/ebola/ - Ebola

>>27358

It would be interesting to see Medical girls as bosses in this game, Zmapp chan, Who chan, etc etc.

i wish someone made something other than yet another dull boring slog rpg for once… even a doom mod would be more interesting to be honest.

>>27373

>hating family photos

That triggers the wog.

hey OP, hows the game going? Got any important updates?

>coming in 2016

Well its September now in 2016, where the hell is it OP?

>>28434

Whos the girl with the white hair???

>>28434

Is Zika-Chan going to be in it?

>>28434

You can't rush perfection. Take as much time as you need.

>>28434

Does anyone know who the girl with the white hair is? age & disposition i would like to know as soon as possible.

>>28434

 OH

== MY=

FUCK

   !  

>>28486

>we're Ebola-chan's skull

wew

Are you going to make it so that you change your costume on the map screen, too? Also, there's a glitch when you use the health drink from map, it restores health without depleting any of the health drinks' stock.

>>28486

I'm stuck on the island and I can't enter the house at the southwest of it. Is that all for now?

>>28488

You need to talk to Smallpox to get the key. She's in your bed.

I guess I should make that more obvious.

>>28487

I've considered adding the costumes to the map sprites and portrait sprites, but it's not a priority.

>>28486

I finished the demo and its really well made! The constant enemy spawning is abhorrent though, and it made it really fucking hard to navigate the land of the dead and ebolas castle.

What engine was this made? RPG Maker 2k3 or something?

>>28490

Maybe I should make the flying mobs a little less aggressive.

It was made using a game framework called Phaser.

>>28487

I fixed the health drink glitch. Thanks for telling me about it.

When do you think the final game will come out Dread?

>>28493

My plan is early next year.

I want to finish the story by New Year, and after that work on stuff like balance, polish, and the optional bosses.

The minimum for the story being complete is 2 new zones, 3 new bosses, and 1 final boss.

Pokemon coming out in November might throw a wrench in my plans though.

>>28489

>She's in your bed.

L-lewd!

Will you provide more updates now? Waiting for the game with little evidence it might ever come out was pretty agonizing..

Is Epilepsy-tan as far as it goes.

Also could not help but notice Marburg's staple attack was Artillery Shot, so given the openly militaristic theme I'm throwing in some ideas:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/intro/bio-marburg.htm

>In the 1980s, the Soviet Union experimented with the Marburg virus in aerosol form on monkeys and determined that infection required only a few virions. Ken Alibek (formerly Kanatjan Alikbekov) who secretly immigrated to the United States in 1992 revealed information about Soviet experimentation with the Marburg virus. The former First Deputy Director of Biopreparat, the Soviet biological weapons program, Dr. Alibek reported that Soviet scientists were researching whether Marburg could be loaded into a warhead or a MIRV delivery system. A colleague, Dr. Nikolai Ustinov, died from the virus after accidentally infecting himself while injecting guinea pigs with the Marburg virus for the Soviet biological weapons program. As described by Dr. Alibek, the disease that followed was horrifying and induced hemorrhages throughout Dr. Ustinov's body including from his nose, mouth, and sweat glands. After he died, Dr. Ustinov's journal was covered in his unclotted blood from star-shaped hemorrhages beneath his skin.

>From Dr. Ustinov's corpse the Soviet scientists isolated a strain of Marburg that was especially deadly in airborne form; the strain was named Variant U in Dr. Ustinov's honor. According to Dr. Alibek, as of 1991, the Soviets were ready to manufacture Marburg Variant U in large amounts to be place into MIRVs (Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicles) with 10 separate targeted warheads. Once completed, such weapons were designed to be part of the Soviet strategic/operational arsenal.

Make MIRV a heavy area attack like the Hellfire one but even stronger, maybe taking three rounds to land as a drawback.

>>28497

Also U-bomb in reference to Ustinov's aerosol strain. Make it like Bloodburst, affecting only hemorrhaging foes but instead of extra damage only doing minor damage and spreading the hemorrhage to the other foes.

Let's make this thing educational!

>>28496

I'll try to stay more active in this thread from now on. It also helps keep me motivated.

>>28497

The demo doesn't end until you have all 3 party members.

Cure-chan is in the top left of the map. I think I made the path to her too obscure.

>>28497

>>28498

Good Idea.

BO. Please sticky. Also change the board interface into Halloween thematic.

>>28499

Y-you too…

Making Lepsy-tan heterochromic was genius.

IMO the Naegleria part is too sad she's my favourite protist btw. ;_;

Could you make her soul into something more permanent in honor of her memory than just consumable for extra XP?

>>28501

If you keep her soul you can bring her back to life later in the game (but not yet).

I should put that in the description to make it more clear.

Will you make a Japanese translation? It could pull in the Japs to make new content.

>>28506

I would have to collaborate with someone fluent in Japanese.

I'll think about it after the game is finished.

hey please fucking tone down the enemy spawns it really kills the enjoyment of exploring in this game. seriously, its fucking annoying.

I gave myself the challenge to try taking on Cure chan with just Llov, but she keeps kicking my shit in no matter how much I grind, is this a bug or intentional?

>>28509

It was intentional, but in retrospect I think it shouldn't be that way.

I made it that way so you can't continue the story without Marburg joining you. She was set to level 100 if you're alone.

I just patched the demo so she'll be level 20 like normal, so people like you who want to challenge themselves can get the challenge they're looking for.

Also, after beating Cure-chan Marburg will automatically join you to avoid story problems.

>>28508

I assume the enemies which are giving you trouble are the flying enemies. I gave them a new behavior which makes them a lot easier to avoid. Tell me if that helps.

>>28510

Flying enemies are annoying, but so are ones when going to Cure-chan. Like you said the point is a bit obscure, so maybe that will fix it.

>tfw can't get it to work

>tfw no local copy

feels bad man.

