'Tis the season for gifts. And if you don't have anything new to give, I say go digging around in your closet and find something to regift!
http://www.filefactory.com/file/cl79ydabgu3/n/AS.rar
http://www.mediafire.com/?px6uk9489dd43pw
This is how I got started writing adult games. Cyrandl at hongfire had created a event/scripting engine called Aslave and posted it for free to let people create their own hentai games. Essentially the goal was to let people create slavemaker type games without needing to know how to use flash. I found it enjoyable and created two games for it.
The first is The Training of Yuna. Essentially the plot is that Yuna from FFX/X-2 was arrested for murder and sentenced to a life as a slave to pay for her crimes and it's your job to turn her into a obedient and useful slave. A few different paths for doing so and a few different skill sets that you can train her in with some very basic ends in place. Of course a lot of sexual training of course. Similar interface to Slavemaker with schedules and stat tracking.
The other is 7 days. Very much of the Harem prototype. The women of your homeland has been cursed and made barren and you try to capture women to sell for a profit. Not a great deal of content in the game as Aslave never really had a combat engine which made the fight scenes very difficult. Cyrandl ultimately went onto other projects and I switched engines to RPG maker VX
Both games are in the download. Just run the Aslave executable and select either Yuna or 7 days. You can also use Aslave creator to try to make your own game! You can look at
http://www.hongfire.com/forum/showthread.php/208965-ASlave-Creator-The-Slave-Sim-Creator-Current-Version-1-1-%28-o-%29?highlight= if you have any questions on the engine, although please don't necro the thread as the project is essentially dead.
Also, I am no longer working on Yuna nor 7 days. Any bugs/missing content will remain from here to the end of time. Also, I've forgotten most of what I know about both of the games and the engine, so I won't be posting any kind of walkthroughs nor answering questions on the engine. Enjoy them, play around with the engine if you want. If you do create something, feel free to link it in comments. If I see a handful I might dedicate a blog post to what you all have uploaded.
Cancel the paypal thing, already been locked by them. Bleh
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Noemi, FAQ and brothel scenes writing
I had a chance to review a few of the saves from people having issues with getting Noemi. It's an issue between the wiki and the game. To capture Noemi you have to have given her the means to escape the jail and cleared the 'Tentacle Cave 1". Then go to the Western Corsix map and an event will automatically throw the switch that causes her to appear in your chambers. I might adjust it slightly in 0.6b.
I've noticed quite a few repeat questions in comments and from other sources. In the next version I'll be packaging a faq.txt file to hopefully answer them. I'll post a few of the more common ones here w/ answers, and put into comments anything else you'd like to know. Future plot questions will be off limits of course, background questions are fine as long as they won't be spoilers.
1. How do you make the game?
a. The engine is RPG-Maker VX. It's available for trial/purchase at http://www.rpgmakerweb.com/
1a. Why not VX ACE?
a. It wasn't released when Harem was started, and the time it would take to convert Harem to ACE just doesn't justify the benefits.
2. What program do you use for the pictures?
a. 3d Custom Girl. I have no idea how you can buy it anymore, nor do I know of any working download links. Sorry. Most of the mods I've found on http://cdn.3dcustom.net/TACuploader/upload.html and http://www.nijibox5.com/futabacustom/. And for practical reasons I can't upload my own mods for you as my arcs folder is 30gb in size.
3. When is the next version coming out?
a. I don't know. I work a full time job myself, Harem is only a hobby for me. My free time varies wildly as does my own interest level in doing it. Beyond not this month your guess is as good as mine.
4. Do you need testers or proofreaders?
a. No. If/When I do I'll make a post about it. Offering early won't change anything.
In the help wanted post I said that if anyone wanted to help out with the writing, writing brothel scenes would be very helpful to me. A few people have asked how and what. The format of VX is a series of 4 line text boxes. If a character is speaking (ie face is present) each line is roughly 50 characters across. If not, each line can be 65 characters across. Preferably a brothel scene would describe a sexual encounter (although it wouldn't necessarily have to be if a john wanted to pay for a different service) using between 5-15 text blocks. I would create all images unless you wanted to.
General rules
-No loli, guro, or scat. Isn't in harem and will not be.
-The scenes can be nearly whatever you want but the overall long lasting impact would be short. If you would want to create a scene that turns into a quest you'd have to be willing and able to create the quest in VX.
