2018/01/29

Teraurge 1.0 release

(Should work on Windows 7 and possibly on other Windows versions)


MEGA Download link: Teraurge 1.11

1.11
  • Ambient tinting applied more reliably to character sprites after scene changes.
  • The cave murder works now.
  • Knifes and Punflen scripting works now. 
  • Equipping items no longer causes all resistances to drop -2.
1.10
  • Save game checksum failure fixed. Hopefully less dirty boys going forward. 
  • Saves made on earlier versions will not work. (I know, I know...)
1.9
  • Dialogue hidden by an attribute no longer requires +1 more than necessary.
  • Various scripting fixes.
  • A horrifying save game validation system has been unleashed on the game. May it's victims find peace. Saves made on earlier versions will not work.
1.8
  • Okay, third and final time. Bykaas works now (You will need a new game).
  • Removed debug items. (you should delete your older save games to avoid sequence breaking)
  • You now start the witch's house when starting a new game during a game.
  • Talking to Punflen again is no longer hidden.
1.7
  • You can assign attributes at start of a new game again.
  • The invisible buttons in the character menu are back.
  • (There's definitely no connection between these two)
1.6
  • Starting a new game during a game no longer locks the game.
  • Bykaas scripting is now actually fixed.
  • Item "Bag of randticks" now actually exists.
  • Giant water serpent fight fixed.
  • Text input while fullscreen now works.
  • Saving while on top of a discovered location now works.
  • Other various scripting fixes across several characters.
  • Bykaas no longer gives handjobs to female PCs.
1.5
  • Talking to Bykaas after having sex with her won't lock the game. 
  • Yawning void of the sock tree has been sated, It no longer yearns for confused souls. It's not you, it's her.
  • Taulsol scripting fixed.
  • Various other scripting fixes across all characters.
  • No more infinite spearheads.
  • You can now use arrow keys on the map.
  • Windowed is no longer resizable and fullscreen has no borders (different aspect ratios cause trouble).
1.4
  • Braq and Niird encounter scripting fixed.
  • Other scripting fixes.
1.3
  • You can now meet Taulsol at the pier and talk about stuff with him.
  • Added version number on mainmenu.
  • All character scripting checked for dialogue locks (There's probably still some).
  • Saving and loading interface is less janky.
1.2
  • You can now alleviate your financial problems by stepping on rusty sharp things.
  • Reduced Niird spawn rates on the beach.
  • You can now leave the witch's dialogue tree when returning to her.
  • You can now navigate backwards in the dialogue tree after talking to witch about the other portal victims.
  • Shyni no longer thinks she touched the bowl after player successfully resisted mind control
  • Asking Subni about anal sex doesn't result in a lock.
  • Save/load screen now properly closes after a load.
  • You can now lift female Braq's tail, (It's heavy tho).
  • Stopped enemies from sliding away.
  • Increased enemy turn speed.
  • Save system fixed. (!)
1.1
  • Player attributes should now work properly. (Name + attributes)


Consider this alpha, lots of stuff is probably still broken.
I have to stress that this is a complete amateur project (I'm sitting in my underwear, eating a carrots in the middle of the night while writing this), so testing is pretty much nonexistent. The game has been tested on two machines running Windows 7, so that's the only platform I can give a weak guarantee for.

There will be bugs. Please send me email to: meandraco.gamedev@gmail.com when the game stops working. I will dedicate next few days to just fixing stuff in the game.

Please comment bugs and problems as well. I will try to answer everything. I will probably be sleeping the next 8 or so hours, so help and answers will come with a lag.

1.0 Notes:

  • You can use number pad keys to move around the map (or mouse if you're a masochist).
  • No sounds! (I have plans to change this).
  • Install the game to a fast hard drive. All the assets are streamed into the game.
    • If you have a really slow HD or an usb drive that goes to sleep easily, you're gonna have bad time.
  • I've crunched few weeks and I've made some rather violent editing with dialogue and story. Some dialogue trees might appear very sparse and linear because of this.
  • There's a lot of rushed art.
  • The male PC is more fleshed out and probably less buggy.
  • The game is based on Adobe Air so compiling versions for Android, macOS, iOS should be possible. I can't test these versions currently so I have opted not to put them online yet.
  • Lots of typos and other errors that will make your grammar glands seethe with rage.
    • A lot of the text is first draft and has never been looked at by an actual editor.
  • The art will vary wildly in quality, but I will do more work on all the art in the game in the next few as well.
  • The 1.0 play area is only the small peninsula. The area is blocked off with two 'gates' that can be opened when the next content update rolls out (2.0)
  • There is some unused content in the files. Peruse at your leisure.

