I've just finished Leo's route with Kudzu and I have to say, this game is beautiful, so tragic, yet so beautiful. The story is so deep and mysterious, and the bounds you can form with the characters go so deep. Truly a masterpiece. A once in a lifetime experience... no matter how long I keep playing this game, or for how long I stop thinking about it after I finish all routes, I wanna remember these stories forever.
You might not see it all with just one go, on the first route that I played, tj, things weren't NEARLY as crazy and scary as Leos route,but that doesn't mean tjs route wasn't good, it really was. Leo's route was definitely more impactful and fucked up
Also I haven't played all routes yet, only tjs and Leo's so there's definitely more fucked up and very possibly worse things. Leo's was enough to fuck me up and make me cry a bunch of times already
For anyone who hasn't noticed it yet, click on the lake in the title!!!!! It shows you all the story parts you've gone through already, and click on the things at the bottom of the lake too, they're interactable and lead to different things, the one on the right leads to the different days of the game and the different days where your choice where different, and it looks like there's some unique stories on chase's section, so yeah, make sure to go see these secrets!
Don't read this if you haven't played yet bc spoilers.
okay, im on Tuesday, I think? In that scene where the groups on Sydneys old house and talking to the red panda- when something got my attention. Im calling it right now: Tj is possessed by Sydneys ghost. Chase said himself it was impossible that Sydney would've mentioned on the birdhouse letter about how chase was scared of the woods because chase saw the hanging fox years after Sydney died. And the red panda mentioned how someone tried breaking in the house a few days before- you see where im going. Tj broke into the house, planted the letter in the shoe box and left. At first I wouldn't necessarily think it was Tj, but with how he knew EXACTLY where the box was without even entering the house, im like nah, he HAS to have something to do with it, not to mention the fact that its been 10 years and the new owner would've found it by now. I think the personality changes going on with tj and his obsession over finishing the hunt is because he's being influenced somehow. Like by Sydneys ghost or something
So, the town manipulates people into doing horrible things, like Sydney trying to kill tj and chase being made go through with killing Flynn, so that the responsible ones can keep those horrible secrets to themselves and that feeds it I guess? I think it probably has to do with the quartz or whatever, like the coyote said. It absorbers the bad things that happen and maybe somehow that energy created the entity that manipulates people? She also said that sometimes, when the conditions are right, the quartz releases back into the town the horrible memories of what happened, like the fox hanging himself. Just... wow. That last part where chase killed Flynn and now hes together with tj saying how he wonders if they're gonna forget all this happened again, just like with Sydney... makes me think the town also does this, this effect of making people forget, so the secrets can remain buried.
This has been a wild ride, for sure... I loved it, but also hated it- I know that chase being angry and so possessive over tj had to do with the town messing him up, but fuck, that shit hit me like a slap to the face, that scene where tj runs away...
There's a bug on the Android version on Carl's route when he says he's happy that Chase is there because the House is haunted. This happens when you try to backlog during the transition. But I only got it to happen once. The Markdown is below;
```
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While running game code:
File "renpy/common/00gamemenu.rpy", line 173, in <module>
File "game/readback.rpy", line 265, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 265, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 285, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 288, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 291, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 292, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 299, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 302, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 308, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 309, in execute
Exception: Cannot display None as text.
-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------
Full traceback:
File "00gamemenu.rpyc", line 173, in script
File "renpy/ast.py", line 928, in execute
File "renpy/python.py", line 2245, in py_exec_bytecode
File "renpy/common/00gamemenu.rpy", line 173, in <module>
File "renpy/ui.py", line 298, in interact
File "renpy/display\core.py", line 3325, in interact
File "renpy/display\core.py", line 3737, in interact_core
File "renpy/display\core.py", line 568, in visit_all
File "renpy/display\core.py", line 568, in visit_all
File "renpy/display\core.py", line 568, in visit_all
File "renpy/display\core.py", line 568, in visit_all
File "renpy/display\core.py", line 568, in visit_all
File "renpy/display\screen.py", line 436, in visit_all
File "renpy/display\core.py", line 3737, in <lambda>
File "renpy/display\screen.py", line 447, in per_interact
File "renpy/display\screen.py", line 637, in update
Ok I'm finished and whoa I think my mind exploded. I came here to see what the fuss was about but the lore just sucked me in. It grabbed me by the nutsies and I'm in right now. I loved it. Flynn reminded me of a guy I know and I love him idc bruh this is good shit. This is THE good shit.
Playing one route is enough to rip your heart out, so naturally I did all of them, now I'm sitting here after finishing all of what's currently out of the Echo universe, eagerly awaiting the next amazing, twisted thing the team makes.
