Notes From Province

Will you add Dego to itch.io?

HELP! 

Whenever I leave Mr. Rooftops house, I get this error and then the game instantly crashes . D:

Its the only time it happens D:

I just beat this, at close to 100%. (Apparently I'm missing one ring, one crafting material, and two codex entries.)

The combat system is fantastic. Switching partymembers freely is the next best thing to having all of them out at once, and creates some interesting tactical considerations of itself. Switching equipment midfight is really cool, enough that I wish there was a recharge mechanic for that rather than making it once-per-battle. Free enemy analysis, rules reference, and viewable nonrandomized initiative order, are all huge quality-of-life benefits. That last one also makes it clear exactly how much the Agility stat is worth, which it turns out is a lot.

Characters are split. Ezekiel's pretty cool, Umbra's generally a standout, Bolinda's hilarious and I wish the ambiguity about whether her Gang was actually real didn't collapse toward the negative after her fantastic bossfight, Jim Jam was entertaining, Boderick was great, and Sita started as oblivious and separately a bully, but grew on me. Rick was pretty consistently awful, but he had some interesting interactions with Ezekiel, and he kind-of-sort-of grew up a little by the end, maybe, I guess. Brave Wind had potential, but his plotline is almost entirely about killing innocent creatures who talk, and his last line of dialogue is accepting with good grace Umbra being pointlessly mean to him. He'd have been more interesting if he had a bad example to play off of, which Rick could easily have provided. Emith's Zatanna schtick (using phenomenal cosmic powers to fake stage magic) could have said something very interesting about him, but the story never really delved into the requisite worldbuilding for that, and he doesn't really have anything else going on. He's also the only character who plays into most of the damage type system, and that feels like a missed opportunity. Finally, Kyme himself... cares a lot less about having killed Death, or the Excrucian-grade kleptomancy that apparently exists, for someone who moved to a completely different town because his... wife? Girlfriend? Completely blank-slate plot device? - died, than such a person really should. His love of walks and his party-defending combat style were interesting enough, but not enough to make up for being an insensitive skirt-chaser at best, and an adulterer at worst.

A number of fights feel morally reprehensible. Lamia wasn't actually eating children by the time you fight her, first Rat Man encounter is one you can run away from and he isn't obviously breaking in to Macy's house or stealing anything, it very definitely should have been possible to progress the Ruined Keep sidequest without killing the Knight, or at least given some indication that fighting was the Knight's choice rather than the party's. Arana's Den felt kinda bad-faith, given that I literally couldn't avoid fighting and had tried. Fairies did not appear to deserve death, especially for the sake of a single fake resurrection potion, Brave Wind had absolutely no right to murder his way through the beehive, and ending the Illusionist's tea party before at least partaking of crumpets was just rude. He seemed fairly harmless, regardless of how incredibly long his bossfight took.

I loathed the ending. The bad guy's philosophy has huge, glowing weakpoints in the form of every victim whose lives he categorically did not improve, which seems to include the sailors whose boat he stole, the woman whose voice he stole, the Harps whose goddess's favor he stole, the children whose capacity for laughter he stole, and of course the party, whose combat skills he never returns. And because the PCs never properly bring this up, once the Grand Thief has run away, he's won the argument: Kyme goes and seduces Serene, who is married to someone else.
(Serene isn't even an interesting character! Just a jerk too dishonorable to return to her husband or properly divorce him for leaving! Sita and Bolinda are far more entertaining, and if it's just a matter of attraction, Morning Star is obviously hotter!)

It's intensely frustrating. A lot like Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass that way, with which it shares similar strengths and weaknesses.

hopefully you see this and respond. played this on steam, but basically the grand theif quest is kinda broken. i got the chat cutscene in the prison area, but after doing bunch of side quests, nothing appears in the ravenclaw hideout area, no one to talk to, to proceed the quest.

Yo! I just downloaded the game and it's epic! Quick question though. Is it complete? Or is there an endgame to it?

Thanks!

Hey, I found this game in Steam and love it, I just came here asking for help, I got stuck when Ezequiel and the blue hair guy fall once they break a lock near a cave. I don't know how to get out from the second floor where they are arrow moving them in to the same place.

by the way LOVE THE GAME, my favourite, I'm just newbie in here, and yeah, I make the account for this. c:

hi, im from vietnam. I read the reviews so i decide to download your game from itch.io but when i run the game an error appear : error reading application id. please either write it to steam_appid.txt or use the launcher.
pls help me fix this. i really want to play this game (sorry for bad english :v )

how do you make this game work with a generic controller?

