Harem, Dark RPG (VXA) game.

[Ikatashi_Paku]

This may sound stupid of me but I just noticed that in the pause menu all the girls that can be in the active battle party all have MP bars even though Terra and Donna are the only ones that use MP. Don't know if that can be fixed or not but I would like to point it out because it's weird.

 

[ker]

This may sound stupid of me but I just noticed that in the pause menu all the girls that can be in the active battle party all have MP bars even though Terra and Donna are the only ones that use MP. Don't know if that can be fixed or not but I would like to point it out because it's weird.

Ya, I've been trying to figure how to make that not happen, but no luck so far.

 

[ker]

Switched download links to Google Drive.  Patron support has made the RG/FF distribution unnecessary.

 

[SorenMageofMareth]

Sorry that I didn't respond to this earlier:


Stoic is getting buffed in 3m2.  As is Provoke.  And don't hesitate to give me combat feedback, I'm not good at balancing it and need the feedback.


Yes, Fiona is a gouging bitch on purpose.  But ultimately the only way to progress her storyline will be to buy her items.  Don't spend a huge amount right now though.  While the code to track your spend is in 3m1, there isn't much there.  3m2 will have an event happen at 10k gold spent.  And it will develop slowly, so I don't know what the final necessary spend will be in the end.  I'm currently think that she might join somewhere around 5m2 but that might get pushed back to 6m3.

Ya know it would be awesome if you could take her to task for the gouging with same city comparison for a discount. A proper one,

 

[ker]

The work on Chapter 4 is proceeding well ahead of schedule, and unless there's a huge issue that comes up, release should be on May 5th to Patreons, May 27th to the public.  I have been thinking about the feedback I have gotten on the dark route and you will see a much greater difference between the two paths in this content.  Also as I've been rewriting it, I've focused a lot of attention on giving it a much more active feel.


In version 1 Western Corsix (now Lesser Corsix) was a fairly passive city but I'm doing a lot more to improve the gameflow in it, with a much more active feel and design to the event structure.  Should feel much different then it did in version 1.  Captain Vanessa (now Centura Vanessa) has a much more active role then she did before.  Her character was fairly undeveloped when I wrote the content the first time and her personality didn't start to come together until chapter 6 last time.  Now that I know who she is, she's a far more interesting character in this section.


Jessica will still be a focal point in the content and both Rhea's and Alena's content is far better written this time around, focusing more heavily on their relationships with Sarah and Samantha respectively.  Phoebe has a more active role as well as she was optional at this time during v1 but required in v2 which has let me write her into the content much better.


Coding for Chapter 4 is done as well as rough drafts for all events.  Will be hundreds of pages of content, most of it completely rewritten and all of improved.  The vast majority of images are also new for v2, but there were some that I thought were good enough to get ported over directly.


I'm also taking a new look at non-canon scenes, which are part of the $25+ Patreon rewards.  The eight already in the game focused more on behind the scenes events.  Things that could have happened in the normal run of the game, just weren't significant enough to be included in the main game.  This time I'm taking more of a 'what-if' idea.  Things that did not happen in the game, but might have.  What if Donnie went to Jessica during the party?  Or what if somebody else caught your eye during it?


As always, I appreciate all the support that you all give me for making this game.  Be it through feedback and talking about what you did/did not like in the game and your pledges through Patreon.  Remember that if you want to get access to the new chapter 4 content on the 5th, you must pledge at least $5 before the end of April for the pledge to process in time to get the early release.  And if you choose to pledge $25 or more, you'll gain access to the 8 bonus scenes already in the game and the two new non-canon scenes being added.


Enough of me talking, here's some teasers!

 

[leonardodna]

Not sure if here is the best place to ask this, but I've opened all scenes on the game except the last for Terra (Pounding/Earthen Rod). I've read @Ikatashi_Paku walkthrough, and the only thing that I think I did different is that I don't have all 5 Terra's memories. Do I need it to unlock that scene Or I missed something else?

