Nicole beta testing thread!
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 2:20 pm
So finally the beta can begin!! Grab the game here:
http://www.macgames.biz/games/Nicole-0.8.9-all.zip (single .zip containing executables for all supported platforms)
If you haven't bought it yet and want to:
http://www.winterwolves.com/nicole.htm
Walkthrough/Tips:
What's new in 0.8.9
- the "ending unlocked" texts appears only once, the first time (before they were appearing every time you replayed the endings from the gallery screen)
- various typos and some wrong background images, but that's it
What's new in 0.8.8
- added 4 extra book in online shopping, each one will increase one stat by 100! with that nobody should have any problem to reach the required stat value for each boy
- in Easy mode only, you make more money with the Jobs
- the online shopping has a custom chibi icon now
- added an extra check so the errors if you end an activity when is night time shouldn't appear anymore
- more typos fixed
What's new in 0.8.7
- after the lost phone scene, Nicole doesn't go out since is scared
- the references to specific date/months in the mystery plot have been changed so they work no matter when they play. So "last month" becomes "last August" or "a few months ago" and so on (if you find more, let me know).
What's new in 0.8.6
- CG images now will appear (sorry about that! it was just a way to test if the gallery screen works, I swear! go there to replay the scenes you have already unlocked)
- location background image will reflect the time of the day more accurately
- fixed a bug that was causing the game to be stuck with no action available if you ended a mystery scene exactly at night time (would show the screen "Choose what to do" but no options!)
- fixed the bug that would let you buy things in the online shopping without enough money!
- fixed Chandra mouth alignment
- the relationship point for Voix aren't shown in the daily summary so you don't know who he is until you find out in the game. The choices scores are still taken into account of course
- the scenes between Jeff and Ted at the pharmacy and store now appears in the right sequence and the small text inconsistencies have been fixed!
- various typos
SINCE THIS GAME HAS A MYSTERY ELEMENT, PLEASE REMEMBER TO USE THE SPOILER TAG!
A few notes:
I tested the game myself and was able to get all the endings. I'm looking for any bug report, from typos (even if the writer is going to recheck everything as well this week), to plot inconsistency, or for example if the text says "it's night" but in reality you see a bright day image, and so on. PLEASE BE ACCURATE when describing the bug (the exact phrase displayed) since the game is big and also after some scenes non-linear, so is hard for me to find it otherwise
There are some very small discrepancies in some ending CGs (they were drawn before some clothes... so the clothes of the CG couldn't match 100% the one the characters are wearing, but hopefully that's not a big issue
).
About difficulty: I think in Hard settings, once you know some tricks, the game can be win. However let me know if you find the game too easy (or too hard, but I don't think, is just a matter of knowing what to do).
http://www.macgames.biz/games/Nicole-0.8.9-all.zip (single .zip containing executables for all supported platforms)
If you haven't bought it yet and want to:
http://www.winterwolves.com/nicole.htm
Walkthrough/Tips:
Spoiler:
- the "ending unlocked" texts appears only once, the first time (before they were appearing every time you replayed the endings from the gallery screen)
- various typos and some wrong background images, but that's it
What's new in 0.8.8
- added 4 extra book in online shopping, each one will increase one stat by 100! with that nobody should have any problem to reach the required stat value for each boy
- in Easy mode only, you make more money with the Jobs
- the online shopping has a custom chibi icon now
- added an extra check so the errors if you end an activity when is night time shouldn't appear anymore
- more typos fixed
What's new in 0.8.7
- after the lost phone scene, Nicole doesn't go out since is scared
- the references to specific date/months in the mystery plot have been changed so they work no matter when they play. So "last month" becomes "last August" or "a few months ago" and so on (if you find more, let me know).
What's new in 0.8.6
- CG images now will appear
(sorry about that! it was just a way to test if the gallery screen works, I swear! go there to replay the scenes you have already unlocked)- location background image will reflect the time of the day more accurately
- fixed a bug that was causing the game to be stuck with no action available if you ended a mystery scene exactly at night time (would show the screen "Choose what to do" but no options!)
- fixed the bug that would let you buy things in the online shopping without enough money!
- fixed Chandra mouth alignment
- the relationship point for Voix aren't shown in the daily summary so you don't know who he is until you find out in the game. The choices scores are still taken into account of course
- the scenes between Jeff and Ted at the pharmacy and store now appears in the right sequence and the small text inconsistencies have been fixed!
- various typos
SINCE THIS GAME HAS A MYSTERY ELEMENT, PLEASE REMEMBER TO USE THE SPOILER TAG!
A few notes:
I tested the game myself and was able to get all the endings. I'm looking for any bug report, from typos (even if the writer is going to recheck everything as well this week), to plot inconsistency, or for example if the text says "it's night" but in reality you see a bright day image, and so on. PLEASE BE ACCURATE when describing the bug (the exact phrase displayed) since the game is big and also after some scenes non-linear, so is hard for me to find it otherwise
There are some very small discrepancies in some ending CGs (they were drawn before some clothes... so the clothes of the CG couldn't match 100% the one the characters are wearing, but hopefully that's not a big issue
).About difficulty: I think in Hard settings, once you know some tricks, the game can be win. However let me know if you find the game too easy (or too hard, but I don't think, is just a matter of knowing what to do).
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