Testing Build: Gamer Struggles 0.1.9.5
Heya! Hope you guys are doing well! So to jump straight into it, a lot of people were unhappy about the gameplay and the level design (which was very justified), so we locked the hell in and finally got it into a presentable shape!
In this version, only the forest level is unlocked. Before moving on to the college area, we decided to release this testing build to gather feedback on the direction we've taken. If you guys like what you see we'll quickly redo parts of the beach and city to properly support the new mechanics and continue on with the college update!
There are too many minor polishes and adjustments to mention, so I'll only list the main gameplay related changes:
Wall Jump
Arousal Mechanic
Staying too long in pink water applies the Horny status effect. While active, you take damage over time until you either have sex with an enemy or the effect expires. When near an enemy, you can “take a fall” instead of being knocked down manually.
If you die from the Horny status, you can view a CG afterward (later, we’ll also add the jorking animation to the death screen).
Grab Mechanic
You can now grab objects and NPCs with a dedicated button. Thrown NPCs are stunned and take damage, and can also damage other NPCs on impact. Objects can be thrown as projectiles.
Heavy Attack
Slash attack dealing damage to multiple enemies at once. High reward, but high risk since you have to stay stationary to charge it.
(Levels after the Forest will feature shield type enemies, with slash attack being the primary way of breaking their guard)
Air Attack
Tool against aerial enemies and clearing out obstacles above.
Enemy AI
Enemies are no longer as mindless. They now start in a guard state and switch to pursuit when the player enters their field of view. In pursuit, they actively hunt the player at double speed. If they lose sight of the player, they return to a patrol state and normal speed.
Ranged enemies now pursue the player and can shoot in any direction (360°), instead of being limited to horizontal attacks.
Non-Sexable Enemies
We figured not every enemy needs to be sexable, allowing us to create more varied and interesting enemy types.
Level Design
Just generally a lot more thought through and intentional, added proper tutorials the player has to clear before proceeding, properly introducing the new mechanics. To make the levels more explorable, they now feature secret, optional and unlockable areas.
Adding wall jump felt like a really good decision, as we can now easily expand the levels vertically, instead of just horizontally.
Camera
Indirectly related to level design is the camera. A big reason the levels felt clunky in previous builds was limited visibility. In many cases, players couldn’t see where to move next or where they would land when jumping. This was partly due to the camera being zoomed in too far. To address this, I zoomed it out and added a forward offset, allowing players to better see what’s ahead.
What we're thinking of adding next
Crouch & Slide Attack
Adding crouch that would allow to dodge projectiles or access narrow areas. Attacking while crouched triggers a slide attack, allowing them to quickly close the distance to enemies.
Collectible Items
We already have three secret areas on the forest level where placeholders for collectibles are located. We're thinking we would add a menu where you could review the items you've collected and read their descriptions. (Storytelling through item descriptions uwaaaahhhhh)
Stamina
Stamina at the moment doesn't serve much purpose, except for occasionally delaying the player from progressing by making them wait before they can dash. So here is what I think we could do:
Dash would no longer require any stamina. However only one dash would be allowed while you are in air, recharging after landing on the ground (Basically Celeste). Stamina would instead be used for special moves like grab, slash attack or the Bibi attack.
The stamina bar would still recharge by itself but at a slower rate. For a fast recharge however, enemies would have a random chance of dropping a stamina orb when hit by a regular punch. For sections where there is a lot of grabbing (crate puzzles), we could place stationary stamina orbs to solve the problem of stamina running out.
Translation
Our community has already started working on translating Gamer Struggles, which you can already check out in this build, but it is far from done. if you'd like to help, please let me know on Discord (Snaurz5)
(Edit: We got enough Russian translators, thank you guys!)
Known Issues
There are a few issues that we're aware of but were too hard to replicate to begin fixing. In case you can catch footage of these, please send it to us, you'll help a ton!
In case you run into them, both of these bugs can be fixed by reloading.
Inputs Freezing
When you are fighting, there is a small chance your inputs will lock up. Most likely because of a very specific combination at a very specific timing.
Camera Zooming in
Camera might zoom in after the first dialogue you encounter ends, preventing you from progressing. Seems to happen completely at random.
We really hope you enjoy the new changes and that the game has become more fun to play. If you have feedback or ideas you'd like to share, feel free to join us on our Discord server and tell us! (See the welcome note for instructions).
You can download the game by pressing the buttons below, enjoy<3
Comments (87)
I loved the game, I'll wait for new updates although I can't help at the moment.
lm a new pleyer and lm a join
Gamer struggles ❤️🔥❤️🔥
Hopefully there a version for apple user 😭
could yall please make more interactions with the joey npc from the newest update? Preferably sexable!
