Roadwarden

Hey can anyone help with this, I get it everytime I try to launch the demo:

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:

Exception: Line with id endingtransition_76b2fe88 appeared twice, at game/areas/backinthecity.rpy:129 and game/areas/epilogue.rpy:3246.

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:

  File "renpy/bootstrap.py", line 274, in bootstrap

    renpy.main.main()

  File "renpy/main.py", line 490, in main

    renpy.game.script.load_script() # sets renpy.game.script.

  File "renpy/script.py", line 297, in load_script

    self.load_appropriate_file(".rpyc", ".rpy", dir, fn, initcode)

  File "renpy/script.py", line 809, in load_appropriate_file

    self.finish_load(stmts, initcode, filename=lastfn) # type: ignore

  File "renpy/script.py", line 427, in finish_load

    self.translator.take_translates(all_stmts)

  File "renpy/translation/__init__.py", line 169, in take_translates

    n.filename, n.linenumber))

Exception: Line with id endingtransition_76b2fe88 appeared twice, at game/areas/backinthecity.rpy:129 and game/areas/epilogue.rpy:3246.

Windows-10-10.0.19041 AMD64

Ren'Py 7.5.2.22081402u

Tue Feb 21 11:50:55 2023

I was wondering if anyone on here knows what dependencies this game has? I have downloaded the game on Linux, and extracted it out, but it's telling me it still wants steam?

I have not found any place that shares what is needed to run the game, so I'm unsure what it needs.

Where's the best play to purchase this game so the most money goes to the dev? Here?

May I ask if there's a werewolf here and if I can be a werewolf?

Roadwarden was my favorite game of last year, ive spent more time with it than any of the other big titles i bought. fantastic work! 

As I'm also a solo developer I must say I am impressed. You can tell a ton of work has gone into this ^^ Good job!

Hello.

Is this game accessible to play for blind players?

Sounds like something I would like to play, but when I run the demo, I am stuck.

I can hear the music and self-voicing mode seems to be working, because the synthesizer reads some random sentence.

But after that I do not know what to do, or even if I am doing something.

There is no reaction to whatever I press on the keyboard.

Even trying to switch off and on self-voicing does not work.

Is there documentation about shortcuts somewhere, or any way to make the game work?

There's a portion of text that misgenders the Roadwarden rather than leaving their gender ambiguous -,-  It happens during the "convince the Creeks" scene in the middle of the funeral pyre

Will the sale on Steam right now be applied here on Itch as well? I prefer to buy games here if I can, but the currency conversion makes it pricey.

Please make more game like these!! Its refreshing to see a game simple like this. Very heavy on the text and with illustrations to supplement the descriptions. This is definitely one of my favorite games ever.

I just want to say that it is refreshing to see developers on Itch.io actually issue a post when a patch is released with release notes as well as show which is the newest version on the store page. It seems like a simple thing but many don't do either and it's appreciated.

Bought this on GOG, thank you, very engrossing worldbuilding!

One typo in 1.0.4 from GOG - there's a quote that says "Those lands are beter left to..." - it should be "better left to."

The Itch.io page says "In development" still. You may want to update that as some potential customer's may be turned off if they think the game is still in early access.

Where can I hear more of this amazing music

just wanted to say I'm 6 hours in and LOVING this game. I wish I could play forever haha. I'm already thinking I may have to do a casual playthrough after to see all the content. It's utterly enthralling.

Just realized I hadn't left a review for this demo despite my deep love of it and excitement for the full release. That's amended now. (Should I post it to Steam too?) 

Cheering you on!

I hope things are going well for you.  Every so often I come back to the page to check out how things are going and rereading that last blog entry and it's looking great.  This game is still the top of my(and I assume many others) steam wishlist.

Best regards.

Saw your tweet. Stay strong, keep your head down and look after yourself. Things are tough at the moment and like you I also dropped off social media except for the Discord for my TTRPG. I am now only putting out hopeful/hope punk supplements for Broken Shield. Reach out if you want to hang out with another chilled creator group. Other than that, good luck. Hopefully we can push back the tide of idiocy...

https://discord.gg/AvkPRp6 (not meant as a plug, just easiest link to find me with)

I'm still very excited by Roadwarden. Loved the demos and how it's been developing. You're doing great.

- Gunnar Roxen

I came back to see how this game was going after playing the demo a year or so ago, and I'm glad to see its still going well!! It definitely stuck in my mind, and I'm excited to see the final game. No rush though, just wanted to send some encouragement because I was thinking about this game today! 

The new graphics are beautiful, by the way. :) 

I'm really fascinated with this world and with the format you're using. The art and music is lovely. I hope you're still developing it!

Sidenote, found something odd when asking about people with the innkeeper: 

I hope that's helpful to you!

I wishlisted your game on GOG ^^

But Linux is not listed on GOG,I'm sad.

As a Renpy game,I think I should be able to play It without problem on Kubuntu :)

I played this game what feels like ages ago.  What's new?

This is great! I've often wanted a good modern "text RPG" sort of game and you've got the idea perfect. The writing is very engaging, each of the places and characters have a unique feel, yet there's also a lot which appears hidden and makes you want to explore more. The idea of different "moods" and different conversation paths lets a player actually "play a role" which is something a lot of RPGs surprisingly lack! The timer is generous so you can get quite a lot done in one day. The danger level seems forgiving, especially with the idea of quicksaves and autosaves. I couldn't put this down once I started. Really hoping that you continue to make this. I'd gladly pay for the full version.

Another one who created an account on itch.io just to leave a comment ...

You have no idea how long I've been searching for some good interactive fiction with a story that occupies the rare middle ground between banal left-to-right conversations in anime cliche and overwrought essays of pretentious purple prose. This demo sucked me in immediately and whenever there's a full release I'll be buying it on day one.

