Maidens of Power features one of the most successful implementation of a controlled sandbox format. I like how you allow players to choose distinct storylines and then converge them when the time is up as a linear story, not to mention some exploring for easter egg specials.
The skip time to event is innovative and definitely beats senseless clicking often seen in other sandboxes.
Somehow you've managed to avoid the usual pitfalls with sandboxes - e.g. Deviant Anomalies / Seeds of Chaos (story logical inconsistencies all over), Euranasia (mindless clicking waiting for something to happen), Wartribe Academy (drifting w/o a central theme)
Keep up the good work and looking forward to the unveiling of the last 3 maiden. Thanks!
Thank you for the review! I've been trying to avoid those pitfalls too, though as a result the free roam is still lacking in updates. But look forward to more on future releases!
Gosh 100% agree ive tried and played many games but systems are always wack. Those games you mentioned being some of "worst" imo but gosh rean is doing a amazing job.
Demo is only the intro sequence. Which is still a good length of story to go through. Free-roam and everything else is still accessible but not playable. (The script is there, but I removed the images.)
It's mainly to introduce those who just want to try it out without downloading anything big.
I play on Android I did phase 1 and 2 but I can't do the story event 4 and 5 of claire and the story event 3 of rui and hana story event 2 and 3 and for finish rena story event 2
Damn. That sounds confusing as hell :p I really need to make it easier for folks to access main story with just a button.
Although to answer your question, if you're using an old save, try creating a new one. (Usually that fixes a lot of issues.)
Also, can you specify what you mean by "you can't do it"? Is it still grayed out?
The buttons in my game does not access per-chapter basis, instead it goes to a "checking post" and sees your relationship level with the character, then it goes to the chapter where you left off. (Although once it's done, it becomes a per-chapter basis)
Been a while since I last played but I really like the whole "This event doesn't take place until [time]. Would you like to skip to [time]" thing. Can think of a number of games where that'd be so immensely handy to have
v0.6 (2023/07/10):
Plot’s a bit interesting, the characters are more interesting, the horn horn’s pretty hot sometimes, the choices are nice, and the system (Main Story, Map, and Journal)’s kinda refreshing.
the game crashes in claire.rpy around line 1970 when Rachel was unlocked before: you used as speaker "rachel" instead of the correct "rac"
While running game code:
File "game/scripts/locations/policestation.rpy", line 46, in script call
call rac_hangout_label from _call_rac_hangout_label
File "game/scripts/mainstory/claire.rpy", line 1974, in script
rachel "Hmm.. Someone's talking about me.."
Exception: Sayer 'rachel' is not defined.
Jeepers... Thank you so much for these bug hunts. I have fixed (hopefully most of them) them on my current project based on your findings. The grammar/writing fixes should be live for the next update, but crashes like these I might need a patch as it actually blocks progression.
Ah that's what that was for. I did remember using it once when I started new, but I only thought it was just a statistics tool. I never saw any issues, which is what I'm seeing now. Yikes.. thanks again for your knowledge.
one remark about the story pacing: I started the maiden hunt in the "incorrect" order (right to left in the list) and the plot assumed I already have knowledge about the never seen scenes.
one way around this would be to make sure that the player must see the first chapter of every maiden's story in the logical order and lock the later girls - kind of an extended prologue, the early main plot scenes are an important lore dump.
bonus: one additional typo, next to the (still unfixed :P) ones I posted above
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Dead game?
Yes
only harem or are there solo routes?
Harem is in the tags
duh, but sometimes its optional in games that are tagged harem. ive played plenty of them that its optional
I got you. I misunderstood what you were asking, mb.
all good :)
the character in the banner kind of looks like nicole fitzcharles from sicae
Only a few minutes in and already being driven absolutely nuts by how many times the MC is called Hiro despite picking a custom name
Did the developer cook on this one, chat?
Copied over from Discord....
Maidens of Power features one of the most successful implementation of a controlled sandbox format. I like how you allow players to choose distinct storylines and then converge them when the time is up as a linear story, not to mention some exploring for easter egg specials.
The skip time to event is innovative and definitely beats senseless clicking often seen in other sandboxes.
Somehow you've managed to avoid the usual pitfalls with sandboxes - e.g. Deviant Anomalies / Seeds of Chaos (story logical inconsistencies all over), Euranasia (mindless clicking waiting for something to happen), Wartribe Academy (drifting w/o a central theme)
Keep up the good work and looking forward to the unveiling of the last 3 maiden. Thanks!
Thank you for the review! I've been trying to avoid those pitfalls too, though as a result the free roam is still lacking in updates. But look forward to more on future releases!
Gosh 100% agree ive tried and played many games but systems are always wack. Those games you mentioned being some of "worst" imo but gosh rean is doing a amazing job.
What's the difference between the demo and full version download?
Demo is only the intro sequence. Which is still a good length of story to go through. Free-roam and everything else is still accessible but not playable. (The script is there, but I removed the images.)
