How to Fix the Future | Chapter 2, Part Two
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
ABOUT GAME
You take on the role of a young man who is living an ordinary life. He works at a retail store and spends most of his nights playing video games to escape his monotonous reality. Life did not bless him, nor was it fair to him, but that all changed the moment people around the globe start receiving mysterious game disks. And when two agents from the future show up, he suddenly becomes involved in matters and stakes that are much bigger than he could ever hope to imagine… but one thing is certain, it will be the greatest adventure of his life.
Discover the secrets of time itself. Meet new friends as you make way through your circumstances and make the best of choices given to you. As those choices will alter the flow of time…
This is a story-driven sci-fi adventure novel. The events of which will take place both in present time and the near future.
FEATURES
The current version of the game is Chapter 2, Part Two (v0.3.1) and it includes:
- 4565 Full-HD renders.
- 115 Full-HD animations.
- 3 cinematic.
- 83 music tracks.
- 96 sound effects.
- 17 lewd scenes.
- A lot of fetishes. All of them are optional. You form your preferences by yourself.
- Unlockable special renders. To unlock all of them, try playing different paths.
- Scene replay gallery for all sex scenes and special renders gallery.
- Different paths and branches for both story and love interests.
- Many small, non-important choices that make your playthrough more fun and interesting.
- A lot of comedy, drama and sci-fi.
Donations are highly appreciated. They help me finance the game development.
If you have any questions, feel free to dm me on Discord. And don't forget to rate the game and leave a review. It helps me a lot. Thank you.
Enjoy!
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Development log
- Development update #11924 days ago
- Development update #108 and a previewJan 14, 2024
- Development update #105 and poll results on players preferencesDec 19, 2023
- How to Fix the Future: Chapter 2, Part Two (v0.3.1) is now available for $10!Oct 18, 2023
- How to Fix the Future: Chapter 2, Part Two (v0.3.1) is now available for $15!Oct 14, 2023
- How to Fix the Future: Chapter 2, Part Two (v0.3.1) is now available for $20!Oct 12, 2023
- How to Fix the Future: Chapter 2, Part Two (v0.3.1) is OUT and available for $...Oct 11, 2023
- Public Preview | Chapter 2 and a 35% off sale!Sep 13, 2023
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Ive just started the game and im liking it quite alot, i do have a suggestion/concern, i like how you introduce certain aspects in the game with a choice, and remove or keep content in the playthrough based on the player choice, eg. Trans content, but it feels quite black and white. I wish there was more of a neutral grey area. For example the shower scene where you see the first trans person, you have the option to stay, walk away or run away, if you choose to stay, the game keeps Trans content, but immediately makes your mindset like your attracted, and if you choose to leave it removes the content. But there's no option to just, for the examples purpose, just stay and shower, keeping the Trans content, but not immediately making the presumption that your character is stimulated by it. Again, I just started playing, so I have no idea how that choice affects things in the future, but I just felt that situation forced you to either be attracted or completely uninterested/perturbed by it. Affecting what could be alot of future possible content by a silly little choice. I don't know if it makes sense to anyone, but it's just an opinion, if I walked into a public shower that I thought to be a men's shower and found what I believed to be a woman inside, I might be taken aback for a second thinking I picked the wrong shower, but after realizing my friend probably wouldn't have misdirected me, I'd assume co-ed showers, at which I'd just walk in and start showering, maybe even give a casual wave, head nod or "hi" if our eyes met, regardless of if they were female/male/Trans.etc , but the game kind of pigeon holes you into being a peeping Tom, or makes you run away and forcibly removes content.
Just think it would feel more natural to have a neutral grey area choice, keeping the Trans content, but not forcing my libido lol. Let my emotions be swayed by thier character, not what they are packing so to say lol.
Anyways, just an early game observation, game looks great, keep it up :)
Really enjoyed playing the demo, story seems engaging and the characters are really interesting.