Pro tips:

  • Stop messing with the sock.
  • Buy an axe.
  • Don't put any points in perception, it's a trash stat.
  • Don't put it in her pooper.
  • Study wildlife.
  • The caterpillar is a dude.
  • Put some points in will or you're gonna have bad time.


56 comments:

  1. Feeling kinda sick. Releasing the game feels like going to school naked.

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  2. I went back to talk to the Witch and can't figure out how to leave her house or exit the dialogue, also I can't figure out how to navigate to get anywhere on the map.

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    1. Figured out how to navigate the map, click the little blue circles =)

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  3. Maybe if you had points in perception you'd figure out the caterpillar is a male on your own! haha

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  4. Having the same issue as Cthulhus Dream. I can't seem to "navigate" my way out of the Witch's dialogue tree after re-entering the hut.

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  6. Hallelujah hallelujah, it's here and it's -excellent-

    So far, no major bugs besides the witch dialogue issue mentioned by a few other commenters. Allow me to say here and now: It was worth the wait. You done good.

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  7. One problem I seem to have is when I defeat the six-legged dinosaur like creature (don't know the name yet) and proceed to have sex with it, after choosing lift tail te game doesn't proceed and won't give any options and stays like that, giving me the only choice to restart the game.

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  9. I had commented about the save feature not working, but you have to enter the village first and then exit for it to let you save. In case anyone was wondering.

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  10. saving seems odd, rather than bringing me back to the point i saved it just brings me back to my last game state. so i cant like go back and try other options

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    1. Seconding this. Ultimately, it isn't a /huge/ issue in this release, given that it doesn't take too terribly long to explore the content that's available, but given that there are a few dead-end dialogue options which seem to be bugged (such as Subni's non-forced anal dialogue), leaving the player in an inescapable empty dialogue window, the fact that it doesn't seem possible to re-load and try a different path can be a bit of a headache.

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  11. Dropbox was a bad idea, daily traffic or download limit reached and link is disabled :/

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  12. Saving/Loading and items is definitely not being handled correctly. Tornoth has ended up with two pairs of white socks somehow, and there is no crowbar between us. Not sure where things are getting lost and duplicated but it's definitely not right. A couple other major bugs I've found are that the combat interface is invisible when the fight with the white creature on the beach, and if you've loaded the game the next time a screen transition happens the save/load interface will be there again and have to be re-closed.

    What's here though is very promising and I'm excited to see how it develops.

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    1. I've looked under the hood and it seems the saving system only correctly retains information on the first save you make and then completely scrambles others after that. Odd behavior. Will try to fix this for 1.2 but I'm not entirely sure how big the problem is.

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    2. Fingers crossed that it's not too bad. I'll keep playing with the game off and on and try and report any errors I find. You've got testers now. :)

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  13. The drone mobs tend to go offscreen after a few rounds during the fight.

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  14. I wonder if you're going to implement loot system and level up system(I found invisible button next to the stat value so level system will come soon right?)
    Some problem I found is that I really confuse with the battle system(I mean in DCK menu) and sometime the save screen just appear into the screen when entering place or battle. For this demo, I really enjoy it and can't wait to see how the next version would look like :)
    ps. I'm sorry if my English is kinda bad.

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  15. after cave and revisit blacksmiths daughter, She tells me to go to the Archaeologist and I get no Dialogue options to leave so I have to just close the game.

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    1. Can you tell me what happened in the cave? I can't seem to find the scripting problem. Also what version were you playing?

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    2. I was on 1.1 and it was after the cave, i saw the issue you fixed in 1.2 with Shyni acting like she touched the bowl. But after that when back in town when asking her about at the cave she will tell me to show the stone tablet to Uum the Archaeologist. the dialogue box pops up at the bottom but it's empty

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  16. Could you please add a button to go back when we get to the point where we can't continue the conversation? I just get a blank HUD and cant choose anything. I have to restart the game completely. I would like to just get back to the screen with map or with character I talked to or something.

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  17. its there a guide for these, i dont seem to find anything

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  18. One of Taulsol's dialogue boxes is way too long and covers the next dialogue option.

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    1. its after you talk to him a second time and ask him to finish his lost arm story, not to long after he says he rejected staying in the town but then thought about it later and accepted.

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    2. And after he catches the fish you can exit the dialogue, it keeps saying "Bye" and doesn't exit.

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  20. Female Cuoxur sex doesnt work for me (no hud upon encounter), also i cant seem to find breirb, but other than that the game is pretty great, especially them braqs man. I understand that its alpha but im really hopeful for the game and are excited for any updates down the road, especially since i just found this a few weeks ago.

