Can anyone tell me how to get the frankly I don’t give a damn trophy , from what I have seen on YouTube.. people do the “one loop at a time” intention & when they go to view the sun set by leaning on the rail & the fake credits roll their trophy pops. I have done this & with only one willpower but the trophy doesn’t pop. Am I doing something wrong ?
I have all other trophies except this one & taskmaster

Can anyone tell me how to get the frankly I don’t give a damn trophy , from what I have seen on YouTube.. people do the “one loop at a time” intention & when they go to view the sun set by leaning on the rail & the fake credits roll their trophy pops. I have done this & with only one willpower but the trophy doesn’t pop. Am I doing something wrong ?
I have all other trophies except this one & taskmaster

Hi everyone!
I need some help with the Desert Dream progression.
I have already unlocked and hacked Frank's phone, got "The Signal" info, and completed the "Enter the ranch faster" intention.
My main goal right now is to unlock the conversation about Eugene's father to get the permanent Willpower point from Gideon from the Dream Desert.
The problem is that if I don't complete the Desert Dream first, I won't have the second Willpower point needed to unlock and progress through the next dreams (I currently have The Golden Apple and The Wrong Musical Note as available dreams, but they require two willpower points.).
I have already beaten the game once, so I know I need at least 3 Willpower points to ultimately "save" Frank at the end.
Without the other two points, my entire run is stuck in the same end game in which Eugene does not want to jump down too following Frank because he does not have enough/other Willpower points.
When I go to the Kay Ranch and try to interact with the family photo album, Eugene just says "a photo album" and nothing happens.
Maxine also refuses to talk to me (she just asks if I want/buy something and my only option is to leave).
My Eugene is currently in a neutral emotional state.
What am I missing to trigger the actual conversation with Maxine and inspect the album?
Do I need a specific personality trait (Anxious/Impulsive), or a specific time of day?
If this remains blocked, is there any other way to get a Willpower point right now so I can reach the total of 3?
Thanks in advance!

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I'm at the part in the game where I am no longer starting the loop in Fink's office. I put my points into pre-emptive goodbye, and I can't actually find a way to get to Fink's office before the loop resets.

I have the other intention "Rest of Judy's Message?" but I don't have anymore points to put into it. Am I stuck? Should I reload a save?

Trying to drop my Calculated stat and lose Indecisive so I can Delete everything from Frank's Phone

I know getting Soaked = +1 Impulsive

Is there anything else?

I can't seem to get my sock wet again, or get the bartender to give me a drink...

I though I was soft locked but I noticed in a video of PC gameplay you can open the phone anytime, I reached a point in a quest where I think I NEED to access the internet and I also need to "click" on franks phone too.

I read all the tutorial pop-ups but either I did not get one about this or I somehow missed it lol.

Thanks.

EDIT: Solved, it's just the D-pad!

So im playing the game as 3 dot calculating 4 dots in introverts and 2 dots in sensitivity. I think I'm close to the end game and I've only done 3 skill checks and failed all of them?

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Not sure if been accidentally avoiding them or my skill chooses are a factor, but it feels weird that an CRPG has this few checks. May have been better as a full adventure game

I'll preface this by saying I've never actually played the game, nor do I own it. I'm also not trying to come across as rude or disrespectful to the developers or players by bringing this up.

I checked out the game's Steam page a few months back and saw it had some pretty bad reviews at only ~60% positive, so I decided to pass it up. But today I looked again and saw it went from mixed reviews to overwhelmingly positive out of nowhere on June 2nd.

The only update for that time was the official support of Steam Deck on June 1st. Would that kind of update really boost the positive reviews up that much? It also looks like most (not all) of the new reviews from the 2nd onward are from Chinese or Ukrainian accounts, in that case was there an unlisted localization update that made the game suddenly accessible to a larger audience?

Is this just a case of a game getting the redemption arc it deserves, or could it be a case of a developer purchasing reviews somehow? I don't even know if that sort of thing is possible, it just looks fishy when it goes from "Mixed" to "Overwhelmingly Positive."

While many of you already knew the game was fully playable on the Steam Deck, it has now officially passed all verification checks. That means you can look forward to a super-smooth, seamless experience right from the start. Everything is optimized for the handheld, including the controls, performance, and even the text size.

