Thank you so much for this game! I've been in a rut for ages now & something about the game managed to give me a kick in the ass to try and work myself out of it. the gender nkvd have no bearing on me & hot women with knives will fix me. blessed be.
This is a fantastic game and I am so glad it exists. Incredible jokes, offputting women, moonshine HRT, this game was made for me. 10/10 no notes. I'm guessing this is an unintended side effect as well but after becoming obsessed with this game for a couple weeks I'm actually learning how to manage my time better with ADHD, the action system is a really good analogue for how spoons work, so uh, thanks for genuinely improving my life with this silly game! :3
Hi hi! I just bought the game and unfortunately something about my system rubs Narrat the wrong way as the game cannot make it past the initial loading screen, either hanging on an incomplete render of your splash screen or giving me a completely white screen. Is there something I can do to make the game work? I’m on version 6 and am running the game on Windows 10.
EDIT: The fix was to lower the output frequency of my sound card to a maximum of 192000Hz!
Did you unzip it etc? You didn't set your OS to case sensitive or anything? I'll have to talk to the narrat dev sad to say, I've not heard of the engine doing this before...
Did nothing at all, all I did was extract the game from its archive and immediately run the executable lovely-lady-rpg.exe. Let me know if there’s something I can do to help! I can pass you my Discord or Bluesky or Twitter, what have you.
Try joining the narrat discord, you might be able to get some info there if you ask!!! Unfortunately I'm only a lowly user of the engine, but I and the dev may be able to help you there! https://discord.gg/f9WJwzQa
Thanks so much for this game, I haven't really been able to get it out of my head since I've beaten it.
It's really really nice to have a game that's just so unabashedly gay, as funny as that sounds. All the dialogue is written in that queer subculture slang and it just hits. There's so much exclusively queer love (I love my scrungly Frank) and the characters feel so fleshed out. I don't typically get to experience those things in videogames in ways that don't feel off-putting and corporate. You're just cool people and you've made a piece of art.
i found out about this because of twitter controversy, so i'd like to thank all the very nice bigots who let me know about the trans communist lesbian rat game
BAD NEWS FOR YOU ABOUT HOW MUCH COMMUNISM IS ACTUALLY IN THIS ONE SORRY (BASICALLY NONE ONLY ONE CHARACTER IS ACTUALLY A COMMUNIST DESPITE WHAT TWITTER MAY HAVE TOLD YOU) SORRY AGAIN
I haven't played the game yet but I am spite-purchasing it because I'm a filthy commie and I do the opposite of what Twitter trash wants :) (that and I am here for a [seemingly] queer, trans, furry game at literally any time, please take my money and know that I would have bought the game either way <3)
I will update with my (incoherent screeching) thoughts after I have had a chance to play :)
Really disappointed by a piece of casual ableism I saw in a screenshot, can you confirm whether it's played straight or commented on?
The "I got kicked in the head by a sheep when I was a baby" line is really demeaning and insulting to people with brain injuries. I know it's supposed to be a joke, since they're saying they're not communist because of it, but it feels in incredibly poor taste to use a neurological injury beyond someone's help for a throwaway joke.
I'd be happier if this was put in the Content Warnings, or possibly revised, because as of writing it feels unjust to play a game which treats disabilities as a punchline.
THE MAIN CHARACTER IS AN AMALGAMATION OF PHRASES SHES PICKED UP FROM NOT GETTING OUTSIDE ENOUGH. SHE DOESNT REALLY THINK THROUGH WHAT SHE SAYS, MUDDLING HER WAY THROUGH LIFE, TRYING TO SAY THINGS SHE THINKS PEOPLE WILL LIKE, OFTEN UNSUCCESSFUL SINCE SHE HAS LITTLE CONCEPT OF BEING RESPECTFUL TO OTHERS. SHE DOES HER BEST, BUT SHE, LIKE YOU AND ME, IS FULL OF IMPERFECTIONS. ITS HER NURTURE, SAD TO SAY. CHARACTERS IN THIS GAME ARE WRITTEN OFTEN TO BE ABRASIVE TO ONE ANOTHER, I SUSPECT IF YOU DISLIKE THAT SORT OF THING YOU WONT ENJOY IT, SORRY.
No, that's actually good. I'm not the kind of person who thinks "if a character display *any* problematic behaviour, that means the game is too". I was just trying to see if the ableism is used as comedy or, like you've said in your comment, as a reflection of her character. Abrasive, imperfect characters are good, I just wanted to make sure the game wasn't permitting or condoning ableist behaviour. When my paycheck next comes in, I'll be more than happy to buy this game!
