Himeros Hotel - Adult Adrift Adventure 1.04

[DukeVimes]

Hey DukeVimes

You have stumbled across a slightly weird block. Let me see if I can make you jump over that.

You are very far with most characters but it seems Zoe is stuck because of a work requirement.
You need to cook in the employee lounge and then return later when Zoe is there the same day. Depending on the order you do things in your playthrough you might feel like you don't need to cook anymore and this is the last time you need to do it for progression.

Hope that helps
Seztworks

Thank you so much

[arthurlim]

Hi everyone,

Love this game a lot, but I noticed a problem in the cleanup restaurant part.
Every time I want to cleanup in the morning, it always say that "You don't feel like you have enough energy to complete the cleanup in one day".
I have tried eating breakfast, until energy is at 8-10, but still the cleanup restaurant doesn't work.

My code is L: 05129601412

Task List:

Train in the Rec Area
Cleanup restaurant in the morning
Could learn more from surfing the internet
You think you can still learn something from the internet

I have been training and surfing internet everyday, but the main problem is only the cleanup restaurant part
I'm on day 11

[Seztworks]

Hiya arthurlim

You are on the right track. There are some other ways to increase your energy.
Shower, Breakfast and later better bed and training. Depending on where you are in the story you might be able to get above the minimum for that task or you might have to wait until you have trained.

Hope that helps.
Seztworks

[Dole]

I wunder you must read the tome in your room. And then it is not the place where you sleeped before it is the mansion. Maybe you can change it.

[arthurlim]

Thanks Sezt,

I encountered another problem again.
Code L:47561718221056
My task list is empty

Searching through this thread, I thought frey's the problem, but at every hour that I met her, there's nothing happening.

[Seztworks]

Hiya guys

@Dole
Thanks for the feedback. I will look into that. Seems like a clear oversight on my part.

@arthurlim
You task list is empty because you need to stumble across an event. See spoiler.

The path that is blocking you right now has to do with the restaurant. I would try to show up either very very early or very very late

[Shepard]

Hey, Setzworks! Great job with the finished game. I'm currently trying to finish it in order to play the sequel, but I have no idea where to go next

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
L: 2014181317211717181615

[Seztworks]

Hiya Shepard

Let me take a look.

You should have an event in the restaurant around 20.
A lot of the remaining events are somewhat waiting for that to continue.

Hope that helps
Seztworks

[Guntag]

Thanks for this game Seztworks !

I am stuck at L : 201012101721179151210

I gave the notebook to Taylor. She is supposed to scan the pages and tell me when she's done. I can't find any event anywhere. Rain is there at 16 but no event, and no event with Taylor even after many days.

I hope you can help !

[Seztworks]

Hello Guntag

There is a single event blocking your progress in a bunch of paths right now.

You should have an event in the restaurant at 19.

I hope that helps you get over that hump.
/Seztworks

[Guntag]

Hello Guntag

There is a single event blocking your progress in a bunch of paths right now.

You should have an event in the restaurant at 19.

I hope that helps you get over that hump.
/Seztworks

I don't know how I missed it ! I guess I was too focused on Rain's path. Thanks for the quick answer !

[Guntag]

I finished it and really enjoyed it ! It's really a unique ADRIFT game because the gameplay is really different from what we are used to.

I love games that start like a regular story then we encounter mysteries later. I also really liked how you added Rain later in the game, it was a nice surprise to encounter a new character.

I appreciated how you made the game "not punishing". No game over, possibility to complete a task/event an other day instead of the same day. The energy/money stats were also nicely balanced and not too grindy. The Check Display command was really very helpful. The game felt quite linear though, especially towards the end (maybe the last part took too long with only 1-2 events per day). I haven't tried part 2 yet, I hope we'll have to make choices that matter in the story. After playing part 1, I already know the story/dialogues will be great, no doubt about that ! I also loved the mix of Pornstars / Fake Celebrities. I don't mind non interactive sex scenes, but a few interactive sex scenes would have been nice.

