A Way Back Home (RPG) May Update 05/22/2022

[oppi]

A Way Back Home

Hey guys! Welcome!
A Way Back Home is a game I've been working on for quite some time now.
The scenes are VERY player as pred focused. About 90% of the scenes are player as pred.
Please excuse my english grammar, as it's not my native language, I tend to make mistakes sometimes.

Now to the game:

The story evolves around a girl named Pri, short for Pricilla. She's been kidnapped by an evil corporation that used her as
a guinea pig to test their new product on, which transformed/mutated her into a foxgirl. The foxgirl part of the mutation
was completely unintentional, aswell as the other "side effects". Pri's hunger has grown significantly..
In addition to that comes the loss of memory. Pri can't remember who she is and where she comes from.
All she knows is.. Well, that she's quite hungry!
But maybe.. You will find out!

The game contains:

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Female Pred, Female Prey, Oral Vore, Unwilling Vore, Willing Vore, Multiple Prey, F/F, F/m, F/f, F/FF, digestion, observer

Controls:
PageUp button shows a picture of Pri's current weight stage.

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PageDown button shows a picture of Pri's current prey when digesting. Doesn't work for all the scenes yet.

Currently there are over 40 scenes.
Some scenes can have a different outcome, depending on the choices you make.
Most scenes are a little hidden. Maybe there are a few that are quite hard to find... We'll see.

A few pictures:

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MainMap for now:

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Credits:

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I borrowed a mawshot from Vaderaz Here a link to his profile: https://aryion.com/g4/user/Vaderaz
New Quest log: VisuMz_2_QuestSystem

Change log:

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Changelog:
05/22/22
All new content takes place in Zenidore

- new pred scene (Sir Robert's new wife)

You have to start the quest in the inn. Talk to the bounty hunter while digesting somebody.

- new observer scene (library)

- another new observer scene (also library)

- new Pri as pred scene

- new Pri as prey scene

- I added a ton new maps and some new characters which will play a role in future updates.

Jacob now has a battler and acts as a healer in fights. But unfortunately you have to start a new game for it to load. The update is easily playable without Jacob being a healer.

Scene where Pri digests the little girl's brother is still not replayable. Ran out of time.

You can download the game here(Windows):
https://www.mediafire.com/file/jedcblgz ... a.zip/file

And the MAC Version:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/2apyz4ud ... n.zip/file

Guide: Big thanks to mistermadness
https://www.mediafire.com/file/quh4528f ... e.pdf/file

I had a lot of fun making this.. I hope you guys like it!

The game will always be free to play, but if you want to support my work and play early access updates.
Then check out my patreon!
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=42658105
Or my subscribestar!
https://www.subscribestar.com/a-way-back-home

[vgove]

looks interesting

[Shugoki]

Sounds promising, but the game freezes up whenever I try to interact with objects, and there's no way out.

[vgove]

can you put it on mediafire?

[oppi]

can you put it on mediafire?

Done.

Sounds promising, but the game freezes up whenever I try to interact with objects, and there's no way out.

Thank you for telling me. I checked and it appears to happen in the starting room. I don't know why it happens so I just deleted the buggy interactions.
The new link contains the fixed version.

[DroolingPred]

This is awesome. Shows way more polish than I expect for a first release, not a single showstopper. Found only a couple of issues:

Interacting with the object in the lower right of the first room displays a blank text box and seems to lock up.
Interacting with the collapsed person in the gym area causes them to change sprites for a moment.
The start tile for the Hannah's Attic map is out of bounds.
The picture for Hannah's sister didn't load when I fought her in the boxing match, and caused a crash at the end of the fight, but the autosave successfully loaded up after the end of the fight.
At the forest camp, if you eat the girl in the tent, you can go back into the tent after you finish digesting her and she will be there.

This game really hit the spot for me, I love these power fantasy romps where the game is about finding all the food. The internal shots of the eaten prey are awesome, I love seeing their expressions of embarrassment, dread, and pleasure.

In terms of the English, there were only small errors. I could look back through if you want them listed out. The one that stood out most to me was the misspelling of lingerie.

