H there! I've been greatly enjoying the game so far -- I've just made it into Act IV.
I have a feeling there isn't a solution here, but I still need to ask before I go so far as to start the game from the beginning. I have no fuel points left in game coming out of the end-of-Act-III diner, which is also the location that the gas app brings me to as my "previous shrine." I have just one manual save (no, I am not smart) and all three of my autosave slots are a few minutes apart in the same diner.
To sum it up, I can't rewind or reload to a point when my party had any money at all for gas. I'm at literally 0 points. Do I have any way forward, or is this a self-imposed hell scenario where I'll have to start the game over entirely?
I believe you should be able to reach the next battle on the road when you start act 4. If you try it and run out of fuel before you reach it, that sounds like a bug—please email me your save file to christine@loveconquersallgames.com and I'll take a look!
Hey, thanks for the quick turnaround. I tried just that three times (the first, natural realization that I had no money and not enough gas, and then two more times to try what you just suggested) and in each circumstance the car would sputter to a stop and shift to the gas app right after going from 1 turn left to "NEXT" on the closest location.
I'm very happy to email my save, but a quick look around my steam folders has not turned up anything obvious.
On Windows, saves are located in %userprofile%\AppData\LocalLow\LoveConquersAllGames\Get in the CarLoser\saves
On MacOS, saves are located in either ~/Library/Application Support/LoveConquersAllGames/Get in the CarLoser/saves or ~/Library/Application Support/com.loveconquersallgames.gitcl/saves depending on your configuration.
Hello! I've been very interested in this game for a long time. I'd love to buy it directly from you, but also have it on Steam. It is considerably more expensive for me if I purchase it on Steam. Do you provide Steam keys if I purchase on itch.io, is it even financially feasible to do so (I don't want to cost you anything)? I can contact you over email about this if you prefer.
Yeah, I can provide Steam keys—they're now available for the base game for anyone who purchases it here! Unfortunately I can't provide DLC keys because of how the backend works. If you don't mind my asking, though, what's the issue with buying on Steam? All the regional prices SHOULD be equivalent to 10 USD or cheaper... is there a region where it's too high?
Firstly, I wasn't looking at the bundle with the soundtrack, I was looking at the total of the game plus both DLCs, which before tax is about $40 CAD (which is about $30 US), but the bundle with the soundtrack DOES equal approximately $25 USD, so that's alright then.
Secondly, I know Steam is going to hit me with 15% tax as I'm in Canada, and I was hoping that Itch wouldn't, but I suspect that after conversion and tax it'll be about the same as it is through Steam anyways, only with more hassle. So I'm just going to go ahead and do it on Steam right now! Thank you for the answer! :)
I recently uncovered this from the forgotten wastes of my unorganized hard drive. I have a DLC bundle attached to it, but the game doesn't detect any DLC. Did that get reorganized at some point?
Nope, nothing's been changed about the way DLC is detected since launch. What platform are you on, and what directory is the DLC's .bundle file located in?
Just found the 2nd DLC and am loving it. However, the game locked up when one of the roulette guys lived long enough to use his special, and the "ENEMY ABILITY: The Deadly Roulette Spares No Target" animation just plays endlessly on loop. Not sure if it's related, but the enemy was slowed & staggered (stunned?) when this happened. Can't go to menu or otherwise intervene; had to force-close the game.
Thanks for the report, I really appreciate that. To clarify, do you mean it was the black and white background flash with the ability name on it that just looped endlessly? I'll look into this!
I played it 2 years ago, and playing it again today. I cannot express how much I love this game. Thank you for making this lesbian roadtrip against faschism game!!!
I loved the hell out of this game, but I have a lore question.
There's multiple conversations with Angela, where she says if she used all her power it'd rip apart reality (I think, beat it a month ago), and when she dies, she's simply laying down in solidarity with the party.
When you fight the 27th and 68th arms of the Divine Order as part of the final conflict, why do they die? Couldn't they just... simply choose to continue fighting you forever? Or are they weak to the Sword of Fate or something? Or is Angela actually whipping them really, really hard during the conflict, and actually harming them in the process? Or do the superpower strength only apply to Angela because she's just built different
Specifically the reason Angela gives for holding back her power is "if I did not maintain the charade of normal human strength, the Divine Order would throw THEIR full strength at thy capture," which is true for long enough to make it to the confrontation with those two angels before the final boss. Past that, though, the party's just very tough themselves!
If you'd like a little bit more lore about the nature of the Divine Order, it comes up again in The Fate of Another World... and if we ever did get a chance to continue the game's story further from there, what it means for the Divine Order to throw its full strength at you is definitely near the top of the list of questions I'd love to answer.
I've got the game on Steam and tried asking there, but the forums are surprisingly quiet.
Does anyone know how can I bind the menu controls (arrows) to WASD and the Battle Menu to Tab? The settings allow to change character selection to WASD, but not the menu.
