Use 'Dave' to get +1 affection with everyone. You can use any of the friends names to get unique dialogue and +1 affection with that person (names must be capitalised).
Theres some others just for dialogue like 'Timber' and 'Chase', i dont know them all
Okay! So first of all, i would like to admit that it was this game the reason why i even created an account lol
Aside from that, and (SPOILERS ALERT) after FINALLYYY beating the whole game by playing just what... 7 times??? xd i can officially say that it was worth it.
I definitely relate to Dave in a lot of things which made the whole experience even more enjoyable, and the whole plot surely managed to surprise me (or at least the first time) and as for the routes... although i have my favorites, i won't deny that they were insteresting and in some cases very pasionate (i'm looking at you Dean!), but yeah, overall pretty good 10/10!
ALSO, TYSON IS THE CANON ROUTE??? YEAAAAHHHH LET'S GOOOOOO
I love this VN! I'm probably about 90% through getting all endings, and I have to say, this is one of very few VNs where I really really like the MC, especially as I get to know him more throughout each play through. He's so cute and sweet and innocent and I can genuinely understand why all the other boys crush on him, rather than it feeling forced. Says a lot from me too as I'm a sucker for a himbo.
I'm sorry that you found certain parts of the VN not to your liking. From your critique though, it looks like you went in assuming this was closer to a character drama rather than a mystery thriller, which is possibly where certain parts of the VN felt like they fell flat.
so I've been watch Keith Ballard's let's play of Password, and has brought up several criticisms, i have a idea of how the first 3 days could be re-written to alleviate some of the problems, keep in mind that i am no writer and this just a fan's opinion, also i'm not on patreon so if anything i talk about has already been fixed in the new builds that's why, Spoilers ahead
start day one with Roswell making a big scene of Tyson's appearance (it's kinda weird we only see Dean's individual reaction despite his lack of connection to Tyson, my guess it was to set up a romantic rivalry but it never goes anywhere, except that kinda sudden fight in Benson's bad end, anyway is weird that Roswell and Orlando don't get a reaction until Roswell suddenly begins harassing Tyson later), but begrudgingly relenting to let him go (thereby starting the vacation in a bad note and providing a reason why they don't hang out together as often as one would expect), day 1 spend first with Tyson and latter Dean establishing any vital information (things like how are their relationship with Dave and each other, who knows about Dave's dad, who was in high school together, who doesn't know each other well, basically any important character information that Dave already knows about at this point), day 2 do the same for Sal and Hoss, and day 3 for Roswell and Orlando, imply that they are mad at Dave and have been avoiding him until now, but don't have them address the issue head on yet, so Roswell later actions and the call out Dave gets later make sense, i would also establish that Dave is depressed because of his father's death from the beginning (probably day 2 or 3), because right now we only find out about it at the end of day 8, and then in day 9 he starts his depressive spiral, this harms the emotional catharsis of day 14 because the change in his behavior shouldn't be a mystery to those who knew of what happened (which at that point is everyone except Hoss and Sal if you are not in his route), but if is established that Dave is putting up a "everything is fine" facade then the reveal of how much this was affecting Dave makes much more sense, also i would move the blocking of the road to day 9, because it makes no sense in path B how they don't just leave for days after finding Oswin's body, the reason given is because they don't want one of them to be incriminated, but that excuse falls flat when you notice it wasn't a concern in any of the previous bad endings
anyway i hope the feedback helps, love the game, personal top 10, but it could be better
The name was a thing way in the past but since Dave is his own person not a self insert he gets his own name. The coffee cup is now for easter eggs. If you type Dave then you get +1 affection with everyone but if you put someone elses name you get +1 with that person (my fave is how Dave reacts to seeing Tysons name). There's some patreon names that change it i think, but the only one i remember is Timber (i think).
I'm replaying the game cause last time it wasn't finished so i want full experience at once but when I got to day 23 it looks like it skips the first time Dave awakening and forest scene. How can i replay it? That was like the most intense part of game for me
I don't think so in the public version, but if it's there it's in the Compendium section. It's been a while so i can't remember if the free version has the compendium even as an option in its basic function or not.
It used to have unlimited saves years ago after the version 0.24 I think..
I stopped to read Password after that since I lost access to my newer saves after that and never had mood to manually renamed those all to back in the moment I last played it.
But It had only 2 lines per page, 6 slots. I have 150 saves anyway that long ago.
I probably need rename more than 100 files if I wanted back to have access to it all.
Before I go diving into this one I gotta ask, for all intents and purposes it is DONE in terms of available story correct? All that comes after this in later versions is general tweaks and polish?
Correct. There's extended content insofar as epilogues and alike in the Patreon version but as far as it being as a complete story with answers to the mystery and conclusion to the story, this version has all that.
The caveat though is this version is a little behind insofar as some revisions made in the Patreon version both for clarification and QoL in some scenes when it comes to explaining some of the central themes a bit better.
What an attractive game it is! With its rich storyline and multiple choices, it's so addictive that I forget to sleep at mid night. By the way, I only found the computer-translation version on Telegram, after spending a lot of time, which makes me had no choice but to stop as soon as I realized it was a mis translation. I need to switch back to English in the menu and then read the original, Yep, repeating the above operation again and again each time. It's so exhausting to play the game without Chinese for me. Some mis translations are really funny, such as “lando laughed, waving Sal off although it was clear that he'd been busted.” The computer translate “been busted” into “被逮捕”, which means getting arrested by the police, lol. Anyway, this game holds great appeal for me, and I am eagerly anticipating playing the legitimate original Chinese version of this game on Steam. I am willing to pay for it.
What options for translations will there be on full release, fan-made or otherwise?
Ideally, I’d like to have Password available in other languages. As of right now, Chinese and Spanish are the two biggest ones requested and given the size of the Chinese fanbase that’d probably be the priority.
Now, while I know fan made translations exist, I don’t endorse them. I can’t quality check them to know what’s going in there, or how well they’re done, but I’m not going to actively tell people to stop doing them.
It’ll also depend on the cost of translating the whole thing as to if it’ll be available. While offers have been made for fan translations to be done for free, it’s a lot of work and something I’d like to reliably be able to purchase under contract so I can deliver on any promises of it coming.