My ratings :

Characters : 10/10 Interesting and a lot of them !
Story/dialogues : 10/10
Pictures : 10/10
Gameplay : really hard to rate because there are awesome things (like the unique ADRIFT gameplay you used and all the player friendly features like the check display command) and others not so great like the lack of choices. Let's say 8/10 ?

Thanks again for making this game, I can't wait for the complete Part 2 !

If you are interested, my ending code : 918384368

If you are looking for pictures/ideas about the wrist display device, you can google "cicret bracelet" (if you haven't already).

[Seztworks]

Hiya Guntag

Thanks for the very kind words. I am happy you liked the game and can only agree with your comments about choices and linearity.
In the early development we had different conversations on this forum about choices and missable content. I wanted to make a less punishing game like you said, but that also lead to some design decisions that removed choices that locked out content for players. I could only make different experiences with non-linear paths, but these all had to end at the same point to make the transistion to game 2 possible. This in turn made the endgame feel somewhat railroaded as the paths converge and move towards the finish.

My plan for the game 2 and 3 are to solve some of those issues. There will be optional content, there will be many more choices and the game will be slightly faster to play. I am still new to this and game 1 served very much as a learning tool for me.

Thanks for your time and interest
Seztworks

[Guntag]

Hi, I just started playing Part 2 and I encounter very frequent but random crashes when I move from a zone to an other. I click on the map to move from one zone to an other (I don't use e w n s in your games, I find map clicking more convenient for "event hunting"). They happen a lot but not always at the same place and are not related to events (I had about 10 crashes and it's just day 2). It happens from moving over multiple zones at a time, but also when moving to a contiguous zone. I haven't got any crash like this when playing Part 1. When moving from a zone to an other in Part 2 and it works, I notice it's much faster than in Part 1, so maybe that is what is causing the crashes ? I consider this quite game breaking for me. The crashes only start to happen after I enter the Staff Area for the first time (which unlocks a lot of areas), but does not necessarily involve the Staff Area, it can (and does) happen anywhere. Probably not really helpful, but here is a screenshot from a crash : https://i.imgbox.com/aSUau8TZ.jpg

I tried to change my regional settings from French to English, since I know it can cause bugs in ADRIFT, but still have the same problem. I'm not sure if it matters since it's an .exe file, but the ADRIFT installed on my computer is ADRIFT v5.0.35 I'm using Windows 7

An other thing, less important : pictures display. I use the "Actual Size Centered" 'since "Fit Window Keep Aspect" option isn't "saved" and I'd have to change pictures every time (because it goes back to the Stretch to Window option afterwards which deforms the picture). It's fine, it was the same in Part 1. I'd like to report that 2 pictures are too large to fit the window when using Actual Size : Huo's full picture (used when we first encounter her). Her portrait is fine. This one is not so bad but the other : Alexandra's huge portrait is quite spooky with those huge eyes staring at me, almost like we are nose to nose I think the size should be reduced. Screenshot : https://i.imgbox.com/oWicw6qW.jpg

Last thing : I can't see the save files where I saved them (while I can for the saves from Part 1). I can only see them when I want to load a save from ADRIFT. It doesn't really bother me, but I find it weird enough to be mentioned. Screenshots : https://i.imgbox.com/2vOppdaR.jpg and then https://i.imgbox.com/5mXf2wn7.jpg Is this science or supernatural ?

About the discussion on missable content I have to disagree with players who prefer linear games. Linear games are actually the games with more missable content since there is only 1 path, so we miss all the content that wasn't even created. In a non linear game we'd have all the content from your game + the content from other paths, and this is content that we actually miss Of course it requires a lot more work from the author that could be invested in the main story or even a new game, so I guess that in the end it's up to you to decide !

[Seztworks]

Alright. The crashes sound weird. I haven't had any feedback about that until now. I will have to look into possible causes.
Same things with save files. I did not know there was a difference between the two games. Will have to investigate.

I have fixed the two pictures for the next release. Thanks for that. I run resize and sometimes the larger images slip through.

Edit: Not sure if the installed 5.0.35 can mess with the standalone. I am coding in 5.0.34 since the upgrade to 5.0.35 broke everything.
I hope that is not the case.