Thanks for keeping the dream alive though. I just came by a week ago to find no updates to any of the projects too. It was a real treat to see you're still working on it. Any reason in particular for using HTML5? I'm working on an unrelated game and have decided to switch engines, and I just can't grasp why anyone would make browser games. Yet you and several others (possibly), including the under/bane/ guy (if you're not the same anon) used HTML5 for your games. Just curious, though. You don't have to answer.

Good luck Ebola-chan!

Thank you Ebola-chan!

I love you Ebola-chan!

The spawns were a bit on the high side, but otherwise I liked the demo.

>>28502

I devoured her soul…. oops

How do I preserve save files past disk cleaning?

>Free Demo

shutupandtakemymoney.gif

Welp, finally got around playing the demo *thanks, wörk and buy, the level of want is massive. While I had little clue about what to do (I avoided all fights and got my ass handed to be once I had to), a very fun experience. Love the design. Love you. Love you too, Ebola-chan**

Small bug report: In the tower (large area) I hiz a macro-key wich presses x a whole lot. It caused the pause menu to appear for a bit and then the game froze. It had saved though, so no problems after F5.

Anon in /pol /has asked for gameplay webm and/or screenshots.

Can some anon with a decent PC and recording capabilities make one, plz?

>>28517

I'll record some sample footage later.

>>28512

Got it to work. It was a lot of fun, as I knew it would be. Thanks again, I can't wait to see the finished version.

>>28515

Use the save manager here:

http://dredrail.vnovel.com/games/filosis/index.php

Eventually I'm going to put the save manager in-game, but I haven't done that yet because of technical issues.

>>28512

>Any reason in particular for using HTML5?

Browser games have a lot of pros and cons.

The biggest pro in my opinion is that you can play from almost any computer, no matter what operating they're running and even if it's not your computer. I remember playing a lot of flash games on school computers when I was a kid. That's also how I played Minecraft for the first time, back when it could be played in a browser.

The biggest con is of course the reduced power when compared to native games. Browser games typically have a lot less resources to work with. Another problem is different browsers behaving differently, but that can usually be mitigated using libraries.

The main reason I'm using HTML5 is simply because it's what I'm most familiar with.

>>28520

Do you plan on sharing the game on social media for more exposure? (Twitter, Tumblr, etc)

>>28521

I do plan on advertising it in more places once It's more complete, yes.

Do you plan on adding a little more to the demo? Ever since I finished it I've been craving to find more stuff to explore, it's very fun!

>>28525

Best of luck to you Dread! Thank you for providing us with a cool game!

>>28525

tell me the left one has a dick while the right one does not

Hey, don't rush it. Make it as awesome as it deserves to be, and that'll take time.

What exactly is Pest doing btw? I'm torn between swimming, quicksand and a comfy bed.

Hey dread, the game is pretty nice so far, but you are gonna have to do something about the enemy encounter rate.

Once they spawn, they run straight at you. They don't give you any time to breathe.

>>28529

Yeah, I get that a lot.

I patched the demo with a new spawning mechanism. It spawns enemies in waves rather than a constant stream. Also the enemies spawn farther from the player. What do you think?

>>28528

>tell me the left one has a dick while the right one does not

100% correct

>>28531

mah nigga

Hey man, your hosting is suspended and your website is down. Is there something wrong?

>>28540

Hopefully it's nothing, but if you end up needing a new host, OP, you could check with subvert.pw, which is currently hosting Shekel Clicker.

>>28541

Subvert.pw owner here. I can host it if needed.

The website was being hosted for free by some guys I met on the internet. All the other websites they were hosting are gone too.

I'm planning on buying my own domain and hosting. I'll get it sorted out.

How often do you work on the game OP?

>>28545

Lately I've been working on it every day. If I don't work on it every day then it's easy to accidentally go weeks without working on it at all, so I like to make sure I work on it at least a little bit every day.

New website, old demo:

http://filosis.cutievirus.com/

>>28551

sweet!

>>28551

Love that you're still working on this!

A demo. I've been waiting FOREVER for anything ebola-related that's been talked about to actually get realized. How long as it been since the last ebola-related movie night?

Ebola syndrome was fun.

I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong to make the save manager unable to load an exported save after I've closed the browser; both Firefox and Chrome are having this issue. Would anyone happen to have any ideas as to what I should do? If it matters, I picked the vanilla option to play the game, not Canvas or WebGL.

>>28566

Sorry about the confusion, the canvas and webgl options don't actually do anything yet, they're meant for the next demo.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. It seems there's a bug with the save manager which causes it to fail to work if you try to import a file to a browser that's never had a save file.

For now, you can work around this by starting a new game, and then importing your save. Make sure you let Llov get out of bed, that's when the game first saves.

Tell me if this works for you.

>>28567

Nevermind, I think I fixed the bug so the workaround shouldn't be necessary any more.

Hows the progress going so far, Dread?

>>28567

It worked! Thank you very much for speedily fixing that bug.

Hello Dread,

The game is good so far but may I make a suggestion?

Is there any way you can give the satanic circles a teleporting property to make it easier to travel back to places you've already been?

There also seems to be a glitch where items you've already picked up re-appear after a game over but they don't stack in your inventory. Ive encountered this bug when I went back through the underground tunnel and picked up the steel pipe for a second time. Hope this helps.

Thanks again

>>28579

The reason the steel pipe doesn't stack is because equipment are considered unique.

The only thing I can think of that would cause items to respawn is if you are using an old save from before the update, since I changed how the game tracks which items you've picked up. Does this apply to you?

I think I'll add an item to the game that will teleport you to any pentagram you've visited. It'll be crafted with grave dust and something else. I'll probably have Joki tell the player about the recipe.

>>28578

>dat boob

we lewd nao?

>>28439

>>28445

A bit late by now, but I made a small complication of Zika chan designs I've seen if you do decide to add her but not sure what to make.

http://imgur.com/a/3izgh

>>28582

Thanks, this could be a useful reference.

