Conway
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
(Conway contains adult themes and explicit adult scenes. You must be 18 years or older to play.)
Step into the year 1791 as a freshly enlisted sailor aboard a merchant ship. You've cast aside your former life to chase your dream of life on the open sea.
With an abundance of free time aboard your new home, the choice of how to spend your days rests solely in your hands. Immerse yourself in the lives of your fellow crew members, delving into their motivations for joining this voyage alongside you, and discover the roles they'll play in your life as the journey continues.
Conway is a relaxed, semi-linear and (to our best efforts) historically grounded slice-of-life story. There are no epic battles, no destiny to fulfill, and no swashbuckling adventures under a Jolly Roger. Instead you'll find yourself forging friendships and intimate connections with a cast of unique characters as you sail port to port on the high seas.
So, settle in, get comfy and make sure you get your vitamin C!
Schedule:
Next supporter Update: 1st of October (Update 15 WIP)
Next public Update: 1st of October (Update 14)
It'll take a lot of work to get this over the finish line, but I hope you enjoy what is present already!
If you would like to support the development (and in return get sweet perks such as early access to builds, sneak peeks for new art, etc.), then check out our Patreon or Subscribestar linked in the socials below.
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Development log
- Conway Update 14 RELEASE12 days ago
- Road to Conway Update 1433 days ago
- Conway Update 13 RELEASE73 days ago
- Conway in the itch.io app81 days ago
- Road to Conway Update 1392 days ago
- Conway update 12 is now available!Jun 01, 2024
- Road to Conway Update 12May 10, 2024
- Conway update 11 is now available!Apr 01, 2024
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Hi Hi! I really love your game but i can´t seem to get the CG from wolf x.x Julians wins everytime on the 2nd bet with a 5 x.x Would you like to enlighten me? qwq
Hey hey, I assume you're the person who poked their head into the discord. :D
The game just doesn't run on my PC? I have the latest windows, it's definitely not a graphics issue, but as soon as I open the .exe file it pulls up a black window that immediately closes again. Is there anything you're supposed to do upon downloading it? I had the same issue with 12 and thought 13 would fix it.
Hmmm, that's rather odd. Difficult for me to say what it might be, but upon startup Renpy does save a log.txt file (same folder where the .exe is), which might give some clues to what is causing it.
The log didn't prove much help, but turns out it was a graphics driver issue after all, my bad. It opens fine on my old laptop. I checked nvidia to find the driver I had was from 2023 and it opens for me now after getting the latest
Takeaway: check your graphics drivers
Ah awesome, happy to hear that it works :)
I will try this game right now, and I literally don't know anything about this game. :P
Thank you very much! I do hope you'll enjoy your time with it. :)
After playing this game I just wanna say it is one of the best vn game's I have ever played I mean, the character's, the art, and the story are great! I really thank Nomax for making this game and this story. <3
Ah thank you very much. I'm very happy that you enjoy it and yeah, excited to see you around for future updates. :D
Me too!
Arthur is a romance option right?
Yes, he is.Just different speeds for different characters basically!
How do you get the second slide for the first set of Samuel photos?
What is your name young man?
-Uh... it's...
-*looks at the paper he's holding* Arthur Hudson sir! yes! that's 100% my real name!
Look, could I go ahead and disallow certain names? Probably.
Will I do so, and stop you all from goofing around and nameing yourself Poopy Poopy Stinky Butt? Hell no! :D
Nah please don't disable it, it's more fun to think Arthur Is mad at himself and he confuses the MC for his own name because of it :3
I need tutorial for nomax's second scene!!! Idk what I'm doing wrong!!!!
Spoilerinos for those that want to avoid them
It's connected to both, the earlier Nomax scene, and the Julian anatomy lesson. Both of them are prerequesites, and then during it Julian should ask you about Nomax. One of those choices (can't remember exactly which one it was from memory) and then pick leave the ship.
Thx!!!!!! I freaking get it!!!!!!
I NEED AN ADULT!!!! (I LIED THAT I GET IT)
If all else fails there are cheat codes available in any of the patreon/subscribestar tiers. The 2,5 and 10$ tiers have got a free trial period, so you can absolutely just dip in for a few days for the cheat and bail once the trial comes to an end.
Hi, I would like to ask and here about updates here it is written, on September 1 update will get those who supported the game financially here on Itch Io?
Hey hey, The early updates are only for patreon and subscribribestar supporters. There'll be a download links available on those sites to supporters.
The optional itch.io tip is just that, a tip if people want to provide it and will not provide further perks.
When i try to download the apk, i get a bin file instead, what do i do?
Hmmm, I assume you're downloading from your phone. Try to set the browser to display the site in desktop mode.