I adore this game, it has made me laugh and had me share many moments of writing with friends, while moving me, at times genuinely disturbing me (in a good way...?). I am so glad I found out about it!
So I'm going to be honest, I found this game after seeing a screenshot on Twitter of the dialogue and it did not leave the best first impression. But after seeing the absolutely beautiful artwork, I decided to give it a try. I'm writing this comment before I've tried out the game, so here's hoping that this is a hidden gem.
played for like 3 hours and then closed the game and lost all my progress... is there any way to see where saves are stored maybe i can fix it or something..
That's very strange... what platform were you playing on? For me the save games can be found here Users/[Your user]/AppData/Roaming/lovely-lady-rpg/Local Storage/leveldb
Unfortunatly haven't heard of this issue occuring with Narrat before, I'll talk to the engines developer and see if she might know what could cause that :) Sorry!
I was playing on win10, and I ended up solving the issue: The game wasn't opening when I clicked the exe at the start of me playing it so i clicked it like 5 times and they've been in the background this entire time lol oops!!
It finally opened but the other 4 have just been chilling in the background of my PC even after I closed the game so I don't know how but they were cock blocking me from accessing my saves when I opened the game again. I restarted my PC and my saves are all there... Excited to continue playing the game has been great so far!
everyone else said loving heartfelt things which i also felt but there's one other aspect: it's been a week and i keep saying yim yam out loud whenever i feed my pet rabbit irl now
This game is beautiful. It is like a warm embrace of emotions - positive and negative, but warm all the same. It is *real*. I feel so extremely seen by the Pulp Writer. By Ghost. You have given me an experience I will think on for many years to come, and replay even more over those years.
Thank you for changing my life, even at this point.
One last playthrough and I managed to finally see the comet and set down the Jihad path and I'm cryin because w-women. ; . ; sob! Its the perfect way to finish with the game and gosh. women. sob!
And I also got evicted, gosh 6 actions/day dont let you dilly dally but its a small price to pay for a smile.
The moment The Nightmare spoke to me I immediately e-brake turned towards getting back on HRT. One demeaning cavalcade of psychosexual bureaucratic horror later, I successfully stole HRT from the pharmacy, immediately shot up and vowed to not do all that again next time and find another way next time, because I will be playing this at least one more time again. Frighteningly good at speaking to the "transfemme with ADHD experience" of "I will put out this fire. There is now another fire. I will put out this fire" happening indefinitely but it's not actually happening to me so I can actually emotionally handle it. Also great to see further expansion on the world of the past few games, genuinely lovely world-building, happily recommending it to other friends/pestering them with snippets out of context to entice them to check it out as well.
This game scooped out my heart with a melon-baller. The writing and art are terrific, but oh my god the main theme is so on point. It's been in my head for days. I want to live a life where it's an appropriate accompaniment.
Absolutely love this game! The Gender NKVD and The Nightmare made me feel sick (I mean that as a compliment). But that made the highs of the game all the better - getting the HRT made me feel genuine relief and I teared up when we got to kiss (and kiss, and kiss again) the Scrungly Woman. I can't wait to play again and explore more of the game (thinking I'm going to try being *very* religious on the next run). Incredible game and thank you for making it ^_^
If you had told me my Game of the Year was going to be a weird indie VN , I wouldn't have believed you. But uh here it is and it hits way closer to home then I was ever expecting in the best and worst ways possible from the bad times lifting my bangs in the mirror to the weird sex with women.
Started playing yesterday. I think with it being even less gameplay focused than something like Disco Elysium, its needs to rely purely on the strength of the art and writing. Genuinely, it knocks it out of the park on both counts. It's supplanted DE as my pick for best-written game, it gets the pulpy and smoggy vibe across immaculately, and is damn funny to boot. Everyone on the team deserves the highest praise!
I really enjoyed the game! I think orb is my favorite character :3. Genuine question, can you actually get a good outcome when talking to the gender NKVD? I'm going to assume no.
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I literally just realised this is by the same people who made ttotgs holy hell. Playing this as soon as im not broke ya'll always make bangers
CORRECTION: ITS BY ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THAT.
My mistake, thank you for showing me the error of my ways.
NO PROBLEM
Thank you so much for this game! I've been in a rut for ages now & something about the game managed to give me a kick in the ass to try and work myself out of it. the gender nkvd have no bearing on me & hot women with knives will fix me. blessed be.