Also, is there an option for a more easily readable font? I've tried "Angel Fonts", but could not notice any difference.
Could you please tell, do the dialogue options affect anything long-term? Is there only one ending? Does the general gameplay loop change significantly after Act 1?
Is there any chance for a "party attached the Sword of Fate to the car and rammed the mobs" mode or auto-resolving encounters where (party level => encounter level)AND(number of foes < 4)? In Act 3, the game was played by 1 macro (to activate all attacks and switch to the next set on repeat) and the only time when manual input was needed was with a Black Shirt and a Protect Me at level 8 and the input consisted of switching targets from the former to the latter after it was staggered (couldn't out-damage the healing otherwise).
I might be missing some mechanics, but the car needs fuel and the party can be underlevelled for a boss battle, reliably leading to a defeat. Both, fuel and items, require ⛽P to get, thus encounters are not exactly avoidable but strongly encouraged (with Devil Clock on - late-game upgrades take quite a lot of materials), even if the only thing they consume is time.
I've finished the game and, if I may provide feedback, it would have been more enjoyable experience if it was a visual novel (the narrative, writing, and the story itself are good), even a kinetic one, or the combat and inventory management were limited to the boss battles.
As is, GITCL lacked any form of roleplay or the player's agency (beyond the above-mentioned inventory management) to be anywhere close to RPGs (e.g. Pathfinder, Dragon Age, Baldur's Gate).
We loved this game a ton, and it was actually in our very first stream! Love the battle system and writing so much, easily one of the best games we played in 2021:
A year later, this is simply one of the best games I've ever played. The story, the characters, the symbolism... all immensely good. Made me laugh, cry, love life
I've been watching my friend Robin stream this game (the perfect and most savage game for pride month 2022), and it's wonderful in so many ways.
If possible, could you release an artbook? I really want to spend some more time with the postcards and all of the beautiful pixel art, and I'd love to hear your thoughts about the design process (if you want and can).
Price raise?! Hell yes. I'm halfway through, and it's worth WAY more than ten bucks. Bought it again just to support yall! Thank you for making an awesome game.
this game is amazing! i loved it and i'm definitely going to play it again. i hope the other DLC comes out soon. i don't think i've ever disliked a game by christine love, and christa lee soundtracks are incredible. my only qualm is that i would love a new game plus option (i'm a dingus who didn't get the OP DLC weapons until after i finished the main game. oops.)
christine why no playstation or at least generic nintendo style button prompts i finally have time to sit down and play this after finalizing the divorce and there's only xbox prompts which i cannot use at all :(
Can you tell me a little more about your controller and platform? It should support PlayStation button prompts, they're what I use myself when developing, so it sounds like you're hitting a bug somewhere.
Oh how bizarre. I am using a DS4 connected directly to bluetooth and NOT using ds4win/etc, just steam connecting directly and recognizing it as a DS4. I do, however, have the big picture mode settings such where xbox controller support and the advanced support is also enabled (required for things like elden ring that have no native ds4 support) so I'm guessing the game is taking that option first?
I had this problem and disabling the "PlayStation Configuration Support" in steam fixed the prompts. Easy enough but I'd rather not disable that if I don't have to tbh, it lets me make my controller's LED pink!
I love this game, but have been having trouble loading up the game lately. It stays on the loading screen when I open it, and the game used to load quickly for me. I've been playing the itch io version of the game and have this problem, I also tried the Steam version but the loading screen is stuck with the Steam version too. Is there anything I can do to fix this? I play on Windows by the way. Thank you for making such a great game, and I'd love to fix this issue so I can keep playing it!
I'm sorry about that! If you could send an email to christine@loveconquersallgames.com with a little more detail I can look into this—is this loading a save file, or at game launch? If the latter, does it show anything on screen? And is this with or without DLC installed?
hey, thank you for making this! it's been a really good time to play. i was just wondering—in the act 4 intro, the game played no voiceover to match the subtitles in the introduction. this was also the case for the subtitles during the fights in the battle of the boardwalk dlc, which i played after beginning act 4. were no voices recorded for those sections, or was that a bug? i've been loving the radio messages and stuff, so i was curious!
This is definitely a bug, I'm sorry to hear this! Did this happen in any of the other acts, or just the DLC and Act 4? And do you remember during which act you played the DLC?
Also, sorry to ask the obvious, but are you sure you don't have SFX muted on the options screen?
it was just in those two acts, and i started the dlc directly after entering act 4! (it seemed like a good point emotionally.) i just checked to make sure and i haven't touched the sfx slider at all--it's still at 7/10 bars.
if it's relevant, i'm playing on windows 10! also, i installed the dlc somewhere in the middle of act 3, if i remember correctly.