It's mainly to introduce those who just want to try it out without downloading anything big.
Will there be impreg?
Is there going to be a romantic route with the LIs or is it all going to be forced sex with mind control?
Windows user here, stuck after meeting Hana. Unsure of how to proceed with Claire's 3rd/4th parts, Rui's 3rd, Rena and Hana's second and Kat
I play on Android I did phase 1 and 2 but I can't do the story event 4 and 5 of claire and the story event 3 of rui and hana story event 2 and 3 and for finish rena story event 2
Damn. That sounds confusing as hell :p I really need to make it easier for folks to access main story with just a button.
Although to answer your question, if you're using an old save, try creating a new one. (Usually that fixes a lot of issues.)
Also, can you specify what you mean by "you can't do it"? Is it still grayed out?
The buttons in my game does not access per-chapter basis, instead it goes to a "checking post" and sees your relationship level with the character, then it goes to the chapter where you left off. (Although once it's done, it becomes a per-chapter basis)
I know. I need to code it better.
Been a while since I last played but I really like the whole "This event doesn't take place until [time]. Would you like to skip to [time]" thing. Can think of a number of games where that'd be so immensely handy to have
sandbox?
What happened to the paid version of this? (On Itch)
When is there gonna be a mod menu :D Love the game already finished it... but could be alot more fun with a mod menu
i just noticed you have two different pages for what seems to be the same game, whats up with that?
The other page was the patreon/early access version. This page is the main page where I update the public version.
Also sorry about that, I forgot to hide it from view to avoid confusion.
It's still visible. It showed up in my New & Popular feed.
This has been great (and hot) so far, just keep at it.
v0.6 (2023/07/10):
Plot’s a bit interesting, the characters are more interesting, the horn horn’s pretty hot sometimes, the choices are nice, and the system (Main Story, Map, and Journal)’s kinda refreshing.
new bug! new bug!
the game crashes in claire.rpy around line 1970 when Rachel was unlocked before: you used as speaker "rachel" instead of the correct "rac"
While running game code: File "game/scripts/locations/policestation.rpy", line 46, in script call call rac_hangout_label from _call_rac_hangout_label File "game/scripts/mainstory/claire.rpy", line 1974, in script rachel "Hmm.. Someone's talking about me.." Exception: Sayer 'rachel' is not defined.Jeepers... Thank you so much for these bug hunts. I have fixed (hopefully most of them) them on my current project based on your findings. The grammar/writing fixes should be live for the next update, but crashes like these I might need a patch as it actually blocks progression.
the exception is not a hard crash, ignoring it works fine - it "only" looks ugly and your players lose two lines of non-plot relevant dialogue
you know the built-in linter*? this error class is reported by the tool
* https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/developer_tools.html#lint
Ah that's what that was for. I did remember using it once when I started new, but I only thought it was just a statistics tool. I never saw any issues, which is what I'm seeing now. Yikes.. thanks again for your knowledge.
de nada, I like boobies AND bugs, and you deliver both :P
and I never mentioned that I like your game, looking forward to see the plot unfold!
is this hs1 or 2? or something else?
This is HS2. A lot of the other popular titles in this genre uses HS1 cause they usually have more content/mods available.
Ah okie dokie, thank you for your reply :D
nitpick alert :)
./scripts/mainstory/intro.rpy:1500: Shiro->[shironame]
./scripts/mainstory/rena.rpy:52: agressive->aggressive
./scripts/mainstory/hana.rpy:975: alotted->allotted
./scripts/mainstory/hana.rpy:405: assasination->assassination
./scripts/locations/characters/rachel.rpy:168: belive->believe
./scripts/locations/characters/myla.rpy:264, ./scripts/mainstory/hana.rpy:468: nowdays->nowadays
./scripts/morescreens/patreonmembers.rpy:21: possiblity->possibility
./scripts/mainstory/hana.rpy:1001: preferrably->preferably
./scripts/mainstory/claire.rpy:740: seing->seeing
./scripts/locations/characters/rachel.rpy:65: statment->statement
./scripts/locations/characters/rachel.rpy:60: subsidary->subsidiary
./scripts/mainstory/intro.rpy:877: tatoo->tattoo
interesting setup, looking forward to see the plot unfold
What tool did you use for this? Damn I need it now.
nothing fancy: wikipedia's list of common spelling mistakes with a fugly bash one-liner
one remark about the story pacing: I started the maiden hunt in the "incorrect" order (right to left in the list) and the plot assumed I already have knowledge about the never seen scenes.
one way around this would be to make sure that the player must see the first chapter of every maiden's story in the logical order and lock the later girls - kind of an extended prologue, the early main plot scenes are an important lore dump.
bonus: one additional typo, next to the (still unfixed :P) ones I posted above
./scripts/mainstory/rui.rpy:1554: comission->commission
edited to add: "xxx city"?!? (hana.rpy:832) a forgotten dummy name or on purpose?
Seems promising....cant wait for the next update
I'm here
why is there no one here to comments anything?