This game and series in general is a masterpiece, the best way I could describe it is that it's a beautiful tragedy. The game makes you care for the cast and wants the best for them, even though you're digging through all their flaws and baggage you still want them all to heal and escape this horrible scenario.
One of my favourite games, and pieces of fiction in general.
10/10, Can Recommend even if you're not gay or a furry, but those things do help the understand some subtext and a better grasp on some of the themes, especially relating to gay co-dependency and small town homophobia.
Do not take the games warning lightly, this game will chew you up, spit you out, laugh and F*** whats left into oblivion.
If you have ever experienced night terrors, sleep paralysis, suffered hellscape nightmares, and or hallucinated (or maybe not hallucinated...) unspeakable horrors in your teen years; play this game during the day with a friend.
Even so I am glad I played this game, I am glad it went to the places of our existence no one wants to admit exist and would rather pretend dont.
In Carl's route after chase almost drowned he never wore his cloths after he woke up so he was naked for like half the game and no one questioned it ??
Actually I thought about this exactly but he went back to the car with carl and then drove him home so im sure he put his clothes back on inbetween that
I don't think so , raven didn't question why chase was naked when he came back to the house also chase never mentioned getting his cloths before going to the car and if he did get them he followed carl in the Crawlspace with no time to put back his Cloths
I just finished the game with Flynn's route and I am so impressed with just how impactful this game has been to me. I will be thinking about these characters for the rest of my life. Thank you to the writers and everyone who worked on this game. You made a unique work of art that blew me away. When I write my own book, this will be the story I come back to for inspiration. Thank you.
i know you've got thoughts about putting TSR on Steam once development finishes, ever think about putting Echo on Steam? The biggest hurdle would probably just be setting up the storepage and ponying up the 100 bucks to upload.
Also, reporting on a typo, line 673 of Saturday reads 'unawares' instead of 'unaware'. though I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you're not updating a finished VN after 2 years because of one singular typo
Im a little sad with how Carl's route ended because him and chase seemed happy together, and yet at the same time I cant be upset. Beautiful piece of art this novel is, i'm so glad I finally decided to read it. Really made me feel warm and fuzzy inside after this first ending, and hearing the menu music while typing this out is just so out of this world. I feel like i'm on clouds watching a horizon.
im trying to download this but it keeps telling me "file wasnt available on site" i tried downloading on a different browser and on my phone but it still wont work does anyone know why its like this ?
Ive been wakeing up every morning and crying for the past week because i had a dream about echo (and I dint Remeber any if it either witch makes it worse) , this game was so good i just hope a little bit of thearapy will help lol
Looking at the apptime in my setting i can see that ive been reading echo for longer then ive slept in the past few days. This is the best vn i've ever played, I sobbed, I cheered, I jumped, and much more. I love every single charecter, but now that the stories over I'm sad :,(. But I'm moving on to arches in the hopes that il see a few cast members again! Thank you Soo much to the wonderful people who made this game because it made me appreciate the freinds I have and the memories I've made that much more!
Whoever wrote the turtoure scene chase has to endure during Leo's route needs one of two things: a promotion for writing the most engaging, realistic, terrifying and psychotic scene ever. Or, they need some therapy
Accidentally posted an unmarked spoiler and my friends went "What the FUCK happens in this game? I thought it was just a gay furry romance visual novel" and then they got into it themselves
I think this Furry VN is so good that it can compete and be talked about outside of the furry community. Arguably the most impactful and best-written FVN of all time. Thank you for making this piece of art for free :)
played this (along with adastra) because patricia taxxon mentioned it, and by god is this one of my favorite pieces of writing i've ever read. each route has so much going on and so much to love about them!!! its one of the few things that i've experienced where there are barely any low points, its all peak front to back. such a good game.
I cried over leos route sm.. to cope i had to read a fanfic of him getting an actual happy ending, my heart really aches if i get reminded of leo for some reason 😭😭 still a 10/10 tho i love leo sm yall i can change him 😭😭😭
Finished Leo's route, cool story. I'm going to uninstall this game now and have regrets of ever playing this for the rest of my life. Great plot, mental disorders, PTSD inducing, what more could you ask for?
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I've just finished Leo's route with Kudzu and I have to say, this game is beautiful, so tragic, yet so beautiful. The story is so deep and mysterious, and the bounds you can form with the characters go so deep. Truly a masterpiece. A once in a lifetime experience... no matter how long I keep playing this game, or for how long I stop thinking about it after I finish all routes, I wanna remember these stories forever.