 

[Hoboy]

I think you need all the memories

 

[ker]

Not sure if here is the best place to ask this, but I've opened all scenes on the game except the last for Terra (Pounding/Earthen Rod). I've read @Ikatashi_Paku walkthrough, and the only thing that I think I did different is that I don't have all 5 Terra's memories. Do I need it to unlock that scene Or I missed something else?

No, that shouldn't be related to memories at all.  Those scenes occur at the end of Phoebe's quest under the Castra using the Earthen Rod that you get from Fiona.  But to get there you end up snaking through all of Phoebe's quests, a few of the Celean Sword quests and at least one of Fiona's.  And then there's a dark and a light variant of it.  Ikatashi's walkthrough hasn't been updated for the 3m2 content


The scene tied to Terra's memories is 'That Was Supposed to Be Marked Private!' and does not have much in terms of route variance.


Edit:  There is a mechanical walkthrough that I maintain on the blog.  It's profoundly ugly, but it will tell you where to go.

 

[Ikatashi_Paku]

No, that shouldn't be related to memories at all.  Those scenes occur at the end of Phoebe's quest under the Castra using the Earthen Rod that you get from Fiona.  But to get there you end up snaking through all of Phoebe's quests, a few of the Celean Sword quests and at least one of Fiona's.  And then there's a dark and a light variant of it.  Ikatashi's walkthrough hasn't been updated for the 3m2 content


The scene tied to Terra's memories is 'That Was Supposed to Be Marked Private!' and does not have much in terms of route variance.


Edit:  There is a mechanical walkthrough that I maintain on the blog.  It's profoundly ugly, but it will tell you where to go.

I've sent ker a walkthrough for the new content  for the public release It wont be too hard to post it in the forum but as it is being included with the actual game releases now I don't really see too much point in that.

 

[Arnvall]

Thanks for the walkthrough. It really helps.

 

[ker]

Harem v2c3m2.1w is ready for your enjoyment!


Content additions


-More sidequests! Gregory in Eowen has sidequest for you leading to another zone, Fiona as another, also if you buy enough from her, she'll grow more friendly. Slightly


 -An additional line from Phoebe, snaking through the Celeean and Fiona quests as well


-Added a library to Castra Corson. It is to the east of your chambers


-Added a quickie mode when interacting with your slaves in base.


-Resort in Fishing Village reopen! Talk to Sarah after you've completed her other events.


-Put Cindy and Fenja in the bases, but they won't have any interactions.


-Variety of bug fixes from v2c3m1


-1 new slave with 1 new hinted at.


-5 new scenes


-~150 pages of text


-~120 new images


-Updated walkthrough included!


 Base game, requires RTP installed seperately.


https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3KuKjSbH2FhQV8tb09zOUZjcXM


Game w/ RTP.  Larger download, no RTP necessary


https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3KuKjSbH2FhcmlaN0JsVTVrWk0


Credit to the people who helped out with their time!


Copy Editor and Sanity Checker -HirotonoRei


Testing - Hunter769, Omnibomb, TheHiddenOne


Walkthrough- Ikatashi Paku


Chapter 4 is 99% done and will enter testing in the next few days.  Should be an early May release for Patreons.

 

[Anomolousrabbit]

Minor continuity error:


(redacted)


Edit: Edit: Edit: Edit: I can't for the life of me figure out how to use spoilers on this forum, so I'll edit this out once you've seen it.

 

[Tinman]

Minor continuity error:


[sblock] did the swamp gatherers sidequest, having slept in the castle / met Naomi but not pursued it any further. When I met the Cheli at the end of the questline I started telling them about Phoebe, me being a prophesied saviour and/or god, etc etc. None of which had happened yet.[/sblock]


Edit: Edit: Edit: Edit: I can't for the life of me figure out how to use spoilers on this forum, so I'll edit this out once you've seen it.

Having done the Westland Camp before going to Castra Corson (I expected my new hideout to lead directly to Corsix and so tried to finish the Mountain Glory quests firsts) this occurs even if you're only encounter with Noemi is at the Governor's mansion.


Also, there are no more spoilers in the forum.  There used to be but not anymore.

