After having completed the current content, I have to say this game is really really good, I don't what I expected when on a whim decided to download it, this review comes from someone that has played almost every FF, Persona, a bunch of Smt, some DQ and the first 7 generations of pokemon and really loves rpg as a genre, while I won't talk about the battle system, i have to say is really fun and I love the no levels twist as it really allows the game to be a little non linear in certain parts.
Each chapter feels unique with different ambience and a good plot that kept me enthralled the whole 40 hours it took me to completed it because I decided to play slowly and enjoy the ride. the only real bad point I have is with the artstyle, the commisioned art for the game is really good but maybe becaused is still unfinished it uses a lot of default assets from rpgmaker, which is a shame because I would love to see the game with a more defined artstyle and music.
The transformation aspect is interesting mainly because of how optional certain parts of its are most of the changes are linked to choices you make during the main story and sidequest, because of that the game is full with different dialogue that changes according to some of these changes, there are some mandatory ones, including my favourite aspect, the multiple appearances the group take during the adventure which well comes in hand with the idea of between in the title, a 'transition from one stage to the other' .
Also the characters are well written and the group dinamic works for me a lot, they feel like believable people with actual story between themselves and funny interactions, their reactions to the protagonist changes makes my day.
Harper my beloved gremblin energy friend.
I would loved to speak about each chapter in detail, in particular 3 and 5 but I want to avoid spoil the surprises this game has.
If i had to gave this an score it would be 4/5 Really good for what content is in, it could change depending on any new content in the future, as I said the main drawback for me its the inconsistent artstyle which I hope could improve in the future, I literally created this account because I wanted to express how much I loved it.
Sorry for any instances of broken english as it isn't my main language
Now to wait for the next update, hope this proyect does end up being a finished product. thanks for anyone who read this and sorry if it is a little long.
i was scrolling through tfgames when i stumbled upon nightshift... which led me to petrichor, which led me to this. and HOLY hell am i glad i did. this game has left me feeling more impressed from a story than i have for a while. a lot of tf-based games are more focused on the tfs themselves over an actual story, so this is really refreshing. and the story itself has captivated me from start to the as of now finish! it being prioritized over the usual NSFW appeal is something i've been looking for in a game for a while, and the option to completely opt out of it makes it even better. characters are amazing too, and gameplay was fun (altho that could be my lack of exposure to rpg maker). i would write more but i think any more and it would be considered fan mail... so just keep up the good work!! ^ ^
start at beach, enter. Then change areas using the cardinal directions via that thing you said (N=North, etc… with m=middle). Unless there’s something else unclear?
It is very rare that a game with rpgmaker attracts me but between..... although I was stressed in chapter 5 I must confess that it left me a little addicted and I already want to play it in the final version xD, keep up the good work...OwO
I’ve been working on it consistently since 2020, so even if it comes along slowly I am quite committed to completing it and have found good ways to avoid burnout as part of that.
Don't ever overwork yourself, I had seen alot of creators on this site giving up their project because of irl problems and it's honestly disheartening for me to see an amazing game like this one gone.
This is great, I only have the minor complaint that the close up art is much better than the art used to represent the characters in text boxes and both are in slightly different styles, is this a limitation or a preference?
The reason the text box characters is different from the art one is because RPG maker planform already have their own character customization for the creator to choose how they wants their character to look like, and it's more convenient to use those already built in character customization for showing their character expressions rather than draw it.
The game was originally designed to not use any commissioned art at all, so the text box art uses the mentioned character generation that comes with the engine (plus sourced parts to be usable in it). When it got bigger and more popular and I started commissioning art, I focused on things that’d be ‘nice to have’s for the art and weren’t in the game before, rather than trying to replace what I already had in another form. TBD on if the text box portrait art ever changes, but it’d be a massive undertaking to replace.
I just completed the game current version and i will now review it.
Firstly the mechanic
Everything about this game fight mechanic is pretty good, it might not look anything special at first gaze but the team combo and tactics mechanic of the game is unlike anything i seen in turn based games nowadays, because you have to think what is best to use to actually win and not spamming stun ability to make your enemies skip their turn.
Now to the story (no spoiler)
The story is very compelling i could tell the creator really put their effort into it, sure this is erotic genre RPG maker game but the sexual content is kept at minimum, which is a good move tbh since this game story in each chapters is so serious most of the time you probably will forget this is an adult game. Well technically the focus is on transformation of the MC body idk if you guys gonna find that sexual or not.