A question, you seem to be trying to approach the relationship dynamics carefully and thoughtfully in this story. So I was wondering if the dominant path can be played as a respectful dominant? I.E someone who is closer to how healthy people (In dominant roles) in the BDSM community are supposed to behave.
By which I mean someone who does respect the idea of, limits, after care and insuring the sub is healthy and happy after a scene? It is something I have noticed that most AVN's completely skip over which tends to make their BDSM scenes look a very unhealthy, and it is why I automatically put Octavia (despite some of the things she said) as a bad potentially abusive dom because she only appears to really care about herself in her relationship dynamics. Her sex games are about enforcing her will, and her status, not about mutual satisfaction.
If not obviously its your game, but I thought I would ask, since the character writing seems to lean more towards three dimensional realism than just porn fantasy.
Thank you.
It depends. I'm trying to keep a balance here. Keeping a more real approach to the characters, their relationships and lewd scenes. But it's not always possible, to be honest. But you won't see characters treating each other as shit, that's for sure. Octavia's femdom side is a different story, but even here you will notice some changes and progress along the game.
In short, there's a place for different dom stuff both male and female. But most of the time their dynamics will be healthy.
Thank you for your reply. I very much appreciate it, and I get what you mean about keeping a balance.
Obviously not critiquing other people's tastes, but what you have said reassures me as for me personally its a big turn off to pick a more dom path with a love interest only for the MC to treat someone like shit. Unless they are meant to be on a 'evil route' naturally as then it makes sense. I would have probably bought and continued to follow your game anyway, as I think your story is fun, I would just have stuck more rigidly to vanilla routes.
Octavia is an interesting character and well written, character flaws and all, and I look forward to seeing how she develops.
Thanks again, and wishing you the best for the continued production of this story.
Привет эта игра ещё платная или снова сделали бесплатной?
Will purchases of Chapter 2 include future releases of that chapter?
Yes. And all the ones after that.
do you want to translate your game into other languages?
I might translate it into the most popular languages when it'll be finished. For now, it's only English. I don't want to use machine translation, and good translators are pricey.
oh it’s a shame, I don’t know English well and I played the previous version where there was a translation, I really liked the game, but it looks like I won’t be playing the new versions soon. But good luck with your development.
Hi. I can help you with a more or less high-quality translation into russian lang and I can take something for work, and it's not money. What do you think about it?
i could maybe help with a french translation. the game is cool, and it would be an honor to be a part of it.
Yeah, we were dreaming, obviously the developer noticed my message, but did not respond because he wants a super professional translation and not to pay anything for it. But in fact, a good translation into Russian can be obtained by running the text through Yandex.Translator and manually correcting the endings of verbs and sometimes nouns. So if the original text is error-free, then the translation will be smooth. By the way, I would advise everyone to use it, as it translates much more accurately (at least from English to Russian and back) than Google, this is not only my personal opinion, but also proved by the rulate website
I also would love to help in case you may be interested in translating into Turkish
I appreciate your desire to help, guys. I'll work on a comminuty-translating solution sometime in the future. Maybe closer to steam release. So stay tuned. Maybe join my discord server. I'll let everybody know when I have something.
so is mega the only way to download after purchasing chapter 2? mega keeps saying I've exceeded the limit and to wait then it wont ever let me finish download. is there another way to get the download link without using mega?
Yes, mega is the only download server I have.
Try again, I raised my personal transfer quota for users downloading my files.
thanks . i was able to get around it with a VPN . already finished the chapter. great work. ill def buy your next installment for whatever u need.
To successfully download larger files from MEGA, all you need is to create a free account, install their desktop app, then use that to download files (A small dropdown arrow next to [Download] on the MEGA page, then choose to [Download with desktop app], or copy the URL, open the desktop app, click the three dots/[Show options], choose [Open links], paste URL). It won't increase the transfer limit, but the desktop app is a download manager, meaning that as soon as your waiting period is over, it resumes and finishes the download without any further interaction from the user
In my experience, MEGA (desktop app) is the most reliable filesharing service, never losing any files, or causing me to ever restart a file download from the beginning, unlike all the other filesharing services I have tested.
