I'm aware, yeah. The hamsters were never designed with an Android version in mind (because I didn't always have an Android version for CH) so early on they are hard to click. Later hamsters are a bit easier because I've started to take Android into consideration. Maybe I'll go back and adjust the other ones eventually but it's rather low on my list of priorities.
Thanks for mentioning it anyway and thanks for the comment!
hi vertigoAVN, you might want to check you have no copyrighted images/logos in the game, anyway..... i'm gonna go to an American diner now and get a burger and cola.....
Great game so far 10/10 plot and character development, keep up the good work! :D
Dude, you got an amazing game here. Top quality stuff available here. Amazing job you've been doing!
Your strength is the plot writing. You know how to tell a gripping story, picking the right words for that. Not only that, you also really know how to build a satisfactory character development. It is hard to find VNs with as deep and complex personalities as it was presentend on Crimson High. Before I install your game, I wasn't expecting it to be so immersive. What called my attention was the tone of mystery with perhaps some horror elements that this game seemed like to offer. These factors got me curious and made me install Crimson High (and yes, the fact that it is a NSFW game also counted. I was looking for that).
After installing your game, the first thing you tell me is that there are few H-scenes and they are far between, however, the closer I get to the girls, the more frequent the H-scenes would be. This is exactly what I wanted, a NSFW game which is story-rich, where the intimacy really counts. It is more like the real world, more natural, no artificial stuff. By the way, VN games exist to be story-rich, with a natural pace. Novel is the keyword. It is a pity that many devs forget that.
Your game is gripping. I was hooked to it. I finished the 0.27 version (if I am not wrong) two days ago, still, I cannot stop thinking about it. When I finished the chapter 3 (I believe that my meeting with Uraha was the end of Chapter 3), I felt some sadness, because there wasn't more content (you hadn't released 0.28 yet). It is not usual for me to feel like that after finishing Ren'Py games, but it happened to me when I finished yours.
The girls are beautiful. I don't know whether you used an asset or you created them (I don't know how Koikatsu Illusion works), but they are attractive. It is just that at the beginning I found the characters slightly weird for being too tall or there was something different about their faces or body proportions (I guess that Miko was the first one who transmitted this sensation)... But it wasn't a big deal and I quickly learnt how to like this design or style. Also, I am not sure, but have I seen other Ren'Py games show teeth all the time? I don't know, but it is still okay. As I said, the girls are attractive, and Suzu happened to be my favorite. She is a keeper. I want a marriage route with her XD.
Jun is weird... I know that she is over 18... But her appearance (and immaturity) does bother me :/
Nene also seems kinda young... But it is acceptable. She looks decent for the game. Now, about Jun... I would skip an H-scene with her. Just doesn't feel right.
About all the other girls, they are perfect in the way they are right now. They are gorgeous, hot and fun to be around. Kana is my second favorite, by the way.
Even though I had a lot of fun with your game, I'd like to point out some things that made me scratch my head:
Too many characters: Too many new girls introduced in too short time. Quantity is not quality. I'd like to have more opportunities to deepen my intimacy with the main girls first (which are already many). Let's calm down a little and allow the main girls finish telling their life stories first. While I could be kissing Nagisa due to our strengthened intimacy and progression in her storyline, I am wasting time with Kiri (who is a pain in the a** and I am not interested in learning about her) or I am starting everything from scratch with Quoth, for example.
Scheduling algorithm: There is a non-circular round-robin scheduling algorithm running, whose purpose is to make the MC spend time together with each girl until her time slice is complete. It is a smart way to manage your story with such high amount of characters who are important for the main story's progression. There's nothing wrong about that. However, what makes me scratch my head here is that I developed affinities. For example, I don't like Okami and I kinda don't care about her storyline. I am not interested in her. I would like to prioritize some girls, you know? Go deep into Nagisa's storyline in my own pace, for example. You could ask me who I am preferring at the time. Based on my response, you could anticipate the storyline from the girl I chose. I am not saying that I have to finish her whole storyline at once, but at least I would progress with her more, also increasing our intimacy. It would take shorter time for me to unlock the first scenes with the girl I seem to be preferring at the moment. However, I think there is not much you can do about it and it is also not a big deal. It just feels that it takes too long time for me to progress with the girls who I am interested in.
Jun: Come on, you know what I mean :). But yeah, her storyline is quite interesting and I am looking forward to meeting her Nana, instead of wasting time with Quoth and those three girls group (Aya, Kiri and Chiya). Don't get me wrong, though, I want progress with Quoth and Aya, but let me learn about Nana first, it looks more important.
The main objective seems missed: So... Didn't I join the police to figure out about my deceased mom's case? Isn't it my life purpose now? Shouldn't I be acting to figure out who the murderer is? Except for the very beginning of the game, my mom was mentioned just once, while talking to Uraha for the second time, if I am not wrong.
Is everybody playing dumb?: Okay, so I get heavily injured on the head, get completely healed in 1 day, vampire blood makes me out of mind, I have super strength while feeling mad, I resist Suzu's ability and make she turn into "new sister", I can have telepathic conversations with Kana and Kagome and there is no suspicion that I am a myth? Not even the MC starts to doubt whether he is human or not?
Some things are far-fetched: The idea of hiding too many mythical races from humanity for centuries or milleniums is too far-fetched. It is an awesome background for a nice story that you are telling, but it is not convincing. But I won't focus on this part. Suzu living at the school is also too far-fetched, considering her origins. Of course her family could have more than one house and not everything was burnt. Of course she could have gone to the bank agency earlier. Of course there are more members in the clan she belongs to.
Those points I mentioned are just little ones and didn't really harm my game experience (Except the Jun part). I enjoyed the game and had fun. The game is way longer than I expected and it is good. Your writing skills are just impeccable and are helping me to improve my english skills. I see that you released 0.28, but I won't play it now. I just can't. I don't have time. But, I will certainly play your game again in the future to see how it ends. When you finish this game, please, don't stop on it. Create more projects.
I follow other pretty nice projects here on Itch, but all of them are no complete yet and take time to release a small update. Meanwhile, I look for games with as good quality as these I follow, but I fail miserably. If you stop creating these projects, you would be missed for sure.
Damn, that's a comment and a half! First of all, let me thank you for your kind words. I appreciate them a lot!
I'm gonna be a bit more concise in my reply and only address points I think need clarification. Please don't take this as me disregarding everything else. I've read your whole comment and I appreciate it for what it is.
About the girls' designs: They are all made by me, so thank you! Of course they got refined over time because I've improved over the course of the last two years as well. Early on I made some rather obvious mistakes but that's how these things go.
Regarding Jun: I know. It's by design. I can't tell you what and why (because of spoilers) so I'd ask you to trust that I have a plan for her. I've been working up to this point to set a few things up for her and they'll soon bear fruit. Hopefully in the way I intend them to, too.
Too many characters: That's an opinion. I disagree. Important to note here is that not every female character you see in the game is a love interest. To me the world needs to be filled with different characters that the MC meets here and there because (again, to me) it feels unrealistic and weird if the MC only ever runs into the same 5 girls, despite spending time in crowded places. Quoth for example will very likely not be romanced at all, so we're not "starting over with her". She's part of the plot and used to add some cuteness to the game. Nothing more, nothing less.
Scheduling: What you're describing is a sandbox game. That's not CH. I know some people like having the liberty of choosing what scenes to choose at any given point in the game but: a) that's not for everyone b) I personally am not a fan of this style of game c) CH wouldn't work if I gave the player said liberty To elaborate on the last bullet point (c): The pacing, flow, and order of events in CH needs to be the way it is for the story to work. If you were to skip Okami's story, for example, the story would stop making sense. Same with completing Nagisa's story before all the others. Now, you could, of course, argue that I chose to make it that way and that I could've created the story differently - and you'd be right of course. But I didn't. And that's mostly because of bullet point B. For me, CH is a passion project, first and foremost. That's what makes it as good as it is, if you ask me. There's actual passion in the creation of it and it apparently shows. And, well.. that wouldn't be the case if I were to make a game that I don't personally enjoy. I know that you simply stated an opinion and that's totally fine, of course. I'm not trying to defend myself, either. Just explaining the reasoning behind sticking to my guns, basically.
Main objective: You're not completely wrong on that but the key part of your statement is the word "seems". It's hard to see at the current point but I'm following a plan and it should (hopefully) make sense once the game is complete. Again, I can't say much, so all I can do is ask people to trust that I'm not completely retarded.