Neat game anon. I'd like to make a few quality-of-life suggestions if you don't mind:

* faster movement option or run button

* option for instantly-appearing dialogue text

* ability to toggle menu/select/talk sounds separately from other sounds (they got old after a bit)

I'm also not sure I understand the combat system very well. For example, what does Debiru Kiss actually do?

>>28585

Debiru Kiss lowers the enemy's attack and defense slightly. I'll just tweak the description to make that more clear.

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll take those into consideration.

You should put in a secret recipe for a weapon that lets you 1 hit KO everything, or simply have it be the strongest weapon in the game. Something that you won't likely be able to come up with by randomly throwing shit together. I think it's pretty comfy when a game gives you a sort of cheat code at the end that lets you breeze through the game next time you play, or gives you a hint that could lead to that.

Also, you should use something like node-webkit when the full game is complete, so people can download a copy. It's really fun.

I think the flow of leveling in the beginning is a bit fucked up. I replayed the game yesterday and was stuck on Cure-chan for about an hour or so WITH Marburg. When you get to Cure-chan, you're about 11 - 13 and at that level she absolutely one shots you if you're not lucky. And for a mini boss like Nae, I shouldn't be stuck on her for an hour or so. I like the challenge she gives but after a while its more annoying than fun. I would suggest maybe upping XP that is dropped to get you more in line with her level (say about 17 - 19) by the time you encounter her. I shouldn't have to grind a bunch just to beat her, grinding excessively is not fun and not rewarding. It's ok if ZMAPP provides a huge challenge because of the way she's presented and encountered. But Cure-chan isn't a big boss, but she is a big woman.

>>28587

Yeah, I do plan on making a downloadable copy once the game is done.

>>28588

I don't really understand how you can get stuck on Nae for an hour. It only takes a few minutes to get to level 5, and after that she's pretty easy.

Maybe you never got the kendo stick. That item is probably a bit too important early in the game.

I think I'll weaken the kendo stick a little and rebalance the Nae battle to make it doable without equipment.

As for Cure, I think you're right that if you go straight for her you do seem to arrive a bit underlevelled. Getting there at level 11 though sounds to me like you've been avoiding battles too much.

I'm definitely going to try and improve the level progression. Your feedback is appreciated.

>>28590

Sorry, I meant cure-chan for an hour. Not Nae.

>>28589

Nice!

If you're interested in hacking the game, let me share this fun little trick.

If you open the javascript console and type something like:

llov.loadTexture('leps');

You can change what overworld sprite the characters use, and make it look like you're playing as someone else.

The names of the sprites this currently works with is llov, ebby, marb, mal, bp, joki, herpes, pox, leps, sars, aids1, aids2, rab, cure, and zmapp.

>>28593

Thanks for pointing that out.

>>28592

is there a way to turn off drowning and turn on no clip? i figured out drowning by hacking the code but can't re-create it

>>28595

switches.noclip=true;

water_sink=function(){};

Is there a estimated date where you'll have the second demo out? I'm really looking forward to it

Hey Dread, any news on the new demo? I just beat the first one and I wanna see more of the game

>>28607

>>28630

I think I'll be able to get the next demo out in a few days.

>>28631

Nice, thanks!

>>28636

Thanks for this comprehensive bug report. I'll work on fixing these.

Eidzu wasn't actually dead, but had less than 1% health. It's a display bug. I'll fix it.

I was worried the Eidzu fight might be too punishing, but I really wanted to get the demo out today. I'll definitely have to work on that one some more.

Thanks for the feedback!

I think I fixed the bugs. (You might have to clear your cache to get the fixed version)

Tell me if you find more.

I think I'm going to make a new year update with an improved Eidzu fight.

>>28640

>implying jews have souls

Oh you naive goyim.

Asides from that. OP do you plan on making a standalone version? Loading the game from a browser causes some performance issues in older systems.

>>28640

Joki being visible in two locations at once isn't a bug. There's more than one of her. She's a hive mind.

In what situation does quit cause you to lose progress? The game should be autosaving every time you finish a battle, get an item, change equipment, or progress in the story.

Likewise, pushing cancel on the excel orb doesn't use it up, so it'd be weird to warn you that it does.

Aside from that, thanks for the feedback.

>>28641

Yeah, I'll make a downloadable version eventually.

I find that the game works better in chrome-based browsers.

Small spelling issue, but I realized at the beginning of the game with Marburg, she says "I'm sory" instead of "I'm sorry

>>28649

Thanks for pointing that out.

The reason it crashes the game (and also the mimic that used to crash the game) is just because I got the item's id wrong, which makes the game try to give you an item that doesn't exist. Sorry about that.

>>28650

Can you please make this a multiplayer game so I can run around in this world with /pol/?

>>28651

I fixed the item crash. I don't know what might be causing the battle crash, they never gave me any trouble. Can you tell me more about what you were doing when the crash occurred?

>>28652

I don't think I can do that, sorry :(

Hey I have some questions about the development of the game, if I may ask!

- When did you start work on it?

- Is everything in the game's code hard coded or do you work in a GUI like environment like Game Maker? (I checked out Phaser, very cool)

- Was there any super challenges in programming it?

- How long have you been programming as a hobby/career?

Thank if you can answer these questions, I'm really interested in game development and I'm a beginner hobby programmer myself.

>>28650

>The reason it crashes the game (and also the mimic that used to crash the game) is just because I got the item's id wrong, which makes the game try to give you an item that doesn't exist.

Now would be a good time to add a failsafe to your item collection function that pops up an error message/bug report if the player tries to collect an item that doesn't exist then lets them keep playing.

>>28652

dude

>>28655

>When did you start work on it?

I started work on the game about 2 years ago.

>Is everything in the game's code hard coded or do you work in a GUI like environment like Game Maker?

Most of it is just code, but the maps are made with a program called Tiled.

>Was there any super challenges in programming it?

