I will be checking THIS out first thing in the morning! Huge congrats to you guys for getting this far!

Thank you kindly, good sir!

Awesome news! Bout to check this out.

Nice.

Definitely going to check this out! Looking forward to it. It's freaking beautiful and every artist should be jealous.

Playing it right now, and I must say for anyone who has been waiting for this- it is great, and completely more in depth and visual then I had expected. The way the screen pans with the mouse in some of the scenery is a really nice touch- and I was pleasantly surprised- because it's more than a just "click and read text" piece.

The art is as always, great.
The VA's are nice to listen to.
The Soundtrack is equally pleasant, mysterious, and a little "odd" (for a lack of better words) It's magical, and delicate- but in the best way possible. All these qualities really draw me in the atmosphere, and I'm having a great time with this.

By the way, the main character's reaction to his art/art materials is so accurate... so very accurate, haha. -dramatic pose-

Anyways, You both did great- and anyone who helped as well. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you very much for this comment, Desu!
We are very glad you liked the Crown and Roui especially ^^ He is such a funny guy.

Wanted to download but my antyvirus made a thing and came out the file is infected :T so hm, watch out, i guess? :T
not sure if its because its a file from not a certain official site/steam or someone just poked You there.

just letting You know o:

okay, my antivirus just seem to be overreacting, everything seems fine now.
but if anyone wonder - it can happen but its safe.

Well it's not infected, and I know it for sure. So it may be just a false warning of your antyvirus.

yeah, i know it now, so i posted the second comment, that its all safe.
some antivbiruses are going with warnings like that anyway, so just leaving it here if anyone would have same problem 8')

really excited for Your project, looks very detailed and i feel lot of heart putting into it.
keep going! and wish You the best <:

thank you <3

Ok, so I started it up and um well for some reason the text isn't in English. Is it might be like that? Or should try downloading it again?

There's a button in the top left on the main menu to change the language.

Oh, ok. Thanks. :)

I'm stuck on the Cypher, i'm putting in the right answer but it's not accepting my answer.

You can skip the mini-game, just in case ^^
Or just try to re-check all spaces and commas, and other symbols!

Does capitalization matter?

Try lower case!

How does one skip the minigame? I'm having the same issue as AFriendlyHunter.

I fixed the issue. You have to restart the game to clear out your previous attempts at solving it.

This is gonna be good! I will have to check it out on my windows machine however as it seems my mac won't run it, oh well no worries here.

Found a work around! i had to run the exec under contents>Mac os>The Crown Of Leaves. i suppose the shortcut was just broken possibly.

just finished playing the demo and i gotta say, i really loved it, just as good as i thought it would be, and i cant wait for the full game!

I knew it was going to be good, but it still blew me away. There's so much attention to detail with the art and the lore, and it's interactive which is so cool. Plus the characters are adorable! I will definitely have to get the full version when it is available. Thank you guys for the free demo, I can't wait to see more! <3

After playing through this demo, I'll definitely be buying your game when it comes out. The English voiceacting is lovely, the music is absolutely fantastic, and the aesthetic is a beautiful mix of gloomy and endearing. The characters radiate emotion and liveliness whereas some other visual novels fail to capture it. I encountered only one hiccup which appears to me to be a glitch of some sort. After entering the incorrect answer to the cypher, the correct answer will not work until you restart the game. But aside from that, that was an absolutely lovely experience. I look forward to seeing more of your game!

You've got my support on Patreon!

Besides the great art, I really like how you designed the HUD. The buttons are just slightly outside the screen, making you pay more attention to the details of the entire set, and helps with the imeersion
It's very minor, but it would help if the options button were a little bit bigger, or at least touched the screen when the cursor hovered over them like the other two. Instead now I go to the edge of the screen, and the button move out of it so I have having to redirect the cursor again over the options to enter it.