Everyone playing dumb: Well, that's a matter of perspective. Of course this is all just simulated and no one knows how these things would go in reality, but to me it makes sense that people who are used to supernatural stuff (i.e. Myths) are less sensitive to its appearance. So, while it may seem odd from a meta perspective (yours) that no one draws the conclusion you think is right, it isn't that odd when you put yourself in the shoes of someone who's been around "abnormal" things their whole life. Also, the MC has very much questioned his own humanity before. Don't quote me on it but I think it was on the balcony with Jun. And it's not been before that because he's tried to avoid these kinds of thoughts because they scared him. Which he also explains in that scene.
Things being far-fetched: I mean.. it's a fictional world filled with supernatural beings. The whole premise of CH is far-fetched. And yes, a certain level of suspension of disbelief is necessary. But I don't think that's an issue, per se. I do expect people to be open to disregard minor plot holes or unconvincing things for the sake of the overall narrative. That much you have to do in pretty much every fantasy story. Does it make sense that the internet hasn't uncovered the existence of Myths in an age where pretty much everything is being controlled? Not really. Would the whole story be impossible the way it is if I hadn't ignored that while building the world? Yeah. So, while you're not wrong, I'd say it simply doesn't matter. Not everything has to always make 100% sense. As long as it's fun, it's fine for things to be a bit weird, imo.
As for Suzu: She didn't know about the bank, her family didn't have other houses (that she knew of), and all the other members of her clan were killed in the attack. It's all accounted for.
Again, thank you so much for your comment and your kind words. While it may seem like I completely brushed off all your criticism, I do keep it in mind going forward, like I do with all comments I get. If somethings comes from it or not will have to remain to be seen, but I've read it and acknowledged it.
For those who don't want to waste time (Chapter 2 - Day 8 during afternoon, after meeting Kuro and Morrigan while they were drinking and while paying pizza).
Noticed that the T2 Patreon update has now dropped, was waiting for this to join on Patreon so now have subscribed. Love this VN and just had to subscribe
My dude. I am a person who has played her fair share of adult games. I JUST NOW finished the game as it is so far. I am beyond impressed. The last time I was this engrossed in a story, I was trying out Harem Hotel. And before that? Skyrim. S K Y R I M. Dude... please, please, please, I beseech you, do not let this become one of those promising games that falls off the map. I literally teared up a bit at some of these scenes. I want to see this story to its end. Please, keep up the good work. I have never before used patreon. This might just be the convincing factor to use it for the first time. If I can scrounge the money, I will totally become a patreon.
Anyways, enough blabbering. Thank you for this incredible tale. I'll be here to the day it ends. :3
Well, dang! Thank you so much! That's so kind of you! I definitely plan on seeing CH through, as it's become my job which I'm working full-time. And between you and me.. I don't see myself going back to a 9-to-5 anytime soon. :P No, if I can help it, CH is not gonna get abandoned. I love this project way too much to even consider going there.
I'd be honored if CH was the one thing that was able to convince you to use Patreon. However, only do so if you're really able to. I've always said (and will always say) that I don't want anyone to struggle just to support me. If you can, however, do so, I'll gladly welcome you amongst my patrons (and on my Discord? *wink wink nudge nudge*).
Hearing that it's become your job is reassuring (as strange as it sounds). As said before, keep up the good work. As for Discord... We'll see. I'd need to make a secondary account in case I find anyone there who I know IRL. Anyways, yeah, emphasis on what I said in the previous message! Also, any idea what % done the game is? If you have no idea, no sweat, just curious as to how much more there will be!
I know what you mean. It being my job kinda ties me to the game, financially, so it makes sense to see it as reassurance. :P No worries about Discord. Happy to have you if you feel like it but I get not being up for it for whatever reason. :)
CH's done to about 30-40%? Somewhere around there, I'd say. There's a good chunk of story still to be told.
Ha, good on you for being able to do backflips (in theory)! But yeah, somewhere around there. It's a rough estimation, of course, and doesn't account for possible changes of plans, but it's all I have. :P
What the heck bro ?! How can you made a game of this quality and so many updates so fast reguraly ? What are you made of ?! What superhero are you ?! x') Please, someone, suck this man/woman right now before i do it, for all this marvelous work !
I download the game, start it and finish it right now at 1AM and that in 5 days, not cause it's short, far from it, but because i played it ~8hrs per day ! Yes, i've got the time, but more than anything : I REALLY loved it !
This game has THE thing that i want to see in any RPG, Adventure game, or, in this case, in any VN. It has " The love ", the love for its history, each of its characters. The game itself say it to you at the beginning " It's NOT a sex game ", and i appreciate it, this is PRECISELY what i search in a " spicy VN ". I need to feel the strongs feelings that the characters have for each others, (cause sex for sex is boring, sex with feeling is waaay better !) it could be lust, it could be love, they could be lost about the situation or not sure about their decisions or feelings, i want to smile with them, i want to cry with and FOR them, i want to feel how much they are scared, lost, how much they love, hate, or want each others. I want to feel them " Live " And this game made it really well.
All the characters are lovable ( in their ways ), the history is not " obvious ", have many mysteries and is pretty interesting to me, each characters have their struggle, le game can talk about really... " tough " subjects but it's always made in a good way.
I could say more but i think that's enough x) Anyways, this game has rapidly became one of my top 5 (and maybe even more then that with the next updates) VN of all time, and i played a LOT of VN, so it is not nothing believe me.
You do a wonderful work and i wish that your game go as far as you want, and maybe (and i hope and can't wait to see it) to the end that you want to give it. For all of this, you deserve as much love as you give to your game ! Wish you the best ! <3 ( excuse my poor english, can easily understand it but write it myself.... ^^' )
Holy sh..irt, what a comment! It's amazing to read that you love CH this much, because it tells me that what I do is worth doing - and that is incredibly important. So, thank you, my friend, I appreciate it a lot!
Believe me when I say: Your comment made my day! And don't worry about your English - your message came across perfectly fine. :)
Once again: Thank you! I'm very grateful for people like you who give me positive feedback and let me know that I'm on the right path. :)
Of course it's worth doing it ! And yeah you are on an amazing path here. There's always some people out there who's ready to give all the love that you, your work or your characters, deserve and who always gonna support u and do what they can to help u learn, appreciate and do better everytime, so continue like this ! ^^ ( and no i don't say that just cause i have many questions about the game... Maybe a little :x but not JUST for that ! x) )
Heh, thank you, friend. :) Feel free to join the Discord if you want to discuss those questions of yours with others and/or me, depending on the question. :)
After successful catching of the all hamsters (thanks for the tip), I am confused.
Was the Yui's personality inspired by some real person ? I mean that the main job of familiar is to support the partner and that, in turns, means at least some ability to stop the said partner when necessary. However the shown level of her submissiveness raises quite an amount of doubts in her abilities in this sense for me.
Damn it! Vertigo, what has you done?! ))) I have more than enough things to care IRL, but I am thinking about her personality instead....
Yui's submissiveness is only that strong in a sexual context. Outside of it she is capable of reining in Aki if necessary. It's not really her main job, though. She's more of an aide and best friend, which, of course, includes stopping Aki if she's about to do stupid things.
Thinking about Yui's.. personality is not a bad way to distract yourself from IRL things. Could do a lot worse. :P
Your explanation perfectly match my understanding of their relationship. However, that is exactly why I've asked the question about her IRL prototype. Speaking directly, I have the doubts that such human does exist.
At the same time, I have too good self-control to be distracted by more trivial thoughts about VN's character. And "years of experience" to boot. Thus, I repeat myself and others here, that CH is the novel at first, visual at second, and adult at third place only. And it is second to none!
Hmm, there's not really an IRL inspiration for Yui. I do think people like her do exist, though. Maybe not as pronounced, but then again, she is a fictional character that I made up. :P
Heh, thanks a lot. I do agree with that assessment, as it is how I view CH, too. The visuals are a tool to enhance the story I want to tell and the adult parts are the cherry on top because adult content is like spices to a good dish - it enhances what is already there and shouldn't be the whole base of a dish. :)
On completely unrelated note, some bug-report like things:
The more I play, the more I am annoyed by "there's" in plural context, i.e. instead of "there are" or "there were". I am quite surprised with that, as the median level of English in CH is extremely high.