Thanks for message :) just in case you haven't tried it there is a good android gameboy emulator called John GBC that I use myself to play this an other games on my phone. (i think it has a free version) as for a full android port; it is something I could do but am struggling to find time for projects at the moment so its not likely at this time.
the soundtrack is fucking great. i love the combat system. the story and the characters are great. i think what they did in act 3 with Sam is one of my favorite things about the game. the only things I didn't like was that sometimes the fights can feel a little tedious and also there's no auto save.
Two little things, first I really liked the game, although I'm half way through it (I guess half is 6 hours) it's a nice experience, the art (beautiful colors) and the story so original with characters that I like.
Second, I found out that it has a free version on steam, what will happen with the achievements, I have some progress, as soon as I load my game I will jump several achievements?
Any achievements you've qualified for (you can see which ones in the "feats" menu) will trigger automatically in Steam after a short period of the time playing.
One of the rare gems, the has both heart and polish- this game is a delight all the way through and you'd be MISSING the hell out if you pass this one by! The base game is free!!!
The visuals are gorgeous, bright and charming, the main designs land in the sweet spot of both cartoony and HOT, and the npcs occupy a full range in-between.
The music tracks are all a delight- retro JRPG vibes, and the battle music SLAPS- looping delightfully into the characters conversation about how they will be remember, and the game own nostalgic undertones.
The writing feels like well...a big gay road trip- it's fun and silly and I LOVE IT.
The combat is by far the most polarizing part of the game. It's weird remix of JRPG 'ATB' cooldowns and caught me off guard a bit. i was very much expecting a more turn-based system. Act 2/3 (when the elements get introduced) was extremely confusing. And more than a few of the boss battle had me brute forcing my way through them. But we did- because if there's one boss in all of videos I am NOT going to let get the best of me- it's the one at the end of Act 3.
Overall? The game is a delight. And you should grab it!
It took me a while to get to, but man oh man, you've really killed it here. I am glad I waited - the Lore Bible is a really helpful feature for me and my urge to collect goddamn every little snippet. Without meaning to put any pressure on you and recognizing that you've worked your butt off on this the last few years, good lord, I am so desperate for more of this. Well done, genius girl.
I do think I've got some kind of bug/unfortunate-brain-itch as a result of grabbing DLC1-1's travel stamp before ACT2's travel stamp, but didn't realize it until I was in ACT3 - is there a workaround? (Psst is there somewhere else I should drop this?)
Sorry about the bug! Can you send more details about what the screen looks like now and during which act you played the DLC during to support@loveconquersallgames.com? Thanks!
Charmingly written with a clever combat system. I do find myself frequently wishing for more combat options, however (a small variety of area of effect attacks in particular would be a godsend). With the limited spread of combat actions, the battles grow kind of stale and I find myself dodging fights in the hopes that maybe we'll get to have another conversation instead. But heck do I love hanging out and flirting with my friends. Flirting is the best.
Love it! If you've enjoyed Christine Love's other games, definitely give this a look. If you haven't played any others... definitely give this a look. I was worried about the battle system but it's super fun and clever and gives you the feeling of being a genius when it's going well. Heartfelt, funny, cute, music slaps, etc, etc. And the DLC rules!
e: yeah I guess it is a final fantasy for fans and newcomers alike
I love this game!! its so fun and Im having a blast :]
Im playing in the steam version and I think I got soft locked though, Im in chapter 3 just before the battle against Sam's anxieties and I was about to fight but instead I saved and exited the game bc I had to go do something, I cant start the fight or get out of there, the music isn't even playing and I don't have any other save file (which is on me sorry) I don't want to have to restart since the beggining what do I do?
I'm sorry, this is a known bug that was fixed in a previous update. You should be able to reload from an autosave file right before that fight, though—please let me know at support@loveconquersallgames.com if you still have any problems!
Please place the .bundle file in the same directory as either the app on Mac, or the .exe file on Windows. You can contact support@loveconquersallgames.com if you're still having trouble.
First, something very important to tell you: in act 2 and later, using the same element as the enemy will heal them, and act 3 gets extremely very emotionally heavy with no warning. Okay. Very good. Proceed.
I’ve spent enough time thinking about this game to give it a proper review. This will be mostly positive! I enjoyed my 13 hour experience with the game.
The text and dialogue is awesome. The party members are written well. Their attitudes are consistent, interesting, and funny. I captured many screenshots of funny moments to send to my friends online. The story is linear, with just a few minor text choices along the way, and this isn’t a bad thing. The text from the enemies is equally consistent and interesting, and the not-so-subtle links between the cultists and real-world right-wing shitheads made me smirk at least once.
The other main part of the game is the combat, and this will definitely be polarising, as you’ll see from the other comments here (which do contain spoilers, though), but my experience with it was also extremely positive. When I first saw the combat I was extremely overwhelmed by the interface (perhaps because I hadn’t before played an RPG with multiple commandable allies in fights, but I think it was overwhelming in general). The tutorial freezing time was very much appreciated, but it was still a lot to deal with in the first part of act 1. By the time of the act 1 boss it didn’t feel as overwhelming.
