That's correct, you can only save at the end of the day. The reasoning behind this is that it would have required a significantly more complex save system able to account for saving each individual dialog choice and repopulating each of them every time the game loads in, which could create a good deal of technical issues given it loads everything in at a scene's construction.
Super busted game ): was super excited to play it and then I really REALLY loved it... up until day 5/14. The terminal doesn't work and I can't figure out how to restart the game (perhaps corrupted save file?). I deleted the physical files, I deleted the game files, I restarted my computer, redownloaded the physical files, and it keeps loading up at my last save on 5/14. Huge bummer, I was really excited to play this to the end. Can someone help me? Where tf are these files saving on my comp and HOW do I get them off so I can start again?
(hate to ask this but i was having a similar issue and missed the obvious solution) have you tried deleting your save file from within the in-game menu on startup?
i rly hope you get to play this (if u havent already solved ur problem)!! honestly its a huge mystery where the save file is, i spent a good half an hour looking through recent files 😔
(edit, your pc should have a 'hummingwarp' folder somewhere, the save files in there!)
fantastic. even as a cis-male, with easygoing parents, this still hit me hard, and i cried a couple times. there's always a commonality in coming out. love this. thank you.
This was absolutely incredible. I played it over a number of days and genuinely was looking forward to logging in each night. The story really brought up a lot of emotions for me, in a way that is rare for games. Will stay with me. Well done on an outstanding piece of work, look forward to seeing what else you make!
Gosh... really.. just pulled my heart out in the best way. My experience growing up was... different from Alex. But it's shocking how true-to-life the emotional roller coaster of a through line is.
Thank you for making this game. Thank you for telling this story.
At the end of the game you can exit the chat window which breaks the game. You cant quit or open a new chat window. I ended up watching a video of the last few min of the game.
I have been questioning my gender for years, but have always been too scared to really confront what these feelings may mean. This game broke my heart and mended it a thousand times over, and now that I've finished it....
I think I'm finally ready to start searching within myself for my own identity.
Victoria Dominowski, you are a godsend. Thank you for a beautifully nostalgic and heart-wrenching game.
Probably the coolest and sweetest game I have played in a very long time. It really captures so much emotion and just helps you understand where Alex's head is at. I found myself multiple times frustrated at the chat responses to choose from as there wasn't a "perfect" option but I had to remind myself, Alex is a teenager and emotions run so strong, so of course there is going to be conflict and not perfect responses, makes the game real and I love that. Definitely had me in tears at the end, this is just such a great game, and even though I am no longer a teen it really made me feel heard in so many areas, wonderful game seriously.
this game is v nice but im stuck on the first day? also everytime i open the chat, it pops up with two versions, one showing the messages that im up to and one showing the messages everyone sent me.
uh, hi!!! i have a question about how to access game files that are definitely spoilers, would you prefer i describe the issue here or if it would be alright to e-mail you or message you on twitter or something of the like???
and if anyone just scrolling through itch is seeing this comment, definitely buy this game. it's so worth it C:
This game- it was an amazing experience. I'm a trans boy and I really could relate a lot to Alex ? I cried, and I shared the hapiness, and the fear. I can relate so much to the way she interacts with her dad, and it's scary and reassuring at the same time, it made me feel like I wasn't alone. I really loved all the other characters too, I hope they all figure it out and be happy. She deserves to be happy.
I don't think I've ever gotten this invested in a game- I loved every moment of it, even if i wasn't very good at the egg minigame or the fanfic writing, haha. I also really liked the style and the end cutscene.
I'm incredibly thankful for this game.
I drew a little piece of fanart too, if it's okay to add.
The game seems kinda bugged, it wouldn't let me logout after the first day for some reason, then the game suddenly quit itself and when i restarted it was the first day again and the convo with Sam had reset, but everything else (like the reminder for the movie) was saved, so I dunno what's going on.
i really want to play this game cause it sounds very cute but im stuck on the first day! i cant seem to logout, and i know thats the only way the game saves. ive finished talking to everyone on messenger thingy so i thought that was it, i also added the events on the calendar reminder. anyways yea, i really want to play it please help me out!
Hi there! I got this game in the BLM bundle and every time I try to run it is crashes and gives me an error report. Is there anything I can do to play this game?
I’m not even sure what to say about it. Where do I begin? This game has made me feel things that no other games are really capable of. There’s something so special about being able to relate so much to a game that i… genuinely didn’t expect. It’s honestly one of my favorite experiences in years for so many reasons.