When Miko and MC hug after his first proper visit to Mariko, the emblem of class C suddenly appear at MC jacket (attached). Is it a bug or an easter egg ?
Strictly speaking this is not a bug, but we see Mana in 3 different outfits (first meet with MC, after the fight in the school, and first MC's visit as guest) before she go shopping with dragon-lady.
Yes, I've started from the very beginning again (5th time, I guess), as it is impossible to hunt all hamsters and collect full image gallery during the single run )) Damn it!!!
1. Yeah, I'm aware of this. It's a bad habit I picked up from some native speakers. Given that there is no neutral narration but only interpersonal dialogue and some internal monologuing, however, I'm not too worried about fixing it, because there are people who talk like that. It's technically wrong as of right now but eh. I've come to not worry too much about these technicalities. Because if we go there, the majority of native English speakers funks up a bunch (not using "me/I" correctly, for example). Also, if I were to write everything perfectly clean, the dialogue would lose a lot of its charm and the distinctions between the characters' "voices" would become way less apparent, because some of the mistakes or bad habits are actually on purpose. Not the one you mentioned, though. That one's just a bad habit of mine. :P
2. It's an oversight on my part but I've known about it for a long time by now. At this point it has almost become somewhat of an Easter egg because I haven't fixed it yet (nor do I intend to fix it anytime soon).
3. That's alright. It's just two different outfits (fight in school and first visit are the same). The one she wearing during her first meet with MC is her everyday outfit and the other one is a jacket and a pair of shorts she's gotten from Reina.
True, the gallery is not possible to fill completely in one run without rolling back. :P Have fun with your 5th run!
Not to repeat what everyone else said but this game is amazing. It has hours of content and a very well thought out story line. I honestly don't know how linear the story line is or how my choices affected the story because it felt natural to pick the choice I picked. For just being version 0.27.... I'm so excited for a finished story. This has to be one of my top 5 VNs. And yes. Your fucking cliff hanger left me pissed (in an good way).
This is the first time I have felt sick about being too broke to support a creator. I feel a big guilty sometimes, for sure, but not like I've stolen something dear. Top notch stuff, thanks for making it. Can't wait for the next installment.
Heh, thanks for enjoying it. No need to feel bad about not being able to support, though. If you want to help the game out, give it a rating on here, that helps boost its visibility and thus gets more people to play the game, which helps a lot, too. :)
While there are characters I personally dislike (no, not Jun, btw), I totally immersed in the story line. Damn it, instead of making one more VN to click-and-relax without using brain and perception, the certain extremely cruel personage did made it more interesting and readable than most of modern WNs. The pun is accidental just ignore it).
The small things like the mimics of characters during the dialogs... The clues and foreshadows.... Nagisa's "riddles", different speaking styles for different persons, when you, as far as I understand, are not native English speaker...
However ....
I really, really, REALLY, adverse to ask this, but. Can it be that appearing of 71st hamster (the one I expect between the one in store room and one during tea time with Uraha) depends on choices made before meeting with Emica?
I had re-played the last update (27.1) more than 50 times for now (few times for each choice option), but still this hamster is the only one of 72 that I've not caught yet, damn it!
Well, howdy there. Thanks a lot for this, it's the bit of positive reinforcement I needed today. :)
Not Jun? That's a rarity. I'm glad to hear it, though. Too many people hate on poor little Jun. I'm really glad to hear that you enjoy CH for what it is. :)
That's correct. I'm German and English is my second language. I do try to make sure that the characters all have individual voices - as far as that is possible in writing, at least.
Ahh, yeah. I assume you didn't have Yui as an option during the choice? She's only available there, if you took the panties early in the game.
Ghm... well, interesting, I have a feeling that I've taken them, but if you say so, I should assume that that had been during the other run. Not like I am really against the full replay ) Looks like I should properly delete all game data and restart hamster hunting too.
About Jun ... well, she is not my favorite one, but she is tolerable one. How should I say... I still have some (naive) hopes for her. I mean if some reasonable and kind person with virtue of patience and talent for teaching (so definitely not me) spent a few years to hammer the common sense and theway to keep herselftogether into her, she'll have a chance for good life. Otherwise ... Behavioural disorders are quite shitty thing for person itself in the first place.
However, thevalley girl is incurablediagnosis if you take what I mean.
Speaking about "voices" - any plans to use more Irish (Scotts ?) for Morrigan and Ori? It is quite weird that Gan Ceann speaks the Queens's English, isn't it ?
If you didn't have Yui as an option, then yeah, it was the other run. :P Going for a full replay including hamsters is something alright! Have fun with it. :)
Well, I'm not gonna take anything away in regards to Jun but she'll be fine. That much I can tell you. :)
Not a fan of Miri, huh? That's too bad. She's such an adorable girl. But I do get that she's not for everyone.
The thing with Morrigan (and Kuro) is that they mostly break out the accents when they're drunk - Morrigan more so than Kuro. It's a bit of a weird compromise but technically they don't speak English but Japanese and I decided that going with "plain" English for that works well enough unless they get drunk and bust out the accent. If you think about it too hard, it doesn't make much sense, but that's kinda what happens when a German guy makes an English game, set in Japan, with a character from Ireland that speaks Japanese, which is actually English because of the audience and a significant lack of proficiency in the Japanese language on the German guy's part. You get all sorts of weird stuff, lol. I hope you're able to follow that weirdly convoluted sentence up there. But yeah, anyway. That's why Morrigan and Ori speak normal "English" most of the time. :P
The main issue with another run is that I, obviously, don't remember the exact choices I've made before and, being impressed by this issue with Yui I am not sure that I'll be able to make proper choices to get the full collection of hamsters this time. ))
The valley girls/guys are the kin I dislike the most and try to avoid to deal with at any costs IRL, you see. While I admit that she has her role and her character is rather suitable to this role, I can't help but distaste.
I did followed your sentence. And it gives me opportunity to be curious: what were/are your reasons to settle them in Japan? I mean I do know that they are in Japan from story, but I don't feel any Japanese vibe from it at all.
Heh, don't worry. Most hamsters aren't locked behind choices and you should be able to find them just fine. It's only 2-3 that are, I think. If you want a guide for your search, feel free to join the Discord - there's a list of hints for all of the hamsters on there.
I understand. We all have our dislikes and there's not much to be done about it. It's fine. :)
Eh, CH playing in Japan is based on some early misconception on my part, mostly. Same with CH playing in a "school" and being named accordingly, to be honest. CH being my first project of this kind had me make all kinds of mistakes early on that I now know better. Any future project will (hopefully) profit from my learning experiences here, though.
Fourth playthrough on your newest update and I took Miko with me!! You laid everything out that we needed to know about you in that one conversation you made mother flipping genius you!! God!!!! You just spelled it out as plainly as the worst foggy day and I frakking love you for it!!
Thanks for the quick reply. would you guess over 300,000 words or approx. 18 hours, or much less? Sorry, it's me, just like to know before hand how much time I will invest in a game. The longer the better. I learned that it takes me 3 hours to read 50,000 words. So the hours isjust me.
I had another look and found the last count I did for the Discord - in April the script was at 235k words, so by now it's probably somewhere around 270k. :)
I haven't counted the words, nor the hours it takes to read them!! I have a feeling however, if you want to pick up the wonderfully subtle clues being left, you will need to READ all the way through!! Possibly two or three times!! He is a maestro!!
Loving the story but I have a small request. Would it be possible to include an update patch with each release? Having to download the whole game each time means I spend more time downloading each update than actually playing it.
Not a programmer so not a clue how viable this would be, if it can't be done or would be too much work, fair enough. Just a small QoL request.
I feel like I say this after every new update, but, damn!!!! Your writing ability, and your ability to keep your readers on edge is second to none!! That being said ......
YOU BASTARD HOW COULD YOU LEAVE US ON THIS CLIFFHANGER LIKE THIS ONE!! I both love and hate you right now!! Which is AWESOME!!!!
VertigoAVN Man like always I am pumped for your newest update!! In my opinion you are in the top 3 of AVN devs!! You, Niichan and Caribdis, in no particular order, are absolutely amazing in your storytelling!!
