TLS 0.77.0 Released! (Patreon)
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On November 22, 2014, I publicly released the first version of TLS, featuring the prologue. Now, exactly ten years later, I am posting the epilogue. I have some fun retrospectives and other things planned, but for today, I want to focus on what I always have: delivering more stuff for you guys. ^-^
UPDATE
Alright, there was no particular urgency, but I might as well put out the slightly more polished update.
TLS 0.77.1
- Epilogue polishing and bugfixing.
- Achievements script activated, but doesn't try to set any achievements yet.
Link: https://mega.nz/file/qwMHSRzJ#LaIepImrUq0jz9ZJHJ0-rTmxRTkRPh5xiufVm_d29I8
Going to wait a while on the public update due to my own schedule.
ORIGINAL POST
Before the game links, indulge me in one bit of promo: please consider upvoting the announcement here:
The link also contains the roadmap, if you haven't seen that updated recently, and some fun numerical totals. Links below as usual!
Link: https://mega.nz/file/KkczHT7R#yWDcAUP1o5AXWzXyoMNuMjhlW-U1FAIXMcGm0cxN2N0
RTP: https://mega.nz/file/ql8SRBpA#5WsNTqyBdGgezIgTSnGFGpTG0kB1Kbg7ah3-GiM4bts
(EDIT: See WaxerRed's comments if you're starting from the waiting room. Due to a bug, you need to activate the event yourself in the upper left.)
TLS 0.77.0
- Epilogue section of the game added.
- SFW mode now also censors sprites and portraits, thanks to Grim8P, Annikath, and Rachnera.
- New option for faster boss collapse animation, thanks to Lamsey.
- New illustrated scenes: Aka + Uyae, Dari's Changed Body, Dari's New Body, Nalili x Fenima
I had to push myself pretty hard to get this out on the anniversary, but I didn't cut anything: the epilogue was always meant to be a short romp with everyone, a bookend to balance and contrast the prologue. I hope everyone enjoys it!
Achievements Tangent
That said, there's one thing I failed to get into this update: testing out achievements. Those with RPG Maker experience can read on, while others can probably just start playing.
Games having achievements on Steam is an unquestionable benefit, but getting them is a crapshoot. With Desecration of Wings or my VNs, I read a little documentation and everything worked effortlessly, basically the first time. For Once Ever After I put hours into it and in the end failed. I hoped this would be more like DoW, but maybe not. =/
The recommended script is the one in this thread:
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/cyanics-steam-achievements-integration.50640/
Unfortunately, it seems to break instantly, and all the recent posts are people saying it doesn't work with no response from the script creator. While I haven't put a ton of effort into this, I suspect I don't have the competency to fix something like this. I would very much like to be able to launch TLS with achievements, so if anyone is willing to help out, it would be very much appreciated.