Should be an option in the settings on the top right, and it's called something like "Desktop Site".
Ty so much!, i wanna ty for all your hard work, i enjoy the game a lot, beatiful art and love the characters. I always happy when a new update comes out.
I tried it on my phone, and it wouldn't work, so I tried to play it on my tablet. However, it still would crash so I tried my computer, and it was going great up until I got to the part where my character was being told he was kicked off and it froze and crashed. Now it won't even load up my save. Just freezes and exits me out.
I tried going for an earlier save but the same thing keeps happening
Huh, very strange. Does the crash provide any information via an error screen or anything of the sort?
And are they relatively modern devices? it's a game made with 4k resolutions in mind to get the most out of the artwork. So if all of them are fairly old devices that could potentially be the problem? Though it's rather unlikely that the computer wouldn't be able to handle it unless it's a netbook or something along those lines.
It doesn't give me an error message. But my computer is from 2018 so maybe that's why?
Hmmm, 2018 isn't that old. Do you happen to know the specs of it? How much RAM, what CPU?
I don't THINK that's it, but it's hard to really say what it might be for me unfortunately, and 2018 PC parts should be able to handle it.
It's really strange that it crashes on three different devices in what sounds like the same manner. Or well, phone and tablet crashes in the same manner, but then the PC runs through most of the game before crashing? Just strange. There shouldn't be anything new introduced that late or in that scene that would cause it.
Does it load other saves (if there are any) on the PC, or start a new game?
I freaking love nomax he is such a cutie
:D Thank you!
I played a lot of 18th century naval games, and this VN had me hooked, I am all for it! 😅
I have grown fond of Samuel and Julian, they make me crack! 😂 Can't wait for more content!
Oh, please give us a path where we can humble the horse for bullying James, 🤨
Hah, thank you very much! :D
I have a question for you, what ship class is Conway? Is it snow class or whaler class? Or is it just ketch, brig or something? I am trying to get a ship from your VN and modifiy it for fan picture in pirate game. :D
Based on a frigate :) And of course do show me if you end up feeling like it :D
Huh, I remembered the horse guy said it's not military ship, so it's basically a whaler ship? It looks similar to frigate, but made for civilians.
I have a link of the class if you're curious. :D
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaler
Yeah, it's not a military one, just the build of it is close to one. Yeah whaler ship looks pretty fitting then :)
Hi, I want to know how to unlock Wolf's CG, I have basically checked all the options and still can't trigger.
I think I explained that in the comments before here, so it must be somewhere if you scroll down a little.
I'm really sorry, I almost flipped to the review from a year ago but I still didn't see the Wolf CG unlock, can you say it again for me? I'm really sorry and thank you
Possibly spoilers if anyone wants to avoid those.
Basically just hang around with Wolf as much as possible without being annoying (this is important), if you've done that just make sure to to save before (!) playing hazard with Julian and Wolf because you have to win and the winning part is rng so it might take a few reloads, after you've won and you're presented with the choice to ask a favor of Wolf just go with "You must have some... fun stories. Very intimate ones." and after that go with "Maybe you can tell me in private?", next choice go with "You try to find Wolf so that you can make good on your suggestion to mend his shirt." and that's basically it.
I really like Nomax but I'm having trouble unlocking the second image. I tried a lot, replayed the game, took a lot of routes, but I still couldn't find it
It's a pretty difficult one to get since it's connected to Julian's day 2 anatomy lesson evening scene as well.
OMG I found it, thank you, I really like this game and the personalities of their characters
Hah, there we go :D And thank you very much, I'm glad you're enjoying it!
I too am having a hard time figuring this scene out, went back multiple times trying different choice combinations and still haven't gotten it. :c
It's easily the most tricky one, since it needs the anatomy scene as a prerequesite. Julian should ask you about him, then he'll talk to you again in the opening scene of day 12 with a choice about him, and then if you decide to leave the scene should trigger with the correct selections.
Don't remember the exact wording of the options needed right now, but maybe that'll put you on the right path.
Absolutely breathtakingly beautiful art, with great characters and an interesting setting to boot. Very excited to see where this VN goes in the future! (Jules stole my heart)
Thank you very much, toxic :) Happy to have you around and I hope you'll enjoy how things go.
I'm having so much trouble getting the second scene with nomax, some help would be very aprecciated
The art style and appearance of this game is breathtaking. I'm in love with Samuel. Can't wait to see this VN develop <3
Thank you very much :) That's lovely to hear!
Will there be any gallery scenes for Rajeeyah in the future?
Likely yes. (Why people are downvoted this?)