Bro the story is fricking good, although my blood boil for a minute after hearing the past of aki, but it's fine i guess,*sigh* anyways this is the best i have read, it has wholesome scenes too it's too much for my heart it's just too cute for them together, well overall it's the best, keep up the good work dev
I like the Story so far finished after 4 days the current content and i have to say its interessting to imagine where the story leads.... about the little hints from the blood smell and book of the first male vampire... but i have too say the story would be better without jun idk man not really a fan of this little loli
Jun is CRUCIAL to the story, I'm pretty sure!! There are smaller hints than the ones you're talking about that lead me to believe she is SUPER important, possibly one of the 3 most important women in the game/story!!!!
Jun is definitely a polarizing character - you either love her or you hate her. So, without wanting to spoil too much, let me just say this: It's deliberate and I've got plans.
Is it just me or why does it keep crashing or saying "Bye" every time I get in the school at night and when he says "I should get done with this"? I want to hurry and get to the new update!!!
Sounds like you have the fast-skip feature enabled, which is why you end up skipping to the next scene. Try holding Ctrl or pressing Tab instead. Ctrl should work, Tab might have the same effect as pressing skip due to the fast-skipping being enabled.
Sorry but I think it's funny at the end of 0.26.1 where gg said "You're not reina" and after that I had a semi-screamer but after that I started laughing xD,
(скорее бы 0.27.1 но по моим подсчётам она будет ± через 2 недели (16 дней) в общем доступе, так?)
so Good luck in development and less stress,
Und für die Zukunft kann ich so schreiben, ich habe gerade einen normalen Übersetzer in meiner Tastatur gefunden, plus oder minus, ich freue mich darauf.
Sorry for the inconvenience in translation, I seem to have woken up bipolar about the languages in which I write. Everyone who reads have a nice day.
I'm not a developer, but I can tell you from my observation that the paths are slightly different in terms of dialogue or scenes, but in general they follow the same line. Second, "hamsters", they are hidden in locations where they can be seen, but not much, finding them unlocks the picture in the phone, they are about the character with whom GG communicates or sees. Third, I do not know, it seems that it is a mixture of 2 and 3 d,But it seems to me more to 3d, with this question it is better to the developer, I hope I was able to answer some questions. Good luck
Hello, sorry for my english and spelling as i am russian, but i would really appreciate if you add russian language, because the versions i found were very badly and unrelatedly translated, they were on 0.18.2, but in all you made this great, thanks
(если шарите то спасибо, та версия закончилась там где аки сказала что это не правда, ну а так просто не хочу ебатся с переводом:))
Hey, no worries about spelling and everything. I can't help with a Russian translation, though, since I don't speak Russian myself. If anything, I'd hire someone to translate the full game once it's done, but at the moment I don't have any plans to create any translations for CH. That includes my own native language (German), by the way. CH is being made in English and only in English for the foreseeable future. Thank you for your kind words, though! They are much appreciated!
Np, you game so satisfish, it Will be great about translate, i have seat in this about 3-4 hours but im feel this how 30 minuts. I Just see this game on one of tg channels on russian language but it was auto translated by Google translater then you know) get luck with your's projects(i have 2:45 of night then posting this reply)
Edit:and i Just watch in translater my reply witch i write by hand, this not bad(im have 4(3,58) by english language on the 10 class)
Thanks, friend, but I have to decline. The offer is very generous and I appreciate it but for the moment that's not an option for me for multiple reasons. One being that I don't speak Russian myself and can't verify the quality of your translation. I'm not saying that it would be bad or anything but I can't put something out there as an official translation when I don't know what it says, you know? It's a matter of being able to ensure the quality of the game and knowing what kind of messages are being sent with it. But like I said, I do appreciate the offer and I'm glad that you like CH this much. I wish I could provide translations to give more people access, but for the moment English has to suffice. I'm sorry. :)
Glad to hear that! 0.27 will be a couple weeks longer to get done, then another two weeks to go through the tiers on Patreon, I'm afraid. But it's gonna be good. :P
Ohh, you were talking about a browser version of the game. Sorry, I thought you meant like a website for downloading it and all that jazz. I'm not sure that I'll make a browser version of CH anytime soon.
I love the detail and the anticipation. Also how do I update the game though?? I don't usually play games like with any,you know what involved so idk how. Appreciate your work mate.
For PC/Mac: To update the game, you just download the latest version from here and unpack it into a new folder. You can delete the old version before or afterwards. As long as you're playing on the same PC/Mac, the save files will automatically be available in the new version of the game.
For Android: Just download the newest .apk file onto your phone and install it by opening it. It should ask to update the game and then you can just follow the instructions.
Hope that helps! If not, let me know and I'll see what I can do. :)
I didn't see the kitty cat until I came over here. Normally I download these games from f@pnation. I normally don't like slow burns. But your's got me hooked like a harpooned shark. Not to mention that I love the edge of my seat vibes I get from it.
come on man!! People tell you that you need to turn this into a book!! I tell you a live action(like you my curiosity as to which actress would get cast to which role??) Series would ROCK!! Everyone (including me) agrees that your story is FUCKING PERFECT for Anime!! Please, PLEASE my friend; stop being so damned modest!! You are a genius of the long forgotten art of subtlety (Nagisa is a prophet of the coming king I know it) and long form story telling!! Please accept this!!
Hey I was wondering if there is a way to read the story somehow because my pc died not too long ago and when I tried to play the game on my phone but it kept chrashing after awhile I really like the story and want to know what happens next
That's very unusual and nothing related to CH, I'm afraid. My best guess would be that your phone doesn't have enough memory to run RenPy games, but that's pretty much a shot in the dark. Do other AVN's Android version work for you?
The game itself is amazing. I follow the story intently while playing and actually feel emotion while playing which I have not experienced with a single other game - and I have played plenty in my time!
All the characters have their own personalities which have already been developing well throughout the current game.
Get it now while it is still free as it definitely warrants a decent price even unfinished!
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New question! One that shouldn't be a spoiler... Probably.
With the colorful cast of characters in this are there any that stand out to you as the most underrated?
Miri, definitely. She's quickly dismissed as a ditzy bimbo but that's pretty much just her outermost layer.
Hey vertigo, just a small thing, but on android the hamsters are sometimes only a few pixles big and very hard to click on. Still an amazing game 👍
I'm aware, yeah. The hamsters were never designed with an Android version in mind (because I didn't always have an Android version for CH) so early on they are hard to click. Later hamsters are a bit easier because I've started to take Android into consideration. Maybe I'll go back and adjust the other ones eventually but it's rather low on my list of priorities.
Thanks for mentioning it anyway and thanks for the comment!
hi vertigoAVN, you might want to check you have no copyrighted images/logos in the game, anyway..... i'm gonna go to an American diner now and get a burger and cola.....
Great game so far 10/10 plot and character development, keep up the good work! :D
Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you had a good time with your nameless beverage in your nameless diner. :P
*Spoilers ahead*
Dude, you got an amazing game here. Top quality stuff available here. Amazing job you've been doing!
Your strength is the plot writing. You know how to tell a gripping story, picking the right words for that. Not only that, you also really know how to build a satisfactory character development. It is hard to find VNs with as deep and complex personalities as it was presentend on Crimson High. Before I install your game, I wasn't expecting it to be so immersive. What called my attention was the tone of mystery with perhaps some horror elements that this game seemed like to offer. These factors got me curious and made me install Crimson High (and yes, the fact that it is a NSFW game also counted. I was looking for that).
After installing your game, the first thing you tell me is that there are few H-scenes and they are far between, however, the closer I get to the girls, the more frequent the H-scenes would be. This is exactly what I wanted, a NSFW game which is story-rich, where the intimacy really counts. It is more like the real world, more natural, no artificial stuff. By the way, VN games exist to be story-rich, with a natural pace. Novel is the keyword. It is a pity that many devs forget that.
Your game is gripping. I was hooked to it. I finished the 0.27 version (if I am not wrong) two days ago, still, I cannot stop thinking about it. When I finished the chapter 3 (I believe that my meeting with Uraha was the end of Chapter 3), I felt some sadness, because there wasn't more content (you hadn't released 0.28 yet). It is not usual for me to feel like that after finishing Ren'Py games, but it happened to me when I finished yours.
The girls are beautiful. I don't know whether you used an asset or you created them (I don't know how Koikatsu Illusion works), but they are attractive. It is just that at the beginning I found the characters slightly weird for being too tall or there was something different about their faces or body proportions (I guess that Miko was the first one who transmitted this sensation)... But it wasn't a big deal and I quickly learnt how to like this design or style. Also, I am not sure, but have I seen other Ren'Py games show teeth all the time? I don't know, but it is still okay. As I said, the girls are attractive, and Suzu happened to be my favorite. She is a keeper. I want a marriage route with her XD.
