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Starting to work on a game while you are still in the middle of refining your art style can be a good idea as long as you are aware that it will cost a lot of time to do both and that that first game will likely never be more than a testing-ground. Going back and redoing it all later once you are satisfied with your art would be a ton of effort and having vastly different quality of art over the course of the game wouldn't be well received by most players. But training both game development and art in one go allows you to make rookie mistakes in both regards (and their combination) early on, so you know how to avoid them once you start with a proper project.
About the part with white text on transparent background: In newer renpy games the accessibility options (hit shift a) might help you and for older games there's a bunch of mods around that allow you to make changes to the text. Here's an example (haven't tested it but seems to have a good number of options): https://minute.itch.io/renpy-accessibility
The error seems to be on my end. While I did start a new game, I just tried to start anew again to double check but the bug occured the moment I clicked "new game". Guess the files somehow got screwed up.
EDIT: Copying my saves to a different location, uninstalling the game, wiping the save data in app data --> roaming ---> Renpy, reinstalling the game and putting my saves back in fixed it
Haven't taken a ss but when you return to Laguna after getting the amulet and she mentions needing a deeper connection: She says "Unless, of course, you don't want me to die after the next session". Pretty sure that gotta be "Unless, of course, you do want me to die after the next session". Also wouldn't be "during the next session" be more fitting?
Also the quest "Into the soul" doesn't appear right after the previous quest but only on the morning after.
The below bug appears first during the scene with Eliza asking for a favor in the morning. Happens a bunch more times during said scene and during the newer events with Laguna as well (specifically during "Into the soul"). Also appears when asking Jeff about Tommy (after the line "How are you and Tommy going to catch up to me?".
```
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While running game code:
File "game/eliza_dialog.rpy", line 691, in <module>
Exception: Audio channel 'ambient' is unknown.
-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------
Full traceback:
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 17, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
[Previous line repeated 2 more times]
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 17, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 17, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 17, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 17, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 17, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 17, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 17, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
[Previous line repeated 3 more times]
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 17, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
[Previous line repeated 4 more times]
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 17, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 17, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 17, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
[Previous line repeated 13 more times]
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 17, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 17, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
[Previous line repeated 7 more times]
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 17, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 74, in script call
[Previous line repeated 15 more times]
File "game_starting.rpyc", line 17, in script call
File "eliza_dialog.rpyc", line 691, in script
File "C:\Users\Granatapfelspucker\Games\Non-Steam Games\[DONE] TheSeam\TheSeam-0.1.4-pc\renpy\ast.py", line 1138, in execute
renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
File "C:\Users\Granatapfelspucker\Games\Non-Steam Games\[DONE] TheSeam\TheSeam-0.1.4-pc\renpy\python.py", line 1122, in py_exec_bytecode
exec(bytecode, globals, locals)
File "game/eliza_dialog.rpy", line 691, in <module>
File "C:\Users\Granatapfelspucker\Games\Non-Steam Games\[DONE] TheSeam\TheSeam-0.1.4-pc\renpy\audio\music.py", line 481, in set_volume
c = renpy.audio.audio.get_channel(channel)
File "C:\Users\Granatapfelspucker\Games\Non-Steam Games\[DONE] TheSeam\TheSeam-0.1.4-pc\renpy\audio\audio.py", line 947, in get_channel
raise Exception("Audio channel %r is unknown." % name)
Exception: Audio channel 'ambient' is unknown.
Windows-10-10.0.19045 AMD64
Ren'Py 8.1.0.23051307
Wed Feb 14 18:34:19 2024
```
Nice to see this is still alive. With how long it's been since I initially played it, I honestly don't remember much but since I followed it, it ought to have caught my interest back then. Looking forward to the post-engine-switch release. As WhiteWolf said, don't worry about the delay and take your time. Rather have a late release that everyone is satisfied with than a rushed product that doesn't cut it in terms of quality.