[oppi]

This is awesome. Shows way more polish than I expect for a first release, not a single showstopper. Found only a couple of issues:

Interacting with the object in the lower right of the first room displays a blank text box and seems to lock up.
Interacting with the collapsed person in the gym area causes them to change sprites for a moment.
The start tile for the Hannah's Attic map is out of bounds.
The picture for Hannah's sister didn't load when I fought her in the boxing match, and caused a crash at the end of the fight, but the autosave successfully loaded up after the end of the fight.
At the forest camp, if you eat the girl in the tent, you can go back into the tent after you finish digesting her and she will be there.

This game really hit the spot for me, I love these power fantasy romps where the game is about finding all the food. The internal shots of the eaten prey are awesome, I love seeing their expressions of embarrassment, dread, and pleasure.

In terms of the English, there were only small errors. I could look back through if you want them listed out. The one that stood out most to me was the misspelling of lingerie.

Thanks a lot for the kind words and the reported issues!
The bugs and the misspelled lingerie are fixed.
The tent girl's respawn is not a bug. At the moment every scene is replayable. This might change in the future, but I like the possibility to repeat scenes without reloading.

[NightRoller]

This looks really cool! You can count on me to put it on my list to try, and I can't wait to see what things you improve on it in the future (if you plan to improve it, that is).

[SJ777]

Can't get the game to run, at best it opens a window but it's just completely black and stuck in perpetual loading.

[joe26]

Great game so far, its shaping up to look pretty damn good! I have ran into one problem that I don't think has been said. For some reason my quest log is broken and doesnt tell me what to do and instead just says "Find the for-leafed clover and talk to Hannah" and I have done that and gotten the knuckle dustersm and went into the HQ, so now im lost and idk what to do now. >_>

[snowfirefly]

Are there macro/micro situations?

[oppi]

Great game so far, its shaping up to look pretty damn good! I have ran into one problem that I don't think has been said. For some reason my quest log is broken and doesnt tell me what to do and instead just says "Find the for-leafed clover and talk to Hannah" and I have done that and gotten the knuckle dustersm and went into the HQ, so now im lost and idk what to do now. >_>

You're right.. Something must have went wrong there. I'll fix this as soon as possible! There's a huge part of the game that's not accessible right now..

Are there macro/micro situations?

No, not yet.. But there will be a few in the future for sure.

Can't get the game to run, at best it opens a window but it's just completely black and stuck in perpetual loading.

Sorry but I can't help you..

[vgove]

can you make a guide? also where are the garden sheers?

[Segundoetapa]

This was honestly very enjoyable 10/10 hope you make future updates ^

[DroolingPred]

Ah, I see what you mean now regarding the replayable scenes. There are some cases that seem strange, like you can go into the club room and converse with the club members even after they are eaten. If possible I would prefer a separate replay system instead, but I know that would mean a LOT of work.

I found an issue where you can trigger the swim team scene without first getting a bikini if you interact with the right tile in the pool locker room.
There are a few places with dodgy collision, I found a few warehouses where I could walk on boxes, and there was a painting in the HQ basement that I could walk into.

I noted that in the HQ, guards send you back to the entrance instead of triggering a game over. It'd be great if all guards worked like that.

I like that you included willing/unwilling choice for some scenes.

[radiogenicvore]

This is way more content than I would expect from a first release! great job!

A few bugs that can all be fixed with the tileset.
Softlock, when moving from the upper left segment of the town to the upper right you can get stuck in the street lamp.
The path on the ruins map restricts movement to vertical only
Objects that can be walked though - barrels, boxes, cracked walls, some furniture.

[Ermac]

Hello, I have a problem when i open the game i get the error "nw_elf.dll not found" I downloaded but say error 0xc00007b error... any solution?

[daeway]

Where are the garden shears at?
Also, how do I get private tutoring (in the game I mean)?

[Necronius94]

Where are the garden shears at?
Also, how do I get private tutoring (in the game I mean)?

Garden shears are in the cellar, just interact with everything until you find them.
Tutoring is achieved by talking to the teacher in the teachers lounge, then going to her apartment

[Koseki]

after hq , it is mentioned you want to take revenge but idk what should i do or where should i go for that. also quest log says to get a 4 leaf clover and that is something already done