Friday, January 22, 2016

Chapter 3 Teasers!

Work is proceeding nicely.  While I'll have a much more in depth post this Sunday, just thought I'd drop some teasers on you today.





Monday, January 18, 2016

Updated version Harem v2c2.2 released

Mostly just fixing a few bugs

-Removed Cindy from base. She wasn't ever going to have content after capture but I had put her there as a trophy but it wasn't a good idea.  She might get promoted back into the game later but don't count on it.

-To fix characters use the 'Check Id Ring' skill under the main character
-Gave Terra the ability to cast spells.
-Removed the magic option from character who couldn't use magic.
-Reorder character reset and join events for item consistency.  There may be excess items when upgrading from an old version.  Sell em or keep em, doesn't matter.
-Fixed various items that were usable when they should not be



The Id Ring functionality will be changing going forward.  It will no longer be an equip-able item, rather something inherent to the main character and usable as a skill rather than an item.  Makes it much simpler from a coding perspective.  The skill will function as a quest guide (assuming I haven't forgotten to update it) and an option to reset your characters.  This won't change their level at all, it resets them to the updated code for them and then relevels them to their old level.  Lets me correct/rebalance the game but not try to force it down the players throats.

Base game
http://www.filefactory.com/file/4oogutmgw3xn/Harem_v2c2.2.exe

http://rg.to/file/06caf543fd1c8cdf6742b540c70d86b2/Harem_v2c2.2.exe.html
With RTP

http://www.filefactory.com/file/6fsl2gtnmm5r/Harem_v2c2.2%20+%20RTP.exe
http://rg.to/file/f67d0e828cb7e81a004d8e78631c8e65/Harem_v2c2.2___RTP.exe.html

Additional links on the downloads page as usual for anyone who can't get either of those two to work.

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!

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Chapter 2 sent out to Patreons!

Chapter 2 is finally finished.  Should more than triple the size of the game from chapter 1 with the encounters in Eliba involving Cindy, Sarah and Terra.  Even skipping every line of text should put the play time 30+ minutes per path and if you're skipping the text I don't know why you're playing Harem!

Content added
-Added Cindy, Sarah and Terra arcs
-Added 2, 8 and 5 scenes respectively.
-Added 2x Donna scenes
-Added Replay Scenes
-Added World Map, Eliba area accessible
-Added quest guidance through Id ring

Numbers
-15 scenes added
-2 non-canon scenes only for $25+ Patreons
-About 250 pages of text
-220 new images

Public release will be 1/17

Edit as of 4pm CST : Uploaded a new version for Patreons that resolves a pair of issues.  Messaged through Patreon.