-Image creation and coding are not required. I will do that part of it, as well as proofreading and editing assuming that I can read it.
-Group scenes would be fine but try to keep it under 4 actors overall just to keep the image creation doable.
-Beyond that it's fairly open. If you aren't sure if the idea for the scene would work or have any other questions e-mail me at haremrpg@gmail.com
Some ideas that I thought of briefly. These are minor spoilers so I used white text. Highlight the remaining section to read (and why doesn't blogspot let me use [spoiler]?)
[spoiler]
-Donna is a healer, so she might see the whoring as a way to help men release their 'frustrations'. Could be in a positive or negative fashion
-Samantha can go either way as well. Degradation from colonists who she's slighted or lesbian from a fan
-Sarah's turned into a nympho who likes bondage and anal sex. Also has quite a few soldier/warrior contacts in the colonies. Could be from either aspect.
-Terra could be approached from three angles. She's the youngest of the harem (only 18) so a school girl fantasy could work. Her magic element could make for an interesting scene as well. Also she's a pain slut who draws arousal from pain if you want to write a dark scene.
-Cecilia would be distant and get offended at any form of degradation as well as inexperienced.
-Cindy wouldn't normally be in a scene, but could be with the man running the inn or a john that wanted to fuck the madam.
-Noemi could play off the hot maid fantasy, amazonian warrior, or topping from the bottom idea.
-Rhea would be eager to please but inexperienced. Also in incredible shape and probably quite flexible.
-Alena would also be distant and not to enthusiastic about it. But having one of Lex's old compatriots call on her might be interesting
-Phoebe would be inquisitive, wanting to please but also trying to learn everything about the john. Inexperienced as well, but with a disappointed with the John aspect as the main character was her only lover.
-Angelica, Jessica, Betsy, Melony or anyone else couldn't be in the brothel for quite a bit of time, so they're off limits.
[\spoiler]
I've noticed quite a few repeat questions in comments and from other sources. In the next version I'll be packaging a faq.txt file to hopefully answer them. I'll post a few of the more common ones here w/ answers, and put into comments anything else you'd like to know. Future plot questions will be off limits of course, background questions are fine as long as they won't be spoilers.
1. How do you make the game?
a. The engine is RPG-Maker VX. It's available for trial/purchase at http://www.rpgmakerweb.com/
1a. Why not VX ACE?
a. It wasn't released when Harem was started, and the time it would take to convert Harem to ACE just doesn't justify the benefits.
2. What program do you use for the pictures?
a. 3d Custom Girl. I have no idea how you can buy it anymore, nor do I know of any working download links. Sorry. Most of the mods I've found on http://cdn.3dcustom.net/TACuploader/upload.html and http://www.nijibox5.com/futabacustom/. And for practical reasons I can't upload my own mods for you as my arcs folder is 30gb in size.
3. When is the next version coming out?
a. I don't know. I work a full time job myself, Harem is only a hobby for me. My free time varies wildly as does my own interest level in doing it. Beyond not this month your guess is as good as mine.
4. Do you need testers or proofreaders?
a. No. If/When I do I'll make a post about it. Offering early won't change anything.
In the help wanted post I said that if anyone wanted to help out with the writing, writing brothel scenes would be very helpful to me. A few people have asked how and what. The format of VX is a series of 4 line text boxes. If a character is speaking (ie face is present) each line is roughly 50 characters across. If not, each line can be 65 characters across. Preferably a brothel scene would describe a sexual encounter (although it wouldn't necessarily have to be if a john wanted to pay for a different service) using between 5-15 text blocks. I would create all images unless you wanted to.
General rules
-No loli, guro, or scat. Isn't in harem and will not be.
-The scenes can be nearly whatever you want but the overall long lasting impact would be short. If you would want to create a scene that turns into a quest you'd have to be willing and able to create the quest in VX.
-Image creation and coding are not required. I will do that part of it, as well as proofreading and editing assuming that I can read it.
-Group scenes would be fine but try to keep it under 4 actors overall just to keep the image creation doable.
-Beyond that it's fairly open. If you aren't sure if the idea for the scene would work or have any other questions e-mail me at haremrpg@gmail.com
Some ideas that I thought of briefly. These are minor spoilers so I used white text. Highlight the remaining section to read (and why doesn't blogspot let me use [spoiler]?)
