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On a completely, totally unrelated note, did you guys know we have all of our saved data listed in separate files in users AppData/LocalLow folders? Keeps things super organized!

Hey, one of the devs here! I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to write this out. I know it probably wasn't easy, especially expecting the pushback you mentioned.Our game is most definitely not for everyone, but you brought up a very valid point!

Admittedly, I haven't actually looked at our disclaimer in quite some time (it's just a text box, so it doesn't get updated), and I think you're right, it doesn't give an accurate description of the game. We don't condone these acts in the real world, obviously, it's a work of fiction, but that doesnt mean our disclaimer gets a pass. I think we can definitely do a better job with it, and I'm going to reach out to the project lead with some suggestions to see if we can reword it. At the very least, removing the "fully consenting" part, since that does seem misleading now that you've brought it up.

Again, thank you for taking the time. Really do appreciate it!

Hey all, one of the devs here! We have finished the update to the beach levels! We have about 5 more tasks yet to finish, and then we should be sending out a build to our testers in our Discord (consider supporting us on Patreon if you'd like to get in on that!) and then we'll do another round of bug fixes (test builds ALWAYS show us we missed things). And once that's done, we'll submit the update!

No ETA or dates, but we're getting close! We appreciate all the love and support from everyone.

And remember, if you're not getting the update right here on itch or on Patreon, you are more than likely downloading malware!

Dev here! That's usually what happens when the system can't find a selected language. Go to the Settings one (you can see the word "settings" in the button there and then find the language drop down, try selecting one and going back to english. 
Also if you could tell me what language you may have tried switching to that caused the error? Don't think we've seen that one before.

Dev here! The last update does not have the beach level at all. This last update was a major refactor for systems and level design that we wanted to get feedback on first, before we committed to new direction. 

Dev here, anyone have suggestions for mobile games with good platformer controls ? Would love to check a few out to see how they handle it!

Dev here! Which part are you stuck on?

Hey everyone, DEV for GS here. Just a friendly reminder that we currently only have two locations for "updated" versions of the game. Right here on itch.io and our Patreon page. It shouldn't need to be said but just in case, if you see links to other places, they re more than likely just malware.

We're working on the game literally every single day and will have an update for it out as soon as we can!

Dev here! We already have a fix in place for that situation in the next update!

Dev here, most likely never unfortunately. Apple makes it hard and expensive.

Dev here, I sent a friend request, let's talk!

Dev here, that's probably our number 1 complaint right now, we're looking at options!

Dev here! Exactly as SilentMangle stated. This latest was a test version of some major system overhauls, combat, platforming and level design. We wanted to get feedback to make sure we are moving in the right direction, before committing to something that wouldn't work for our players. We're actively working on updating the Beach and city levels next!

Dev here, well. That definitely sucks! Apologies for that. We are working on translating all of our dialogue right now and finding a new font for both Chinese and Japanese is on our TODO list as well, specifically for this!

Special Attack!

Dev here! Yeah that sounds accurate. The latest demo had some major refactors so you're essentially trying to combine two different versions of save data into one and then utilizing old mechanics with new variablese/data so, that would definitely bug out!
We're working every single day on pushing things forward!

As Apple makes it obnoxiously hard and expensive as hell to maintain an app, we do not at this time. Can't say that won't change, but it's not a topic we've even talked about outside of "F Apple" lol

Dev here!  Please please do not click any links that are outside of this post, or our Patreon. That's the only place we have it. It will be on steam eventually, but right now, just itch and Patreon.

But also, yes more stuff is locked behind our Patreon lol In this latest version we did a large refactor of enemies, systems and levels so we wanted to do a test of just the forest area. This is to get feedback and make sure that we're moving in the right direction, before we go ham on the rest of the project.

Older versions have the beach as well, but city is locked to Patreon.

Lol indeed that is a bug, we've already fixed it for the next update!

It should already work with a controller!

Full version will not be free. Itch.io is the demo. Patreon gets the new content updates BUT keep in mind before you buy that as of this message, we have not finished the beach overhaul so the two match right now.

For anyone still curious, you can typically find them in your
C:/Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\Cumbusters\Gamer Struggles
and then its broken up into individual files. 

Not a terrible idea! I can pitch it to the team. Any chance you can provide a screenshot or picture of what your controls look like on your iPad?

Game dev usually takes multiple skill sets, its extremely rare that any one single individual possesses all of them AND a lot of expertise in each of them at the same time. Much easier to find individuals with specialized skill and knowledge in their own area of expertise! Art, code, sound etc. 

For example, if I made the art for this game, we'd have 0 players, cause I can't draw to save my life lol

"a fuckable Mario game" is a perfect analogy for our game lol! 
Can you give us any specifics about what you didn't like? Do you mean the mobile controls or on PC? Mobile controls are our biggest complaint lately so we're discussing it internally.

We don't have a submit button, BUT if you go into the horny water we do have a submit button in that scenario!

Sorry about your saves. We don't do it on purpose but the changes we've made the last few updates have broken saves (your saved position would be either in a wall or in a void for this last update for example)
As for the controls, that's our biggest complain now so we're discussing it heavily to come up with a game plan to fix our mobile controls!

Programmer here, I believe we have about a year left before we're finished with the content we have planned. About a year because we typically work in roughly 3-4 month increments between updates.

No hard dates though, that's just a guess based on conversations the team has had.

Hey there, Programmer for GS here. Appreciate the post, loving the feedback and more detail is always good!
For the bugs, we've already fixed the camera zoom and that will update in the 0.2.0 update.

For mobile controls, that's probably our biggest complaint right now is the mobile controls suck. If anyone has suggestions on games that are like GS but better on mobile, I'd love to hear them so I can give it a test and see  what they're doing different/better. Or any suggestions ( we know the left stick is a big issue for some)

As for your recommendations, they sound great! We have a pretty good idea on everything that will go into the early scenes like Forest, Beach and Mangrove. But we usually keep suggestions in mind for our later Acts.

3-somes are already a thing, we have the code in place right now actually! but the only art we have is with 2 conductors (you should be able to see that in the previous builds!) 

And we'll add more as our artists dish them out. Personally, I'd love for us to get a combination of each type of combo but that might be a bit much for the artists at least in the short term!

A down attack and double jump don't seem like bad ideas but we'll have to discuss those internally.

Appreciate the feedback and support! 

Programmer for GS here! What type of custom controls would you like to see if you could? We're always open to suggestions on improving things. No guarantee it makes the cut but we love any feedback!

Hey there, programmer for GS here. We have a fix for both of those bugs already submitted!

And yes, this latest build only included the Forest since we made a lot of game-breaking changes, we decided to leave that area out until we finish the rework.

It's on our list!

We've got loads more H content in the pipeline!

Its supposed to be space or left mouse, that's just an oversight. We'll have that fixed!

Discord link is available on Patreon

Can you elaborate on the rebinding making reading signs and saving part? What's breaking exactly? You're just not able to use the checkpoints or signs?

Thank our community in discord for that! 

tech update for this build ends after forest. We're working on re-working beach next!

Alright have a fix for the "help I'm stuck under a box and can't get out ever" bug!

This is one of the first hot fixes we're working on!