Sorry about that ... just figure no need to give hackers any clues about me if they pick something up in a breach. And at this point I'm starting to believe that everyone is breached sooner or later ...
I really do like your attention to the story though ... and the art is great too. Like having someone tapping their fingers in the background, or any of the other small touches you put in beyond what is the norm.
Ended up buying with a bit of a bonus, as I have card problems with Patreon. Still worth it though!
Might as well ask this, because a few others have done this and it's rather annoying when it happens. No indication you are doing this but... will this suddenly become "you will need to purchase to proceed further"? There hasn't been any indication you are, but two other devs decided it would suddenly be paid only for future updates.
Onto more enjoyable topics! Will Perrine sneak out to visit her cousins for a day, then return as if nothing happened? Will Aki, Miko, Suzu, and Nene play a round of poker with the winner getting to kiss the MC anywhere she chooses? Will Jumichiro be found dead in the park, from what looks like someone going crazy with a baseball bat? Will Nao swing by the convenience store when the MC is there and Ino spends 15 minutes saying how great the MC is to Nao? Will Suzu model for the MC? (OK, OK, these are just wishes, all of them are far enough out there expect Suzu modelling that I wouldn't expect you to actually implement any of them)
Ah, no. Crimson High will stay free to play indefinitely. While I can see how one could get tempted to add a paywall, I personally think it's a bad business model, and something that instantly and irreversibly turns me as a player away from a project. Do I think my work and especially my consistent and reliable output deserves more, especially when compared to some of my.. let's say less motivated colleagues? Sure, yeah. But I don't think forcing people to pay to be able to access updates is the way to go. Either people recognize and cherish the game for what it is, or they don't and I gotta do better with my next project.
The only thing I will say is that I may add optional paid content at some point. However, that will not be in any way restricting the main game slash story. If anything, it will be something that enhances the experience in some way. I do have some ideas already, too, but I have yet to decide if I actually want to implement them in CH or keep them for a future project. And like I said, they won't be in any way detrimental to the current, free to play experience, but rather just an optional bit of flavor for whomever wants it. Think cosmetic/soundtrack DLC for games on Steam, or the like.
As for your wishes.. well, all I can say to them is: maybe? :P
I didn't think you were, honestly. It's just that when I really love a game and the dev says "from this point on, it's gonna be paid only" I get a little paranoid about other games that I love and hope they aren't gonna follow suit. There's been a few games that are "latest version is X, but that one is a paywall. If you want to still play it, here's the previous version free of charge" - so you won't get the latest stuff but still have fun. I don't mind that so much, because it's been that way from the beginning. The "pay if you want to keep playing" (or free to play, but you have to pay to win) are the ones that bother me.
As far as the wishes go, I realize you probably get a ton of "you should add X, it'll be so cool!", just means that we really like it!
Yeah, I get that. It's always a bummer when that happens. But worry not, that ain't gonna happen with CH!
I do and it's always disheartening to have to let people down, but I still appreciate all of the suggestions. And, of course, there's always the chance that one of them serves as a source of inspiration - happened before and will happen again, so thanks for sharing :)
While id love the idea of kana crashing out and somehow kidnapping mc, it wouldn't make alot of sense with the already established plot and her character. I mean one of the many other wonderful characters can (mainly the more powerful ones or ones we dont know all that well yet)
While I can't speak for every choice, they do matter in some ways. If you take the panties in the beginning, and if you look into Mariko having sexy time or not, those choices do affect things down the road. Also, some choices will result in "search for hamster" or not - one of the choices results in sexy time with your valley girl friend and the other results in search for a hamster. Not sure about ignoring some girls though.
I was thinking it must be too much to ask form a VN to have different main plot routes but at the same time I am a bit surprised how the MC must fall in for Suzu and forget about Miko for a while/a few day that is
This AVN is not the strongest candidate for 'choices matter'. You can avoid lewds with some of girls and avoid a scene of dialogue or two.
This is very common for AVNs.
Personally I don't think its too much to ask for choices to matter in more than just lewds but it would increase the complexity of the programming and story, probably to the point that Dev time will jump up immensely.
For me Crimson High is great because of the characters and the story but also because it has an extremely fast Dev time and the Dev is very reliable.
I would vote against changing Crimson Highs current progress. I think its more important to keep the 4-6 week dev times on the release than to integrate more freedom of choice.
