The Girls of your Dreams

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Does this happen when you press the Itch's red "Run game" button? So, the game doesn't even start? Or you mean the "Have a dream" button in-game? Can you please post a picture of the whole screen?

Also, what's your OS / browser?

Hi! Thanks for reporting this.

If you're on desktop, it would be really helpful if you sent me the logs from your console. You can do it like this:

• before pressing "Run game", open the dev tools (Ctrl + Shift + I in Chrome / Opera / Edge / FF, Option + Command + I in Safari);
• find the "Console" tab;
• try running the game;
• note if there is anything red logged in the console; if there is, send me the text of it (right-click and choose "Save as...", or copy-paste to some *.txt, or just make a screenshot).

First of all, I am deeply, immensely thankful for your feedback! I started this project with no particular goal in mind, mostly as an excersize for myself, but seeing how it evolved, and knowing there's someone (even if its one person) who likes it - this means a world to me. Thank you!

Now, I'll try to give you some responses.

Introducing concepts that you never really hear in other sexual fantasy media, like the crystals that gets absorbed by your skin that rejuvenate you and allow you to last longer

I can't help but tease a little bit, I have so much more of these things planned xD. It takes a lot of time to add them though, cause while I have the ideas, I'm bad at words (especially in English), so I have a wonderful writer who brings these ideas to life, and it takes a lot of iterations to achieve what I want.

The music choice is great too, it's very happy music sometimes ^^ (maybe hololive bgm?) it can feel awkward when it gets quiet sometimes though.

I can assure you that the final version of the game will have music on all levels. Currently special encounters don't have it, cause I want them to have not just some generic music, but something that matches the atmosphere properly, which again, takes time.

Speedrun strat: Strafing = more speed. Press both right and up and you'll move faster for example.

Technically, the game registers each keystroke separately, so under the hood the character actually moves right first, and then up - so its two turns actually, but usually it will happen quick enough to create an illusion of going diagonally. To really move diagonally in one turn, you can use 1-3-7-9 buttons on NumPad, if you got one, or clicks. Just thought it might be important to note, cause it clutch situations spending extra turn to move might matter.

Using an autoclicker or key macro may be recommended if you find yourself having to move so much your hand hurts.

Autoclickers might suffice as a workaround, but make sure the click rate is not too high, cause if you set it to click like 10 times a second, the game might struggle to process it and freeze (I'll talk more about this later)

Items dissapear when you try to pick them up with your inventory full. If this is intentional, I don't like it. I could had made space for the item instead of having it dissapear

This was intentional, cause in the early stages the game wouldn't let you step on a tile with an item if your inventory is full, and if the item happened to be spawned in a corridor, you could be trapped (unable to go through the corridor). I can see now it was not the greatest solution, so as an alternative, I think about implementing a mechanic that if you're about to step on a tile with an item, and your inventory is full, you would push the item (Sokoban style). So you would see you can't pick it up immediately, and won't lose the chance to do it later.

The quit button doesn't work. This is likely an error on my end

I saw this issue before, and I thought it was fixed... Are you using the latest version of the game? I'll investigate this more.

There's a delay when I press the x in the gallery. It takes a few seconds too long to close.

Hmmm, haven't seen this one before, might be system specific. Will investigate too.

It needs more mechanics and incentives to add replayability and make the runs feel more different.

Definitely. I hope to solve this by adding more items (will be my next focus once I'm done with random encounters).

Better item descriptions

Yeah, probably, will reiterate on those. One note though: the description given to you is based on character's Intelligence stat (e.g. with low Int the character will look at liquid soap bottle and be like "yeah its a bottle", and with higher Int the game will give more details, but still not tell you exactly what it does)

A way to move without having to spam the same key repeteadly may be important health wise, maybe shift+walk?

Yes, you are 100% correct. Sorry for your hand xD. The more I test the game, the clearer I see walking is tiresome. I keep shelving this due to the complexity of the proper implementation for this (I'm not the best programmer in the world, and I might've made some poor decisions when laying down the architecture for the game, which now holds me back). I will still return to this problem, as it definitely requires some solution.

I want more girls for each species. Girls that are recognizable, likable, and have unique behaviors and dialogue. Just like the Yuki Onna or the Succubus

Absolutely, I have more in the works.

Game over scenes, more incentive to lose but also more incentive to win small encounters. This game has gameplay that is engaging, but the sex isn't engaging because you end up seeing a lot of the same encounters and scenes and they all start to look similar

I'm not a fan of game over scenes, cause it gives me two contradicting goals:
(1) I want to progress the story / beat the game, so I should do my best.
(2) I don't want to miss out on content, so I should lose to see the scenes.

I remember playing MGQ and constantly saving before each battle, losing intentionally for the first time to see the scene, then reloading and actually put up a fight. And I didn't like that loop, it broke the tempo of the gameplay.