Esse jogo é maravilhoso mal espero para a segunda área
Hi! Can I get the Discord server invite link for Gamer Struggles? Thanks!
I cann't go to the beach, the cutszene plays bit i automatically go back to the main meneu
Honestamente es uno de los juegos mejor pulidos que he jugado con las mecánicas y los sprites tan fluidos. Me gustaría ver más de este proyecto.
Playing the game , the joystick moves and can be annoying when it moves to a certain part of the screen but Apart from that, the game is a lot of fun as before, thank you very much for making it accessible to mobile players.💗🦖
Peak, But please dont add stamina, That would genuinely be horrible, Stamina and platformers DONT go well together
this game is so peak...😭
Great game, just noticed, during the CG with the bear, Chiro says a line the narrator should be saying. Something like, "At this point she was totally transfixed..."
I cant progress to the beach level
:0
Please give me the Discord link.
When is the new version available for new android users
should put a max for upgrade i think cuz doing 500 dmg with 500 dash is i hope enough for the white bear boss
forgot the 500 hp too
I don't want to do the test version.Is there no official version
Hi! I have a question. I reached the last level in the beach area, where there's a train station, but the game tells me I need to join your Discord to continue. How do I do that? I tried to join, but I couldn't. Is there another way to continue? Thanks!
Hi! I have a question. I reached the last level in the beach area, where there's a train station, but the game tells me I need to join your Discord to continue. How do I do that? I tried to join, but I couldn't. Is there another way to continue? Thanks!
Wall jumping is very frustrating when you don't actually stick to the wall you just slide down it slower
i cant go to the beach. After the boss fight it skips to the menu
Hello. I'm new here. Are the levels available in the Android version as well? Only the forest is showing up for me.
how do i proceed to the beach level? i've defeated the bear boss and the game also showed me some cutscene before entering the beach but then it redirected me to the main menu and when i click continue i'm still stuck in the first level
The beach is not Available in this version, you could try the one before this, it has the beach and the city
Is the forest the only map available in this version right now?
i cant go to the beach for some reason
How do u get to the beach? When I beat the bear it sends me to the main menu and continuing just puts be back before the bear
The Chinese translation has a significant issue because all characters have been replaced with □□
yep, for sure, my new favorite adult game.
I LOVED the 0.1.9.5 but the only issues is.. I cant continues to the beach and etc. Im stuck in forest lol
Same
Question. Is the beach part not done, just curious since i finished fighting the huge gurghi, if it is finished, how do I go the next stage
never knew this girl were THIS strong yo😭😭
Hi, can you send me the Android download link?
We need the rest of the game plz
Hi
I wanted to mention something. The truth is, these new mechanics and puzzles really spice up the game, but when I got to the end of the forest—the boss fight against the bear—something really weird happened: I ended up passing right through the wall right where the exit was. I don't know how it happened because I dashed toward that wall with the bear right in front of me, and boom—I went right through the wall.
прекрасное обновление
Why are the other levels locked? I bought the game i wana play more but i beat the first level and i cant continue
how do i play the game its just a file when i download it, and it asks how would you like to open this?
You need to extract it. Then it will create a folder with the name of the game. Open that folder and inside there's the game.
I love the game, but I was so used to the d-pad that I couldn't beat the first boss, can you make a d-pad a option in the settings?
May I ask when will the update release
Having Troubling Wall Climb. might be me.. but i find it impossible for my fingers to move on the keyboard.... so i got literally stuck where the chief wolf home was, and the drop behind his home. tried for about 10mins to get out and Couldn't, and Gave up on the game.
I second this, the wall climbs are very difficult and time consuming. maybe there should be less time before you slide down?
Only seeing the project in its current state so I don't have the context of its previous gameplay but damn, it is really fun. Wall jumping feels necessary in platformers at this point, but grabbing enemies is really fun, though there is a slight delay in movement(On controller at least) between grabbing the enemy and running after them to attack. Fantastic art, music and direction all around though
Me quedé bugeado en un puzzle, en el inicio donde uno debe poner dos cajas para abrir un camino, la caja cayó encima mío y quedé justo en donde la misma debería estar..
I hope keep pushing further to steam, because my country currently don't apply to Parton, but I still love your game and VERY curiously about the story of game, Love you game ❤
When will level 2 be released?
Is the conductor.. supposed to only push me around?
