I't not quite apparent, but check other quests, I can't remember for sure, but there was a hurdle to progress/finish something else first (please drop better Hints, altosandherdone!). Also, you might want to check all options available to you first to formulate a plan.
Hint: You can rake in a +3/+3 P/P with the Headmaster spanking her sitting on him. Also, you have to take pictures for the humiliation and rake in the free +1 for 2 of the punishing positions each.
Lyriel and her Hornyness: Have to admit it, on some occasions it was annoying, especially when secret hunting. If she weren't reacting as bitchy as she does (intimacy penalty) I'd have prosponed her boning.
BUT: You could turn it into a mechanic, the hornier she gets the more willing she gets to do something lewd.
Just some examples:
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When tanning at the pool, she could start sucking you off and if in overdrive she might drop her panties and present herself with cheeks pulled apart, begging you to ram her hard. Maybe have one of the other girls drop in accidentally right when she's in the throes of orgasm.
When Rae is cooking breakfast, properly dressed in an apron, she might want to watch instead of leaving in a fake huff, or even join you. Lyriel breaking her fast on a Raeflavoured Creampie, now that I'd like to see :)
In course of the Manga Research Club, there are also possibilities to have Cait join, or rather vice versa, as in Lyriel "accidentally" walking in on you and Cait while you eat her out.
Judging by the Thumbnail, Lyriels backdoor is going to be open for pleasure sooner or later, she could experiment by herself when showering, could lead to some anal with her spread on your arms, back to you, viewing herself in a mirror, pussy wide open and dripping while her ass gets fucked. On the other Hand, might want to give that one to our favorite demon lass, Succubus Magic making her lighter and such, as even a 100lbs girl tends to get heavy after a while ^.^
Also, I was wondering all the while why Lyriel is the only girl who actively seeks you out, asking for sex. I would have expected Rae, being the obvious "target" for that.
But all in all, keep it, add something similar for Rae I'd say and I mean a bit more aggressive than laying on your bed.
And while we're there, I'd like to request an oral option here. Walking in, saying nothing, grab her slip and pull it to the side or rather off (seriously, have you ever done that? Chafes, you have pull it back every 2 seconds and in general it sucks, this only works in porn apparently) and kiss her on the pussy, commenting "Missed you, beautiful" - to the pussy, ignoring whatever Rae says. Ultimately leading to a proper shag and creampie.
And lest I forget: Sleeping with Rae or Lyriel should have the option to wake up together, making creative use of some morning wood and maybe, if the girl has nothing better to do so to speak, spend the entire day 'tween the sheets shagging.
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I noticed similar issues with other characters. It could be that intimacy and/or lewdness are too low to kick off the progression event.
I had to suffer through the same boring (no offense intended) bar brawl story of hers 10 times or so until her intimacy was maxed out to kick off the next event.
Similarly, I had to "farm" other characters' events to get either lewdness and intimacy stats up and it is hella unclear what works for how long, which can be frustrating.
The Manga Research Club quest DEFINITELY hinges on Lyriels' Lewdness, I got the last couple of points by lightly smacking her ass on morning visits and commenting it with "couldn't help myself"
1. Small Error: Someone's PC seems to be in error of the Date: Patch shows Dec, 11th 2021 and Full-Game shows Jul, 16th 2018.
2. Patreon Codes, are Itch.io buyers somehow eligible to them, or strictly patreons? If the former, how can Itch.io buyers claim the codes?
3. This is complaining on high level, mind you, so don't take it too dearly to heart! The Main Events come crashing in one after another if you load a "finished" v17 game and it can feel quite overwhelming and if there is a way to "shelve" a Main Event, I think I overlooked it. This probably only affects people who load a finished game, anyways, as it seems quite unlikely to come up in a normal playthrough were events thankfully come in a bit more "trickled" if only because you need to have a girl on a certain level in a particular stat and I only have Autumn not completely leveled out (I think).