Oh, my bad, forgotr that i still had to answer this. Yes there will be in the future.
okay am I really dumb because I keep getting kicked off the ship 😭 like every time, is that where the game ends so far or am I just genuinely dumb lmao 😭😭
If you're talking about day 12, the decision to try and stay or leave is currently the end of the game.
Please let us dominate the horse back as a payment for him bullying James.
Such a quality VN from front to back! The art-style, the story, the characters...love seeing maned wolves represented too, a personal favorite. Which of course means Samuel is my favorite. However, I'm having a heck of a time trying to get the second part of his first image, as well as his second image entirely! Does anyone know the trick?
Thank you very much!
Pretty simple, just gotta collect all Sam points on Day 1. Spoilers below.
Pretty simple really, just go for the dinner and share the asparagus. I think that's more or less all? Always difficult to remember these off of the top of my head.
Ohmahgawwwwd! ♥︎
Julian was a love at first–sight!
Hah, I'm glad you're enjoying him! :)
I had forgotten to say this:
Julian is awesome, sure, but his awesomeness wouldn't mean as much if he wasn't part of such a sundry cast.
The characters bounce well off of each other. The dialogue, the setting, the characters' struggles, theirs hopes, and dreams, as well as their fears and dislikes, bring out their idiosyncrasies. They are fleshed out and utilized dazzlingly! This sentimental mosh pit engenders some believable and yet absurd encounters that elevate the experience.
They might be character sprites, but... How could one refuse to fall head over heels for them?
I'm very happyto hear that! Yeah a ship like this just provides a great space to bring in all sorts of weird situations, and it works great to have characters develop their relationship with one another, since they are kind of forced to do so given the small space they are living in.
It does actually work surprisingly well for a Visual Novel where that is exactly what you want, and i'm happy it seems to be working! :D
Oh I suddenly remember this guy. I liked some of the stories you wrote on Furry Network. Definitely gonna give this a try!!!!! I’ll leave a review when I’m done too.
why that horse bully us......
Bullying might be a step too far, but (perhaps a spoiler warning should be included)
. . . He suspected us of trying to murder Samuel and then used some extra attention like grabbing him during a break to check on his work, which then ended up causing us a lack of sleep. . . Then they rushed us off the boat. I want to know why? Is it just because we nearly died from a crane? I hope that future routes can answer my doubts. Perhaps it is understandable to be serious and serious about a navy, and to look forward to his other side (friendliness or romance?
Well, that's how stories work that are still a work in progress. At some point they just end without having a conclusion yet :D
You'll find out in the future!
finally sat down and played this and omg i want to run away with nomax and hold him while he talks to me about plants and we can sing terribly together xD also omg that scene, hes such a subby boy!
that pic of samuel during the dream though too is just mmph, would love to wake up to that haha
spoiler talk now
the part where we find out about samuels secret, at first i thought it was gonna be a le chevalier deon thing where samuel harbors the spirit of his dead sister who wasnt put to rest properly and gets taken over by her to battle and stuff lol
Hah! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Yeh Nomax is good fun to write, of course other's will get their spots as well, but since he's such a different character to the rest he gets a bit of an early start while some of the others still need a little bit. But we'll be getting there now that Day 12 is around, and the Morocco section afterward.
But yes, very happy that you're enjoying your time with it :)
Wow, I really enjoyed this! Can't wait for the finished product. Samuel is my absolute favorite!
Thanks a ton! Really happy to hear that you're enjoying it!
I can't wait for the next update to come out! I spent a good while trying to meet Perce and can't wait to see more of him and get to spend more time with him hopefully!
I'm glad you're enjoying it! He's more of a support character, so his screentime will be more limited, but in some of the paths in the near future he'll play a bit of a role :)
Greatings! This game is really fun so far. Though... I am curious, I noticed that my character is a male cat and I am wondering if we could change it sometime. Like... a female wolf or fox. Or maybe just having a female character instead of a male. Might make things more interesting
Hey hey, I mean I would love to, but it would just require too much reworking to sort it out. The character is present in quite a few of the illustrations, and feline traits are mentioned in, and in some cases are, the reason for some scenes, and for a gender swap it would require even more effort to adjust the scenes and story to accomodate that.
So unfortunately, that is not within the scope of this project unless there's going to be a massive increase in the money we've got available. Reason being that every part of that would need to be done by someone else, since I myself am at full capacity working on what's there currently. So all the art, story and scripting changes would need to be done by other people.
You experience the story from the perspective of this male white cat, which is how most visual novels work. So try to get used to this otherwise most visual novels will disappoint you
Imagine having Female work as a sailor in this story era's setting, its gonna be a headache.
the only thing that would make this more historically accurate is if theres survival cannibalism—or, as it was known in that period, 'the custom of the sea'
Pah, look, never say never, but I want to keep it pretty slice-of-life-y, so i'm not sure we'll ever get quite THAT intense in the game.
the dry humor i was aiming for didnt quite stick the landing, but i legit agree. that slice-of-life sort of grounded-ness has a special kind of charm that the more intense plot structures of, say, echo, do not :p
been playing through and I was wondering how to get the 3 of 3 image on the first cg and the second cg for Julian?