Can anyone or Dev know if there is or will be NTR content in this game? I'm posting because it's something I want to know because I don't want to start a game that will later have NTR or any kind of thing
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Quick question, I have How_To_Fix_The_Future-0.2.5-pc and How_To_Fix_The_Future-0.3.1-pc. Do I need to install both or just the more recent? If both, do I just extract the second and overwrite the 1st? Sorry, first time playing a game like this so just a bit confued.
Each update is a complete version of the game. Meaning, you don't need previous version to play it. It includes all of them. Just download the latest archive, unzip it and play. Don't extract into the same folder, There may be some conflicts and issues.
Thank you! *edit, came back to say that the game is amazing. Well written, interesting characters. So enjoyable. Thank you for this!
Is Walkthrough (Chapter 2) planned or in the works?
I plan to update it when I finish chapter 2.
Hey, any predictions on when the new update will be available for those who paid $5? The schedule said it would be on October 23rd.
Yes, I forgot to edit release post, sorry.
If you bought it for $5, you need to join my discord, drop me a message with your email used for itch, and I'll give you access to download the new update. The minimum price on itch is $10 now.
Thank you.
I've bought and played a few of these graphic novel adult games, and unfortunately there seems to be a common stylistic choice of writing out the main character's internal dialogue. This is unfortunate because it breaks immersion by putting someone else's thoughts in the mind of the player rather than allowing the player to put their own thoughts into the main character.
What I mean is, by giving the main character internal dialogue, you break immersion for the player because the player doesn't always think like what you've written. An example would be in the first scene, when the main character is having a conversation with the woman at the counter, he thinks something along the lines of: 'I bet daddy pays for all of her stuff'. It didn't really align with the opinion, I, as the player was forming about the woman in the scene, or fit with my own personality. When making a game like this, you want the player to immerse themselves into the main character. By not giving the main character an internal dialogue that could conflict with the personality of the player, you allow the player to form their own thoughts and opinions on the story and characters instead of telling the player what to think.
absolutely agree. The best VN authors include less telling and more showing and reduce the amount of unnecessary monologue; additional, the best grant views from all angles with less constant face-to-face interactions. Telling a story is as much an art form as the delivery of gorgeous scenes. Too much monologue is a crutch and a clear sign the creator(s) is/are lacking the storytelling capabilities.
Note: this VN has great aspects of the better VNs, and snipping out some of the monologue and relying on scene construction and dialogue to tell the story would greatly benefit a quite good project.
This is honestly a really shit take. By your standards, the MC also shouldn't have any dialogue, because it isn't what you would have said. It's clear you have a fundamental misunderstanding of how writing a character works, so in the hopes of helping you understand, YOU are not the MC. The MC is a character the author has created, and the internal dialogue exists to help you understand and immerse yourself in the character, not transform the character into you.
Let me give you a very basic example of why it's important. Let's say there's a situation where the MC and a female character are on the verge of engaging in some sort of sexual activity. Maybe you as the reader would just rip off her clothes and go to town. However, the author chose to have the MC play hard to get and tease the female character a bit to push her into taking the lead but doesn't want her to know. So the author has the MC say "It's getting really late. I should probably head home." So you're sitting there like "what the fuck? Is he an idiot? She obviously wants it." Without an internal dialogue of the MC thinking about teasing her, you would have no idea why the MC said he was going to leave.
That being said, I do understand where you're coming from. You want to imagine the MC is you, but that just doesn't really work in VNs. My suggestion is wait a few more years, and through the use of AI it's likely that authors will be able to write the basic outline of a story and allow you to choose exactly what you would say or do while the AI generates responses that fall in line with the story outline the author gave it.
I think you misunderstood the intent of my comment, so I'll try to help you out.
The concept of making your MC relatable to your audience is a fundamental and basic principle of storytelling. Depending on the genre and style of your game or story the techniques that you use to accomplish this may vary.
