You play as “Daniel” Mcmanson, a young college aged man who was invited to the “Young Leaders of Tomorrow” Retreat. You accept and arrive with your friends and chaperone. However, the Retreat is actually an evil demonic plot to corrupt and mind control (Surprise!) the guests and then send them back to corrupt others. You must escape the Retreat as your morals are slowly ground down by the relentless corruption.
Main tags for this game are,
M/M, F/M, Corruption
Warning: The M/M tag above is not for show. This game is bisexual and there is unavoidable M/M and gay sex. It slips about 50% M/M and 50% F/M.
Sub Tags include but are not limited to are,
F/F, F-Solo, M-Solo, FDom, MDom, BDSM, Pet Play
This game is inspired by,
Rough Landing 1&2, Bodywerks, Tales of the Drunken Cowboy, and Corruption of Champions.
From what I have seen, for the most part, I would say "no" to compulsory M/F. Some scenes may be teased and depending on the selected difficulty and arousal of the MC it can become unavoidable, but it is still very heavy on the M/M part and since my prefferences are prolly very similar to yours (I dare say) you will still enjoy it, @kuranama . Most of the time when I have missclicked into some M/F content I can easily click fast through it without killing my ... mood .
The M/M scenes make more than up for it, trust me on it. The writing is very good, the setting interesting and there is a lot of fun to be had. In this game M/M actually means gay male sex . And it is actually not an easy game. There is good puzzles, decisions and riddles.
Well, i dont know what im doing wrong but i cant get this to run with RAGS 2.4.16. The Beta 3 version runs it but the text is kinda corrupted as are the markers for moving in different directions. All i get when to run it with 2.4.16.0 is "sorry, this RAGS game file is unreadable" Any suggestions anyone?
Game works, but it's effectively unreadable- I don't know why, and it only happens with this game, but any time you use an apostrophe anywhere in the text, it converts it into a spray of Japanese kanji. That's probably to do with my language settings (I have a Japanese language pack installed to play H-games, of course), even though they're currently set to English, but this is the ONLY RAGS game where this happens.
Here is what I would do. First, make sure that you are running V2.4.16.0.
Secondly, delete the game from your system and re download it. Make sure it's fully downloaded before you open it. If that doesn't work... I don't have an answer, sorry.
Hi Jash,
The only thing I can think that would cause that is that I don't use an English keyboard. So the apostrophe on my keyboard is coming across as Kanji on yours. Like Tedfin, I would suggest redownloading it and see if it it works.
I'm going to release an HTML version of the game eventually to help deal with issues like this but until then that's all I can suggest.
Glad you enjoyed the game Mario and that the M/F content didn't turn you off. Hopefully Karunama can enjoy it, but otherwise I'm sorry it's not your cup of tea.
Grrr. That didnt work. I removed RAGS, reinstalled 2.4.16 and re-downloaded the game. Still getting "this rags game is unreadable" message. I must be missing something.
I had the same issue of it being 'unreadable'. This is the first I had ever used RAGS, so i will have to admit I have the sneaking suspicion I'm doing something wrong or DLing the wrong file though.
I am using version 2.4.16.0 without a problem. Guess the .0 at the end makes a difference. Its not my favorite game engine since the problems between different versions of Rags make it a pain in the ass to get the right one. 2.4.16.0 however works for most, so it should work here for you guys as well.
Personally I like that in games there are unavoidable content that I dislike, because one of the things I like the most in games is to take revenge .
From an adult game point of view having scenes that will cause dislike to one group without a gate to that content isn't very optimal because ehem, people like to play with one hand only. But from a story perspective or something more than the sex part it helps to make a better game.
P.D: This games main focus is M/M, thought that at most I would have a few forced scenes, but there are a LOT. It's enough to know that it's not my type of game .
I'm glad it's working for you now tedfin! I'm sorry the game is not to your taste asestado.
I've updated to V0.31 based on feedback the last week.
Patch notes:
V0.31 - 03 - 12 -2017
Mostly bug fixes and some story clarification.
Asking Z'Rul for help will no longer allow you to sequence break Jacob.
Sierra should be much more amenable to an alliance.
Barbie can now be enslaved properly.
Some objectives that were not updating properly have been fixed.
Jacks password should be a little easier to figure out.
Thanks to Reampants numerous typos have been resolved.
Many more bugs squashed.
The first post updated.
Anyone know how to update the title of the thread with the update date? I might be hard headed but I can't seem to figure it out.
Selectivepaperclip from the hypnopics forum has put together a Java RAGS emulator. So you can play the game in a web browser. I don't know if it has any bugs or not but here is the link.
I spent some time with this, and my reaction so far is mixed.
It's clearly more towards M/M than M/F which is great (for me, anyway), although it feels like some styles of play are locked behind M/F scenes. For example, all corruptible characters I found were female, so I was basically locked out of that style of play.
I didn't really like the main protagonist at all, especially early on. I suppose that he would appeal to someone who would like to see their character be totally corrupted though.