[just after finishing act 1]
cadence: by the way I’m trying the lesbian car game and the combat is actually insane
cadence: it seems complex but I don’t know if it’s actually deep
k: i looked at the video and i could barely process the UI
m: watching okay this is scary
cadence: doing shit is complex, but I don’t know if it’s actually deep, if that makes any sense?
cadence: I’ll let you know how it goes, looks like I’m real early into it
At the start of act 2 after the initial shock had worn off I was doubting whether the combat would be deep enough to captivate me through to the end of the rest of the game. By the end of act 2 I was completely sold, and loving every second of it. The elements in act 2, and the ability variety in act 4 (as well as mostly dropping the elements at that point) were much more than I had hoped for.
My favourite part of the combat, by far, was how much the party members actually managed to fill their roles, which was hard to feel at first, but if one of them is defeated, you really feel their loss. If Sam [the healer] is defeated, the rest aren’t long for this world. If Valentin [tank] is down, their taunt ability ends, and the enemies start attacking the rest of you at a rate that’s too high for Sam to easily keep up with. This really makes you feel the dynamics and coherence of the party and this blew me away when it made me notice that DPS really isn’t everything, and keeping the party members active is. I LOVE THIS. GOOD JOB, CHRISTINE. THIS WAS AWESOME. I AM IMPRESSED.
[right at the end of act 2]
cadence: okay, the combat in get in the car loser is really good. I’m sold.
The music is also incredible and I am going to buy it. I took most optional battles and listened to Spirit of the Times for several hours in all. I am not even slightly tired of it. It did not start to become grating. I love this song.
I liked the diner sections. They’re just, nice, yknow?
So, now for the bad.
I found the pixelated text font a little hard to read at times, especially the “text log”. I reckon the text log could benefit from an opaque background, a smaller font, and a better layout. (A small portrait of the person’s face next to their text could be nice!)
There’s not that much enemy variety.
I’m really disappointed with the gameplay of the beach DLC. Like, the premise of the entire thing is that sword lady is really annoying and gives you really annoying challenges over and over. Everyone comments about how annoyed they are at the annoying challenges, which are annoying to play, on purpose.
Christine, here is some feedback directly for you: If a section is annoying and unfun, you can talk all day about how annoying it is, but it’s still annoying and unfun to play. You deliberately designed it this way, as evidenced by the dialogue. In the next 2 DLC chapters, please don’t make the game unfun on purpose, okay? You can do some really cool stuff, like the entire main game!
The DLC chapter took me 40 minutes to complete, and I was smiling until I reached the first of sword lady’s challenges.
The maze was not interesting. The “talk to everybody until you get keys” thing was not interesting. The random encounters section sucked. I didn’t mind the road at all because I knew when the next combat would be - adding random encounters to that area made things so much worse. Would it have killed you to add groups of enemies to the world, and to trigger combat when you step next to them, and to make them go away once you’ve defeated them? Seriously, I loved the road fights, and I hated the random encounters. Please don’t do random encounters again.
The final fight with the thief was fine. I don’t understand what causes them to heal, which was a little frustrating, but I got there in the end through the power of banishing her partner and then pressing the attack buttons. Thank you, Zantetsuken.
Christa once again bowls a perfect 300 on the soundtrack, thankfully; and hiring an outfit designer here was absolutely worth it.
CONCLUSION:
The good things about this game GREATLY outweigh the bad. The bad things I mentioned are either nitpicks or DLC-only issues.
Should you play this for free? Yes!
Is it good enough that you should give the authors $10 (and unlock the DLC?) Yes!
Is it worth playing the DLC that you just paid for? Not unless you REALLY like the beach outfits, or want a sword that can send enemies to the shadow realm.
Hope this was insightful to some of you, and I’ll return with a smile when the (spirit of the) time comes to get my DLC 2 travel stamp. Peace! <3
Holy fuck can we please get some sort of "I have absolutely zero interest in listening to repeated transphobic and fascist bullshit, let me skip to the part where we beat this scumbag into the ground." button for Gaius?
That dialogue drags on wellbeyond any reasonable degree of tolerance, and if the deadnaming is censored then why not censor the misgendering similarly? I get that it's hammering in "This is a bad person", but it's not fun, it's not interesting, it's wasting my time and presenting far-too-real bigotry that I would never willingly tolerate for such a duration.
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H there! I've been greatly enjoying the game so far -- I've just made it into Act IV.
I have a feeling there isn't a solution here, but I still need to ask before I go so far as to start the game from the beginning. I have no fuel points left in game coming out of the end-of-Act-III diner, which is also the location that the gas app brings me to as my "previous shrine." I have just one manual save (no, I am not smart) and all three of my autosave slots are a few minutes apart in the same diner.
To sum it up, I can't rewind or reload to a point when my party had any money at all for gas. I'm at literally 0 points. Do I have any way forward, or is this a self-imposed hell scenario where I'll have to start the game over entirely?