SWEET
I did a little dig into the files to see what exact answers are the way to get HRT and you are truly doing it like noone else. No further notes.
Although my gender NKVD officer would never believe me when I said "I don't".
Also sorry this is like my third comment. I think about this game a lot.
GLAD SOMEONE HAS THE CURIOSITY TO CRACK OPEN THE CODE. APOLOGIES FOR HOW MESSY IT IS.
This is a fantastic game and I am so glad it exists. Incredible jokes, offputting women, moonshine HRT, this game was made for me. 10/10 no notes. I'm guessing this is an unintended side effect as well but after becoming obsessed with this game for a couple weeks I'm actually learning how to manage my time better with ADHD, the action system is a really good analogue for how spoons work, so uh, thanks for genuinely improving my life with this silly game! :3
THIS IS AN EDUCATIONAL GAME SURE
Hi is there any way to upgrade or pay 3 more dollars to get the artbook I really enjoyed the games art but that was after I bought and played the game
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Thank you!
Hi hi! I just bought the game and unfortunately something about my system rubs Narrat the wrong way as the game cannot make it past the initial loading screen, either hanging on an incomplete render of your splash screen or giving me a completely white screen. Is there something I can do to make the game work? I’m on version 6 and am running the game on Windows 10.
EDIT: The fix was to lower the output frequency of my sound card to a maximum of 192000Hz!
Did you unzip it etc? You didn't set your OS to case sensitive or anything? I'll have to talk to the narrat dev sad to say, I've not heard of the engine doing this before...
Did nothing at all, all I did was extract the game from its archive and immediately run the executable
lovely-lady-rpg.exe. Let me know if there’s something I can do to help! I can pass you my Discord or Bluesky or Twitter, what have you.Try joining the narrat discord, you might be able to get some info there if you ask!!! Unfortunately I'm only a lowly user of the engine, but I and the dev may be able to help you there! https://discord.gg/f9WJwzQa
Will do!
Best of luck sorting this out- sorry about the tech issue!
Already been sorted, don’t worry Mia, all I had to do was lower the output frequency of my sound card to 192000Hz!
TECHNOLOGY IS SO AMAZING
helloo, i cant seem to purchase the game through Paypal. is it regional:( I really want to play it.
IT'S PEAM
IT'S PEAM
I had a lot of fun with this, it was a joy to play. Got the loneliest ending but I wanna try again. Thank you for making this :3
I DONT KNOW WHAT PEAM MEANS BUT THANK YOU
bro this game has baneposting in 2024 it FUCKS
I WASN'T SURE I COULD 'PULL IT OFF'. I WAS WORRIED I MIGHT 'DIE'
Thanks so much for this game, I haven't really been able to get it out of my head since I've beaten it.
It's really really nice to have a game that's just so unabashedly gay, as funny as that sounds. All the dialogue is written in that queer subculture slang and it just hits. There's so much exclusively queer love (I love my scrungly Frank) and the characters feel so fleshed out. I don't typically get to experience those things in videogames in ways that don't feel off-putting and corporate. You're just cool people and you've made a piece of art.
Thanks a lot, you've touched my heart.
<3
WUNDERBAR
Very sweet review, thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
EXCELLENT ARTWORK
Wauw
Ignore the twitter discourse, this game is peak. The art and writing are amazing and it's got cute women in it. Go play it dummy
I DONT LOOK AT TWITTER DISCOURSE. I PREFER TO TALK TO FRIENDS, GO OUTSIDE ETC
i found out about this because of twitter controversy, so i'd like to thank all the very nice bigots who let me know about the trans communist lesbian rat game
BAD NEWS FOR YOU ABOUT HOW MUCH COMMUNISM IS ACTUALLY IN THIS ONE SORRY (BASICALLY NONE ONLY ONE CHARACTER IS ACTUALLY A COMMUNIST DESPITE WHAT TWITTER MAY HAVE TOLD YOU) SORRY AGAIN
I haven't played the game yet but I am spite-purchasing it because I'm a filthy commie and I do the opposite of what Twitter trash wants :) (that and I am here for a [seemingly] queer, trans, furry game at literally any time, please take my money and know that I would have bought the game either way <3)
I will update with my (incoherent screeching) thoughts after I have had a chance to play :)
Y'all want a Steam release for the sale price. I want a Steam release because I want the achievements.