Your English is outstanding and I didn't suspect it wasn't your first language until I was halfway through the demo (a few preposition choices here and there - nothing major and nothing that detracted whatsoever from my enjoyment).

It's a rare talent in any language to have a feel for real environments and real people, for showing rather than telling, and trusting an audience to draw conclusions without spelling them out. I hope your game receives all the success it deserves when it's released - good luck.

Man good work on this all around. Very cool how it keeps a lot of details about frontier life grounded near reality without shying away from cool fantasy elements. It's the right balance of danger and adventure. Looking forward to the full release.

Nice demo, I’m just starting the journey but got some feedback.

Writing:

• I liked the fact you can choose your archetype, past and ambitions via dialogues and thoughts, but my archetype didn’t seem to affect my dialogue in that first part. It did affect my inventory though, so I guess it wil be useful later.

UX:

• When I was about to sleep, the icon showed my I would be left with 1 quarter of heart, but the next day I had half a heart. I guess the quarter of heart was just symbolic?

Misc typos:

• if you decide not to get friend with the horse: “preseance” => “presence” (this one is easy to find with a spell-checker, the next ones are trickier)
• “you’re not surprised to not be offered you any meal”
• “The man looks uneasy. “They …” (wrong space placement)
• “The Common Church often warn its member” => “members” I guess
• “points a finger to the north west” => “North West”
• just after, “the east” => “the East”

By the way, nice use of Ren’Py, if it wasn’t for the project structure and the menu, I wouldn’t have recognized it!

A great update post!

First itch.io project I'm commenting on, but really wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed this! It's 100% my kind of game, and I couldn't stop playing it. Did everything I could in one sitting. Please keep up the good work on it! Atmosphere, setting, characters, mechanics are all really good and will only get better I think :) I want to see more of the world.

Similar feedback to others, but #1 is I'd say definitely hire an English editor. Your writing is really good and engaging, tons of new interesting ideas and perfect content-wise, so I'd just want it to be cleaned up as much as possible whenever it goes to wider public release so that everything that's good about it can shine through (I say this speaking as an editor). All writers, native English speakers or not, need an editor!

As someone who also got stuck at the dolmen, I think something as simple as highlighting possible bits of text you could search in a different color or something would work well. Like: "You see a firepit with some scattered bones. The wall is marked with soot."

The text input mechanic worked really well with asking the barkeep about people, though, and being able to reference the journal made it super easy. I think there's very good ideas there that will easily polish. 

Oh, maybe this was just me, but for the longest time I couldn't figure out that I could just click "Rest" and "Leave" any time they were there. I was so focused on the dialogue and story text that I wasn't paying attention to the menu. Maybe some text prompt that just says "You can Rest here" or "You can Leave from here" when you're in an area where it's possible.

I loved the "character creation" type choices in the text, where you picked a class and equipment and stuff. I think filling out a character in that way is really cool and would love more of it. 

Finishing the demo by returning to the city and everyone being disappointed in you was kind of a bummer lol. Maybe include an option that clearly ends the demo while still in the peninsula? 

That's all I can think of for now, but am definitely following this game and excited to see more!! Keep it up!

Hello! I just played the demo, finished it in two sittings (had family visiting today). Here is my feedback, although I should let you know that I am not a game developer myself, and this is the first time I've ever commented on something!

I really enjoyed the artwork, the music, and the storytelling- I especially liked the fact that before exploring, there were parts on the map were blacked out. It added to a sense of unease, which perpetrated the entire game. I definitely felt placed in the world-- anxious for what could pop up and possibly hurt my roadwarden or horse. The journal also helped for remembering names and what was already talked about. Maybe impliment something in the journal that calls note to time sensitive quests would be useful, although not doing that could also force the player to be more careful and pay attention to detail.

I think when it comes to investigating things (the sections where you input text on what you want to look at), you could possibly implement an area where the things are more "obvious" to investigate? Or, perhaps edit one you already have. For example, the stone building-- put a more obvious sign on the inside, a campfire, etc that would prompt players to start playing with it in that way. The suggestions were a nice jumping off point, but maybe a section with more "obvious" things to look at would help players get a better sense of the feature, especially those who have not played text RPGs before. I'm thinking of video essays I've watched about intuitive tutorials, where game play got players to figure out what they needed to do without explicit text. I think the tree did this a little bit. After I guessed and put in cut to cut the branches and noticed the blood-like fluid, I knew to sacrifice blood to the tree.

I really enjoyed the game and the characters. I was sad when the demo ended! I'm looking forward to the finished game, and hope my ramble-y feedback was at least somewhat useful. 

Hi,

I really enjoyed the demo. Love the atmosphere, I got immersed in this world for sure. 

POSSIBLE SPOILERS BELOW

Question, where does this demo end? I'm done with the quest for scavenger, tried to do some sacrifice on the altar (no success), done the investigation over the fallen tree. 

Plus, I received error message while browsing through the journal, see the full text here: https://pastebin.com/ZwJvADP0

Also, will the Archive be searchable in the next releases?

I'm really looking forward to the full release!

Just discovered this demo. Looks very promising. I will leave more detailed feedback later.

I very much like the art.

Thanks for the demo. I really enjoyed the hour of getting lost in that world. It was a nice experience. 

As was mentioned by one player before I had trouble to figure out what to search for / what to type in. After I recognized that I had to use words out of the textgroup before it went way smoother then my failings before. With this said it would be nice to explain this for n00bs like me ;) 

I also wondered why there weren't people sitting in the camp after I went in but the text described them. Would be cool to see some depicted there. 

Thanks for all the effort and I wish you and your team all the best for the development. Looking forward to the full release!