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native lake Feb 14, 2024, 1:08 PM

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LISA: The Painful is the miserable, hilarious RPG of your wildest nightmares. Undertake a relentless journey through the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Olathe. Beneath its charming exterior is a world full of disgust and moral desolation, where you will learn what kind of person you are by being FORCED to make choices that permanently affect the gameplay. Make sacrifices to keep your party members alive, whether it's taking a beating for them, losing limbs, or some other inhuman torture. In this world, you will learn that being selfish and heartless is the only way to survive...

I've tested the game (original) with the Windows version from Steam. If someone would also like to test the linux version that would be great. Just drop all the gamefiles within the steamfolder into the gamedata folder.

You can buy the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/335670/LISA_The_Painful/

To do:

Testing with gamepad controls: this game has included gp support but I haven't tested for long enough. Gptk is also included, if you want to test that, rename it to lisa.gptk
~~- This game apparently includes some Unity files, looking at SteamDB. I think this is just for the DLC: The Joyful. However im not 100 percent sure, if anyone has more info please let me know. ~~
Still have to include PR files.

Testing requirements:
() [480x320]
(X ) [640x480]
(X) [720x720]
(X) [Higher Res]
(X) AmberELEC
(X) JELOS
(X) ArkOS

Latest ZIP:
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LISA: The Painful

LISA: The Painful - Definitive Edition is the miserable, hilarious RPG of your wildest nightmares. Undertake a relentless journey through the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Olathe. Beneath its charming exterior is a world full of disgust and moral desolation, where you will learn what kind of person you are by being FORCED to make choices that pe...

Price

$19.99

Recommendations

12302

Metacritic

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alpine plinth Feb 14, 2024, 1:10 PM

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<@&1123159718874058882>

onyx stream Feb 14, 2024, 3:53 PM

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good works on powkiddy x55

native lake Feb 14, 2024, 4:23 PM

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Great, thanks for testing. Any issues with controls?

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Running jelos btw? @onyx stream

onyx stream Feb 14, 2024, 4:48 PM

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native lake Great, thanks for testing. Any issues with controls?

yes last jelos, in the first battle only a kick was available on the x button, maybe I just didn’t understand

nocturne swallow Feb 15, 2024, 5:08 AM

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Good Work, does Lisa the Joyful and all the mods work too!?

summer crane Feb 15, 2024, 7:40 AM

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Yassss, that was one of the games I really envisioned playing oneday. Thank you for porting it @native lake ! 🙂

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Plays awesome on the R36S (ArkOS) using Steam Windows files ^^

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It also happened to me that during the first fight I was only able to action a single kind of attack

native lake Feb 15, 2024, 8:45 AM

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Ill have a look at that issue soon. Thanks for testing 🙂

native lake Feb 15, 2024, 11:47 AM

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Okay so ive done some testing and research. This game comes in 3 variants. original, mkxp and definitive. The definitive version is out of the question as its made in Unity. The original, the one im using now has weird controller support, this was fixed in the mkxp version of the game. So i need to figure out how to boot into that one, thats why the controls arent working properly in the first fight.

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Im pretty busy with studies right now, but ill try to fix this with either using gptk or use the mkxp version of the game, which is probably harder to do.

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Might take some time but ill update the zip when ready.

native lake Feb 15, 2024, 11:51 AM

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nocturne swallow Good Work, does Lisa the Joyful and all the mods work too!?

As for mods, havent tried yet. Looks like most mods just replace a bunch of files and add some extra within the game folder. But ill test this once im done with the port. Of course if you want to try for yourself, id like to know the results.

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Lisa the joyful, not sure dont own the game. The original was made in rpgmaker VX Ace. I think falcon-mkxp has support for some vx ace games but ill have to try. Might do that after this one is done.

native lake Feb 15, 2024, 1:39 PM

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Lisa: The Painful

rich junco Feb 15, 2024, 1:43 PM

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Gave joyful a quick test on falcon-mkxp on desktop, it does look promising

native lake Feb 15, 2024, 1:48 PM

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Good to hear, guess ill know what to port after this one 🙂

rich junco Feb 15, 2024, 2:02 PM

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Replacing the font with something like "fontSub=VCR OSD Mono>Open Sans" may slightly improve visibility on low res devices, not sure if it's worth the tradeoff though, perhaps with a better font than open sans

cerulean sage Feb 15, 2024, 4:46 PM

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Had to pop my head up for this, great work. This'll give a left hand dominant layout, only need the right for battle inputs and bicycle dismounting.
l1/start = select/action button
l2/select = back/menu
dpad/l-stick = movement
abxy = dswa (battle inputs)
r1 = dismount bicycle