I stop playing at day 15 Path A. Most characters are ok and behaves quite... normal, I suppose. Except for the MC (Dave), I find him rather annoying, especially his inner thoughts and how he makes things complicated for himself and his friends, it's so exhausting that I cannot proceed with the game. Unless he has mental problem and bad communication skill, then it is understandable. Besides, I dont understand how his friends accept his visions/dreams without any doubts. Like, if someone told you that you gonna die or someone gonna die because they see some visions after entering some words into a vault panel, the first reaction should be doubt, or you should think that they are paranoid or had hallucinations. But no, everyone freaks out when Dave reveal those things, even goes find the gun, doubt each others for being the killers (even though they are friends, not total strangers).
hmm, I missed the detail about the vault causing mental trauma, well that explains his behavior. Anyway, his problem would be much smaller if he tried to communicate openly with his friends. All the guys are cute btw, so that is a plus for this visual novel.
Anxiety doesn't work that way, you always second guess yourself things like "am i bothing them?" "i'm just wasting their time", "i dont want to cause trouble". Makes comunication a bitch. As for the vault Oz explains it and mentions he's worried about dave using it because of his nervous disposition.
I need help: here I played the game but Thanatos tells me that I have 11 medals yet I made the path A of all the characters so I did the path B of Roswell but I did not have a medal I also did the one of Orlando but I have only 11 medals I do not know what to do, au and I miss 2 trauma the one between the pool and sal who attacks DeanI also noticed that when Divid starts to note these passwords he notes some that are not used as deluge, if we use them then where, by the way in the conversation between Thanatos and David, David repeats the word EXCEPT 2 times and the second time it is written in bold I wonder if we can use it as a passwordau and it is possible to use the password to save Roswell on the other routes on day 4 I did it on the road to sal and that worked I was also able to access the trunk on day 11 and enter the password
bah, when I talk to Thanatos at the he tells me that I have 11 medals, I did the paths A and B of all the characters I do not really understand what happens to help me
Okay, having finally finished all the possible routes, endings, and dialogue options, I have one teeny-tiny, barely significant criticism.
And it's regarding the saucy bits.
Now aside from a few moments with Dean, whenever it gets to the part where cheesy saxaphone music should start playing, we are instead greeted with a black screen and some text variance of
"...and one thing led to another and now your clothes don't wear as well the next day and your hair doesn't fall in quite the same way. Now moving along swiftly..."
Like, no,no,no,no,no! Don't tell me "one thing led to another."!
I want to see in, full blasphemous, 4K, UHD, glory exactly how I made Roswell squeel like a pig!
I want be able to count how many times I rotisseried on Sal's joystick before making him spill the beans!
I need to know the answer to Dean's question "Does Orlando have balls?" and more importantly "What do they taste like?"
I need that minigame where we try to find out what lasts longer, Ty's dick or a feather?
And you owe it your fans, to help us finally solve the mystery of what would happen if you scratched the base of Hoss's tail while he's mid-orgasm.
Best furry VN I saw, I really liked the password system even if I do not hide from you that I had trouble finding some but otherwise very good VN, well written and well illustrated I also liked the turn that takes the story maleresem I am that on the 19th day and so I have not yet seen this famous end dumoin not yet
This is a pretty good write-up that covers a lot of my thoughts as well. I debated with a friend over writing a similar comment in hopes it would be seen and some certain things about the game could be changed, but it seems I don't need to do it myself now. I'll also try to limit spoilers going forward, but I wanted to add my thoughts as well.
Password definitely has strong character development, but as you say, the weakness in some areas of the writing do hinder it somewhat. It can take too long and be wayyy too wordy at parts, going over the same exact things multiple times to the point where I would groan and wonder just how much longer this segment was going to continue. Day 10 was a big shift downwards for me, honestly, and the stuff after took what felt like forever. The payoff was good, though, and was a good moment. However, I do feel like my experience was lessened by picking Sal first. Some things just happen differently in a way that probably weakened the overall experience for me. In fact, the password I was supposed to have entered around that time was just outright spoiled later in the game even though I had never entered it, which I assume is an oversight that slipped through the cracks. In a game like this, that's bound to happen, so I can't be mad at it.
As you say, the overall mystery and delving into morphic resonance was pretty good, and it's easy to draw the lines between Password and the Zero Escape series (999). I just feel the need to echo my dissatisfaction with the "true" ending. It's a heavy black mark that honestly ruined the game for me and a friend. Path A is definitely the "better" ending but knowing what's out there and the time investment to complete it is... just such a bummer. The effect it has on the story and everything that happens... I don't want to go more into it because of spoilers, but I reeeeeallly hope this is revised in the final product. It's just so frustrating, but with all the respect towards the author and the story written. I say this with love because I grew to care about the game. (Also, #justiceforsal because he's honestly treated the worst in the game... I didn't even like him, I picked him as a middle choice, but man it kinda feels like the author didn't even like him either.) ((Also also that one bit with Tyson near the start is pretty bad too...))
I think that covers what I wanted to add/emphasize. Password is overall a fine game with some great character development that could just use some trimming and some revisions in places, namely the endings (Oh, and, the antagonistic force in the last third to fourth of the game, that all felt a bit rushed.)
Sure, though my language is probably too harsh maybe? The game is still good, and it's still a good time playing it. There's no real way to avoid spoilers when talking about the ending, but I suppose I'll try to be as vague as possible. I'm just writing some more filler text here so maybe the spoilery bits are hidden by the expand prompt, even though it seems the expand prompt only shows up if you're logged in, so apologies to those who aren't logged in and hopefully you don't read the SPOILERS AHEAD.
Is that enough space to hide it? I guess I'll see. Okay, so, about the ending. The whole point is to work towards this 'prime timeline' where everything and everyone is okay. And like, yeah, that's a good thing. It SHOULD be the goal to make everything work out for everyone, that part I have no issues with. The part I don't like is how it absolutely obliterates one of the best parts of the game, which is the character development. You go back to the point where nothing has happened yet, and then the game ends and rushes into a romance over the span of a few minutes, that took a month's worth of in-game time to work itself out. Sure, the feelings were already there, but it's just so much... lesser this way.