I think the most challenging part was staying motivated to work on it. Part of the reason development has dragged on so long despite being a relatively small game is because there were some points where I would go weeks without working on the game because I became preoccupied with something else.

Another challenge was working with other people's code. Most of the time using a game engine/framework is really convenient and makes your life easier, but occasionally it does something you don't understand because either there's something wrong with the engine or you're just using it wrong. Working around problems like that can be really tough.

There's still a few voodoo bugs that I don't understand and probably will never be able to fix. Most bugs are pretty easy to fix, but some can be super frustrating.

>How long have you been programming as a hobby/career?

I decided to start learning C++ during high school, so anywhere from 4 to 6 years ago. I don't know exactly. Nowadays I usually work more with higher level languages like JavaScript though.

Also I used to make terrible games in Game Maker and stuff back when I was a little kid.

>>28656

Yeah, I think that would be a good idea.

>>28653

>Can you tell me more about what you were doing when the crash occurred?

Fucking around with trying to use an item to defeat those twins. I actually wasted a shitload of items in that battle, all for nothing, as the crash ended the battle before I could kill them.

>>28654

Why not? Haven't you seen Firefox's Browser Quest? http://browserquest.mozilla.org/

>>28660

he'd have to totally redesign the game's design and gameplay for multiple players

>>28661

Maybe or he can have multiplayer unlock when you finish the basic campaign.

…and it's not a very complex game from the looks of it.

JustDoIt.

>>28661

>>28662

I would also need to get a better hosting plan that supports node.js or something similar.

>>28657

Cool, thanks for the info! Really helped me.

>>28664

JustDoIt.exe

>tfw lost my save

>tfw have to restart over from start

kill me

Is just my wizardly powers or is gambling bugged? Everytime I bet 1 cromudgeon or whatever it's called, I lose, and everytime I bet everything I win. I also know intuitively every single time before betting what the outcome will be. Just to test, when I knew it would be a lose I bet 3 cromudgions just to see that I could lose more than 1. Every single time I rolled the dice with herpeschan I knew the outcome. I got my heroes all the armour and other stuff I wanted really early in the game just through gambling.

I made a small update to the game. The Eidzu fight should now be significantly less unfair. I also gave them a couple new skills.

>>28669

Are you going to release this on other platforms like Xbawks One S? (or at least try, heh)?

You seriously need to add multiplayer.

>>28670

>add multiplayer

Look at all these ignorant fucks who think multiplayer is just some plug-and-play plug-in you can add to a game.

>>28671

It's not but add it anyways.

>>28642

Good design. Wonder what fearsome thing she's incubating in that pregnancy bump.

Hey Dread dev, you know how at http://filosis.cutievirus.com/ it says

Play!

-Canvas

-WebGL

Well, I didn't realize "Play!" led to a third option that was meant to be the standard. Maybe consider making that its own list item under "Play!"

>>28670

>a fucking leaf

good shitpost

>>28692

Do this on the side please, focus on the main game. Cool though!

>>28700

>>28705

That Mister Sword is nothing but trouble. Hopefully it's fixed for good now. Thanks for telling me about this.

About Sars' eye, I think it's a rounding error. I usually notice that bug on the overworld sprites, but it fixes itself once I move.

I'm going to change how I anchor the monster sprites to hopefully prevent it from happening to the battlers.

I played for a while, at least until memory leaks crashed my browser. :( Is there a game mode that might be better for avoiding that?

I can't savescum out of the decision to give Plague the soul I found. I hope that doesn't come back to bite me.

Land of the Dead seems rather vibrant with plant life, lol.

I got to Marburg with slightly more overall exp on Llov than Marburg has. I was kind of avoiding enemies - is it just really easy to overlevel, or is the scaling of new party members inexact, or what?

If I can't collect more than 2 Pine Sap, why does it let me take the counter higher, lol? At least if it wraps around it should wrap back after the max.

Also, I'd never have thought to check the pine tree for collectibles. Found it by accident. Not sure why that pine tree was special, either.

I did not guess that I could walk thru these various bushes.

It would be really nice to have a way to see item descriptions before purchasing something in the shop.

And to go with that, it would be nice to see the actual stats of gear when viewing its description.

How do I use 200% SP attacks? I thought I'd just have to pass my turn and keep accumulating, but apparently not.

Variances on the result of just about anything, healing or damage, seem kind of swingy.

Joki still says "You'll find Marburg in the land of the dead" after we've reunited with her.

Textual stuff:

"increases" at the start of the Lovely Bow description should be capitalized.

"maintenence" in all cases should be "maintenance"

Joki? doesn't she just hang around everywhere?

capitalize "doesn't"

The bridge is blocked, Llov can't get there.

comma splice

Marburg's Artilery Shot should be "Artillery Shot"

>>28715

I find that the game performs a lot better on chrome than on firefox. You could also try switching to canvas mode and see if that helps. I don't know if it will.

I'll fix the number dialog to cap at the maximum.

Pine sap can be gathered from any pine tree, but you need glass vials. Right now it just does nothing if you don't have any vials, but I'll fix it to give you a message instead. I'll also mention this in some of the item descriptions.

Yeah, I'll add item descriptions to the shop. I don't think there's enough room on the screen to fit the stat changes though. Maybe I can squeeze it in.

You need to use your excel orb to increase your SP past 100%. I should make that more clear.

The swingy damage and healing is because of critical hits. You get a critical hit if you level up during an attack, or with a small chance based on your luck stat. I should add a visual effect to make it more apparent.

Artilery shot is like that because of space limitation. I can only fit 13 characters in a line on those narrow menus. I'm working on remaking the font though, so I might be able to rename it later.

Thanks for the spell checking.

>>28716

Thanks mate.

If you don't wanna add a message to every tree (and flower?) it might work to just add it to the glass vial description and the Joki help.

Is the Excel Orb reusable then? I've only found one of them ever.

