First of all this is an absolutely amazing game by far one of the best experiences I've had, definitely a heartbreaking emotional rollercoaster that is fantastic and I can't stop thinking about it lol.
Though question, is there anyway to repeat his death and the talk with I guess god Thanatos in route A, it's fine if the only way is delete the roaming data and stuff but idk cause I both wanna repeat it for when I do Tyson's route cause of how how heartbreaking it would be story wise, but also don't want to loose the unlock progress I have already in terms of images and metals. Idk any other solutions or is it just a thing that's only meant to happen once, also I hope it's relatively obvious what I'm talking about, idk I'm trying to be vague in terms of names cause I don't wanna spoil anything for new people.
I cannot overstate how this VN surprised me, let me start talking about presentation:
The stock images used for the backgrounds are very well selected for the scenes, heck I would say that drawn background probably won't give the same exact they gave me. Is hard to explain but the amount of times you see it give a sensation of familiarity and the black and white filter used for make it all nostalgic even for me who just played now.
The sprites are very amateurish but it does work in favor of the game, the own unique body shapes does give an charm to it and the characters have a lot of expressions and they change a lot even mid sentences which is great to keep attention and also read how the characters are feeling.
Now the OST, man Civ Valian really are one of my favorite composers in the FVN spaces, heck I would say even in non FVN spaces, he already got me surprised in other FVNs like Lustful Desire and RainCheck and once again it's amazing in here too and knowing Grizz also composed some tracks makes me curious to see what is next to hear. The sound track in Password really works because even if loops due the long stretches of dialogue the way is looped it does not have noticeably moments where you can notice the music looping or the music ending and starting again, which is a blessing for my ears.
Now about the actual story I will only comment on the point of view of Dean route which is the one I finished, I will update this after reading the whole thing.
So, the story of Password is indeed confusing and I did spend sometimes breaking my head with the puzzles, but I do love it the intricacies the fact that nothing feels like a after thought and the expectancy of attention feels great in a VN. I won't delve much in spoiler territory because of all VNs I played so far this one is the best you experience without any info prior or knowing anything besides bare bones. But what I can say is that the story is very character focused so your enjoyment is tied to how much you like the characters and I can say even the ones I thought I didn't care much by the end I was loving them and already miss them now that I finished the game.
That is to say it can be a bit frustrating with some puzzles but they are more an attention test of you, if you really read it you will figure it out pretty easily.
My final thoughts: I really love Password it's one my favorite FVNs of all time, it made me cry so much and laugh so hard, I love every character and every moment written in this game I will do it again and again with the other routes and endings.
Now there is one thing I do want to mention which is one my favorite things about the VN which does fit in spoiler category so I suggest not reading from here on if you plan to read it. This is just my biased comments.
So first of all I really loved how the sex scenes were handled and it become one of my favorite depictions of it, sure some might complain of the lack of actual erotic material but for me at least Password managed to extract the emotions of love, vulnerability and proximity of 2 people without the vulgar and horny depictions. I really like it how it was handled it leaving enough to imagination but not too much to distract from what is important. I also loved the romance parts, it really felt natural, it made sense and make me smile a lot seeing Dave and Dean going about, I can't wait to see the other routes,
And the second thing I want to talk about is Dave's dad, David one of the major reasons for tears in this game for me. The reason I want to point this out that is hard to make the reader care for a character who is not present in the story but David influence and the love Dave and Tyson have for him is so real that I couldn't start to be sad when it was brought up the sad parts or smile of the good parts.
But yeah this is my review of Password for now I will edit this later when I finish all routes to point out any changes in opinion.
Oh that's very neat. I just hope the fans can give a chance to those new sprites. I get the old sprites are in cherished but I hope people give it a chance.
Hello, its me again (ty for the last time btw), but How do i get to Path B? I tried to get the last password wrong for the First time and got F, soo im linda Lost here
Hi, I started playing around 1 month Ago. Did ty Path C and A, did Dean A and now for some reason after o got the password right on orlando, It keeps looping and nothing changes, is that normal!? Is the game bugged?
Hi, I recently started playing, I wanted to ask something. I went through Sal's route, and I wanted to know if there is a way for him to survive, or does he necessarily have to die? And I also wanted to ask if it is normal for me to have gotten an ending on day 7, or did I do something wrong? But in general I just want to know if there is a way for Sal to survive?
Hey, I did what you said and it worked, but Benson died, is there any way to save him too? I think I missed something because I didn't see any password.
