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]