Just Friends - Visual Novel
A downloadable Visual Novel
Just Friends is a Visual Novel that started as a small project that should have ended long ago. It was meant to be just a prototype for creating other VNs afterward, but the project got so big and interesting that looked like it would be a shame not to be developed into a full VN.
Aiden is a human who works hard and has too little time for himself, but suddenly he got the chance to spend a few days in a very beautiful resort to do whatever he pleases but work. During his time in a place where he never intended to be but was somehow thrown into it, will he find a good time or just waste his time away?
Go with Aiden to this resort, live through his eyes what will happen in this short but very interesting chapter of his life, and maybe forge connections with people he never thought it would be possible for him to have in his life!
Just Friends is an ongoing project on Just Friends Patreon. The project has public releases here every three to four months, if you want monthly content you need to become a tier 2+ patron.
- Current Public Build: Version 0.49.0.35 (Released June 2024)
- Current Patron Build: Version 0.63.0.35 (Released September 2024)
- Next Public Version: Version 0.53.0.35 ( Released September 2024 for Tier 1 patrons / November for Tier 0 patrons /December 2024 for the Public).
- Next Patron Version: Version 0.64.0.35 (To be released October 2024)
Important Notes:
- The Public build is an older build released previously for Patreons. Any bugs or issues found with it can be reported here, but won't be fixed since it's impossible to downgrade the current game code to the current public build. If you find a bug, try to answer something else, or go another route.
- Just Friend uses a very specific save system that is compatible between versions. IF a save file is not compatible, the game SHOULD replace the old file with a new file, however, you can always just start a new game and overwrite any old save you have too.
- If you're interested in the most recent build or you want to check every single update, Patrons receive a new build every month.
- Given some very unfortunate circumstances, the MAC version of the game was canceled. So I decided to delete the MAC version of the game.
- There is NO ANDROID VERSION For now. I'm studying how to port the game as is for Android and see then what need to be changed. That's a side project for now.
- If you want to support the game without becoming a Patreon you can:
- Buy the Demo here on itch/io. Any value you pay will help me.
- Go to https://www.patreon.com/join/yekkusu, on this link in the bottom of the page you can Create a custom pledge. These work as anonymous pledges, you can donate anything from 1 USD to anything your heard desires. However, This feature DOES NOT give you any tier rewards. If you want to become a regular patreon and get the rewards you have to chose one of the four regular tiers. After that, you can still donate more via the Custom Pledge at the bottom of that page. Thanks in advance!
The public build should be updated twice a year here on ItchIo, if you're interested in getting monthly releases you should consider supporting the project on Patreon.
For more updates, try joining the open channel for this project on Telegram: Telegram: Contact @just_friends_VN - The channel is fairly new and was created to avoid any Twitter Shenanigans with his new head. Even if there are no members there right now (at the time I'm putting this here) I will for now publish the updates of the game I usually do on Twitter in this channel too.
Download
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Development log
- Just Friends 0.64 Released!48 days ago
- Just Friends is now available for Android too!60 days ago
- Just Friends Early next Public available for Tier 1 patrons!62 days ago
- Just Friends Build 0.63.0.35 is now available for patrons!77 days ago
- Build 0.49.0.35 Public is now available!Jun 03, 2024
- Build 0.60.0.35 is now available!May 29, 2024
- Patreon Build 0.59.0.35 is available now!Apr 25, 2024
Comments
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Hi! I have a question? I can't open the zip file when installed unless I gotta down a file opener from another apps?
- Wagner is 35 years old according to the plot of the game?
Hi! Hope this is alright to ask as I'm really interested in the game. In the future when the NSFW content is added, will the human MC be the bottom, or will there be switch/top options? Would love to pledge my support if there are diverse options available :)
I downloaded the zip file for Android, and for some reason my S22 won't open that particular zip file.
Weird. I can always upload the file as the pkg file, but I would recommend your trying to use a PC to unpack the file first, sometimes android can be finicky to unpack zip files. @_@
That's just the thing. I haven't had a PC since a "friend" of mine destroyed my last one a few years ago.