I believe you should be able to reach the next battle on the road when you start act 4. If you try it and run out of fuel before you reach it, that sounds like a bug—please email me your save file to christine@loveconquersallgames.com and I'll take a look!
Hey, thanks for the quick turnaround. I tried just that three times (the first, natural realization that I had no money and not enough gas, and then two more times to try what you just suggested) and in each circumstance the car would sputter to a stop and shift to the gas app right after going from 1 turn left to "NEXT" on the closest location.
I'm very happy to email my save, but a quick look around my steam folders has not turned up anything obvious.
On Windows, saves are located in %userprofile%\AppData\LocalLow\Love Conquers All Games\Get in the Car Loser\saves
On MacOS, saves are located in either ~/Library/Application Support/Love Conquers All Games/Get in the Car Loser/saves or ~/Library/Application Support/com.loveconquersallgames.gitcl/saves depending on your configuration.
Hello! I've been very interested in this game for a long time. I'd love to buy it directly from you, but also have it on Steam. It is considerably more expensive for me if I purchase it on Steam. Do you provide Steam keys if I purchase on itch.io, is it even financially feasible to do so (I don't want to cost you anything)? I can contact you over email about this if you prefer.
Yeah, I can provide Steam keys—they're now available for the base game for anyone who purchases it here! Unfortunately I can't provide DLC keys because of how the backend works. If you don't mind my asking, though, what's the issue with buying on Steam? All the regional prices SHOULD be equivalent to 10 USD or cheaper... is there a region where it's too high?
Firstly, I wasn't looking at the bundle with the soundtrack, I was looking at the total of the game plus both DLCs, which before tax is about $40 CAD (which is about $30 US), but the bundle with the soundtrack DOES equal approximately $25 USD, so that's alright then.
Secondly, I know Steam is going to hit me with 15% tax as I'm in Canada, and I was hoping that Itch wouldn't, but I suspect that after conversion and tax it'll be about the same as it is through Steam anyways, only with more hassle. So I'm just going to go ahead and do it on Steam right now! Thank you for the answer! :)
I recently uncovered this from the forgotten wastes of my unorganized hard drive. I have a DLC bundle attached to it, but the game doesn't detect any DLC. Did that get reorganized at some point?
Nope, nothing's been changed about the way DLC is detected since launch. What platform are you on, and what directory is the DLC's .bundle file located in?
Just found the 2nd DLC and am loving it. However, the game locked up when one of the roulette guys lived long enough to use his special, and the "ENEMY ABILITY: The Deadly Roulette Spares No Target" animation just plays endlessly on loop. Not sure if it's related, but the enemy was slowed & staggered (stunned?) when this happened. Can't go to menu or otherwise intervene; had to force-close the game.
Thanks for the report, I really appreciate that. To clarify, do you mean it was the black and white background flash with the ability name on it that just looped endlessly? I'll look into this!
Yes, that's the one!
I played it 2 years ago, and playing it again today. I cannot express how much I love this game. Thank you for making this lesbian roadtrip against faschism game!!!
Hi!
I loved the hell out of this game, but I have a lore question.
There's multiple conversations with Angela, where she says if she used all her power it'd rip apart reality (I think, beat it a month ago), and when she dies, she's simply laying down in solidarity with the party.
When you fight the 27th and 68th arms of the Divine Order as part of the final conflict, why do they die? Couldn't they just... simply choose to continue fighting you forever? Or are they weak to the Sword of Fate or something? Or is Angela actually whipping them really, really hard during the conflict, and actually harming them in the process? Or do the superpower strength only apply to Angela because she's just built different
Specifically the reason Angela gives for holding back her power is "if I did not maintain the charade of normal human strength, the Divine Order would throw THEIR full strength at thy capture," which is true for long enough to make it to the confrontation with those two angels before the final boss. Past that, though, the party's just very tough themselves!
If you'd like a little bit more lore about the nature of the Divine Order, it comes up again in The Fate of Another World... and if we ever did get a chance to continue the game's story further from there, what it means for the Divine Order to throw its full strength at you is definitely near the top of the list of questions I'd love to answer.
Hello.
I've got the game on Steam and tried asking there, but the forums are surprisingly quiet.
Does anyone know how can I bind the menu controls (arrows) to WASD and the Battle Menu to Tab? The settings allow to change character selection to WASD, but not the menu.
Also, is there an option for a more easily readable font? I've tried "Angel Fonts", but could not notice any difference.
The arrow keys cannot be remapped.
The only option for changing the font is to change the font angels use to match the normal dialogue font. No others can be changed.
Thank you for the information.
Could you please tell, do the dialogue options affect anything long-term? Is there only one ending? Does the general gameplay loop change significantly after Act 1?
Dialogue choices only affect conversations and there's only one ending.
Thank you for the information.