You mentioned that by my standards the MC shouldn't have any dialogue at all. This made me chuckle because that wasn't really what I was saying, however, that very concept is actually a thing. It's called 'The Silent Protagonist'. Here's a portion of a Wikipedia page that explains the concept.
"In video games, a silent protagonist is a player character who lacks any dialogue for the entire duration of a game, with the possible exception of occasional interjections or short phrases. In some games, especially visual novels, this may extend to protagonists who have dialogue, but no voice acting like all other non-player characters. A silent protagonist may be employed to lend a sense of mystery or uncertainty of identity to the gameplay, or to help the player identify better with them."
You may take note of the last sentence in the paragraph which explains this as a technique of making the MC more relatable to the player. Off of the top of my head, Link, from the Legend of Zelda series is one of the most iconic examples I can think of.
Now that's all well and good, but you might say a completely silent protagonist doesn't really fit into this genre of game. And you would be right. It would be impossible to have this MC be completely silent. However, there are still techniques that you can use to make the MC more relatable to a wider base of players.
A great example of how this can be done in this particular genre of game is 'Karlsson's Gambit'. I would highly recommend playing that game. The way the creator achieves a relatable MC is by tastefully integrating internal dialogue with choices. When the MC is interacting with other characters, there is often a point in the interaction where you as the player decide the internal dialogue of the character via options of dialogue or thoughts. This strategy is also used by bioware for games like 'The old Republic', or 'Mass effect.' In these games, there is close to no internal dialogue of the main character and customizable external dialogue for required interactions which may affect the direction of the story.
By eliminating non necessary and oddly specific internal dialogue of the MC you make your character more appealing to a wider range of players.
I bought the game here through Itch.io, but it only appears to download version 0.2.5, how do I download version 0.3?
Did you buy it for $20? If not, you can't until it becomes available for the amount you paid. I have a release dates determined for other prices in the release post.
Ohh, so that's it! Thanks.
when will the next update come out??
Soon.
any chance you bring this to steam?
I sure will. Just not soon. I have to finish several chapters first and it may take a while.
Is there an approximate time frame for chapter 2 part 2 release? The game is great btw
Approximate timeframe - summer. I hope it won't take longer.
hey. honestly, i hate the fact that whenever im enjoying a visual novel and then suddenly theres some lesbian or gay thing that happens without my approval. its like EVERY SINGLE visual novel has to have gay characters. its so annoying, man. reminds me of when i was playing Leap Of Faith and then Kira kissed Cece. some of us are not into that shit, dude. it actually turns me off completely on the story because im forced to see it. i deleted this game but i did enjoy the rest of the story. finding good visual novels is hard these days. cause every developer seems to have the same mindset. except like 3 developers i know who kept things normal. and Cathy looks like Holly from Leap Of Faith...hot! usually i replay and speedrun a game i love but because of the reason stated above...i wont replay this one. 5/10 for me.
whatever floats your boat, beta boy. I personally hate that shit. The problem with people like you is you grew up watching too much porn. But errr whatever...play it if you want. I was just telling the developer what I don't like. and if he is clever, he will listen to his critiques.
Weird complaint tbh. As a guy, I wouldnt want gay content, but dont mind lesbian content. I dont think its THAT big of a deal though, just isnt for you. The majority are probably okay with it, so you fall into a minority bro, dont play it if you dont want. TBH, your comment just comes off as a rant for attention because you were hot and bothered more than you needed to be.
Don't judge too harshly, for some people, this is the only experience at dating they have, so when MC is not involved in a scene, they feel like they're being cheated on.
yh the developer needs to signal us. Trans gender is a no go area. Reminds me of when i was playing tales of the unending void. i thought 'Reane' was a straight, turns out she has both a dick and a VG. THE GAME TURNED FROM ENJOYABLE TO SOUR CUZ MY PRIDE WAS HURT
Just finished the demo today, I couldn't put it down! Seriously going on my top 10 games of all time, no joke the story and characters were THAT GOOD. I applaud you for putting this much effort into a game in an industry that most people scoff at and shove under the rug as being full of nothing but horrible people. While we may not be the most innocent of the bunch ;) we're still people; this game reminded me of that, so thank you. Keep up the great work!