Jun is weird... I know that she is over 18... But her appearance (and immaturity) does bother me :/
Nene also seems kinda young... But it is acceptable. She looks decent for the game. Now, about Jun... I would skip an H-scene with her. Just doesn't feel right.
About all the other girls, they are perfect in the way they are right now. They are gorgeous, hot and fun to be around. Kana is my second favorite, by the way.
Even though I had a lot of fun with your game, I'd like to point out some things that made me scratch my head:
Too many characters: Too many new girls introduced in too short time. Quantity is not quality. I'd like to have more opportunities to deepen my intimacy with the main girls first (which are already many). Let's calm down a little and allow the main girls finish telling their life stories first. While I could be kissing Nagisa due to our strengthened intimacy and progression in her storyline, I am wasting time with Kiri (who is a pain in the a** and I am not interested in learning about her) or I am starting everything from scratch with Quoth, for example.
Scheduling algorithm: There is a non-circular round-robin scheduling algorithm running, whose purpose is to make the MC spend time together with each girl until her time slice is complete. It is a smart way to manage your story with such high amount of characters who are important for the main story's progression. There's nothing wrong about that. However, what makes me scratch my head here is that I developed affinities. For example, I don't like Okami and I kinda don't care about her storyline. I am not interested in her. I would like to prioritize some girls, you know? Go deep into Nagisa's storyline in my own pace, for example. You could ask me who I am preferring at the time. Based on my response, you could anticipate the storyline from the girl I chose. I am not saying that I have to finish her whole storyline at once, but at least I would progress with her more, also increasing our intimacy. It would take shorter time for me to unlock the first scenes with the girl I seem to be preferring at the moment. However, I think there is not much you can do about it and it is also not a big deal. It just feels that it takes too long time for me to progress with the girls who I am interested in.
Jun: Come on, you know what I mean :). But yeah, her storyline is quite interesting and I am looking forward to meeting her Nana, instead of wasting time with Quoth and those three girls group (Aya, Kiri and Chiya). Don't get me wrong, though, I want progress with Quoth and Aya, but let me learn about Nana first, it looks more important.
The main objective seems missed: So... Didn't I join the police to figure out about my deceased mom's case? Isn't it my life purpose now? Shouldn't I be acting to figure out who the murderer is? Except for the very beginning of the game, my mom was mentioned just once, while talking to Uraha for the second time, if I am not wrong.
Is everybody playing dumb?: Okay, so I get heavily injured on the head, get completely healed in 1 day, vampire blood makes me out of mind, I have super strength while feeling mad, I resist Suzu's ability and make she turn into "new sister", I can have telepathic conversations with Kana and Kagome and there is no suspicion that I am a myth? Not even the MC starts to doubt whether he is human or not?
Some things are far-fetched: The idea of hiding too many mythical races from humanity for centuries or milleniums is too far-fetched. It is an awesome background for a nice story that you are telling, but it is not convincing. But I won't focus on this part. Suzu living at the school is also too far-fetched, considering her origins. Of course her family could have more than one house and not everything was burnt. Of course she could have gone to the bank agency earlier. Of course there are more members in the clan she belongs to.
Those points I mentioned are just little ones and didn't really harm my game experience (Except the Jun part). I enjoyed the game and had fun. The game is way longer than I expected and it is good. Your writing skills are just impeccable and are helping me to improve my english skills. I see that you released 0.28, but I won't play it now. I just can't. I don't have time. But, I will certainly play your game again in the future to see how it ends. When you finish this game, please, don't stop on it. Create more projects.
I follow other pretty nice projects here on Itch, but all of them are no complete yet and take time to release a small update. Meanwhile, I look for games with as good quality as these I follow, but I fail miserably. If you stop creating these projects, you would be missed for sure.
Damn, that's a comment and a half!
First of all, let me thank you for your kind words. I appreciate them a lot!
I'm gonna be a bit more concise in my reply and only address points I think need clarification. Please don't take this as me disregarding everything else. I've read your whole comment and I appreciate it for what it is.
About the girls' designs:
They are all made by me, so thank you! Of course they got refined over time because I've improved over the course of the last two years as well. Early on I made some rather obvious mistakes but that's how these things go.
Regarding Jun:
I know. It's by design. I can't tell you what and why (because of spoilers) so I'd ask you to trust that I have a plan for her. I've been working up to this point to set a few things up for her and they'll soon bear fruit. Hopefully in the way I intend them to, too.
Too many characters:
That's an opinion. I disagree. Important to note here is that not every female character you see in the game is a love interest. To me the world needs to be filled with different characters that the MC meets here and there because (again, to me) it feels unrealistic and weird if the MC only ever runs into the same 5 girls, despite spending time in crowded places. Quoth for example will very likely not be romanced at all, so we're not "starting over with her". She's part of the plot and used to add some cuteness to the game. Nothing more, nothing less.
Scheduling:
What you're describing is a sandbox game. That's not CH. I know some people like having the liberty of choosing what scenes to choose at any given point in the game but:
a) that's not for everyone
b) I personally am not a fan of this style of game
c) CH wouldn't work if I gave the player said liberty
To elaborate on the last bullet point (c):
The pacing, flow, and order of events in CH needs to be the way it is for the story to work. If you were to skip Okami's story, for example, the story would stop making sense. Same with completing Nagisa's story before all the others.
Now, you could, of course, argue that I chose to make it that way and that I could've created the story differently - and you'd be right of course. But I didn't. And that's mostly because of bullet point B. For me, CH is a passion project, first and foremost. That's what makes it as good as it is, if you ask me. There's actual passion in the creation of it and it apparently shows. And, well.. that wouldn't be the case if I were to make a game that I don't personally enjoy.
I know that you simply stated an opinion and that's totally fine, of course. I'm not trying to defend myself, either. Just explaining the reasoning behind sticking to my guns, basically.
Main objective:
You're not completely wrong on that but the key part of your statement is the word "seems". It's hard to see at the current point but I'm following a plan and it should (hopefully) make sense once the game is complete. Again, I can't say much, so all I can do is ask people to trust that I'm not completely retarded.
Everyone playing dumb:
Well, that's a matter of perspective. Of course this is all just simulated and no one knows how these things would go in reality, but to me it makes sense that people who are used to supernatural stuff (i.e. Myths) are less sensitive to its appearance. So, while it may seem odd from a meta perspective (yours) that no one draws the conclusion you think is right, it isn't that odd when you put yourself in the shoes of someone who's been around "abnormal" things their whole life.
Also, the MC has very much questioned his own humanity before. Don't quote me on it but I think it was on the balcony with Jun. And it's not been before that because he's tried to avoid these kinds of thoughts because they scared him. Which he also explains in that scene.
Things being far-fetched:
I mean.. it's a fictional world filled with supernatural beings. The whole premise of CH is far-fetched. And yes, a certain level of suspension of disbelief is necessary. But I don't think that's an issue, per se. I do expect people to be open to disregard minor plot holes or unconvincing things for the sake of the overall narrative. That much you have to do in pretty much every fantasy story.
Does it make sense that the internet hasn't uncovered the existence of Myths in an age where pretty much everything is being controlled? Not really.
Would the whole story be impossible the way it is if I hadn't ignored that while building the world? Yeah.
So, while you're not wrong, I'd say it simply doesn't matter. Not everything has to always make 100% sense. As long as it's fun, it's fine for things to be a bit weird, imo.
As for Suzu:
She didn't know about the bank, her family didn't have other houses (that she knew of), and all the other members of her clan were killed in the attack. It's all accounted for.
Again, thank you so much for your comment and your kind words. While it may seem like I completely brushed off all your criticism, I do keep it in mind going forward, like I do with all comments I get. If somethings comes from it or not will have to remain to be seen, but I've read it and acknowledged it.
Cheers!
That's okay, man. I appreciate your kind reply!
Hey vertigo i have a question is about a game that you don't own but i saw an Charakter from your game and wanted to ask if you know that
Hey, which game and which character? I'm not aware of anything like that.
For those who don't want to waste time (Chapter 2 - Day 8 during afternoon, after meeting Kuro and Morrigan while they were drinking and while paying pizza).
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Just found this Game and I was instantly hooked, the Story is maybe the Best by far of all Novels? I played so far.