Can I suggest an original character for you to add? I have images, but since I can't draw and don't have much money to commission a drawing, I did it with AI. If you can do it, I'll tell you how.
............. ...... I'm very disappointed, Dylan.
Hmm, one question: if you have Discord, how can I find you? Or is there a direct link?
Hmm, one question: do you have Discord? And if so, how can I find you?
✋😑✋ absolute gamer
Saquen el segundo nivel por favor 😭 me encantó la actualización está muy buena 👍
¡Esto es genial! Cuando sé suba la versión 1.9.4 me voy a pagar la suscripción. ¡Su trabajo es muy bueno! : D
Chinese characters are not displaying correctly，and Completely unusable.
My question is if the next update and we got to start from the beginning again is it really just as title ensued gamer struggles? Or is the next update going to continue and we don't have to start from the beginning again cuz at that point we might as well just or the developer might as well just act like a little bit of a cheat just to let us start at the next level then and add just a bun just to add the level up things orbs whatever they're called.. and we can go from there 🤷🏾
There will be a cheat menu so you can restore your progress
The update was great, but a few problems. For some reason I could not continue the game after the first boss fight. As well as the wall jumping is a little laggy
I gotchu, the version of 0.1.9.5 is actually a test build or a demo so the gameplay was cut off from the forest area. Hope this helps!
I just want to say that the 0.1.9.5 download file is said to not be safe. I'm honestly not sure if this is the case but i just wanted to let you guys know it's apparently not very safe. (again i'm not very sure if this is correct, but after reading reddit posts for about an hour all of them are saying it's a virus). I hope you guys can clarify this later but i'm pretty skeptical at the moment. Stay safe!
Also speaking of, does anyone actually know how to even play the game after the download??? Help would be very appreciated!
hi! When you fall into the water (in the area before the jungle door puzzle), you don't die instantly. Instead, you lose 5 health and can't get back up. Your only option is to dash to refresh the damage and take another 5 damage, repeating this until your health reaches 0 and you're sent back to the checkpoint. Air Attack, it seems the code is causing it to execute when you release the attack button while jumping, instead of immediately upon pressing it. This results in a slight delay, and if you jump and hold down the attack button, it will never execute (since you're not releasing it). When you enter a door that changes scenes, you see Chiro in the air and in the center of the screen zoomed in, with the background in miniature for a second, and then the scene loads normally.
Hope language thai :3
Eh notado que en la selección de niveles, al hacer el más mínimo movimiento, ya no puedo seleccionar el nivel y tengo salir y volver a entrar al juego para que me deje seleccionar el nivel, básicamente tengo que tener cuidado para seleccionar un nivel.
Hola ya eh probado el juego, pero siendo sincero no esperaba una nueva actualización, pero yendo a sobre los problemas del juego, pues en primer lugar como yo tengo a Chiro subida de nivel en zonas donde tengo que saltar de muro en muro lo soluciono con su dash, pero estoy de acuerdo con el comentario que especifica ese problema, ahora lo que diré no es una queja del todo, ya que veo que el enemigo foxie sin siquiera haberte acercado a él, te dispara desde muy lejos, a no ser que ese sea la intención en el juego, en ese caso me disculpo. Estoy asombrado que tenga traducción al español.
Oye de casualidad estuviste en el mapa de la playa y llegaste a una estacion de tren y te dice fin de la demostrar? Si es así pudiste seguir en el juego? Por que yo no
Bueno ahora que estoy revisando esto, muchos usuarios de teléfono han estado reportando que los controles de móvil están muy dispersos, lo que causa incomodidad al realizar acciones consecutivas rápidamente.
An endless mode would be really nice
What is release time for 1.9.5 i cant waiittt
Hey guys, are you looking for any Polish Translators? If so, i could step up and help you!
Just a little feedback from an Android player. The controls to grab the wall and jump are not the quickest on the responses. It makes wall jumping over an endless void that takes health away VERY frustrating. Maybe if she didn't start sliding immediately, this wouldn't be an issue but I am not able to progress since I cant make that jump with Android controls.
Noted!
The little missiles u find imidiately after the first fry guy place still have sound if ur sfx are turned all the way down(after getting farther i see they are the archers arrows)
I would like it if the white sauce became more important, if it increased over several rounds, and if there was a close-up in the in-game menu like in Syahata's Bad Day.
His perfect when Is the next update 😃
This was very fun i love it
it wont let me click to start
I'm French, but I'm dunno if I'll be good enough to translate the game into French. ^^'
Send me a DM on Discord, we'll see 🫡
Can’t wait to try this it looks really interesting
Holy peak