Friday, December 30, 2016

5m3 entering testing!

We still have a bit of content left to add, but all the coding elements are done so the beta for 5m3 has started! No eta on release yet. And some teasers from the upcoming content!

c5m3
-Final two slave quests complete, Fiona and Terra. Both are quite lengthy.
-One more visitor at night before the trial!
-Trial sequence finished, find out if your slaves were able to get you freed!
-Jessica is finally added to the Harem. After some paperwork is taken care of...
-Additional scenes for Donna from the Patreon Poll!
-10 or 11 new scenes added in base game
-5 new bonus scenes, 2 available to all, 3 only for $25+ Patrons
-~350 images added to game
-~300 pages of next text to finish up the primary plot of chapter 5!

Bug Fixes/Adjustments
-Fixed an issue where a dead Ralph entering a brothel = game over
-Fixed an issue with the beach quest and collecting 6+ wine casks.
-Terra has no quest guidance in Corsix
-Alice's face and sprite updated. No additional interactions added.
-If you cross into Corsix with Rhea/Alena and your dark/light, they will be removed from your harem. You will have the chance
to recapture them later.
-Moved Cecilia's commissioned series into it's own entry in Replay Scenes

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

5m3 update!

I hope you all had a great time during the holidays, I know I did.  But we got a few days before New Years so the crew and I are back to work!

5m3 is still coming along very well.  Have to finish up a few odds and ends, but we're mostly done.  With the holidays hitting we're likely to be a few days past the 5th before we're ready to release, but it should be before the 10th.

5m3 is going to be a very deep but narrow content add.  Terra, Jessica, Fiona and the trial itself are all 40+ pages of text (and images) on their own.  There's a bit of chatter around town after the trial, but the vast majority of the post-trial Corsix will be in 5m4.  I wanted to take the time with the big things happening in 5m3 to do them right.

I'm also going to be changing the way I do teasers a bit.  Patreon teasers will remain fairly similar, focusing on the next content patch I'm working on.  But the blog and forums will be getting teasers of the content that the patrons are currently playing, as that's the content available to any free player who decides to pledge their support for Harem development!




Monday, December 19, 2016

5m3 development going great!



Making excellent progress on 5m3!  Terra’s quest is all done, setting her up to be the focus on chapter 6’s plot and expose quite a bit more of what’s actually going on.  Jessica’s bagged and tagged (finally). The updated trial is completely written and coded (Thank you Hiro for taking care of most of the trial).

T51b is making good progress on Fiona’s quest and I have to do a full intro tour of your temporary base and give a bit of face time to the last of the Corsix characters.  The Patron poll is still too close to call, but I’ve plotted out all the likely scenarios already.  And we’ll have 4 bonus scenes this month as all the commissioners have sent in their requests. 

And then of course… I must get it all working.

If you haven’t downloaded the short Holiday special, please grab it at

If you haven’t voted for the patron scene this month, you can find the polls here:
(requires a $2+ pledge to support the ongoing development of Harem)

Of course, a teaser before I go.



Sunday, December 18, 2016

Happy Holidays!

Thank you everyone for your incredible support this year. It's made Harem possible, and increased its scope many times beyond what I ever thought it could be. Please accept this gift from us to you, and enjoy!


This is a stand-alone scene, separate from the main game. Just download and run it, the scene will auto-loop. The scene will also be included 5m3 release, a bonus scene free for all!

And if you want to help support Harem in the next year, I would be happy to accept any and all gifts through Patreon!

Friday, December 16, 2016

Only 4 days left to vote!



Every month I do one (or more) polls to let the people who support Harem have a hand in it's development.  This month was a 'choose a scene' poll, where my $2+ patrons get to choose which 'lucky' slave gets to spend a night with you.  And this one was unique as you also get to choose where it happens!

The dungeon is definitely in the lead, ahead of all others by at least 9 votes, but the contest to decide who is much closer.  Donna's only up by 5 votes of Rhea/Alena and Angelica's still in the race at 8 votes behind.  Jessica and Naitay are both dark horses, behind by more than 10 votes.

If you're a patron and haven't voted yet, go to https://www.patreon.com/posts/december-poll-cg-7389954 for the poll links.  If you're not, go to patreon.com/user?u=2583450 and click on the 'Become a Patron' over to the right and help support the development of Harem and make your opinion count!