I know that, in a game with branching paths like this, it's very common to have a canon route. But this just feels like the worst of both worlds. The non-canon routes are cheapened by the way the true ending is handled, and the true ending itself doesn't benefit from the development over the course of the game.
In my opinion, a better way to handle it would be to rework it all so that you're taken back to, say, day 20, or at least around there. To the point where most of the development happened, and from there you can give everyone a proper ending and epilogue. Alternatively, you can have the convergence point be after the vacation, though obviously you'd have to rework a TON, including a certain bit where you get the... Virgo medal? I think that's the one, at the very end. That way, every branch can have the possibility of existing in every timeline, but once you've been through them all, you get the prize at the end. I know the 'point' of the game is to settle on one timeline where the good thing happens, and that it'll happen that way now in future loops, but it just feels bad currently.
Outside of the character development, I just wonder why Dave is even doing this to start with. Why is it him? Why does him doing what he does in the 'prime timeline' matter at all for what the mastermind does? He doesn't even know the final password, and even if he knew it, it wouldn't have mattered. It's not the end of the world but it does feel a little awkward. (And I admit maybe I missed something that explains that but it just feels weird to me how that goes down.)
This post on reddit also echoes my same feelings about the way the true ending went down, with a little bit more spoilers.
I'll also add that I'm not in the discord and I haven't been following your news or anything really after this beta build, so I have no idea what you've changed or what you planned to do after this specific moment the game is in right now. I recognize that my bit above about a better way to handle it would be a massive undertaking at this point, and heck, maybe you simply disagree with my opinion. I'm sure other people do. I absolutely don't expect you to do anything extra, change anything, go about revising things just because I said I didn't like it. I just wanted to express how I felt about things. Short version: Character development, good. The way the ending handles that, not good.
I'll try to be efficient in how to explain this given you haven't been on the server or likely been exposed to anything still in the Patreon version:
1. Canonical means part of the story. That's it. Everything in the game is canonical because of how the time looping works. There's no way to really stress that in-game without exacerbating the already existing problems of my pre-edit script. While the story descend on a finality of a particular romance should not invalidate the others as it took those to get here.
2. Looping back to Day 20 doesn't work. Ignoring that we have a sequel where we need a locked in romance or at the very least lock out certain romances, we're dooming certain people to still die. Namely Roswell because of his illness. The medicine at this point doesn't work on him because of actions he takes on Day 4, so any intervention needs to happen before then.
3. As for why Dave, I have plans to fix that when I remove the Oswin interrogation segment in favor of explaining how quantum mechanics works a bit better. Namely the concept of observance which might help clarify why Dave at all, why Thanatos dying solves things, etc. My concern with this is ending up just like C/Ping a Wikipedia article and the delivery feels dry. -- Also there were talks in the Discord last night again as to how to potentially integrate inputting the final password in Path P to round out the player experience but so far no one (myself included) hasn't come up with a way that makes sense where Dave would know the password.
I guess the thing that I should make clearer in-game is that the mansion is just a means to constrain the boundaries of the test rather than try and keep tabs on everyone over a town. It might be something I can throw into the revised Oswin section, but the idea is that once the experiment is over and Roswell is cured, we don't need the mansion holiday anymore.
1. It took the other romances to get there, sure, but then it's all erased for the final bit. No one else but Dave remembers it happening, which is the problem. Perhaps canon isn't the right word for the situation, but it has the same effect for everyone that isn't Dave. That's the central issue I have with it.
2. It wasn't a perfect suggestion, I was just throwing out potential alternatives. It's your story and your sequel to write, I was sure you already had plans for things. Saying the medicine doesn't work because of what Roswell does on day 4, sure, but... why? That kinda feels like a "just because" situation.
3. No comments on this bit, you have plans/desire to adjust things so that's good there.
As for the mansion, sure, I understand that. It's just a real bad feeling that, like that reddit comment said, all the character growth and relationship development just disappears once the experiment concludes. I don't think something like that could ever feel good to the reader. Your time investment doesn't matter except for saving Roswell, and even then both Roswell and Dave are mentally worse for the experience. (Besides the whole, Roswell being actually alive thing, which yeah is important). Sure, you can argue that it does still matter for you, personally, since it did happen for the reader but... I just don't know. I don't know what else to say at this point.
Actually did write a follow up where I gave more of my thoughts on tumblr but that post is spoilertastic so I'd rather not link it directly, instead i'll just relay the pertinent bit here (spoilers ahead yadda yadda yadda): . . . . . . In my review I said that the game's ultimate conclusion was one of its weaker points, but that's not an entirely accurate statement. This is a perfectly functional and satisfying ending for how it ties up the more general story: everybody lives and Dave finally gets to be happy, and things end on a hopeful note, the implication being that with his other lived experiences having crossed over, Dave is able to help his companions work through their problems. Consequently this means Dave is able to break through Tyson's shell right away and get him to admit his feelings. I could make the argument that this sort of cheapens Tyson's character development, but not enough for it to seriously bother me. Realistically if the game absolutely had to settle on one single romance by the end, Tyson makes the most sense given his history with Dave, and while he isn't my favorite, he's far and away Password's most popular character so I imagine this'll sit well with most people. That bad boy bogan charm is pretty hard to resist. Initially I assumed the game went with this because it was simply trying to cater to fans but that's actually not the case-a little bird told me that it was part of the plan from the start. My problem here is that forcing the player to settle in to a fixed romance at the end undercuts a big part of the appeal for me and I imagine a fair few other people as well-what was the point of having all those romantic options if they were just going to get handwaved away at the end? If Password was a more linear or kinetic affair from the start that only had one set romance, or if the true ending was left vague enough that the reader could reasonably imagine Dave hooking up with any one of his potential suitors at the end then this might have worked. It's definitely a thing that sticks out to me, especially in a game like this that's otherwise pretty well constructed.