Criticism
The shards gacha is honestly cool and all but i don't wanna waste time gambling for the shard i want, maybe make it so you can summon an entity in a dream and challenges them to obtain the named shard you want? Would be cool to be able to have mulan boss fight.
Also some of the quests is too confusing for example the chapter 1 part 1 quest where you have to find 5 items around the map and then talk to everyone about everything but then you would have to go out and return and talk to them again before you'll be able to continue the story.
Honestly if there wasn't a walkthrough of the game i would get stuck alot.
I have a question, I know how Jenna can upgrade my stuff but I kind of skipped the part where you get specified things, like Fine Lean Meat, or is it just by fighting enemies to get them.
Enemy drops primarily yes. The rarer items will also become more common as the game progresses. Hole in the ground has more opportunities to get drops in the gauntlet or parlor mode options
I have notice that a IntraSystem book but you should also try adding a bestiary so people could look into finding specific materials. So I hope this suggestion will help with gameplay and grinding.
Something I have and will consider, whether in the walkthrough or otherwise. Though I'll likely do so later in the game when enough of it is done for me to be comfortable reassessing all the drops and updating those at that point.
It would have been great if there was a way to cheat to get more items. Have a cheat option in the hole when you get resources, for tokens. like the cheat does so you can get 10 times more resources for every battle. And a super OP weapon for the MC that gives her a 80 attack power.
The game is great but I am a little disappointed that there are 0 sexual scenes. This game is pretty much just an RPG maker game.
I give it 9.9 out of 10. The 0.1 is for the H scenes.
I will note that there are some. Some in bad ends, and a at least one notable one in the main story. There will also be more in the future, of course, if based on how the story. (They also can be opted out of, to note, if you choose less horny options when progressing through the story).
But yeah. My priority in game making is Story>Gameplay>TF-TG Experience>Sexual Content. So I don't force it if I don't feel like it's what matches the story. I'll be open about that. Glad to hear you were able to enjoy it regardless.
I came to the end of Chapter 6. I am looking forward to ch 7 and the rest. Oh yeah when you play the side quest for Harper and meet Kiera. Those 2 other options familia and big sibblings when you make the promise. Was those 2 always an option in the game or are they coming out in the future update?
Those options are based on if your previous choices gained enough affection to pass around the halfway point of maxing her affection. So they’re locked out if you don’t. But, to note, the other option is not meant to be lesser or more. Just a different path.
Saves are transferable between versions, yes. There’s some more detail in a ReadMe file attached. But it basically is just moving the save folder into the new version
As for the finished version specifically, I’m not planning any changes to the game that’ll break saves, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it does happen.
Just recently started playing it. Absolutely love it. Just wanted to know if there's any way to make changes that were done in the past. I want to check some of the TFs that were locked out without having to replay the whole game. It took me 50 hours to almost finish Chapter 5 and I don't think I have the time to play for that long lol.
Sorry about the delayed reply, this was in the comment filter and I just looked at that for the first time.
For getting TFs. Most are available throughout. But there are some that are considered more significant that are missable. If you just want to see them, then there’s the chapter skip function to jump to around that section of the game and play it to see it. But in terms of being available again later, then yeah, that’s not currently something intended.
Yeah, that's my bad on mistakenly thinking I had finished that section. The section would read...
[Edit: It's in the old walkthrough, and will be added to the new section mentioned. Redacting after they responded for the sake of not having it out here. So people can choose to look for it in the walkthrough if they want to.]
Which already exists in the "old" walkthrough section, but I, as noted, mistakenly thought I already moved that info over before publishing everything.
Ah, okay. I had a feeling there was something with those names, but as they were the directions weren't followable. Looks like I just didn't look into it enough.
Maybe I'm just bad at RPG combat, but this was a good mix of simple fun and challenging for me (took me a few tries to figure out how to win some of the later fights in the first zone, but so it goes, I got there,)
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After having completed the current content, I have to say this game is really really good, I don't what I expected when on a whim decided to download it, this review comes from someone that has played almost every FF, Persona, a bunch of Smt, some DQ and the first 7 generations of pokemon and really loves rpg as a genre, while I won't talk about the battle system, i have to say is really fun and I love the no levels twist as it really allows the game to be a little non linear in certain parts.