3rd of the first CG for Julian needs a Julian win at the dice game (probably with a decently high relationship with him. Can't quite remember off of the top of my head without looking right now)
second pictue for Julian is a bit more involved. There area few ways to get it, but the easiest one is probably have a high relation to Julian, then win the dice game and ask Julian about below his waist. That should open up a scene with him in the evening of day2.
ah thank you!
Well, im not disappointed, the game is great, lots of choices having at least a bit of consequences. the art, well i've been kinda following you for over ten years i think so i knew that it was going to be awesome ^^
Also your character in the game is silly-cute and fancy what is there not to like in a blacka and gold (victorian ig) suit :) all the other character are interesting in their own way. kinda got brained with Sam ngl XD
If i may ask, if it's not something spoilery for the game how are Nomax and Wolf related to France? Im pretty good when it comes to my country's history but i can't say that i know what botanists did in the 18th century, and well yourself as a person, if you just happen to like having references to it or if you're french yourself or smth
Anyways i wish you the best for your projects, gotta say that i'll be following this one closely :)
Nomax himself has no connection to france, and yeah generally I only talk about stuff as far as the story has gone now, so not that it necessarily would be a mega spoiler or not, but just out principle keeping quiet about the rest. Same as me, don't have any connection to france, really.
But yeah, I'm glad you enjoyed it, and happy to have you on board so to speak! :D
ah alrighty, well thanks for the answers ^^
Im glad to be on board myself, thanks for doing what you do :)
I didn't know that you were making a VN i found it buy showing some lycaon pics you've made to a friend XD gotta try it now ^^
Haha, the sneakiest developer around! I hope you'll enjoy it!
I probably will, im very fond of this period of History ^^ keep up the good work :)
Love it sooooo much! But it seems I cant clean my saves or gallerys even if I delet and redownload the packages. That's weird ...
Deleting individual saves you can do by simply hovering over the save slot and hitting delete if you're on a device with a keyboard.
If you want to wipe all your progress you'll have to delete save directory. Renpy doesn't save it in the game folder itself, which makes migration between versions quite easy.
On windows they are located in C:Users/YourName/AppData/Roaming/RenPy/GameName
For different platforms you can find the paths where the save directory is located over here: https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/config.html#var-config.save_directory
You should find a folder called "ConwayGame-(SomeNumber)" and that's where all the saves are located, along with the persistent data (the stuff that unlocks the gallery).
Deleting that should get rid of ALL your progress if you want to start over entirely.
Wow, I got it! Thx and love you!
how to get Arthur route?
He's one of the slow starters. We'll get there.
Thanks for the great work you're putting in :3
I love the art style and story for this! Nomax is the most adorable character I've ever seen in any VN.
Thanks a bunch! Happy to hear that the dumb idiot appeals to people. :D
i've been a fan of your art for a while and was really happy when I stumbled upon this game on accident today! your artstyle is truly marevelous and I'm looking forward to more
p.s julian truly was a highlight...
:D Thank you so so much. Glad you got lucky then and that you can join us along this journey!
I am already in love with this game (and Julian too <3)
I'm glad to hear :D
I’m here for Wolf and Arthur. <3
Could someone help me with unlocking the photo in Wolf's section of the gallery? I feel like I've tried all the options, but I still can't find a way that would give me access to his photo.
Possibly spoilers if anyone wants to avoid those.
Basically just hang around with Wolf as much as possible without being annoying (this is important), if you've done that just make sure to to save before (!) playing hazard with Julian and Wolf because you have to win and the winning part is rng so it might take a few reloads, after you've won and you're presented with the choice to ask a favor of Wolf just go with "You must have some... fun stories. Very intimate ones." and after that go with "Maybe you can tell me in private?", next choice go with "You try to find Wolf so that you can make good on your suggestion to mend his shirt." and that's basically it.
Thank you very much! I also want to say that you have created a truly amazing and beautiful game. I can't wait to see how the story will unfold <3 !!!
is this really rng? i feel like i got the photo on the first try.. is this even normal?
The dice roll for the bet (whether you take part or not) is rng, yes. All the outcomes offer different small scenes and potentially things that influence scenes further down the line. So you just rolled the number(and had the prerequesites) to get that particular scene.
Thanks a bunch! Really happy that people are enjoying it, and it just makes it even more exciting to get to continue working on it!
Very good game