Usually I just lurk on here, no presence at all so I know it doesn't mean much coming from me but I must say that I'm excited to see where this goes. I feel like I can relate to the protag and the need to help people while figuring yourself out. I hope that everything about this project goes well considering how peak this game is.
I have been waiting for public version since August 25 2024 when I found this game on my birthday. And I still check if something new but dude, enough with the waiting please.
I just started playing but let me tell you, when MC extended his hand to Natsumi and said "Welcome Home", it stopped being a H-game to me, I didn't know the writing was this fire hahaha.
Would it be possible to get a .sh file for Linux instead of .tar.bz2? I just find it easier to run that on a steam deck and is what's most other developers provide.
Dev's still working on stuff. Had to check the discord to figure that out. Most recent post I found that was relevant was on the 11th of March (this month)
Edit: oh hey perfect timing, he just released a trailer.
I think the plot is a really cool idea, but imo the writing is just not there.
The characters tend to feel fairly bland, while even somewhat nonsensical in the case of Hana, and progression of the story hinges heavily on similar nonsensical writing, and the protagonist being.....rather dumb, I feel.
The first instance is really early on imo, with the principal canceling his health insurance, and then trying to threaten him to keep quiet since higher ups wouldn't believe him over her. This.....doesn't make any sense? It isn't a he-said she-said circumstance of being his word against her's, there was already a tangible consequence to her doing that, with evidence.
Similarly, later on when the principal confronts you about being seen with Hana, the conversation again feels nonsensical in order to get to the end the plot demands. Why would the principal wait to confront us, when in every previous case she acted immediately? Why would she refuse to verify anything with Hana? Why didn't the protagonist say a single thing to explain a circumstance that is extremely easy to defend?
It's a shame, since the idea behind the game seems interesting, but the writing feels like it's bumbling along with little regard for the involved characters...
agreed. The principal is generally the weakest part of the entire story. The other characters work well enough, especially if you cut some slack since most indie devs are inexperienced writers. But the principal creates more issues and plotholes than she solves. So I usually just skip all content involving her. Since the story isn't all that complex (yet imo still interesting enough to keep coming back), you can piece together things well enough even if you skip the content of a specific character or two.
Completely skipping everything concerning specific characters is actually something I do in many indie games/VNs nowadays since it makes a lot of them far more coherent. Surprisingly many games have a character or two who take away more from the story than they add.
One thing that stuck out to me is how almost every time there's any sort of development, it's complete nonsense.
Nothing Hana does makes any sense at any point. Her deciding to get the protag a watch makes no sense, the way the confrontation plays out makes no sense, the way she approaches the circumstance after the confrontation makes no sense. It seems clear to me that there was very little planning, because almost every encounter with her has seen the author write themselves into a corner and having to do these nonsensical things to get out of it.
Kaede's story honestly felt so weird, but not for the reasons the story tried to make it. Protagonist is literally just being nice by offering to play games with her, which while unusual for a teacher to do, is not immoral at all! Yet....the protagonist starts yapping about how he's so horrible and creepy for doing this to a student. The strange insistence that this scenario MUST be creepy is the part that feels strange to me.
It's really a shame, since I did think the concept was interesting. Not terribly unique or originally, but interesting enough that at first I wanted to see it through. I.....do not think I will be seeing it through anymore.
I wouldn't criticize a game from an incomplete perspective, this game is still ongoing and I'm still trying to explain things that happened before the start of the game, because those things take more time to develop, also, ideas are way faster than the actual workflow, I wish my long term planification was good enough to make sense once the full picture of the Broken Dreams universe has been completed, I'm not asking you to be patiente, you can criticize all you want, at the end of the day, I just want a story that respect itself.
Your words: "The first instance is really early on imo, with the principal canceling his health insurance, and then trying to threaten him to keep quiet since higher ups wouldn't believe him over her. This.....doesn't make any sense? It isn't a he-said she-said circumstance of being his word against her's, there was already a tangible consequence to her doing that, with evidence."
Look, the answer to this exists since december 2021, and nobody, NOBODY, has intepreted correctly, and it's fine, because I've not given enough information to solve the puzzle, is there a reason why their superiors want him there? why is he so worried about losing his job and talk to his higher ups? why?