The basic premise of the game (kinky=evil, chastity=good) has been wearing thin on me for awhile, but considering that you listed CoC as one of your main inspirations, it isn't exactly surprising to see, and it was something I expected.
Overall, the writing was pretty good. The pictures used all felt natural for what the text was describing, and the sex scenes all seemed pretty hot.
The negative to the above point is that it made the big plothole all the more glaring: You don't look anything like you used to; why doesn't anyone you know notice this? How do they recognize you in the first place?
Overall, I like the game, and the sex scenes do get me going, but why would I, the player, care about the main character or the side characters? These hyper religious types seem like the sort that I personally would absolutely feed to demons if I had the chance.
I liked most of the game, a minor glitch on the common room the Wall Hanging description said is 2 men fucking doggie style but the actual image is still the same that appears on the Tapestry in the basement.
Also, there is not bedrooms on the small cabin, so is not possible to get the key to the Mistress room
The main character has the option to be utterly loathsome in the introduction. I felt that was necessary to give the player that option if they so choose. One of the things I wanted when I started this game was to give the MC a strong story arc depending on the choices the player makes. For the corrupt path it's the tale of an arrogant young man being brought down by his own flaws. For the pure path it's about him learning to overcome those flaws and, depending on how you play him, as a redemption story. The intro shows that the MC is swimming is both Homophobia (to Jacob who is gay) and Misogyny (to Sierra who is a second class citizen in this culture) . He then gets to meet both of them and (Potentially) realize what a mistake he's been making and how they are both very different to how he thought they where. This all leads up to the self examination scene (Which I titled 'The long dark tea time of the players soul' in my notes) where he has the option to realize that he's been a terrible person, to repent, and then to try to do better, which opens the purify option.
Each of the three main side characters (Mrs. Cooper, Jacob, and Sierra) are trapped in their circumstances and by the culture they are in. Mrs. Cooper in an unhappy marriage in a culture that means she has to have a fixed role in it, Jacob in that he's gay in a culture that views that as horrible, and Sierra being an ambitious and talented woman in a culture where she has no options but to be someone's wife.
So this is more a critique of that hyper religious types and how they are breaking out of it in the Retreat. Now, what they break out into depends on the player.
In the pure route they get to grow and expand beyond the limits of their culture to see a world of possibilities. In the corrupt route thought they're still trapped in the same mindset just reversed. As the MC says when he purifies Sierra, it's just the same thing multiplied by -1.
If course you could also just choose option 3 'Snarky' every time you get the choice and get the nicest version of the character in my opinion.
The basic premise of the game (kinky=evil, chastity=good) has been wearing thin on me for awhile, but considering that you listed CoC as one of your main inspirations, it isn't exactly surprising to see, and it was something I expected.
Yeah, it's a corruption game. I wouldn't say that chastity is good but the only real hint of that in the game is that having sex with Jacob is the only time you can have sex and it won't increase your corruption level. That's because it's the only time in the game the sex is based on mutual consent and no ones high on demonic magic.
Other then that... yeah, sex is pretty much evil in this game. Someone slowly being corrupted into a sex crazed maniac is really hot in my opinion.
The negative to the above point is that it made the big plothole all the more glaring: You don't look anything like you used to; why doesn't anyone you know notice this? How do they recognize you in the first place?
<Looks back and forth furtively> Never mention this to anyone again!
I suppose I could make up some explanation or something, but the reality is I couldn't find a 'Pure' picture that I liked for any gay male porn actor. So I grabbed one of the web, had the character change, and basically said, 'close enough'.
I thought about having the player have to introduce himself to everyone but that got old VERY quickly so I just hung a lampshade on it and then called it a day.
It's even worse if you're Trans, so not only do you look different, you're a completely different Gender.
Overall, the writing was pretty good. The pictures used all felt natural for what the text was describing, and the sex scenes all seemed pretty hot.
Glad you liked them! I designed the game picture first. I went through sets looking for a story that I could tell then then put the picture up on my secondary screen while I wrote in the first one what was happening.
Hi Valerion
I liked most of the game, a minor glitch on the common room the Wall Hanging description said is 2 men fucking doggie style but the actual image is still the same that appears on the Tapestry in the basement.
<Looks back and forth furtively> Never mention this to anyone again!
I suppose I could make up some explanation or something, but the reality is I couldn't find a 'Pure' picture that I liked for any gay male porn actor. So I grabbed one of the web, had the character change, and basically said, 'close enough'.
I thought about having the player have to introduce himself to everyone but that got old VERY quickly so I just hung a lampshade on it and then called it a day.
It's even worse if you're Trans, so not only do you look different, you're a completely different Gender.
Allow me to make a suggestion; in the introduction, as the imp informs you that he's improved your physical form in all these ways, he *also* tells you that his magic will make it so that anyone you meet will think that you *always* looked that way. He can alter your physical form, and has powers of mental manipulation. It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to say he can manipulate memories about you in the same fashion.
