hiya! Whenever I try to play the web version it says “error occurred: unexpected keyword: ‘import’” so I'm wondering if this is able to be fixed or I just need to play a different version
I have a great idea that might add to the game more. What if we had a option to choose an accessory for your cats? It would be a tab underneath the "personal" tab. Just if you wanted to add more story to your characters. You could also change an accessory if you wanted a different accessory or didn't want one anyway. (This also is a chance to add more of the accessories to the game) :)
I don't believe that is planned or is going to be an aspect of the game, unfortunately! We on the team do want ClanGen to be more of a generator that a doll dress up game, so as for now the only way your cats will be able to get accessories will be by gaining them randomly in moon events <3
For the new update, how do I transfer my old clan files? It doesn’t update them automatically for me and even when I moved them to the “saves” item, nothing has been listed.
The web version is currently being updated! That problem is known about and attempting to be fixed by those working on the web version though, don't worry! :)
I would love it if we could change the cat colors in expanded mode in a future update! I really want some more customization that isn't entirely randomized! This game makes clan making so fun!
As far as I know (I'm not a dev), the devs have gone on to say this is not something that's planned. People on the discord have, however, modded cat creators, and you should go there to browse them and learn how to edit your files.
i don't know how to open the game on chromebook, i've tried downloading it but i'm not sure how to take it from a download file in my folder to a working, running game. can anybody help?
download the zip and use extract all go into files and go into the extracted file and scroll till you find something called clangen its an application, open that and your done
On classic mode cats who go into shock seem to just, stay in shock? And it always displays as "been sick for 1 moon" even if they have been in shock for 6 and on expanded mode they heal after 1 time skip so I think it s bug
I do not play on mac, but you would have to go into the code by clicking the directory button in the bottom left in the settings screen. You then just have to locate the linked files, pull them into a file editor, and rename each instance of the clan name and rename the files themselves to match.
Can someone help me on how to download this? im on an ipad and have never really downloaded any game from this website. I have the files downloaded but idk how to activate the game
Hello, im using the online version and it seems to appear that i am stuck on a black screen? I was using it yesterday night and it seemed to be working just fine! Could you pls help?
This happens with new tabs of the Github clangen. If you have a mac, or whatever this is available on, I recommend downloading it. Otherwise it will have to be updated to fix. (Im not a developer, this just happens to me and clangen friends)
Similar to this, but i believe we have spoken about not wanting to add any mental ailments to clangen, just out of respect and not wanting to misinterpret or display them in a wrong light. We also do want to keep ClanGen pretty open to the player's creativity, so rigid traits like this likely aren't going to be a thing :) Clangen also isn't open to suggestions at the moment so please keep that in mind, thank you.
Whenever I leave the game and close my files, then go to start it up again, it says: "Error, python38.dll cannot be found" I have to extract all the files and then start it up for it to work, why does this happen? Its annoying!!!
it says error loading python dll the specified modile could not be found it was working the first time ive tried both win 64 and win 32 zips ill try the online version see if that works
Hey! How do I Update the game, would I just re-download it from this website? Does it automatically transfer the data? I’m not sure about what people mean when they talk about “newer” versions, If they mean current updates or the big one when a lot of the interactive parts were added. Sometimes I’m not sure I have the most recent version? How would I be able to see that? Hahah sorry if none of this makes sense!
The dev version is hosted on the github linked above! Dev stands for "in development", as it is for testing possible features for the future and fixing bugs (as such, it is very buggy at times)
The development team recommends just sticking to this public itch.io version since it is much more stable than the dev version.
As of this recent update from a few days ago, we can now update the game automatically rather than redownloading the file every time (which we used to do)
hello hello! On the website version of clan Gen, usually when you refresh all your data and progresss is deleted. This has been a common issue with other website players as well and I’d like to address it ! I love this game very much and it made me a little sad when all of my progress was deleted. Thank you💗
This is a common problem with the web version, which is currently being worked on by Blackfur. The web version takes a lot of time and patience to work on and because of this, it does have some problems like this, which Blackfur is aware of. The itch version is suggested to use over the web version, if you can :)
there was a way to run the development version using an android app, but it was highly buggy, crashed very often, and, from what i've heard, no longer works at all since fullscreen mode was added. please make sure you fact-check your claims in the future to avoid spreading misinformation :)
Random passing idea I've had for a few days, but i think it would be cool if we had a city area for one of the BGs, doesn't need to happen i just thought it would be neat
we never commit to updates at particular times, or any order of updates. this is because our team is 100% volunteers - we don't want to cause undue pressure by forcing deadlines. we essentially work on what we want, when we want, though we do try to aim for monthly releases. sorry this wasn't the answer you were hoping for!