And look, calling Hana a bland character just because acts like your default tsundere girl is at some point fair, at the time I'm writting this comment of course, because, her story is still in a quite early stage.
your words again: "Kaede's story honestly felt so weird, but not for the reasons the story tried to make it. Protagonist is literally just being nice by offering to play games with her, which while unusual for a teacher to do, is not immoral at all! Yet....the protagonist starts yapping about how he's so horrible and creepy for doing this to a student. The strange insistence that this scenario MUST be creepy is the part that feels strange to me."
There's a big reason why THE MAIN CHARACTER considers this a bad idea, deep down in him, he knows the result from previous experiences. This is not intended to be a creepy scenario for YOU, the player, that brings me to my next point, I don't want you to be the main character, that's why at the very start of the development, you weren't able to select a name for the player, because I don't want that, but, making this decision was good tho, now you're obliged to be the player, and despite him, this is not a game about being a good person, this game in fact is about being a shitty person trapped in a world making him a good person, and you'll see why, at the end, is very easy to critizice when you don't know the whole story, right?
My conclusion is that you don't see what you want to see on the story, and it's fine, I don't suffer because of comments about this game, I uinderstand that I'm not perfect, I work as hard as I can to make an enjoyable visual novel, sorry if this is not the game that you expected.
Oh btw, I learnead a new language just to bring you a story, because it's the language you know, this sounds personal, but I'm very tired of this kind of comments calling my grammar and style bad, of course it's not good, my thinking is in on a complete different dimension, I don't see the world in English, it's hard, very hard, and I already created a good story for a lot of people, and I'm happy with that, I'm improving of course, I don't want to think that I'm perfect, again, this is just my attempt to create a good game.
Relax brother we appreciate the effort and passion you’re putting into this game. I can see that there’s a lot of depth and long term planning behind the story, even if some things aren’t fully clear yet. I respect that you’re taking the time to craft something meaningful, and I understand that storytelling especially in a second language is a huge challenge. Keep doing what you love, and I hope you’re able to bring your vision to life the way you intend. Looking forward to seeing how everything comes together!
Well, what can I say?.. ABSOLUTE CINEMA! The plot is interesting and intriguing, and the characters...well, the best way to describe it, I guess, is to say that they feel alive, have complex personalities, which is amazing! The game is extremely immersive and the art and the music are very nice! Thank you for this masterpiece of a game!! Truly a game made with love!)
This game is good, I just wish it had more consistent music. Sometimes I was just sitting in silence clicking through menus which is not that enjoyable, with music I would of at least had something to listen to.
Easily one of my top ten nsfw games ive ever played, very nice scenes and plot. Please take as long as you need for new updates, we'll wait for the quality you've been giving us so far!
With how good Broken Dreams is, please don't burn out while producing this. Take all the time you need!
This is one of the few hidden gems amongst the endless supply of low-effort games filled with shallow porn scenes made by people who have no idea what they're doing and just want to make money, while you can tell that a lot of passion and effort went into this game. Keep doing what you're doing, it's amazing!
From this day, this VN for me is the best game in terms of sharing emotions. Firstly, I thought that it's just another game with NSFW content, BUT after I've spent here some time and finished the game, I understood that it's not just some 18+ game... IT IS something else. You've made a great work to show emotions, issues and trials that characters had to endure. Literally, the situation with Natsuki in the shop even made me cry(a little).
Keep up the good work and make the game really astonishing!
P.S. can somebody please recommend games like this one?
Seriously the last section had me feeling so bad for her. When she walked in to confirm her fears and saw the shirt, all i could say was "oh no no no..."
Genuinely went into this thinking it was another NSFW game that tried to aim for more plot and storytelling. Finishing what is all that biggering has made for now, I'm actually at a lost for words. It was genuinely one of the best most jaw dropping stories written for any game similar to this type of VN genre.
