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I don't know if that was Remtairy taking liberties with the localization, but I know that Sachinama has a good sense of humor. So I wouldn't be surprised if he wrote something like that. If you ever played his previous game, Minako, there's a lot of dark humor in it. Now thinking back on it, it actually might've been a satire on the NTR genre. Sachinama is actually a pretty funny guy XD.

I'd highly recommend checking out as a warm up to Meltys Quest. You should be able to find the translation patch around here somewhere as m1zuki translated it a couple years ago.
That's fair, it was something that gave me a dank chuckle. As for Minako i've tried it and I didn't like it that much.
What else can I say, I am just not into cheating :p
But in any case I'll put on the reading glasses and try my best at find spots missed by Remtairy with this game as I've taken quite the liken to it already.
Also i'd find it really awesome that we got to speak with Sachi as well. Instead of "just" his protogé. Not that there is anything wrong with it just being Remtairy, I dunno it'd be cool :p
 
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Re: [Happy Life] Meltys Quest (Official English Demo out now!)

Sorry, that joke was my own doing, along with quite a bunch of other jokes/cultural references since Sachinama allowed me permission to write or rewrite as I see fit for the localization. However, that doesn't mean everything humor related came out of me since originally the game has its own comedic moments and I fully intend to convene them properly. Who knows, maybe Sachinama will adapt some of my jokes in the japanese version and in the end no one will be able to tell who the original author of some of the jokes were.

Re: error screen report

Thanks! I'll get it fixed in the next version of the demo. The next version might take a while because we're both in the middle of something important right now but for the time being, the workaround for that error is to extract the demo while in japanese unicode.

Re: Confirmation/dialog box asking if the player wants to watch a scene or not

This isn't a very common feature in Japanese eroges, but maybe it is for English patreon games? I dunno, the issue is with the way the scenes in this game are presented. Let's use a monster scene for example. The first time you lose, you watch the full sex scene. After that, every time you lose to that monster there is a very short abridged version that changes depending on the slut level. It isn't like every time you lose the first full sex scene comes up again.

For skipping through scenes player had already seen, there is a skip text function in the game accessed by holding down the CTRL key. If you want to rewatch the sex scene in question, as in the full version and not the abridged version, that is what the Scene Mode option in the title menu is for. As long as you unlocked the scene (or downloaded a full save from someone else), you can watch that scene as many times as you want with no effect on the game or character.

Re: Essentially a pregnancy/watersports/sexual content filter

Well, this isn't a common thing in Japanese eroge but as I understand it, it is popular in english patreon games due to the wide range of fetishes some games try to pander to.

But it is a valid feature to ask for. I'll try to see if I can code a pregnancy filter toggle into the settings menu, if not then it will have to be a hack-together solution through talking to a npc somewhere to toggle pregnancy content. With pregnancy turned off, there will be zero chance Meltys can get pregnant and therefore there is no way to view the birthing scenes. I assume this solution would satisfactory for everyone.

As for a watersports filter, I will have to think about it...
At some point, if I start filtering watersports too, then it will be like 'Hey, can you filter XYZ or ABC too?' and in the end the game would become a mess of 'Hello, the sex scene you are about to watch contains X, Y, Z and D, please be advised,' which would ruin the immersion of the game experience.

I'll have to think hard about this

Re: other bugs and stuff

Thanks! I'll catalogue them in
 
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Concerning filters. This is just my opinion (currently downloading the demo, will comment on it later) but I vastly prefer the way japanese eroge do it : one option at most. If you don't like urination and pregnancy, play another game. Even among the eroge translated into english, plenty of games doesn't feature that type of content, just go play those instead.
Having filters for every fetish only make eroge into a boring mess.
 

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Huh......Neat, we have a patched demo upload form 2018.8.29.
 

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agree with knoloa

I think the only fetish that really get filtered in vns are scat, sometimes guro.

Pregnancy/watersports is pretty tame, not really worth filtering.

Theres always fetish scenes in every porn game not to your liking, you can just click through them, see it once and be done.
 

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Thats a shame. Well, I suppose i'll have to wait until the game is updated to play it. Thanks.
 

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Yeah I would have to disagree to adding too many filters for certain content. Unless a game is shoving a certain fetish in my face that I don't prefer and it's just sprinkled in a couple scenes or something I don't really care about it. For example watersports/scat isn't a fetish of mine but long as it's not literally everything I'm doing during the game and it's only in select scenes I can either avoid those scenes or just deal with it. Pregnancy seems to be a more common filter to provide next to guro and sometimes scat/vomit/urination but that seems more rare.
 