Dude are you ok lol. Is it really that powerful
No im not ok and yes it is
You might not see it all with just one go, on the first route that I played, tj, things weren't NEARLY as crazy and scary as Leos route,but that doesn't mean tjs route wasn't good, it really was. Leo's route was definitely more impactful and fucked up
Also I haven't played all routes yet, only tjs and Leo's so there's definitely more fucked up and very possibly worse things. Leo's was enough to fuck me up and make me cry a bunch of times already
But trust me, all the emotional trauma this game gave me was worth it in the end
your comments are the realist thing ever oml. Like i feel as if you expressed my exact thoughts and emotions about this game(obsession)
also have you played arches yet? its so damn good
Same, this game changed my life and the way i see life, specially Leo route, it just hits.
I wish I could post the screen shot I took here so that you reading this could get even a glimpse of how fucked up the situation im in right now is
Oh my god no. Stop it stop it stop it. I dont want to see what happens next
Im actually so fucking scared etf is that otter thing man
IM ACTUALLY CRYING WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT OHMYGOD
I came here for a silly furry horrir gamw not to have my soul fucking raped and drugged over and over again
Help
I haven't been so emotionally shaken and bound to a game since the first story game I played and oh my god im goinf insane
Im on Leo's route and what the fuck this game is crazy
Update: what the fuck this is too much for me to handle man
For anyone who hasn't noticed it yet, click on the lake in the title!!!!! It shows you all the story parts you've gone through already, and click on the things at the bottom of the lake too, they're interactable and lead to different things, the one on the right leads to the different days of the game and the different days where your choice where different, and it looks like there's some unique stories on chase's section, so yeah, make sure to go see these secrets!
hey why cant i play the chase side story? it keeps showing me this:
```
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
Executing ATL code at game/SideStoryPlugin.rpy:229
File "game/SideStory-Date.rpy", line 10, in script call
File "game/SideStoryPlugin.rpy", line 234, in script
File "game/SideStoryPlugin.rpy", line 234, in <module>
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for /: 'float' and 'Partial'
-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------
Full traceback:
File "game/SideStory-Date.rpy", line 10, in script call
File "game/SideStoryPlugin.rpy", line 234, in script
File "renpy/ast.py", line 1131, in execute
File "renpy/python.py", line 1062, in py_exec_bytecode
File "game/SideStoryPlugin.rpy", line 234, in <module>
File "renpy/exports.py", line 1537, in pause
File "renpy/ui.py", line 299, in interact
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3423, in interact
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3958, in interact_core
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 2645, in draw_screen
File "render.pyx", line 495, in renpy.display.render.render_screen
File "render.pyx", line 266, in renpy.display.render.render
File "renpy/display/layout.py", line 884, in render
File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 266, in renpy.display.render.render
File "renpy/display/layout.py", line 884, in render
File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 266, in renpy.display.render.render
File "renpy/display/layout.py", line 884, in render
File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 266, in renpy.display.render.render
File "renpy/display/transform.py", line 747, in render
File "accelerator.pyx", line 148, in renpy.display.accelerator.transform_render
File "renpy/display/transform.py", line 926, in update_state
File "renpy/atl.py", line 598, in execute
File "renpy/atl.py", line 849, in execute
File "renpy/atl.py", line 1226, in execute
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for /: 'float' and 'Partial'
```
Don't read this if you haven't played yet bc spoilers.
okay, im on Tuesday, I think? In that scene where the groups on Sydneys old house and talking to the red panda- when something got my attention. Im calling it right now: Tj is possessed by Sydneys ghost. Chase said himself it was impossible that Sydney would've mentioned on the birdhouse letter about how chase was scared of the woods because chase saw the hanging fox years after Sydney died. And the red panda mentioned how someone tried breaking in the house a few days before- you see where im going. Tj broke into the house, planted the letter in the shoe box and left. At first I wouldn't necessarily think it was Tj, but with how he knew EXACTLY where the box was without even entering the house, im like nah, he HAS to have something to do with it, not to mention the fact that its been 10 years and the new owner would've found it by now. I think the personality changes going on with tj and his obsession over finishing the hunt is because he's being influenced somehow. Like by Sydneys ghost or something
Update: what the fuck
Sydney deserved what chase did to him though.
Okay now I get how this is a horro game
So, the town manipulates people into doing horrible things, like Sydney trying to kill tj and chase being made go through with killing Flynn, so that the responsible ones can keep those horrible secrets to themselves and that feeds it I guess? I think it probably has to do with the quartz or whatever, like the coyote said. It absorbers the bad things that happen and maybe somehow that energy created the entity that manipulates people? She also said that sometimes, when the conditions are right, the quartz releases back into the town the horrible memories of what happened, like the fox hanging himself. Just... wow. That last part where chase killed Flynn and now hes together with tj saying how he wonders if they're gonna forget all this happened again, just like with Sydney... makes me think the town also does this, this effect of making people forget, so the secrets can remain buried.
