Finding Color in the Ashes

I am going through burn out from video games, and yet somehow this game has gotten me to play it throughout the night. It checks a lot of boxes for me. Initially came from the NSFW scenes, but the setting and lore of the game enthralled me to stay. I even like the turn based combat, something I tend to avoid in video games. It must be because I’m a fan of table top RPGs and love rolling dice. 

Hi there Mooncatcher!
Is there any email, Discord id, Patreon, Twitter, etc link/s you could provide me to contact you for business purposes? ^^

Absolutely love this game, you got something real special brewing here!
Are there going to be any sex scenes with the Dryad in the future? And are we going to get any anal sex scenes?
I'd also suggest you implement a toggle between buying 1 and 5 or 10 units of food/alcohol/etc from merchants as it does get very spammy clicking each thing up to 50 times late game.

Keep up the good work!

I didn't think I'd say this, I liked it not even because of the eroticism, but because of the gameplay. I'm really looking forward to the update. Good luck with the development

hey there！I am a player from China. This game undoubtedly has a strong attraction to me, and I am fascinated by it. Thank you for creating such an excellent game! If there is a need for translation into Chinese in the later stage, I am honored to serve you!

i would like if it was possible to make her pregnant at some point in the game

I have a question, will there be a translation into Spanish at some point? If so, I would like to actively collaborate with the same.

great game! really am looking forward to coming updates

It feels like it’s getting harder to finish the dryad’s quest with every version, she just almost never shows up when searching for reagents. Is there some hidden requirement…?

I played through 177 days and loved every second. I really enjoyed the world building through the many dialog options. I talked to everyone as much as I could just to keep learning more about the world and characters. Incredible game and it's only the alpha! I will be following this for a long time.

Thanks for making this game! I love the art and chill atmosphere, gameplay is fun, and characters/story is interesting. I’m intrigued what’s coming in the future :)

loving all the new content but ive noticed that enchanted meals increase lucys fracture even tho she said mana would help to reduce it. izat a bug or a feature? :)

A particularly unique masterpiece in the making, I think. The gameplay is actually fun, the world and the characters are interesting, and the art so far has been high-quality (and I love the tie-in with the worldbuilding via colour!)

If I could offer one major criticism, it would be that there's a lot of things that are very click-heavy or fall off later in the game. Story-wise, I was trying to finish the Dryad quest, and it was just days upon days skipping through actions and repetitive dialogue trying to trigger events. I assume I progressed a bit differently through than you expected and that's why I had that long slog, but it happened either way.

And for the gameplay as well. Once you reach a certain point, scale is off. Purchasing from the merchants is cumbersome and it would be nice to see automatic stocking, or a one-click option to fill to max inventory for every item (if there was a multi-buy option I didn't see it).

The scenes too -- they just seem to play at the same speed all the time, every time, and it wasn't obvious to me the first time I got one that it would progress on its own regardless of interaction. I tend to move through stuff quickly, and so I clicked a few times, saw the scene didn't change, and exited it because I thought that was it. It was only later on I realized the scenes did progress. It's also a pain when playing through it multiple times. Arrows (maybe after first play) so that you can move back and forward through the scene would be nice.

Ditto for cellar/greenhouse -- a lot of clicking has to be done and can get a little annoying for something that doesn't actually have much payoff. An upgrade that lets you queue and automatically harvest stuff would be cool. Longer term, though, I think the mechanic is cool, but it needs something to differentiate it from the merchant. Eg. growing special teas from seeds only available from killing bosses, guests that require special drinks that you can only make yourself,  production upgrade to brew potions. Something to give it its own niche and keep it relevant.

Another minor suggestion: more information on scenes (gallery, maybe) and quests. For an in-progress game, it is often difficult to tell when you've finished the available content. See e.g. above the difficulty with the Dryad quest -- I originally assumed it was also unfinished content or bugged because it triggered so rarely.

The above sounds like a lot of issues, but I don't mean it that way. I only write these super long rants about games I loathe or love, and this one is definitely the latter. I genuinely enjoyed it, and I'm excited to see where it goes because there's a lot of potential for growth here. There are more suggestions I could add, but I assume a lot of them (and maybe some of the ones I've given) are already planned, e.g. fleshing out non-Lucy characters more.

Caveat: played 0.8, not 0.9.

Hello, I've just downloaded 0.9 and when I load my save files from the previous version (v0.8), all of my below bar stats are fixed to lv1, no matter how much I try to increase it, and I also can't get access to the inn projects as well (I've already unlocked all of the facility). I'd very appreciate if you take a look at this problem. 

I'm not really good at English since it wasn't my first language, so please point out any parts that you don't understand yet. Thank you.

played since 0.4 and this little game is so comfy and the updates are meaningful. first game I actually felt the need to pay for on this site.

Scout has such pretty red eyes.

*Me glancing at the normal comments and comments in the update logs*

Yeahhh, I'd let her have a midnight snack. That's all. Nothing out of the ordinary here.

WOW,I enjoyend your game,carry on!

