Echo

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.

```

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.

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

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

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 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?

I don't know what to say but I love this game and will love it for the rest of my life. So I will try my best to help your team by get as many people I can to play the game and sport your as well. Thank you so much for making this game.(sorry of the wall of text)

Finished Flynn's route

Wow this route is horny, missed this kinda content after not seeing it till Leo and a bit of Carl's route. Flynn has always been a character I wanted to learn more about though out the novel and I'm so happy I ended it with this one. We learn who Flynn really is in this route and how he really feels about everything, making TJ's route so much more sad. Although this route might have ended in the most confusing way this has got to be tired with TJ's for the best route easily.

SPOILERS

ADASTRA MENTION WOOOOOO!!!! Fucking love Daxton for this and only this reason, I thought it was goanna be a one off thing but they really made it feel like Adastra WAS an old TV show. Also the perspective change I did NOT see coming holy shit that was cool, also seeing OLDER SYDNEY??? The fact this route only has one ending even after ALL the chooses you are given is a little annoying but forgive because while we are close to the end, the bad ending music starts playing EVEN THOUGH we aren't done that was so fucking cool. And after we end, we get the choice to look into the future where we see "Arches" that place!
Lot's of SEX happened so I like that :3 but this route made me re-think the WHOLE GAME.

Flynn's route: 10/10 might be better then TJ's and a great way to end off this amazing story 

Well…that was sad as fuck. Guess I shouldn't have expected a happy ending but…damn.

Waiting for the Dub Version to replay all over again this amazing VN.

This game hits really hard... Second visual novel I play and I think I shouldn't have but I don't regret it, like Adastra this game really changed my way of seeing things and probably fucked me up in other things, thank you Echo Project for making the best visual novels

Echo is the second VN I play after Adastra and is the game that sent me into FVN rabbit hole. I finish this game about a month ago now and it's still on my mind; what a wonderfully written world and character we got here and apparently this game has been in development since 2019 finished in 2021, what and old game. It's a real shame most people will never get to read this becasue of how niche it is but I doubt it will ever be forgotten by the community anyday soon either.

Without spoiler what I say about the game is that it's set out to do what it's want really well. This is a horror game and it's been a while I feel scare going to a bathroom when the light is turn off especially when you play past midnight, You might also learn something about trama love and red flag. At first I was only going to play TJ and Leo route when the brance come up because who have time to play every route right? but then I finish TJ and feel bad for Flynn so I play him next and oh boy, before even half way through I said to my self "Oh no, I'm going to have  to play every route now isn't it." Each route is different and that is not what I expected at all and in each you learn more and more about echo and your friend, a part out of corner in one route but will smack you in the face this route with different context and perpective. My order is TJ>Flynn>Jenna>Carl>Leo I heard you're not suppose to play TJ first from some comment later but you know it happen and I think you should still play whatever character you care about most when that brance come since you will actully care about what happening to chase and that character. And after the first two I'm glad I play Jenna and got happy ending lol.

I think TJ is the best route because TJ is the best boi. Leo, Flynn, Jenna and Carl follow. Not that Carl route is badly written but I connect with him the least despite understand him since his route go to place a bit far from many other main character but I get why this happen. Also having one not very useful side character is not help while in other route the side character is all wonderful. One day I'll be back to play TJ route again and maybe more if I feel like it. The only reget I have is a habit of mine to read too fast sometime and go through a scene before I can feel all the emotion. If you're about to play this game take your time, stop between the line and listen to music and reflect on what you are feeling. There won't be many game with story like this and trust me you don't want to hurry along to the finish line and I can't forget to mention the music, it's simple beautiful and add to overall feeling and tone when you finish this game and come back to listen to a song it's just cathartic.

I do believed the best story is the one that can evoke feeling of love Joy and sorrow at the same time. And that for me make this one of the great game that I ever got a chance of experiencing.

Finished Jenna's route

I really wanted to like this one more, dont get me wrong this is EASILY one of the Top 3 routes (haven't finished Flynn yet tho) but i just never felt like we spend that much time with Jenna. At least not by herself, its here and there sure but with all the other route we often spend more time with the character of said route, so in the end I never really got any sort of feelings for her in anyway. Now with that being  said, everything else about route is some of the best in this novel. The most I have cried easily is this one just cuz of how many kinda of emotions im feeling all at ones, and this novel has done thing i have NEVER seen in any other VN. Sadly, the ending felt a little rushed (both good and especially bad)  which is upsetting cuz it really felt it was going somewhere and then it kinda jut stops.

SPOILERS

HOLY SHIT THAT MOVING SHADOW OF OURSELF IS NOT OK! I have never seen this in ANY other FVN and as soon as it started fucking walking, my eyes were full of tears. Not to mention the return of fucking BRIAN prob one of the scariest characters ever, just the thought of him makes me want to cry.  Everything to do with Leo and Brian in this route was top tier and made me cry so many times over, plus all the route 65 stuff was so JUICEY. I didn't exactly get the whole HUM thing to well, but I might just be stupid, i understood it for the most part but I wish they went a little more in depth, tho that might happen on a different route. Also the BODY WE DIG UP!? OMG that was good, the dream of us knowing where the body was as well was really good.

Jenna's route: 9.5/10 so close to 10/10 but there is just something that I dont like as much about it