Just so you know - the game does track achievements internally! There are a lot of different ones for endings, secrets, special deaths etc.
STEAM ACHIEVEMENTS AREN'T REAL. THEYRE PAPER CROWNS CUT BY GABE NEWELL, WHO WEARS A CROWN OF GOLD AND PEARL.
I was already thinking of picking this game up but I think you just sold me on it based on this comment alone. Bravo.
Really disappointed by a piece of casual ableism I saw in a screenshot, can you confirm whether it's played straight or commented on?
The "I got kicked in the head by a sheep when I was a baby" line is really demeaning and insulting to people with brain injuries. I know it's supposed to be a joke, since they're saying they're not communist because of it, but it feels in incredibly poor taste to use a neurological injury beyond someone's help for a throwaway joke.
I'd be happier if this was put in the Content Warnings, or possibly revised, because as of writing it feels unjust to play a game which treats disabilities as a punchline.
why are you out here discoursing about a game you haven't even played because you saw something out-of-context on twitter. get a life lol.
I just want to make sure the game I'm playing isn't ableist. What's the full context of it?
THE MAIN CHARACTER IS AN AMALGAMATION OF PHRASES SHES PICKED UP FROM NOT GETTING OUTSIDE ENOUGH. SHE DOESNT REALLY THINK THROUGH WHAT SHE SAYS, MUDDLING HER WAY THROUGH LIFE, TRYING TO SAY THINGS SHE THINKS PEOPLE WILL LIKE, OFTEN UNSUCCESSFUL SINCE SHE HAS LITTLE CONCEPT OF BEING RESPECTFUL TO OTHERS. SHE DOES HER BEST, BUT SHE, LIKE YOU AND ME, IS FULL OF IMPERFECTIONS. ITS HER NURTURE, SAD TO SAY. CHARACTERS IN THIS GAME ARE WRITTEN OFTEN TO BE ABRASIVE TO ONE ANOTHER, I SUSPECT IF YOU DISLIKE THAT SORT OF THING YOU WONT ENJOY IT, SORRY.
No, that's actually good. I'm not the kind of person who thinks "if a character display *any* problematic behaviour, that means the game is too". I was just trying to see if the ableism is used as comedy or, like you've said in your comment, as a reflection of her character. Abrasive, imperfect characters are good, I just wanted to make sure the game wasn't permitting or condoning ableist behaviour. When my paycheck next comes in, I'll be more than happy to buy this game!
EPIC
I adore this game, it has made me laugh and had me share many moments of writing with friends, while moving me, at times genuinely disturbing me (in a good way...?). I am so glad I found out about it!
SUPER. GLAD YOU ENJOYED IT.
I really really really need this but dollar is quite steep for me :c
Steam release and my life is yours!!
So I'm going to be honest, I found this game after seeing a screenshot on Twitter of the dialogue and it did not leave the best first impression. But after seeing the absolutely beautiful artwork, I decided to give it a try. I'm writing this comment before I've tried out the game, so here's hoping that this is a hidden gem.
IF YOU WANT YOU CAN IGNORE THE TEXT AND TREAT IT LIKE A SILENT MOVIE
played for like 3 hours and then closed the game and lost all my progress... is there any way to see where saves are stored maybe i can fix it or something..
That's very strange... what platform were you playing on? For me the save games can be found here Users/[Your user]/AppData/Roaming/lovely-lady-rpg/Local Storage/leveldb
Unfortunatly haven't heard of this issue occuring with Narrat before, I'll talk to the engines developer and see if she might know what could cause that :) Sorry!
I was playing on win10, and I ended up solving the issue: The game wasn't opening when I clicked the exe at the start of me playing it so i clicked it like 5 times and they've been in the background this entire time lol oops!!
It finally opened but the other 4 have just been chilling in the background of my PC even after I closed the game so I don't know how but they were cock blocking me from accessing my saves when I opened the game again. I restarted my PC and my saves are all there... Excited to continue playing the game has been great so far!
FANTASTIC. GLAD IT WORKED OUT FOR YOU. GLAD TO HAVE YOU ABOARD.
may god please grant me money to purchase this game someday. it looks so good
this is what it's like in my brain at all hours of the day this shit bops. god i wish women were real
BOPS
it seriously sucks that this game is getting hate over a single image on Twitter. And now people are assuming the worst out of it for no good reason.
AVERAGE TWITTER USER IS A PIT OF TAR. MISERABLE AS A DYING DOG, KIND AS A WOUNDED BADGER. ITS NOT THEIR FAULT, ITS THEIR NURTURE.