Really enjoyed this. Just got pulled into the game with the initial worldbuilding and intro. Plus the art is really nice.

I didn't realize how important clearing the roads were on progression on my first playthrough. Would love a UI indication on low resources. Lucy is great about reminders, but one too many times I ran out of food because I got distracted by something. Maybe a little warning symbol on the UI? Maybe even give it color once the player learns ritual magic.

I would love to help this team and this project. But I'm just some guy with a keyboard, not a game dev lol. So if there's a need for a nerd with spare time to burn, let me know. 

Honestly, this game is really good. I liked the concept and everything and might be one of the few games I've actually enjoyed playing in a while. 9/10 kudos.

played a few months worth instead of sleeping and i dont regret it

youve made an awesomely wholesome and engaging game and i look forward to more

Love this game so far! Amazing vibes; and a resource management game that actually makes me manage my resources, which was a nice change of pace compared to being able to just stock up on everything quickly then not worry about it.

The overall concept with colour in general is really cool, and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. 

Its rare to see a Dev reading and replying to almost every comments,it also mean you still have a quite small community.While it has its own good and bad,i still want to suggest you guys put your game on more social platform (Twitter,patreon,reddit,..)to get the attention it deserves.This is a fresh new game and still have many things to improve,so i think its a good idea to get as much reviews and ideas from outside as you can !

So far, this game seems really exciting! I adore the Inn concept and a more cozy gameplay. 

I really want this game to suceed! Please do not get discouraged by my comment, I just want to inform you how certain parts felt to me so you can make this game even better!

The good:
Using Lucy as a limited resource in combat is a really interesting mechanic. It actually makes you think how you utilize her abilities and when it is better to tough it out yourself.
The Characters having a relatively slow-burn romance but jumping quite quickly to the naughty stage is fun and, at least in this version, does not feel absurd.
Again, the game-concept is great and what is there now feels like a really solid foundation.
I really like the artstyle. The concept of color-draining corruption is really cool and allows for very cool use of color with the magical effects.
The state of fracturing affecting the naughty-CG is also really cool!

The meh: 
The filter choice is very strange. I tried playing a bit with it on and off and I have no idea why you would ever turn it on. It makes the pretty art look significantly worse in my eyes.
I assumed that Lucy constantly having her door unlocked was a bug. I think it needs to be clearer that an unseen event is possible to trigger. Right now it always says "Event" which makes it really hard to tell when something is actually happening. 

Trust reducing after a naughty night event is an incredibly strange choice. Both parties are into it after all. Sure, the first few barge-ins should definetly reduce trust, but after the point where it essentially becomes foreplay, it should stop.
Speaking of naughty events, where on earth is her arm in the hand-job scene? Also, not being able to click through th dialouge at your own pace is not great.

A small Nitpick, you should show the Cap for desire from the start. Until I hit the Cap, I had no reference point for how much Desire was good. it could have gone up to 1000 for all I knew.

You desperately need a combat tutorial. I managed to get through it relatively easily but a person who has never played dice-based RPGs would have no clue how to do anything. Also, please let me unselect dice after using them.

A lot of information is frontloaded in general and I am sure you are working on that. it is the combat that i believe will cause the most frustration though.

The differentiation between "Statement" and option is not clear enough. In the first occurence of the  "I wonder if anyone on the road is looking for an inn tonight", I thought both that statement and the "No guests today, maybe tomorrow" below it were options since they look identical. Maybe a larger Box, slightly offset to the top for the "Statement" to diffrentiate it?

You need to implement a save system. I wanted to try to replicate multiple bugs but just could not.

The very unclear:
So many things are missing explanations. I am just going to collect them here.
Do the choices in the prolouge affect anything? Can you save? 
What are the green dice?
What does upgrading a weapon/armor do?
How do sell Kegs of Alcohol?
What is the point of knocking on Lucys door?
What is energy? 

The possible bugs?

"Have Lucy Shield you" does not have a description, neither does "brew potions with Lucy"

After Exhausting Lucys first night event (The paralysis thing) she does not put a lock on the door like she says. That only triggered the night after I got her alchemy station.

When you have exhausted Lucys Dialogue (The "I'll just put a lock on for your own safety" conversation) and rain occurs, the rain event plays before the night event.

I gave Lucy foreign clothes and she thanked me for flowers

Possible bug, Nightstalker tea massively increases Lucys fracture (By 70 I believe). 

A huge recommendation: Get a proper place to put feedback and bug reports. Be it a forum, an online form or whatever. You could also copy the Vagrus: The Riven Realms Devs and implement it into the game, letting people actually send you their save-data. 

Lastly, I just want to say thank you for reading this comment. I want to reiterate that I really enjoyed this so far and am really excited to see how far you folks will go! I hope my comment was not too discouraging! 

Do you have a discord server?

great game, had alot of fun playing it even without erotic stuff, i would love to see more romace stuff insted of going from 0 to 100

Absolutely amazing game with a lot of wholesome potential. But outside of wanting to give praise, I also wanted to say that I found a bug. On the weekend with the merchants. It's possible to buy things and then exit out. Keeping what you bought. Only works for armor and weapons. Everything else resets. Upgrades stay too. Can only guess it's because everything else is a consumable. 