Okay so i thought that there will be another update since the game version is labelled b0.7 (a final build usually use v1.0 instead) and i kept waiting for update until i started playing the latest version where it turns out the main route is already finished 😭
This is such an engaging game with how it interact with player encourage them to play the other character route. The game is pretty long since you need to do some backtracking (10+ hour for a route if you're fast reader i think, i played for week on and off and i only finished four of the A route and haven't even touch the bad route yet) but the world setting really paid off and i can date whoever i want too so ♥️ :]]]
Me and my friend really enjoyed this vn so thank you so much for putting so much work and love into this vn Grizz. I can't wait for your other project!!
(Everyone give this vn a try NOW! It's never too late to try!)
Hey there. Is there a way to save your progress on the game to cloud or something? I want to get a new phone but i still wanna play using my progress... TIA
its just easy thing like spending time with him, when he talks about working out say pilaties (or whatever its called) and the 2nd time tyson rushes out (after the convo about confessions) don't follow him stay and talk to hoss about family.
I just completed the game, and now I'm wondering what else I'm missing regarding completion. Spoilers:
1) Are there any hidden/alternate passwords for certain scenes? I got curious after being showed the slip with different passwords during Hoss's route. I tried them all during earlier moments when you access the vault, and the only ones that seemed to work were PEACEKEEPER and ARBITER on day 7, relating to Benson's murder. I also realized the paper Oswin shows you when he injects you is also a password for day 11.
2) My gallery still shows I'm missing some CGs, 2 in memories and 2 in trauma. I think there might be a bug since the total number doesnt match up (says I have 101/104), and I'm also aware the last track in music doesn't show up due to a bug. To put in perspective, I'm missing 21st and 28th in memories, as well as the 13th and last CG in trauma. Also I noticed the CGs of Dom sneaking up on Dave in the woods repeat? Not sure what's up with that.
1. Not really. A lot of it was scrapped because of scope, but you can get some variations by using the Day 10 password on Sal's route for instance. Beyond that, nothing extra.
2.The CGs shouldn't be repeating, so that's either a display error or a bug that isn't current as of the build I'm working on. As for the missing CGs, those numbers don't line up to the gallery as I see it. You 100% should have progressed through both of those Trauma CGs if you've completed the game, and the missing Memories CGs take place on Dean's route (according to my list anyway) and aren't missable if you've played his route at all.
Thanks for responding! I experimented and went through some routes once more and I don't believe I missed anything you pointed out, though through someone else's hint I was able to find a Hoss CG I was missing before. Unless you're talking about the nsfw CGs in Dean's route (which I think aren't suppose to show up), I think I've seen everything. I also realized one of the problems is that the Roswell cg after Dave's death in path A doesn't show up either, which partially explains it. Nonetheless, I feel it would be easier to show you what's missing in the gallery and see if it's a bug.
Thank you! I checked and I didn't even realize I missed that variation in path C lol.
As for the others, I know I saw them but I guess they won't show up due to a bug. Regardless, I think I'm done trying to complete this game for the time being lol.
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Exception: Sayer 'extent' is not defined.
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File "Day25B.rpyc", line 3396, in script
File "renpy/ast.py", line 680, in execute
who = eval_who(self.who, self.who_fast)
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raise Exception("Sayer '%s' is not defined." % who)
Exception: Sayer 'extent' is not defined.
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PASSWORD b0.7
Sun Jul 23 01:12:34 2023
Does anyone have any hints on the password you're supposed to put in on Day 17? It was suggested in-game that it was something said by one of two characters in two conversations, something that 'connects' them, but I've tried literally every single word they spoke in those conversations and no luck. Is there even an actual password here, or is it a fakeout?
Aha, got it. I'd been speaking to Tyson first every time (since I was doing Tyson's route), but I think Orlando might only say the specific word if you speak to HIM first. It also seems like it's for an event that doesn't actually happen? Or at least, doesn't happen in Tyson's route. I haven't done the others yet, so I don't know if that changes things.
Yes and no. They're screwing each other and care for each other (if Dom dies Jack goes crazy and Dom wants Jack to be kept safe) but they wont put a label on it more than just being roomies.
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Hay just started the VN and was hoping I could see what unique dialogue you can get with the coffee name in the beginning
Use 'Dave' to get +1 affection with everyone. You can use any of the friends names to get unique dialogue and +1 affection with that person (names must be capitalised).
Theres some others just for dialogue like 'Timber' and 'Chase', i dont know them all
what does affection do does it make it easier to date that person or does it build trust
its affection, having it high does things like being able to hug Sal at the pool or kiss Hoss in the library
Thanks for letting us know 😁
I assume I'm no where close to finishing this game yet, but I swear the correct password sound effect is going to haunt me.
Okay! So first of all, i would like to admit that it was this game the reason why i even created an account lol
Aside from that, and (SPOILERS ALERT) after FINALLYYY beating the whole game by playing just what... 7 times??? xd i can officially say that it was worth it.
I definitely relate to Dave in a lot of things which made the whole experience even more enjoyable, and the whole plot surely managed to surprise me (or at least the first time) and as for the routes... although i have my favorites, i won't deny that they were insteresting and in some cases very pasionate (i'm looking at you Dean!), but yeah, overall pretty good 10/10!
ALSO, TYSON IS THE CANON ROUTE??? YEAAAAHHHH LET'S GOOOOOO
I love this VN! I'm probably about 90% through getting all endings, and I have to say, this is one of very few VNs where I really really like the MC, especially as I get to know him more throughout each play through. He's so cute and sweet and innocent and I can genuinely understand why all the other boys crush on him, rather than it feeling forced. Says a lot from me too as I'm a sucker for a himbo.
Well done!
I'm sorry that you found certain parts of the VN not to your liking. From your critique though, it looks like you went in assuming this was closer to a character drama rather than a mystery thriller, which is possibly where certain parts of the VN felt like they fell flat.