A simple one, for me, is the style. Classic UIs are my fetish, I swear to god. Nothing kills me more than old Unix/Windows operating system styles, and I’m not even sure why. I just love them to death and hell, this inspired me to start working on setting up a similar look on my Linux install [XFCE].
The way the story is presented, along with the story itself, is just… horrifically relatable. Like, as someone who’s incredibly socially awkward myself, Alex is such a mood- half of her responses, I don’t even want to give out of fear of looking dumb or seeming awkward or creating a bad situation or being too overbearing, all those kinds of things, which means it’s DEFINITELY working.
The situations you end up in, such as being torn between going with Andy to his game, doing the traditionally masculine thing, or going and watching what I can only assume to be budget Sailor Moon to crack your own egg.
Even through all the anxiety the game threw at me with everything that was going on… I felt something. I had a deeper connection to this game than literally any other in ages. And that was incredible.
-Inhale-
And then it became a horror game.
When your dad pops in for the first time, I practically shit myself. The Pony Island-esque grunts, squeals and screeches of the computer had my heart racing the entire time. If it weren’t for that, I’d have seen her dad as an asshole sure, but… Because of those additions, I was scared. I was scared. Literally just having him there felt unsafe, and I just wanted it to go away. Thanks to those additions, you feel every bit of the fear and anger yet defeat that Alex feels. It’s such a simple and obvious concept and yet it works SO WELL.
To repeat what I said just before- even through the constant onslaught of emotions and anxiety, it was probably the happiest I’ve ever been in a while, playing this game. Every bit of anxiety, or fear, or happiness that Alex felt, I felt. And it’s something I really needed.
Y’see, I’ve known about my OWN gender for almost two years now, if not more. I don’t even remember correctly. But since then, it feels like that innocence, that freedom that came from realizing I could just… be a girl, had disappeared. And before I even got to transition, as well.
But… playing through this, the onslaught of anxiety or fear or happiness or confusion, it all made me remember how amazing it first felt when I knew what I could really be, what I really was. And I honestly needed that more than anything.
I’m not even done with the game. But I get the impression that it’ll probably become one of my favorites, ever.
Definitely don't overlook this one! I'm not one to usually review games and I don't have the best words to do so, but.. Here's my take. :)
A great game, was a wonderful experience. Had me crying but I left smiling. And crying. Still! It was quite on the nose, for me, as it was reminiscent of my own-- And I'm sure many others'-- discovery of themselves. It felt very personal and just.. Warm and good.
Took me awhile to figure out the desktop thing, I had to look on here to double check I wasn't experiencing a bug. The feeling as I was making my way to the answer was great!
While the game shows a different experience from my own (more recent, more supportive close family, etc.), I really felt a connection with Alex. The texting style with modern eyes was beautifully "cringey," brings back the nice time when I typed like that. Thanks for making this 10\/3[) 7|-|3 64^^3 <3 <3
hey! just got this game, it seems super neat!!! but i'm on the second day, the 13th, and the terminal doesn't seem to be working for me? i'm typing in the full command, the first one that Laguna sends you: /Applications/Gem_Writer.play, and it doesn't give me the whole "that doesn't exist in the directory" message but it also won't bring up gem_writer, nor will it progress the game. any advice ?
Hi this game was so cute I love it so much. Laguna is the absolute best and I wish I'd had someone like her growing up ;n; tell her I love her and she deserves the world. The dad sections are so terrifying aka amazingly, perfectly executed I had to hug my actual not shitty dad afterwards. I love all the forums.
I did the secret bit! (though I can't claim to have actually figured it out without help) And it was so sweet and cute and just <3
This is truly a multimedia masterpiece, a stunning example of the power of computer games as an artistic medium and something I truly hope you're very proud of because you deserve it!!
I wasn't sure what to expect when playing this, and it turned out to be one of the most interesting games I've ever played. It was really nostalgic to me, it captures the era of late 90's-early 2000's internet so well. It was also an incredibly relatable story, and I think even cis people would find it relatable too. The moments of dealing with the father were so tense and realistic. This game made me feel a lot of things. Something really special was pulled off here, I'm very glad to have played this.
I think the only real issue I have is that the the terminal explanations are confusing and could have been made a lot clearer, especially regarding the font. I think it would help for Laguna to express that it's "L" and not "I", as they don't explain you can type in 'help' where that is explained until -after- you type it properly, which isn't exactly useful. So that was frustrating. But outside of that, this game is amazing!