(same anon)

.>>28716

Wow, Canvas bogged down almost immediately.

Anyway, kept going. Those levers in the tower are pretty finicky; I thought I was doing something wrong at first because they wouldn't activate

Also sad we can't read the graves.

>>28720

>foreign languages are possible now.

So you're going moonrunes? Or just translation options for us later on?

>>28718

>Also sad we can't read the graves.

True, a great place for easter eggs

>>28721

I'm only fluent in English, so any full translations will have to be done by the community. I'm trying to make it easy to translate though.

I'm also adding readable graves.

>>28722

I like you.

Guess I could try my hand at a german translation, though chances are any german finding is speaks english anyway.

Sars-chan, "Can you please not breath the same air as me?"

breath -> breathe

Do excel potions/tonics actually work yet? I'm still scared to use my orb if I only get one.

>>28729

You get one orb from each boss you defeat.

One orb from Naegleria, one from Cure-chan, one from Zmapp, etc.

By the end of the demo you'll have enough orbs to unlock all the excel forms.

And yes, the excel potions do work, provided you've used your excel orbs.

In the next demo I've made it easier to tell when you get item drops and learn new skills at the end of battle with a new "battle results" screen.

>>28730

Excel Orbs are permanent powerups?! You really gotta specify this shit in the descriptions.

>>28731

Yeah, the old description for the excel orb was pretty bad.

The description for the next demo is "Unlocks a super-powered transformation for one of your heroes." Do you think that's sufficient?

Also in the next demo I'm splitting the excel orb's two effects into two separate items. The new item is called "SP Orb" with the description "Raises the maximum SP a hero can charge to beyond 100%."

>>28732

I guess it's better, but there's still the possibility for misinterpretation. It's just that this game seems to auto-save, so the player might be a bit paranoid about consumables in limited supply.

Also Joki says "It temporarilly grants you new strength and abilites."

Llov is sick and I have to kill a virus to heal her? Pestilence mentions a human soul option once, but the party seems to rule it out and never mention it again, so… I just have to suck it up and pick SARS or Eidzu?

>>28733

When Joki says it's temporary she's talking about the transformation itself, since it only lasts a short time. I can see how it would be confusing though.

>>28734

You have to beat all three bosses to have enough human souls to go that route. It might be a bit tougher to beat Rabies with only two party members, but I think she's actually the easiest of the three.

>>28738

Oh, I see. Like said, to me it doesn't seem presented as something the player can actually accomplish. Maybe Pestilence should warn you, perhaps when you look at his cure menu and then back out without selecting a sacrifice, about the six mi– I mean one million souls.

>>28739

I'll add the human souls to the menu as a grayed out option if you don't have enough.

Is this game set in/related to any earlier continuity? Is Ebola-chan still a sort-of daughter of /pol/? Or is it a part of the setting /grimoire/ was developing?

I realise that in practical terms none of it matters since humanity's extinct in the game, but I was just curious.

>>28744

I originally conceived it as a loose sequel to the visual novel we were developing, but I consider it to be a separate continuity.

I might make a prequel some day, taking place before humanity's extinction and starring the person who becomes the skull Ebola-chan carries.

Game won't load for me anymore. :c The progress bar fills all the way and then disappears, but nothing happens after.

>>28750

It's probably a bug caused by the new version of firefox. It happened to me too, and I've fixed it for the next demo.

In the mean time try using a different browser, or switch to canvas mode.

Do you have an idea of when the new demo might come out?

>>28753

In the first half of this month.

Forgot the links.

http://filosis.cutievirus.com/

http://filosis.cutievirus.com/play

>>28767

I don't know what causes it. Something similar happens to me occasionally, but it's weird that it's happening on all your browsers. I think it's a caching problem, but I'm not sure.

I changed the files a little, but I don't know if it will help.

Try visiting these links:

http://filosis.cutievirus.com/play/img/font/Filosis.png

http://filosis.cutievirus.com/play/img/font/Filosis.xml

and press ctrl+shift+R to force your browser to reload them. Maybe that will help.

>>28765

>>28766

>>28768

>Day of Love update

How did I miss this? No cure for love, indeed. Once again, thanks for making this, I've been enjoying the demos immensely. Ebola-chan loves you for actually making OC and not just giving up.

I really like the game, I played all 3 demos and I'm excited for the release. I just have some minor gripes about the pacing and "feel" of the game near the end.

I loved the first demo's levels. Going from the hub > dead world> cure-chan boss > tower puzzle > zmap-chan boss. Felt really cool! It's just that everything after that feels rushed. Not the bosses, but the levels. You go straight to the delta and fight the 3 bosses, then go to Earth. It's very sudden.

There's no build up to either places. I especially feel this way about Earth. You find the password, and start the final boss fight right away. I don't have to figure out any puzzles or go through any dungeons, it just throws me on earth. It's just very anti-climatic.

Earth itself feels pretty small. I would expect that a entirely devastated world would have a good amount of cool stuff to explore with devastated buildings and other little areas instead of one half being graves and destroyed buildings, and another being a wintery forest with the lab in the middle of it.

On the topic of expanding earth, I would think that the other enemy tans of ebola could possibly still be lurking around, maybe as hidden bosses, or just midbosses? I liked the concept of side bosses like Zika and stuff waiting around to be found by you, maybe finding them on Earth to reach the final boss could be interesting.

The game's alot of fun. It's come a long way when I first played it. Keep improving it!

>>28778

>I can't seem to find a way to rearrange the position of my party members unless I force them to drown/die.

Scroll Wheel. Maybe I should add a way to change the leader from the menu as well.

>>28778

>>28779

Thanks for the feedback and bug reports.

I'll try to work on fixing both the bugs and the pacing.

As for expanding Earth, I think I want to make War play a more active role somehow. I think I'm also going to add a new area to the lab and make it into a proper dungeon.