Huge props to you and I will follow this Game till it is finished ;D
Thank you for your kind words! Glad to have you on board. :)
I Love this Game mannnn,keep up the amazing work Vertigo,neva let anyone tell ya otherwise,this is one of the Gems of all times yes yes!
Big heart, bro. Big heart.
Noticed that the T2 Patreon update has now dropped, was waiting for this to join on Patreon so now have subscribed. Love this VN and just had to subscribe
Thanks a ton for your support! I hope you enjoy(ed) the update! :)
My dude. I am a person who has played her fair share of adult games. I JUST NOW finished the game as it is so far. I am beyond impressed. The last time I was this engrossed in a story, I was trying out Harem Hotel. And before that? Skyrim. S K Y R I M. Dude... please, please, please, I beseech you, do not let this become one of those promising games that falls off the map. I literally teared up a bit at some of these scenes. I want to see this story to its end. Please, keep up the good work. I have never before used patreon. This might just be the convincing factor to use it for the first time. If I can scrounge the money, I will totally become a patreon.
Anyways, enough blabbering. Thank you for this incredible tale. I'll be here to the day it ends. :3
Well, dang! Thank you so much! That's so kind of you!
I definitely plan on seeing CH through, as it's become my job which I'm working full-time. And between you and me.. I don't see myself going back to a 9-to-5 anytime soon. :P
No, if I can help it, CH is not gonna get abandoned. I love this project way too much to even consider going there.
I'd be honored if CH was the one thing that was able to convince you to use Patreon. However, only do so if you're really able to. I've always said (and will always say) that I don't want anyone to struggle just to support me. If you can, however, do so, I'll gladly welcome you amongst my patrons (and on my Discord? *wink wink nudge nudge*).
Thank you again for your kind words. :)
Hearing that it's become your job is reassuring (as strange as it sounds). As said before, keep up the good work. As for Discord... We'll see. I'd need to make a secondary account in case I find anyone there who I know IRL. Anyways, yeah, emphasis on what I said in the previous message! Also, any idea what % done the game is? If you have no idea, no sweat, just curious as to how much more there will be!
I know what you mean. It being my job kinda ties me to the game, financially, so it makes sense to see it as reassurance. :P
No worries about Discord. Happy to have you if you feel like it but I get not being up for it for whatever reason. :)
CH's done to about 30-40%? Somewhere around there, I'd say. There's a good chunk of story still to be told.
No fucking way... 30-40%?! Were it not for limited room space (and lack of actual ability to do it) I'd do a backflip outta sheer happiness!
Ha, good on you for being able to do backflips (in theory)! But yeah, somewhere around there. It's a rough estimation, of course, and doesn't account for possible changes of plans, but it's all I have. :P
What the heck bro ?!
How can you made a game of this quality and so many updates so fast reguraly ? What are you made of ?! What superhero are you ?! x')
Please, someone, suck this man/woman right now before i do it, for all this marvelous work !
I download the game, start it and finish it right now at 1AM and that in 5 days, not cause it's short, far from it, but because i played it ~8hrs per day !
Yes, i've got the time, but more than anything : I REALLY loved it !
This game has THE thing that i want to see in any RPG, Adventure game, or, in this case, in any VN. It has " The love ", the love for its history, each of its characters.
The game itself say it to you at the beginning " It's NOT a sex game ", and i appreciate it, this is PRECISELY what i search in a " spicy VN ". I need to feel the strongs feelings that the characters have for each others, (cause sex for sex is boring, sex with feeling is waaay better !) it could be lust, it could be love, they could be lost about the situation or not sure about their decisions or feelings, i want to smile with them, i want to cry with and FOR them, i want to feel how much they are scared, lost, how much they love, hate, or want each others. I want to feel them " Live "
And this game made it really well.
All the characters are lovable ( in their ways ), the history is not " obvious ", have many mysteries and is pretty interesting to me, each characters have their struggle, le game can talk about really... " tough " subjects but it's always made in a good way.
I could say more but i think that's enough x)
Anyways, this game has rapidly became one of my top 5 (and maybe even more then that with the next updates) VN of all time, and i played a LOT of VN, so it is not nothing believe me.
You do a wonderful work and i wish that your game go as far as you want, and maybe (and i hope and can't wait to see it) to the end that you want to give it.
For all of this, you deserve as much love as you give to your game ! Wish you the best ! <3 ( excuse my poor english, can easily understand it but write it myself.... ^^' )
Holy sh..irt, what a comment!
It's amazing to read that you love CH this much, because it tells me that what I do is worth doing - and that is incredibly important. So, thank you, my friend, I appreciate it a lot!
Believe me when I say: Your comment made my day!
And don't worry about your English - your message came across perfectly fine. :)
Once again: Thank you! I'm very grateful for people like you who give me positive feedback and let me know that I'm on the right path. :)
Your welcome~ It's my pleasure, really ^^
Of course it's worth doing it ! And yeah you are on an amazing path here.
There's always some people out there who's ready to give all the love that you, your work or your characters, deserve and who always gonna support u and do what they can to help u learn, appreciate and do better everytime, so continue like this ! ^^
( and no i don't say that just cause i have many questions about the game... Maybe a little :x but not JUST for that ! x) )
Heh, thank you, friend. :)
Feel free to join the Discord if you want to discuss those questions of yours with others and/or me, depending on the question. :)
After successful catching of the all hamsters (thanks for the tip), I am confused.
Was the Yui's personality inspired by some real person ? I mean that the main job of familiar is to support the partner and that, in turns, means at least some ability to stop the said partner when necessary. However the shown level of her submissiveness raises quite an amount of doubts in her abilities in this sense for me.
Damn it! Vertigo, what has you done?! ))) I have more than enough things to care IRL, but I am thinking about her personality instead....
Damn it! )))))
Yui's submissiveness is only that strong in a sexual context. Outside of it she is capable of reining in Aki if necessary. It's not really her main job, though. She's more of an aide and best friend, which, of course, includes stopping Aki if she's about to do stupid things.
Thinking about Yui's.. personality is not a bad way to distract yourself from IRL things. Could do a lot worse. :P
Your explanation perfectly match my understanding of their relationship. However, that is exactly why I've asked the question about her IRL prototype. Speaking directly, I have the doubts that such human does exist.
At the same time, I have too good self-control to be distracted by more trivial thoughts about VN's character. And "years of experience" to boot. Thus, I repeat myself and others here, that CH is the novel at first, visual at second, and adult at third place only. And it is second to none!
Hmm, there's not really an IRL inspiration for Yui. I do think people like her do exist, though. Maybe not as pronounced, but then again, she is a fictional character that I made up. :P
Heh, thanks a lot. I do agree with that assessment, as it is how I view CH, too. The visuals are a tool to enhance the story I want to tell and the adult parts are the cherry on top because adult content is like spices to a good dish - it enhances what is already there and shouldn't be the whole base of a dish. :)
Yes, I've started from the very beginning again (5th time, I guess), as it is impossible to hunt all hamsters and collect full image gallery during the single run )) Damn it!!!
1. Yeah, I'm aware of this. It's a bad habit I picked up from some native speakers. Given that there is no neutral narration but only interpersonal dialogue and some internal monologuing, however, I'm not too worried about fixing it, because there are people who talk like that. It's technically wrong as of right now but eh. I've come to not worry too much about these technicalities. Because if we go there, the majority of native English speakers funks up a bunch (not using "me/I" correctly, for example).
Also, if I were to write everything perfectly clean, the dialogue would lose a lot of its charm and the distinctions between the characters' "voices" would become way less apparent, because some of the mistakes or bad habits are actually on purpose. Not the one you mentioned, though. That one's just a bad habit of mine. :P
2. It's an oversight on my part but I've known about it for a long time by now. At this point it has almost become somewhat of an Easter egg because I haven't fixed it yet (nor do I intend to fix it anytime soon).
3. That's alright. It's just two different outfits (fight in school and first visit are the same). The one she wearing during her first meet with MC is her everyday outfit and the other one is a jacket and a pair of shorts she's gotten from Reina.
True, the gallery is not possible to fill completely in one run without rolling back. :P
Have fun with your 5th run!
Not to repeat what everyone else said but this game is amazing. It has hours of content and a very well thought out story line. I honestly don't know how linear the story line is or how my choices affected the story because it felt natural to pick the choice I picked. For just being version 0.27.... I'm so excited for a finished story. This has to be one of my top 5 VNs. And yes. Your fucking cliff hanger left me pissed (in an good way).