(P.S. Cathy is so fucking hot, holy hell)
Is v0.3.0 gonna be free?
I can't say for sure right now. I might add a second chapter to the demo version after chapter 3 release, but I haven't decided yet. Even if I will, it won't happen till somewhere near winter.
So you're saying there's hope.
Awesome.
Great visuals, was really intrigued. Story going along nicely, but dragging in chloe + BJ in the portal - pretty much made "The chosen one" feel like nothing. Was hoping they would be his friends "back home" when he goes to visit or something. Was a real bummer for me.
MC isn't chosen, the second his friends also gets "chosen" its nothing special at all. - if 3 people who knew each other all completed it, that would mean millions of people could get "chosen". The madam goes from a queen to an "aunt" - why doesn't she punish Chloe when she goes all "bitchmode" on her?
As said, great concept, the characters and wording are mostly really well written - but there's holes in the story that are hard to accept.
YESSSSS!!!! when i play games that require the main character to go on some mission, i prefer to be alone without dragging anyone i know into it. ripples did the same thing by dragging Darci to go back to the past with you and that was a complete shit move. this is why i like Desert stalker. the game is a one man mission based game and thats what i prefer
How to fix the future
Spoilers you can't (Smug Emoji)
LOL in all of seriousness I am going to check this out when I have time
Great game! One of the few on here that i finished the free version and went back to purchase the update because I was impatient.
The product promises to be one of the best visually, scripted and sexual games. What is now - aesthetically pleasing, not stupid, there are characters - and each of them has a character, they are not cardboard.
I will gladly buy this game when it is completed. Will be a worthy addition to the collection.
dumb question if bought part two do i need to download one?
No. It's a full game.
Thank you. As i dont want make another post. got yes no question just got the package. Will we see another time period? just yes or no.
Yes. There will be some time traveling later.
Вопрос а есть шанс что игра снова будет бесплатнои в ближаишее и отдаленное время?
When the next chapter will be finished(3), the previous chapter(2) may be included into free demo version. So yes.
Hello. I'm enjoying the game so far, and the women are stunning—all of them, but especially Cathy, Octavia, and Olga. I totally love them!
I'm on the sub path and really enjoying it, but could the cum eating be avoided? I'm not really into it; all the other fetishes gave me the option to accept them or not, but that one specifically was forced on me. I wanted to stay on the path, so I just skipped through that part. but I'd like it if it could be avoided if it happens again.
I was really waiting for a scene with Olga, but I was disappointed because I couldn't see anything! That scene was too dark; you could've used some sort of emergency light to at least let me see the scene I was eagerly waiting for.
All in all, the game is great! It's just these two points that bothered me enough to make me come and post a comment.
Keep up the good work.
Hi. Thank you.
As for the cum eating scene, yes. I'll make it avoidable in the next update. It'll ruin the whole idea of submission to Octavia, though.
As for the Olga scene, there is actually emergency light. I wanted it to have this dark mood and lack of light, and these angles while covered by blanket is part of teasing I would say. I actually spend some time working on these renders and balanced the light, so that everything actually was visible, but barely. If it's too dark, try balancing your monitor and playing in a dark room. It looks pretty good on mine. I mean, it's dark, but not pitch dark and I can see the details. But I understand your point that you'd better see her in a full glory) You will a bit later)
Hi, thanks for the reply. I appreciate it.
