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Seems you have downloaded the .zip file successfully.

Have you unpacked the zip archive to some directory on your Windows 11 computer?

A screenshot of the situation would clarify what is going on, like Runey suggested. Show directory listing, the File Explorer screen of the directory where the zip file is and of the directory where files unpacked from the zip went.

Is the free space on the disk? The unpacked files are about 13 Gbytes.

Where did you download the zip file from?

Which exact file did you download?

Did the download succeed?

Did you unzip the downloaded archive and it was successfully installed to some directory?

What operating system and version is on that computer you use?

What files are now in the directory the game was installed to?

The “More information” part (above Download on this page) says “Updated 3 days ago”.

My understanding is that refers to updates to this web page. It was the text “How to play on android” which was added three days ago.

Itch.io is not very good with timestamps and having sensible dates on the download files.

Chinese language can be chosen from the Options menu.

The Wiki says there is a change name cheat.

is there a discord for the game? or just the patreon

It is near the top of this page. Next to the Patreon link.

I propose adding text “How to play on Android” between the image and item 1.

It may be players use browser that translates the text to some other language, so they see the itemized list but the translator in browser ignores the text in the image.

This would also help finding the Android instructions, text search would find the “How to play on Android”.

Like Runey tried to explain, if you are playing on Windows like you state, you do not need Joiplay and should not install it on your Windows PC for playing Harem Hotel.

On Windows, download the PC version of Harem Hotel, unpack it, then run it by clicking the .exe file.

Note there are two .exe files, one is for 32-bit Windows, the other is for 64-bit Windows.

You can even search google for Joiplay Windows installer and there isn’t one offered anywhere.

If you have discovered that, you should not expect a game developer to provide you with an installer that does not exist.

My guess is Joiplay on Windows is for developers testing Joiplay who do not want to do the testing on their Android phone.

If old version is a beta version, save games probably will not work.

If old version is a released version downloaded from this website, save games should work.

You did not say are you playing on Windows, Mac, Linux or Android. Some Android users seem to have had problems with save files when updating. Other platforms should work without issues, if updating is done properly. I play on Linux, install new version to a new directory tree, copy save files from old directory to new and continue playing. If you use the patch file, read the instructions, they are inside the zip in a README -file.

Note that developer recommended starting game from beginning for version 0.18, since there is new content available in the beginning of the game.

Maybe you need to progress with the other stories? Eventually you get the change to build garden.

In the game I played getting Jin to work in the garden happened very late in the game.

If all else fails, look it up in the Wiki.

What version are you playing?

Version is shown in startup screen, lower right corner, or in Info-screen.

Nothing.

Same file can be downloaded from another place.

Get the save files from the backups you of course have made so you can recover from computer breaking.

Then copy the save files to the appropriate game directory.

Wiki said it’ll trigger automatically,

What wiki? The Wiki that is linked to at top of this page says

Choose “Visit Kate” from the front door

If you do not get that prompt, time is not yet ripe for the event or some other event blocks it. Continue progressing with other paths.

the game shows me an error.

It would be helpful to know what that error is. Copy and paste the exact error message.

Try updating game to version 0.18.2, maybe it fixes that bug.

Was that old save made with beta version of game? Those tend to break when trying to load them on released version of game.

No clothes at all?

They have fewer clothes than the other girls. So that is normal.

There is Wiki for this game that explains how to progress. It also ruins the game, so better is trying to figure it out yourself.

The instructions are above on this page, under the image

Search older messages on this forum, there was discussion on installing on Android and using video to learn how.

Or just use Internet Search Engines, with

site:youtube.com harem hotel install android

Look it up in the Wiki.

There is Wiki for this game, it explains what events lead to next level.

That very much spoils the game, but if that is what you want you can find link to the wiki near top of this page, along with links to Discord, Twitter and Patreon.

Top right corner of your screenshot shows you are playing a beta version. Beta versions are buggy, do not work properly.

Where did you even get one of those beta versions?

You should use a released version, those are at least supposed to work. Find the latest released version a bit up on this page, under the heading “Download”.

