Conway
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
Conway contains adult themes and explicit adult scenes, along with themes of drug use. You must be 18 years or older to play.
Step into the year 1791 as a freshly enlisted sailor aboard a merchant ship. You've cast aside your former life to chase your dream of life on the open sea.
With an abundance of free time aboard your new home, the choice of how to spend your days rests solely in your hands. Immerse yourself in the lives of your fellow crew members, delving into their motivations for joining this voyage alongside you, and discover the roles they'll play in your life as the journey continues.
Conway is a relaxed, semi-linear and (to our best efforts) historically grounded slice-of-life story. There are no epic battles, no destiny to fulfill, and no swashbuckling adventures under a Jolly Roger. Instead you'll find yourself forging friendships and intimate connections with a cast of unique characters as you sail port to port on the high seas.
So, settle in, get comfy and make sure you get your vitamin C!
Schedule:
Next supporter Update: 1st of July (Update 19)
Next public Update: 1st of August (Update 19)
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Development log
- Be aware of virus links on Itch21 days ago
- Conway Update 18 RELEASE24 days ago
- Road to Conway Update 1839 days ago
- Conway Update 17 is now available!85 days ago
- Road to Conway Update 17Mar 15, 2025
- Conway Update 16 RELEASEFeb 01, 2025
- Conway Update 15 RELEASEDec 01, 2024
- Road to Conway Update 15Nov 11, 2024
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i love Julian
Hello, I hope everything is going well with you! I wanted to come here and share my thoughts about the latest update, more specifically about Julian's part - about him in general, actually lol
I let a few updates pile up because I wanted to see how Julian's part would end up and I can say that I'm very pleased with the result
Ever since I started playing Conway back when I was still in the first build with the sprites being all little scribbled figures, I already knew that there was a lot of potential there. Eventually as the game was updated and developed I started playing again and I immediately fell in love with Julian
He is by far my favorite character of all - and by a very large margin btw. I simply love all the scenes with him and all the interactions and dialogues with him are very fun. I love that lizard soooo much it's not even funny
Now that the glowing sea session is over I can say that my feelings have only strengthened. The way his relationship with James (who I named Kirkley in my playthrough, but I'll call him by his canonical name just to make things easier) was deepened, and all I wanted to do was get into the game and show Julian all my love
But it was at this point that I felt the first major disconnect between how the character James feels about Julian and how I, as a player, feel about him. Julian definitely likes James more than James likes him back, and I definitely love Julian more than James loves him back. I was distressed that I couldn't show all my affection and make this beautiful friendship more reciprocal, because I really wanted to lmao
Now that all that said: I have no idea how to unlock his latest LMAO. Normally I wouldn't come here looking for hints because I like to explore the choices and routes by myself but I really got stuck and have no idea how to unlock it. Btw where did the art from the night session with Julian and Samuel go? It's not in either of their tabs (or in any other tab, really). Should it appear somewhere? I just couldn't find it
While I'm already pathetically asking for help, I also haven't been able to unlock Nomax's last art lmao. I have no idea what to do to unlock it tbh
I also haven't unlocked Samuel's last art but it's been a while since I last played his route so I hope to get there eventually
Anyway, I'm very happy to have the opportunity to play Conway. It's easily one of my favorite visual novels ever. I hope everything goes well in the development journey and I wish you and the entire team all the best!
Hey hey and thank you for the kind words first of all. Also just as a warning to others, further on in the post I'll be mentioning some spoilers. But should be beyond the fold-out cutoff.
And yeah, I'm glad the lizard's got his appreciators :D I feel like he's very much the character you either love or he annoys you to death. Which is fine, he's written like that for a reason after all and we wouldn't want Jules to be any other way.
And yeah, I can see why you might feel a disconnect in that scene, though do keep in mind that your mindset and that of James in that moment is likely quite different after what he had to deal with in the days prior. For as much as we try to have him reflect the player, in some situations there are just cisrcumstances that are difficult to induce in a player. Such as that grinding down of James over the last couple of days at that point.
Then as for the unlocks. You don't have Julian's last one? But that is the scene you just talked about...? If you played that one then you should have it unlocked.