The poll will be closed at the end of the 20th.  (when I wake up on the 21st more accurately).

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Work begins on 5m3!

I released 5m2 to my patrons roughly a week ago, and have yet to receive a serious bug report on it!  That's a first for Harem, so a huge thank you to all my testers for their quality work.  It also has freed me up to start developing 5m3 fully.

Goals for 5m3:
-Finish the last slave quests, Terra and Fiona.  This will also include all the other interactions with Fiona for the rest of the slaves.
-Another encounter with the divines before the trial, with a few more questions answered as to the nature of your power.
-Finish the trial arc.  This won't be automatically triggered, players will be able to choose to proceed to the trial or continue to do all the quests for their harem before proceeding.
-Finally capture Jessica and make her into your slave.  For good.
-There will be an additional scene, the 'lucky' slave and location for the scene to be chosen by a Patreon poll!

Progress is solid.  I have about 50 pages written and 80 images created so far for the new content!  Also, the poll for the additional scene is extremely close!  If you want to influence the development of Harem, any pledge over $2 gets you access to the poll.

And of course, teasers!



Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Feedback request

So my intention was to take a day or two off after releasing c5m2 to cycle down, but that isn't how my brain works. So instead of working on Harem, I've been thinking about it. And I'd like your feedback on these.


First is on combat: I really don't enjoy the way that most RPG maker games do combat, so I've kept Harem intentionally easy on that front. Do a bit of gearing and you should be able to put combat on auto and get through 99% of the events without a single loss. But I've tossed enough different skills into the characters that it could be more interesting. Question is two parts,
A1. What do you think of the combat in the game? Should it be harder, easier, or is it about right? This some something that's very hard for me to figure as the developer as I know how it should be played, and thus it's always easy for me.
A2. I'm considering working with Hunter to get a difficulty setting. An easy/medium/hard mode, probably chosen at the beginning of the game. Which all sounds good, but the concern is that it feels like hard mode would demand special rewards. And since Harem is porn, that would mean unique scenes. Which then makes it required for a completionist to play on hard to get all the scenes, even if they hate the mode. So, what do you think? Is it worth the effort and should there be unique scenes for collecting your harem... while hard? :)


Second is on Rhea/Alena and ethos flipping. How the game is currently set up, it forces you to choose one of the two. Rhea is supposed to be the light path character, Alena the dark path. There is a plan to get them off-path somewhere between chapter 6 and 7, but in-between it causes a bug. If you flip after capturing them, they act out of character. Since their route bound, the only get content for that path. And will likely just disappear in chapter 6. It's a bug, but one without an easy solution. And I'd like ideas on how to fix it. A few ideas I've thought of:
B1: The best option isn't practical. Ideally the game would respond to that switch and reconcile their behavior to the main character's ethos, but that would require a lot of development to address a situation that very few players run into. And since it would be unique scenes, it would also cause problems for completionists. So just not an option.
B2: They ‘run away’ after the events in Corsix if they don’t agree with your ethos. Fairly easy to write up a small event which justifies it, just a slight twist on something I’m already doing. It wouldn’t be particularly great content, but it’d make the event work from a narrative sense. When they get captured on the opposite path 6-7, I can also right a single reconciliation scene to get them back into the party (probably).
B3: They ‘Run away’ as in B2, but there’s no reconciliation event. If you flipped at the wrong time, they’re just gone for good. While this seems harsh, it would take the least amount of time. And time equals content. That reconciliation event would be another scene or quest that doesn’t get done because I’m working to solve an issue that’s experienced by very few players.

So if you haven’t noticed by now, I’m rambling a bit. Mostly because I don’t have a firm grasp of this yet, and still trying to figure out the exact questions to ask. But I’ve gotten to the point where I’d like some feedback. Likely I’d decide this using a $2+ patron poll, but at the moment I’d just like to collect generalized feedback.

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Harem c5m2 released! Public version upgraded to c5m1.

I just released Harem c5m2 to my $5+ Patrons, bringing us just up to the end of chapter 5.  6 more slaves get their quests and 4 more events happen while you're under house arrest.  'Ralph' sure gets plenty of action even when he can't leave the house!  If you wish to play the newest content immediately, any pledge $5 or more will get you instant access to it!