Yeah the terminal says "As in LIST, not IS" but that confused me a lot because "is" is in the word "list" so I kept typing i not l. Maybe change it to "Lowercase 'L', not capital 'I'"?
also where does this game store its save data? after deleting and re-downloading the game, the save data is still there, and there are files on the desktop that wont delete. On top of that, when I tried to delete the folder I created for this game, it told me I couldn't/needed permission from my computer in order to, even though I'm the primary user. It didn't have any problem with me emptying the folder out, and then deleting the folder after though.
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I can't seem to find the "PGLF.jpg" image I've seen in a few Steam screenshots, am I missing something?
oh shoot, I must have forgotten to include that I the latest Itch update of the game >.>
In the meantime, here's the image uploaded elsewhere! https://imgur.com/sQYrjJE
Oh wow now it made sense, thanks for the heads up!
AUGH I LOVE IT ;_; thank you for making this beautiful work, Victoria!! Also the soundtrack is STUNNING!
is there really no way to save partway through a day? not everyone can finish a play session when the game wants you to?
That's correct, you can only save at the end of the day. The reasoning behind this is that it would have required a significantly more complex save system able to account for saving each individual dialog choice and repopulating each of them every time the game loads in, which could create a good deal of technical issues given it loads everything in at a scene's construction.
Super busted game ): was super excited to play it and then I really REALLY loved it... up until day 5/14. The terminal doesn't work and I can't figure out how to restart the game (perhaps corrupted save file?). I deleted the physical files, I deleted the game files, I restarted my computer, redownloaded the physical files, and it keeps loading up at my last save on 5/14. Huge bummer, I was really excited to play this to the end. Can someone help me? Where tf are these files saving on my comp and HOW do I get them off so I can start again?
What seems to be the exact issue you are having?
(hate to ask this but i was having a similar issue and missed the obvious solution) have you tried deleting your save file from within the in-game menu on startup?
i rly hope you get to play this (if u havent already solved ur problem)!! honestly its a huge mystery where the save file is, i spent a good half an hour looking through recent files 😔
(edit, your pc should have a 'hummingwarp' folder somewhere, the save files in there!)
fantastic. even as a cis-male, with easygoing parents, this still hit me hard, and i cried a couple times. there's always a commonality in coming out. love this. thank you.
I cried a lot. I wish I'd had this as a kid.
I am stuck on a bit with Laguna she is telling me about using is to locate and stuff and I dont know what the fuck she is talking about please help
so I found out you have to use ls not is but the command still isnt working
ok ive done it but she said more and I dont understand what she means by more
This was absolutely incredible. I played it over a number of days and genuinely was looking forward to logging in each night. The story really brought up a lot of emotions for me, in a way that is rare for games. Will stay with me. Well done on an outstanding piece of work, look forward to seeing what else you make!
Gosh... really.. just pulled my heart out in the best way.
My experience growing up was... different from Alex. But it's shocking how true-to-life the emotional roller coaster of a through line is.
Thank you for making this game. Thank you for telling this story.
At the end of the game you can exit the chat window which breaks the game. You cant quit or open a new chat window. I ended up watching a video of the last few min of the game.
Oh. My. God.
I have been questioning my gender for years, but have always been too scared to really confront what these feelings may mean. This game broke my heart and mended it a thousand times over, and now that I've finished it....
I think I'm finally ready to start searching within myself for my own identity.
Victoria Dominowski, you are a godsend. Thank you for a beautifully nostalgic and heart-wrenching game.
cis-spicious
one of my favorite games I have played recently, it brought me to tears.
I can`t type in the ~ thing on the terminal to acess the gem write thing? I can do it outside the game but in the game. I use the ascii code thing.
button on far left end of keyboard, under the escape key
Doesn`t work, all i get is º+++++++++++ when i press it
Probably the coolest and sweetest game I have played in a very long time. It really captures so much emotion and just helps you understand where Alex's head is at. I found myself multiple times frustrated at the chat responses to choose from as there wasn't a "perfect" option but I had to remind myself, Alex is a teenager and emotions run so strong, so of course there is going to be conflict and not perfect responses, makes the game real and I love that. Definitely had me in tears at the end, this is just such a great game, and even though I am no longer a teen it really made me feel heard in so many areas, wonderful game seriously.
this game is v nice but im stuck on the first day? also everytime i open the chat, it pops up with two versions, one showing the messages that im up to and one showing the messages everyone sent me.
oh whoops ok. i managed to get past the first day, it wasn't a glitch or anything.
uh, hi!!! i have a question about how to access game files that are definitely spoilers, would you prefer i describe the issue here or if it would be alright to e-mail you or message you on twitter or something of the like???
and if anyone just scrolling through itch is seeing this comment, definitely buy this game. it's so worth it C:
This game- it was an amazing experience. I'm a trans boy and I really could relate a lot to Alex ? I cried, and I shared the hapiness, and the fear. I can relate so much to the way she interacts with her dad, and it's scary and reassuring at the same time, it made me feel like I wasn't alone. I really loved all the other characters too, I hope they all figure it out and be happy. She deserves to be happy.