Sam is the same Bioluminescence scene, just with you being closer to Sam.
As for the Nomax one, it's easily the trickiest one to get in the game. So no surprise there: You have to basically pursue both Nomax and Julian. Skip your first day of work to spend time with Nomax and make sure to bed him. Later, make sure to win the dice game with Julian and Wolf, and ask Jules for an "anatomy lesson". During the following scene, when Julian asks if he could spend time with Nomax, give him your blessing. Later, choose to leave Conway instead of trying to talk Arthur into letting you stay, and then go spend time with Nomax. You'll find that he and Jules were getting acquainted and get to join in.
Okay, about the unlocks, it seems it's really a bug or something like that. If the last Julian artwork is the bioluminescense sea, then it should've been unlocked in the gallery, but it didn't
Here's a screenshot of the scene that I just took after loading up a save I had:
And here's a screenshot of the gallery that I took right after the scene:
About the Nomax route artwork, I do have that one, actually! It was a tricky one, but it was a lot of fun. What I was referring to was the last one in the gallery that seems to be missing and I couldn't find it at all:
Idk if this bug is something that just happened to me for whatever reason but that's how things are for me as of right now lol. But if I didn't actually missed a scene then that's fine, it means I actually played (almost) everything that I had to play. Now I want more!
Anyway, that's the feedback I had to share. Thanks for responding!
Ah alright, yeah you indeed caught a bug with the image not being unlocked! It's fixed for Update 19. :)
As for the Nomax one, it's a variance of the bioluminesence that starts back during the day 2 meeting. You can be promised a drawing during it which then can be resolved during the bioluminescence scene.
I'm happy to help in anyway. Looking forward for the next update!
(i totally forgot about that drawing so if you excuse me i'll try to unlock it-
Heavy Spoilers!!
I played on Samuel's route until the big reveal on day two, and I let out an audible gasp in real life lol. Samuel being a woman took me by surprise to say the least, and honestly, it made me stop doing her route any further.
Don't get me wrong, I think having a character like Samuel is a wonderful and heartwarming touch in a visual novel, but it's definitely not for me.
I hope I don't come off as transphobe or any of the sorts, because that's definitely not the case. It's - like I said - not for me, is all :)
I might give it a go on the other routes, since what I've read so far was very enjoyable. Great VN! :D
Thank you, and yeah absolutely fine of course. Not everything has to be for everyone. Handful of other options still around that have been made with just as much love. :D
Just finished with the Julian route as my first. I've gotta say, this vn is honestly one of the best I've read through. I love the writing, and the art is so unique, it's absolutely beautiful, like a straight up painting! Even though the route isn't finished, I can tell how much effort has been put into these characters.
The character building is *chef's kiss*. Getting to know each of them is enjoyable and the span of time of getting to know them feels like it's done healthily. Overall, this vn is great, and I can't wait to see more of this, especially more of Julian. He's my favorite, little, sassy lizard guy :)
Thank you very much! Very happy whenever peeps enjoy what we're putting together! We'll be keeping out schedule, so hopefully we'll be able to supply you with a steady stream of it :D
Every time I load my previous save from a new game, it keeps messing up the scene and characters. Body parts are in all different places
Could you provide more information? Ideally a screenshot so that i can actually see what it looks like.
Does it happen with all saves? or is it just a particular one that it happens with?
And you mentioned you load from a new game, so do you start a new game and then hit load?
I can't do screenshots on this laptop but it happens on all the saves
Hmm, very odd. Though without actually knowing what it looks like, and me not being able to reproduce it, there isn't much I can do I'm afraid. I'll ask around and see if anyone else has a similar problem, but yeah I've never heard of it before.
I guess all we could try is a trusty redownload and see if that does anything.
I named my character John Conway, it'd have been very funny if the game had an eater egg for that I think.
I wanted to inquire as to the lore of this world. As far as I'm aware, this contains historical maps, locations, countries and the such, but species is a bit confusing. Do species correlate to ethnicity/nationality? If so, why does Britain have like 70% of all species? Or are all species spread out equally amongst different countries? Or were the inhabitants of the world originally humans, but then became different anthro species?