You just have to pay more attention to the conversation. The first password is said by Orlando (after Orlando got shot) and 2nd password is said after you put in the first and it was mentioned by Roswell(?)
I would appreciate it I won't ask for any rn I stopped playing long ago but I wanted to restart I know a few paswword cuz I played from back in the day when youd get the passwords at the end of the route, I still remember a letter coming to Dave w the password written on it, I prefered that way, when it was changed I was doing Sals route and was breaking my head against a wall trying to find the password it was not fun, never ended up finding it even after reading it again and I had no fun in that I just wanted to continiue reading instead of searching old txt for a specific word
Hi! I have a problem with the compedium. I alredy have played tyson's epilogue and it doesn't let me play dean's. And yes dean appears in the entry. I don't know what to do. Any advice?
ok! I checked out the PC version and it works perfectly. After a replayed the game to fill somethings that was missing I was able to play finally Dean´s epilogue and the others. Although the android version never works. But thanks anyway =)
i want to give my thoughts on password (mostly the things i absolutely love about it with some criticism sprinkled in) but i feel like its not yet the time to do so
it was a wild ride watching and learning more about the development of this game and i wish you a good hiatus grizz!
ill keep my support for you and your future projects
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First of all this is an absolutely amazing game by far one of the best experiences I've had, definitely a heartbreaking emotional rollercoaster that is fantastic and I can't stop thinking about it lol.
Though question, is there anyway to repeat his death and the talk with I guess god Thanatos in route A, it's fine if the only way is delete the roaming data and stuff but idk cause I both wanna repeat it for when I do Tyson's route cause of how how heartbreaking it would be story wise, but also don't want to loose the unlock progress I have already in terms of images and metals. Idk any other solutions or is it just a thing that's only meant to happen once, also I hope it's relatively obvious what I'm talking about, idk I'm trying to be vague in terms of names cause I don't wanna spoil anything for new people.
So, Password.
I cannot overstate how this VN surprised me, let me start talking about presentation: The stock images used for the backgrounds are very well selected for the scenes, heck I would say that drawn background probably won't give the same exact they gave me. Is hard to explain but the amount of times you see it give a sensation of familiarity and the black and white filter used for make it all nostalgic even for me who just played now. The sprites are very amateurish but it does work in favor of the game, the own unique body shapes does give an charm to it and the characters have a lot of expressions and they change a lot even mid sentences which is great to keep attention and also read how the characters are feeling.
Now the OST, man Civ Valian really are one of my favorite composers in the FVN spaces, heck I would say even in non FVN spaces, he already got me surprised in other FVNs like Lustful Desire and RainCheck and once again it's amazing in here too and knowing Grizz also composed some tracks makes me curious to see what is next to hear. The sound track in Password really works because even if loops due the long stretches of dialogue the way is looped it does not have noticeably moments where you can notice the music looping or the music ending and starting again, which is a blessing for my ears.
Now about the actual story I will only comment on the point of view of Dean route which is the one I finished, I will update this after reading the whole thing. So, the story of Password is indeed confusing and I did spend sometimes breaking my head with the puzzles, but I do love it the intricacies the fact that nothing feels like a after thought and the expectancy of attention feels great in a VN. I won't delve much in spoiler territory because of all VNs I played so far this one is the best you experience without any info prior or knowing anything besides bare bones. But what I can say is that the story is very character focused so your enjoyment is tied to how much you like the characters and I can say even the ones I thought I didn't care much by the end I was loving them and already miss them now that I finished the game. That is to say it can be a bit frustrating with some puzzles but they are more an attention test of you, if you really read it you will figure it out pretty easily.
My final thoughts: I really love Password it's one my favorite FVNs of all time, it made me cry so much and laugh so hard, I love every character and every moment written in this game I will do it again and again with the other routes and endings. Now there is one thing I do want to mention which is one my favorite things about the VN which does fit in spoiler category so I suggest not reading from here on if you plan to read it. This is just my biased comments.
So first of all I really loved how the sex scenes were handled and it become one of my favorite depictions of it, sure some might complain of the lack of actual erotic material but for me at least Password managed to extract the emotions of love, vulnerability and proximity of 2 people without the vulgar and horny depictions. I really like it how it was handled it leaving enough to imagination but not too much to distract from what is important. I also loved the romance parts, it really felt natural, it made sense and make me smile a lot seeing Dave and Dean going about, I can't wait to see the other routes,
And the second thing I want to talk about is Dave's dad, David one of the major reasons for tears in this game for me. The reason I want to point this out that is hard to make the reader care for a character who is not present in the story but David influence and the love Dave and Tyson have for him is so real that I couldn't start to be sad when it was brought up the sad parts or smile of the good parts.
