MAGO-DAG

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There is too much passion in some of these posts. In the end our opinion doesn't matter: the dev(s) will do what they want, and looks like they are getting ideas from patreons and other places, but that is both good and bad.
It's true that the game is slowly changing, and that will upset some (expecting to be the same, in style at least) and please others.

It's hard to create a good story. To keep the original vision while still adding new content. To not lose inspiration and keep creating, while also react to contradictory feedbacks and expectations. Not many stories can keep up the quality that was there in the starting parts, and that's why we see them as having bad endings. When new things are added feels like the original is diluted. It's quite difficult to create art under time constraint, when the inspiration is not there.

So this story may turn into something else, while still keeping some of the original. Or not. It's better to not set the expectations too high. This game already has one of the best story lines. Will be very difficult keeping that level until the end.
As say, listen less to the fans' demands/wants, and focus more on your own idea. Although sometimes this can have a bad effect on the future, if at some point the developers start paying attention to the idea of patrons, for some it is good and for others it is not.

But this is the business of the developers, I think Zetan is sticking to it quite well so far and there is nothing to complain about.
 
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Marinejedi

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I got this error

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
File "game/scripts/home.rpy", line 152, in script
call screen nav_menu
ScriptError: could not find label 'visit_zahra'.

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
File "C:\Users\marin\Downloads\Games\DesertStalker-0.19.0-pc\DesertStalker-0.19.0-pc\renpy\bootstrap.py", line 359, in bootstrap
renpy.main.main()
File "C:\Users\marin\Downloads\Games\DesertStalker-0.19.0-pc\DesertStalker-0.19.0-pc\renpy\main.py", line 652, in main
run(restart)
File "C:\Users\marin\Downloads\Games\DesertStalker-0.19.0-pc\DesertStalker-0.19.0-pc\renpy\main.py", line 148, in run
renpy.execution.run_context(True)
File "C:\Users\marin\Downloads\Games\DesertStalker-0.19.0-pc\DesertStalker-0.19.0-pc\renpy\execution.py", line 958, in run_context
context.run()
File "game/scripts/home.rpy", line 152, in script
call screen nav_menu
File "C:\Users\marin\Downloads\Games\DesertStalker-0.19.0-pc\DesertStalker-0.19.0-pc\renpy\script.py", line 1103, in lookup
raise ScriptError("could not find label '%s'." % str(original))
ScriptError: could not find label 'visit_zahra'.

Windows-10-10.0.19045 AMD64
Ren'Py 8.3.4.24120703
Desert Stalker 0.19.0
Wed Sep 3 13:24:49 2025
Any know how to fix this error
 

HennKyun

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On the question of who is more depraved, Ain or Shani. Not counting the lesbian content of both girls. Ain had it with Zaton and Igor. Shani, in addition to Zaton, had scenes with Mandisa, in the Zone, at the market, when a merchant groped her, then Modius. Opponents of NTR. If you don't like it, don't play and don't litter the thread with your foul language about the game. The developers have their own goals for the game, of course taking into account the opinions of patrons. And I have a question, who is Reina? The one at the end. I can't remember.
Ain is dependent on others to initiate, as she strictly follows Zaton's orders. So for that reason alone, I'd say the maximum potential depravity belongs to Shani, she's more cunning and we're yet to explore her sexual depths, as she had remained a virgin until her first Desert Stalking.
 