Well dang, thanks a ton! I'm happy you enjoy CH this much. :)
Also glad to hear that the cliffhanger did its job well. :P
This game is just fantastic, amazing story with great characters and it can be replayed hundreds of times.
Would HIGHLY recommend this game.
Thanks a lot! Glad you like CH!
I do have a question does it affect the story depending on who you take into the storage closet to collect the uniform?
No, but some of the options have consequences down the line.
This is the first time I have felt sick about being too broke to support a creator. I feel a big guilty sometimes, for sure, but not like I've stolen something dear.
Top notch stuff, thanks for making it. Can't wait for the next installment.
Heh, thanks for enjoying it. No need to feel bad about not being able to support, though. If you want to help the game out, give it a rating on here, that helps boost its visibility and thus gets more people to play the game, which helps a lot, too. :)
Aus welchem Teil Deutschlands kommst du?
North-West. Let's stick to English, though. :P
Yeah, my German is not so good!! I only took it for two years in high school!! That was a very long time ago!!
Ahh, hehe. Was a good sentence, though.
I tried to remember lol! The only person I speak German to is my youngest daughter!! She thinks it's like a secret language only she and I can speak!!
Heh, that's adorable.
Vertigo, you are bloody awesome genius!
While there are characters I personally dislike (no, not Jun, btw), I totally immersed in the story line. Damn it, instead of making one more VN to click-and-relax without using brain and perception, the certain extremely cruel personage did made it more interesting and readable than most of modern WNs. The pun is accidental just ignore it).
The small things like the mimics of characters during the dialogs... The clues and foreshadows.... Nagisa's "riddles", different speaking styles for different persons, when you, as far as I understand, are not native English speaker...
However ....
I really, really, REALLY, adverse to ask this, but. Can it be that appearing of 71st hamster (the one I expect between the one in store room and one during tea time with Uraha) depends on choices made before meeting with Emica?
I had re-played the last update (27.1) more than 50 times for now (few times for each choice option), but still this hamster is the only one of 72 that I've not caught yet, damn it!
Well, howdy there. Thanks a lot for this, it's the bit of positive reinforcement I needed today. :)
Not Jun? That's a rarity. I'm glad to hear it, though. Too many people hate on poor little Jun.
I'm really glad to hear that you enjoy CH for what it is. :)
That's correct. I'm German and English is my second language. I do try to make sure that the characters all have individual voices - as far as that is possible in writing, at least.
Ahh, yeah. I assume you didn't have Yui as an option during the choice? She's only available there, if you took the panties early in the game.
Thanks again for your kind words!
Ghm... well, interesting, I have a feeling that I've taken them, but if you say so, I should assume that that had been during the other run. Not like I am really against the full replay ) Looks like I should properly delete all game data and restart hamster hunting too.
About Jun ... well, she is not my favorite one, but she is tolerable one. How should I say... I still have some (naive) hopes for her. I mean if some reasonable and kind person with virtue of patience and talent for teaching (so definitely not me) spent a few years to hammer the common sense and the way to keep herself together into her, she'll have a chance for good life. Otherwise ... Behavioural disorders are quite shitty thing for person itself in the first place.
However, the valley girl is incurable diagnosis if you take what I mean.
Speaking about "voices" - any plans to use more Irish (Scotts ?) for Morrigan and Ori? It is quite weird that Gan Ceann speaks the Queens's English, isn't it ?
Anyway, I am on my way to full replay now))
If you didn't have Yui as an option, then yeah, it was the other run. :P
Going for a full replay including hamsters is something alright! Have fun with it. :)
Well, I'm not gonna take anything away in regards to Jun but she'll be fine. That much I can tell you. :)
Not a fan of Miri, huh? That's too bad. She's such an adorable girl. But I do get that she's not for everyone.
The thing with Morrigan (and Kuro) is that they mostly break out the accents when they're drunk - Morrigan more so than Kuro. It's a bit of a weird compromise but technically they don't speak English but Japanese and I decided that going with "plain" English for that works well enough unless they get drunk and bust out the accent. If you think about it too hard, it doesn't make much sense, but that's kinda what happens when a German guy makes an English game, set in Japan, with a character from Ireland that speaks Japanese, which is actually English because of the audience and a significant lack of proficiency in the Japanese language on the German guy's part. You get all sorts of weird stuff, lol. I hope you're able to follow that weirdly convoluted sentence up there.
But yeah, anyway. That's why Morrigan and Ori speak normal "English" most of the time. :P
The main issue with another run is that I, obviously, don't remember the exact choices I've made before and, being impressed by this issue with Yui I am not sure that I'll be able to make proper choices to get the full collection of hamsters this time. ))
The valley girls/guys are the kin I dislike the most and try to avoid to deal with at any costs IRL, you see. While I admit that she has her role and her character is rather suitable to this role, I can't help but distaste.
I did followed your sentence. And it gives me opportunity to be curious: what were/are your reasons to settle them in Japan? I mean I do know that they are in Japan from story, but I don't feel any Japanese vibe from it at all.
Heh, don't worry. Most hamsters aren't locked behind choices and you should be able to find them just fine. It's only 2-3 that are, I think.
If you want a guide for your search, feel free to join the Discord - there's a list of hints for all of the hamsters on there.
I understand. We all have our dislikes and there's not much to be done about it. It's fine. :)
Eh, CH playing in Japan is based on some early misconception on my part, mostly. Same with CH playing in a "school" and being named accordingly, to be honest. CH being my first project of this kind had me make all kinds of mistakes early on that I now know better. Any future project will (hopefully) profit from my learning experiences here, though.
Fourth playthrough on your newest update and I took Miko with me!! You laid everything out that we needed to know about you in that one conversation you made mother flipping genius you!! God!!!! You just spelled it out as plainly as the worst foggy day and I frakking love you for it!!
Haha, I'm glad you're having fun over there. :)
I'm easily excitable when it comes to things I'm interested in!!
How many words or hours of content is there so far?
I don't remember the latest word count but there's a fair bit of content already.
Thanks for the quick reply. would you guess over 300,000 words or approx. 18 hours, or much less? Sorry, it's me, just like to know before hand how much time I will invest in a game. The longer the better. I learned that it takes me 3 hours to read 50,000 words. So the hours isjust me.
I had another look and found the last count I did for the Discord - in April the script was at 235k words, so by now it's probably somewhere around 270k. :)
Thank You
I haven't counted the words, nor the hours it takes to read them!! I have a feeling however, if you want to pick up the wonderfully subtle clues being left, you will need to READ all the way through!! Possibly two or three times!! He is a maestro!!
Loving the story but I have a small request. Would it be possible to include an update patch with each release? Having to download the whole game each time means I spend more time downloading each update than actually playing it.
Not a programmer so not a clue how viable this would be, if it can't be done or would be too much work, fair enough. Just a small QoL request.
Ah, the update-only patch can be found in the public release post on my Patreon. I'll try to remember to upload it here too, in the future. :)
I feel like I say this after every new update, but, damn!!!! Your writing ability, and your ability to keep your readers on edge is second to none!! That being said ......
YOU BASTARD HOW COULD YOU LEAVE US ON THIS CLIFFHANGER LIKE THIS ONE!! I both love and hate you right now!! Which is AWESOME!!!!
Exactly what I wanted to write just now!!
This guy MUST be a sadist...
But as you already wrote: second to none!
Sadist?? Maybe!! Genius?? Definitely!!
Ahh, thanks! I've been a bit inactive on here lately because things got a bit hectic irl but I've read all your comments and appreciate them a lot! :)
The cliffhanger had to be done. I can't not use an opportunity like that, lol.
Well I both appreciate and loathe your mastery of cliffhangers!! Which, is a good thing!!
Yeah, it is. If a cliffhanger doesn't make at least one person kinda mad, it wasn't done right. :P
Aki best girl.
VertigoAVN Man like always I am pumped for your newest update!! In my opinion you are in the top 3 of AVN devs!! You, Niichan and Caribdis, in no particular order, are absolutely amazing in your storytelling!!
