Sunday, January 17, 2016

Chapter 2 public release! (v2 0.2)

Harem Chapter 2 released!  Version 2 0.2

We've completed the rewrite of the Eleen content and everything is ready to go!  My Patreons have been enjoying it for the last week but now it's time that everyone gets to play it.  Many thanks to them and the support they gave.

Content additions
-The Eleen section of the new world is in the game and ready for exploration.
-Cindy, Sarah and Terra are in the world and ready to be added to your growing Harem if you can capture them.
-2, 8 and 5 scenes for them respectively.
-2 Addtional scenes for Donna as part of a sidequest.
-A sidequest from the Governor which will get you a bit of gold, some new equipment and Donna's 2 new scenes.
-A scene replay is now in the game.  Many thanks to JBurton for creating it and NoMoshing for letting me use it.  (you should also check out his Harem Collector game if you're looking for something a bit funnier then my writing.)  You may have to replay chapter 1 to get those scenes to show up in it.
-Some limited quest guidance features accessible by using the id-ring.
-~210 pages of new writing
-222 new images added
-Gameplay should be about 30min-1 hour on the main arcs from start to finish now assuming that you read everything.  Harem is a very text heavy game and will be significantly shorter if you skip the text (that feature coming in chapter 3).
-Combat is fairly light.  1 scripted fight sequence and one dungeon with random enemies along the main arc.  Sidequests will typically involve far more combat then the main story.
-Prior saves should be compatible.

Credit to the people who helped out with their time!
Copy Editor and Sanity Checker -HirotonoRei
Testing - Hunter769, DoomPanda, Avikash, Matt, Omnibomb

Even if you don't feel like or can't donate via Patreon, your feedback is still critical to the development of Harem.  Let me know what you thought.  What you liked and what you didn't like.  What you'd like more of, what I should focus more on and even what you thought I spent too much time on.  The quality control I get from negative feedback is critical and the morale boost I get from positive feedback moreso.

I also have an additional request on the feedback front.  Please put your positive feedback on your favorite forum.  This blog is fantastic for communicating with my players but it's not great at finding new players.  The forums are the place for that, so please tell people to try my game.  I'm still current on Hongfire and Krystal and will be adding Fenoxo and Kimochi later today.  I might drop Futunari as I've gotten very little response there as of late.  But tell me where I should go and I'll create a Harem thread there as well!

Enough talking, time for the download links
Base game, requires RTP installed separately.
http://www.filefactory.com/file/2xno5hbn4w6l/Harem%20v2c2.1.exe
http://rg.to/file/f389ef0965236af974bb8b84ce5425ab/Harem_v2c2.1.exe.html

Game w/ RTP, requires no other installation but significantly larger
http://www.filefactory.com/file/6c82p2p050u1/v2c2%20%2BRTP.exe 
http://rg.to/file/d501966771d956074cd5e4c7e2674a3b/Harem_v2c2.1___RTP.exe.html
I will have additional links up on the downloads page later today

I definitely have other news, some life events that will influence the development of Harem positively, maybe even a gift for you fellow creative types but this post has gone on for long enough, so those will have to wait for another day!

28 comments:

  1. Accidentally uploaded an older build to rapidgator. If you downloaded from there make sure that your download is called Harem v2c2.1 and not v2c2!

    Updated links

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  2. is there a way to level before the sarah fight?

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    1. sorry ignore that, i just realized it's a fight that is intended to be lost the first time

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    2. No but it really shouldn't be necessary if you approach the fight correctly. Light path the objective isn't to beat her down and on dark path you're giving enough tools to be able to do so.

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  3. i havnt opened up the new build yet, but i can say i liked the old version, im shure i will like this... reset.

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  4. Is it possible to add a link for a different mirror? such as MEGA or some kind of torrent the two you use consistently stop part way through downloading. Either way great game i really liked last release and i'm sure this one will be great to if I can get the sites to behave long enough.

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    1. There's links to my google drive in the downloads page if you can't get FF or RG working

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    2. Much obliged good sir. I get to 98% and the others drop out on me.

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  5. I like the redone world map. Really adds a kind of scale to everything.

    Wish we could talk to Cindy in the hideout though. I'm always a sucker for the interaction bits.

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    1. I preferred not having combat XP, but all the out-of-combat levelups are pretty cool too.

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    2. Kinda wish there were less cucking. I liked Sam's old character arc, for instance, and I can't see it improved by the addition of an ex.

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    3. Something about the hideout messes up event triggers. I've twice accidentally gotten the same story comments after originally triggering them: after sleeping in bed and walking out, (the "one more day here" one), and again after returning to the mainland after rescuing Terra.