What is the song name when reading letter at day 24? On Rosswell route if it makes difference. Loved the game
"What You Could Have Been"
Is it uploaded on youtube or any other platform? I can't find it
The music can only be heard in the music room at the moment, think the plan is to sell the OST when its all done.
so I've been watch Keith Ballard's let's play of Password, and has brought up several criticisms, i have a idea of how the first 3 days could be re-written to alleviate some of the problems, keep in mind that i am no writer and this just a fan's opinion, also i'm not on patreon so if anything i talk about has already been fixed in the new builds that's why, Spoilers ahead
start day one with Roswell making a big scene of Tyson's appearance (it's kinda weird we only see Dean's individual reaction despite his lack of connection to Tyson, my guess it was to set up a romantic rivalry but it never goes anywhere, except that kinda sudden fight in Benson's bad end, anyway is weird that Roswell and Orlando don't get a reaction until Roswell suddenly begins harassing Tyson later), but begrudgingly relenting to let him go (thereby starting the vacation in a bad note and providing a reason why they don't hang out together as often as one would expect), day 1 spend first with Tyson and latter Dean establishing any vital information (things like how are their relationship with Dave and each other, who knows about Dave's dad, who was in high school together, who doesn't know each other well, basically any important character information that Dave already knows about at this point), day 2 do the same for Sal and Hoss, and day 3 for Roswell and Orlando, imply that they are mad at Dave and have been avoiding him until now, but don't have them address the issue head on yet, so Roswell later actions and the call out Dave gets later make sense, i would also establish that Dave is depressed because of his father's death from the beginning (probably day 2 or 3), because right now we only find out about it at the end of day 8, and then in day 9 he starts his depressive spiral, this harms the emotional catharsis of day 14 because the change in his behavior shouldn't be a mystery to those who knew of what happened (which at that point is everyone except Hoss and Sal if you are not in his route), but if is established that Dave is putting up a "everything is fine" facade then the reveal of how much this was affecting Dave makes much more sense, also i would move the blocking of the road to day 9, because it makes no sense in path B how they don't just leave for days after finding Oswin's body, the reason given is because they don't want one of them to be incriminated, but that excuse falls flat when you notice it wasn't a concern in any of the previous bad endings
anyway i hope the feedback helps, love the game, personal top 10, but it could be better
How do I NOT get a bad ending?
You will get many bad endings, then you need to find the password, usually a word that sums up all that happened.
At the end of the story you get to imput the password and progress the game to a new path with high grade.
Play all characters to get all zodiac medals.
Thank you, I would not figure that out by myself.
When I type my name for 5he coffee thing on mobile it just ignores it and gives me the default name
The name was a thing way in the past but since Dave is his own person not a self insert he gets his own name. The coffee cup is now for easter eggs. If you type Dave then you get +1 affection with everyone but if you put someone elses name you get +1 with that person (my fave is how Dave reacts to seeing Tysons name). There's some patreon names that change it i think, but the only one i remember is Timber (i think).
Typing in "Chase" as the name is pretty funny
I'm replaying the game cause last time it wasn't finished so i want full experience at once but when I got to day 23 it looks like it skips the first time Dave awakening and forest scene. How can i replay it? That was like the most intense part of game for me
I don't think so in the public version, but if it's there it's in the Compendium section. It's been a while so i can't remember if the free version has the compendium even as an option in its basic function or not.
I finally finished the novel. After 2 years I've finished it.
Thank you for putting so much effort in this novel.
I am excited for more to come! But as of right now, it's time to wait.
I am ALMOST FREAKING DONE. But im stuck. I need a hint..or hints.
How do you get the GEMINI and SAGITTARIUS medal??
I did every person's route and I only got they're personal medals and only a few others.
Do Path B.
Once you have 11 metals what do you do?
11?
Not sure about that but I think you have to repeat A once you've got all possible medals.
Once you have all 12 medals, then repeat the sequence at the end of Path A.
Wanted to let you know I bought your guys plush!
I've always enjoyed this novel since day one and it's exciting to almost be done with the novel.
I hope more plushies are coming. soon!
There will be eventually!
I would love one of Sal but real size.
At leat I can dream. Heheh
Are there only 9 pages of available save space? I'm on the android version and I have no more room to add saves after using 1-9.
there's a scroll bar on the side, each page has alot of save slot on them.
I used up all the save slots on pages 1-9. I'm just used to other novels having more than 9 pages of available save space.
you used up all 180 save slots?
Yes.....
wow just wow, i've done everything with password and i used about 36. Have you thought about going over your older saves?
It used to have unlimited saves years ago after the version 0.24 I think..
I stopped to read Password after that since I lost access to my newer saves after that and never had mood to manually renamed those all to back in the moment I last played it.
But It had only 2 lines per page, 6 slots. I have 150 saves anyway that long ago.
I probably need rename more than 100 files if I wanted back to have access to it all.
Before I go diving into this one I gotta ask, for all intents and purposes it is DONE in terms of available story correct? All that comes after this in later versions is general tweaks and polish?
Correct. There's extended content insofar as epilogues and alike in the Patreon version but as far as it being as a complete story with answers to the mystery and conclusion to the story, this version has all that.
The caveat though is this version is a little behind insofar as some revisions made in the Patreon version both for clarification and QoL in some scenes when it comes to explaining some of the central themes a bit better.
What an attractive game it is! With its rich storyline and multiple choices, it's so addictive that I forget to sleep at mid night. By the way, I only found the computer-translation version on Telegram, after spending a lot of time, which makes me had no choice but to stop as soon as I realized it was a mis translation. I need to switch back to English in the menu and then read the original, Yep, repeating the above operation again and again each time. It's so exhausting to play the game without Chinese for me. Some mis translations are really funny, such as “lando laughed, waving Sal off although it was clear that he'd been busted.” The computer translate “been busted” into “被逮捕”, which means getting arrested by the police, lol. Anyway, this game holds great appeal for me, and I am eagerly anticipating playing the legitimate original Chinese version of this game on Steam. I am willing to pay for it.
From the ask me anything Grizz did:
What options for translations will there be on full release, fan-made or otherwise?
Ideally, I’d like to have Password available in other languages. As of right now, Chinese and Spanish are the two biggest ones requested and given the size of the Chinese fanbase that’d probably be the priority.
Now, while I know fan made translations exist, I don’t endorse them. I can’t quality check them to know what’s going in there, or how well they’re done, but I’m not going to actively tell people to stop doing them.
