Re: [Butakoma 300g] どろっぷ ふぁくとりー (Drop Factory)
Hey guys I just started to play Drop Factory and I'm really
really enjoying it so far. I've read through the entire thread and saw that many people are quite confused as to how things work and the last "walkthrough" posted on page 14 might be a bit confusing, so I'll write a beginner guide.
Installation / Troubleshooting
Since I made less than 15 posts, I can't put links yet so you will have to copy/paste them manually
- You can get the game here: mediafire.com/download/pu0v8177494i88r/DFver1.29.zip (Official link)
- You will need RPG VX RTP in order for the game to work (otherwise you will have missing .dll errors when trying to launch the game). You can download it here: tkool.jp/support/download/rpgvx/rtp (big blue button at the bottom of the screen).
- For those who want to have some partial translation of the game, AGTH + Translation Aggregator works decently (look it up yourself).
- RPG VX window can't be resized by default, here is a software to make the window resizable: digitallis.co.uk/pc/ResizeEnable/index.html
Character Creation
The game is played using the arrow keys and space (or enter) & escape. You (Shizuku) will be prompt to choose between 3 types of character at the beginning: Archetype A, B or C. These only influence your combat stats, so IMO they don't matter that much (Archetype A is balanced, B & C have bonus / penalties on some stats).
The goal of the game is to pay a debt of 5 million, but there is no time limit nor any interests so don't feel rushed.
Character Information
On the top left you can see the amount of "BP" you have left. BP is the energy used when working, and has no incidence on combat. If you deplete your BP, you will faint and wake up the next day morning in bed. Max BP can be increased, I will talk about that later.
You can press "Escape" when not in dialog / combat to access the menu, where you can find in the following order:
- Items
- Ability
- Equipment
- Status
- Skill Level
- PP (Stats upgrade)
- Save
- Leave Game
- Money (bottom left)
- Level / HP / SP (bottom right)
Equipment slots are the following:
- Main (cloth)
- Head
- Body (cape)
- Hand
- Foot
- Two other slots which I don't understand the meaning.
PP (Stats upgrade) are the following:
- HP
- SP
- Attack (Song)
- Physical (defense?)
- Mental (defense?)
- Speed
Skill levels are the following:
- Sex / Service
- Cooking / Milking
- Recording / Working
- Farm work / Wolf breeding
- Pig breeding / Octopus breeding
- Orc breeding / Horse breeding
Time Mechanics
Each week is divided in 4 days, represented by the big number on the top right of your screen. Each day is divided in 4 periods, represented by the circle next to the number:
- Morning (White circle)
- Afternoon (Half-half white/dark circle)
- Night (Small white dot in a dark circle)
- Late Night (Dark circle)
Each time you do a time-consuming action (working / fighting / sexing usually), the arrow on the clock (top left of the screen) will move downwards, representing the time you used during this particular period. Some scenes can only be triggered during certain parts of the day.
You can use your bed to sleep (goes to next morning) or nap (skips current time period).
Getting started
You begin in your room and left to your own device. Basically, you only need to remember two things about your room: the bed where you can skip time, and the kitchen counter where you will be able to cook food once you have enough ingredients. On your right is your barn, currently empty. We will talk about that later.
Once you get out, you will find your mailbox. The mailbox has a little "!" every time a new mail comes, usually indicating that a new job is available in town. These mails usually come once you reach a certain threshold in some skills.
You can't go (yet) to the left of your screen, that's where your kids will be once you start having some. Going to the bottom of the screen will leave your home into the world map.
Once on the world map, you will see the town and a "forest" on the left (the big forest on the right is simply background decoration). The town is separated in 4 parts - Garden - Merchant district - Residential district - Corporate district (whatever the real names are), which are all connected (you don't need to go to the world map every time you want to move from one district to another).
The first thing you need to do is earn money. Money can usually be earned by taking part-time jobs, which are unlocked by talking to the right people at the right time.
Town Layout & shops
- Garden: Some scenes can be unlocked there
- Merchant district: General Shop, your own stall (later in game) & Armory
- Residential district: Friend house, Job house & Old dude's house
- Corporate district: Shady shop
General Shop (girl):
- Monster Food (3k/6k/10k): Gives BP back to your monsters.
- Chicken (40k): Puts a chicken in your barn, from which you can collect eggs once a day.
- Cow (50k): Puts a cow in your barn, from which you can collect milk once a day providing you have the milking machine.
- Milking machine (30k): Allows you to milk your cow (and later yourself).
- Upgrade barn (100k / 150k / 200k): Adds 1 / 2 / 2 slots to your barn for monsters.
General Shop (man):
- Battle consumable items
- Cooking ingredients (500 each): Only in the morning
- Camera batteries (10k): Only after you get the camera
Your stall (later in game):
Armory:
- Battle equipment. New items every 5 levels.
Shady Shop:
- Camera (100k): Used to record and sell your H-scene. 4 uses per battery.
- Buys your H-scene recording (1st option) & your used equipment (2nd option).
Getting money
There is two-type of money: One will go to your pocket, the other directly goes to pay your debt. AFAIK most jobs give direct pay and also have money going to pay your debt, but I'm not sure.
Working will also grant you PP that you can use to boost your combat stats.
- Tissue selling: Available at start. Talk to the guy in the "Job house" (Residential District) and then interact with a board (any district) to sell them. Can work at any time of day except for midnight.
- Armory shop: Unlock by talking to wife of the owner at night, can work in mornings and noon (both will advance to next phase of day).
- General Shop: Unlocked by talking to blonde girl at shop once you receive a mail. Can work in mornings (takes half a period) and at night (will advance to late night).
- Childcare/babysitting (left screen of your house): Unlocked after having enough children. Can work at noon and night.
- Prostitution: "Friend House" at night / late night. Takes no BP.
- Old man "service": Unlocked by going to the Old Man's House closed door at noon. Can work at night. Takes no BP.
There are probably another few that I haven't come across yet, but this should cover the early game fairly extensively.
Sexing
To increase your Sex / Service skill, you have to take part in H-scene. This will notably allow you to catch monsters for your barn later on.
Mornings:
Kid at Armory (Sex)
Old man at park (Service - minimum lvl 3 required + already worked for him).
Red haired kid at residential area (Need to have a baby with red haired guy for him to appear, and breaking the milk machine for him to fix it).
Afternoon:
H-event Kid at park (Service).
H-event Red haired man at last block (To unlock you need to have Sex lvl 2 and talk to the blonde girl in the general shop at night. He won't do it if you're already pregnant).
Night:
Old man service (see "earning money)
Prostitution (see "earning money")
Red haired guy outside general store (require ? lvl in Service)
Late Night:
Prostitution (if you didn't do it earlier).
Monster hunting
Going to the forest will allow you to fight monsters. You will gain XP and items for doing so, but receive only very little gold. Once you start upgrading your barn (your two starting slots are for the chicken & the cow), you will have open slots for monsters.
You need to get to a certain level of Sex / Service (?) to get two combat sex skills (with a "heart" icon). Using them in combat and then beating the monster gives you a chance to capture him, putting him in your barn (only if you still have open slots). I'm not sure if you need to use both skills though.
The following monsters can be captured: Wolf, Pig, Orc, Octopus, Horse.
That should cover it for the early game! If you have any questions, I will edit and add information.