[spoiler]
-Donna is a healer, so she might see the whoring as a way to help men release their 'frustrations'. Could be in a positive or negative fashion
-Samantha can go either way as well. Degradation from colonists who she's slighted or lesbian from a fan
-Sarah's turned into a nympho who likes bondage and anal sex. Also has quite a few soldier/warrior contacts in the colonies. Could be from either aspect.
-Terra could be approached from three angles. She's the youngest of the harem (only 18) so a school girl fantasy could work. Her magic element could make for an interesting scene as well. Also she's a pain slut who draws arousal from pain if you want to write a dark scene.
-Cecilia would be distant and get offended at any form of degradation as well as inexperienced.
-Cindy wouldn't normally be in a scene, but could be with the man running the inn or a john that wanted to fuck the madam.
-Noemi could play off the hot maid fantasy, amazonian warrior, or topping from the bottom idea.
-Rhea would be eager to please but inexperienced. Also in incredible shape and probably quite flexible.
-Alena would also be distant and not to enthusiastic about it. But having one of Lex's old compatriots call on her might be interesting
-Phoebe would be inquisitive, wanting to please but also trying to learn everything about the john. Inexperienced as well, but with a disappointed with the John aspect as the main character was her only lover.
-Angelica, Jessica, Betsy, Melony or anyone else couldn't be in the brothel for quite a bit of time, so they're off limits.
[\spoiler]
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Not until 2013
Progress on 0.6b has been far slower than I was hoping. Mostly my own fault, I don't have a great deal of time during the holiday season (my job gets very demanding this time of year) and numerous other distractions when I do have free time. Even if I could devote myself 100% to development release wouldn't be until next year.
A few known bugs that will be addressed in the future
-The main characters name changes during the tram sequence. Fixed internally, I'll put a rename event during the start of 0.6b so you can change it back. It will be pulled back out for 0.6c.
-Betsy's last scene doesn't trigger.
-f12 still crashes the game
-The readme.txt is woefully out of date and links you to the wrong version of the RTP.
-Numerous spelling and grammar errors.
There's been a few bug reports about Noemi not joining on the dark path. Once you've visited her in jail and then cleared the first cavern map, she should appear at your base when you walk into the officer's quarters. If that's not happening, please send a save to haremrpg@gmail.com
And if you have feedback that you would prefer not to post in a public forum or in the comments, also feel free to e-mail me at haremrpg@gmail.com. I had mentioned that in comments and received quite a few nice bits of feedback in return.
A few known bugs that will be addressed in the future
-The main characters name changes during the tram sequence. Fixed internally, I'll put a rename event during the start of 0.6b so you can change it back. It will be pulled back out for 0.6c.
-Betsy's last scene doesn't trigger.
-f12 still crashes the game
-The readme.txt is woefully out of date and links you to the wrong version of the RTP.
-Numerous spelling and grammar errors.
There's been a few bug reports about Noemi not joining on the dark path. Once you've visited her in jail and then cleared the first cavern map, she should appear at your base when you walk into the officer's quarters. If that's not happening, please send a save to haremrpg@gmail.com
And if you have feedback that you would prefer not to post in a public forum or in the comments, also feel free to e-mail me at haremrpg@gmail.com. I had mentioned that in comments and received quite a few nice bits of feedback in return.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Help wanted!
A few people have offered to help out with editing or other things so I figured I'd lay out a help waned post. I've done this a few times before and Harem would of been over a long time ago without the help of many people.
Some spots will have requirements in order to be considered so I'll define them now. Individual roles will list which ones are required.
-SVN access (SVN). To work as a team I do host Harem on a SVN. For any independent position you'd have to be able to connect to the SVN, download and update with your own information. I can teach people how to use one, but you must have an intermediate understanding of how computers work at least and have full access to your computer. So no work computers, school computers, or family computers (and if your a minor you shouldn't be playing this game, nor reading this blog). As the readme says, please don't use the SVN without permission. I don't keep it in a working state.
-RPG-Maker VX (VX)- You need to own and be comfortable coding inside of VX. I do like ideas, but there are some roles where I would rather keep my focus on the main storyline rather than doing other things. So if I bring someone in to do those other things, I don't gain anything if I have to do all the coding myself.
-No position would require image creation I would be glad to do that for you. But if your comfortable with 3dcg I can send you hardsaves/mods and let you create them.
-All positions will probably require more time and work then what you think. So be willing to put in some hard work!