Alright girl, i'm sold~ not today, but my wallet shall buy your game posthaste <3
everyone else said loving heartfelt things which i also felt but there's one other aspect: it's been a week and i keep saying yim yam out loud whenever i feed my pet rabbit irl now
YIM YAM.
Hi.
This game is beautiful. It is like a warm embrace of emotions - positive and negative, but warm all the same. It is *real*. I feel so extremely seen by the Pulp Writer. By Ghost. You have given me an experience I will think on for many years to come, and replay even more over those years.
Thank you for changing my life, even at this point.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. THE PULP WRITER IS A DARLING ISN'T SHE.
This really touched me, thank you for making it. Awooo
AWOO
One last playthrough and I managed to finally see the comet and set down the Jihad path and I'm cryin because w-women. ; . ; sob! Its the perfect way to finish with the game and gosh. women. sob!
And I also got evicted, gosh 6 actions/day dont let you dilly dally but its a small price to pay for a smile.
ALWAYS WORTH
The moment The Nightmare spoke to me I immediately e-brake turned towards getting back on HRT. One demeaning cavalcade of psychosexual bureaucratic horror later, I successfully stole HRT from the pharmacy, immediately shot up and vowed to not do all that again next time and find another way next time, because I will be playing this at least one more time again. Frighteningly good at speaking to the "transfemme with ADHD experience" of "I will put out this fire. There is now another fire. I will put out this fire" happening indefinitely but it's not actually happening to me so I can actually emotionally handle it. Also great to see further expansion on the world of the past few games, genuinely lovely world-building, happily recommending it to other friends/pestering them with snippets out of context to entice them to check it out as well.
99% of my clips are Nasty Girl related
GET THAT BREAD (ESTROGEN)
i just finished this and rlly liked it ^^ um very good yes!! i liked that girl with a pocket knife
DANKE
the nightmare is real sisters
keep a few nasty girls in your life & it won't fuk wit u
excellent work of beauty and love, thanks dolls
NO, THANKS YOU
Probably one of the best games I've ever played, thank you so much for making this, it's incredible
LIT. DANKESCHÖN.
This game scooped out my heart with a melon-baller. The writing and art are terrific, but oh my god the main theme is so on point. It's been in my head for days. I want to live a life where it's an appropriate accompaniment.
IT'S A BOPPER.
Absolutely love this game! The Gender NKVD and The Nightmare made me feel sick (I mean that as a compliment). But that made the highs of the game all the better - getting the HRT made me feel genuine relief and I teared up when we got to kiss (and kiss, and kiss again) the Scrungly Woman. I can't wait to play again and explore more of the game (thinking I'm going to try being *very* religious on the next run). Incredible game and thank you for making it ^_^
CHUFFED. DANKE.
Any plans for a steam release?
sadly I have to rely on it (and GOG) as the only two game storefronts that really support my local currency.
POSSIBLY YES BUT I DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE FOR IT.
Some kind of mobile or tablet release would be utterly catastrophic for my life so I'm eagerly awaiting it.
If you had told me my Game of the Year was going to be a weird indie VN , I wouldn't have believed you. But uh here it is and it hits way closer to home then I was ever expecting in the best and worst ways possible from the bad times lifting my bangs in the mirror to the weird sex with women.
HEAR THAT, GEOFF KEIGHLEY? THANK YOU FRIEND.
Is it a coincidence that the Frankfurt Pervert looks like hbomberguy's fursona?
OTHER WAY ROUND I RECKON.
Started playing yesterday. I think with it being even less gameplay focused than something like Disco Elysium, its needs to rely purely on the strength of the art and writing. Genuinely, it knocks it out of the park on both counts. It's supplanted DE as my pick for best-written game, it gets the pulpy and smoggy vibe across immaculately, and is damn funny to boot. Everyone on the team deserves the highest praise!
SUPER. GLAD YOU HAD SUPER FUN.
I am thinking about buying it but a quick question:
If it appears one day on Steam, will we get a key as well?
IF POSSIBLE YES
Thank you for your answer! If it is possible then I will buy it right away! Cheers!
This game looks cool. Will it be made available on Steam?
MAYBE ONE DAY BUT REALHEADS GAME ON ITCH!
I really enjoyed the game! I think orb is my favorite character :3. Genuine question, can you actually get a good outcome when talking to the gender NKVD? I'm going to assume no.
SORT OF.