game immediately freezes. After refreshing the website, the game resets, your save is still there, however the same bug happens when trying to load again. It seems to do the same when downloading it, however when you download it, the game will not acknowledge your save and will not load it.
Did you save during stat page / after you opened stat page and haven't clicked 'next page' or made a choice?
Sadly due to how stat page works in CS, saves tend to break if you do so. I'm working on trying to prevent you from saving during these moments, but it'll take me some time
I saved during a choice, so thats probably why. I tried again after restarting the game and the same issue still occured. Thank you for the reply!! ^^ also I'm not sure if this only happens for mobile as that's what I'm using.
Maybe you had random rolls on
Made it available for download =)
Which tattoo do you guys think will have the most impact in future fights?
A great start to something that could (have) be(en) terribly ambitious. The sheer amount of world building done to create a background of characters, places, factions, artifacts and relations which never appear but are mentioned in passing, is enormous. Unfortunately, it also suffers from some serious flaws:
Given CoG's bizarre obsession with not wanting to make ChoiceScript user-friendly, a back-button and the ability to export saves were always pretty much out of the question.
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The game isn't consistent about whether Tigress is from the East or from the West.
If you hope that Tigress is okay after getting injured during the Outer Disciple tournament, the game says you can challenge Long Wyoung. But if you then go to the Arena Administrative Building, it says you can only issue ranked challenges, not personal ones.
The game tells you the Ro Hui/Hyi is the "Mistress/Little Demon Queen", but then doesn't give you any options acknowledging this (You can only either go along with them apparently without recognizing them, or you can express disinterest in the disciples' lives without recognizing them).
</SPOILERS>
"There is no right and wrong. Justice is upheld by man, and fairness is a made-up concept for the weak to soothe their aches."
Ooh yikes. Methinks somebody's been hitting the Nietzsche, Foucault and Le Guin a bit too hard. Quick repeat after me:
The Dao that can be spoken of, is not The Eternal Dao.
The Name that can be spoken of, is not The Eternal Name.
I'm pretty sure the match with Long Chen's brother just hasn't been implemented yet. Not exactly a flaw.
When does the game tell you that Ro Hyi is the Little Demon Queen? MC is only suspicious about their mask in their initial meeting but realizes something was truly wrong when they encounter the pile of corpses in the cave and sees Ro Hyi among the list of dead disciples. I might be misremembering this detail though, perhaps the game did namedrop her true identity.
If the game tells you that you can now challenge Long Wyoung, while you can't actually do so in the current build, then I would call that a (small) flaw in the current build, since that line could have just been commented out until it gets updated.
If you pass a check (INT iirc, but I'm not clicking through the whole game to make sure :p) with the correct degree of success, when she tries to convince MC to follow her to the cave, then MC lists several similarities between Ro Huy/Hyi and the "Mistress/Little Demon Queen" (e.g. androgynous, wears mask to hide deformed face, etc.). So that comparison strongly suggests to me that MC
recognizes hersuspects her identity.I actually cooked up a feature to export saves now! Very experimental, but it seems to work for now
That's awesome, thank you!
I screamed when I saw this. I haven't played it yet in itch, except for dashingdon... and I'm hella excited to see what this is!!!!!
That was...interesting end...