Each chapter feels unique with different ambience and a good plot that kept me enthralled the whole 40 hours it took me to completed it because I decided to play slowly and enjoy the ride. the only real bad point I have is with the artstyle, the commisioned art for the game is really good but maybe becaused is still unfinished it uses a lot of default assets from rpgmaker, which is a shame because I would love to see the game with a more defined artstyle and music.
The transformation aspect is interesting mainly because of how optional certain parts of its are most of the changes are linked to choices you make during the main story and sidequest, because of that the game is full with different dialogue that changes according to some of these changes, there are some mandatory ones, including my favourite aspect, the multiple appearances the group take during the adventure which well comes in hand with the idea of between in the title, a 'transition from one stage to the other' .
Also the characters are well written and the group dinamic works for me a lot, they feel like believable people with actual story between themselves and funny interactions, their reactions to the protagonist changes makes my day.
Harper my beloved gremblin energy friend.
I would loved to speak about each chapter in detail, in particular 3 and 5 but I want to avoid spoil the surprises this game has.
If i had to gave this an score it would be 4/5 Really good for what content is in, it could change depending on any new content in the future, as I said the main drawback for me its the inconsistent artstyle which I hope could improve in the future, I literally created this account because I wanted to express how much I loved it.
Sorry for any instances of broken english as it isn't my main language
Now to wait for the next update, hope this proyect does end up being a finished product. thanks for anyone who read this and sorry if it is a little long.
Fun game with a good story
i was scrolling through tfgames when i stumbled upon nightshift... which led me to petrichor, which led me to this. and HOLY hell am i glad i did. this game has left me feeling more impressed from a story than i have for a while. a lot of tf-based games are more focused on the tfs themselves over an actual story, so this is really refreshing. and the story itself has captivated me from start to the as of now finish! it being prioritized over the usual NSFW appeal is something i've been looking for in a game for a while, and the option to completely opt out of it makes it even better. characters are amazing too, and gameplay was fun (altho that could be my lack of exposure to rpg maker). i would write more but i think any more and it would be considered fan mail... so just keep up the good work!! ^ ^
How do I see sex lost or quest but why I lost game over I don't know bro
start at beach, enter. Then change areas using the cardinal directions via that thing you said (N=North, etc… with m=middle). Unless there’s something else unclear?
It is very rare that a game with rpgmaker attracts me but between..... although I was stressed in chapter 5 I must confess that it left me a little addicted and I already want to play it in the final version xD, keep up the good work.. .OwO
I hope this game will be completed.
I’ve been working on it consistently since 2020, so even if it comes along slowly I am quite committed to completing it and have found good ways to avoid burnout as part of that.
Don't ever overwork yourself, I had seen alot of creators on this site giving up their project because of irl problems and it's honestly disheartening for me to see an amazing game like this one gone.
This is great, I only have the minor complaint that the close up art is much better than the art used to represent the characters in text boxes and both are in slightly different styles, is this a limitation or a preference?
The reason the text box characters is different from the art one is because RPG maker planform already have their own character customization for the creator to choose how they wants their character to look like, and it's more convenient to use those already built in character customization for showing their character expressions rather than draw it.
The game was originally designed to not use any commissioned art at all, so the text box art uses the mentioned character generation that comes with the engine (plus sourced parts to be usable in it). When it got bigger and more popular and I started commissioning art, I focused on things that’d be ‘nice to have’s for the art and weren’t in the game before, rather than trying to replace what I already had in another form. TBD on if the text box portrait art ever changes, but it’d be a massive undertaking to replace.
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I just completed the game current version and i will now review it.
Firstly the mechanic
Everything about this game fight mechanic is pretty good, it might not look anything special at first gaze but the team combo and tactics mechanic of the game is unlike anything i seen in turn based games nowadays, because you have to think what is best to use to actually win and not spamming stun ability to make your enemies skip their turn.
Now to the story (no spoiler)
The story is very compelling i could tell the creator really put their effort into it, sure this is erotic genre RPG maker game but the sexual content is kept at minimum, which is a good move tbh since this game story in each chapters is so serious most of the time you probably will forget this is an adult game. Well technically the focus is on transformation of the MC body idk if you guys gonna find that sexual or not.
Criticism
The shards gacha is honestly cool and all but i don't wanna waste time gambling for the shard i want, maybe make it so you can summon an entity in a dream and challenges them to obtain the named shard you want? Would be cool to be able to have mulan boss fight.