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    4. Thanks - Cindy is a minor slave and unlikely to see much in terms of interactions in the future. I had put here there because well she's yours but I'm not going to be writing future content for her. Probably will just be removing her from the base.

      If I can ever get the event working properly there's going to be level rectifiers in the game. Where the game will bring you the 'proper' level if you haven't done any side-quests.

      Samantha did have a 'fiance' in the first version as well, just was mentioned and never explored further. Will be much later if ever.

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    5. After Terra's sidequest, the game forgets to turn on the ability to initiate sleep from the parts of the bed she used to be on.

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    6. ...Well, I'm kinda sad to hear that (we never did finish learning her deal in the original game, after all), but it happens I suppose. There's already a lot of work to do here.

      If there's a way to progress the bit where Sam gets hurt past Donna reassuring us she'll be ready to travel soon, I haven't found it yet.

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    7. Also, Sam doesn't have a class description on the status menu, and Terra doesn't know any spells.

      And when I try to cross the mountains into the next area, we just get bounced back with no dialogue box.

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    8. If you collect all the memory shards from the demons when saving Terra and visit the tower after you pick up two staves but only Terra's appears in your pack and is usable.

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    9. I'll resolve those issues going forward. Hopefully retroactively.

      On Cindy my editor is actively arguing that she be promoted. Not promising anything yet!

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  6. There is a thread about your game in the MC GameZone of the Hypnopics Collective. It was started by a fan after you rebooted the game. Of course, we always prefer an official post by the game's author. The forum focuses on everything mind-control so your game is a perfect match.

    This is the larger forum
    Hypnopics Collective : http://www.hypnopics-collective.net/

    This is the game sub-forum
    MC GameZone : http://www.hypnopics-collective.net/smf_forum/index.php?board=11.0

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  7. I check here for the first time in ages and find out that you are back and you are rebooting the game. That's a great news

    good luck with the reboot

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  8. so ker, I don't know if this is a bug or intentional but when you're fetching the statue for the mayor in eleen you can use the statue in your inventory and it disappears, making the quest impossible to complete. I haven't played past that part but I'm enjoying this game a lot! Cheers for this new version!

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  9. I am not sure if this has been reported before:
    After you are done freeing Terra from her demons, the old couples are supposed to be back to their default spots, which is in the middle room of the church. But instead, you are still able to find the (duplicate) old couples in the right part of the church as if you haven't finished the objective as the dialogues and following events are being reused.

    However, the following sequences skip the whole quest and redirect it to after Terra is saved. Not quite game-breaking, but confusing nonetheless.

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    1. Also two suggestions:
      1. Following Sarah and Samantha's fight, which left the latter incapacitated - isn't it better to have Samantha out of the party's formation as well? At least until she is fully recovered. I still can use her in combat and she still follows me in world-view interface despite of her injury, which feels weird.

      2. Any chance auto function in battles being implemented? It is the same as auto-battle feature in Persona 3/4, which all characters will automatically attack one target after another with only normal attack.

      The first suggestion is just more about nitpicking if anything. So far, I really enjoy how the game has changed since the first time I played the original years ago. I'd be honored if I could be any help in its development, no matter how minor my contribution as only one of many players.

      Godspeed, Ker.

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    2. The ability to repeat Terra's mind will be fixed in c3. As you said confusing but not game breaking so not going to release a v2c2.3 to resolve it.

      1. Samantha's injury won't be as long last as it is in c2.
      2. Unlikely but I may spend the time to develop a combat free mode if people get too annoyed with the combat.

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  10. the new version was fun a few minor bugs
    1. you didn't get the 10 from busting tables to get samanta
    2.terra dosen't have any skills
    3. you don't get elmer's stuff (it is not in the inventory)
    4. donna's raise defence for everyone skill that costs tp dosen't work
    5. after samanta got knocked down by sara you can still go out of the hideout with her in your party with completly healed (i get that the punishment scene is'nt implemented yet but it just weird that in the hideout they say that still knocked out and can still take her out like nothing happened)
    i really love the game i think it might be the best non japanese harem game out there which unfortunately dosen't say a lot since there's such small selection in this genere outside japan and even those in japan dont get subbed realy often

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  11. 1. Lol, whoops! You are correct!
    2. Download v2c2.2, use the id ring skill and that will be resolved.
    3. Known bug, will be fixed in v2c3
    4. Donna shouldn't have any tp skills. That's also resolved in v2c2.2
    5. Samantha's injury is a bit of a cop-out. I didn't know exactly how to resolve that arc but I knew I wanted to release v2. So it's just there to pause that storyline. Odds are that section will be removed in c3

    Thanks!

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