I don't think avoiding that particular kink will ruin the sub path or the idea of submission. I don't know if you have ever been in a dom/sub relationship, but submission is not about being forced to do something. The sub is not under the dominant’s coercive control. They are an equal member of the power exchange. You can't label every sub as the same; just because we aren't into this or that doesn't make us any less of a sub. Take Liu for an example; she likes it rough, but if she didn't, would that make her less of a sub? After all, this kind of relationship is based on trust and respect and must be consensual. There are some boundaries that might be respected. but thanks for making it avoidable going forward
as for the dark scene. Yes, I played with some of the settings on my monitor and made it brighter so I could see it. It's just that I prefer darker tones, so the gamma was lower, making it harder to see, but after changing it, I could actually see the scene. Thanks for the heads up; it was 3 in the morning, so I hadn't thought of that.
I am eagerly waiting to see her in her full glory in the next updates.
Thanks for addressing my points and taking the time to reply. Do you have any ETA on the next update?
Yes, I have. And you're completely right. I just mean Octavia is more like a harsh dom, and it's not really a relationship. Besides, it's a game, after all. But I get you.
Approximately beginning-mid summer.
Yeah, I get your reasoning and point of view about it being a game and all; it's fine to me, and since the particular kink previously mentioned will be avoidable in the coming updates, I'm satisfied.
I'm eagerly awaiting the next update!
Cheers.
Hello! Fantastic work with the game so far! The renders are super detailed, and I'm enjoying the story.
I did run into a weird issue with PC Chapter 2, Part One (v0.3.0) where trying to quit, Alt F4, and trying to close the game while it's minimized doesn't work. I get the pop up confirming if I want to exit, but it remains stuck on the "support on Patreon" page. Eventually closing it via Task Manager did work though.
Hi. Thank you.
To exit the game, just click anywhere except the buttons.
$30 is a bit steep. I'll wait for the finished game. Itch is a pain to get a refund from if the game ends up never being completed. Sorry
It's a starting price to get a new update on a release day. Over time, the price goes down. Right now, it's available for $20.
I have a release dates determined for other prices:
Everyone decides for themselves if they can afford it, don't want to wait, or just want to support me. Otherwise, you can just wait.
Btw, it may take a few years to finish the game. So it's a long wait. Just saying)
A few years, eh? Will definitely forget about this until I get an email that says update to 1.0 (complete)
Dumb question, is it pay per update or pay the once and get all the future updates?
Stay safe and keep up the good work.
Will this game still be free on future updates/ final launch?
No. There won't be public releases starting from chapter 2. Chapter 1 will remain free, as a demo version.
However, after some time, when chapter 3 will be ready, demo version will also include chapter 2. But it may take a while.
Enjoying this so far and like the trans and maledom fetishes. Looking forward to more.
why cant i download this game at all on itch? it say cannot be download from 3 party websits?
I don't know. It works for me and everyone else. Try another browser.
what other browser do you have it on
good game, good sci-fi story. really looking forward to the next update, thank u
I download a game for free, then decide what to pay for it, so you could end up with more. Everyone should do this.
facts
what phone do y'all use??
Когда будет обновление?
How many chapters will there be? Just wanted to know if I should buy chapter 1 right now or wait. Thank you.
Don't know for sure. 5 at least.
Don't know what this guy is talking about it, but thank you for the quick response, i will get the first chap rn. Lovin it so far.
When ever I try to install v0.2.4 for Android I get an error saying that the "app not installed, install failed update incompatible, package da.fix.future signatures do not match previously installed Verizon. I tried installing v0.2.4 first and got that error. So I tried v0.2.3 with no problems and then retried v0.2.4 with the same results. Even re downloaded it. Any ideas?
Try to uninstall all versions and then install fresh new version. Tell me if it works.
Ya that worked. Thanks
Wow, fantastic game!! Gorgeous visuals, quality animations, and spicy kinks. Ignore the haters - it's so much easier to bash on someone else's work than it is to create something of their own. Besides, the VN genre is flooded conventional fetishes. It's nice to find a well-made game that offers something different.
Man, I really hope we get to kill the Dominatrix. Like throw her off her balcony or something. I just want her dead.
time for my usual question, before i buy this here do you plan on putting this game on steam at all??
Someday. But I guess not earlier than in one-two years.
Is this animated h scenes?
Yes.