Yep, species aren't geographically constrained. It's all vibes.
And no, no humans exist(ed).
I enjoy the setting and some of the characters are very enjoyable wouldn't mind seeing more of Julian or Nomax at least (Arthur can sleep with the fishes for all i care! that man is insufferable)
Yeah, all characters will get a showing in Morocco. Of course not all being worked on at the same time necessarily, but they'll all get their spotlight.
unfortunately i tried every possible option but still can't find the other 2 scenes in nomax's route, can you give me some suggestions (moreover my english is not very good if i say anything wrong please forgive me)
I asked him the same thing — he said the two remaining scenes are part of Julian’s route. You can find it if you scroll down a bit.
ببخشید من به راهنمایی نیاز دارم من بارها بازی رو کامل کردم و از اول شروع کردم ولی بازم نتونستم دو تا از صحنه های نومکس رو باز کنم باید چیکار کنم.
مترجمي ليس جيدًا بما يكفي لفهمك، آسف!
Hi, sorry to bother you again. I’ve completed the game several times and even restarted from the beginning once, but I still can’t unlock two of the scenes for Nomax in the gallery. I’m not sure what I’m missing or what I need to do. Is it possible that those scenes are tied to another character’s storyline? I’d really appreciate any help. Thanks
Oh, yeah it's easily the most difficult one to stumble over. Basic rundown is below:
It's connected to both, the earlier Nomax scene, and the Julian anatomy lesson. Both of them are prerequesites, and then during the anatomy lesson Julian should ask you about Nomax. One of those choices (can't remember exactly which one it was from memory) and then pick leave the ship.
You mean I shouldn't accept Arthur's bribe and choose the "leave the ship at the port" option instead?
Yes, it's only available if you're decide to leave the ship.
Really love that art style <3
Thank you!
مشتاقانه منتظر بروز رسانی بعدی هستم😁
Hah, Shokran! :D
Will get rid your message as it might spoil things for people. Answer will be below.
Because that's how she was planned as the character we wanted to write. Simple as that.
Thank you for your feedback and congratulations for the story. I think you are doing a good job. As a reader, I can't wait to see the rest.
Thank you very much :) And can't wait for people to get to see more! :D
I love the mixture of education and entertainment in this! I love the art style and each character has such a clear voice and personality, and the ‘camera’ work is a lot of fun! I am excited to see where this is going! Here’s hoping for some good Moroccan tea!
Hah, thank you very much! Yeah I'm sure we'll have some time to sit down for some tea :)
Can't wait for the next update:3 need more content for my boy wolf lmao
Im new at the visual novels things, but this,is just amazin, perfect, like, i have changed what i say in this comment like 4 times cuz idk what say, in not so many words, is amazing, beautiful art, good characters, but what i can do now is wait for the update
Well, I'm glad we could be a good introduction! And I really appreciate that you took the time to say it. It really means a lot to know that people are out there and actually enjoying what we do!
Next update isn't too far away either, so thankfully the wait isn't too long. :D
:D
Thank you so much! Yeah, while we're not exactly in the business of being historians or anything like that. So there are most certainly things that are wrong, or just changed for the sake not messing up the vibe of the story too much. But yeh, I always loved it when there were little bits and pieces in media that had me learn a little bit, so we try to repeat that here! :D
And yep, you'll certainly see that, progress has been steady and we haven't yet missed our 2 month schedule once. So we're steadily trucking on with this baby!
this is BEAUTIFUL. Everything! Story, characters... This is incredible. I hope this VN gets longer.
Thank you :D Yeah we're doing our best to make sure exactly that happens!
I played every second with rapt attention, even anxiety when things got... tense. Didn't find a single adult scene and I'm not at all disappointed in the least. I already can't wait to play through again and again.
Well I'm very glad that you've enjoyed your time with it! Thank you for giving it a try.
I'll delete your post since it doesn't actually spoiler it. But spoiler answer is still below.
Thank you first of all, and no, she isn't. I think it could have been interesting to play around with the understanding of it during that time, but no, not what we're going for. It's just that women were not allowed to work on ships, so she has to make do somehow.