Is this sfw or nsfw?
It's NSFW however there is no actual porn right now in it, first because Just Friends is designed to have all the porn as a reward at the final two days in-game, and second because I need to make more money producing the game to buy more art for it. However, in some S-class segments, there are some very lewd descriptions here and there.
So to the very least, read it while you're alone for now. :)
When will there be a new update to this game for the public version?
Hello there. IT's specified in this page over bold letters, but here's the answer: The current Build fo the public is the 0.49.0.35, the next scheduled public build is scheduled for December, and it will be the build 0.53.0.35.
Said build, is already available for Tier 1 Patrons, and in November, Tier 0 patrons will also be able to download the next public build earlier before it's put for the public in December.
Patrons have access to monthly updates, currently Tier2+ patrons have access to Builds 0.63.0.35 and this month is scheduled to release the build 0.64.0.35.
I hope that helped you somehow.
Why there's not an android version??
Hello there, I'm deleting the previous commend and adding an important update here for you:
Just Friends Visual Novel is now available for Android.
The build have some kinks on Android, for more information, read this post: https://yekkusu.itch.io/just-friends-visual-novel/devlog/801772/just-friends-is-...
If you enjoy the game and want the android build to get better and to work better on a phone small screen remember that only Tier 3 patrons can vote on what I should work monthly. And fixing/enhancing the Android build experience is one of these features they can vote.
Thank you so much for wanting to check on Just Friends!
wowoooooow i dont Believe it🥹 thanks you verrryyyyy muchhhh🥹🥹❤️
I hope you can enjoy it. I'm working on an update in engine that will make the Android (and the PC versions) way better looking, so for now I hope it's good enough to enjoy the story. Just know that since the money I'~m making with Just Friends is barely the minimum wage here and it's the only job I have right now, it's being very tricky for me to buy more art for the project. Still I hope you enjoy the content!
LOVE THEIR DESIGNS!
Thanks, it's very costly to have this level of quality in the VN so it takes time to add more art, but I'm glad it's paying off.
Awesome VN, and Wagner has astronomically high cuteness levels that are exponentially amplified by being digitigrade with cuteness enhancing beans :).
will this be coming to Mac? im in the telegram for this game and was really excited to try it out but then I realized its not compatible...
I'm sorry to hear that mate. So, the thing with MAC is that it needs a special key that is very, very expensive for me to buy right now, and I can't test it without owning a MAC which, sadly, in my country is considered Elite hardware.
For now, only Windows and Linux are compatible, eventually I will be porting it to Android. iOS will not be supported for the exact same reason, and I'm so sorry. Apple is known to be very strict with how people develop stuff for their hardware, so it's a whole expensive, and difficult process for me, considering how much I make monthly for this game. But hey, maybe in the future once the project is at it's end or released on Steam I will be making enough money to buy apple hardware and fetch all the licences to port the games to their system too! But for now, that's impossible for me, so I hope you understand.
Thank you for your interest in my game, please keep following the project if possible! :)
Hey guys! I've played the latest update of this and I'm curious to know if there's a guide made for this? have I misunderstood that there are many branches where the story can go? is there any help to get, for example, the gallery to open all the pictures somehow?
Sorry for taking so long to answer: Each answer you give gives, or subtracts points from your affinity gauge. After the third day in-game, if you have enough affinity points, by answering the correct path, you can get into more interesting routes, one of them with Wagner can even lead you to a cutscene.
For guides though, that's a Patreon-only perk, every ten or so builds I update a chart for patrons to use. But there's no public chart made yet. Maybe, eventually, I'll make one for the public, but right now my focus is solely on my Patrons and Patreon content.
I can give you a tip though: Every time you answer something wrong, 90% of the time the character will have a bad reaction to what you said. That's not a rule, of course, but it is a design choice I made for the first days. :)
Just Friends is powered by Godot 3.5.4.
Ren'py was one of the choices but after seeing how big projects like Camp Buddy would start running on that platform I decided it would be way more difficult to optimize code and edit already existing scenes.