Its unusual for me to say that that but there it is.
But then most AVNs have a 6+ month cycle on their releases, so there is nothing to lose by asking that they add in more choices. They are already slow after all.
I realize it's kind of a throwaway line, but if you tell Miko that her Mom is having some sexy time, Mariko says a little later it's like the MC's Mom having sexy time, and he says "I wouldn't know, Mom died when I was a baby", and Mariko says "this is awkward, how can I make it even more so? Maybe show pics of Miko as a kid..." and now I'm wondering how cute Miko was as a kid!
Gotta wonder, when you intend to have another scene with Emma (the exchange student) and if you plan on having another scene with Morrigan, if only to act as a foil to Kuro's silliness!
There's actually a picture of Miko as a kid in Mariko's dining area. I think it's visible in at least one scene - probably after Mariko teaches MC how to cook. :P
Emma will take a hot minute, but Morrigan we'll see again very soon! (think v0.44 soon :P)
also just as a side note from observing the release schedules and public releases it takes around 50-ish days for the next update to start arriving? am i correct on this people who have been here longer than i have? just curious because i am totally not going to count the days til the next update because i can totally wait for it hehehehehh:|
It's usually 5-6 weeks per update. Last update was a bit of an exception since I decided to keep going with the writing for v0.43 (the upcoming update) instead of making it the usual length, and with the way I work (I finish writing for the very next update before rendering and releasing the current update at the time), that ended up extending the development time for v0.42. :)
I do enjoy writing quite a lot, yeah. The way I think of CH reflects this pretty well, I'd say: In my eyes, the game isn't a porn game, first and foremost, but rather a romance visual novel with supernatural elements.
However, I do think that every good romance novel should include sexual themes, seeing as sex is a normal part of real life romance (with exceptions, of course). So, writing about love but ignoring sex seems kind of silly to me. Hence my making CH into an adult visual novel with the focus on the "visual novel" part, rather than the "adult" part.
But fret not, there will be a good amount of adult content in the game, too.
And it seems I was right about you. I, too, enjoy that aspect of romance VNs not that I would mind sweating through well cared custom H scenes. Intimacy takes time and effort so, I do love how you look at it, thank you for the CH. And Thank you for the inspiration.
I wasn't quite able to reproduce this on my end, but fixing it should be as easy as copying this variables.rpy file into your /game folder. Thanks for the report.
Ghm, it looks like there was one more condition to trigger the crash. You need to scroll back to previous scene at least one time before trying to click the phone with enabled self-voicing.
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Wonderfully detailed and inventive story. Thanks! (I'll see you over on Patreon soon!)
Thank you! Not gonna lie, when I saw the notification for your comment, your username made me expect that I had to delete another spam bot message :D
Sorry about that ... just figure no need to give hackers any clues about me if they pick something up in a breach. And at this point I'm starting to believe that everyone is breached sooner or later ...
I really do like your attention to the story though ... and the art is great too. Like having someone tapping their fingers in the background, or any of the other small touches you put in beyond what is the norm.
Ended up buying with a bit of a bonus, as I have card problems with Patreon. Still worth it though!
Might as well ask this, because a few others have done this and it's rather annoying when it happens. No indication you are doing this but... will this suddenly become "you will need to purchase to proceed further"? There hasn't been any indication you are, but two other devs decided it would suddenly be paid only for future updates.
Onto more enjoyable topics! Will Perrine sneak out to visit her cousins for a day, then return as if nothing happened? Will Aki, Miko, Suzu, and Nene play a round of poker with the winner getting to kiss the MC anywhere she chooses? Will Jumichiro be found dead in the park, from what looks like someone going crazy with a baseball bat? Will Nao swing by the convenience store when the MC is there and Ino spends 15 minutes saying how great the MC is to Nao? Will Suzu model for the MC? (OK, OK, these are just wishes, all of them are far enough out there expect Suzu modelling that I wouldn't expect you to actually implement any of them)
Ah, no. Crimson High will stay free to play indefinitely. While I can see how one could get tempted to add a paywall, I personally think it's a bad business model, and something that instantly and irreversibly turns me as a player away from a project.