Is there any kind of CG guide (official or non-official) yet? I'm struggling to figure out the requirements for Julian's second CG, personally.
Nope. Down the line we'll probably just unlock all of them (or maybe character specific ones) when someone finishes a playthrough. It's just that we don't have any endings in the game so far.
And keeping a guide updated just would take away too much time that we could use for actual development.
Understandable!
Is the nomax bj scene even in the game? Lol
It is, but it's by far the trickiest to get to. We'll probably adjust requirements down the line at some point, but also as mentioned elsewhere, we'll likely have the CGs just unlock when finishing the game, once we have actual endings.
It's a work in progress after all, so it still needs some refinement in places of course. But priority for now is first getting the story in and all that, then we can worry about these other things.
How do I get it? I'm lost
The spoiler section in the Conway discord probably has someone explain it in the past.
is wolf' second cg available/ out at the moment been trying to get it im really struggling but other than that im really enjoying the game great story and the art is amazing!
Thank you very much!
As far as I know every locked cg you see in the gallery is in the game,nomax is just adding them as he makes them
yeah i got it idk how but i did aha ty for the help tho <3
Fucking magnificent, music, art, story, everything. Much love and respect to all those working on this masterpiece, dare I say It's inspired me to make something of the quality someday. :)
Aw why thank you very much! Yeah, man, fingers crossed for it. The world can always need more furry art! So I hope that you'll do someday :)
This game is fire! Nice story, and the art is amazing. If people come here in the comments to see if they should play—guys, do it! It's great.
U still reading
-My granny called, she said, Travvy, you work too hard I'm worried you forget about me
BALL BALL BALL
Hi , i just starte to play this game its looks really cool but im very confused how to take a character route corectly. i dont know in wich one i am.
i havent played much but it still confuses me a bit.
Hey hey, there aren't routes in that sense. You just pick which characters you want to spend time with, pick dialogue decisions and such and that will influence options with the different characters as you go along.
Is there still a way to like get in a realationship with these characters then like if you choose to spend more time with certain characters?
Yep yep!
very slay thank you very much.♡
Keep up the great work and amazing art. ♡
And thank you :)
Can't tell you how long its been since the last time I was drawn into a VN like this, I cannot wait to see more!
Aw thank you very much! Yeah very excited for the next section, so hopefully you'll enjoy your time as we work through it :)
Where'd u get the inspiration for this game?
I just always loved sailing themes and some of the characters existed before the game already and played with those themes. So I wanted to provide them with a proper world that people can interact with and experience because i never really had the chance to before.
Samuel just reminds me so much of james kid from assassins creed black flag lol
This game made me replay assassins creed black flag lol
How many scenes does Samuel have?
Depends on what you mean by it exactly. The game's got a gallery though, so all the potential Art scenes are listed there.
is her route finished or is it still being worked on?
All routes are still being worked on. We're working simultaneously on all of them, so they're all roughly at the same point.
I can't tell what it is, but I always like it even if some updates could contain more but if you like it, you do get impatient.
Yeah, totally get it. We usually add around 20k+ words per update. Just with the structure the game has and the choices involved it means that not every route is always getting a big chunk added to it. But in the end, the game is naturally being made to work as a fully finished product in the future.
Usually I recommend playing every other update. That's a pretty good rhythm to have a decent amount of new stuff added to most options.
Hey, I just played your game and reached the current end of the story. I have to give you props—this is probably one of my favorite games, if not my absolute favorite, that I’ve come across on itch.io. For me, this really hit it out of the park, and I absolutely can't wait to see what comes next. From the beautiful and amazing art style (which I love) to the great story, I’d recommend this to anyone looking for a fantastic visual novel. 11/10!
Thank you very very much for the kind words. :)
We shall make sure to at least try to keep that level up!