Title basically says it all. Is there any point in grinding and spending those 10k? Or is it just a money waster? Unless I missed something the only thing it does rn is that the person who shows you the third room is different. So will there be any benefit at a later point or should I just keep the coin for something else?
This popped up during Chloe's event (the one where she offers the MC a job). To be more specific right after the MC agreed to discuss the details later. Last line before the bug is "Okay."
```
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While running game code:
File "game/sandbox/event/Chloe.rpy", line 225, in <module>
KeyError: 'Beira'
-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------
Full traceback:
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/brain.rpyc", line 3, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/memo/memo.rpyc", line 124, in script call
File "sandbox/memo/memo.rpyc", line 220, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/lorebook.rpyc", line 5, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/map.rpyc", line 9, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/memo/memo.rpyc", line 220, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/memo/memo.rpyc", line 220, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/memo/memo.rpyc", line 220, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/memo/memo.rpyc", line 220, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/map.rpyc", line 9, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 85, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 93, in script call
File "sandbox/event/event.rpyc", line 37, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 88, in script call
File "sandbox/daily/academy_studentunion.rpyc", line 4, in script call
File "sandbox/map.rpyc", line 9, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 85, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 93, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 85, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 93, in script call
File "sandbox/event/event.rpyc", line 37, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/map.rpyc", line 9, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 58, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 58, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/map.rpyc", line 9, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 98, in script call
File "sandbox/brain.rpyc", line 3, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 98, in script call
File "sandbox/memo/memo.rpyc", line 220, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 98, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 63, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 98, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 63, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 85, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 93, in script call
File "sandbox/event/event.rpyc", line 37, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 88, in script call
File "sandbox/daily/academy_dormitory.rpyc", line 3, in script call
File "sandbox/lorebook.rpyc", line 5, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 88, in script call
File "sandbox/daily/academy_dormitory.rpyc", line 3, in script call
File "sandbox/lorebook.rpyc", line 5, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 88, in script call
File "sandbox/daily/academy_dormitory.rpyc", line 3, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 63, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 88, in script call
File "sandbox/daily/academy_dormitory.rpyc", line 3, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 63, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 88, in script call
File "sandbox/daily/academy_dormitory.rpyc", line 3, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 63, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 88, in script call
File "sandbox/daily/academy_dormitory.rpyc", line 3, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 63, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 88, in script call
File "sandbox/daily/academy_dormitory.rpyc", line 3, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 63, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 88, in script call
File "sandbox/daily/academy_dormitory.rpyc", line 3, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 85, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 93, in script call
File "sandbox/event/event.rpyc", line 37, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 58, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 58, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 63, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 63, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 63, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 85, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 93, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 63, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 63, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 88, in script call
File "sandbox/daily/academy_dormitory.rpyc", line 3, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 85, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 93, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 85, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 93, in script call
File "sandbox/event/event.rpyc", line 37, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 88, in script call
File "sandbox/daily/academy_studentunion.rpyc", line 10, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 58, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 58, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 88, in script call
File "sandbox/daily/academy_bench.rpyc", line 5, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 58, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/time.rpyc", line 63, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/map.rpyc", line 9, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/map.rpyc", line 9, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 89, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 100, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 85, in script call
File "sandbox/room.rpyc", line 93, in script call
File "sandbox/event/Chloe.rpyc", line 225, in script
File "C:\Users\Granatapfelspucker\Games\Non-Steam Games\ProvidenceFall-0.55-pc\renpy\ast.py", line 1138, in execute
renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
File "C:\Users\Granatapfelspucker\Games\Non-Steam Games\ProvidenceFall-0.55-pc\renpy\python.py", line 1122, in py_exec_bytecode
exec(bytecode, globals, locals)
File "game/sandbox/event/Chloe.rpy", line 225, in <module>
KeyError: 'Beira'
Windows-10-10.0.19045 AMD64
Ren'Py 8.1.1.23060707
Providence Fall 0.55
Wed Nov 29 01:53:39 2023
```