The online version has stopped working for me, I have tried on both phone and laptop, the phone using data, and the laptop using wifi. It keeps getting stuck on a blue screen, and I am unable to play. I also cannot download the game, as it just comes up with a lot of files, such as 'sprites, etc.' I deleted those, as they were taking up some space in my laptop. I just want to draw my cats and watch my clan TnT
Do you mean an Acer cromebook (I think that’s the one without a windows or Linux system etc right?) I have a regular Acer Laptop with windows and can download the windows version just fine :)
I can't seem to get the download to work, I enjoy the online one but I want to try the download my comepeter is a elitebook 8470p any idea how I can get it
Hi Btw i adore clan gen! anyway I thought that a good feature might be not to allow cats to give newborn kits tasks it doesn't quite add up. Just a Suggestion!
Late comment I suppose, but if you are still having trouble im here to help. Click on whichever one you need to download for your device, and go to finder and go to applications. Open the download once ready, and it should open in your downloads finder. Double click on it, then it will tell you to move applications. Click and hold on the clan gen logo, then drag it to your applications folder wherever. Then once thats done drag it to your app folder thingy / where your backround is. Hope this helps.
Aa whenever I try to download the new update it just stays at 0/100 and when I close the application and try to open it again it shows a black screen :(
when I downloaded the game it wouldn't allow me to open it, I'm just wondering if its my computer or if I'm using the wrong download, my computer is an Avita and the downloads I chose were the 64 and 32 I tried them both out to see if I chose the wrong one the firs time
does anyone know how to transfer saves into new updates? i always have trouble with that (i use the Windows64 downloads idk if that's important to add)
Hi! I have a question, would it be possible to add the letter ä,ö,ü and ß to the game? I´m from germany and many of super cool names for cats include those letters, for example, lion is Löwe in german. So yeah it would be great to have them in game. Tysm for reading this, love your game <3
For those of you who want to play on Chromebooks out there, but doesn't like the web version, I'll just share some things that helped me run the game on Chromebook.
Have Linux on your chromebook enabled! This is required, as Linux holds some really powerful tools that you will need in order to actually play this game!
Install things like pygame with Linux! Go to the Github page for clangen, and find what is required to run it! A big one is Pygame! Make sure your Pygame, Python and whatever else Clangen requires to run is downloaded and up to date. If you don't know how to download things on Linux on your chromebook, go look it up, I'm not Google, you can do it yourself. The internet will also give you instructions on how to download these things too. It is also recommended to use something to run Clangen too, like IDLE. I think Thonny can probably run it too, idk.
Use the Github version of Clangen! More specifically, go to the branch with the latest officially release version on Itch.io. This version uses a .py file instead of a .exe file. .exe files cannot be run on Chromebooks, but .py can, with the help of Linux!
To run the .py file, use the command python3 main.py (which is the name of the file).
I dunno what else to put here, but if anyone else also runs clangen on Chromebooks with Linux, you can add some more stuff to my comment here. Also, I'm not a professional coder hackerman or anything like that. I just did all of this coding stuff to run clangen, lol. So uh... yeah.
Also, apparently the Linux versions can work too, but I haven't figured out how to get the Linux version running, oops-
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hiya! Whenever I try to play the web version it says “error occurred: unexpected keyword: ‘import’” so I'm wondering if this is able to be fixed or I just need to play a different version
how do i fix this error
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipM_So4Tzjr8DJ7SqBX-CKCYtRTwhHW1OJFCjTqj
The link leads to a 404 error ^^
I have a great idea that might add to the game more. What if we had a option to choose an accessory for your cats? It would be a tab underneath the "personal" tab. Just if you wanted to add more story to your characters. You could also change an accessory if you wanted a different accessory or didn't want one anyway. (This also is a chance to add more of the accessories to the game) :)
I don't believe that is planned or is going to be an aspect of the game, unfortunately! We on the team do want ClanGen to be more of a generator that a doll dress up game, so as for now the only way your cats will be able to get accessories will be by gaining them randomly in moon events <3
I was playing clangen, then it said one of my cats were expecting kits. I realized that cat was a male. Males can't have kits?
It might be a bug
Do you have the settings that allows Same-sex cats to have kit?
no
Might be a bug but I would go ask the discord server
i think your cat went trans without you noticing!
This completely slipped my mind! But wouldn't the cat still be unable to have kits?
For the new update, how do I transfer my old clan files? It doesn’t update them automatically for me and even when I moved them to the “saves” item, nothing has been listed.
ive been using the online vers but now its just a black screen when i open it, how do i get it to work?
The web version is currently being updated! That problem is known about and attempting to be fixed by those working on the web version though, don't worry! :)
its the same for me
I would love it if we could change the cat colors in expanded mode in a future update! I really want some more customization that isn't entirely randomized! This game makes clan making so fun!