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Makes a really good first impression, can't wait to play the full version :)

What I found:

-Hint isn't translated, at least the one after finishing the demo
-Loading time for the menu is really long, idk if there's a way to fix it now...
-that guy in the weapon shop has untranslated dialogue.
 

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Yay! Meltys Quest is the #1 trending demo on dlsite right now! It is nice to see Sachinama and Remtairy's hard work paying off so far.



As for Minako i've tried it and I didn't like it that much.
What else can I say, I am just not into cheating :p

Also i'd find it really awesome that we got to speak with Sachi as well.
Oh yeah, I understand. NTR is kind of a fucked up genre. I think I've just become numb to it over the years. It's either that, or the NTR stories are so unbelievable and over the top (intentionally or unintentionally) that I can't take them seriously. It's probably some of both XD.

Not to go completely off topic, but this is somewhat related, I used to actually read a lot of rape manga and doujinshi because a number of years ago, that was mostly what was available on the internet at the time. This case is interesting, but also different, because I've actually grown more uncomfortable instead of numb to that genre as I've gotten older. I think a lot of these feminist movements have probably affected me in that way. However, this is a good thing. Women have a lot of societal disadvantages versus men. We need to treat women a hell of a lot better. But they better not take away our 2D porn :D

I guess what I'm trying to say is that we change in many different ways over time based on our experiences and what we learn from them. Maybe one day you will be more comfortable with the NTR genre because the scenarios are so batshit crazy lol ;)

In regards to Sachinama posting on these forums, I think he actually frequents here. I'm pretty sure he doesn't have an account and is just a guest lurker. His English speaking skills actually don't seem too bad, but I don't know if Remtairy is helping him with that. Although, Sachinama is obviously much more comfortable speaking Japanese.

I agree with you though. It would be pretty cool if he started posting here. I think most of the games where the developer is involved with the community tend to do better. People are less inclined to pirate because they'd be directly or indirectly hurting someone they know. And they'd be more willing to buy the game because they'd be helping someone they know.

There are probably many factors we are not taking into consideration though. And I think it's more complicated than Sachinama should just post here. Regardless, I'm really happy to have Remtairy involved in the community. We are so lucky that we are getting a simultaneous English and Japanese release for a niche doujin game. This almost never happens, which is why we should all buy this game when it comes out.
 

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Oh yeah, I understand. NTR is kind of a fucked up genre. I think I've just become numb to it over the years. It's either that, or the NTR stories are so unbelievable and over the top (intentionally or unintentionally) that I can't take them seriously. It's probably some of both XD.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that we change in many different ways over time based on our experiences and what we learn from them. Maybe one day you will be more comfortable with the NTR genre because the scenarios are so batshit crazy lol ;)
Well for sure, that is what happened with me when I discovered 2d porn :p
But nevertheless it just rubs me the wrong way as I've been touched by it personally as well as close friends and family. And it just fucking sucks.
In any case though, they are for the most part completely ridiculous scenarios cooked up by people equal to my own in depravity and desire. (Just different ones). Which is really plain to see as most are not even close to being believeable. But this is not me bashing on the NTR bros, or the genre. Quite hard to have the "moral highground" on 2d pornforum where rape is the most rampant genre :p

In regards to Sachinama posting on these forums, I think he actually frequents here. I'm pretty sure he doesn't have an account and is just a guest lurker. His English speaking skills actually don't seem too bad, but I don't know if Remtairy is helping him with that. Although, Sachinama is obviously much more comfortable speaking Japanese.

I agree with you though. It would be pretty cool if he started posting here. I think most of the games where the developer is involved with the community tend to do better. People are less inclined to pirate because they'd be directly or indirectly hurting someone they know. And they'd be more willing to buy the game because they'd be helping someone they know.

There are probably many factors we are not taking into consideration though. And I think it's more complicated than Sachinama should just post here. Regardless, I'm really happy to have Remtairy involved in the community. We are so lucky that we are getting a simultaneous English and Japanese release for a niche doujin game. This almost never happens, which is why we should all buy this game when it comes out.
The last part, yes..!
And as for Sachi I'm 100% sure he has been lurking here. And with that said - Hi mate your game seems awesome AF. Well done, am looking forward to the end product.
About the piracy, usually people have the decency to not do it here at the very least once the dev is involved. But I guess that's because it'd be like a robbing your neighbor, after which you set up a rummagesale right outside their house selling off their stuff.
 
