Meat´s Roses visual novel and simulator (Version 0.7.1 on patreon [May/1/2025]/ Version 0.6.1 on Itch.io)

it wouldnt play when i tried last time i hope this one opens for me
i would love to play

Update August/11/2023

Hello everyone, this is the update last before of release version 0.4

More Story and Lore

New clothes for Luscinia

Now the prologue is complete and I can focus more chapter 1, new clothes for Luscinia, I belive that see better that before

Now can save in dialog

How now I added more story, I believe that is more need save in long dialogs

New missions

For this version add 3 mission, for a total 5 in the game, all relation with Alopex

New system of sttufing and hunger

In the version 0.3.2 and previous, the system of hunger and sttufing was incomplet, but for this version is more visible

Rebalance of earnings

Now all the jobs give a 20% more of earn, but rent cost increases 10% (1200->1320)

Other news

First, this version is delayed for some weeks of its oficial release, for now only missing I finished with 20% of code and story for this version and all its translate of the game, I hope that translate not late more a week.

Second, I belive will release version 0.5 its first month will only in patreon and after it will free; but Why now?
My main reasons are that each time more work in the game, I am programmer, writer, artist and now translate, when I began 3 years ago my think was diferent, I knew what I have do, but I did not know how much I have do for realize the game, now I know.

Third, now I work continue in this game week to week and I am universitary and my career is relation with be programmer, I work in the game in my free times

This version 0.4 is complete free, but the version 0.5 and future releases their first month will only in patreon and after it will free

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Release Version 0.4 October/13/2023

I was occuped with the university, but now these last weeks, I could finished this version 0.4.

This is the new for this version 0.4:

  • Now the game is translate in English like to Spanish. (More 15,000 Words)
  • Unlock to Alopex. (You can unlock in her mission, but you can lost unlock her if decide bad in the mission)
  • Use the kitchen for create more foods and drinks. (Grilled Cheese and Chocolate Milk)
  • Can save and load game in long dialogs.
  • View the missions Actives and Completes.
  • Earn 20% more in all jobs.
  • Redesing of clothes for all characters. (except Graysoni)
  • Redesing some of the interface
  • Ranks
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I am very excited to be able to play a translated version of the game. It looks very good, but I do not speak spanish. Thank you for translating.

Edit: There is an error “The code execution cannot proceed because libstdc+±6.dll was not found.”
and the same error for “libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll”. I am not able to play the game.

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Can’t play it, says its missing files

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Hello, I release again the game in itch.io, I searched the error and possibly is for missing flags for the create the executable, but now I add these flags and I believe that it should work because change size of the executable 300kb aprox to 2,100kb.

You could download and you have try run the game again, I am sorry for the mistake.

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Thank you. It works now.

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After playing the game for an hour, I have this to say.

It is definitely interesting. I like the idea of having your “roses” complete tasks for a day or a week at a time, but there is no indication (or I might have missed it) for the differences between the tasks. Some tasks seem like better versions of others and the worst tasks can only be taken when there is still something better available.

The gaining in the game is also slow burn. This is a preference thing, but in terms the game, it is very slow. I spent the majority of my time watching my character gain .1-.5 kg every day for about two months of in game time. This is not a choice, but rather one of the “missions” you are sent to do. When you complete this mission, the character does not look any different. The only way I could do that is with another month of gaining and the only thing that was noticible at the higher weight tier was new clothes.

The variety of food is also very lack luster for your “roses”. You start with milk and sake then can unlock more as you complete missions. After about a month or so of grinding money, you are able to purchase cheese. After another couple months, you get bread. Lastly, you unlock chocolate. There are two recipes; chocolate milk and grilled cheese. The fastest way I have found to make your “roses” gain is to have them drink as much sake as possible, but even then, I am not sure if this is effective.

It is also kind of awkward in the sense of you can only feed your “roses” once per action you take with them even though they are work each day. For intance, if you feed “Rose 1” then “Rose 2” and use “Rose 2” interface to initiate their work day, both girls will work, but “Rose 1” will not accept any more food until you start work from her interface.

This project has a lot of potential. Some changes I’d reccomend is having some of the math is made a bit more accesible in the interface and allowing us to feed all of our “roses” every day, not just the ones that worked. This dev seems to be good at listening to the community and being open as they very quickly fixed their upload after it was mission some files.

I will continue playing to finish the game and if any of my opinions change, I will update my review.

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Hello, now I have remember the bread slices, I was thinking for only use for create grilled cheese(Cheese Sandwichs), but in game the characters can eat bread slice, but I never thought in eat only slice bread, this is a error in the game, I forgot fix that, so that no feed with slice bread the characters, to consume bread slice and it is like they eat air. The foods and creations works, only bread slice have that mistake. I am sorry for that mistake, soon I release a version 0.4.1 for correction that error and add bit more the content.

Interesing view, it is correct the characters are “the Roses” and title game is a metaphor, but it is correct call “Roses” the characters

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Update Octubre/17/2023

Hello everyone, I thought about released the version 0.4.1, for fix some bugs, balance some mechanical and do better some menus, but I think in add more that only that

Sake make drunk

The sake will can cause drunk the characters, it can change some intercations and some stats in the schedule

Alopex Date?

Alopex can leave with Harpia in a Date in Weekends, Harpia can help relax more Alopex and weight gain

During this week I will working for add more content and art for Alopex and mechanicals for the version 0.4.1, if you have some suggestion or you found some bug, I will thank if you said me.