Posting this for either you or anyone else who still needs this answered. Download the apk file as normal, then go to your phone/tablet's storage and find it in the downloads tab. Run it and it should install the game without you needing to do anything else. So far as updating and transferring saves, same process. Download the patch and run it, it'll update the game automatically and your saves remain in local storage. Just remember to delete the apk files after installation since they take up a fair bit of memory.
is 0.5 gonna be free or we need to buy it (and the last update is 91 days ago game is still continue right? beause this is game has the best story by far for a eroge)
Bugger me senseless (as Madlad said), THIS is some good game we have here. I know that it's a NSFW game but fuck me it has some scenes in which one's you're just sitting and listening, listening how your heart is pounding while reading what is going on. There's one scene (I won't tell it, cause this will be a spoiler) that really got me, I was sitting with my eyes wide open looking in the darkness and listening to the sounds of the game and my heartbeat. I literally felt this tension that grabbed my mind and didn't let go. I'm gonna be honest, I never ever thought that a NSFW game can do such thing. It may seem like any other game where you get to fuck girls, but boy oh boy, there's much more than that. I played for about couple of hours so I assume I didn't got too far but what I've seen already is fucking great work man, keep at it
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Usually I just lurk on here, no presence at all so I know it doesn't mean much coming from me but I must say that I'm excited to see where this goes. I feel like I can relate to the protag and the need to help people while figuring yourself out. I hope that everything about this project goes well considering how peak this game is.
I have been waiting for public version since August 25 2024 when I found this game on my birthday. And I still check if something new but dude, enough with the waiting please.
I just started playing but let me tell you, when MC extended his hand to Natsumi and said "Welcome Home", it stopped being a H-game to me, I didn't know the writing was this fire hahaha.
Would it be possible to get a .sh file for Linux instead of .tar.bz2? I just find it easier to run that on a steam deck and is what's most other developers provide.
Dev's still working on stuff. Had to check the discord to figure that out. Most recent post I found that was relevant was on the 11th of March (this month)
Edit: oh hey perfect timing, he just released a trailer.
Still waiting for next update. Keep going bro.
I think the plot is a really cool idea, but imo the writing is just not there.
The characters tend to feel fairly bland, while even somewhat nonsensical in the case of Hana, and progression of the story hinges heavily on similar nonsensical writing, and the protagonist being.....rather dumb, I feel.
The first instance is really early on imo, with the principal canceling his health insurance, and then trying to threaten him to keep quiet since higher ups wouldn't believe him over her. This.....doesn't make any sense? It isn't a he-said she-said circumstance of being his word against her's, there was already a tangible consequence to her doing that, with evidence.
Similarly, later on when the principal confronts you about being seen with Hana, the conversation again feels nonsensical in order to get to the end the plot demands. Why would the principal wait to confront us, when in every previous case she acted immediately? Why would she refuse to verify anything with Hana? Why didn't the protagonist say a single thing to explain a circumstance that is extremely easy to defend?
It's a shame, since the idea behind the game seems interesting, but the writing feels like it's bumbling along with little regard for the involved characters...
agreed. The principal is generally the weakest part of the entire story. The other characters work well enough, especially if you cut some slack since most indie devs are inexperienced writers. But the principal creates more issues and plotholes than she solves. So I usually just skip all content involving her. Since the story isn't all that complex (yet imo still interesting enough to keep coming back), you can piece together things well enough even if you skip the content of a specific character or two.
Completely skipping everything concerning specific characters is actually something I do in many indie games/VNs nowadays since it makes a lot of them far more coherent. Surprisingly many games have a character or two who take away more from the story than they add.
One thing that stuck out to me is how almost every time there's any sort of development, it's complete nonsense.
Nothing Hana does makes any sense at any point. Her deciding to get the protag a watch makes no sense, the way the confrontation plays out makes no sense, the way she approaches the circumstance after the confrontation makes no sense. It seems clear to me that there was very little planning, because almost every encounter with her has seen the author write themselves into a corner and having to do these nonsensical things to get out of it.
Kaede's story honestly felt so weird, but not for the reasons the story tried to make it. Protagonist is literally just being nice by offering to play games with her, which while unusual for a teacher to do, is not immoral at all! Yet....the protagonist starts yapping about how he's so horrible and creepy for doing this to a student. The strange insistence that this scenario MUST be creepy is the part that feels strange to me.