Hello there, great game and I was following this since release, really relaxing and cozy. 

There just seems to be a bug when the rain event and the tower happen at the same time dialogue doesn't load like the one with the clearing last patch and this time it's just stuck even when game restarts.

SUBSCRIBESTAR/PATREON WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!

Fell in love with the art style and the inn management loop. The setting has neat and creative ideas. The progression of the character and the inn feel at a good pace. Overall very cozzy and charming. I'd play it even without the lewd scenes.

Definitely at the mercy of some bad weeks RNG, which early game can be a problem but starting over with a better picture of what to prioritize first and where to focus made things go much more smoothly. 

I'm looking forward to the characters' relationship to continue evolving and future seasonal events, and perhaps more recurring characters. It was all very good so far.
In the meantime, bits of feedback/thoughts :
- Like it's already been mentionned, settings could be nice, namely to adjust sound volumes. 
- It might be planned for the future but I expected something to happen or for scenes to look different at 100 Fracture. Something like how in the begining, we see Lucy's 'Other' self holding her up. Expected to see "her" more at 100 Fracture. I'm sure it's planned for future story developments, but I'll still mention it.
- If it's intended to work like that, that is fine, but I was a bit surprised that the availability of Merchants and their Safe prices were a one-and-done thing. What I mean is that I absolutely don't mind if once you bring the Monster Presence down to Safe, the game becomes lenient, but it would feel expected that the roads going all the way back to Dangerous would have an effect. It didn't seem to be the case other than reducing potential guests for the inn. I think once unlocked, it could be fine for things to stay unlocked for Safe and Low, perhaps go back to expensive prices at Medium and High but still have all Merchants, but hitting Dangerous again, it would feel appropriate Merchants aren't showing up with their cheapest prices. The gameplay loop is fun enough I wouldn't mind recurring problems like that. I think. 
- Couldn't find a way to see the state of the Kegs if there was one. So either include where to find that in the help/guide page or perhaps add it somewhere if possible. Just having an idea during the week of how many are still fermenting.
- No kissing during the interactive scene :<

I really enjoyed my time with this game so enjoy this little support as I eagerly wait for more :)

Also, potentially spoilers question : is there currently any scene triggered by keeping Lucy's desire maxed without doing anything about ita number of days in a row, or have I just been really mean to her for several days? 

Impressively polished for an alpha, and a solid core gameplay loop.

Some loose observations:

• A settings menu for things like sound volume or CA would be nice, there’s already an awful lot of buttons on the home screen
• It would be helpful to have the little “right click to dismiss” icon on the help screen, you’ll quickly figure it out on your own, but the game already has it, might as well introduce players to it there
  • There’s a lot of information on the help screen, might want to split it up in two and add some arrows to point at things? Especially since right now, some boxes are aligned properly, but some are in the opposite corner of where the thing they describe is.
• Monster presence, inn level and player level sort of look like progress bars but aren’t really, but do contain changing information and aren’t proper headings. They work, but it took a few ingame days to realize they’re not moving.

Overall I love it, this is just minor nitpicking.

I came for the porn and stayed for the surprisingly well done cozy story about a new family being created between MC and Lucy as they rebuild MCs family business (and the porn was good too). Legit props for this and all the work done so far. I looking forward to what's to come in the future. Take your time though, I can be patient. One thing I would like to see added at some point though, that I hadn't seen mentioned after a quick glance through the comments, is multiple save files to see how the other choices in the opening affect things.

feels like you can accidentally do a bit of a sequence break if you manage to get hscenes with her before doing the fractured convos, which feels a little jank.

lucy also feels a little too cheery at the very start of the game, imo... but that's likely because of that sequence breaking. if you had to see the fractured stuff first it'd definitely make more sense.

would really love if the MC growing up here is used more, and if we can at least find some more permanent locations/"landmarks" around the inn. great opportunity to pad out MC/lucy's relationship and help it develop more naturally imo, also gives more natural characterization opportunities which is always in short supply in sandbox style games.

love the setup so far tho. odd question, do you have a roadmap you're willing to share? even making it super vague is ok. I do have an idea to help refine the intro a bit more, make a few things between the MC and lucy more natural/logical, but it's not a priority imo, unless you feel stumped at that.

this was playing on the first alpha tho, so i haven't seen stuff from the update, cracking it open now :), kinda hyped about world events.

maybe i'll find time to make a mod (lol, probably not) to change up the shopkeeps to more Against the Storm's style, where shops aren't by fixed categories but by specific merchant, and some merchants sell a full set of one category while others sell a variety. That would be convenient for adding a larger set of merchant characters to interact with (scope creep has entered the chat)

Hey!
Would you mind creating discord server so we could keep track of your updates?

really love the game so far. I hope there's customisation coming in the future - I'd love to give Lucy different outfits

This game looks really nice and has lot of potentials

Looking forward to see more of this! Looking good so far :)