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  21. Question: will all characters disappear after you had sex with them(are they just unfinished), or will you be able to meet them later on in the game or will you add repeat scenes?

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    1. The general idea is to have unique non repeatable sex scenes with major characters. I'm planning repeatability in some circumstances but even those would have variations. Naigad and Subni are meant to disappear but Shyni is just unfinished. Bykaas is unfortunately bugged currently but she will have repeat scenes.

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    2. Hello. So far I'm impressed with the game and it's really promising. I like the dialogues a lot, because they're natural.

      I have a question, can I meet with Shyni again after visitng the sauna with her? If yes, how? I'm a bit lost.

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    3. No, sauna is the last Shyni scene she disappears after that. Her story is just unfinished.

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    4. I see, thanks you. She is interesting character curious about world that's outside her town. I'm looking forward to explore rest of her story.

      I'd like to give some feedback. I'd be nice to be allowed to leave the first town whenever I want. Currently, I have to wait till night to have that option available. Also, you can't interact with your inventory and statisctics inside the town nor are buttons to open such menus.

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    5. You can scroll the dialogue options list. Leave is the last one.

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    6. Ah. Thanks! However, the scroll is not visible till you move your mouse over and use scroll, therefore I didn't know of its exsistance.

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  22. Why did you use Adobe AIR? I can't run the game because I need to install Adobe AIR. However, according to the Adobe AIR installer I can't install Adobe AIR unless I already have Adobe AIR installed!

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    1. What system are you on? Unfortunately changing from Adobe AIR is not possible. I'm not very familiar with Adobe AIR or how it interacts with different configs. Kinda learning as I go.

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    2. Sorry for the late reply, but I'm using Windows 10.

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  23. Almost all attack cards do not remove themselves from your "active inventory", when clicked they will show up on the right like they are unequipping but the number never gets smaller/disappears on the left.

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    1. i also just got a blank card mid battle that does no damage https://imgur.com/a/x360Z

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    2. Both of these look like the work of the save game bug that plagued 1.0 and 1.1 is this an old save? (I really hope it is).

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  24. Returning to sock tree still getting the void on 1.5

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    1. The fix unfortunately works only on new games in 1.5 Saves made on previous versions can't enter it.

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  25. Bug: The stats might be bugged since you would need one (1) point higher then what is required to get certain dialogues. Naigad as example needs 8 and 9 CHA for two certain dialogues at the lake and the sex scene, but I had to crank it up to 10 CHA to trigger the highest CHA level dialogue required.

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    1. Thanks this explains a lot. Should be fixed for 1.9

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    2. I hope so, I had to go through the game's text files to understand what I was missing.

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  26. I chose to pocket the knife and leave the tavern, which took me back to the town backdrop but left the two "leave the knife" and "pocket knife" options up and soft locked the game.

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    1. First time i selected to take the knife and got the two dialogue options in the town locked, second time i picked "leave the knife" and got to the town with blank options at the bottom.

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  27. When you find a certain character who looks wiggly and sharp and ask them about a symbiotic relationship, the following description covers your dialog option and you have to force close the game.

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  28. you can dick the female poh-ack even when you play female, no interaction with the male one

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  29. So just some questions, are the scenes shown here all going to be colored in the future or are they going to stay as is I have seen your other artwork and its incredible so I was curious as to whether you plan to add more detail to the already existing scenes? Also, scenes, like with Naigad, in the story you mention seeing each other again will that come to be later on in the story or is that the end of their story? If that's all there is to them that sucks.. I really liked Naigad was hoping to see more to her, what was up with the strange object, and if there would be more Sexual scenes in the future as a possibility with her as well as other characters not as a repeat of the same scene just progressing story. Lastly, how often do you think you would update this game? No pressure but I am asking due to considering support on patreon I would love to support this project of yours but with so many other projects of late I have supported just falling through or the creator just lets it die I really want this one to progress. Keep up the work hope to see a response for this it'd be awesome and I fully plan to keep a close eye on this for some time.

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  30. Does the one arm guard have sex scenes yet? I found incomplete dialogue in the game files along with one nude drawing. No actual sex drawings yet.

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  31. This visual novel rly hit some marks on me! The writing is good, the art and lore are amazing, gameplay shows promise, the entire premise of the game IS different, there is content for everyone (sex or celibacy), RPG, male or female protagonist, beings that actually look alien and otherworldly but still manage to look attractive in their own way, etc. This has the making of a great game. I love it!!

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  32. Where is the fucking videogame Meandraco?

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