Is there any chance for a "party attached the Sword of Fate to the car and rammed the mobs" mode or auto-resolving encounters where (party level => encounter level)AND(number of foes < 4)? In Act 3, the game was played by 1 macro (to activate all attacks and switch to the next set on repeat) and the only time when manual input was needed was with a Black Shirt and a Protect Me at level 8 and the input consisted of switching targets from the former to the latter after it was staggered (couldn't out-damage the healing otherwise).
If you don't want to fight an encounter, avoiding it is always an option!
I might be missing some mechanics, but the car needs fuel and the party can be underlevelled for a boss battle, reliably leading to a defeat. Both, fuel and items, require ⛽P to get, thus encounters are not exactly avoidable but strongly encouraged (with Devil Clock on - late-game upgrades take quite a lot of materials), even if the only thing they consume is time.
Hello again.
I just wanted to say thank you for GITCL.
I've finished the game and, if I may provide feedback, it would have been more enjoyable experience if it was a visual novel (the narrative, writing, and the story itself are good), even a kinetic one, or the combat and inventory management were limited to the boss battles.
As is, GITCL lacked any form of roleplay or the player's agency (beyond the above-mentioned inventory management) to be anywhere close to RPGs (e.g. Pathfinder, Dragon Age, Baldur's Gate).
I loved this game so much, I had art of myself drawn in the Sword of Fate pose
We loved this game a ton, and it was actually in our very first stream! Love the battle system and writing so much, easily one of the best games we played in 2021:
A year later, this is simply one of the best games I've ever played. The story, the characters, the symbolism... all immensely good. Made me laugh, cry, love life
These screens are so unbelievably charming!!!
I've been watching my friend Robin stream this game (the perfect and most savage game for pride month 2022), and it's wonderful in so many ways.
If possible, could you release an artbook? I really want to spend some more time with the postcards and all of the beautiful pixel art, and I'd love to hear your thoughts about the design process (if you want and can).
Regardless, thank you for making this game!
Price raise?! Hell yes. I'm halfway through, and it's worth WAY more than ten bucks. Bought it again just to support yall! Thank you for making an awesome game.
this game is amazing! i loved it and i'm definitely going to play it again. i hope the other DLC comes out soon. i don't think i've ever disliked a game by christine love, and christa lee soundtracks are incredible. my only qualm is that i would love a new game plus option (i'm a dingus who didn't get the OP DLC weapons until after i finished the main game. oops.)
5 stars, Wonderful.
This is fucking wonderful congradulations :)
christine why no playstation or at least generic nintendo style button prompts i finally have time to sit down and play this after finalizing the divorce and there's only xbox prompts which i cannot use at all :(
Can you tell me a little more about your controller and platform? It should support PlayStation button prompts, they're what I use myself when developing, so it sounds like you're hitting a bug somewhere.
Oh how bizarre. I am using a DS4 connected directly to bluetooth and NOT using ds4win/etc, just steam connecting directly and recognizing it as a DS4. I do, however, have the big picture mode settings such where xbox controller support and the advanced support is also enabled (required for things like elden ring that have no native ds4 support) so I'm guessing the game is taking that option first?
Ah, okay, I see! What happens if you run the game without Steam—does it pick it up correctly in that case?
I had this problem and disabling the "PlayStation Configuration Support" in steam fixed the prompts. Easy enough but I'd rather not disable that if I don't have to tbh, it lets me make my controller's LED pink!
I love this game, but have been having trouble loading up the game lately. It stays on the loading screen when I open it, and the game used to load quickly for me. I've been playing the itch io version of the game and have this problem, I also tried the Steam version but the loading screen is stuck with the Steam version too. Is there anything I can do to fix this? I play on Windows by the way. Thank you for making such a great game, and I'd love to fix this issue so I can keep playing it!
I'm sorry about that! If you could send an email to christine@loveconquersallgames.com with a little more detail I can look into this—is this loading a save file, or at game launch? If the latter, does it show anything on screen? And is this with or without DLC installed?
hey, thank you for making this! it's been a really good time to play. i was just wondering—in the act 4 intro, the game played no voiceover to match the subtitles in the introduction. this was also the case for the subtitles during the fights in the battle of the boardwalk dlc, which i played after beginning act 4. were no voices recorded for those sections, or was that a bug? i've been loving the radio messages and stuff, so i was curious!
This is definitely a bug, I'm sorry to hear this! Did this happen in any of the other acts, or just the DLC and Act 4? And do you remember during which act you played the DLC?
Also, sorry to ask the obvious, but are you sure you don't have SFX muted on the options screen?
it was just in those two acts, and i started the dlc directly after entering act 4! (it seemed like a good point emotionally.) i just checked to make sure and i haven't touched the sfx slider at all--it's still at 7/10 bars.
if it's relevant, i'm playing on windows 10! also, i installed the dlc somewhere in the middle of act 3, if i remember correctly.
Thanks—that's very bizarre! Do you happen to have a save file from before you either started act 4 or the DLC? If so, that could be really helpful!