Ker's Patreon 
 
c5m2 content additions:
-6 new slave Quests to gain votes in Corsix.  Donna, Sarah, Cecilia, Phoebe, Cindy and Fenja now have their quests available.
-All quests will have a solution that doesn't involve your harem fucking other people.  But if you enjoy it, every quest does have a solution that involves your harem fucking other people!
-4 additional night events.  Even under house arrest, 'Ralph' gets plenty of action!
-Nicole will be captured even if you declined on night 4
-Expanded Eleanor interactions to put a name to the face.
-~300 pages of new text in the game
-316 new images in the game
-13 new in game scenes added, 2 bonus non-canon scenes added

Bug Fixes/Adjustments
-Adjusted Fenja and Sarah's tour stop.  Sarah stops at the Sharpsword Inn, Fenja next door (east)
-Various map size fixes
-In Replay Scenes, pressing PgDn will end the current scene


With the new version Harem available to my patrons, the public version also gets incremented to the version that they were playing.  The questing gets serious as your slaves manipulate the high and mighty of Corsix to get you free.  And you get moved into something more fitting than a jail cell. 
 Harem c5m1 Content additions
-5 new slave quests to gain votes in Corsix!  Angelica, Naitay, Joan, Rhea and Alena now have their quests available!
-All quests will have a solution that doesn't involve your harem fucking other people.  But if you enjoy it, every quest does have a solution that involves your  harem fucking other people!
-Additional night events, moving you into a more 'pleasant‘ abode then a stinking cell.
-One new slave available for capture!
-Two future slaves teased!
-279 pages of new text in the game!
-308 new images in the game!
-11 new scenes in game scenes added, 2 bonus non-canon scenes added!
Bug fixes/Adjustments
-Adjusted 300+ faces. Zoomed in to give better detail to faces.  Panned down to give better detail of the breasts.  Because.
-Donnie's sprite replaced
-Numerous early game tweaks/text corrections.
-Fiona did not leave your harem during the entrance to Corsix event
-Cycle text if you choose Terra or Dianna in Corsix.  Fenja if you didn't save her brother in Celee.
-Hopefully resolved all issues with Terra's unique and Chapter 4 flame progression.

Monday, December 5, 2016

5m2 final patch notes!

We're entering the final rounds of testing, hopefully 5m2 will be out in a few days for you all to enjoy!  And another teaser from Terra's bonus scene!  When 5m2 comes out for my $5+ Patrons, I will update the public version to 5m1!

c5m2
-6 new slave Quests to gain votes in Corsix.  Donna, Sarah, Cecilia, Phoebe, Cindy and Fenja now have their quests available.
-All quests will have a solution that doesn't involve your harem fucking other people.  But if you enjoy it, every quest does
have a solution that involves your harem fucking other people!
-4 additional night events.  Even under house arrest, 'Ralph' gets plenty of action!
-Nicole will be captured even if you declined on night 4
-Expanded Eleanor interactions to put a name to the face.
-~300 pages of new text in the game
-316 new images in the game
-13 new in game scenes added, 2 bonus non-canon scenes added

Bug Fixes/Adjustments
-Adjusted Fenja and Sarah's tour stop.  Sarah stops at the Sharpsword Inn, Fenja next door (east)
-Various map size fixes
-In Replay Scenes, pressing PgDn will end the current scene


Saturday, December 3, 2016

Happy Anniversary!

The reboot of Harem is one year old today!  I'm going to mark December 3rd as the official restart of of Harem as it's when this Patreon campaign started.  Without it, I wouldn't be able to devote nearly as much time as I can to Harem.  And also a thank you for every person who took the time to give me feedback either on the blog and forums!  When you take the time to do that, it gives me a bump in motivation and it's definitely appreciated!  The fact there's never enough of it makes me appreciate what I get even more!

Unfortunately I have to give you all an IOU on the anniversary gift, with it being crunch time and all. I've finished writing/imaging/coding everything but 50% of Terra's NC/Bonus scene and doing a lot of testing.  Hopefully release will be closer to the 5th, not the 10th, for Patrons.  As soon as that happens, I will upgrade the public version to 5m1.