At the same time, I surely understand that once you opened all the illustrations (which will happen rather quick as there isn't a lot of them at the moment), it will become quite repetitive. I hoped to solve this with extra illustrations that you open with shards in the gallery, and then see in game. There's only one right now, so it doesn't really work, but I've added 9 new illustrations recently (not published yet), and in the final version of the game each girl will have at least 3 illustrations to unlock (not only with shards, but also by meeting certain requerements, like achievements).

Some secrets and easter eggs, a rare combination of things that you can do with the girls that could lead to a different outcome

Sure! There are some already (have you tried reading any spell scroll while being drunk?), and I have more planned.

Would be nice if some of the monster girls were helpful instead of being a threat

Actually, one of the main characters (Kitsune) is gonna be pretty much that, although not exactly. I'll think about this more.

Better visuals for your equipment. Instead of having it in text on the side have it on a window

Yeah, this was brought up by other people too. Long story short, this is a result of my original intent to create "true Rogue-like" experience. I consider changing the UI for this completely, but this has to be thought out carefully and will require a lot of work, so I gave it a lower priority for now.

Being able to have a pet or companion would be a great way to build a story based on a relationship.

One of the ideas I had is when one of the main characters joins hero's harem, or  when their attitude grows to a certain level, they would travel with the hero, acting like a helpful NPC, or maybe you would meet them during your runs more often and they would give you some aid or power you up a bit. Not sure how its gonna work in the end, cause all of these ideas are quite complex, but I'll cook something.

Corruption kink? Getting a character that isn't open to sex to become open to sex. Hypnosis kink? having your body controlled by something else. Illusion kink? Nothing you see is what's actually happening. Space and sci-fi elements, space is weird so it fits in a dream scenario.

I have something in the works for one of these kinks already (won't tell you which one yet xD), and I can see others fitting well into the game too. Thank you for the suggestions! I will explore more territories in the future.

Physical combat. This is a mechanic that is discouraged in the game, but combat can be used to lead to a sexual situation if for example the girl likes it.

Are you reading my mind or what? xD

Allright, I'll give it away: besides goblins and harpies, there will also be orc girls in the desert one day, and they might like it when you're rough with them... But its gonna be more like an exception to the rule, cause I want the main focus of the game to be different.

An android version would be convenient for me.

Currently, browser version should be playable on mobile (although I'm sure there might be issues, please let me know if you find something specific). I can't promise more unfortunately, cause making a proper Android version is a huge commitment.

I don't see a way to use my items against the monster girls.

This is underdeveloped at the moment, but the girls will use the items you give them. So you will be able to give the blindness potion to a cowgirl, for example, she'll drink it and become disoriented for some time. It won't work on everyone though: for example, phoenixes will be smart enough not to drink it. None of this is currently implemented, but I have a huge document where I put all such ideas, and there's a lot of interactions planned. 

By the way, about the restoration scroll. All the spells you cast by reading scrolls can fail. This depends on Int stat too. If that happens, the either the effect will be the opposite of intended (restoration scroll actually damaging you), or just nothing will happen. The game will highlight this with "You probably misread something" message.

An item to increase your inventory.

While this is basically a rudiment from the times when the game was controlled with keyboard only (I was too lazy to implement pagination, so I limited contextual options to 10), during the testing I found out that I enjoy this limitation. It gives you some challenge by making you constantly think "do I really need this?", and as your experience with the game grows, you'll know better which items are actually worth keeping. I also like this as a compromise between realism (giving each item some weight and limiting the max weight you can carry) and game convention (if Doomguy can carry a BFG in his pocket, I can carry these 50 leather shirts no problem).

Anyways, as I said, its not certain, but I might revamp the UI for inventory completely one day, so this limitation will go away.

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Phew, this turned out to be a hell of a wall of text xD. Just felt like I need to share some thought process and plans. Sorry if I missed something crucial. And thanks again for all your impressions and ideas. This makes me a bit nervous, as it reminds me how much work still lies ahead. But it also makes me excited, cause when I visualize the game in is final form, its damn beautiful xD. So thank you, I will surely not give up, and I'll do my best!

Your skill is, of course, not a problem, but neither is the spawning mechanism, I believe. This situation could've been avoided if you stood next to the fence. The real problem, in my opinion, is that the game tells you this only when you lost to a cowgirl a couple of times, and only once, which is easy to miss. That's why I will be working on adding more ways to discover this (like the in-game encyclopedia I mentioned before).

Edit: by the way, I really appreciate time and effort you put into giving the feedback, thank you!

For cowgirls, you should have high Appeal (13+). Then, after knocking you down, she will not stomp on you, and will instead do something else.

For phoenixes, you just go ahead and use (S)ex action on her.

Thank you for the kind words! Compliment about writing from someone who is a writer themselves means a lot xD

I'm really happy that the game managed to not only attract, but also keep your attention. I'm sorry for the slow progress - but this pace allows me to keep my daily job and avoid burning out, so it will probably remain the same. But I have a schedule, and according to it, I'm not falling behind xD. I hope to have more contentful updates soon.