I don't think I've ever gotten this invested in a game- I loved every moment of it, even if i wasn't very good at the egg minigame or the fanfic writing, haha. I also really liked the style and the end cutscene.
I'm incredibly thankful for this game.
I drew a little piece of fanart too, if it's okay to add.
The game seems kinda bugged, it wouldn't let me logout after the first day for some reason, then the game suddenly quit itself and when i restarted it was the first day again and the convo with Sam had reset, but everything else (like the reminder for the movie) was saved, so I dunno what's going on.
same here!!
i really want to play, but i keep logging in, and i have to replay sam's conversation, but somehow i have prplsqrlgrl added already??
i really want to play this game cause it sounds very cute but im stuck on the first day! i cant seem to logout, and i know thats the only way the game saves. ive finished talking to everyone on messenger thingy so i thought that was it, i also added the events on the calendar reminder. anyways yea, i really want to play it please help me out!
This game has been added to Cloudsaver
Iiiiii can't find the password. Reading the comments it seems like it's supposed to be on the desktop, but it's not. halp QwQ
Oh, the game said exactly where it is. “The file is on your desktop”. ;)
No, i figured it out. I never managed to interpret the file from John's documents for some reason. Buuut, i'm good now.
Also the ending made me cry. Thanks. [I seriously mean it, if you wanna know more of what i meant i posted something on the steam forums.]
Hi there! I got this game in the BLM bundle and every time I try to run it is crashes and gives me an error report. Is there anything I can do to play this game?
oh no, what OS are you using? Are you running it through the Itch launcher or the regular executable? What does the error say?
Jesus, this game…
I’m not even sure what to say about it. Where do I begin? This game has made me feel things that no other games are really capable of. There’s something so special about being able to relate so much to a game that i… genuinely didn’t expect. It’s honestly one of my favorite experiences in years for so many reasons.
A simple one, for me, is the style. Classic UIs are my fetish, I swear to god. Nothing kills me more than old Unix/Windows operating system styles, and I’m not even sure why. I just love them to death and hell, this inspired me to start working on setting up a similar look on my Linux install [XFCE].
The way the story is presented, along with the story itself, is just… horrifically relatable. Like, as someone who’s incredibly socially awkward myself, Alex is such a mood- half of her responses, I don’t even want to give out of fear of looking dumb or seeming awkward or creating a bad situation or being too overbearing, all those kinds of things, which means it’s DEFINITELY working.
The situations you end up in, such as being torn between going with Andy to his game, doing the traditionally masculine thing, or going and watching what I can only assume to be budget Sailor Moon to crack your own egg.
Even through all the anxiety the game threw at me with everything that was going on… I felt something. I had a deeper connection to this game than literally any other in ages. And that was incredible.
-Inhale-
And then it became a horror game.
When your dad pops in for the first time, I practically shit myself. The Pony Island-esque grunts, squeals and screeches of the computer had my heart racing the entire time. If it weren’t for that, I’d have seen her dad as an asshole sure, but… Because of those additions, I was scared. I was scared. Literally just having him there felt unsafe, and I just wanted it to go away. Thanks to those additions, you feel every bit of the fear and anger yet defeat that Alex feels. It’s such a simple and obvious concept and yet it works SO WELL.
To repeat what I said just before- even through the constant onslaught of emotions and anxiety, it was probably the happiest I’ve ever been in a while, playing this game. Every bit of anxiety, or fear, or happiness that Alex felt, I felt. And it’s something I really needed.
Y’see, I’ve known about my OWN gender for almost two years now, if not more. I don’t even remember correctly. But since then, it feels like that innocence, that freedom that came from realizing I could just… be a girl, had disappeared. And before I even got to transition, as well.
But… playing through this, the onslaught of anxiety or fear or happiness or confusion, it all made me remember how amazing it first felt when I knew what I could really be, what I really was. And I honestly needed that more than anything.
I’m not even done with the game. But I get the impression that it’ll probably become one of my favorites, ever.