As far as I know (I'm not a dev), the devs have gone on to say this is not something that's planned. People on the discord have, however, modded cat creators, and you should go there to browse them and learn how to edit your files.
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Never mind i got it to work THIS LOOKS SO FUNNNN
Could you maybe make it work on Python DLL I really wanna play but I can't
i don't know how to open the game on chromebook, i've tried downloading it but i'm not sure how to take it from a download file in my folder to a working, running game. can anybody help?
download the zip and use extract all go into files and go into the extracted file and scroll till you find something called clangen its an application, open that and your done
if you get any other problems read the stuff over the downloads as I prolly dont know how to fix it or explain it
On classic mode cats who go into shock seem to just, stay in shock? And it always displays as "been sick for 1 moon" even if they have been in shock for 6 and on expanded mode they heal after 1 time skip so I think it s bug
Is there a way to edit my clan name? (on Mac)
I do not play on mac, but you would have to go into the code by clicking the directory button in the bottom left in the settings screen. You then just have to locate the linked files, pull them into a file editor, and rename each instance of the clan name and rename the files themselves to match.
Can someone help me on how to download this? im on an ipad and have never really downloaded any game from this website. I have the files downloaded but idk how to activate the game
Its says on there that it is not available on mobile.
is it ever gonna be released on mobile?
That is not currently planned, no
Hello, im using the online version and it seems to appear that i am stuck on a black screen? I was using it yesterday night and it seemed to be working just fine! Could you pls help?
This happens with new tabs of the Github clangen. If you have a mac, or whatever this is available on, I recommend downloading it. Otherwise it will have to be updated to fix. (Im not a developer, this just happens to me and clangen friends)
Hehe, about that. I’m on my ipad gen 9
Similar to this, but i believe we have spoken about not wanting to add any mental ailments to clangen, just out of respect and not wanting to misinterpret or display them in a wrong light. We also do want to keep ClanGen pretty open to the player's creativity, so rigid traits like this likely aren't going to be a thing :) Clangen also isn't open to suggestions at the moment so please keep that in mind, thank you.
Whenever I leave the game and close my files, then go to start it up again, it says: "Error, python38.dll cannot be found" I have to extract all the files and then start it up for it to work, why does this happen? Its annoying!!!
:c
it wont let me make a path? everytime I do make one, it says "a fatal error has occurred! Help please!
it says error loading python dll the specified modile could not be found it was working the first time ive tried both win 64 and win 32 zips ill try the online version see if that works
Hey! How do I Update the game, would I just re-download it from this website? Does it automatically transfer the data? I’m not sure about what people mean when they talk about “newer” versions, If they mean current updates or the big one when a lot of the interactive parts were added. Sometimes I’m not sure I have the most recent version? How would I be able to see that? Hahah sorry if none of this makes sense!
I’m having the same issue, I tried to re-download the game but seemingly nothing changed.
it seems like your talking about the dev version
what’s the dev version? (What does Dev stand for?)
The dev version is hosted on the github linked above! Dev stands for "in development", as it is for testing possible features for the future and fixing bugs (as such, it is very buggy at times)
The development team recommends just sticking to this public itch.io version since it is much more stable than the dev version.
As of this recent update from a few days ago, we can now update the game automatically rather than redownloading the file every time (which we used to do)
hello hello! On the website version of clan Gen, usually when you refresh all your data and progresss is deleted. This has been a common issue with other website players as well and I’d like to address it ! I love this game very much and it made me a little sad when all of my progress was deleted. Thank you💗
This is a common problem with the web version, which is currently being worked on by Blackfur. The web version takes a lot of time and patience to work on and because of this, it does have some problems like this, which Blackfur is aware of. The itch version is suggested to use over the web version, if you can :)
sadly I do not have a computer :( but I will be excited once it is fixed! Thank you so much
Yep! It was actually just spoken about today in a contributor meeting :)
this is.. partially true, but mostly false
there was a way to run the development version using an android app, but it was highly buggy, crashed very often, and, from what i've heard, no longer works at all since fullscreen mode was added. please make sure you fact-check your claims in the future to avoid spreading misinformation :)
If anyone needs help downloading Clangen (dev or released) or mods on Windows, dm me on Discord or comment under here. (1st comment got kinda buried)
Discord: ✧ Caiden#5543
Random passing idea I've had for a few days, but i think it would be cool if we had a city area for one of the BGs, doesn't need to happen i just thought it would be neat
Hey there! great game i think it would be a good idea to add a roadmap! or maybe a release date on the updates!
we never commit to updates at particular times, or any order of updates. this is because our team is 100% volunteers - we don't want to cause undue pressure by forcing deadlines. we essentially work on what we want, when we want, though we do try to aim for monthly releases. sorry this wasn't the answer you were hoping for!