It’ll also depend on the cost of translating the whole thing as to if it’ll be available. While offers have been made for fan translations to be done for free, it’s a lot of work and something I’d like to reliably be able to purchase under contract so I can deliver on any promises of it coming.
I stop playing at day 15 Path A. Most characters are ok and behaves quite... normal, I suppose. Except for the MC (Dave), I find him rather annoying, especially his inner thoughts and how he makes things complicated for himself and his friends, it's so exhausting that I cannot proceed with the game. Unless he has mental problem and bad communication skill, then it is understandable. Besides, I dont understand how his friends accept his visions/dreams without any doubts. Like, if someone told you that you gonna die or someone gonna die because they see some visions after entering some words into a vault panel, the first reaction should be doubt, or you should think that they are paranoid or had hallucinations. But no, everyone freaks out when Dave reveal those things, even goes find the gun, doubt each others for being the killers (even though they are friends, not total strangers).
You got to day 15 and never realised Dave's an anxious mess with depression and using the vault causes severe mental trauma?
hmm, I missed the detail about the vault causing mental trauma, well that explains his behavior. Anyway, his problem would be much smaller if he tried to communicate openly with his friends. All the guys are cute btw, so that is a plus for this visual novel.
Anxiety doesn't work that way, you always second guess yourself things like "am i bothing them?" "i'm just wasting their time", "i dont want to cause trouble". Makes comunication a bitch. As for the vault Oz explains it and mentions he's worried about dave using it because of his nervous disposition.
I just want to say, this game is amazing.
Now, if you'll excuse me.
Lays down a sobbing mess
I still haven't finished the game yet
I need help: here I played the game but Thanatos tells me that I have 11 medals yet I made the path A of all the characters so I did the path B of Roswell but I did not have a medal I also did the one of Orlando but I have only 11 medals I do not know what to do, au and I miss 2 trauma the one between the pool and sal who attacks DeanI also noticed that when Divid starts to note these passwords he notes some that are not used as deluge, if we use them then where, by the way in the conversation between Thanatos and David, David repeats the word EXCEPT 2 times and the second time it is written in bold I wonder if we can use it as a passwordau and it is possible to use the password to save Roswell on the other routes on day 4 I did it on the road to sal and that worked I was also able to access the trunk on day 11 and enter the password
Which medal are you missing?
bah, when I talk to Thanatos at the he tells me that I have 11 medals, I did the paths A and B of all the characters I do not really understand what happens to help me
Without knowing which one you're missing, I cannot assist in which one is potentially bugging out.
I think I'm missing the ram medal
Aries should be unmissable, on Day 23.
Okay, having finally finished all the possible routes, endings, and dialogue options, I have one teeny-tiny, barely significant criticism.
And it's regarding the saucy bits.
Now aside from a few moments with Dean, whenever it gets to the part where cheesy saxaphone music should start playing, we are instead greeted with a black screen and some text variance of
"...and one thing led to another and now your clothes don't wear as well the next day and your hair doesn't fall in quite the same way. Now moving along swiftly..."
Like, no,no,no,no,no! Don't tell me "one thing led to another."!
I want to see in, full blasphemous, 4K, UHD, glory exactly how I made Roswell squeel like a pig!
I want be able to count how many times I rotisseried on Sal's joystick before making him spill the beans!
I need to know the answer to Dean's question "Does Orlando have balls?" and more importantly "What do they taste like?"
I need that minigame where we try to find out what lasts longer, Ty's dick or a feather?
And you owe it your fans, to help us finally solve the mystery of what would happen if you scratched the base of Hoss's tail while he's mid-orgasm.
These are truly the mysteries we need to solve!
/s
Goddamit! Everytime I load this game up, about 2 minutes in I have this urge for a cup of coffee.
He got possessed by Dave, someone call the digital exorcist!
Best furry VN I saw, I really liked the password system even if I do not hide from you that I had trouble finding some but otherwise very good VN, well written and well illustrated I also liked the turn that takes the story maleresem I am that on the 19th day and so I have not yet seen this famous end dumoin not yet
This is a pretty good write-up that covers a lot of my thoughts as well. I debated with a friend over writing a similar comment in hopes it would be seen and some certain things about the game could be changed, but it seems I don't need to do it myself now. I'll also try to limit spoilers going forward, but I wanted to add my thoughts as well.
Password definitely has strong character development, but as you say, the weakness in some areas of the writing do hinder it somewhat. It can take too long and be wayyy too wordy at parts, going over the same exact things multiple times to the point where I would groan and wonder just how much longer this segment was going to continue. Day 10 was a big shift downwards for me, honestly, and the stuff after took what felt like forever. The payoff was good, though, and was a good moment. However, I do feel like my experience was lessened by picking Sal first. Some things just happen differently in a way that probably weakened the overall experience for me. In fact, the password I was supposed to have entered around that time was just outright spoiled later in the game even though I had never entered it, which I assume is an oversight that slipped through the cracks. In a game like this, that's bound to happen, so I can't be mad at it.
As you say, the overall mystery and delving into morphic resonance was pretty good, and it's easy to draw the lines between Password and the Zero Escape series (999). I just feel the need to echo my dissatisfaction with the "true" ending. It's a heavy black mark that honestly ruined the game for me and a friend. Path A is definitely the "better" ending but knowing what's out there and the time investment to complete it is... just such a bummer. The effect it has on the story and everything that happens... I don't want to go more into it because of spoilers, but I reeeeeallly hope this is revised in the final product. It's just so frustrating, but with all the respect towards the author and the story written. I say this with love because I grew to care about the game. (Also, #justiceforsal because he's honestly treated the worst in the game... I didn't even like him, I picked him as a middle choice, but man it kinda feels like the author didn't even like him either.) ((Also also that one bit with Tyson near the start is pretty bad too...))
I think that covers what I wanted to add/emphasize. Password is overall a fine game with some great character development that could just use some trimming and some revisions in places, namely the endings (Oh, and, the antagonistic force in the last third to fourth of the game, that all felt a bit rushed.)
I'm genuinely curious to hear why the true ending is such a black mark.
