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Sorry, we are really unable to continue to work on the VN consistently due to our personal lives being difficult at the moment so our speed is extremely slow. We cannot give a date on when but rest assured we are doing what we can to at least make some progress, no matter how little.

Correct actually. 

To add that, I often update codes on prev days to see if I can improve it or change some parts that may affect future events. Because of this, Renpy gets confused when you load into a save. But that's also why we release games in larger intervals rather than several in a month so that you don't do this often.

Hi!

You can always support us by sharing our game to through word of mouth! The more people that play our game, the more motivated we are. We don't make people pay for our game, nor we don't want to force financial support on our first project, so really the best way is to share our game!

We don't really need additional team members since we want to keep our updates/exchanges/burdens just between us two. We want to check our limits first and we want to keep everything inhouse (Also we cannot pay for people's work cause we are poor... And I want to pay people a salary cause it's fair and the right thing even if people say it's for free. Just doesn't feel right to not pay)

Actually I will answer this as this seems to be a question many ask. So spoilers for Chapter 3

He was actually in fact targeting the Elder to begin with. To Jin, it looked like he was about to shoot you, but as someone conniving as the Admiral, he would choose something that has more of a painful impact to the village. Killing you would only bury him more, but killing the elder would yield worse situations. And that is what he wanted.

Just a reminder, NSFW doesn't always mean sexual. The game contains... themes and scenes that require a heads up. Not because it is sexual, but because it is not for anyone under the age of 18. Though... it's not like I can track who can download our game anyway...

Plus, the game is in development, and we are still working on the next update while life is continuously shafting us in a bad way :( So while this and early stuff don't have the sex scenes that many of you want, it's coming. Just always keep in mind the game is still in development and what is being shown right now is not going to be the final version. We will be polishing the days and characters more.

As for the Scriviner's ideals, it is actually that exact reason you said on why I wrote him like that. Someone who doesn't understand what he wants, but has conviction of wanting it. Majority of us are always unsure of extreme situations no matter what, and he isn't exactly a blank character either so he has a personality that is visible than most. This will get polished a bit more in the future.

ANNOUNCEMENT

Life has been difficult.

Me and DaSinBun have been really occupied with our personal lives the past few months with work and other issues. Because of this, the game had to be sidelined for a while until we have more time to work on it. We apologize for the delay 🙇‍♂️

We won't be going into a haitus since we will still work on it here and there, but the next update will take more time before we finish it. We just want it to really be as good as the recent updates and rushing it doesn't feel right to us.

Thank you everyone for your patience with us. We promised to finish this game and we definitely will. Even if it takes us more time to do so. We don't want to be homeless/hungry since that will make things slower so priorities first. Thank you again for understanding.

Yeah making stories about the side characters is gonna be difficult for us DURING development. ;)

Okay, before this dives into another intense argument, ShroudedLion is right. We won't be adding poly. We aren't confident enough that we could write poly and it would be an injustice if we made it only for the reason of "two is better than one", cause that is not the main essence of a Poly.

Also can you imagine how much work that would be? I'd have to write 30 different scenarios for it to fit... I love working on this game, but I don't want to milk it dry...

Another reason is actually our game will eventually have a full rehaul after 1.0, where earlier dialogues will have changes and corrections, including new events. I dont want the translators to be burdened by an incomplete game, especially one where my lack of English skills are seen as a problem right now. And thats big for a VN.

He is Ace

We don't have our own discord server for Hopkeeper, but we are part of a VN discord server. You can view the link on our twitter post here:
EDIT: https://discord.gg/TS23gH88

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there is a guide: 

https://rodablackfang.itch.io/monster-village-vn/devlog/799985/chapter-3-guide-s...

This is just to set expectations cause during Dec 2024 - Jan 2025, a lot are worried about us. While we did go through a lot in the past few months, we just want to assure everything is fine, we just wanted to take our time considering the topic we are portraying, just so we do not offend those who are going through grief in real life. We want to represent it in a proper manner, both the positives... and the negatives. And we do hope that message came across properly and I hope you all enjoy the development of the characters.

So while waiting for 0.8, rest assured this will take a while again to make it feel more natural. I did want to add more to 0.7 in terms of story, but I couldn't help myself to give a little... cliffhanger. I mean... for those following this game for a while now, ya'll should already know it's normal XD.

Anyway, I wanted to reassure everyone, that while we do not update as frequently as other VNs, we are doing our best to at least deliver equal care, love, and attention to all routes at the same time. Not to mention weave an overarching story that is both captivating and silly.

Now go play Monster Hunter wilds.

ANNOUNCEMENT

Oh right! Monster Hunter Wilds will be released in the next few days, so you all can probably expect us to play it. So uhhh... Next update will be a while again.