Do I think my work and especially my consistent and reliable output deserves more, especially when compared to some of my.. let's say less motivated colleagues? Sure, yeah. But I don't think forcing people to pay to be able to access updates is the way to go. Either people recognize and cherish the game for what it is, or they don't and I gotta do better with my next project.
The only thing I will say is that I may add optional paid content at some point. However, that will not be in any way restricting the main game slash story. If anything, it will be something that enhances the experience in some way.
I do have some ideas already, too, but I have yet to decide if I actually want to implement them in CH or keep them for a future project. And like I said, they won't be in any way detrimental to the current, free to play experience, but rather just an optional bit of flavor for whomever wants it. Think cosmetic/soundtrack DLC for games on Steam, or the like.
As for your wishes.. well, all I can say to them is: maybe? :P
I didn't think you were, honestly. It's just that when I really love a game and the dev says "from this point on, it's gonna be paid only" I get a little paranoid about other games that I love and hope they aren't gonna follow suit. There's been a few games that are "latest version is X, but that one is a paywall. If you want to still play it, here's the previous version free of charge" - so you won't get the latest stuff but still have fun. I don't mind that so much, because it's been that way from the beginning. The "pay if you want to keep playing" (or free to play, but you have to pay to win) are the ones that bother me.
As far as the wishes go, I realize you probably get a ton of "you should add X, it'll be so cool!", just means that we really like it!
Yeah, I get that. It's always a bummer when that happens. But worry not, that ain't gonna happen with CH!
I do and it's always disheartening to have to let people down, but I still appreciate all of the suggestions. And, of course, there's always the chance that one of them serves as a source of inspiration - happened before and will happen again, so thanks for sharing :)
yandere /stalker content maybe?
Maybe?
Food for thought,id love to see your interpretation of that kinda sick passion tho
Let's just say that I do find the yandere archetype kinda intriguing when done right
gotta repeat myself here, something to think about but id LOVE to see your perspective of that archetype in this or one of your future works :)
Heh, I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for your curiosity :D
I'm worried about Kana too. I assume that's who you're talking about.
While id love the idea of kana crashing out and somehow kidnapping mc, it wouldn't make alot of sense with the already established plot and her character. I mean one of the many other wonderful characters can (mainly the more powerful ones or ones we dont know all that well yet)
Choices actually matter?? Are there any different outcomes depending on ignoring some girls??
While I can't speak for every choice, they do matter in some ways. If you take the panties in the beginning, and if you look into Mariko having sexy time or not, those choices do affect things down the road. Also, some choices will result in "search for hamster" or not - one of the choices results in sexy time with your valley girl friend and the other results in search for a hamster. Not sure about ignoring some girls though.
I was thinking it must be too much to ask form a VN to have different main plot routes but at the same time I am a bit surprised how the MC must fall in for Suzu and forget about Miko for a while/a few day that is
This AVN is not the strongest candidate for 'choices matter'. You can avoid lewds with some of girls and avoid a scene of dialogue or two.
This is very common for AVNs.
Personally I don't think its too much to ask for choices to matter in more than just lewds but it would increase the complexity of the programming and story, probably to the point that Dev time will jump up immensely.
For me Crimson High is great because of the characters and the story but also because it has an extremely fast Dev time and the Dev is very reliable.
So I would vote against that change.
You would vote against what change NOW?
I would vote against changing Crimson Highs current progress. I think its more important to keep the 4-6 week dev times on the release than to integrate more freedom of choice.
Its unusual for me to say that that but there it is.
But then most AVNs have a 6+ month cycle on their releases, so there is nothing to lose by asking that they add in more choices. They are already slow after all.
And did I say anything about making changes?
I'm sorry. I think I have somehow offended you.
I will stop talking now.
I realize it's kind of a throwaway line, but if you tell Miko that her Mom is having some sexy time, Mariko says a little later it's like the MC's Mom having sexy time, and he says "I wouldn't know, Mom died when I was a baby", and Mariko says "this is awkward, how can I make it even more so? Maybe show pics of Miko as a kid..." and now I'm wondering how cute Miko was as a kid!
Gotta wonder, when you intend to have another scene with Emma (the exchange student) and if you plan on having another scene with Morrigan, if only to act as a foil to Kuro's silliness!