Thanks for the support. I'm really glad there are people who enjoy my game. I'll try to make it as good as I can.

Gah I wanna play but I don't wanna spoil myself.

Life is hard.

Epilepsy's fight is total bullshit, she sends you into a fucking seizure all the damn time and you barely get a chance to strike.

Mister sword acting like a bitch again, fucks up when anyone tries attacking with it.

Okay, I've updated the game with some bug fixes. The bugs with the broken menu, Chikun-chan, and Mister Sword should all be fixed.

Also, I added a new feature where when you're defeated in battle it kicks you out to the title screen without saving. This means you will be returned the state before the battle happened. Any experience gained during the battle will be lost, and any items you used will be restored.

The main reason I did this was that I felt the autosave function might discourage players from using items. If you spent a lot of time preparing a bunch of items for a tough battle and lose, then you've just wasted your time. But now you can prepare once and then try as many times as you need.

>>28783

She is a bit tough, but she's definitely beatable. It takes a bit of luck to fight through the seizures, but I can beat her pretty reliably. She also becomes a lot easier if you come back later in the game to fight her. Remember she is an optional boss.

>>28785

Errors popping up immediately upon loading the game. This is what it's throwing at me.

http://filosis.cutievirus.com/play/phaser_override.js : 170

No idea if that means anything.

>>28793

Sorry for the late response.

Thanks for reporting this to me. I think it's a bug that only happens when using an outdated browser. I'll try to fix it.

>>28798

No worries, fix seems to be working fine!

What are you working on right now in the game Dread? Do you plan on adding anything new?

>>28803

Right now I'm working on the lab dungeon. It will have a few puzzles in it, and will be placed right before the final boss.

>>28855

where tf is the city i've searched everywhere and i have the key what am i doing wrong did you not add it or am i just an dumbass>>28855

>>28855

>>28860

You're in the city. Check the description of the item.

I'll rename the item to "Trapdoor Key" to make it more obvious.

This was gonna be a huge ass TLDR post so I posted the stuff in a pastebin.

https://pastebin.com/97DbfJDJ

Played through the game and found the narrative a bit rough and confusing at times.

Also this >>28862 prevented me from getting to the last battle in the first place, so I had to use the console and cheat through it.

The game's gameplay is rock solid and fun to play, but I feel like the story is still rough around the edges.

Other then that I'm really glad with how far you've gotten with the game, I'm super looking forward to further developments.

>>28875

That's strange. Why is my trip different?

>>28875

Thanks for answering some of the questions, might I suggest like tiny little lore books scattered around the game? Nothing to complicated to make (I think!) and can flesh out the world a bit.

>>28877

Did you draw this? I like it, but I'm not sure if Dread is actually taking suggestions for new characters

>>28879

Yes I am. Anyway, Ill just leave it here.>>288

What exactly does Haunt do?

What sort of disease are the Eidzu twins? HIV?

Will the other diseases become playable characters?

Good work, by the way.

>>28895

Super cute!

If you're thinking about adding more characters, I noticed there's a wealth of potential ones on >>>/cure/ if you want to add any extras or cameos

>>28895

>Haunt decreases the target's max HP.

So it's something you would use either to counter healers, or on enemies at full HP like a plebian version of that attack the poz twins use? Either I'm using it wrong or Chaos Ebola's moveset is a bit underwhelming.

>It would be cool, but sadly I don't plan on adding more playable characters.

So is there a practical reason to save the other diseases instead of eating them? I thought that was the implication. Or is it just a "good route" thing?

Sars as an ally would be powerful combined with Marburg-sama, but a screen-filling nightmare.

>>28896

I think Draco is the last character I'm going to add.

>>28897

If they have less HP, they're easier to kill. It's similar to lowering defense.

Since healing power is tied to the user's max HP, using it against a healer is very effective, as you said.

I do think I need to buff her skillset a bit, thanks for reminding me.

>So is there a practical reason to save the other diseases instead of eating them?

Pestilence gives you a reward for saving all three of them.

Aside from that, I plan on adding some sort of penalty for eating your friends.

>>28899

You could spend one of the virus souls too. Or you could choose not to save her, but that would be pretty cold-hearted. There is a way to revive her though.

>>28900

>You could spend one of the virus souls too.

It didn't give me that option.

>>28901

Do you have the soul in your inventory? If you have a soul, it should give you an option to use it.

>>28902

I did have it, unfortunately it only seemed to give me the option to use human souls.

Possible bug:

When I beat the game, all the dead characters appear around the lab, even though I didn't revive them all. I only revived Sars and gave Nagleria's sould to Plague-chan.

I also chose to kill Cure and Zmapp, but upon entering the building they are alive and remark on how I spared them.

And Herpes-chan is supposed to turn into a loli everywhere she appears, yes?

>>28445

Hey, board owner of /btan/ here. I've been wandering around various boards cataloguing what characters and lore they have. I was only familiar with Ebola-chan and Cure-chan, so if you'll forgive the derail, can you post some references for all these other characters?

>>28937

Lurk around the board. Check >>25397. Otherwise lurk some of the pages. The big ones that come to mind are ZMap-Chan, Zika-Chan, Lloviu-Chan and Marburg-Sama

>>28937

Do what >>28938 said, but regarding Zmapp-chan you're better off hopping over to >>>/cure/ if you want more references of her

https://8ch.net/ebola/res/28830.html#q28832

Why is this thread 404'd when I click on it but it's visible on the frontpage?

>>28941

After the hack, that was something that smaller boards had happen to some of their threads. I think you can follow the exact same instructions to fix them, but I never tried.

This music is great. Is there anywhere I can download the soundtrack?

does this game fall into the steam or something?..

>>29047

Autism makes the world go around. Thanks for the great game, OP. I will treasure it on my hard drive forever. Your dank blood goddesses meme game.

>>29050

Okay, so you're not actually supposed to be able to get to her. She's supposed to just skulk around outside the map.