Anyway, thanks for the report, I appreciate it. I'll look into this!
thanks so much for your prompt response! unfortunately i don't have any saves from act 3 or earlier, sorry.
No worries, thanks anyway!
Hello,
Your game looks like pretty cool, the only problem is that i play on android !
If you make an android Version, i'll buy it !
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they look good yes
Thanks for message :) just in case you haven't tried it there is a good android gameboy emulator called John GBC that I use myself to play this an other games on my phone. (i think it has a free version) as for a full android port; it is something I could do but am struggling to find time for projects at the moment so its not likely at this time.
Can't believe I'm playing this for free
the soundtrack is fucking great. i love the combat system. the story and the characters are great. i think what they did in act 3 with Sam is one of my favorite things about the game. the only things I didn't like was that sometimes the fights can feel a little tedious and also there's no auto save.
Thanks! And sorry you missed the autosaves—they have their own page, to the left of page 1 of save files.
This art is so good it hurts.
Two little things, first I really liked the game, although I'm half way through it (I guess half is 6 hours) it's a nice experience, the art (beautiful colors) and the story so original with characters that I like.
Second, I found out that it has a free version on steam, what will happen with the achievements, I have some progress, as soon as I load my game I will jump several achievements?
Any achievements you've qualified for (you can see which ones in the "feats" menu) will trigger automatically in Steam after a short period of the time playing.
One of the rare gems, the has both heart and polish- this game is a delight all the way through and you'd be MISSING the hell out if you pass this one by! The base game is free!!!
The visuals are gorgeous, bright and charming, the main designs land in the sweet spot of both cartoony and HOT, and the npcs occupy a full range in-between.
The music tracks are all a delight- retro JRPG vibes, and the battle music SLAPS- looping delightfully into the characters conversation about how they will be remember, and the game own nostalgic undertones.
The writing feels like well...a big gay road trip- it's fun and silly and I LOVE IT.
The combat is by far the most polarizing part of the game. It's weird remix of JRPG 'ATB' cooldowns and caught me off guard a bit. i was very much expecting a more turn-based system. Act 2/3 (when the elements get introduced) was extremely confusing. And more than a few of the boss battle had me brute forcing my way through them. But we did- because if there's one boss in all of videos I am NOT going to let get the best of me- it's the one at the end of Act 3.
Overall? The game is a delight. And you should grab it!
I don't know anything about this game yet but the title sold me
"Get in the car loser , we're going shopping ." - Regina George
It took me a while to get to, but man oh man, you've really killed it here. I am glad I waited - the Lore Bible is a really helpful feature for me and my urge to collect goddamn every little snippet. Without meaning to put any pressure on you and recognizing that you've worked your butt off on this the last few years, good lord, I am so desperate for more of this. Well done, genius girl.
I do think I've got some kind of bug/unfortunate-brain-itch as a result of grabbing DLC1-1's travel stamp before ACT2's travel stamp, but didn't realize it until I was in ACT3 - is there a workaround? (Psst is there somewhere else I should drop this?)
Sorry about the bug! Can you send more details about what the screen looks like now and during which act you played the DLC during to support@loveconquersallgames.com? Thanks!
sam is friggin hot, that's it, that's the post
Charmingly written with a clever combat system. I do find myself frequently wishing for more combat options, however (a small variety of area of effect attacks in particular would be a godsend). With the limited spread of combat actions, the battles grow kind of stale and I find myself dodging fights in the hopes that maybe we'll get to have another conversation instead. But heck do I love hanging out and flirting with my friends. Flirting is the best.
Love it! If you've enjoyed Christine Love's other games, definitely give this a look. If you haven't played any others... definitely give this a look. I was worried about the battle system but it's super fun and clever and gives you the feeling of being a genius when it's going well. Heartfelt, funny, cute, music slaps, etc, etc. And the DLC rules!
e: yeah I guess it is a final fantasy for fans and newcomers alike
I just wanted to let you know that I noticed you included "it fucking sucks" for every single enemy description and it gets funnier every time, thanks
I love this game!! its so fun and Im having a blast :]
Im playing in the steam version and I think I got soft locked though, Im in chapter 3 just before the battle against Sam's anxieties and I was about to fight but instead I saved and exited the game bc I had to go do something, I cant start the fight or get out of there, the music isn't even playing and I don't have any other save file (which is on me sorry) I don't want to have to restart since the beggining what do I do?
I'm sorry, this is a known bug that was fixed in a previous update. You should be able to reload from an autosave file right before that fight, though—please let me know at support@loveconquersallgames.com if you still have any problems!
OMG ITS FIXED THANK YOU!!!
I truly adore this game I would've been so upset if it didn't work, thank you sm :D
well, its not for me tho, game looks good, but too much elements at the one moment, seems hard to play
oof
I still don't know what folder to install my DLC into so that it will be detected by the game, halp
Please place the .bundle file in the same directory as either the app on Mac, or the .exe file on Windows. You can contact support@loveconquersallgames.com if you're still having trouble.
oh my god, it's finally here!!!