It's really a shame, since I did think the concept was interesting. Not terribly unique or originally, but interesting enough that at first I wanted to see it through. I.....do not think I will be seeing it through anymore.
I wouldn't criticize a game from an incomplete perspective, this game is still ongoing and I'm still trying to explain things that happened before the start of the game, because those things take more time to develop, also, ideas are way faster than the actual workflow, I wish my long term planification was good enough to make sense once the full picture of the Broken Dreams universe has been completed, I'm not asking you to be patiente, you can criticize all you want, at the end of the day, I just want a story that respect itself.
Your words:
"The first instance is really early on imo, with the principal canceling his health insurance, and then trying to threaten him to keep quiet since higher ups wouldn't believe him over her. This.....doesn't make any sense? It isn't a he-said she-said circumstance of being his word against her's, there was already a tangible consequence to her doing that, with evidence."
Look, the answer to this exists since december 2021, and nobody, NOBODY, has intepreted correctly, and it's fine, because I've not given enough information to solve the puzzle, is there a reason why their superiors want him there? why is he so worried about losing his job and talk to his higher ups? why?
And look, calling Hana a bland character just because acts like your default tsundere girl is at some point fair, at the time I'm writting this comment of course, because, her story is still in a quite early stage.
your words again:
"Kaede's story honestly felt so weird, but not for the reasons the story tried to make it. Protagonist is literally just being nice by offering to play games with her, which while unusual for a teacher to do, is not immoral at all! Yet....the protagonist starts yapping about how he's so horrible and creepy for doing this to a student. The strange insistence that this scenario MUST be creepy is the part that feels strange to me."
There's a big reason why THE MAIN CHARACTER considers this a bad idea, deep down in him, he knows the result from previous experiences. This is not intended to be a creepy scenario for YOU, the player, that brings me to my next point, I don't want you to be the main character, that's why at the very start of the development, you weren't able to select a name for the player, because I don't want that, but, making this decision was good tho, now you're obliged to be the player, and despite him, this is not a game about being a good person, this game in fact is about being a shitty person trapped in a world making him a good person, and you'll see why, at the end, is very easy to critizice when you don't know the whole story, right?
My conclusion is that you don't see what you want to see on the story, and it's fine, I don't suffer because of comments about this game, I uinderstand that I'm not perfect, I work as hard as I can to make an enjoyable visual novel, sorry if this is not the game that you expected.
Oh btw, I learnead a new language just to bring you a story, because it's the language you know, this sounds personal, but I'm very tired of this kind of comments calling my grammar and style bad, of course it's not good, my thinking is in on a complete different dimension, I don't see the world in English, it's hard, very hard, and I already created a good story for a lot of people, and I'm happy with that, I'm improving of course, I don't want to think that I'm perfect, again, this is just my attempt to create a good game.
Relax brother we appreciate the effort and passion you’re putting into this game. I can see that there’s a lot of depth and long term planning behind the story, even if some things aren’t fully clear yet. I respect that you’re taking the time to craft something meaningful, and I understand that storytelling especially in a second language is a huge challenge. Keep doing what you love, and I hope you’re able to bring your vision to life the way you intend. Looking forward to seeing how everything comes together!
Is this safe for my device? Cause my android os is blocked for it so, idk
Haven't played it on android, but played all versions since initial release on windows without problems.
will we be able to impregnate any of the girls?
been a while.
Amazing game! Especially I like love tree and sex mode!
你能新来 langes a Chinese 吗？
Are all of the animations custom, or just some?
EDIT: Also are these just in v.5?
Well, what can I say?.. ABSOLUTE CINEMA! The plot is interesting and intriguing, and the characters...well, the best way to describe it, I guess, is to say that they feel alive, have complex personalities, which is amazing! The game is extremely immersive and the art and the music are very nice! Thank you for this masterpiece of a game!! Truly a game made with love!)
Bro how long would it take to make an update?
It's very slow man I've been waiting since 5 months or more
God daym this is peek (when is the next update gonna come out it was last updated in aug last year)
Is there like a marriage system in this game? I'm not finding any luck.
I'll download this once I'm done with my school works. I know this game will be peak 🔥
This game is good, I just wish it had more consistent music. Sometimes I was just sitting in silence clicking through menus which is not that enjoyable, with music I would of at least had something to listen to.