Sure, though my language is probably too harsh maybe? The game is still good, and it's still a good time playing it. There's no real way to avoid spoilers when talking about the ending, but I suppose I'll try to be as vague as possible. I'm just writing some more filler text here so maybe the spoilery bits are hidden by the expand prompt, even though it seems the expand prompt only shows up if you're logged in, so apologies to those who aren't logged in and hopefully you don't read the SPOILERS AHEAD.
Is that enough space to hide it? I guess I'll see. Okay, so, about the ending. The whole point is to work towards this 'prime timeline' where everything and everyone is okay. And like, yeah, that's a good thing. It SHOULD be the goal to make everything work out for everyone, that part I have no issues with. The part I don't like is how it absolutely obliterates one of the best parts of the game, which is the character development. You go back to the point where nothing has happened yet, and then the game ends and rushes into a romance over the span of a few minutes, that took a month's worth of in-game time to work itself out. Sure, the feelings were already there, but it's just so much... lesser this way.
I know that, in a game with branching paths like this, it's very common to have a canon route. But this just feels like the worst of both worlds. The non-canon routes are cheapened by the way the true ending is handled, and the true ending itself doesn't benefit from the development over the course of the game.
In my opinion, a better way to handle it would be to rework it all so that you're taken back to, say, day 20, or at least around there. To the point where most of the development happened, and from there you can give everyone a proper ending and epilogue. Alternatively, you can have the convergence point be after the vacation, though obviously you'd have to rework a TON, including a certain bit where you get the... Virgo medal? I think that's the one, at the very end. That way, every branch can have the possibility of existing in every timeline, but once you've been through them all, you get the prize at the end. I know the 'point' of the game is to settle on one timeline where the good thing happens, and that it'll happen that way now in future loops, but it just feels bad currently.
Outside of the character development, I just wonder why Dave is even doing this to start with. Why is it him? Why does him doing what he does in the 'prime timeline' matter at all for what the mastermind does? He doesn't even know the final password, and even if he knew it, it wouldn't have mattered. It's not the end of the world but it does feel a little awkward. (And I admit maybe I missed something that explains that but it just feels weird to me how that goes down.)
This post on reddit also echoes my same feelings about the way the true ending went down, with a little bit more spoilers.
I'll also add that I'm not in the discord and I haven't been following your news or anything really after this beta build, so I have no idea what you've changed or what you planned to do after this specific moment the game is in right now. I recognize that my bit above about a better way to handle it would be a massive undertaking at this point, and heck, maybe you simply disagree with my opinion. I'm sure other people do. I absolutely don't expect you to do anything extra, change anything, go about revising things just because I said I didn't like it. I just wanted to express how I felt about things. Short version: Character development, good. The way the ending handles that, not good.
I'll try to be efficient in how to explain this given you haven't been on the server or likely been exposed to anything still in the Patreon version:
1. Canonical means part of the story. That's it. Everything in the game is canonical because of how the time looping works. There's no way to really stress that in-game without exacerbating the already existing problems of my pre-edit script. While the story descend on a finality of a particular romance should not invalidate the others as it took those to get here.
2. Looping back to Day 20 doesn't work. Ignoring that we have a sequel where we need a locked in romance or at the very least lock out certain romances, we're dooming certain people to still die. Namely Roswell because of his illness. The medicine at this point doesn't work on him because of actions he takes on Day 4, so any intervention needs to happen before then.
3. As for why Dave, I have plans to fix that when I remove the Oswin interrogation segment in favor of explaining how quantum mechanics works a bit better. Namely the concept of observance which might help clarify why Dave at all, why Thanatos dying solves things, etc. My concern with this is ending up just like C/Ping a Wikipedia article and the delivery feels dry.
-- Also there were talks in the Discord last night again as to how to potentially integrate inputting the final password in Path P to round out the player experience but so far no one (myself included) hasn't come up with a way that makes sense where Dave would know the password.
I guess the thing that I should make clearer in-game is that the mansion is just a means to constrain the boundaries of the test rather than try and keep tabs on everyone over a town. It might be something I can throw into the revised Oswin section, but the idea is that once the experiment is over and Roswell is cured, we don't need the mansion holiday anymore.
1. It took the other romances to get there, sure, but then it's all erased for the final bit. No one else but Dave remembers it happening, which is the problem. Perhaps canon isn't the right word for the situation, but it has the same effect for everyone that isn't Dave. That's the central issue I have with it.
2. It wasn't a perfect suggestion, I was just throwing out potential alternatives. It's your story and your sequel to write, I was sure you already had plans for things. Saying the medicine doesn't work because of what Roswell does on day 4, sure, but... why? That kinda feels like a "just because" situation.
3. No comments on this bit, you have plans/desire to adjust things so that's good there.
As for the mansion, sure, I understand that. It's just a real bad feeling that, like that reddit comment said, all the character growth and relationship development just disappears once the experiment concludes. I don't think something like that could ever feel good to the reader. Your time investment doesn't matter except for saving Roswell, and even then both Roswell and Dave are mentally worse for the experience. (Besides the whole, Roswell being actually alive thing, which yeah is important). Sure, you can argue that it does still matter for you, personally, since it did happen for the reader but... I just don't know. I don't know what else to say at this point.
Actually did write a follow up where I gave more of my thoughts on tumblr but that post is spoilertastic so I'd rather not link it directly, instead i'll just relay the pertinent bit here (spoilers ahead yadda yadda yadda):
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In my review I said that the game's ultimate conclusion was one of its weaker points, but that's not an entirely accurate statement. This is a perfectly functional and satisfying ending for how it ties up the more general story: everybody lives and Dave finally gets to be happy, and things end on a hopeful note, the implication being that with his other lived experiences having crossed over, Dave is able to help his companions work through their problems. Consequently this means Dave is able to break through Tyson's shell right away and get him to admit his feelings. I could make the argument that this sort of cheapens Tyson's character development, but not enough for it to seriously bother me. Realistically if the game absolutely had to settle on one single romance by the end, Tyson makes the most sense given his history with Dave, and while he isn't my favorite, he's far and away Password's most popular character so I imagine this'll sit well with most people. That bad boy bogan charm is pretty hard to resist. Initially I assumed the game went with this because it was simply trying to cater to fans but that's actually not the case-a little bird told me that it was part of the plan from the start. My problem here is that forcing the player to settle in to a fixed romance at the end undercuts a big part of the appeal for me and I imagine a fair few other people as well-what was the point of having all those romantic options if they were just going to get handwaved away at the end? If Password was a more linear or kinetic affair from the start that only had one set romance, or if the true ending was left vague enough that the reader could reasonably imagine Dave hooking up with any one of his potential suitors at the end then this might have worked. It's definitely a thing that sticks out to me, especially in a game like this that's otherwise pretty well constructed.