I created the whole visual novel code from scratch to work with Godot years ago.
Developing anything takes time and learning does it too. It took me an entire year before opening my Patreon, to take Godot, learn it, and create a system that would work as a Visual Novel. It has it's perks, but also has the downsides. One of them is that for me to port it to Android I need to manually recreate a lot of menus.
Either way, keep on studying, Godot is far easier than a lot of engines out there.
is there a steven universe reference or am i tweaking
I... Don't think so? I never put anything not even a single reference in-text to Steven Universe.
you gay ass faggot delete this rn its cancer and you KYS
preaach
Whats the hate for again..?
Install button does not work.
There's no install button.
it's two files: One .EXE and another .PCK
You need to extract both of them to the same folder and execute the ,exe file. I hope this helps.
??? Threw Itchio client
Sorry for the huge delay.
Update: The issue was that I upload the files as labeled as executable, I changed their tags to "other" and this fixed the issue.
I was able to select the build and launch it. So I hope you guys can enjoy it now.
I want to play it so bad 🥲
I'm working on (slowly) an android Version. It will take along time since it's not what my current patrons want me to, and I'm not making a huge lot to hire someone to help me, so yeah. But eventually we'll have android builds too. I hope.
Is there a macOS version?
Sadly no. I'm still searching but so far any build I try to export for Mac OS just won't run on any MAC computer, so for now Mac is out of the question. I believe there are ways to emulate Windows on Mac, which would make it possible for you to run on your mac, but so far that's the only way. Sorry.
It felt different, but in a good way. Of course there were a solid amount of typos but that's a minor nitpick. Though I have played only Karnal's stuff as of now(because he's hot lol).
Thanks for your time playing the game. Every time I find some time I try my best to find every typo I did on the current builds, I also use Grammarly to help with those but sometimes it does more damage than help. Just yesterday I was compiling Wagner's first day as an ebook for Tier 4 patrons and I found lots of small typos I fixed on the first day so eventually they will be fixed! :D
Patrons also can send their own corrections in-game for me and I add their name on a revision team in the credits too, so if you're interested, consider supporting the project as a Tier 2+ on patreon! :D
yayy! love furry
Is it available for Android?
No. To develop it to android I need to re-work the entire UI to work on a small screen. That would mean creating a different build of the game just for Android and so far the game is not making enough to justify an Android Build.
I use Godot, and most of the work to make a port is on me, not on the engine itself (like it is for Ren'py), so for now, no Android. Sorry.
Only Windows and Linux Operating System such as Ubuntu, Manjaro or Mint.
Q/ why is the game so dam expensive i am not going to pay 15$ un less the hole vn is done< not trying to be rude>
A/ you don't have to, the $15 you are seeing is optional and don't need to pay at all, all you have to do is press "no thanks, take me to download" then download the zip from what ever software you are using
Hi, I recently became a subscriber to your Patreon and download the newest release but everytime I get to the end of day five of wanger route the game crashes, it also crashed when I tried loading a old save file, I had to start a new game just to be able to load my old file without it crashing. Idk if this is just a me problem but thought I should say something
I did answer you there and I already checked the scene, and found it's not having any issues for me there. I also sent you a message explaining what could be, but I'm almost 100% sure it's a save-file issue. The version you guys can play here is 10-15 builds earlier than what we have on Patreon, and I did code new stuff in the game from that much time. I do recommend every time you grab a new build, to just start a whole new save. The Skip Dialog is a feature that saves constantly what dialogues you've read in each route you enter, so even if you start a new save, you just need to click skip and as long as the route still exists in the newer build, you will be able to skip the same number of dialogues you had before. So it's quick to get back to where you were.
Sorry for the delay. If anyone else is reading this message and having the same issue with any build, public or not, remember to always start a new save and see if the issue persists first.
Please make this install threw the itchio launcher
Please? Having hard time keeping track of so many games. Cheers.
I really like that this is a human in a anthropomorphic world.
Can't change my name???
Whel, shit, forgot about this, going to try and give it another try. Cheers and happiness.