 

[ker]

Minor continuity error:


[sblock] did the swamp gatherers sidequest, having slept in the castle / met Naomi but not pursued it any further. When I met the Cheli at the end of the questline I started telling them about Phoebe, me being a prophesied saviour and/or god, etc etc. None of which had happened yet.[/sblock]


Edit: Edit: Edit: Edit: I can't for the life of me figure out how to use spoilers on this forum, so I'll edit this out once you've seen it.

Thanks, I'll have to address that.  Should be a fairly easy conditional.  It will be a bit weaker of a plot/exposition if you go there before capturing Phoebe but ultimately it'll function in the same way.


Also, I've put up a new poll on the blog. I had cut the brothel from version 2 but have gotten some mixed feedback on it. If you want to participate, swing out to my blog (linked below) and cast your vote!


[SIZE=11pt]http://harem-vx.blogspot.com/[/SIZE]

 

[Anomolousrabbit]

Other extremely minor niggles (if you don't mind me doing so I'll keep mentioning these as I play through)


* There's no reaction/popup for approaching the blockade around Lesser Corsix, so it might be unclear to some people why they can't walk over that map square


* After completing the gatherer side-questline (apart from the bit I'll need to come back for), I returned to the dwarf mercenary guy in Eleen and he was still repeating his dialogue about using the boat to go to the gatherer camp, instead of acknowledging that I'd completed that already.

 

[Ikatashi_Paku]

I've been busy lately and haven't had a chance to check my email if any one has sent one I'll try to address it as soon as I am able.

 

[ker]

Other extremely minor niggles (if you don't mind me doing so I'll keep mentioning these as I play through)


* There's no reaction/popup for approaching the blockade around Lesser Corsix, so it might be unclear to some people why they can't walk over that map square


* After completing the gatherer side-questline (apart from the bit I'll need to come back for), I returned to the dwarf mercenary guy in Eleen and he was still repeating his dialogue about using the boat to go to the gatherer camp, instead of acknowledging that I'd completed that already.

That should be fixed in chapter 4, which was just sent out to Patrons today.


I just sent out Chapter 4 to Patrons today.  Public release will be on the 27th.



Content additions



-Lesser Corsix is now open!  Main storyline progress through there, heavily involved with Jessica and a new character Centura Vanessa



-Introduces Isabella, part of the Namuhist church and Centura Vanessa



-Two new quest locations, the Tower of Selem and the Corsix Mines



-23 new scenes, 2 non-canon scenes added



-369 new images for main content, 29 for two new non-canon scenes



-287 pages of new text



-New sprite and faces for the main hero



-Multiple sprite updates from Ninjician



-Updated Mapping from Hunter769



-Modifying Eowen in preparation for the reborn Brothel





Bug Fixes



-Several choices did not alter ethos properly.  The vast majority of those will be corrected when you step onto the world map

 

[Ikatashi_Paku]

So I've been plagued with a lack of motivation to finish the work for the current chapter of the walkthrough as there are some story differences that start happening between the two paths. Light path part is done I just need to finish the Croxis mines section again on dark to finish up but FFXIV has been my crack for a while and I'm finding it hard to get other things done in my free time to get it done for the main content of the game.

 

[Ikatashi_Paku]

Ok. So I finally got this done posting it here for anyone who missed it or just want's to get the thing early.


View attachment Harem V2 Walkthrough.rtf


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[ker]

I've proofed the walkthrough, cleaning up some spelling errors and a few corrections.  Please use this as you're adding future content to it.

View attachment Harem V2 Walkthrough ch4.rtf

 

[Ikatashi_Paku]

I will be the first to admit I suck at spelling. I've never been good at it and word pad has no spell check.

 

[ker]

I will be the first to admit I suck at spelling. I've never been good at it and word pad has no spell check.

I will be the first to admit I suck at spelling. I've never been good at it and word pad has no spell check.

Why not use LibreOffice or OpenOffice?


Also, teasers for the 4m1 content coming out in June.  Public release of chapter 4 is on the 27th!

