Les 4 Alice: Lorange Journey cover
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Genre: Indie

Les 4 Alice: Lorange Journey

"Elian, Elisa, ChatAid", finally approved for release!
I was tired of waiting, especially if the VN ends in a banned app for "bad sexual content", so I contacted the Steam support 3 days ago.

I received yesterday a canned answer and today I see that "Elian, Elisa, ChatAid", is approved for release.

Just. Like. That.

No comments from the support for *why* my Visual Novel was stuck in manual review since March 3rd. *What* was wrong with it in the first pace. (The sexy stuff, in text only?)

What the…???

One thing is sure. If I do more Adult-Only (aka hentai) stories in RPG Maker MV in the future, they will be released as DLC with “Elian, Elisa, ChatAid” (with new achievements) because there is no way I’m going thought this again!

In fact, I might do one or two in a DLC before releasing “Elian, Elisa, ChatAid” to the world.

Upcoming stories in April !

Our Journeys 3


A collection of 3 stories.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1267550/

Meditation ~ Spiritual Journey


In collab with Kooly From Paris, a collection of esoteric thoughts and reflections.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1269870/

Elian, Elisa, ChatAid


The release date had been moved several times since the game it still stuck in limbo, alias manual review with “Automated tests failed, awaiting detailed report”.

3 things can happen with this Adult-Only visual novel:


1. It can be released on the store after a minor issue is solved.
2. It can be released on the store with changes to the text.
3. The VN get banned. End of Story.
All I can do is wait, and it’s quite frustrating especially if it ends in a ban.
Oh well.

Our Journeys 3 : More infos.
“Our Journeys 3” is basically ‘‘A.L.A.N.’’, “Dark Fairies” and “Shirina” updated with improvements.

Why didn’t I simply update the previous games?



1. Because, technically, they are delisted from Steam. You can get them now since I bundle them with “Les 4 Alice: Lorange Journey”, “A.L.A.N.: Rift Breakers” and “Entre-Deux: Cursed”, but they are still removed from the store, likewise with the Twine versions.
2. The update would break their achievements, since the plugin + method I used in 2017-18 does not work anymore. (RPG Maker MV had been updated since then)
3. I couldn’t transfer the various translations “A.L.A.N.” had.
4. * I won’t make any change to the Twine stories. They won’t be released again.

Instead I updated them all and released them as “Our Journeys 3”.

Now, what *did* change?



1. RPG Maker MV is updated to the most recent version.
2. All plugins are updated as well.
3. The music, while they remain the same, use “less heavy” files.
4. I’m pretty sure to have also decreased the size files for the images.
5. The English translation has some changes in some places (can’t remember where) for a better translation from French.
6. The battles in “A.L.A.N. (Alex, Lily, Aimé, Nana)” are less long and tedious since I decreased the enemies’ HP and using “Defense” give more Focus Points. They are even easier now.
7. “A.L.A.N. (Alex, Lily, Aimé, Nana)” Chapter 2 got changes to remove the ambiguity to Aimé’s situation in the school toilets.
8. Yes, “Aimé” got his accent now! (no more “Aime”)
9. “Denis vs Dark Fairies” have more face portrait, with more emotions, for the Cursed Queen Ixelda.
10. The witch in “Witch Shirina” got a new look and sound effects when she appears and disappears.
11. (All stories) The enemy sprites in battle are now animated, with Yanfly plugin, and they are bigger.
12. The battles in “Witch Shirina” are in Side View mode and, during the final fight, she’ll attack first.
13. (All stories) Skip button disabled, but you can still use “Z” to make the text “skip”. Text Backlog added.

That’s pretty much it. The “core story” of everything remains the same.

Our Journeys 2 got achievements now!


20 achievements added to "Our Journeys 2 ~ A Collection of Visual Novels"!
They involve finding all the endings in the four stories.

Credits updated with the achievements plugin.

Our Journeys got 21 achievements!


It's done.
21 achievements added to "Our Journeys ~ A Collection of Visual Novels"!
Credits updated with the achievements plugin.

Elian, Elisa, ChatAid - Good News / Bad News

The good news



I re-buy the “steamworks rpg maker” mv plugin and I managed to make it work!

It didn’t work last time because I needed to use the files and build the game using an old version of the steam sdk. T.T.

“Elian, Elisa, ChatAid” got achievements now!
I’ll add some for “Our Journeys” and “Our Journeys 2” soon.



The bad news



The VN is stuck in manual review, so the release date has been moved at the end of March. It might even come out only in April.

That would depend of what the problem is. I hope it won’t get banned for “controversial content”, since there is nothing hardcore/illegal in that story and it’s properly tagged Adult Only.

They’re back!

Our Journeys 2 is here!

Our Journeys 2 is here


"Our Journeys 2 ~ A Collection of Visual Novels" is a collection of four stories in various genres.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1216780/

Bundle


If you haven't get Our Journeys 1 yet, this bundle is for you!
15% discount for both games.
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/13621/Journeys_1_and_2_Pack/

Where my other / olders stories?


I'm still waiting for news on that subject. It'll take a while before they are returuned to the store.

Les Quatre Alices? What the...?


Yes, I know, the store page is visible, even tough the app is retired (since its bundled with another game). I contacted the support about it.

They might have been low quality (*for me back then), but they’ll be back!
I’m glad to announce I’m working with the steam support to bring back my older apps to the store!

All the apps returning would be:
904940 Les 4 Alice: Lorange Journey
918120 A.L.A.N.: Rift Breakers
918130 Entre-Deux: Cursed
918140 Hack the Core
940130 Red and Blue ~ Cycles of Existence
982770 Hir Corruption
1018980 VKT Prime System Crash
1032020 Shantalia and Corali'hulu
1056950 *DLC Shantalia and Corali'hulu - 18 Adult Only Content
1048170 Latangerine Last Journey
1056980 *DLC Latangerine Last Journey - 18 Adult Only Content
1064930 Divine D.I.V.A.
1077330 Ivanoile ~ Christalixeur Corruption
1105150 Reverse Me! Rez/Ru
1106900 *DLC Reverse Me! 2 Rose
1107360 *DLC Reverse Moe Pas! Savoie
1121250 ChatAid
1123350 *DLC ChatAid: Here I go again!
1135980 *DLC ChatAid : Princess Lolira - 18 Adult Only Content
1143470 Vengeance ~ In my family's name
1148630 Hot Takes
1160740 Mermaid Coralie ~ Love and Madness
1174540 Adventure or Normality?

As for the numerous other DLCs the Twine and/or RPG Maker version of “Les 4 Alice”, “A.L.A.N” etc they are added to the Ren’py version.

Back in November 2019, I really was in a bad phase and I believed (oh so wrongly) that everything I had released on Steam was crappy/low-quality/asset-flip.

While some of my works are of a questionable quality, I won’t deny that, others are good and even my “worst work” (selling-wise) had buyers! Yes, I didn’t make much cash with them, but I had a blast doing everything and I want to do more. Take note that I won’t give new updates for the returning apps. Support will also be limited.

ALL BUNDLES with bigger discount
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