Unfortunately, nope. I went with the patch v18 as well, followed the readme - delete a handful of files, replace them and yet a few more with the files from the patch archive. Primary story parts of all the girls are triggered one after another, poor Lin is left untouched.
FOUND IT
You have to ENTER the garden to trigger a monologue, THEN the upgrade shows up with Ellen...
Ah, that explains my misconception. I opted to check itch as my primary source and no, I don't comb the comment section regularly, so it's easy for info to get buried under general "hey, great game, love it" comments. As for other sources, appreachiated, but I strictly stay away from social cancer apps like insta, tiktok, X (formerly known as twatter) and so on so forth.
Thanks for explaining.
Dear Runey, as the last concrete news are about 6 months old, could you at least go for "Dev Diary #10" or let us know in some other way what the situation is when it comes to v0.18.x, which was talked about having been released?
Not that I want to paint the future bleak, but things like this are often warning signs the game is done with, or rather, the dev burned out.
Ah, yeah, I'm aware of the save file transfer, that wasn't what I meant. I already had v2.7, played it and then downloaded it again and noticed the same version number, so I went to check when I last played.
So, TL:DR I'm very certain you had released v2.7 somewhen around late January/early February 2024 and are now releasing it again.
Nope, the "Harriet problem" started to come up when grades were in the 60s, discipline & popularity in the 80s, horny idk, influence 11 (obviously).
I did get the fence climber, but that was the only thing out of the ordinary, otherwise it was some girls or another playing football, playing in the fountain or the sprinklers, relaxing on the bench, sunbathing, etc.
Guess I'll go for a stroll a while longer then... hope I didn't somehow brick potential progress by some out of sequence mistake, but I did start a fresh game with 13.2
Android & Kali Scene
Phew, I'm all for the classics, so both girls riding MC, one on his dick, the other on the tongue. Have them face each other and caress their boobs (if Androids adjustable size is a problem here, I vote for "small", as there are enough ludicrously large hooters around otherwise, love the variety tough, as all boobs are beautiful) and kiss each other. Make it switchable, so each of the girls can enjoy a ride on MCs rebar or enjoy a slippery tonguing down (slurp).
Could also go for impregnation fantasy dirty talk between the girls, though I would maybe consider that in earnest when you are somewhat (say 2-4 updates down the road) ready to implement that.
Patch File is called... "HH v0.16+ > v0.17 Patch" Instructions are as I wrote earlier and there is a README file in the Archive with more detailed instructions if need be.
As for the Quarantine... either your Virus scanner is a bit of a drama queen, or did you download from somewhere else and not itch.io? Never had my scanner hit on a file I downloaded from itch so far...
As for the game not opening, without knowing at least what the filename was, we can hardly recommend any course of action other than tabula rasa. Meaning clean slate, as in delete your game folder and download the full version.
Or you provide a bit of further information, maybe we can help if we knew what file got quarantined and for what reason.
I'd like to think we both have a point, as I respect artisans of their respective fields and like to think that in each and everyone who has attained a certain level of quality steps into the bucket that is perfectionism every once in a while and invests too much time and needs to be pulled back.
So, let me give you this tiny bit of advise: If you catch yourself tinkering away at one particular, small matter, give it a rest and come back later, maybe have some else have a look and give feedback.
And most importantly: Looking forward to 0.17
Oh and since you mentioned repeatable scenes here, I would nominate a rework of the "alarms" and the bedwarmer options. I always found it a bit awkward when having say Kali warm my bed and have the twins come in as alarm. I think it would be more rounded to have the girl(s) take on the wake-up duties automatically in their own unique way when they get to sleep with you. Just for consideration.
Started with v0.12 IIRC?
Still, while I can absolutely understand where you're coming from and wanting to re-polish older content, be very careful with that, as there will come a point (if it is not already there) where you can't really keep up with polishing up older content and people tend to lose interest if a game does not get updated in a long time, as it usually marks the death/abandonement of said game.