This looks amazing !!!
No spoilers
I’ve spent enough time thinking about this game to give it a proper review. This will be mostly positive! I enjoyed my 13 hour experience with the game.
The text and dialogue is awesome. The party members are written well. Their attitudes are consistent, interesting, and funny. I captured many screenshots of funny moments to send to my friends online. The story is linear, with just a few minor text choices along the way, and this isn’t a bad thing. The text from the enemies is equally consistent and interesting, and the not-so-subtle links between the cultists and real-world right-wing shitheads made me smirk at least once.
The other main part of the game is the combat, and this will definitely be polarising, as you’ll see from the other comments here (which do contain spoilers, though), but my experience with it was also extremely positive. When I first saw the combat I was extremely overwhelmed by the interface (perhaps because I hadn’t before played an RPG with multiple commandable allies in fights, but I think it was overwhelming in general). The tutorial freezing time was very much appreciated, but it was still a lot to deal with in the first part of act 1. By the time of the act 1 boss it didn’t feel as overwhelming.
At the start of act 2 after the initial shock had worn off I was doubting whether the combat would be deep enough to captivate me through to the end of the rest of the game. By the end of act 2 I was completely sold, and loving every second of it. The elements in act 2, and the ability variety in act 4 (as well as mostly dropping the elements at that point) were much more than I had hoped for.
My favourite part of the combat, by far, was how much the party members actually managed to fill their roles, which was hard to feel at first, but if one of them is defeated, you really feel their loss. If Sam [the healer] is defeated, the rest aren’t long for this world. If Valentin [tank] is down, their taunt ability ends, and the enemies start attacking the rest of you at a rate that’s too high for Sam to easily keep up with. This really makes you feel the dynamics and coherence of the party and this blew me away when it made me notice that DPS really isn’t everything, and keeping the party members active is. I LOVE THIS. GOOD JOB, CHRISTINE. THIS WAS AWESOME. I AM IMPRESSED.
The music is also incredible and I am going to buy it. I took most optional battles and listened to Spirit of the Times for several hours in all. I am not even slightly tired of it. It did not start to become grating. I love this song.
I liked the diner sections. They’re just, nice, yknow?
So, now for the bad.
I found the pixelated text font a little hard to read at times, especially the “text log”. I reckon the text log could benefit from an opaque background, a smaller font, and a better layout. (A small portrait of the person’s face next to their text could be nice!)
There’s not that much enemy variety.
I’m really disappointed with the gameplay of the beach DLC. Like, the premise of the entire thing is that sword lady is really annoying and gives you really annoying challenges over and over. Everyone comments about how annoyed they are at the annoying challenges, which are annoying to play, on purpose.
Christine, here is some feedback directly for you: If a section is annoying and unfun, you can talk all day about how annoying it is, but it’s still annoying and unfun to play. You deliberately designed it this way, as evidenced by the dialogue. In the next 2 DLC chapters, please don’t make the game unfun on purpose, okay? You can do some really cool stuff, like the entire main game!
The DLC chapter took me 40 minutes to complete, and I was smiling until I reached the first of sword lady’s challenges.
The maze was not interesting. The “talk to everybody until you get keys” thing was not interesting. The random encounters section sucked. I didn’t mind the road at all because I knew when the next combat would be - adding random encounters to that area made things so much worse. Would it have killed you to add groups of enemies to the world, and to trigger combat when you step next to them, and to make them go away once you’ve defeated them? Seriously, I loved the road fights, and I hated the random encounters. Please don’t do random encounters again.
The final fight with the thief was fine. I don’t understand what causes them to heal, which was a little frustrating, but I got there in the end through the power of banishing her partner and then pressing the attack buttons. Thank you, Zantetsuken.
Christa once again bowls a perfect 300 on the soundtrack, thankfully; and hiring an outfit designer here was absolutely worth it.
CONCLUSION:
The good things about this game GREATLY outweigh the bad. The bad things I mentioned are either nitpicks or DLC-only issues.
Hope this was insightful to some of you, and I’ll return with a smile when the (spirit of the) time comes to get my DLC 2 travel stamp. Peace! <3
One major issue with a specific boss:
Holy fuck can we please get some sort of "I have absolutely zero interest in listening to repeated transphobic and fascist bullshit, let me skip to the part where we beat this scumbag into the ground." button for Gaius?
That dialogue drags on well beyond any reasonable degree of tolerance, and if the deadnaming is censored then why not censor the misgendering similarly?
I get that it's hammering in "This is a bad person", but it's not fun, it's not interesting, it's wasting my time and presenting far-too-real bigotry that I would never willingly tolerate for such a duration.
I think hold space to skip option like when you're redoing a battle post loss would be good, could have flavour text like "bigoted nonsense skipper"
This already exists in all pre-boss dialogue! Gaius included.