Casual roles
1. Brothel scenes - I'd love to have more brothel scenes, but rarely can find the time to write them. Anyone that wants to write short adult scenes, this would be a great way to do so. You'd have to write in the textblox style. 60 characters per line without a face, 50 with a face (dialogue) and 4 lines per block. 8-20 block size overall. Absolutely no loli, guro or scat. Generally not plot changing, but if they idea is good enough I may incorporate it anyways. And if I have to spend more than 5 minutes or so spell checking/proofing it I'm likely to get frustrated and delete your e-mail, so please take the time to prepare it!
2. Ideas. Many characters, events, and scenes have come from the players. If there's an erotic situation you'd like to see, an idea for a new character (woman or man), or event feel free to let me know! I won't guarantee that I'll use it, but I'll certainly look at it.
Involved roles
1.Scripter - SVN/VX (ruby) - Raziel321 has been helping me for many months, but I haven't heard from him in a few months. Projects would be to look at the step counter script and figure out why f12 crashes, keeping the main characters name through a character reset, and figuring out how to get the health bar script working in old saves. Filled by Dramakus, thanks!
2. Sound engineer - SVN/VX - Sound isn't Harem's strong point. I usually play the game muted with music loud enough to interfere with normal though. So the music/SE of Harem is slapdash at best. Anyone that would want to give an interesting auditory feel to Harem would be welcome. Note : I do not want moans or sloppy sex noises to play through the scenes.
3. Battle engineer - SVN/VX+ - I still don't understand combat in VX particularly well and I usually stumble through most of it. Anyone that understands combat in VX and would want to take over fighting would be welcome. You would have to work closely with me. As I develop new content I may describe how I want a battle to work and feel and it'd be your job to make it happen.
4. Side quest writer - SVN/VX - I would like to see more breadth in Harem, but find myself focusing on the length of it by writing the main plotline. Anyone that wants to come in and code side quests/events/characters for Harem is welcome to do so. You'd have to both be able to work closely with me and then independently. You'd submit a quest idea to me. You'd get constructive criticism from me and other team members (please know how to react to that) and if we can work out a good way of doing the quest you would code it into the game (with minimal oversight/support).
5. Editors - SVN/VX - I already have two helping me (Calristian and HirotonoRei) but the more the merrier. You'd need to be able to directly link into development to avoid having me search for work they've already done and to keep me focused on 0.6b content so the SVN and VX are hard requirements. If you can't do those, just send me an e-mail with the corrections and I'll relay the corrections to them.
If you are interested please send an e-mail to haremrpg@gmail.com describing what you want to do. I'll reply asap. I've turned off the mediafire autoreply so if you can't get any existing links to work send me a PM on any forum or a e-mail requesting it and I'll send it out.
Testers
1. I am not looking for any testers at all currently. 0.6b is not in a testable state, nor will it be for a while. I may be using a private forum for testing and thus not asking for testers at all this cycle. Offering your assistance before I ask for it will not get you any consideration nor advantage when/if I do.
Donations
1. A few people have asked me in the past if there was any way to donate in thanks for the game. If you want, feel free to send money to haremrpg@gmail.com through paypal! This isn't a demand, Harem development will continue regardless, nor am I offering to take commissions for particular scenes or characters.
Some spots will have requirements in order to be considered so I'll define them now. Individual roles will list which ones are required.
-SVN access (SVN). To work as a team I do host Harem on a SVN. For any independent position you'd have to be able to connect to the SVN, download and update with your own information. I can teach people how to use one, but you must have an intermediate understanding of how computers work at least and have full access to your computer. So no work computers, school computers, or family computers (and if your a minor you shouldn't be playing this game, nor reading this blog). As the readme says, please don't use the SVN without permission. I don't keep it in a working state.
-RPG-Maker VX (VX)- You need to own and be comfortable coding inside of VX. I do like ideas, but there are some roles where I would rather keep my focus on the main storyline rather than doing other things. So if I bring someone in to do those other things, I don't gain anything if I have to do all the coding myself.
-No position would require image creation I would be glad to do that for you. But if your comfortable with 3dcg I can send you hardsaves/mods and let you create them.
-All positions will probably require more time and work then what you think. So be willing to put in some hard work!