Easily one of my top ten nsfw games ive ever played, very nice scenes and plot. Please take as long as you need for new updates, we'll wait for the quality you've been giving us so far!
With how good Broken Dreams is, please don't burn out while producing this. Take all the time you need!
Came for the porn, stayed for the plot
This game is amazing
Thanks! 🤍
Came for the NSFW, stayed for the story. What a nice surprise this game was, absolutely amazing!! I love it ❤
That was the intention 🤍
This is one of the few hidden gems amongst the endless supply of low-effort games filled with shallow porn scenes made by people who have no idea what they're doing and just want to make money, while you can tell that a lot of passion and effort went into this game. Keep doing what you're doing, it's amazing!
Thanks for your kind words 🤍
From this day, this VN for me is the best game in terms of sharing emotions. Firstly, I thought that it's just another game with NSFW content, BUT after I've spent here some time and finished the game, I understood that it's not just some 18+ game... IT IS something else. You've made a great work to show emotions, issues and trials that characters had to endure. Literally, the situation with Natsuki in the shop even made me cry(a little).
Keep up the good work and make the game really astonishing!
P.S. can somebody please recommend games like this one?
I'm glad you liked it, thank you so much! 🤍
Huh... It's peak.
Seriously the last section had me feeling so bad for her. When she walked in to confirm her fears and saw the shirt, all i could say was "oh no no no..."
Thanks! 🤍
The Game is 100/10 at everything but man you take so much time just for a single update come on man please hurry
?
I mean it been a while since 0.4 when 0.5 will be out for public version sorry if u misunderstand something I said
I understand, I try my best to deliver good content.
Do you have Spanish language?
Is this abandoned?
No.
that's awesome
I wonder about your question about the game being abandoned, when you can see the development log being updated .-.
Genuinely went into this thinking it was another NSFW game that tried to aim for more plot and storytelling. Finishing what is all that biggering has made for now, I'm actually at a lost for words. It was genuinely one of the best most jaw dropping stories written for any game similar to this type of VN genre.
(I'm still in shock writing this)
I initially thought this was a game with a happy story.....
10/10 for story.
Should I prepare myself emotionally before I start this?
shouldn't be
I couldn't tell if you were hinting at it not being a happy game or using sarcasm lol
Without spoiling anything, emotionally, you will probably not cry but you will feel other emotion that you wouldn't though you would feel haha
when exactly are these updates gonna be public just curious?
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How can I i install the game on Android?
Click Android
Posting this for either you or anyone else who still needs this answered. Download the apk file as normal, then go to your phone/tablet's storage and find it in the downloads tab. Run it and it should install the game without you needing to do anything else. So far as updating and transferring saves, same process. Download the patch and run it, it'll update the game automatically and your saves remain in local storage. Just remember to delete the apk files after installation since they take up a fair bit of memory.
is 0.5 gonna be free or we need to buy it (and the last update is 91 days ago game is still continue right? beause this is game has the best story by far for a eroge)
It should be free after 0.6 is released, you should consider joining the discord helps pass the time.
(^-^)/
thanks
Bugger me senseless (as Madlad said), THIS is some good game we have here. I know that it's a NSFW game but fuck me it has some scenes in which one's you're just sitting and listening, listening how your heart is pounding while reading what is going on. There's one scene (I won't tell it, cause this will be a spoiler) that really got me, I was sitting with my eyes wide open looking in the darkness and listening to the sounds of the game and my heartbeat. I literally felt this tension that grabbed my mind and didn't let go. I'm gonna be honest, I never ever thought that a NSFW game can do such thing. It may seem like any other game where you get to fuck girls, but boy oh boy, there's much more than that. I played for about couple of hours so I assume I didn't got too far but what I've seen already is fucking great work man, keep at it
up 0.5 how long it free in itch because i can't download in peatron
不是免费吗？怎么后面没了😰
还没更完
13GB? What's up with this size?
????????? The game is 1 . 3 GB 1 point 3
Hello, I wondering what languages are planned in the future?
Probably soon.
Do my save files auto transfer when i install the new version on Android?
No, you need to install again the new version and delete the older one