Bro the story is fricking good, although my blood boil for a minute after hearing the past of aki, but it's fine i guess,*sigh* anyways this is the best i have read, it has wholesome scenes too it's too much for my heart it's just too cute for them together, well overall it's the best, keep up the good work dev
Ugh I'm fcking angry thinking about the past of aki,even irl has some cases too, damn fck this, damnit I don't want to think anymore
I like the Story so far finished after 4 days the current content and i have to say its interessting to imagine where the story leads.... about the little hints from the blood smell and book of the first male vampire... but i have too say the story would be better without jun idk man not really a fan of this little loli
Jun is CRUCIAL to the story, I'm pretty sure!! There are smaller hints than the ones you're talking about that lead me to believe she is SUPER important, possibly one of the 3 most important women in the game/story!!!!
well cant see how a little gps loli without other powers can be important
For someone who claims to pick up on little hints, you seem kind of dense!!
She's the key to the children of the coming king!!
The children of the coming king are key to finding out who and what the MC really is!!
lol, I love the "gps loli".
Jun is definitely a polarizing character - you either love her or you hate her.
So, without wanting to spoil too much, let me just say this: It's deliberate and I've got plans.
Is it just me or why does it keep crashing or saying "Bye" every time I get in the school at night and when he says "I should get done with this"? I want to hurry and get to the new update!!!
P.S. I lost my save data so that's why. T-T
Fixed
Nice
Btw how do I skip? Somehow it just goes to the next scene every time I click on the skip button.
Sounds like you have the fast-skip feature enabled, which is why you end up skipping to the next scene.
Try holding Ctrl or pressing Tab instead. Ctrl should work, Tab might have the same effect as pressing skip due to the fast-skipping being enabled.
Sorry but I think it's funny at the end of 0.26.1 where gg said "You're not reina" and after that I had a semi-screamer but after that I started laughing xD,
(скорее бы 0.27.1 но по моим подсчётам она будет ± через 2 недели (16 дней) в общем доступе, так?)
so Good luck in development and less stress,
Und für die Zukunft kann ich so schreiben, ich habe gerade einen normalen Übersetzer in meiner Tastatur gefunden, plus oder minus, ich freue mich darauf.
Sorry for the inconvenience in translation, I seem to have woken up bipolar about the languages in which I write. Everyone who reads have a nice day.
So I have a few questions. The first one is, are there different pathways for the story? Second, what are those "Hamsters"? Third, is the game 3D?
I'm not a developer, but I can tell you from my observation that the paths are slightly different in terms of dialogue or scenes, but in general they follow the same line. Second, "hamsters", they are hidden in locations where they can be seen, but not much, finding them unlocks the picture in the phone, they are about the character with whom GG communicates or sees. Third, I do not know, it seems that it is a mixture of 2 and 3 d,But it seems to me more to 3d, with this question it is better to the developer, I hope I was able to answer some questions. Good luck
The answer you got from Adrenaline19 is correct. There's not much for me to add to it.
Hello, sorry for my english and spelling as i am russian, but i would really appreciate if you add russian language, because the versions i found were very badly and unrelatedly translated, they were on 0.18.2, but in all you made this great, thanks
(если шарите то спасибо, та версия закончилась там где аки сказала что это не правда, ну а так просто не хочу ебатся с переводом:))
Hey, no worries about spelling and everything. I can't help with a Russian translation, though, since I don't speak Russian myself. If anything, I'd hire someone to translate the full game once it's done, but at the moment I don't have any plans to create any translations for CH. That includes my own native language (German), by the way. CH is being made in English and only in English for the foreseeable future.
Thank you for your kind words, though! They are much appreciated!
Np, you game so satisfish, it Will be great about translate, i have seat in this about 3-4 hours but im feel this how 30 minuts. I Just see this game on one of tg channels on russian language but it was auto translated by Google translater then you know) get luck with your's projects(i have 2:45 of night then posting this reply)
Edit:and i Just watch in translater my reply witch i write by hand, this not bad(im have 4(3,58) by english language on the 10 class)
If you want i can help with translating but only in summertime, in not summertime i need teaching
Thanks, friend, but I have to decline. The offer is very generous and I appreciate it but for the moment that's not an option for me for multiple reasons. One being that I don't speak Russian myself and can't verify the quality of your translation. I'm not saying that it would be bad or anything but I can't put something out there as an official translation when I don't know what it says, you know? It's a matter of being able to ensure the quality of the game and knowing what kind of messages are being sent with it.
But like I said, I do appreciate the offer and I'm glad that you like CH this much. I wish I could provide translations to give more people access, but for the moment English has to suffice. I'm sorry. :)
No problem, i understand that
Can't wait for 0.27!!
P.S. I'm out of the hospital now.
Glad to hear that!
0.27 will be a couple weeks longer to get done, then another two weeks to go through the tiers on Patreon, I'm afraid. But it's gonna be good. :P
Hey could you make a site for this game? I dont care about ads so plz make a site for the game.
I do intend to make a website for CH at some point, yes. Can't say when that will be, though. Hopefully this year still.
aww man i cant download it tho. I can play test when you make it though?
Ohh, you were talking about a browser version of the game. Sorry, I thought you meant like a website for downloading it and all that jazz. I'm not sure that I'll make a browser version of CH anytime soon.
I love the detail and the anticipation. Also how do I update the game though?? I don't usually play games like with any,you know what involved so idk how. Appreciate your work mate.
Thanks a lot!
For PC/Mac:
To update the game, you just download the latest version from here and unpack it into a new folder. You can delete the old version before or afterwards. As long as you're playing on the same PC/Mac, the save files will automatically be available in the new version of the game.
For Android:
Just download the newest .apk file onto your phone and install it by opening it. It should ask to update the game and then you can just follow the instructions.
Hope that helps! If not, let me know and I'll see what I can do. :)
Edit: Formatting
Thanks! I'll try what you said. Also, I think this is the fastest I've been responded to on an itch game.
I try to be responsive. :)
It also works well on hospital wifi! I'm surprised ngl.
Get well soon!
one of the best i've played so far. great pacing. cant wait for future patches and projects
Thanks a lot, I appreciate it! :)
I didn't see the kitty cat until I came over here. Normally I download these games from f@pnation. I normally don't like slow burns. But your's got me hooked like a harpooned shark. Not to mention that I love the edge of my seat vibes I get from it.
Nice! I always love hearing that CH was able to convert people. :P
Thanks for your kind words, friend!
Ain't notin ta thank, ya did good on this one. Only other slow build I ever play were the trainer ones, like the four elements parody.
Heh, well.. it's appreciated anyway! :)
Looks like everyone is doing my job for me you genius you!! So this time I'll just say, we're not worthy!!
Haha, aw. I disagree on the worthiness but thank you all the same! :P
come on man!! People tell you that you need to turn this into a book!! I tell you a live action(like you my curiosity as to which actress would get cast to which role??) Series would ROCK!! Everyone (including me) agrees that your story is FUCKING PERFECT for Anime!! Please, PLEASE my friend; stop being so damned modest!! You are a genius of the long forgotten art of subtlety (Nagisa is a prophet of the coming king I know it) and long form story telling!! Please accept this!!
OH!!!!! Live action casting for Yuu....
It's total fan casting but.....
Not my step son or I (I am the metal man on the left) but, Tom Freaking Ellis!!!!!!
Hey I was wondering if there is a way to read the story somehow because my pc died not too long ago and when I tried to play the game on my phone but it kept chrashing after awhile I really like the story and want to know what happens next
Edit: fixed some spelling errors
Hey, the only way to access the story is through the game, sorry. Did it give you any error messages when it crashed on your phone?
No it just crashes usually while skipping or trying to save
Sometimes when I click the menu button it closes
That's very unusual and nothing related to CH, I'm afraid. My best guess would be that your phone doesn't have enough memory to run RenPy games, but that's pretty much a shot in the dark. Do other AVN's Android version work for you?
Idk what AVN is ? But it's most likely my phone it's a samsung A11 and it has 2 gb of memory
Thanks for the help anyway
been refreshing the page all day for new newest release to drop and then it drops while I'm taking a nap lol time to download and read
It's always like that, isn't it? :P
Amazing game, got me essentially addicted.
Good development and community also
The game itself is amazing. I follow the story intently while playing and actually feel emotion while playing which I have not experienced with a single other game - and I have played plenty in my time!
All the characters have their own personalities which have already been developing well throughout the current game.
Get it now while it is still free as it definitely warrants a decent price even unfinished!
Hot dang, that's a neat review! Thank you so much for your kind words, I appreciate them a ton! :)