Also some of the quests is too confusing for example the chapter 1 part 1 quest where you have to find 5 items around the map and then talk to everyone about everything but then you would have to go out and return and talk to them again before you'll be able to continue the story.
Honestly if there wasn't a walkthrough of the game i would get stuck alot.
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Cool story!
I have a question, I know how Jenna can upgrade my stuff but I kind of skipped the part where you get specified things, like Fine Lean Meat, or is it just by fighting enemies to get them.
Enemy drops primarily yes. The rarer items will also become more common as the game progresses. Hole in the ground has more opportunities to get drops in the gauntlet or parlor mode options
I have notice that a IntraSystem book but you should also try adding a bestiary so people could look into finding specific materials. So I hope this suggestion will help with gameplay and grinding.
Something I have and will consider, whether in the walkthrough or otherwise. Though I'll likely do so later in the game when enough of it is done for me to be comfortable reassessing all the drops and updating those at that point.
It would have been great if there was a way to cheat to get more items. Have a cheat option in the hole when you get resources, for tokens. like the cheat does so you can get 10 times more resources for every battle. And a super OP weapon for the MC that gives her a 80 attack power.
The game is great but I am a little disappointed that there are 0 sexual scenes. This game is pretty much just an RPG maker game.
I give it 9.9 out of 10. The 0.1 is for the H scenes.
Keep up the amazing good work.
I will note that there are some. Some in bad ends, and a at least one notable one in the main story. There will also be more in the future, of course, if based on how the story. (They also can be opted out of, to note, if you choose less horny options when progressing through the story).
But yeah. My priority in game making is Story>Gameplay>TF-TG Experience>Sexual Content. So I don't force it if I don't feel like it's what matches the story. I'll be open about that. Glad to hear you were able to enjoy it regardless.
I came to the end of Chapter 6. I am looking forward to ch 7 and the rest. Oh yeah when you play the side quest for Harper and meet Kiera. Those 2 other options familia and big sibblings when you make the promise. Was those 2 always an option in the game or are they coming out in the future update?
Those options are based on if your previous choices gained enough affection to pass around the halfway point of maxing her affection. So they’re locked out if you don’t. But, to note, the other option is not meant to be lesser or more. Just a different path.
The option when it says if I want sexual scenes opt-in or opt-out.
Opt-in is with sexual scenes right? I can be a bit slow sometimes.
That is correct
This is surprisingly well made for adult RPG maker game, both gameplay and story wise.
just a funny little question, will I be able to transfer my current save data to the finished game?
Saves are transferable between versions, yes. There’s some more detail in a ReadMe file attached. But it basically is just moving the save folder into the new version
As for the finished version specifically, I’m not planning any changes to the game that’ll break saves, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it does happen.
Cool story! Wish it was a tad more NSFW with visuals but overall was a fun playthrough. Hope to see some more chapters soon!
Just recently started playing it. Absolutely love it. Just wanted to know if there's any way to make changes that were done in the past. I want to check some of the TFs that were locked out without having to replay the whole game. It took me 50 hours to almost finish Chapter 5 and I don't think I have the time to play for that long lol.
Sorry about the delayed reply, this was in the comment filter and I just looked at that for the first time.
For getting TFs. Most are available throughout. But there are some that are considered more significant that are missable. If you just want to see them, then there’s the chapter skip function to jump to around that section of the game and play it to see it. But in terms of being available again later, then yeah, that’s not currently something intended.
Where is the Ch 1 Superboss? I didn't end up coming across it, and the location listed in the walkthrough is the same as the Prologue's Superboss.
Yeah, that's my bad on mistakenly thinking I had finished that section. The section would read...
[Edit: It's in the old walkthrough, and will be added to the new section mentioned. Redacting after they responded for the sake of not having it out here. So people can choose to look for it in the walkthrough if they want to.]
Which already exists in the "old" walkthrough section, but I, as noted, mistakenly thought I already moved that info over before publishing everything.
Ah, okay. I had a feeling there was something with those names, but as they were the directions weren't followable. Looks like I just didn't look into it enough.
Maybe I'm just bad at RPG combat, but this was a good mix of simple fun and challenging for me (took me a few tries to figure out how to win some of the later fights in the first zone, but so it goes, I got there,)