Hi, I'm a backer for this game! When I pressed on the link to get my copy, it went to a 404 error and it says that it couldn't find my page, which is weird. In case you're wondering, my primary email address on Itch is the same as the one I used for Backerkit.
I wanted to clarify the Perspective Marker real quick. While I have control of the narrative, which characters can I make perform standard actions, like Achieve or Murder? Is it: A) only the character with the Perspective Marker, B) anyone in the same location as the Perspective Marker, or C) anyone in any location?
My first guess would be anyone in the same location, but the only rules that explicitly mention the Perspective Marker are Relocate, and a few specific Plot Book actions like Intent to Kill. There doesn't appear to be any mention of which characters can perform Actions while narrating, and "primary point of focus" doesn't necessarily mean things cannot happen elsewhere. It's not unfeasible for a murder to happen off screen, for example.
On the other hand, a Plot Book like The Detective's Trial seems to imply that only the character with the Perspective Marker can perform actions. It only says that other players cannot place the Perspective Marker on the Detective, but the implication is that other players cannot control the Detective at all. Others not being able to Achieve with the Detective makes some amount of sense, but not being able to even Influence the Detective seems surprising.
From what I've read, the game seems very fun, but I think it would benefit from being more clear about which Actions can be performed by/on who, and what exactly the Perspective Marker means mechanically.
Just tried this one with friends. Incredibly fun game with inventive, well-thought out mechanics that pretty much guarantee you'll have a good time even if you are not a big mystery VN fan. And if you are, you'll totally fall in love with this like we did. The graphic layout and artwork is stylish and quite cute, but some of the textboxes (chiefly the "tips") might be a bit harder to read for people with disabilities because of the small character size and tight leading. On the other hand, the book generally does a good job at clearly explaining how to play it (and even how to make up your own scenarios!) The cherry on top is a healthy amount of random tools and cool optional rules. All in all this is a seriously awesome game and in my humble opinion one of the best RPGs released this year.
congratz on release, all my attempts of playing every version has fallen off, but hey i will see if i can put all files that are printable on the workshop instead oh well.
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Hi, I'm a backer for this game! When I pressed on the link to get my copy, it went to a 404 error and it says that it couldn't find my page, which is weird. In case you're wondering, my primary email address on Itch is the same as the one I used for Backerkit.
Hey Gangu! If you message me at continuityOfficer@gmail.com I can sort you out a custom link.
I wanted to clarify the Perspective Marker real quick. While I have control of the narrative, which characters can I make perform standard actions, like Achieve or Murder? Is it:
A) only the character with the Perspective Marker,
B) anyone in the same location as the Perspective Marker, or
C) anyone in any location?
My first guess would be anyone in the same location, but the only rules that explicitly mention the Perspective Marker are Relocate, and a few specific Plot Book actions like Intent to Kill. There doesn't appear to be any mention of which characters can perform Actions while narrating, and "primary point of focus" doesn't necessarily mean things cannot happen elsewhere. It's not unfeasible for a murder to happen off screen, for example.
On the other hand, a Plot Book like The Detective's Trial seems to imply that only the character with the Perspective Marker can perform actions. It only says that other players cannot place the Perspective Marker on the Detective, but the implication is that other players cannot control the Detective at all. Others not being able to Achieve with the Detective makes some amount of sense, but not being able to even Influence the Detective seems surprising.
From what I've read, the game seems very fun, but I think it would benefit from being more clear about which Actions can be performed by/on who, and what exactly the Perspective Marker means mechanically.
Thats fair! We'll keep it in mind and see what we can do.
Its b for clarity!
Finally! Have looked forward to this game for quite a long time!
Just tried this one with friends. Incredibly fun game with inventive, well-thought out mechanics that pretty much guarantee you'll have a good time even if you are not a big mystery VN fan. And if you are, you'll totally fall in love with this like we did. The graphic layout and artwork is stylish and quite cute, but some of the textboxes (chiefly the "tips") might be a bit harder to read for people with disabilities because of the small character size and tight leading. On the other hand, the book generally does a good job at clearly explaining how to play it (and even how to make up your own scenarios!) The cherry on top is a healthy amount of random tools and cool optional rules.
All in all this is a seriously awesome game and in my humble opinion one of the best RPGs released this year.
congratz on release, all my attempts of playing every version has fallen off, but hey i will see if i can put all files that are printable on the workshop instead oh well.
Big congrats for the release, Double Summon Games team!
This sounds so cool. Sort of SAW too i presume?
Haha we've absolutely had people do a SAW in it!