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Released Version 0.4.1 October/25/2023

This is the new for this version 0.4.1:

  • Now Alopex can leave in a Date with Harpia (Image can change in relation at the weight of Alopex).
  • Now the character can be drunk(Can affect in dating).
  • Correction of multiples bugs in menus.
  • Correction of bug bread slice.
  • Change in minimal weight requirimient for portrait.
    • Stage 9: 33.5 bmi to 31 bmi.
    • Stage 8: 31 bmi to 29 bmi.
    • Stage 7: 28.5 bmi to 27 bmi.
    • Stage 6: 26.5 bmi to 25 bmi.
    • Stage 5: 24.5 bmi to 23.5 bmi.
    • Stage 4: 22.5 bmi to 22 bmi.
    • Stage 3: 21 bmi to 20.5 bmi.
    • Stage 2: 19.5 bmi to 19 bmi.
  • Ranks value change.
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Hey decided to give the game a go and noted a few things down:

It’s got a lot of promise. I couldn’t get to the point where the character gained weight but i hope that it becomes easier moving forwards.

The English translation needs work as parts are pretty difficult to understand being honest.

The schedule system and way of earning money in general needs redoing for me personally I’d scrap the whole sanity, stress mechanic as trying to find the right balance is a nightmare currently and for me personally is off putting. With the rent deadline i found myself trying to work only to lose my sanity then balancing it with free time but enough work to make money but at the same but the debt needs lowering or just scrap the whole sanity aspect.

The map doesn’t really work yet man. I saw the options for the vendor and the restaurant but one of the options to continue a mission wasn’t highlighted.

Overall i can see where it’s going but currently the game isn’t playable (this is only my opinion others will surely disagree). You can see the hard work that’s been put in but before introducing more characters i’d look at the core gameplay a bit and just make it more accessible.

Look forward to seeing the game progress.

can someone explain to me about to debt system? it feels like im running circles, I have the schedule balanced but for some reason on certain days it just kills all my Tares, like i have over a thousand and it’s not rent day but it just nukes my tare causing me to fail Due to sanity cause i won’t make the Rent or Due to being in debt, Second im confused about how to get the girls to gain weight,im confused in general

I hoped that the annoucment, that an english speaking person has done some proofreading, was real. There is a lot of story and after a certain point I can not bring myself to keep reading. That lead to me not getting what quest needs to do and trying to reverse engineer their meening out of the comments the quest giver makes for trying to hand in an unfinished quest.
My problem is that I do not speak spanish. Anyone here can?

To your problems:

  1. Failing without reason did not happen to me. Sorry but I can not help.
  2. Have I missed that mechanic completly? You can have deptpayments? I keep the money amount high enough with some additional Hauskeeping to lower rent and have no problem getting to 100 weeks.
  3. Sanity and Stress do not reduce equally. You comment about balancing the sheldule I interprete that you earn enough for daily upkeep and keep the Stress and Sanity low. That should be enough. Try becoming a cook or chef for easier money.
  4. The girls either gain slowly weight through certain jobs or you need to feed them through the restaurant or pantry. Averging 1.5kg per week if focussed on.

I get to 100 days,the issue is, on a random day after 100; i start getting negative payments; For no reason. Rent is like 18 days out and i have no lessons nor baking classes to subtract money so i check my schedule and see and re-check and it end up with me failing due to -500 debt and its annoying cause it doesn’t make sense.

This is my highest day save and i haven’t continued because I literally get blasted into oblivion day after day with negative Tare and i don’t know why. I speak a little spanish but i can’t translate everything cause im still learning.

Edit: I tried it again same thing happened, I have 2000 Tares, It nukes it to 777 then the game ends with -500 tares debt…

I thank you found the bug, I search in the code of the game and I found beacause happen the bug; the explication is that the game penalized twice for no complete the Graysoni side mission, this is activate in the first Harpia mission when you talk with Graysoni, Amnesia should work 120 hours how pastry chef and you have 120 days how deadline, but if Amnesia will not do you lost 10 Tears for each hour no realized, the problem is apply for Alopex, so Alopex should work 120 hours how pastry chef or you happen how with Amnesia, but the game do not say that with Alopex, for that is a bug.

So if you characters two did not work how pastry chef, after you will penalized with 1200T for each characters 2400T in this case, more the dairy spend 67 Tears for each character are 134T, in total 2534T
although you have 2000T you lost for bit (2000T-2534T=-534T)

And did not happen other player because possibly the complete tha mission with Amnesia and did with Alopex more 120 hour with pastry chef

I am sorry for the bug, I thought I will released the version 0.4.2 for rebalance and add more content, but with this bug I think I will released the version 0.4.2 earlier than planned with less content and more focus in the rebalance and the bug

A tracker in the managment “Missions” tap about progress would be nice. A more expansive display than “Person X Quest No Y” would be nice as well.

The limit for days to complete I can not find in the dialog for reciving the quest. A info for till when it should be done would be amazing. A simple “Due date XYZ” for a quest.

ah okay, and to become a pastry chief i have to do the pastry lessons right?

Yes, with 10 pastry lessons the character can work how pastry chef.

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Released Version 0.4.2 November/3/2023

The new for this version:

  • Exceeding the stress or exhaustion limit does not generate game over, failing which the character enters a state of exhaustion in which the character does nothing for the rest of the day and hinders recovery between days.
  • In the menu the missions in active missions, can do click and see what do for the mission.
  • All activities increase resistance and maximum health, in relation to the stress and exhaustion generate.
  • Cake Seller can increase the daily calories.
  • If the character has exhaustion greater than resistance or stress greater than sanity, the character can not gain points in the lessons.

Change for this version:

  • Pastry lesson cost change 150T to 90T
  • Cooking lesson cost change 130T to 80T
  • Pastry chef, Restaurant cook, Pastry lesson,Cooking lesson increase more the daily calories that in previous versions.

Correction the bugs for this version:

  • Now the penalization in the 1st Graysoni side mission, only aplicate for Amnesia and not for Alopex.
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