Though, the next update will finally feature some sexual scenes that one of you has been waiting for. Or all... At this point, I really should utilize DaSinBun's amazing talent. That is why I had to make some adjustments to the SFW tag. The next update will be finishing up chapter 4, and the entrance to the last chapter. MHVN is almost over... Well, the story at least. 

When we do release 1.0, we will then work on 2.0, which is going to be the final output, along with some dialogue checking, sprite edits, UI polishes, etc. I have already worked on changing the gallery, but that's gonna be for next update. 

Anyway, that is all for now!

No spoilers in comments without spoiler tag

Thanks for the feedback. Will note these down when we start aiming for 2.0.

In a way. 1.0 means the story is finished, but 2.0 is the goal, which is basically updated sprites, updated BG, some UI changes, and even updating the game itself. Though there wont be a set schedule after 1.0 since we want to take our time perfecting the rehaul.

Okay, I might as well share this but next update.

This may be due to a variable being deleted. This seems to only happen after an update that deletes most persistent data. Easily to fix this, play Day 1 to the end again. If it doesn't fix it, please let me know.

The Chapter 3 skip option is only specific to the event itself, not for the entire chapter 3. Once you've done at least one run of it, it will show a hidden button you can interact with. There are 3 bouts, with the third one involving your dateable, which is why I added it that way in case if you want to skip the first two.

Released a small update bug fix
https://rodablackfang.itch.io/monster-village-vn/devlog/888524/small-update-071

Edited post

Thanks for this suggestion!

I started looking into ways to do this and I am able to find a way to put your dateable's icon on the save file itself. Here is hoping I don't break the game while testing :> At least... not any more than I should have...

Just to be transparent, we are still in development. Right now, we want it to be linear in a way. Plus, I dont want it to complicate things after chapter 3. While I do agree I will need to revisit old mechanics, its not the right time. While we are making a game, which needs gameplay, it still all about telling a story, so we need to do that first.

I actually mentioned this in an old question, but the game will eventually have a rehaul after we release 1.0 (new sprites, more choices, and more bad endings huehuehue).

As for the Joseph CG, we do want to change it somewhat but I kinda find it funny the face is covered because youre too focused on his... health. So we keep it for now until we might change the cg entirely.

Since we are past the halfway point, so expect at most 2 more chapters. I cannot say more than that but that also means we are getting closer to 1.0

You would have to uninstall and reinstall the game. Usually this is because of the update I did with renpy....

I think it goes without saying that there should be no spoilers here in the public comment section without spoiler tags.

Thank you for also assisting us with the community!

Thank you for always following our journey!

Thanks! These are interesting feedback for QOL. We will focus more on improving this section once we get closer to 1.0 release (mostly due to some coding may take a while), but that last one might be something I can do fix. Hopefully..

Unfortunately, we cannot release the script entirely since it includes some spoilers for the following chapters (like Sprite WIPS or some comments).  However, we appreciate any proofreading and grammatical corrections since, despite us trying our best, English isn't our strong suit... We apologize if errors take away from the experience, but we plan on proofreading as much as possible when reaching 0.9 - 1.0. For now, our focus is mainly on the plot, characters, and a few surprises here and there.

In the meantime, you can always leave grammatical corrections on our devlogs (This is to ensure that we know where this grammatical error started).

Also, I would just like to add since we prefer our game to be fully blind (so that everyone has an equal chance of enjoying the game), it's mostly me (Roda) and Dasinbun to proofread. And reading the same things over and over does make it difficult to find these mistakes. :( 

A wonderful story. Something that has potential in terms of writing and premise.

We are still working on the next update and its gonna be another big one. But life gets in the way hard for both of us, with both College and work, being the Christmas season and all...
So hope we can pull through this month!

The game doesn't feature explicit sexual content yet, but it has topics and scenarios that are not suitable for all ages.

We wanted to hide the exact age of all the villagers until the end, but you can assume the dateables are about 20-40 ish (I don't think I need to specify who the oldest one is). This is mostly so we can be sure of the timeline of events since we are also working on backstories and info about them in the background.

True Wyverians, in general, do age slightly longer than humans, up to 150 years. The explanation can be found in the logbook which you can check it out anytime.

For future bugs, please comment on the version devlogs.

This seems to be an error relating to permissions on your computer, as this does not seem to be a common bug. I do have a few suggestions after a quick search; however, I am unsure exactly how to fix this until I recreate it.

- Run the game via administrator
- Move the location of the game to another folder where you have full access to
-  Redownload the game to a different folder as it might have corrupted files (A bit unlikely since it's zipped, but may work)

This is to confirm the above. 

tldr, if you reach a To Be Continued, that is the end of the update, not an ending. 

Interesting proposition. I will consider this when I recheck the codes for the Chapter 3 event. For now, the Guide will suffice during development. Thank you for your insights!