That is why we so often get buggy releases in AAA gaming, at some point, someone has to say, stop, good enough, ship it. Otherwise those pesky perfectionist artists will never be satisfied.
Hello Runey, thanks for the Diary and the Promised Infoblasts, very much appreciated!
However, I would scale back the frequency to bi-weekly or even monthly, otherwise, I fear it would be too timeconsuming - it probably will be timeconsuming anyways. My concerns overall are twofold. One, you might be biting off more than you can chew, get overwhelmed and the project dies, I have seen this numerous times with similar projects, NSFW Porn games that is, developed by one person or a very small team. Two, you might run into the whirlpool of ideas and can't get out. Ideas thrown around are good, but in the end you have to get to the point where you declare an idea as "good enough" and get to doing, or nothing will get done.
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Plans for v0.17 and beyond
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increasing the available choices
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I get it, believe me, I do. The Idea is absolutely AWESOMESAUCE! And now we come back to reality where, even if everything else would not be, time IS always a limited resource. I would like to bring up the Mass Effect trilogy here and point out how big decisions were handled there and how much impact they had on the story. To simplify, there were many "bubbles" that could influence the story but to a limited degree only, as the overarcing story is the same, with few details different based on decisions made.
Designing and fully fleshing out different paths that are mutually exclusive is awesome on paper only.
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stat crops [...] XP multiplier
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So far, the universe you created is grounded in a reality fairly similar to ours, so to implement food crops as a bonus you would first have to implement consumption and generate a budget there, also, how does plantlife work? Are there seasons like there are on earth, or is their rotational axis more aligned with the orbital plane and so on and so forth? How long until a particular plant can be harvested? Not that I want to throw a wrench into your ideas, but if you go that route, there might be a bit more info-fluff required around all that. So far you have gone that "extra mile" with the elves to some degree and I feel there is more coming, it would feel "off" if you skimped on the details in the garden - so... more planning required I guess?
As for the XP multiplier beans... I throw out the reverse idea and by that, I mean that each of your potential "main" lovers has her own preferences. Lets take Ashley, I can see her "vaginal" bar be lower than the other girls' thanks to her breeding fetish, same for her "cumdump" trait. Hell, I think giving the girls some agency and particular kinks and fetishes that resonate with their personalities would be really awesome. Ashley for instance could sometimes scream "Oh no, you don't" when you try to pull out and cum on her tits and instead slams herself down on you, forcing you to creampie her - chances she'll do this inscrease with complete traits of "cumdump" and "lustful" (or other traits), pretty much what you did with the "overflowing lust" events, but on a smaller, more day-to-day basis and with an element of randomisation.
For Maria, I can see her needing slow-super-cuddly-sex with a cuddle-sleepover in her bed. Ok, maybe that's something for all the girls.
You could make "stepping-stone" traits for some acts and girls. I can see that with Lin and Anal, yes, we all like the Porn-version where you can just take your dick out of her vagina and shove it down her hershey-highway no problem but reality begs to differ, so why not have an experimental play phases with different sized toys before the great event? Side note: penetrating your partners' pussy while she has a nice sized plug in her asshole is also very enjoyable.
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Mobile Phone
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Mhhh... I get where you're coming from, but I can tell you from other games which have something along this line, it gets rather boring quickly unless you're willing to invest a good amount of time and make more than 1-3 pics per girl.
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Making Sex Completely Optional
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Uhm... yeah, like others have said, stupid idea.
And I freely admit that I played the game more for the story at some points than the sex-scenes but I see them as an integral part and as the second prime motivator to come back to the game.
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Expanding the "How are you?" Dialogue
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I like the idea and would even so far as that characters seek you out actively and wish to talk to you. You could use Ellen as a go-between. Girl leaves message with Ellen, Ellen informes you that X wants to talk so you can drag the talk out if you choose to.
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Liking the idea of location based themes, but other than the free audio archives, no idea. If you find someone willing to donate, make sure to settle the licensing to avoid potential headaches later.