Apparently there was a hole in the wall though, so I fixed that.

I can't seem to find Famine in the graveyard at all, either I'm dumb or you put him somewhere else in the game

>>29052

>>29051

>The secret girl I found wasn't really a secret nor was she supposed to be found

Well shit.

In that case any hints on post game shit? Namely how to revive dead party member-chan or how to make progress/kill shit when it gets to 0% hp in the abyss. Because I guess I'm too stupid to figure out anything but how to get to places I'm not supposed to go.

>>29056

Have you fought Joki yet? because it looks like I forgot to put a very important item in the game. Joki is supposed to drop her scythe, but she doesn't drop it. Oops.

Type acquire(items.scythe) into the console to get it if you already beat her.

If you haven't fought her yet, clear your cache and follow these directions to find her:

Find Famine in the graveyard. He'll tell you about a castle in the northern part of the dead world, which will unlock the path to it. You'll find Joki in her castle, and after beating her she'll drop a scythe that will let you easily kill the monsters in the Abyss.

For the japanese translation, are you planning on doing it all yourself or are you alright with a few drops of assistance?

Or on the other hand, do you plan on having people do it themselves in mods when the downloadable version is out?

>>29058

I don't know enough Japanese to do it myself. Any translations will have to be done by the community.

>>29059

Yeah I found that bug too, but for the life of me I can't figure out what's causing it :(

Hold on, I think I finally figured it out. When I updated to the new version of Phaser I had to change how the body (for collisions) is positioned. The body is supposed to be connected to the player's position, so when the player sinks it stays still. Instead, it is connected to the player's sprite, so when the player sinks it moves downward along with the sprite.

To fix this, I need to make sure the body's offset gets updated when I crop the sprite.

Hopefully there's no more serious bugs after this because I plan on releasing the download soon.

>>29063

I can confirm that the Linux version works just fine, and as you said is the superior way to play. Thanks again, man.

>>29065

Got a headache, here's what I got so far if anyone else plans to build on it　https://my.mixtape.moe/oqtcyv.txt

>>29066

Shouldn't 代理人のヘルペス be ヘルペスの代理人?

https://a.pomf.cat/naygse.txt

>>29067

Sorry about that, my Japanese is a tad bit weak, thank you!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bvBZAJ9JwL-0bAAnxw5S2yRGBH1jLY_Z3HljBQaiIc4/edit?usp=sharing

Made a google doc since this shit is LONG, and I am by no means a expert on Japanese. Help is very much appreciated

>>29070

I try some japen translation all i know

More translator would be great since is not complete yet

>>29071

Many thanks my man, you helped out a ton.

Here's the jp translation as of now, I plan on closing the google document once all the skills are translated and done. I will proceed try to find out what the next set should be translated right after.

https://a.pomf.cat/ccupxn.txt

>>29072

I think pomf.cat is fucking up, and the jap translation hasn't been working for my game. I believe there's some bullshit with the indentation that I'm unaware of on how to fix.

https://pastebin.com/WAMZLgYM

>>29063

Sorry if I sound technologically illiterate, but how do I play it after I unzip the downloaded folder?

Does it work on XP?

>>29080

Assuming you downloaded the correct version, there should be an exe file in there. Run that.

>>29081

My komodo thinks it's a virus and it can't play it in its container.

Something I can do about it?

>>29084

>My komodo thinks it's a virus and it can't play it in its container.

You could try downloading the latest nw.js from https://nwjs.io/ if you don't trust the one packaged with the game. Otherwise, you'd have to mark the file as safe somehow and restore it from quarantine to play it. Assuming the game is safe to begin with, your antivirus would likely find issue with the latest nw.js as well, so you would probably need to do that last part anyway.

Seeing as the game source can be viewed, as can nw.js, it's pretty easy to verify the game is safe.

>>29073

It's the quotation marks. Replace all “ and ” with " and it should work.

There's also a rogue ideographic space on line 78.

One of the lines was missing an end quote too.

https://pastebin.com/raw/C8jmAjs3

I recommend putting the file through JSONLint to help iron out the syntax errors.

You can also run the html file directly in firefox to gain access to the console, which will tell you what the error is.

>>29090

As the original let's make a real VN idea guy, after seeing the short VN-parody WEBM from 4ch/pol/ (created by a guy from 4ch/g/), let me say that you have done an excellent job and that I'm very impressed. I and others failed for many reasons (for myself, by dividing my attention and trying to make a SICP-VN at the same time) but you have shown yourself to be a true Ebolite. Congratulations!

>>29096

Completed? No, an anon on /bane/ made a short Undermeme game where you fight CIA. Dread's is the first full-length game though, as far as I'm aware. I don't pay much attention to /agdg/, or consider the things they make to be Official h8chan Seal of OC unless they intend the game to be, in which case they would have posted it on other boards and I'd have more likely heard about it.

I'd give the 2 h8chan Doom mods an honorable mention too, despite being less work. One the Moon Man mod and the other Trump.

>tfw you haven't worked on your game in months

wait Dread even if you make a non-Ebola game can you link it here? I'm 99% sure I'll miss it if you don't.

>>29134

holy shit are you that marble headstone anon from a while back?

>>29056

>>29057

where is this [spoiler]"abyss"?[/spoiler]

I know it's not likely, but are you planning on updating the game? I noticed it says 'status: in development' on itch.io

Hey, sorry I haven't dropped in in a while.

So the multiplayer feature is probably going to stop working in a few days. I had it on a free Openshift 2 account, but I got an email telling me it's going to be deleted.

To fix it, I'd need to move the server somewhere else, and also update the client so it can find the new server.

Honestly, I don't think the game gets enough traffic for multiplayer to matter much. I've only seen other people online at the same time as me a few times. If there were more asynchronous multiplayer features, like leaving messages on the ground, I think that'd make more sense.

So what do you think? Should I fix multiplayer? Should I expand it?