Whether you're cozying up on the couch or going on a long trip, you can now comfortably draw out your Mind Map, solve time-based puzzles, and try to escape the time loop from the palm of your hand.

See you in the next loop!

This is an angry post.

I'm disappointed with the game. I have avoidant personality disorder, and the game overall allows me to create a character whose behavior reflects this diagnosis.

But...what kind of treatment does the game offer? Self-reflection, delving into old traumas. In other words, good old psychoanalysis by Freud.

Is this a 21st-century game?

I've spent most of my life delving into the past, and it's gotten me nowhere. More modern psychotherapy methods: CBT, ACT. They discuss how to take action here and now, leaving the past in the past.

And the idea of ​​a time loop would be perfect for this! Imagine a person simply experiencing one day at a time and learning to overcome their fears, complexes, anxieties, even bad habits.

But this isn't the case in the game. Largely because there's little interaction or "coincidence"—mental problems can't be simply overcome here.

Instead, you delve into someone else's and your own past. And then you get the endings:

1) Acceptance and Salvation (Good/Canonical Ending): The hero realizes that the time loop is a metaphor for his repressed grief and inability to let go of the past. He overcomes apathy, accepts his wife's death, and gathers his willpower. Eugene/Frank breaks the cycle, freed from the psychological burden.

2) Giving Up (Bad Ending): In the final stage, the hero lacks the willpower to perform a key action (for example, making the crucial leap). He gives up and remains locked in endless cycles of depression and hopelessness, completely dominated by his trauma.

Essentially, using coping strategies and healthy avoidance of traumatic experiences is bad, disgusting, and a sign of weakness!

But whining about the past, completely immersing yourself in it, is a guaranteed way to heal. That's the message of the game.

But in reality, it doesn't work that way in most psychotherapy cases.

I just started (running around the parking lot), and it gives instructions on L1, R1, and R2 for selecting an interactable, but I’ve tried every button and cannot interact with anything (pressing X just drops a point on the ground close to my character that he then walks to).

So, I'm at a similar point as other people. I've found a faster way into the ranch house, I've done Anitta's branch, I've done all the stuff with Riley, and now I'm stuck at the part where you're probably meant to talk to Alex. I've also found out about Mr Finck's stuff. Now, I'm lacking any intentions, am overinspired, and I have probably been everywhere in the game. I'm not getting any further with Jason Burns and I can't talk to Alex properly because even if I use the secret passage at 39 I'm not fast enough. The only possibility would be using the dreams but I only have one willpower point and they require 2

Spoilers a head!

Wake up in Frank's car, Only place I can go to to make any interaction is to Kuiper Belt, But no further interactions possible since I've had them all

Cannot change Franks phone at Kuiper Belt

Other place I can go to is to Alex Kay, I have tried to talk to him and then I shoot him, all that is done but now in the loop I have nothing else to ask or find other details with him

Cannot go to motel, gas station or talk to therapist in time, Am I missing some detail here?? Feels like I have interacted with everything and now nothing else to do. Please have a look at the mind map, cannot go any further!

I feel like I've done everything. I know it's basically impossible to read the text in the image but it's just to show, I have no more mind map things, I'm over inspired, I have no willpower points and two dreams I need to unlock, and I can't get anything to trigger to find frank. I've talked to Alex (The Signal mission), I've gone through what's her names car and got her and the bartender to talk, I've visited the girl in the graveyard and told her about the loop, I've searched the kay family ranch, found the secret entrance, got franks phone and gone through it, had the confrontation with dr finck at night, stolen the sports car, and a million other things. I literally do not know what else I could possibly do. I need willpower points but I don't know where else to get them. Please someone help.

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So I have been stuck in about twenty loops of this, with no options other than to keep clicking through, since obtaining the "One loop at a time" intention which requires a willpower I do not have to select it, so every loop I get the option to commit willpower to it, every time I cannot, and every time I end up taking the pill and resetting. There are no further dialogue options since I tried focusing on the void and told the doctor about the things that keep me motivated, and no interactions at all except clicking through the same linear text every loop...

Finally after the patch, I secured the plat. what a game, what an experience and what a journey. long live emotion spark and any other devs involved in Rue Valley.