📎 lisa.gptk

native lake Feb 15, 2024, 4:48 PM

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Thanks @cerulean sage ❤️

nocturne swallow Feb 18, 2024, 6:39 PM

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@native lake Thank You, currently I'm moving into a new Apartment once I get settled I'll work on ports again. Thank You for porting this game. I currently have over 1500 games in my Steam account. Once I get settled thanks to you guys I'll have a lot of games to run.

trail summit Feb 20, 2024, 10:35 AM

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✅ RG353M/ArkOS

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I used lisa.gptk kindly provided by mattyj513. Controls work fine. I finished intro and got Terry to join my party. No crashes, no issues

summer crane Feb 20, 2024, 11:08 AM

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Can somebody provide a tutorial on how to use lisa.gptk?

narrow tusk Feb 20, 2024, 11:08 AM

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summer crane Can somebody provide a tutorial on how to use lisa.gptk?

~~There is no port named lisa ?~~ I'm an idiot. 😄

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can you give us some more context?

summer crane Feb 20, 2024, 11:12 AM

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I dont understand how to fix the controls of the port

alpine plinth Feb 20, 2024, 11:17 AM

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summer crane Can somebody provide a tutorial on how to use lisa.gptk?

It's a textfile

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You open it in notepad for example 😛

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?

native lake Feb 20, 2024, 11:26 AM

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Im updating the zip soon. If you cant wait, just drop matty's gptk file into the lisa port folder

summer crane Feb 20, 2024, 11:42 AM

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I will wait then, thank you everyone ^^

trail summit Feb 20, 2024, 2:45 PM

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I added basic text info and media on screencraper. It was approved recently. Enjoy ^^

summer crane Feb 20, 2024, 3:37 PM

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trail summit I added basic text info and media on screencraper. It was approved recently. Enj...

How do you do that? 🥹

alpine plinth Feb 20, 2024, 3:50 PM

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summer crane How do you do that? 🥹

On screenscraper.fr

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has nothing to do with PM 🙂

trail summit Feb 20, 2024, 4:01 PM

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summer crane How do you do that? 🥹

Yeah, it has nothing to do with PM like Cebion said. It's a website. You are scraping info and media for your games from there 🙂

native lake Feb 21, 2024, 7:03 PM

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ZIP Update:

Added gptk, fixes inputs.
No more need for the Definitive version of the game, saves 1Gb of storage.
Added pr files
Changed naming scheme to prevent issues with LISA: The Joyful

Instructions:
Purchase and download the game from Steam, tested with Windows version. Copy all assets except the ''definitive'' folder to the gamedata folder.

Testing requirements:
() [480x320]
(X ) [640x480]
(X) [720x720]
(X) [Higher Res]
() AmberELEC
(X) JELOS
(X) ArkOS

Controls from matty:
l1/start = select/action button
l2/select = back/menu
dpad/l-stick = movement
abxy = dswa (battle inputs)
r1 = dismount bicycle

📎 lisathepainful.zip

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Still need some testers for RGB30, Amberelec and low res. If someone also wants to test the linux game files that would be great 🙂

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And dont forget to remove the old folders on your SD card, names have been changed.

faint hill Feb 21, 2024, 7:19 PM

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native lake Still need some testers for RGB30, Amberelec and low res. If someone also wants ...

I'll try to test it tomorrow using my RGB30

faint hill Feb 21, 2024, 9:23 PM

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Managed to tested it today. Works perfectly on the RGB30 using JELOS. It was my first time playing it, so I'm not sure how to save the game, but everything seems to work.

native lake Feb 21, 2024, 9:48 PM

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faint hill Managed to tested it today. Works perfectly on the RGB30 using JELOS. It was my ...

Talk to the crow, first one is 10 minutes into playing. Thanks for testing 🙂

summer crane Feb 22, 2024, 7:25 AM

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Good morning, tried the new version with new controls on R36S ArkOS. Not really sure what to feel about the new action button, both L1 and and Start are too clicky on the device compared to ABXY and you have to press them a lot during dialogs. Will keep testing, thank you

native lake Feb 22, 2024, 8:25 AM

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If every device here had analog sticks, id switch the controls.