Also, since I don't visit /ebola/ too often any more, if anyone needs to contact me, or is interested in future games I make, they should visit my Discord server. https://discord.gg/4SJ5dFN

>>29167

It was supposed to be marked as released. Thanks for pointing that out to me.

I don't plan on updating the story of the game any more, but I might update the game in other ways. I've actually been thinking of making a prequel though.

>>29127

Maybe I could slip an Ebola-chan easter egg into all of my games so it will be on-topic.

>>29130

>>29134

This is really cool!

>>29170

>So what do you think? Should I fix multiplayer? Should I expand it?

Maybe release the server, have multiplayer off by default, and let the user input a server IP if they want to play online.

To be honest though, I never tried it with the multiplayer turned on. What does it even do?

>>29171

It just lets you see other players walking around as ghosts and chat with them. It doesn't affect gameplay at all.

I mainly added the feature because someone asked for it, and I wanted to see if I could do it.

Guys, I need some help with the playtrhough.

I am stuck in the Sally lab on Earth, I cannot open the middle door.

SPOILER WARNING:

I know the five digits password is for the order I must press the bookshelfs but every single interactable bookshelf gives me "It won't move…"[more spoiler]According to the book-switch note 1 is the northernmost and 5 is the southernmost but whichever I try to press only gives me "It won't move…".

What am I doing wrong?

Plz halp?

>>29451

Nevermind found it. Did not notice the book got a 3-pixel black line when switched.

Should I delete the post for its spoilers?

>>29050

Is she still accessible?

Any expansion packs?

Is the game's OST uploaded anywhere?

>>29502

I think all of the songs are in the games' filosis_data > music folder.

>>29495

plz respond ;_;

>>29507

I like it, friend

>>29514

Y-you too…

Good news everyone!

At the end of the week I'll most likely be able to make online purchases from other countries so I will be able to contribute monetarily.

Any expansion packs in development?

>>29694

I'm pretty sure Dread moved on to wanting to make something new, but maybe you could contribute by commissioning plushies and/or sculptures of Ebola-chan, Marburg-sama, and Lloviu-tan.

>>29754

What IS said idea for a new Ebola-chan game?

>>29754

Great news! Thanks Dread, I'll be looking forward to whatever it is you've got planned.

>>29755

It will probably be a prequel to Super Filovirus Sisters.

>>29754

This is a neat update, I appreciate your work Dread

>>29760

Will it also be an RPG, or will it have different gameplay?

I don't know if you check this thread anymore dread but I'm going to ask a question just in case anyways.

How the hell do I mod this game? I want to make custom maps, weapons, characters/bosses, etc but I don't know where the hell to start.

>>29783

The new game will be a visual novel.

>>29862

I'm working on a little modding guide that should help.

http://filosis.cutievirus.com/modding/ (still incomplete)

If you have any questions about modding I can help you more easily on my discord server https://discord.gg/4SJ5dFN

>>29864

This is super helpful, thanks a ton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI-S06g3Gnk

Someone streamed the game on youtube

>>29896

Kinda surprised it took that long for anyone to record a playthrough.

Anybody figure out how to get to the Abyss yet?

>>29916

This?

>>30030

Ah, thank you for the new version, anon.

>>30077

It sounds like the arrow location is decided by priority choice or cancellation choice. Basically the choices in question it naturally falls on would be terminator choices to end a dialogue or loop choices (assuming that's what it's doing).

>>29864

Is it possible to make a map editor?

>>30080

Sorry, I meant the arrow's location in relation to the selection, not which choice is selected by default out of the bunch.

>>30077

This might be caused by the new font. In the old font single-line text objects were always 10 pixels tall or something, but in the new font it depends on the content of the text. This might be causing problems. I don't know, I'll have to look into it.

>>30081

Currently I use Tiled for making maps, but it was originally programmed for an old version of tiled so it can be weird sometimes with the new version.

Announcement

I'm currently working on two things. First is an expansion for Super Filovirus Sisters, called "Madness Hen".

Aside from that, I actually have 3 new Ebola-chan games lined up. This is only feasible because they all use the same engine I'm working on called "Filament Engine". Filament Engine will be focused on creating visual novels and RPGs. The 3 games planned are as follows:

ECSTE: Ebola-chan Saves the Earth.

A visual novel following you (the skull) when you were alive. It's effectively a prequel to filosis.

Cybola: Ebola-chan in Cyber Space.

An RPG where Ebola-chan becomes a computer virus and infects the internet. This will be a small game.

And finally, Super Filovirus World. Where ECSTE is a prequel to filosis, filoworld follows an alternate ending to ECSTE. It will have many playable characters.

Also for my discord server, the new official entry point is http://cutievirus.com/discord/

Now you don't even need a discord account to leave a message. I might revoke the old invite link some time in the future.

Discord is the fastest way to contact me because I don't check this site as often as I used to.

>>30098

Looking forward to all of your upcoming works!

Finally got a working denbtscard recently. Original gamesite links do not seem to work anymore. Any legit links where I can contribute my part?

No Nigerian royalty plz.

>>30154

Pay me with it

Link's in >>30030 and it gives you the option to donate or just download directly.

Don't know if dread checks here often, but how's the update/expansion on SFS going so far?

>>30159

I've just about got all the new areas mapped out. I need to make new enemies for the new areas and new bosses still. I'm planning on having at least two new bosses. I've got an idea I like for the direction I want to take the story in, now I just need to implement it.

I'd probably have it done by now if I wasn't also working on other things, but that's how it is.

>>30215

Thanks for keeping us updated in the thread. You're a legend.

Damn it, someone get a hold of Dread and tell him to finish his DLC already. And while you're add it also tell him to slap a Corona-chan into it to make the game relevant.

Can you guys suggest any lightweight Steam RPG similar to SFS?

We need a DLC with moar newer characters (and Corona-chan of course).

I suggest Measles and Spanish Influenza.