I totally understand, game creating is hard and i don't want anyone to feel under pressure. Thank you for answering!
hey!
The online version has stopped working for me, I have tried on both phone and laptop, the phone using data, and the laptop using wifi. It keeps getting stuck on a blue screen, and I am unable to play. I also cannot download the game, as it just comes up with a lot of files, such as 'sprites, etc.' I deleted those, as they were taking up some space in my laptop. I just want to draw my cats and watch my clan TnT
you'll need to redownload and this time keep the files! they are needed to run the game
Does anyone know if there is a way to play on an Acer laptop?
Do you mean an Acer cromebook (I think that’s the one without a windows or Linux system etc right?) I have a regular Acer Laptop with windows and can download the windows version just fine :)
I can't seem to get the download to work, I enjoy the online one but I want to try the download my comepeter is a elitebook 8470p any idea how I can get it
Hi Btw i adore clan gen! anyway I thought that a good feature might be not to allow cats to give newborn kits tasks it doesn't quite add up. Just a Suggestion!
hey Im new to itch.Io but I dont exactly know how to download it
Instructions can be found under "How Do I Download This" :)
Late comment I suppose, but if you are still having trouble im here to help. Click on whichever one you need to download for your device, and go to finder and go to applications. Open the download once ready, and it should open in your downloads finder. Double click on it, then it will tell you to move applications. Click and hold on the clan gen logo, then drag it to your applications folder wherever. Then once thats done drag it to your app folder thingy / where your backround is. Hope this helps.
hello! I'm on Mac and I cannot play as it says apple cannot check it for malicious software, any tips?
Click the question mark, then "open the general pane for me", and finally click the "open anyway" option. It should hopefully work then
I’m new to itch.Io, how do I open the game?
I may be able to help if you're on Windows
I'm on Mac, and the game only worked for the first few minutes then it kicked me out. Now it doesn't wanna open anymore.
Edit: Nvm its working now
Aa whenever I try to download the new update it just stays at 0/100 and when I close the application and try to open it again it shows a black screen :(
How do you switch to the newer version? I'm on Mac and downloaded this, but it still takes me to the old version. Please help?
The clangen tumblr page made a tutorial that might help with that! You can find it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ejcmQgrb1S3RPkg-uE74jEWumV-S3lbsLYOlAZiG8Uo/edit
Gah thank you! It's working now!
when I downloaded the game it wouldn't allow me to open it, I'm just wondering if its my computer or if I'm using the wrong download, my computer is an Avita and the downloads I chose were the 64 and 32 I tried them both out to see if I chose the wrong one the firs time
you can try the web version.
does anyone know how to transfer saves into new updates? i always have trouble with that (i use the Windows64 downloads idk if that's important to add)
edit: nvm i figured it out :P
Could you tell me how or where you found out how to do it because I also struggle with that?
well for this newest update there is an option in game to look at the save files so i just moved my old saves into there and boom it worked.
So in settings there is a button on the bottom left and opening that should take you to that place
i hope that helps whhwh
Hi! I have a question, would it be possible to add the letter ä,ö,ü and ß to the game? I´m from germany and many of super cool names for cats include those letters, for example, lion is Löwe in german. So yeah it would be great to have them in game. Tysm for reading this, love your game <3
there's definitely some translations for the game in the works!
will it show a cat's belly getting bigger when they are pregnant?
Probably not! But it is a good idea, so it could be added! But, you never know
is there a way to move files from one version to another on MacBooks?
The clangen tumblr page made a tutorial that might help with that! You can find it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ejcmQgrb1S3RPkg-uE74jEWumV-S3lbsLYOlAZiG8Uo/edit
Thanks!
For those of you who want to play on Chromebooks out there, but doesn't like the web version, I'll just share some things that helped me run the game on Chromebook.
I dunno what else to put here, but if anyone else also runs clangen on Chromebooks with Linux, you can add some more stuff to my comment here. Also, I'm not a professional coder hackerman or anything like that. I just did all of this coding stuff to run clangen, lol. So uh... yeah.
Also, apparently the Linux versions can work too, but I haven't figured out how to get the Linux version running, oops-
heres a simple Linux guide for Chromebook peeps I made:
ENABLE LINUX!!
Download whatever Linux version works on your chromebook. look it up I aint no google.
Go to the .zip and right click, hit extract all. Move the new 'Clangen' folder to your general downloads.
exit and right click said folder, hit 'open in terminal' and once the files load, type (case sensitive) ./Clangen.
it should be up and running! if problems, ask in the discord.