Christmas Eve v2.0 Release
Hey Everyone!
Today I'm releasing Christmas Eve 2.0. I've been slowly plugging away at this version over the past few months in my free time. While I didn't change much of the story or the game itself, I did do a lot of work to fine tune things a bit. While the changes aren't mind-blowing, I think they significantly improve the overall game quality. In short, you won't be missing much story-wise if you decide not to download and play it again.
The first and most obvious improvement is to the images. They are now de-noised (for the most part). This may be more obvious to those of you on a desktop or laptop, but I think the change is striking. I also converted the entire image library to .webp so it takes up a lot less space.
The next noticeable change is to the script. I did make a LOT of corrections. I fixed a bunch of grammatical errors as well as all of the switches in perspective from 3rd person to 1st and back again. I also made some small adjustments to the story. I added a few continuity corrections between CE and NYD. I also threw in a few subtle hints and foreshadowing elements to help tie the two stories together even more. I also made some stylistic changes to some parts just to make the wording flow a little more smoothly.
Finally, I reworked the UI a bit and added a gallery. The gallery images should unlock as you play through the game. Oh, and by the way, before you ask:
OLD SAVES WILL NOT WORK WITH THIS VERSION!!!
...and neither will the mods for v1.0, or at least I don't think so.
Overall, I think this is a much more polished version and any story changes will be the canon that I base my further development from. However, I will not take down the original versions. I know a bunch of you have modded that version and enjoy it that way, so I will just add v2.0 to the list of available games.
Things I did not do:
Change relationship statuses (as they are integral to the story).
Redo the “animations” into "real" animations (although I did smooth out what was there a little).
Anyway, I hope you enjoy what I've done. I continue to be surprised by how much people like this story. I mean, I like this story, but I'm more than a little biased.
Let me know what you think in the comments. If I made any mistakes or something isn't working correctly, let me know.
Thanks!
Love y'all
~ Jonesy
Comments (14)
Alright. The new-new-new version that is (hopefully) error free this time is now available through the links above. Let me know if you have any issues.
``` I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred. While running game code: File "game/script.rpy", line 100, in script call call initialize_gallery from _call_initialize_gallery File "game/script.rpy", line 71, in script $ gallery.add_image("scene1", "images/gallery/thumb1.jpg", "images/gallery/image1.jpg") File "game/script.rpy", line 71, in $ gallery.add_image("scene1", "images/gallery/thumb1.jpg", "images/gallery/image1.jpg") File "game/script.rpy", line 51, in add_image if name in persistent.gallery_unlocked and persistent.gallery_unlocked[name]: TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable -- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------ Full traceback: File "game/script.rpy", line 100, in script call call initialize_gallery from _call_initialize_gallery File "game/script.rpy", line 71, in script $ gallery.add_image("scene1", "images/gallery/thumb1.jpg", "images/gallery/image1.jpg") File "D:\Games\Jonesy\ChristmasEve-2.0.0-pc\renpy\ast.py", line 827, in execute renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store) File "D:\Games\Jonesy\ChristmasEve-2.0.0-pc\renpy\python.py", line 1178, in py_exec_bytecode exec(bytecode, globals, locals) File "game/script.rpy", line 71, in $ gallery.add_image("scene1", "images/gallery/thumb1.jpg", "images/gallery/image1.jpg") File "game/script.rpy", line 51, in add_image if name in persistent.gallery_unlocked and persistent.gallery_unlocked[name]: TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable Windows-10-10.0.26100 AMD64 Ren'Py 8.3.4.24120703 Christmas Eve 2.0.0 Fri Apr 25 20:28:04 2025 ```
Still broken after the fix you made earlier:
Apparently this is still throwing up errors. I'm fixing and re-uploading new (hopefully) fixed versions. Sorry!
PC version dumps traceback when I hit start. Seems the "00start.rpy" lacks the label "start" ... could this be a case sensitivity induced error? ("Start" vs "start" for instance)
sorry forgot to mention its PC version
OK, I refreshed the link. Try re-downloading and restarting.
I'm still getting the error screen after i hit start
Which version? PC, Mac, or Android?
It just says File Link Unavailable when I click the Android link. 😔
OK. Sorry about that. Try it now.
OK! All errors are fixed and the links are back up. Let me know if you have any other problems!
Thank you. Unfortunantly I am getting an error when I hit start. I did reinstall it to make sure: I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred. While running game code: File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 279, in script python: ScriptError: could not find label 'start'. -- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------ Full traceback: File "E:\AV\ChristmasEve-2.0.0-pc\renpy\bootstrap.py", line 359, in bootstrap renpy.main.main() File "E:\AV\ChristmasEve-2.0.0-pc\renpy\main.py", line 652, in main run(restart) File "E:\AV\ChristmasEve-2.0.0-pc\renpy\main.py", line 148, in run renpy.execution.run_context(True) File "E:\AV\ChristmasEve-2.0.0-pc\renpy\execution.py", line 958, in run_context context.run() File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 279, in script python: File "E:\AV\ChristmasEve-2.0.0-pc\renpy\script.py", line 1103, in lookup raise ScriptError("could not find label '%s'." % str(original)) ScriptError: could not find label 'start'. Windows-10-10.0.19045 AMD64 Ren'Py 8.3.4.24120703 Christmas Eve 2.0.0 Fri Apr 25 09:51:23 2025
Dang it. Working on it now. Sorry!