Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Harem v2 0.1 released!

Harem v2 0.1 released!

We've completed and tested the first Chapter of the Harem remake!  This is the Fisher's island content involving Donna and Samantha.  8 scenes, reusing a bit of old content but adding in 50 pages worth of writing (in the reduced width of ACE of course) and 70 new images.  Should take about 20-30 minutes per side if you read everything that's being said.

Base game, requires RTP
http://www.filefactory.com/file/1lpvy2nktk69/Harem.exe
http://rg.to/file/d268858504c5bf251765f68a88976cf2/Harem.exe.html

RTP loaded.  Larger file only necessary if you don't have the ACE RTP loaded
http://www.filefactory.com/file/10g4zs47f1vj/Harem%20w%20RTP.exe
http://rg.to/file/c4e7b35cf5678eb4ce85e770fd382d8f/Harem_w_RTP.exe.html
Additional links will be provided in Downloads page.

NoMoshing's from Harem Collector been kind enough to let me use JBurton's CG mode script but it's not implement yet.  There is a review mode, the door to the far side of your hideout.  It is save specific and can only review what the scenes you've seen that run.  By 0.2 the full CG mode will be up and running.

You're feedback is always appreciated, frankly necessary in the development of Harem.  It's key to building quality and keeping up motivation.  Seeing a download counter tick up is one thing but interacting with the players has been by in large why I've been doing this.  So speak up and say something!

Also you'll see on the right I've redesigned a few elements of the blog.  I want to set up a Patreon for the game but I want to know your feedback on the criteria.  It's under 'Patreon Proposal'.  What would motivate you to donate and what do you think fair prices are for it.  Just keep in mind that the game itself is already free.

There's also a 'Help Wanted' page.  I usually get plenty of people who want to volunteer their time instead of money and I'm always glad for the help.  I am refining the positions and placing stricter requirements on them.  Me spending more time training then they spend testing doesn't help the game get done any faster.

There's a 'Development Progress' page as well. It sounds like a good idea but I'm sure I won't update it enough for it to be useful and delete it within a few months.  But it's a good enough of an idea to try out.

Finally, I'm going to update my game recommendations and porn reading recommendations as well, but that is a goal for a future day.

19 comments:

  1. I'm enjoying what there is so far. I do feel like the choices are more organic. Also did the angel goddess thing always have the "relearn" line or did you add that in the for the remake?

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    1. It was in the end version of v1. Beyond that, not sure when it was added.

      Thanks for the feedback!

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  2. I can't play yet, but i'm happy to see you back on the project and sincerely hope you will enjoy it again, and also wanted to say thanks for the countless hours i spent with the first installment.

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  3. I played your previous version 0.6b.8 and it was pleasure. Why you not continue but started a new? It was good game and I was looking forward to story.

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  4. Ker, you have surpassed yourself
    Seriously i'm really liking what i'm seeing here
    the new and the revised cg's are awesome!!!!
    Sincerely keep up the good work :D

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  5. i haven't done the dark side yet, but so far, i'm digging it, it seems more smooth than before...and you can hide the text, the boat animation(entering and getting out of it) seems a bit stiff, the old one were you just disappeared was better...but so far this is it for bad things from me

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  6. Glad to see you back and working on this. I haven't played the new version yet, but I'm sure I'll like it.

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    1. same here I am and im sure alot of other people are really happy to see your not dead. I'll drink to that.

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  7. Happy to see you returned, I like what I see so far. Keep up the good work.

    One thing I didn't like was the download sites, I don't like them can't you use faster one like mega or 4shared?

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    1. I get some minor income from File Factory and RapidGator so I'd prefer you use them. There is a mega and google drive link inside the downloads page.

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  8. Remember playing this years ago as one of my first adult RPG maker games. Should be interesting to replay it.

    For other Forums to advertise the game on, like you do with Hongfire and LOK, maybe you could use Fenoxo and Kimochi? Both are becoming more popular with adult gamers.

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    1. We would be happy to have you over at Kimochi!

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    2. Hmmm, I'm not seeing any other way to get a hold of you. (I make no claim that I didn't miss something.) Anyway, As I stated above, we'd be happy to have you join us over at Kimochi. We've got over 50 games hosted currently and an open and friendly community. If you are even slightly curious about us, I'd recommend you contact us via https://kimochi.co/publisher

      On a personal note, I'm glad you are back. I really liked what I was seeing in the old version and was saddened that it looked like this game had died. I will not miss the loss of the darker elements myself but the idea that brought them made a big difference to the game. There was a level of detail that lessened the feeling of fantastical in this fantasy because the characters aren't clearly good or evil. That made them a little more real to me and a little more believable. Thus their stories were a little more enjoyable and I felt more for their experiences. I haven't played this version yet and likely wont for a few releases as I'm not so fond of getting small doses. I'd rather do without longer and "pig-out". I AM adding this back into my blogger watch list though. :)

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    3. I'll check out Kimochi the next time I have a bit of free time. But in addition to developing Harem I also have a full time job so that might be a bit.

      Oh, if you want to contact me directly it's just haremrpg@gmail.com

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    4. Thank you, I'll pass on the email address so someone can contact you directly. As for your available time, no worries; we're accommodating and the offer has no expiration date. :)

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  9. Feedback... where to start? Lets start with the positive things. I really liked that you kept the choice colours to distinguish the paths, the new CG is great and the path changes i really liked. Really good work I look forward to future updates.

    Now for constructive criticism. These are just a few little things that could improve the game. There are a few points where the text could benefit from some form of word wrapping as the word starts on one line and ends on another, for better readability having the whole word on the one line would be good (please note that i've never made a RTP game so i don't know if it's possible or not). The other is the text itself there are a few points where what is written doesn't make sense, like it is missing or has extra words or the wrong punctuation. An example of this is when you meet Donna on the beach, the line reads "Looking over at you really look at her" it seems like the "at you" shouldn't be in that sentence. It may be a lot of work but writing the text in something like MS Word before putting it in the game would pick up most issues. Those were the only things I noticed aside from that it's a great game i'm glad you're back.

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  10. It really is going to be a white Christmas~

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