This is the first time I have commented since I used itch. I like this game very much. I use translation software to comment. I come from China. Although my English is poor, I like this game very much. I like jrpg games. It's a little hard to play games with translation software. I have a few problems: my team is only level 10, only the protagonist, priest and Boxer. I found Duke only after the progress of the game. I found that I hadn't met CYL for a long time after the ice cave exploration. My team can't beat Grimm and Luciana. Spiders in MT Verner are hard to deal with. The army of rats and men under the farm beat me to pieces. I don't even have the money to buy things from the priest. As he said, I am a poor man. I think the game is a little difficult to continue. I miss CYL. She didn't fight when she met. We went to drink together. Now where has she gone.

Hello! Me again. So I feel kind of stuck again. I’ve done everything I could for now except for 2 things. I need to beat Umbra’s father and find a way to get through the Sun and moon path which is blocked by that Harpy. Not sure how to get through? Must be a level thing like the dragon in the cave I beat earlier. Anyways I cannot beat Umbras dad. I’ve done literally everything else. Beat every single enemy in every cave and in all 3 islands. Opened every chest. With the guild, got the platinum title. (Going for the diamond now). So I’m stuck. Umbras dad is an almost insta kill with his massive lightning magic damage that hits the whole party. Keeping my heroes alive is a task on its own so much that I have no time to deal him any damage other than the counter and magic reflect. Not to mention he sucks the health out with life syphon + poison and I only have one item that protects from poison. Can you help with the strategy here and also is there another way to open the Sun/moon path. I’ve tried talking to everyone, giving them all gifts and nothing seems to trigger it. What am I missing? Umbras dad can’t be the trigger can he? And if he is I sure as hell can’t beat the guy.  Since you usually don’t respond till the next day due to probably time zones, I may even find a way to beat him by then and if I do, I’ll edit the comment!

I got stuck here. I can't face upwards without making a platform , so I can't jump upwards.

Hello! Ive been playing this game obsessively last few days. I can’t express how much I love it! However I’ve been pulled into this magic world once I’ve gotten the magician to join me after beating Lamia and there seems to be no way out of there other than beating the 4 magic orbs next to the statue. I cannot beat them and am therefore soft locked in this little area. Is there any advice as to what strategy to use to defeat them or is there a way out of the magic world that bypasses the fight? I die in a record time. 

Hello! This game singlehandedly made me sign up for an itch.io account just so I could post a comment. This is a very well-made game and I could make an entire review on it, but what I'm really here for is to say this: My GOD, I really HATE this game sometimes!! (I still love it, don't worry). I just wanna say that some fights can be frustrating (but still mostly manageable and even fun as a challenge) but one boss fight in the main storyline that I have not been able to forgive is the lich fight. That guy can LITERALLY insta-kill! Seriously, you can't even defend against it with invincible... And btw, is it even possible to defeat the masked dude? The 5 angels boss fight? What level is your recommendation for that fight?

Also, one last thing: There are a lot of wall decorations, but not enough "wall" to put them on most of the time. It would be nice to get a second floor.

Hi! Would it be possible to still get the Notes From Developer booklet if I've donated two separate instances? Thanks! Whenever I think the story is finished, there's always a surprise around the corner.  

I've played this game for over 30 hours now, all I really have left to do is 3 super bosses I can't seem to crack. Very happy to have found a genuinely good rpg maker game that's actually an rpg.

This game is awesome! Didn’t expect to find such a gem in both gameplay and story. I’ve been playing for, say, 15 hours and yet this game still manages to stay fresh! The chat between party members, fishing, and housing element are really nice additions that make this game more well-rounded than your usual rpg. Not to mention the non-linear advancement in the plot/areas. Looking forward to supporting this project/others in the future (and hopefully join a discussion for this game since there’s just so much to rave about)!  

I press c and my kyme isn't jumping :<<<<

There's a cave to the right of Bree Tree Ruins. The Obsessive Slither in that cave attacks my Kyme who has odd-numbered HP. Kyme had on his invicible defense. Now, the snake's attack did not stop and it went on and on and on forever. At this point, the snake is too obsessive I can do nothing but to shut down and re-enter.

can you jump longer?

This game is insane! I really like the non-linear aspect of meeting new people and doing quests for them and getting some story or plot along the way! Eve though i recorded almost a tiny fraction of the overall game, I really would like to go back to it and explore this massive world you created! I hope you continue making games like this because this is really fun!