You may need to start game from the beginning, I remember there was talk the saves made with beta version do not work on the released version of game (since the beta versions are buggy …).

Do not download anything from third party copycat sites, those may contain malware. Also, do not pay for downloads from those pirate sites, since downloading this game from the official site is no charge (although you can pay the amount you want if supporting game developers is your thing).

Is there a solution?

There well might be.

What exactly is that error? Copy the error text and describe in what situation it appears. Also tell what version you are playing and where you got the installation file from.

The patch is a ZIP file, there is a Readme-file inside that tells how to do the update. At least it is this way on PC, I do not play on Android.

Is the mac version up to date with the others?

Yes.

Or is it the 2018 file just as is?

Mac version is dated the same as PC and Android versions.

or anything else

Probably there is something else you have not done that is a requirement for progressing beyond level 16. Game tends to give advice or hints when this is the case, you need to pay attention to these.

There is a walkthrough, can be found with clever use of Internet Search Engines. But using it too much spoils the game quite a lot.

Is there a walkthrough on how to properly install this on Android?

There is one further up on this page, under this image:

Self-voicing is enabled. Press ‘v’ to disable.

That is not an error message. It just informs game is reading aloud text on screen. Sound may be muted, so it is useful to know this voice thing is on.

Are you saying it does not turn off when you press v-key again?

The other pop-up is an error, although I do not understand spanish. Does sound work on that computer?

If you download a new copy of the game it may use the same persistent data, so same fault keeps appearing.

I found from https://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/doc/FAQ that

The Ren’Py engine stores save games and persistent data under a separate folder. It’s exact location depends on the host operating system. Windows: %APPDATA%/RenPy/game_directory This is usually: C:\Documents and Settings\YOURNAME\ApplicationData\RenPy\game_directory Where YOURNAME is your username.

My guess is some file in that directory stores the state of having pressed v or some other key you pressed that caused this fault state. Maybe if you keep the save files removing all the rest, and then install new copy and restore the save files?

The v -key is toggle for screen reading aloud -thing. Strange that it works for turning on but not turning off.

Did you try loading an older save?

says something on the top-left corner

What exactly is this “something” it says?

saying something is incorrect on the route

Again, what exactly is this something?

Knowing what the error message is usually helps to diagnose the problem.

Have you tried choosing Chinese from the Options menu?

How can I solve this problem

I’m not sure I undertand what the problem is.

If you want to play on Android, there are instructions on this page on how to do it. Find it under the image of

Did you press the key that hides the HUD? Press it again to bring the HUD back.

It is the “h” key on my setup. I’m not sure if the hotkey can be customized.

Bug fixes. Also, I think, upgrades related to crops grown in garden.

Read the text under

higher up on this page.

actively mislead by implying that you’ve reached the maximum necessary for any content?

Where and how is this implied?

So the traits not only mean nothing

Surely the traits have meaning and do affect the game and what can be done in the game.

Did you manage to launch Joiplay? What exactly does not work?

Is the text machine translated to English from some other language? I find the text quite hard to understand.

I’m just guessing you downloaded the new version of game and want to know how to continue from the save made in previous version? If so, you should say what platform you are using and what is the old version and new. I play on Linux, and unpacked the new version to new folder, then copied save files from game/saves from old directory to new to the same place.

What to do?

Describe the situation:

• What platform, Windows, Android, Linux, … ?
• What exact versions are involved?
• How are you doing the download?
• What exactly is the error?
• What other relevant information can you provide that would help in solving the issue?

I like the lyrics. Impressive job.

do i download normal v0.18.1 or mirror version

The choice is Yours. They are the same file, just stored on different download sites.

Dates on the files on Harem Hotel v0.18.1 Patch Notes are old, from 2018 and 2021.

There is Patch 0.17+ -> 0.18.1 (Requires 0.17+), that seems to apply to patching 0.18 to 0.18.1, but the patch note says nothing about how to apply the patch. I play on Linux, is the patch only for Windows?

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OK, I downloaded the patch file and in the zip there is file READ_ME.txt that tells how to install the patch. I think that works also on Linux.