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Not sure what to do with this, the r36 is rhe only device with these awful buttons lol @alpine plinth

alpine plinth Feb 22, 2024, 8:29 AM

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native lake Not sure what to do with this, the r36 is rhe only device with these awful butto...

Sorry what is the issue?

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😛

faint hill Feb 22, 2024, 8:29 AM

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I agree, L1 was a bit weird as you press that button more than any other

native lake Feb 22, 2024, 8:29 AM

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Control scheme uses l1 or start as action button, to click trough dialog etc

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Which is a bit weird, especially on the r36 where the l1 an start buttons suck

alpine plinth Feb 22, 2024, 8:46 AM

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native lake Which is a bit weird, especially on the r36 where the l1 an start buttons suck

Open source?

native lake Feb 22, 2024, 8:47 AM

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No its not, i could use the analog stick. But im pretty sure not every device has them.

alpine plinth Feb 22, 2024, 8:48 AM

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native lake No its not, i could use the analog stick. But im pretty sure not every device ha...

I think 95% have at least left stick

native lake Feb 22, 2024, 8:49 AM

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What would you do, use l1/start as action or accept that some devices cant play.

alpine plinth Feb 22, 2024, 8:50 AM

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native lake What would you do, use l1/start as action or accept that some devices cant play.

Why does it use l1 as start? 😄

native lake Feb 22, 2024, 8:51 AM

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Because the game uses 10 buttons lol

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Arrow keys, wasd, z and c I believe

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I could also bind the battle buttons that are now abxy to r1r2 l1l2

alpine plinth Feb 22, 2024, 8:54 AM

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native lake Because the game uses 10 buttons lol

Wait wait wait

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Back to step one

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You said it supports joystick

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are you able to disable that completly ingame?

native lake Feb 22, 2024, 8:55 AM

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So the game has 3 versions. Original, mkxp and definitive

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Mkxp has controllers support, but we can only use original

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With gptk enabled it seems to disable gp all together

alpine plinth Feb 22, 2024, 8:57 AM

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native lake With gptk enabled it seems to disable gp all together

Perfect

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So without gptk the game is dead correct?

native lake Feb 22, 2024, 8:57 AM

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No i dont think so😅 It has this awful partial controller support

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The controls really suck for this game

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Really just meant for keyboard

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I think what i will do, is bind the battle buttons to l1l2 and r1r2. But also to the left analog stick. So everone can play and if you have a analog stick its more intuitive.

alpine plinth Feb 22, 2024, 9:02 AM

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native lake No i dont think so😅 It has this awful partial controller support

The problem is on devices like the 351V etc. analogue stick will be reversed

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on other jelos devices dpad is swapped with analogue stick

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that's why if possible we always disable controller support unless the game supports it correctly

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you could try to use the xbo360 mode to see if the game finds that correct

native lake Feb 22, 2024, 9:06 AM

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How do you use the xbox360 emulation. On github instructions it just says ''xbox360 '' is a command line

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Is there a game that uses it so i can look at it?

alpine plinth Feb 22, 2024, 9:09 AM

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native lake How do you use the xbox360 emulation. On github instructions it just says ''xbox...

gptokeyb xbox360 instead of -c

native lake Feb 22, 2024, 9:10 AM

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ah, makes sense

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And im assuming you cant remap buttons in that mode

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Only if the game supports rebind itself

alpine plinth Feb 22, 2024, 9:15 AM

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native lake Only if the game supports rebind itself

yeah

faint hill Feb 22, 2024, 9:34 AM

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native lake Really just meant for keyboard

Isn't there official home console releases? Maybe you can get some inspiration from that to map the buttons 😜

native lake Feb 22, 2024, 9:40 AM

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Not all of our devices have analog sticks.

faint hill Feb 22, 2024, 9:41 AM

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Will it be possible to make two releases? One for devices with analog sticks and another for devices without?

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I don't know if that makes sense

native lake Feb 22, 2024, 9:43 AM

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You could make it unnecessarily complicated by detecting the device name and applying a patch to the gptk.

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But i think r1r2 and l1l2 plus left analog stick would be a better option. Then people can choose themselves what they want to use.

alpine plinth Feb 22, 2024, 9:54 AM

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native lake You could make it unnecessarily complicated by detecting the device name and app...