But yeah this is my review of Password for now I will edit this later when I finish all routes to point out any changes in opinion.
Sprites are being worked on in the background but the artist Ghosty is dealing with IRL stuff so it's slow going/delayed
Oh that's very neat. I just hope the fans can give a chance to those new sprites. I get the old sprites are in cherished but I hope people give it a chance.
why no update fuckasses?
Because it's done? At least the beta is, there wont be more work done on polishing it up till later. Grizz is currently working on 'the cat's meow'.
Password moving forward: https://www.patreon.com/posts/password-moving-110152262
I don't think this person as really interested in the answer if checking his other comments around Itch.
Doesn't matter, someone will end up looking at the page wondering about updates so answering even if they don't care is still useful.
Maybe I just get worried because the person typed some weird comment in my poem.
But well have a good time developing Password and others and...
Didn't bought the plushy but loved it. I kind have a huge collection of plushies on my bed and other places.
Hello, its me again (ty for the last time btw), but How do i get to Path B? I tried to get the last password wrong for the First time and got F, soo im linda Lost here
A public post on how to get to paths A,B,C,D-
https://www.patreon.com/posts/on-topic-of-42690779
Ty, i ended up finding It some time after the post
Hi, I started playing around 1 month Ago. Did ty Path C and A, did Dean A and now for some reason after o got the password right on orlando, It keeps looping and nothing changes, is that normal!? Is the game bugged?
I think you should try choosing the other dialogue option.
Already done that, every single one thats on the loop
Nvm, did It again, and It worked This time
Hi, I recently started playing, I wanted to ask something. I went through Sal's route, and I wanted to know if there is a way for him to survive, or does he necessarily have to die? And I also wanted to ask if it is normal for me to have gotten an ending on day 7, or did I do something wrong? But in general I just want to know if there is a way for Sal to survive?
After resonating, type in the password that was in all caps in Dave's letter
oh ok, i get i
Hey, I did what you said and it worked, but Benson died, is there any way to save him too? I think I missed something because I didn't see any password.
Try with another password, they usually show them in capital letters, a lil hint, it starts with "B"
I actually didn't see any password, I paid close attention but couldn't find it. But I'll try putting some passwords until it works.
I just noticed that the world isn't in capital letters,
pay close attention the the convo with Orlando at the hospitalHey! I did it! Thank you so much! You helped me a lot! I wish I had answered you before, but I completely forgot. I'm so sorry!
Glad I could help
You just have to pay more attention to the conversation. The first password is said by Orlando (after Orlando got shot) and 2nd password is said after you put in the first and it was mentioned by Roswell(?)
Does anyone have a document with all the passwords or something? for the people who aren't interested in searching for them while reading
you may see a whole uppercased word when you enter a bad end (after someone died), that is the password of the route.
but there are exceptions on boar route and bear route, you have to found a senrence has only one word, that is the password.
or you can just pay for the patreon member and you will got a list for passwords.
note: you have to input a password on the correct route and correct day.
Thank you, appreciated
i can just give u the password. on the specifist day.
But uhh it ruin the fun honestly.
I would appreciate it I won't ask for any rn I stopped playing long ago but I wanted to restart I know a few paswword cuz I played from back in the day when youd get the passwords at the end of the route, I still remember a letter coming to Dave w the password written on it, I prefered that way, when it was changed I was doing Sals route and was breaking my head against a wall trying to find the password it was not fun, never ended up finding it even after reading it again and I had no fun in that I just wanted to continiue reading instead of searching old txt for a specific word
Hi! I have a problem with the compedium. I alredy have played tyson's epilogue and it doesn't let me play dean's. And yes dean appears in the entry. I don't know what to do. Any advice?
Have you tried closing and reopening the game? Some have reported that that solves their issue.
Yep, many times and it doesn't work U_U and its the android version.
I'll ask around. This has been unchanged for long enough that it shouldn't just be a problem with the code but we'll see.
ok! I checked out the PC version and it works perfectly. After a replayed the game to fill somethings that was missing I was able to play finally Dean´s epilogue and the others. Although the android version never works. But thanks anyway =)
and the final demo is finnaly out in public!
i want to give my thoughts on password (mostly the things i absolutely love about it with some criticism sprinkled in) but i feel like its not yet the time to do so
it was a wild ride watching and learning more about the development of this game and i wish you a good hiatus grizz!
ill keep my support for you and your future projects
good luck!