Also I found a bug. As soon as I got out of the house, I decided to take a break and saved and closed the game. When I came back and loaded the save, there were two backgrounds on the screen, one that stayed still, and one with the options that moved up and down. And there is also the foreground grass that moved with the mouse too, and its impossible to click on anything

Thank you very much for you comment! Glad you like the game and lore <3

And yes, we found that bug too, will fix it.

you're goddamn right i'm gonna fiddle with this demo.

i seem to be lost in cyrillic @_@

There's a button in the top left on the main menu to change the language.

in that case i'm curious, is it a bug that it was displaying all text in cyrillic, but all the voiceovers were done in english or was that deliberate?

Poo! I wanted to try this, but my computer, running Windows 8, is having none of it. Windows is destroying the executable before I even get a chance to run it. I don't even get a warning, only a message that the file no longer exists if I try to run it before Windows gets around to deleting the icon. Going to have to run this one by my computer savvy friends in the morning.

Just finished the demo and I really really liked it!

Solving the mini-game was a bit hard, but great!
I shared it with most of my friends, they said they like it as weal!

The art is gorgeous, the soundtrack is great and the GUI is really nice, probably the best GUI I've seen in a game for a while!

Do you maybe have a "very unofficial date" to when the full game is supposed do be coming out? i'm too excited for it^^

Thank you! <3 So happy you like the game ^^

And yes, we hope to finish the first chapter in the late May.

Very good demo!

I noticed that there was one instance where the word 'shovel' appeared in russian instead, in middle of the english sentence, part where you go back to the greenhouse.


Also thanks so much for making this work on linux distros too!

Thank you for the comment and for the fixe ^^

Ура!

Awesome job, I can wait to see how this turns out.

Instead of praising your awesome art, great voice actor, and magical ui design (oops I did it anyway :P) I thought I would provide some constructive criticism and mention some issues I noticed as I played.

I put it all in a google doc instead of pasting it here. Its over a page long and I have a screen shot of a bug I encountered on it. I figured it would be more digestible and less obtrusive on a google doc.

Heres the link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/.....it?usp=sharing

Hope it helps ^ _ ^

Oh my, thank you so much! It's very helpful!

I will have my eyes on this! It came recommended, and honestly, looking at your art, I'm curious! Best of luck with this project!

Наверное очепятка. Но я думаю вы еще будете проверять все потом так что не суть.
http://ipic.su/img/img7/fs/TheCrown.....1490810802.png

И с нетерпением ждем финальной версии. Ибо уже сейчас выглядит вкусно))

Nice, this is exactly what I came here to say (other than to praise the heck out of the demo)! No one else had mentioned the reversed letters. I almost didn't catch it myself because of the nature of the cipher and the way the mind makes quick sense of these kind of minor errors. but it does theoretically break the minigame.

Thank you for your comment and criticism! It will help us to improve the game in the future!

This was truly beautiful! I'm in love with the world and the characters already. It was a really calming and yet mildly creepy environment to explore. Cozy, but adventure lurks around the corner. The UI, art and level design, characters, sound and music, all flowed beautifully together! I've played similar games and none were nearly so beautiful to look at. The little animations such as butterflies in the field and the humorous dialog options that could be easy to miss all add so much depth! I laughed at the girls in the water. and I am in love with Vander now. :P Thank you for this demo and best of luck with your Patreon! I will share with friends!

Thank you so-so much!

Glad your game is doing well. I wish you all the best of luck with the final product~

Thank you very much! We still hope to work with you on the future!

Is the game gonna be available on steam ? :)

Yes, when finished.

Great, thanks !

Once i got into typing the answer for the mini-game it seems that I can't find a way to skip it? Since I also can't manage to solve it for some reason.
And like others have mentioned before, it would help to have the answers be a bit more free, seeing that as long as one understands the idea of the cypher, it should be fine.
Other than that, beautiful work so far! I love everything about it, from the music to the little details in the visuals and characters!
Stoked to get my hands on the real deal when it's out!

Hello, you game is so charming and cool, I dont know if you already have someone for the spanish translation of the game, but if that is not the case, I'm willing to offer my help.
Cheers!