I've been reading this for about an hour or two now and I have to say the animations and the chemistry between the characters on board is immaculate! And the detailed artstyle has really grabbed me! I can't wait to progress further with this! :3
Thanks a bunch! Hapyp to hear that you're having a good time with it :)
I have basically devoured my way through it xd I read through all the things I could figure out how to find, I have to say I'm very impressed with it as a whole and caaaan't wait for more :3 especially for more of Julian and Nomax
I was in bed with Nomax within the first like 25 minutes of playing xD. Giving African Wild Dogs a bad name here as he was ridiculously easy to seduce, truly scandalous.
Jokes aside, I cant seem to stop playing this game. I definitely haven't played anything like it before being into more action based games but seeing some of the art on E6 I decided I'd give it a shot. I find myself constantly telling myself "I'll hop off now" only to keep going to see where the story is heading.
With a bandaged up finger from a slight mishap with a kitchen knife its also perfect as I require very few keys to play it and even when I can use WASD again I can't see myself putting it down, unless I'm waiting for new updates. Roll on Morocco!
Will any of the artwork be made into prints out of interest? I've picked up a few of your prints at conventions (whatever makes its way over to the UK) and some of these gallery photos would be really nice to add to the collection!
Hah, happy that you're enjoying it and hopefully will be enjoying plenty updates to come! Thank you.
As for the prints, yeah probably at some point some will make it. It just feels weird tbh, since they're not really made for print. So it'll be a case of seeing which ones i feel even work fine and would print well.
I’ve still got plenty to work through on v16. Haven’t even met Perce yet. Gotta catch up before the next update is released xD.
That’s understandable. Hopefully see if I can grab some more of your prints at the upcoming CFz con in the UK. The collection grows so it does. Keep up the great work, we appreciate it!
Damn, managed to get booted off the ship without managing to bed anyone. Truly a playthrough for the ages.
Appreciated the attention to detail. Really felt authentic to the age of sail.
Hah, thank you. Sometimes that's just how it goes. You'll get there in time!
Unlikely to happen lmao
One playthrough was enough. The MC's experience was way too close to my own experience in the military. And I manage to think about my failure's enough unprompted.
Spoiler?
I'm calling it, I don't believe the last of Wolf's words even a little.
It reads to me like some sort of fear of attachment, maybe he lost his old band in some violent manner and never wants to relive that, or maybe they betrayed him and he doesn't want to trust anyone despite his feelings. Or maybe he wants to keep the MC at a distance because that sailor job is just temporary for him (or maybe some means to some other end) and he doesn't want to rope anyone into whatever dangerous lifestyle that he has.
Idk, I find him so interesting. Open up you damned Wolf,
if you are a pirate or something I'll be totally fine with it.
Spoilers ahead.
So far, I can tell that Sam is going to be a fan favorite character (mine included). The twist is certainly not going to be everyone's tastes, as a lot of folk that play furry VNs like men I've found, but as someone who loves characters like Sam it is a breath of fresh air. Eager to see her story further, even if she is not the twink we thought her to be (if that is an okay thing to say? Apologies if so.)
Thank you very much, yeah especially at the next destination there'll be plenty of fun opportunities again :D
Kinda sad about Samuel, I really liked him and was really invested in his history, guess there are more characters. I just want to say maybe some kind of warning for the people that get attached easily like me to no get sad
Ah thank you very much! Was honestly pretty scared about that aspect, since reactions can be pretty strong. But that sounds like we did a good job then. :) I'm very proud to hear, thank you!
Ah very happy to hear that :) Thank you so so much. And the translator works without issues. They've come a long way nowadays! :D
as someone who is Bi, I see this as an absolute win! so don't worry so much about people having strong reactions lol
Y'know, while reading I subconsciously gave Sam the voice of James Kidd from AC4. I didn't really know why, just the vibes I guess. But after getting deeper into the story, it turns out I was spot-fucking-on, good shit.
So far, I've only settled on voices for some of other characters.
Arthur is Haytham Kenway
Wolf is Edward Teach (Blackbeard)
Torres is Julien Du Casse
Konrad has a basic Khajiit voice
Rajeeyah has the voice of Dr. Amari from Fo4
Other than that, most of the other crew have the voices of the generic British soldiers/sailors from the few AC games that featured them.
Hah, a pretty good selection :D Glad you're enjoying your time with it.
Na cause i did the exact same thing love this story so far