Ok, finished the purity and the enslave on the current game, Just a few things to say:
[*]When you release the guests who resisted the corruption, they just vanish. Except for the Red Bound Man, if you send him to his doom. It would be great for them to appear randomly in the forest or the cabins. maybe you can find then and they can show how grateful they are. At least the ones who have name. I pictured Brian as the PC´s roommate, the original owner of the dildo.
[*]Also, when you purify Engineer Lamarr she releases most of the people except for the man and the woman on the Reprograming lab, and the woman at the Brainwashing room are still there.
[*]When the PC returns to Jacob´s room he is just missing, no explanation given. Could be great to find a piece of clothing, like his tie or his underwear, with his essence to trace him. Also, to return to the guests who obviously knew him to get some intel on his whereabouts. Maybe Brian, Mrs Cooper or Sierra could cooperate, depending on their current relationship with the PC
[*]It would be great to have the description of the underwear when you are not wearing anything else
Allow me to make a suggestion; in the introduction, as the imp informs you that he's improved your physical form in all these ways, he *also* tells you that his magic will make it so that anyone you meet will think that you *always* looked that way. He can alter your physical form, and has powers of mental manipulation. It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to say he can manipulate memories about you in the same fashion.
Yup, that would work. I've added the verbiage into the comment and made sure that however you look people will remember as always being that way. So if you start playing around with MTF transformations they will still remember you. Thanks.
I would love to have the option to take Jason with me and interact with the other guests
Never meet my roommate, i would had love to do that.
It would be great to interact more with the forest, maybe some other guest wandering there.
There is no option to turn into slaves Volt and the Trainer. I understand about Volt, he obviously is more than what he shows. But I the Trainer...
There is an error when i try to use the green bed before going to sleep.
1. Jason? Do you mean Jansen? Unfortunately it won't happen. The amount of coding and writing that would require would be... high.
2. I'll make a note of that. The next release will be the endings and then a release for all the extra stuff I've been asked for or thought of but haven't had time to put into the game. So, we'll see.
3. I'll make a note of that as well. When I started making the forest I didn't know how to make other guests wander around. That's why the Forest is so static.
4. The problem with both Volt and Trainer is that I don't have the picture sets to expand on their presence. Which is unfortunately the reason as lot of things were not added to the game.
5. What exactly was the error? I've been trying but I haven't been able to replicate it.
How do you open the safe? I can't find any way to get the code
That code is the hardest puzzle in the game and leads to an easter egg. To get it you have to chose the correct conversation options in the induction center and if you miss them then the chance is gone forever.
[*]When you release the guests who resisted the corruption, they just vanish. Except for the Red Bound Man, if you send him to his doom. It would be great for them to appear randomly in the forest or the cabins. maybe you can find then and they can show how grateful they are. At least the ones who have name. I pictured Brian as the PC´s roommate, the original owner of the dildo.
[*]Also, when you purify Engineer Lamarr she releases most of the people except for the man and the woman on the Reprograming lab, and the woman at the Brainwashing room are still there.
[*]When the PC returns to Jacob´s room he is just missing, no explanation given. Could be great to find a piece of clothing, like his tie or his underwear, with his essence to trace him. Also, to return to the guests who obviously knew him to get some intel on his whereabouts. Maybe Brian, Mrs Cooper or Sierra could cooperate, depending on their current relationship with the PC
[*]It would be great to have the description of the underwear when you are not wearing anything else
1. Noted. I'll think about it. I'll warn you though, the guests were programmed the way they were because I didn't have good picture sets for them. My Partner really loves Men getting tied up so I added as many pictures of Men restrained as I could. The problem I found is that the main site that I found that does that is Men On Edge and they don't have large picture set downloads. (Serious, Brazzers gives 500 pictures per scene. Men.com gives maybe a 100 and Men on Edge gives like 5.) So I was extremely constrained as to what I could and couldn't do.
2. Fixed. I've changed those three so when you find them again on the Pure Route their programming will have changed to personality reset.
3. Noted. It's not a murder mystery though. You'll find Jacob pretty quickly in the next release. The problem I had is that I wanted Jacob and Sierra to have about the same amount of content but when I wrote Sierra her content mushroomed. The original plan was that the only thing you could do is purify her or take her to Room 101. That changed when I was working on it when someone suggested giving her the Dildo and Ally with her became an option instead. However, I didn't want to redo Jacob completely in the 0.3 release (It would take way to much time) and I had a bunch of ideas for him that never got added so I pulled him out and you'll meet him again on the Island with a lot more ways to modify your relationship. (Also thanks to Karunama and Mario I realized I need to add a 'Just Friends' option to Sierra the same way I did with Jacob.)
4. Nope. Not going down that Rabbit hole. If I start adding in distributions of the Items your wearing I'll have to add descriptions for ALL of them as well as the coding to support it. It would be a lot of work for not much sexiness.
. Most of the time when I have missclicked into some M/F content I can easily click fast through it without killing my ... mood