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Remakes, Remakes, Remakes
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Ah, the curse of the perfectionist. While I get the idea, especially whith improving skills, there comes a point where you have to declare something "good enough", otherwise, you can get stuck in a treadmill of ever improving aspects. To keep yourself from getting trapped there impose a "only every x-th update will be an overhaul of something old(er)" rule on yourself, or you might never see the game finished.
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Love the idea to get more "playtime" with Ellen, Jin, Hana, Lucia and all the others.
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Phew, while I enjoyed the content, at the moment, I see the "explore" content as a dessert and I'd like to have some more meat & potatoes first, please.
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Oh boy... this sounds awesome and while I expect similarities with western culture holidays to some extent, I advocate against overdoing and/or simplifying it too much. You know, like so many others do a Halloween special, or Christmas Special that are most often sorely disappointing and completely disconnected from the game itself. Definitely not a fan of stuff like that. Your idea sounds exceptional, though I fear for the needed time investment to get this "done right", again, be careful not to bite off more than you can chew and personally, you don't have to match certain holidays IG with any of the real world holidays in my opinion. So if you'd release a winter-y themed holiday update in the middle of next summer, I'd be fine with that.
I'm no python scripter, but with my limited knowledge my guess would be that the main-menu images for buttons and so on are missing.
I would hazard another guess, there has been some error during the download and/or unpacking of the files. If you can, make sure the archive is intact and unpack again. 7-zip logs errors, if there are any.
Also, please mention the OS you're playing on and if it is Android, check the FAQ-Guide to make sure there weren't any mistakes on your end.
AND: Patience! Realistic is and answer after a day or three ;)
Ran into a roadblock:
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While running game code:
File "game/functions.rpy", line 1033, in script
$ opt_4 = s_choices[4 + s_offset]
File "game/functions.rpy", line 1033, in <module>
$ opt_4 = s_choices[4 + s_offset]
IndexError: list index out of range
-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------
Full traceback:
File "game/functions.rpy", line 1033, in script
$ opt_4 = s_choices[4 + s_offset]
File "renpy/ast.py", line 928, in execute
renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
File "renpy/python.py", line 2245, in py_exec_bytecode
exec(bytecode, globals, locals)
File "game/functions.rpy", line 1033, in <module>
$ opt_4 = s_choices[4 + s_offset]
File "renpy/python.py", line 992, in __getitem__
rv = list.__getitem__(self, index)
IndexError: list index out of range
Windows-10-10.0.19041
Ren'Py 7.4.10.2178
The Roommate 0.7.1
Wed Sep 21 15:06:19 2022
They need some sort of special crystal as well, which are very rare (possible lie) and strictly controlled by the bitch queen, additionally those crystals can blow your head off after some use, literally.
As there is no magic, lets assume the crystal allows the fairies to bend light around them in a tiny bubble, or something like a skintight suit, I choose to prefer the latter, for obvious reasons.
Now, lets assume there were some even more rare crystal, that lets a fairy change her size to that of a normal human. She then would overheat within seconds, then die because she has been cooked alive, followed by a possible explosion. Not sexy.
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Ah, that was the crux. I had 23LP already, after another training the message from Lisapi popped.
Not to nitpick, but if triggers don't get recognized properly you might want to put in a hint how to re-trigger an event. ;)
Or - if possible (dunno what the engine is capable of) - find a way to re-check for conditions, like sleeping/waking up.
As the basic installing process is the same on PC, DL the update-zip, unpack and copy the files/folders over to the full install folder, overwrite files, follow the rest of instructions to launch the game.
No garantees, though. This _should_ work, if for whatever reason it does not, you might have to DL the full game again.
Doing it via PC/Laptop and shoving the files over via USB might be an alternative ;)
Great Game!
Like the combination of depravity, humour and insanity. :D
Slight peeve: Partially a bit on the grindy side (10k/8k for the upgrades... phew) and some quests are rather obscured. A tad more hints would be appreciated, does not have to be on the nose, though.
Question: What is the timing policy on public releases?