10/10, hundred percent.
Also, i may or may not have a primal, visceral need to know where those wallpapers are from/how to get them. TELL ME PLEASE I NEED TO KNOW
I gotcha covered! ;)
https://imgur.com/a/Hk8DxW3
You absolute legend.
This game cracked my egg!
Thank you soo much!
Im so happy for u!
Definitely don't overlook this one! I'm not one to usually review games and I don't have the best words to do so, but.. Here's my take. :)
A great game, was a wonderful experience. Had me crying but I left smiling. And crying. Still! It was quite on the nose, for me, as it was reminiscent of my own-- And I'm sure many others'-- discovery of themselves. It felt very personal and just.. Warm and good.
Also, egg.egg exists. That was a fun find. :P
I am loving this! Usually with these kind of games I feel like information is just being thrown at me so fast but this felt just right :)
This was incredible. Thank you.
Took me awhile to figure out the desktop thing, I had to look on here to double check I wasn't experiencing a bug. The feeling as I was making my way to the answer was great!
While the game shows a different experience from my own (more recent, more supportive close family, etc.), I really felt a connection with Alex. The texting style with modern eyes was beautifully "cringey," brings back the nice time when I typed like that. Thanks for making this
10\/3[) 7|-|3 64^^3
<3 <3
Oh, and I found there's a Errant Signal video on it, neat! I had no idea and I'm a subscriber (^_^;)
oh my god i love this game so much thank you. havent finished it yet but its amazing so far
Are you sure that’s what the message said? Look again, and think it over what the message could mean. ;)
This game is literal perfection! The messenger aesthetic took me right back to the period, and the story legitimately had me tearing up.
An awe-inspiring little package of a story-game!
How do you save? I got pretty far and quit, when I went back on it, I had to start all over again.
I believe you can only save when you reach the end of a day (no more chat messages) and then log off.
This is such a beautiful and inspiring game <3
hey! just got this game, it seems super neat!!! but i'm on the second day, the 13th, and the terminal doesn't seem to be working for me? i'm typing in the full command, the first one that Laguna sends you: /Applications/Gem_Writer.play, and it doesn't give me the whole "that doesn't exist in the directory" message but it also won't bring up gem_writer, nor will it progress the game. any advice ?
nvm, just resolved it! had to redownload the game, but hey, it's a good game so i'm not to upset lmao
i'm having the same issue if anyone has more info on how to resolve!!
./Alex/Applications/Gem_Writer.play should work
Hi this game was so cute I love it so much. Laguna is the absolute best and I wish I'd had someone like her growing up ;n; tell her I love her and she deserves the world. The dad sections are so terrifying aka amazingly, perfectly executed I had to hug my actual not shitty dad afterwards. I love all the forums.
I did the secret bit! (though I can't claim to have actually figured it out without help) And it was so sweet and cute and just <3
This is truly a multimedia masterpiece, a stunning example of the power of computer games as an artistic medium and something I truly hope you're very proud of because you deserve it!!
I wasn't sure what to expect when playing this, and it turned out to be one of the most interesting games I've ever played. It was really nostalgic to me, it captures the era of late 90's-early 2000's internet so well. It was also an incredibly relatable story, and I think even cis people would find it relatable too. The moments of dealing with the father were so tense and realistic. This game made me feel a lot of things. Something really special was pulled off here, I'm very glad to have played this.
I think the only real issue I have is that the the terminal explanations are confusing and could have been made a lot clearer, especially regarding the font. I think it would help for Laguna to express that it's "L" and not "I", as they don't explain you can type in 'help' where that is explained until -after- you type it properly, which isn't exactly useful. So that was frustrating. But outside of that, this game is amazing!
Yeah the terminal says "As in LIST, not IS" but that confused me a lot because "is" is in the word "list" so I kept typing i not l. Maybe change it to "Lowercase 'L', not capital 'I'"?
also where does this game store its save data? after deleting and re-downloading the game, the save data is still there, and there are files on the desktop that wont delete. On top of that, when I tried to delete the folder I created for this game, it told me I couldn't/needed permission from my computer in order to, even though I'm the primary user. It didn't have any problem with me emptying the folder out, and then deleting the folder after though.
c:/Users/[your username]/AppData/LocalLow/Hummingwarp
You can also delete save data using the trash can icon in the login screen.
thank you <3
also I had, was encountering a weird bug where any documents I saved on the desktop stayed between save files, along with a few other ones
whaaaaaaaat I deleted all the data in that folder, and the notes are still on the desktop