There's actually a picture of Miko as a kid in Mariko's dining area. I think it's visible in at least one scene - probably after Mariko teaches MC how to cook. :P
Emma will take a hot minute, but Morrigan we'll see again very soon! (think v0.44 soon :P)
also just as a side note from observing the release schedules and public releases it takes around 50-ish days for the next update to start arriving? am i correct on this people who have been here longer than i have? just curious because i am totally not going to count the days til the next update because i can totally wait for it hehehehehh:|
It's usually 5-6 weeks per update. Last update was a bit of an exception since I decided to keep going with the writing for v0.43 (the upcoming update) instead of making it the usual length, and with the way I work (I finish writing for the very next update before rendering and releasing the current update at the time), that ended up extending the development time for v0.42. :)
alright thanks, like i said was totally not planning on counting down the days til the next update:)
Totally :P
Hey do you like write a lot? It seems to me that you do like to write a lot and focus on the relationship building part as well as the world set
I do enjoy writing quite a lot, yeah. The way I think of CH reflects this pretty well, I'd say: In my eyes, the game isn't a porn game, first and foremost, but rather a romance visual novel with supernatural elements.
However, I do think that every good romance novel should include sexual themes, seeing as sex is a normal part of real life romance (with exceptions, of course). So, writing about love but ignoring sex seems kind of silly to me. Hence my making CH into an adult visual novel with the focus on the "visual novel" part, rather than the "adult" part.
But fret not, there will be a good amount of adult content in the game, too.
And it seems I was right about you. I, too, enjoy that aspect of romance VNs not that I would mind sweating through well cared custom H scenes. Intimacy takes time and effort so, I do love how you look at it, thank you for the CH. And Thank you for the inspiration.
oh my fucking god the new 0.42 kagome content is fucking HILARIOUS, the faces she makes time after time r priceless XD
and now finishing off the rest of the update to sum up the ending cliffhanger: fuck
sooooo yeah cant wait for the next update! keep up the great work vertigo!
Love her spit takes and her tendency to say "fricking" since she's so flustered!
fricking indeed my friend fricking indeed:)
Y en spanish para cuando?
Algún día, algun día xd
what is the the song called when Suzu is watching tv?
It's "Where You Are Now" by Alex Beroza!
why is there a dick made of bread during the picnic?
Did...... Did our sweet adorable Hina just fuckin consume some poor cactus lookin dude??????
Bug report.
If self-voicing is enabled and one tries to click the phone, the following exception happens:
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While running game code:
File "game/Chapter_1.rpy", line 605, in script call
$ renpy.pause()
File "game/Chapter_1.rpy", line 605, in script call
$ renpy.pause()
File "game/Chapter_1.rpy", line 605, in script call
$ renpy.pause()
File "game/Chapter_1.rpy", line 605, in script call
$ renpy.pause()
File "game/Chapter_1.rpy", line 605, in script call
$ renpy.pause()
File "game/Chapter_1.rpy", line 605, in script call
$ renpy.pause()
File "game/Chapter_1.rpy", line 605, in script call
$ renpy.pause()
File "game/Chapter_1.rpy", line 605, in script call
$ renpy.pause()
File "game/Chapter_1.rpy", line 1076, in script call
$ renpy.pause()
File "game/Chapter_1.rpy", line 1076, in script call
$ renpy.pause()
File "game/Chapter_1.rpy", line 1076, in script call
$ renpy.pause()
File "game/Chapter_1.rpy", line 1076, in script call
$ renpy.pause()
File "game/Chapter_1.rpy", line 8100, in script call
$ renpy.pause()
File "game/Chapter_1.rpy", line 8100, in script call
$ renpy.pause()
File "game/Chapter_1.rpy", line 8100, in script call
$ renpy.pause()
File "game/Chapter_1.rpy", line 8100, in script call
$ renpy.pause()
File "game/Chapter_1.rpy", line 8100, in script call
$ renpy.pause()
File "game/Chapter_1.rpy", line 8100, in script call
$ renpy.pause()
File "game/Chapter_4.rpy", line 13830, in script
"Heh, I love doing that."
NameError: Name 'weekday_full' is not defined.
I wasn't quite able to reproduce this on my end, but fixing it should be as easy as copying this variables.rpy file into your /game folder.
Thanks for the report.
The new file fixes the bug.
Ghm, it looks like there was one more condition to trigger the crash. You need to scroll back to previous scene at least one time before trying to click the phone with enabled self-voicing.