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1.03 has been released, you can grab it at the usual spot

As for what's new:

The most important fix is the error some people were getting at start up because the file name of one of the files was in Japanese. Those people should be able to play now.

As for changes:

The combat system has been slightly revamped to be more flavorful. All enemies will now use skills to attack instead of generic Attack. Some of these new attacks are sexual, and sexual attacks deal increasingly more damage the higher Meltys's Slut Level is. They also deal more or less depending on how exposed the outfit Meltys is wearing.

Since these new enemy sexual attacks scale based on Slut Level, some of the sex experience required to gain a Slut Level has been increased.


A fine cat too has been added to help players readjust their Slut Level to the new one. But even with the readjustment some of you guys probably grinded your Slut Level way too higher than intended at this point of the game.

People now react to Meltys walking around naked. This was left out of the demo intentionally because neither of us thought anyone would be crazy enough to grind to 50. I strongly, recommend that you don't transfer a save file with a Slut Level of 50 or higher to the retail version since you won't be able to beat the third boss. Everything in moderation! This is a weird demo thing because if this was the retail version, you probably wouldn't try to shoot your Slut Level so high so early on. I recommend making a new save file for transferring to the retail version, and keeping your current save file with high Slut Level around to just experience content you weren't really meant to see at this point of the game.
 

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"This is a weird demo thing because if this was the retail version, you probably wouldn't try to shoot your Slut Level so high so early on."

Never underestimate how far players will push those heroines. I'm not surprised in the slightest that people grinded to get that 50 slut level. Walking around naked is like one of the pinnacles of these games (in my opinion), so I'll exceedingly glad you guys have NPC reactions. Keep up the good work!
 

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Tried the demo when it released, I noticed it was a little choppy when transition to the different scenes. Going to download the new update and see hot it plays. It's such a fun demo, great work and I will for sure be buying this when it releases!
 
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Thanks! Can you specific where the slowdowns are occurring? I would greatly appreciate it. If anyone else are experiencing slowdowns please tell me where they're happening.

An example would be: Moving from town to world map, or world map to town, etcetc
 

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1.03 has been released, you can grab it at the usual spot

As for what's new:
Increase the number of cg?
 

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If the bosses ends up with sex attacks, would it be possible to be able to have rematches?
 

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People now react to Meltys walking around naked. This was left out of the demo intentionally because neither of us thought anyone would be crazy enough to grind to 50.
It takes a crazy person to actually do it (Like me). It can be useful when trying to find certain bugs and errors we can relay the message to you.;)

Only thing I've notice is the missing Inn.
An Inn where both humans and monsters can relax. As long there is no fighting involve.
It could also be a good place were all of the defeated bosses can go. You can go there and talk to them, have a rematch or just have sex with them.
 
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And we really appreciate the passion shown by fans like you, it means people are enjoying the game enough to do crazy things :eek:

Re: monster girl rematches

I can see why it's a popular request. I'm not a huge yuri fan, but the combination of Sachinama's art and writing (and my own basis since I'm working on this game) makes me want to see more content about them too. However, it would be a huge feature creep at this point. Since it's one of things I personally want to see implemented, it probably will happen in the future, but just not for the initial retail version release.

And I have a ton of different ideas on how to implement their rematches/return/revisit/whatever too, not just a simple hey Limey, let's kiss fight again. But all of it will have to wait until what's already planned for the game is first finished and released.
 

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Fair enough, and I think that is the best course of action as well, getting the core contents in before adding new things.
 

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Thanks! Can you specific where the slowdowns are occurring? I would greatly appreciate it. If anyone else are experiencing slowdowns please tell me where they're happening.

An example would be: Moving from town to world map, or world map to town, etcetc
I've noticed a lot of slowdown upon initial loading

Save game, exit and re-open and it slows to a crawl to the point you nearly teleport across the screen if Auto-Run is enabled

And periodically bringing up the menu takes longer than normal, but haven't found a specific trigger for that yet, seems random

And one possible "bug" is when first starting and before any first combat, on both playthroughs I've done it has shown the Princess and Adventure outfits with completed SP


Liking the music, certain parts are almost reminiscent to Grandia, others Chrono series and the prologue had almost a NieR sound to it.
Extra points awarded for Holgs beard accessory

Still on lookout for any other "Pudding/Parfait" Items hidden, as well as a method to unlock the chest within the house near the docks

So far so good!
 
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