Update Version 2.0: Ranking 02


Greetings Internet Void!

New stat balancing and Main Character organization system required me to do some reworking of some objects on a fundamental level. Therefore, all old save files no longer be playable. If you load them, you won’t have any money or stats and will most likely end up with a game crashing error.  I apologize for this inconvenience of restarting. I really wanted to avoid this solution but I think for long term sustainability of the game, it’s better for me to make these changes early on to save myself from thousands of lines of unnecessary if/else statements of code down the line. On the brightside, the MC character now has an additional 30 stat points and  enemies and boss fights should be a little easier now. Go get that S+ perfect score!

A special super duper thank you to Justaonegirl and Zack3333 for playtesting and helping me balance the daily training/ socializing simulator portion of the game. To be honest, it’s a lot more work than I anticipated to get it done and organized in a way that I can build off in the future but I think it’s worth the extra effort to make the ground work as fluid as my baby programmer brain can manage.

All companion characters have their own daily morning and evening routines that you can encounter by choosing to ‘stay at location for an hour’.

MC can receive text messages from characters that have exchanged contact information with.

Gather contact information from companions requires successfully completing their event. Events that have been ‘failed’ can be re-attempted at that same location, time and day of the week until the event has been successfully completed. The exception for this system is when recruiting Laurent, as his events are part of the main quest storyline.

MC can initiate texting 1 companion once in the morning and once in the evening..

Possible companions include: Manager Orwen, Rival Esper (Aedhan or Ember depending on choice of MC), Guide Lauren,, and Guide Wesyng

Morning consists of hours 1-7

Evening consists of hours 8-16

New outfit sprites for: 

  • Rival Ember- spa, gym, library
  • Rival Aedhan- spa, gym, library
  • Laurent- spa, gym, library
  • Wesyng- spa, gym, library: 
  • Guide Jayde

Pricing at the Exchange Market changes depending on the day

Menu changes depending on the day

Jobs to earn money and gain a stat point are available at Personnel Office

Guiding is possible with Wesyng initially and Laurent can be unlocked through social events.

Player stats can be evaluated at the hospital and guiding relationships can be tracked at the guiding center.

Characters Laurent, Wesyng, Jayde and the rival Esper have their own daily schedules and can be encountered by hanging out at location for an hour.

They will be scheduled to be at one location during the day (hours 1-7) and another location in the evening (hours 8-14) so it’s possible to discover them twice a day. Encountering them will grant opportunities to gain dependence, trust and attraction that can be seen by viewing their statistics at the Guiding Center..

Eve will grant the player a stat “blessing” of choice in the evenings but this amount will be dependent on how many points the player achieved that day. Less points, the greater the blessing in order to help players reach the stat goal while also limiting how much player can over power their character.

50k+ words added- Lots of player freedom to discover various optional character interactions!

Hope you enjoy exploring the Serenity Company Campus and make lots of fun interactions with the residents ^_~ while avoiding the wrath of your Manager, ha ha!

Files

EXG-2.0-pc.zip 265 MB
12 days ago
EXG-2.0-mac.zip 261 MB
12 days ago

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wooo life sim came our perfectly >w< thanks for the all hard work!

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Yes, thank you so, so much! You really helped me figure out how to balance issues that I didn't even know were going to be a problem XD