The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales wrote:

Tell us what you loved! 

Seriously?

I have to do a video of this thing. Saying even without being able to try it yet.

There's so much to love about this surprising and amusing title.
I think what I love about all else is that it takes the lore established for a galaxy spanning 4x game that requires a big-picture mindset, and then explores that same lore on a deeply personal and intimate level. There's a huge galaxy out there with dozens of hundreds of planets who host billions of souls, but so far in chapter one our concerns are focused on a few core characters and their hopes and fears.
Well arguably Character, but that's just splitting hairs. 

And even if you aren't well-versed in Endless Space lore, there's a tonne of narrative weight to trying to assert your individuality in a world where that's potentially lethal.
And props to the writers for finding a way to create distinct characters out of a cast of characters whose defining traits are that they aren't supposed to have any. 

Thought it was a joke.. happy it's not. More Endless universe content is always welcomed.

Thank you for the present, Amplitude people! 

The theme of being both identic and different is great and worth more developpements, and I am hooked for further chapters of Horatio adventures.

It was a very pleasant and full of suspens playing, and a first taste about endless space 2 for me (i only played  endless legend and endless dungeon till now). At the first attempt, i've been rewarded by being nominated to "a special mission". I'll try a few more attempts as there is.are more Horatio.s in this batch waiting for his.their destiny.

Is this real life?
Dating sims....within the HORATIO Society?
Is this real life?

I found it quite fun, experiencing life as the most perfect being in the universe is interesting.

I am generally not really into this type of games so I can't really compare it to other similar games but even if just for the lore and fun I think it is a good game.

It was a damm masterpiece! Funny and well thought! Waiting anxiously the second part!

This was a huge surprise, and a great first chapter. The humour was pot on, and as someone who hasn't played as Horatio it made me want to start a Horatio game!

It reminded me that I do really want an Endless Space novel.... perhaps that could be a further path for the writers after this?

Cool experience

I had never understood the dating-simulator hype, only the idea of that game style. Now I get both. It was a very fulfilling choice-making experience and it got me curious at each and every choice. And even though I didn't feel like my actions mattered much (the results were predefined for each choice of words), my personality and the things I said did. I only missed music at some parts that only had background noise and some voice acting would be awesome (but it's too much to ask from a free game). At some points I felt like reading aloud (roleplaying/acting) each dialogue. They all got the same voices, anyway, so it's fine if I'm roleplaying as every character.

It's great! I like it!
I like stylish art, nice music, decent story, normal save system (instead of commonly used one-slot-only nonsense) and this allure of the nice small game ^^
I understand why some things in this game are rather simplistic (it's a free fan service on April's fool day, clearly)
Though, I can't stop myself from wanting more! More characters, more of their backgrounds, deeper and larger story, branching dialogues, object descriptions, notes, interactions with consequences, etc.
Just make this into 10 chapters instead of 2! :)
Our character is "deviant" so he has relative freedom with all that. He can travel and communicate with other characters from different planets and fractions.
Not necessarily free, I would love to buy a point-and-click or a visual novel in this universe.
I played all the games from the Endless collection many times and I'm glad to play any addition in different genres.
Often, I prefer small games over big ones (easier to get into, faster to play, can be played in short sessions), so I really like this format.

I'm glad that it called "dating sim" just for a joke and it's not actual dating sim.
Personally, I'm not into dating sims, because most of the characters there are just exist for only one purpose and other things in the game are secondary. It feels too hollow and staged for me.
Though, I don't mind romance option if it's just an option when it can be totally avoided while the interesting story goes first.

Drakonyan wrote:

 and some voice acting would be awesome (but it's too much to ask from a free game). At some points I felt like reading aloud (roleplaying/acting) each dialogue. They all got the same voices, anyway, so it's fine if I'm roleplaying as every character.

I think this game was made with a lot of limitations (time, budget, team size), it is a free fan service, after all.
But even if we talk about the full-fledged visual novel with enough of budget... I think voice acting is a disaster for choice-matter text-related games.
It is not cheap and if to choose where to invest most of the effort... it's better to have texts and graphics of the best quality.
After all, in visual novel genre influence of quality of the textual component is great, and it is better to read various carefully placed in-depth texts and have more choice options than to listen to their simplified and shortened versions for voice acting sake. Also, if you do not like the voices of the actors and the quality of the voice acting, it can spoil the impression of a whole game, even if all other components are great.
(just in my humble opinion, I'm not trying to convince you, of course)

Hey Frog... just tried translating into german...noticed it is Python based scripted project. Editing is quite easy....

But I would prefer to start with machine based translation and improve it manually over time.... no clue how much time it will take... ???

I could start with "day1" and if finished I report and could send you the file... and if you like it...I could go on...

There's a translation function in Renpy already, so I think I'd rather you tried to use that. I'll see if I can extract the dialog when we're rolling out part 2.

In the meantime, of course, you're welcome to get a headstart on translating the first day... ?

Frogsquadron wrote:

There's a translation function in Renpy already, so I think I'd rather you tried to use that. I'll see if I can extract the dialog when we're rolling out part 2.

In the meantime, of course, you're welcome to get a headstart on translating the first day... ?

Just begun .... and find that much is has to be translated into right context - where algorithms fail... ;) But it's fun.... hope I have enough time and resources...

Yes maybe you can make an text extract- but the work would be the same nearly...

I can recommend this free translator tool: DeepL Übersetzer

Sure you have to recheck the offered translation every time. In case you click on one translated word, it offers other - possibly better fitting - translations in a drop down list.

Groo wrote:

I can recommend this free translator tool: DeepL Übersetzer

Sure you have to recheck the offered translation every time. In case you click on one translated word, it offers other - possibly better fitting - translations in a drop down list.

Hey Groo, thanks..yes I noticed DeepL beside google tool... will try it. Of course yes, the machine translation is a starting point and you have to check the context and alternative meanings very often. Right now I am at 60% of "Day 1."  Hope I get through the Part 1 next two weeks...

I love the game so far. I'm realy exited to see where my horatio reble finds himself In Space!!!  Looking long term I think it would be realy great to have one of these for all the major factions then have an ultimate game that takes the choices you've made and characters you've developed and ties them all into one grand story.

Alright so part 2 felt a bit fast to me; sometimes it was hard to keep track of what is going on. Liked it a lot still despite being confused tho. Might even just have been me being tired.

Also, the additions to Part 1 are ducking great.