This has been a wild ride, for sure... I loved it, but also hated it- I know that chase being angry and so possessive over tj had to do with the town messing him up, but fuck, that shit hit me like a slap to the face, that scene where tj runs away...
was NOT expecting it to be this heavy
There's a bug on the Android version on Carl's route when he says he's happy that Chase is there because the House is haunted. This happens when you try to backlog during the transition. But I only got it to happen once. The Markdown is below;
```
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While running game code:
File "renpy/common/00gamemenu.rpy", line 173, in <module>
File "game/readback.rpy", line 265, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 265, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 285, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 288, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 291, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 292, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 299, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 302, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 308, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 309, in execute
Exception: Cannot display None as text.
-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------
Full traceback:
File "00gamemenu.rpyc", line 173, in script
File "renpy/ast.py", line 928, in execute
File "renpy/python.py", line 2245, in py_exec_bytecode
File "renpy/common/00gamemenu.rpy", line 173, in <module>
File "renpy/ui.py", line 298, in interact
File "renpy/display\core.py", line 3325, in interact
File "renpy/display\core.py", line 3737, in interact_core
File "renpy/display\core.py", line 568, in visit_all
File "renpy/display\core.py", line 568, in visit_all
File "renpy/display\core.py", line 568, in visit_all
File "renpy/display\core.py", line 568, in visit_all
File "renpy/display\core.py", line 568, in visit_all
File "renpy/display\screen.py", line 436, in visit_all
File "renpy/display\core.py", line 3737, in <lambda>
File "renpy/display\screen.py", line 447, in per_interact
File "renpy/display\screen.py", line 637, in update
File "game/readback.rpy", line 265, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 265, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 285, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 288, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 291, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 292, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 299, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 302, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 308, in execute
File "game/readback.rpy", line 309, in execute
File "renpy/text\text.py", line 1556, in __init__
Exception: Cannot display None as text.
```
Ok I'm finished and whoa I think my mind exploded. I came here to see what the fuss was about but the lore just sucked me in. It grabbed me by the nutsies and I'm in right now. I loved it. Flynn reminded me of a guy I know and I love him idc bruh this is good shit. This is THE good shit.
Playing one route is enough to rip your heart out, so naturally I did all of them, now I'm sitting here after finishing all of what's currently out of the Echo universe, eagerly awaiting the next amazing, twisted thing the team makes.
This game and series in general is a masterpiece, the best way I could describe it is that it's a beautiful tragedy. The game makes you care for the cast and wants the best for them, even though you're digging through all their flaws and baggage you still want them all to heal and escape this horrible scenario.
One of my favourite games, and pieces of fiction in general.
10/10, Can Recommend even if you're not gay or a furry, but those things do help the understand some subtext and a better grasp on some of the themes, especially relating to gay co-dependency and small town homophobia.
This one is done right???
yes
wish Leo wasnt done so dirty, poor wolfman just cant catch a break. Nurse get me a hypo of otter love stat! this wolf mans dying!!!
It's the old tradition of "not everyone who's hot will be a good person" and I loved it. Showed me to fall for the sexy ones.
Naw he really was a goodboy who got messed up by small town hate, loneliness, a meddling jealous female fox, & Echo itself.
Do not take the games warning lightly, this game will chew you up, spit you out, laugh and F*** whats left into oblivion.
If you have ever experienced night terrors, sleep paralysis, suffered hellscape nightmares, and or hallucinated (or maybe not hallucinated...) unspeakable horrors in your teen years; play this game during the day with a friend.
Even so I am glad I played this game, I am glad it went to the places of our existence no one wants to admit exist and would rather pretend dont.
Why is it impossible to find this game on Itch.io when I search for it? Why do I have to use Google to even know it exists?
In Carl's route after chase almost drowned he never wore his cloths after he woke up so he was naked for like half the game and no one questioned it ??
Actually I thought about this exactly but he went back to the car with carl and then drove him home so im sure he put his clothes back on inbetween that
I don't think so , raven didn't question why chase was naked when he came back to the house also chase never mentioned getting his cloths before going to the car and if he did get them he followed carl in the Crawlspace with no time to put back his Cloths
I think the writers just forget about it
Maybe it was all part of the Hysteria?
