Tutorial for KPMegu port

Hello, This is Sugiyama.

I was supposed to release a simple tutorial on how to control the MEGUs and edit the furniture. I apologize for the delay.

The command sheet is as follows:

On Default Mode
1- Right click: call half of the megus to the mouse position walking.
2- Double right click: call half of the megus to the mouse position running.
3- Left click: call the other half of the megus to the mouse position walking.
4- Double left click: call the other half of megus to the mouse position running.
5- Mouse wheel button holding: Pet mode (like the app).

Edit Mode:

1- Right click: select (holds) furniture.
2- Right click again: release furniture.
3- Backspace: rotate furniture.

The edit mode has layers to better displace the furniture. This is a new feature that was not present on KPM original, making it easier to set up the stuff the way you want.

1- page up: move one layer up.
2- page down: move one layer down.
3- Home: send to front
4- End: send to back
5- Delete: delete furniture

Also, the game doesn't have the furniture limit restriction as the app, so feel free to decorate the way you want.

Creating a friend and sharing with others:

To share your megu to others, go to gamedata/friends, copy the file player.megu and rename it the way you want (please keep the original player.megu where it is). Then give this file to your friend and leave it on the same directory (gamedata/friends). It will show on the invite friends list.

A little about myself and the Kawaii Pet Megu Port project

Hello, this is the Developer team speaking.

I think I should talk a little about myself and the project as a whole, so maybe I can gain some trust from you users and establish a good relationship with you.

First of all, Nobuo Sugiyama is a fictional character which represents the "megu team", so he is the front man for all announcements and stuff. When I have something personal (like this post and the disclaimer) will be written clearly on the introduction. This project is fan-made not related to GREE INC or Feymann INC. Any inquiries should be send to this blog or the e-mail sugiyama.megu@gmail.com . Don't e-mail the original developer please.

About myself,  Like you guys ,I loved kawaii pet megu and was deeply sad when it GREE decided to shut down KPM.  I'm currently a PhD Foreign Researcher on an university in Japan with some programming skills and (a lot of ) free time. My megu (was an ALF called Bolino) travelled with me from my mother country to Japan and made company to me ever since.

Since the game shut down, I've been wondering if I should start a project remaking the game from scratch. On the past three months I decided to do it just for practicing my programming skills (I have an interest in game development but I've never made a game fully). The project grew and it became the Kawaii Pet Megu Port Project.

The "Development team" is composed of myself and (occasionally) my girlfriend, doing some drawings on her free time. As you can see, the "development team" is VERY small, so I ask you to have patience with debugging, updates and replying e-mails.

I apologize for the shady link and installer I used to distribute. That was the first free file host that I found and it actually caused a really bad impression. The installer was not as I expected (no desktop icon pretty much killed it), I will probably distribute as a .ZIP next time. Either way, does anyone knows a good place to host the executable? at least something less shady...

 About virus and stuff, unless you are downloading from another source other than the one available on this blog, I can guarantee that it is not a virus nor contain one. Fortunately I'm not smart enough to program a virus (and I don't even want to).

Regarding the several bugs related to dlls and stuff, I apologize, since this is my first project which the program I made goes directly to 3rd party users, so probably a lot of stuff may slip. Nevertheless, I want to keep contact with the users, I will gladly read all those e-mails. Also I'm in Japan so my timezone is weird, so again it may take some time to reply.

best regards (and sorry for the terrible release  >.>)

Bug Reports

Hello, this is Sugiyama.

I've heard from the comments that a lot of bugs were found (some of them completely crashing the game). I'm sorry for all of this >.> . I will try to fix it as soon as possible.

In order to help me debugging the game, I will ask everybody who is trying to use it to report all the bugs on this post or through my e-mail (sugiyama.megu@gmail.com). I will try to answer as soon as possible.


CURRENTLY KNOWN ISSUES

- Bug on mouse interface, pet function not working
-Menus too big for the screen
- Some furnitures are missing

Download Link

Hello

This is Sugiyama from Kawaii Pet Megu Port Project.

LATEST UPDATE 08/07/2014
- Included mini version (Megu 2.0 mini.exe)
- Included BGM/SFX off menu (on settings)

Install guide (new)
- Uninstall the old version on windows programs manager. should be named Megu Port 2.0
- Unzip the new .zip file in a directory not on program files (available on this post)
- If msvcp120.dll error appears, install vcredist_86.exe located on the same game folder (or download the visual studio 2013 redistributable on microsoft website).
- copy the shortcut to your desktop or somewhere else you may find.

obs: When installing the new version, please overwrite all files on the directory or uninstall the previous version before. If any visual bug persists, either try reinstall the assets directory or contact if it does not work.

New link options for download:

Google drive
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByGgWjEwdcObT1poM3J5bXNzM1k/edit?usp=sharing (the google drive will complain about not being able to virus scan, ignore this message)

Mediafire
https://www.mediafire.com/?y6yyiu5kcq3k893

Videos!

Hello

This is Sugiyama from Kawaii Pet Megu port to PC.

I need to fix one section (invite friends) and then I will do the first release, hopefully by the end of the next week. For now enjoy the videos :)

Project Development Progress/Suggestions

On this post I will write my development progress, including what is already included, what is not included yet, what I'm planning to include and what I won't include.

LAST UPDATE: 06/22/14

DONE

- Basic Megu engine (Moving, states, petting, etc)

- Add sounds

- Load Objects

- Food serving

- Change Megu

- Change House

- Furniture positioning (static furniture only)

- Save own megu
- Texts

- Save house layout

- Autoload house
- Autosave house. (every X minutes)
- Invite a friend megu system
- Mute Music button
- Small screen version

HIGH PRIORITY
- Add shiny versions

- Add food as furniture

ON FREE TIME

- New animations

- Furniture animation

LOW PRIORITY

- Interface redesign/redraw (current one is not good enough) ONGOING

- mac version (need help on this)

- Random phrases

- House visiting system (file based, not server based)

UNDER EVALUATION

- Twitter connection

- Adventure mode

- Stats management (timed events such as hunger, bath and dirt sweeping)

- Megu Evolution patterns (linked to stats management)

NOT IMPLEMENTING

- Ball toss mini-game

- Walk mini-game

- mobile app version (I would love to but this may turn into issues with GREE INC.)
- web based system, like the app version.

Any suggestion please feel free to post. I will gladly read all of those.

Screenshots

Hello

This is Sugiyama from KPM Port project. Some screenshots of the development so far. I'm working on fixing the Furniture Editing at this moment.

DISCLAIMER

All images, sounds, etc are copyrights to Feynmann Inc./Gree Inc. All rights reserved. These were extracted from the mobiles' apps. No reverse engineering on the apps were made, and all implementation was constructed from zero from by own observation.

This program is a "doujin software" done entirely from a fan to fans without any financial gain, or even intent. I (the developer of this project) will refuse ANY kind of funding/or donations, as I want to avoid any copyright problems with Gree Inc. If required by them, I may have to take out the application.

I will request that all users use this application with care, respecting the rules mentioned above.

Welcome post

Hello

This is Nobuo Sugiyama from Kawaii Pet Megu Project.
This year, Gree decided to shut down KPM. A lot of people (including me) were really sad, and still missed our lovely friends and partners MEGUs.
After a lot of thinking, I decided to put some effort to bring back KPM, and make everyone happy again. As so, I started a project to port the original KPM to a PC version. This blog is about this project, and I will make available both the program plus the source code (if requested), I think.
Please, read the disclaimer before anything.

best regards
Nobuo Sugiyama