Hi Yekkusu, Will there be any public releases?
Which choises do i have to take for the best outcome with wagner
Is there a mobile version?
Would be nice to have the VN offered for android. I noticed others are wondering about this as well.
Any interest making a version for Android?
Why do you make the public veraion 9 -> 10 versions BEHIND the paid version? This is the most drastic version difference between a paid and none paid visual novel I've ever seen
Can't play it throught itch.io launcher atm. It writes me "cannot read property of 'build' undefined". Can you fix it?
downloaded the Mac version and got the message
“Just Friends” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash.
To let you know please add platform tags so people on the itch.io launcher can download it without their browser
Well I did add the versions to the TAG section. If it's not working, give me a heads-up so I can check what I should do. Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry for the very late reply but yeah its not there
wait so where can I download the working mac version?
When you click on DOWNLOAD button, you can select your version. The last MAC working version was the 0.21. I'm really sorry for not being able to keep up with the MAC version.
How Can i play this in Android?
Sadly no. For now there are no plans for an Android release.
Can you please add platform tags so the people on the itch.io desktop launcher can easily download the VN
"Just Friends"
Recognizes Wagnermutt's art...
In all seriousness I am enjoying it so far. Great job both of you.
My Mac states that the program is damaged, that I have to move it to trash, I need a little han in this. I love the VN and I do want it to move forward nice and smoothly.
So yeah issue is that contents are damaged
Hello there. I am terribly sorry for the inconvenience. As much as I wanted to fix this issue, that's impossible given this version of the game is an older version, it's impossible for me to fix it. All I can suggest is for you to wait for the next build to be released which will be in December, or to become a patron and grab the latest build of the game if you want to support the project. I'm sorry again for the inconvenience.
For now, I am removing the 031 for MACs here and restoring the 023 instead because that version seems to be working. That's all I can do so far, I'm sorry. Again, I really am.
its fine I appreciate the fast response ^w^
Just take your time and don't rush it :3
I‘m having an issue where I can‘t access the files to this game on my iPad, I currently can‘t access my pc so I‘m playing on a mobile device, is there a way so I can maybe access it anyway? I‘d like to check this out. (The picture below shows what happens after I decompress it, thanks in advance.)
Hm, I never owned an iPad so I have no idea if the system is the same as the macOS. However, since the iPad is a mobile device, big or not, made to work with a touchscreen, I doubt any of the versions would work on it. The only way as far as I'm aware would be for you to download the files for the PC version (windows), or the Mac Version (MacOS) and play them there since the game is not at all compatible with touch-screen devices.
I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
It‘s not a problem, thanks a lot for trying to help though. I‘ve tried to download both windows and MacOs files but both result to the same result, but I‘m sure I‘ll find a way to access the files. I guess this game won‘t be released to iOS anytime soon, huh?
Sadly you're right. The game engine does support android at least but that means months of coding and testing to make sure touch commands works on it. And also recreating the entire UI to work on a tablet or phone screen. Right now the menus would be too small even if I make touch compatible.
Unless my patrons decide to ask for a android release I won't focus on that since I release updates monthly for them.
And about iOS I doubt it would happen even if I make the game compatible with Android since Godot so far does not support iOS. Sorry.
I see, that‘s good to know though, I hope it‘ll be easier to add games to mobile in the future, I‘d love that.
Hi again, I recently became a subscriber to your Patreon, but I'm still not able to download the latest build, could I ask you a few questions to clarify it?
Edit: I also posted this request under the Patreon post of the build, so feel free to respond to either of these inquiries whenever you can.
Hey there just to be sure you know I already answered you there. If you still need help just talk to me there and I'll do my best to support you. Thanks for becoming a patron and supporting the project!
hello! as i mainly play vns on android, i was wondering, is a port planned? if not that's cool as well.
It depends on the patrons actually. I could make the game run on Android, however that would take a lot of time out of the current focus of development, so far I work based on what my patrons want to be added to the game. It's not out of the question, but it's not something I plan in the meantime either. Sorry.