I just finished the game with Flynn's route and I am so impressed with just how impactful this game has been to me. I will be thinking about these characters for the rest of my life. Thank you to the writers and everyone who worked on this game. You made a unique work of art that blew me away. When I write my own book, this will be the story I come back to for inspiration. Thank you.
i know you've got thoughts about putting TSR on Steam once development finishes, ever think about putting Echo on Steam? The biggest hurdle would probably just be setting up the storepage and ponying up the 100 bucks to upload.
Also, reporting on a typo, line 673 of Saturday reads 'unawares' instead of 'unaware'. though I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you're not updating a finished VN after 2 years because of one singular typo
(Minor Spoiler)
Im a little sad with how Carl's route ended because him and chase seemed happy together, and yet at the same time I cant be upset. Beautiful piece of art this novel is, i'm so glad I finally decided to read it. Really made me feel warm and fuzzy inside after this first ending, and hearing the menu music while typing this out is just so out of this world. I feel like i'm on clouds watching a horizon.
Thank you Echo Project for a wonderful story <3
could we get a confirmation on Duke's last name?
and Mr. Bronson''s first name?
I think Duke is a descendant of Cliff Tibbits, so last name is probably Tibbits too, BUT I am not sure if it's confirmed
that's why I'm asking for confirmation, is a 50/50 guess if Cliff is Duke's paternal or maternal grandfather
im trying to download this but it keeps telling me "file wasnt available on site" i tried downloading on a different browser and on my phone but it still wont work does anyone know why its like this ?
Just downloaded, but since route 65 is a thing, which should be played first?
Echo first.
Ive been wakeing up every morning and crying for the past week because i had a dream about echo (and I dint Remeber any if it either witch makes it worse) , this game was so good i just hope a little bit of thearapy will help lol
Looking at the apptime in my setting i can see that ive been reading echo for longer then ive slept in the past few days. This is the best vn i've ever played, I sobbed, I cheered, I jumped, and much more. I love every single charecter, but now that the stories over I'm sad :,(. But I'm moving on to arches in the hopes that il see a few cast members again! Thank you Soo much to the wonderful people who made this game because it made me appreciate the freinds I have and the memories I've made that much more!
SPOILERS
Whoever wrote the turtoure scene chase has to endure during Leo's route needs one of two things: a promotion for writing the most engaging, realistic, terrifying and psychotic scene ever. Or, they need some therapy
Well shit guess im in for a ride then. (Haven't gotten to that scene yet.)
Honestly i would unsee it if i could, everything else was... managable in the book, but that seen... i get chills thinking about i
I didn't think this game would get to me like it did. The writing is so good, but now I need a hug lol
🫂
Accidentally posted an unmarked spoiler and my friends went "What the FUCK happens in this game? I thought it was just a gay furry romance visual novel" and then they got into it themselves
I just finished Flynn's route (now I've done all but Jenna's) and DAMN, I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT AT ALL!
Flynn, I will never forget what you sacrificed.
Someone hold me before I start crying again
I think this Furry VN is so good that it can compete and be talked about outside of the furry community. Arguably the most impactful and best-written FVN of all time. Thank you for making this piece of art for free :)
Chase Hunter: agreeable INTP with developed Ne and Si
Tobias Jedidiah “TJ” Hess: ISFP
Flynn Moore: ENTJ with developed Ni and Se
Jenna Begay: ENTJ with developed Se
Leonardo “Leo” Alvarez: disagreeable ESFJ with developed Si
Carl Hendricks: ENFP with developed Fi
Sydney “Syd” Bronson: disagreeable ENFJ
Julian: INFP
Daxton: ENFP
Micha: disagreeable ESFP
Kudzu Téngwàn: INTP
Raven: ENFP
Janice Adler: agreeable ISTJ
Clint: ENTP
Duke: INTJ with developed Te
Brian Dubois: disagreeable ESFP
Mayor Moore: ESTJ with developed Si
Jeremy Begay: ESTP
Heather: ENFP with developed Fi
played this (along with adastra) because patricia taxxon mentioned it, and by god is this one of my favorite pieces of writing i've ever read. each route has so much going on and so much to love about them!!! its one of the few things that i've experienced where there are barely any low points, its all peak front to back. such a good game.
I cried over leos route sm.. to cope i had to read a fanfic of him getting an actual happy ending, my heart really aches if i get reminded of leo for some reason 😭😭 still a 10/10 tho i love leo sm yall i can change him 😭😭😭
He's perfect the way he is tho?
i got the game like 3 days ago, finished tj's route and just now i finished leo's.
jesus christ, i don't know what else to write but i'm just shocked.
Finished Leo's route, cool story. I'm going to uninstall this game now and have regrets of ever playing this for the rest of my life. Great plot, mental disorders, PTSD inducing, what more could you ask for?