Casual roles
1. Brothel scenes - I'd love to have more brothel scenes, but rarely can find the time to write them. Anyone that wants to write short adult scenes, this would be a great way to do so. You'd have to write in the textblox style. 60 characters per line without a face, 50 with a face (dialogue) and 4 lines per block. 8-20 block size overall. Absolutely no loli, guro or scat. Generally not plot changing, but if they idea is good enough I may incorporate it anyways. And if I have to spend more than 5 minutes or so spell checking/proofing it I'm likely to get frustrated and delete your e-mail, so please take the time to prepare it!
2. Ideas. Many characters, events, and scenes have come from the players. If there's an erotic situation you'd like to see, an idea for a new character (woman or man), or event feel free to let me know! I won't guarantee that I'll use it, but I'll certainly look at it.
Involved roles
1.
2. Sound engineer - SVN/VX - Sound isn't Harem's strong point. I usually play the game muted with music loud enough to interfere with normal though. So the music/SE of Harem is slapdash at best. Anyone that would want to give an interesting auditory feel to Harem would be welcome. Note : I do not want moans or sloppy sex noises to play through the scenes.
3. Battle engineer - SVN/VX+ - I still don't understand combat in VX particularly well and I usually stumble through most of it. Anyone that understands combat in VX and would want to take over fighting would be welcome. You would have to work closely with me. As I develop new content I may describe how I want a battle to work and feel and it'd be your job to make it happen.
4. Side quest writer - SVN/VX - I would like to see more breadth in Harem, but find myself focusing on the length of it by writing the main plotline. Anyone that wants to come in and code side quests/events/characters for Harem is welcome to do so. You'd have to both be able to work closely with me and then independently. You'd submit a quest idea to me. You'd get constructive criticism from me and other team members (please know how to react to that) and if we can work out a good way of doing the quest you would code it into the game (with minimal oversight/support).
5. Editors - SVN/VX - I already have two helping me (Calristian and HirotonoRei) but the more the merrier. You'd need to be able to directly link into development to avoid having me search for work they've already done and to keep me focused on 0.6b content so the SVN and VX are hard requirements. If you can't do those, just send me an e-mail with the corrections and I'll relay the corrections to them.
If you are interested please send an e-mail to haremrpg@gmail.com describing what you want to do. I'll reply asap. I've turned off the mediafire autoreply so if you can't get any existing links to work send me a PM on any forum or a e-mail requesting it and I'll send it out.
Testers
1. I am not looking for any testers at all currently. 0.6b is not in a testable state, nor will it be for a while. I may be using a private forum for testing and thus not asking for testers at all this cycle. Offering your assistance before I ask for it will not get you any consideration nor advantage when/if I do.
Donations
1. A few people have asked me in the past if there was any way to donate in thanks for the game. If you want, feel free to send money to haremrpg@gmail.com through paypal! This isn't a demand, Harem development will continue regardless, nor am I offering to take commissions for particular scenes or characters.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Workflow
Work is continuing on 0.6b. I never quite realized exactly how much writing goes into the game. I've changed my workflow a bit during content creation, where the last thing I actually do is use VX. I'll write directly into Word now, using a combination of margins and frames to match the workspace of VX. It's been so much easier to write with the benefits of a spell check and grammar check. And simply being able to read the end result without using the game's interface is great. Switch over to 3dcg to create the images and then open up vx and worry about the actual code.
And it also lets me know how many pages of content is actually created. 0.6b is over 50 pages already and I doubt if I've written anything more than 20% of what I have planned for 6b. 50 3dcg images, maybe 15% of that workload done. Maybe 5% of the actual coding, but that's usually a bit shorter. And of course 0% of the testing done, so don't interpret any of those percentages into eta's.
And teasers!
And it also lets me know how many pages of content is actually created. 0.6b is over 50 pages already and I doubt if I've written anything more than 20% of what I have planned for 6b. 50 3dcg images, maybe 15% of that workload done. Maybe 5% of the actual coding, but that's usually a bit shorter. And of course 0% of the testing done, so don't interpret any of those percentages into eta's.
And teasers!
Saturday, October 20, 2012
I'm still alive!
Sorry about the extended abscence. Things are getting back to normal for me and there's some work going on in Harem. Maybe I'll have a teaser or two within a few days.
Nothing resembling an eta.
Nothing resembling an eta.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Bleh, I'm getting old!
So dealing with a few medical things which is making my life a bit unpleasant currently. Nothing life threatening, but rather painful when trying to work through it. It's been very hard for me to find the time and especially the energy to put much work into Harem. The project is in no way discontinued, but you might not hear much from me in the next few weeks.
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