Okay so i thought that there will be another update since the game version is labelled b0.7 (a final build usually use v1.0 instead) and i kept waiting for update until i started playing the latest version where it turns out the main route is already finished 😭
This is such an engaging game with how it interact with player encourage them to play the other character route. The game is pretty long since you need to do some backtracking (10+ hour for a route if you're fast reader i think, i played for week on and off and i only finished four of the A route and haven't even touch the bad route yet) but the world setting really paid off and i can date whoever i want too so ♥️ :]]]
Me and my friend really enjoyed this vn so thank you so much for putting so much work and love into this vn Grizz. I can't wait for your other project!!
(Everyone give this vn a try NOW! It's never too late to try!)
Hey there. Is there a way to save your progress on the game to cloud or something? I want to get a new phone but i still wanna play using my progress... TIA
Have you considered localizing the game after it is released on Steam, such as Chinese?
I have! Chinese and Spanish are the ones that are the top of the list, the issue just becomes the pricing given the length of the script.
Missing one of Hoss's set, 1 of... the 8th man(?), and a trauma between day 10 and something in the pool.
Also bugged out when I got Hoss at the end of B.
Not sure what you mean about the Hoss one, do you mean the one between him and dave at the pool and the pic of his family?
The trauma i think is path E which is to kill every character as fast as possible, i think.
Yeah, that one.
Get Hoss's affinity pretty much as high as you can before he shows you the library and that will get it.
He's a book in braille but thanks.
its just easy thing like spending time with him, when he talks about working out say pilaties (or whatever its called) and the 2nd time tyson rushes out (after the convo about confessions) don't follow him stay and talk to hoss about family.
I just completed the game, and now I'm wondering what else I'm missing regarding completion. Spoilers:
1) Are there any hidden/alternate passwords for certain scenes? I got curious after being showed the slip with different passwords during Hoss's route. I tried them all during earlier moments when you access the vault, and the only ones that seemed to work were PEACEKEEPER and ARBITER on day 7, relating to Benson's murder. I also realized the paper Oswin shows you when he injects you is also a password for day 11.
2) My gallery still shows I'm missing some CGs, 2 in memories and 2 in trauma. I think there might be a bug since the total number doesnt match up (says I have 101/104), and I'm also aware the last track in music doesn't show up due to a bug. To put in perspective, I'm missing 21st and 28th in memories, as well as the 13th and last CG in trauma. Also I noticed the CGs of Dom sneaking up on Dave in the woods repeat? Not sure what's up with that.
1. Not really. A lot of it was scrapped because of scope, but you can get some variations by using the Day 10 password on Sal's route for instance. Beyond that, nothing extra.
2.The CGs shouldn't be repeating, so that's either a display error or a bug that isn't current as of the build I'm working on. As for the missing CGs, those numbers don't line up to the gallery as I see it. You 100% should have progressed through both of those Trauma CGs if you've completed the game, and the missing Memories CGs take place on Dean's route (according to my list anyway) and aren't missable if you've played his route at all.
Thanks for responding! I experimented and went through some routes once more and I don't believe I missed anything you pointed out, though through someone else's hint I was able to find a Hoss CG I was missing before. Unless you're talking about the nsfw CGs in Dean's route (which I think aren't suppose to show up), I think I've seen everything. I also realized one of the problems is that the Roswell cg after Dave's death in path A doesn't show up either, which partially explains it. Nonetheless, I feel it would be easier to show you what's missing in the gallery and see if it's a bug.
Ok the the momories is dean nsfw scene.
the traumas- top one is i think path C (condemed sal)
The bottom one is Roswells POV after the news
Thank you! I checked and I didn't even realize I missed that variation in path C lol.
As for the others, I know I saw them but I guess they won't show up due to a bug. Regardless, I think I'm done trying to complete this game for the time being lol.
... I need less ideal endings to get the last medals don't I?
And the gallery pics?
crash report:
So day 17. The word I wound up using was said by neither one. That was Dave.
Hi !!how to unlock the additional epilogue ? ( And yes i have the b0.74.1 vesion)
The requirements should be listed on the entry of the epilogue you're trying to unlock. If you've met that, try restarting the game.
I restarted Pw and it works thanks for the help
Does anyone have any hints on the password you're supposed to put in on Day 17? It was suggested in-game that it was something said by one of two characters in two conversations, something that 'connects' them, but I've tried literally every single word they spoke in those conversations and no luck. Is there even an actual password here, or is it a fakeout?
Orlando says it
Aha, got it. I'd been speaking to Tyson first every time (since I was doing Tyson's route), but I think Orlando might only say the specific word if you speak to HIM first. It also seems like it's for an event that doesn't actually happen? Or at least, doesn't happen in Tyson's route. I haven't done the others yet, so I don't know if that changes things.
It's skipped on Tyson's route because the underlying cause is already solved before it has a chance to happen.
I just want to ask out of curiosity. Will the game have a price when the game will be fully released?
Full version will have a price, yes. No idea what specifically it'll be yet though.
I didn't expect that this game had cost me more than a week for this one.
(btw I just lost my Itch.io account)how do you get path P?
playing all routes and not letting anyone die, at some point will lead you to path P ( maybe )
ah, thanks
you need all the medals and then go through path A
Not even once. Should I be concerned?
are Dominic and Jack actually dating?
They're ROOMMATES. 😂
Yes and no. They're screwing each other and care for each other (if Dom dies Jack goes crazy and Dom wants Jack to be kept safe) but they wont put a label on it more than just being roomies.