 

[Ikatashi_Paku]

The computer I'm using isn't my own so I don't want to download anything to the computer I don't need to and my flash drives are all full.

 

[ker]

Hey Ikatashi I've sent you the 4m1 beta.  Reminding you here since you don't always check your e-mail!

 

[ker]

Harem Chapter 4 released! v2c4m0.2w

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

Content additions
-Lesser Corsix is now open! Main storyline progress through there, heavily involved with Jessica and a new character Centura Vanessa
-Introduces Isabella, part of the Namuhist church and Centura Vanessa
-Two new quest locations, the Tower of Selem and the Corsix Mines
-23 new scenes, 2 non-canon scenes added
-369 new images for main content, 29 for two new non-canon scenes
-287 pages of new text
-New sprite and faces for the main hero
-Multiple sprite updates from Ninjician
-Updated Mapping from Hunter769
-Modifying Eowen in preparation for the reborn Brothel

I do have a Patreon page up and running. If you enjoyed the new content and wish to support further development, any donation will help out a great deal!
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2583450&u=2583450&ty=h

Base game, requires RTP installed separately.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3KuKjSbH2FhMlp5VW1rNVQ1UHM
Game w/ RTP, requires no other installation but significantly larger
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3KuKjSbH2FheDI2aGJfMVU2amc

I do not create Harem by myself. Credits: Lead: Ker
Chief Editor: HirotonoRei Sprites: Ninjician CG Script : JBurton
Maps, Scripts : Hunter769 Walkthrough: Ikatashi_Paku 3dcg Modding: Riven1978
Testing: Omnibomb, TheHiddenOne, Hunter769, Doom Panda, Riven1978

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 even more so.

 

[Number13]

Played the new release. It was fun.


I wonder though, will there be any Futa characters that will join the harem? Or while not joining the harem, male members joining the party?


Found a couple of bugs.


When you first meet Vanessa in the Barracks, on of the guards sprites looks like a dwarf, even though his face pic looks like the other guards.


In the abandoned item shop in Little Corsix, you can walk on the pickaxes on the table.


Within Castra Corson, near the secret entrance, a section of wall under a window is different.


If you defeat one of the Tu'thun in the east mine ambush an endless loop happens.

 

[Ikatashi_Paku]

I don't believe that last one is a bug. It's supposed to be a fight you can't win and with Terra's Dragon Breath spell that would happen no problem.

 

[ker]

You're both right.  You're not supposed to win that fight but there is a condition in which the fight can be bugged.  That will be fixed in v2c4m0.3 which will come out later today


The rest of those will also be corrected in .3

 

[ker]

v2c4m0.3 released (bugfix version)




 




Thanks to everyone who sent out a bug report this weekend, I think I've fixed all of them.

Also, if you run into issues there is a built in command that will fix much of it.  Skills - Ralph - Check Id Ring will renable encounters, erase picture 1, fade in and untint the screen, resets the party size as well as setting the MC sprite back to the new version.  I would apprecaite a bug report so I can correct the issue though.

v2c4m0.3
Bug fixes
-Adjusted fight with Orc Chief for Angelica across the room
-Added code to skills-check id ring-conditional reset to have it reset party size back to 4 if it gets stuck at 1
-Adjusted the ambush in the eastern caves to make it so it can't be bugged out by killing a Tu'Than
-Renabled encounters whenever entering in a sidequest zone.
-The soldier that looks like a dwarf now looks like a dwarf all the time!

Base game
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3KuKjSbH2FhdEZUeFB5WGYzdUU
Game + RTP
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3KuKjSbH2FhRm9NNGpSWm5LbWs

And don't forget that the Patron rollover is at the end of the month.  If you want to contribute to development, get your pledge in before the end of the 31st!

 

[Ideo]

Just finished playing chapter 4 and I really enjoyed it, your team is making a great game and I hope to see more of it in the future.


I just found one issue, after saving lesser Corsix I can´t seem to trigger Noemi´s scene when you enter your bedroom in Castra Corson, the scene was mentioned in the walkthrough. Is this a bug or is the content not yet added?


Thank for your help.