This is what we can query always

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# - DISPLAY_WIDTH
# - DISPLAY_HEIGHT
# - CFW_NAME
# - CFW_VERSION
# - DEVICE_RAM
# - DEVICE_NAME
# - ANALOG_STICKS
# - DEVICE_CPU```

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So simple one liner if analog sticks = 1 or 0 use this gptk 🙂

summer crane Feb 24, 2024, 4:13 PM

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Is the new control scheme going to be updated and offered in the near future? This game has been on my list for long, thank you for porting it

native lake Feb 24, 2024, 4:16 PM

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I wanted to include it in the pr but i need more testers.

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Amberelec and 320p are still open.

rustic forge Feb 24, 2024, 11:07 PM

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✅ rg351v (amberelec)

native lake Feb 25, 2024, 2:55 AM

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Do any of you guys own a 240x320 device? After that i can PR.

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I have my doubts about readability on that res anyway, so it needs to be tested.

summer crane Feb 25, 2024, 3:52 AM

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I wish I could also play it on my SF2000, but unfortunatelly I dont own another compatible device

alpine plinth Feb 25, 2024, 8:03 AM

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native lake Do any of you guys own a 240x320 device? After that i can PR.

Do you mean 480x320?

native lake Feb 25, 2024, 8:04 AM

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Yes, whoops

green ibex Feb 25, 2024, 2:46 PM

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Think I have it.. I'll try on 351p in a bit

green ibex Feb 25, 2024, 4:21 PM

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✅RG351P- Amberelec
Type can be hard to read but it's readable. Slight blur to certain objects on screen while walking. I wonder if it's a resolution thing

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Perhaps, if it were fully scaled, maybe that fixes.

native lake Feb 25, 2024, 5:23 PM

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Thanks for testing 🙂

green ibex Feb 25, 2024, 5:47 PM

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Super welcome, my pleasure! Great port imo🤩

green ibex Feb 25, 2024, 5:49 PM

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native lake Thanks for testing 🙂

I would call it playable on 351p btw. It's only text that's a bit buggered🤖

native lake Feb 25, 2024, 5:50 PM

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Yeah i kinda expected that. Ill make note of it in the readme.

green ibex Feb 25, 2024, 5:52 PM

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Are you planning to alter the gptk?

native lake Feb 25, 2024, 5:54 PM

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Yes, using analog stick for battle inputs.

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And using face buttons for interaction etc

green ibex Feb 25, 2024, 5:55 PM

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native lake Mar 1, 2024, 1:28 PM

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PR is coming, been pretty busy with school 🙂 This is the updated gptk for more intuitive controls

📎 lisathepainful.gptk

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Controls:
A = interact/jump
B = cancel/back
Y = bicycle

Dpad = movement
Lstick = alt movement
Rstick = battle inputs
Back buttons = alt battle inputs

Select = menu
Start = interact

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Also works for the dlc, just rename.

bitter nacelle Mar 4, 2024, 3:27 PM

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Would love to see mods avaliable evenually

native lake Mar 4, 2024, 3:34 PM

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I have only briefly tested mods. This one boots into the game, but no further testing done:)

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https://gamejolt.com/games/thedualpupil/517176

Game Jolt

LISA: Desolate Expanse

🎮 LISA: Desolate Expanse is a mod created for the game LISA: The Painful RPG, originally released in 2014 by Austin Jorgensen(AKA Widdly 2 Diddly/LoveBradGames). The purpose of this mod is to add...

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I suggest trying some mods and letting us know what works and what doesnt. For anyone else who wants to use mods for this game.

bitter nacelle Mar 4, 2024, 6:23 PM

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Testing mod that u sent now also just curious what are you porting next if anything

native lake Mar 4, 2024, 7:14 PM

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Im still actively porting, right now working on Blossom Tales 2.

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Why are you asking? 🙂

bitter nacelle Mar 4, 2024, 7:15 PM

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Curiosity mostly I'll have to look into that game

native lake Mar 4, 2024, 7:15 PM

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Its a zelda inspired game, i played the original on switch

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Performance is not great tho, and still teying to get saves to work

bitter nacelle Mar 4, 2024, 7:17 PM

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It looks fun I'll have to buy a copy evenually

native lake Mar 4, 2024, 7:18 PM

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Once its in a decent state youll see a testing thread DonkeyThumbsUp

bitter nacelle Mar 4, 2024, 7:18 PM

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Nice looking forward to it

crimson hull May 23, 2024, 3:06 PM

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does this work using the epic games version of the files?

bitter nacelle May 23, 2024, 3:06 PM

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No steam only

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Sadly

crimson hull May 23, 2024, 3:06 PM

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oof okay

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sadge

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