Thanks again, your comment made my day xD

One of the ideas I had in mind is to have an in-game encyclopedia with full details on monsters, items, effects etc., where entries would open naturally as you play, but if you are interested in something particular, you'd be able to open them immediately with some purely symbolic amount of gems.

The gallery, however, will be the main target for spending the dream shards. I know I haven't updated it in a while, but there will be much more content to unlock, and not only images.

I'm also open to suggestions! 

I can understand that - from my limited playtesting, the ghosts might be quite annoying if you haven't found the binding sign. I definitely want to do something with this in the future; the options I'm considering are:

• reducing the total amount of monsters on this level;
• reducing the amount of lymph drained / leaving at least 1 lymph for the hero to not die from it;
• adding more options of dealing with ghosts (in addition to "irritating" them with saying dumb stuff). 

If there is anything else you could suggest, I'll be happy to hear from you. 

Hi! Can you be more specific please? What exactly is your experience? 

Additionally, as I usually ask, can you please tell me what browser and OS you're trying to run the game on? And if you're on desktop, it would be really helpful if you sent me the logs from your console. You can do it like this:

• before pressing "Run game", open the dev tools (Ctrl + Shift + I in Chrome / Opera / Edge / FF, Option + Command + I in Safari);
• find the "Console" tab;
• try running the game;
• note if there is anything red logged in the console; if there is, send me the text of it (right-click and choose "Save as...", or copy-paste to some *.txt, or just make a screenshot).

Hi! Thanks for reporting this! Lets try to figure out what is happening here.

1. Dumb question, but are you standing directly on the portal?
2. Does the rest of the navigation (1-4, 6-9) work for you?
3. When game fails to go through the portal, does it freeze, or can you continue playing?

Hey! Just wanted to let you know, text animation is now skippable! While its in progress, you can click anywhere on the screen, and the text will be shown instantly.

Hi! Thanks for reporting this!

This was actually just overlooked from my side. Web removal was implemented as a "reaction" to player's direct action, so when a Spider faints due to spell effect, it is not triggered. This is a bug, and will be fixed in the next update!

In the meanwhile, if you're unable to continue the game, please use the "Erase saved game" button in game's options. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Hey! Thanks a lot for your comment!

I have a couple of ideas regarding what could've happened there, but as usual, if you could please check the logs and tell me if there are any errors - that would help me immensely (I had an instruction on how to see the logs in my answer to the comment below).

Regarding "Abandon Run" button - it is in my to-do list, and will definitely be there in the final version of the game.

The inability to inspect items that are on the ground is by design - I  don't want to give up too much info about the item before you pick it up, so I think that seeing item's tile is just enough. But as for dropping the items - you're certainly right, its a much needed ability, and you know what? I have just added it this week! It will be available in the next build, which comes out next Sunday.

Thanks for reporting this! I reproduced the error, will try to fix it today.

Edit: I deployed the hotfix; its still a single, "all-in-one" executable, but missing dependency should not cause an error now. Please check when you have time and let me know if that worked!

Unfortunately, not at the moment. In browser, the game resolution will always be equal to the browser's viewport size, and in desktop version - to the window size. With the technologies I'm using, changing that is nearly impossible. 

I plan to add fullscreen / windowed toggle to the game options though; I can prioritize it for the next month build if it helps.

By the way, what resolution do you have?

like can i start from the beginning again

Sorry about that, they were in game description before - I updated it, and was going to add the hints to the game instead, but that was delayed.

Currently, controls include:

• 1-4, 6-9 (Numpad) - movement
• 5 (Numpad) - go to the next level (you should fing the portal to do it)
• H - (h)it - punch the person next to the player. If no one is nearby, the hero will swing the air, pretending that he's boxing. This action is only available if the monster has shown aggression towards the hero, i.e. only "in response": I don't want you to go around beating up girls for no reason, that's not the point of the game xD. 
• S - (s)ex - have sex. This is a conservative version of sex, where a man's penis penetrates a woman's vagina, so if, say, the hero is wearing a chastity belt or has turned himself into a pickle woman, the action is unavailable. If no one is around, the hero just jerks off. 
• F - (f)ondle - fondle the person next to you (or yourself, again, if no one is around). 
• U - (u)se item - use an item from the inventory. The method of use depends on the type of item (if it's clothing, the hero puts it on; if it's a scroll, he reads it; if it's a potion, he drinks it, etc.).
• I - (i)nspect - inspect the inventory. 
• P - (p)ay - give a certain amount of money to someone who is close by. 
• T - (t)alk - the hero will say something, like some pick-up line. 
• G - (g)ive - the hero gives the girl an item from his inventory.

I hope to be able to put all of this into the game in the next update.