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Yes - they're exploring another side of a theme established in the very second scene of the game - that whole "Might makes right", "to the victor the spoils" thing? "The MC gets to fuck whoever however he wants" isn't its only implication.
So they introduced the stakes and danger first in dialogue (talk with Mandisa), and then over time ratchet up the tension, which helps to make the world feel more dangerous. That pattern is just good writing.
(Also, the escalation is I think Mandisa mentioning it -> overall sense of danger during the first adventure -> (optional) allowing herself to be groped to gain the upper hand, as discussed with Mandisa -> Sparring with the MC -> (optional) Getting groped/partly stripped not as part of a plan -> (optional) getting her breast sucked -> captured, with dialogue indicating that the enemies' leader would want to rape her. I don't think gangbang has been mentioned or even implied beyond assumptions a reader could make from "captured". )

Also it kinda feels like you're about to tiptoe juuust up to the kinkshaming line :HideThePain:, please don't :). Trust in the toggle ;)
Let me have my double standard man, Might makes right is fine as long as it doesn't involve Shani at the losing end :sneaky: Also i'm not technically wrong, there is a progression in that direction with her right ? Is it so out of left field that she could be subjected to it ?

Or the cliffhanger is so good that it makes us (me ?) believe that some shit could happen. Nobody knows, so why not.

In the toggle I trust, maybe I was trolling a bit as I in fact play with sharing enabled, just to see/have the choices, I just never take them :sneaky:. But my point stands, as long as it's a possibility and I have the choice to pick a different outcome, I'm fine with whatever.
 
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Kagarus

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Let me have my double standard man, Might makes right is fine as long as it doesn't involve Shani at the losing end :sneaky: Also i'm not technically wrong, there is a progression in that direction with her right ? Is it so out of left field that she could be subjected to it ?

Or the cliffhanger is so good that it makes us (me ?) believe that some shit could happen. Nobody knows, so why not.

In the toggle I trust, maybe I was trolling a bit as I in fact play with sharing enabled, just to see/have the choices, I just never take them :sneaky:. But my point stands, as long as it's a possibility and I have the choice to pick a different outcome, I'm fine with whatever.
Oh definitely, there's a clear progression/escalation, but the way you framed it sounded (to me, at least) condemning?, while I think it's a intentional, clearly signposted buildup of tension for this (optional) story aspect. And who knows how far/where it'll go, but we do know it won't go far in the playthroughs of people that are opposed to it going there :sneaky:

With the reactionary groups that are trying to effectively ban all porn using kinks like this and incest as a wedge (and tendency for this place to lose its mind the moment the specter of NTR raises its head :ROFLMAO:), guess I'm being a bit sensitive there, mea culpa :)

(And I'm the same with the forceful toggle actually, my MC never takes those options, but it's important to have them there because a choice is only a choice is you actually can decide otherwise :LOL:)
 
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Or the cliffhanger is so good that it makes us (me ?) believe that some shit could happen. Nobody knows, so why not.

In the toggle I trust, maybe I was trolling a bit as I in fact play with sharing enabled, just to see/have the choices, I just never take them :sneaky:. But my point stands, as long as it's a possibility and I have the choice to pick a different outcome, I'm fine with whatever.
I am 100% sure nothing will happen without player's input. Ma-aybe this input will be QTEs, like in the bazaar, but Zetan so far has been been following the rule that no one touches the girls the MC has claimed without player's input. Even the bazaar is skippable if you visit it last.
 

Lionsal

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Dear users, who do you think will save Zaton and the girls in the next update, if we don't take into account that there will be an exchange option? I think it will be one of them, Kira, Asani, Ivy, Lera. What do you think?
 
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Ok so in a game with a lot of blood, gore, and violence, this game has a lot of moments that are also just cute as hell. I mean, between Emilia, Kateryna, and everything that Ain does when you're back at home... there's a really nice balance of cute/loving/wholesome mixed in with the rougher stuff.

I've gotta say though after playing through the newest update...
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Lionsal

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judging by the comments, I realized that all respected users do not live in my time zone. Please, in addition to your lustful comments, please answer my question yourself
 

Kagarus

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judging by the comments, I realized that all respected users do not live in my time zone. Please, in addition to your lustful comments, please answer my question yourself
I mean, you mentioned three characters that could be dead (if you have no heart (joking)) and a fourth that doesn't exist (if it's Lirah, she could be scavenger (who may have a reason to visit a nearby tribe) or a palace guard (in which cases, less so)).
And they could be rescued by someone, or free themselves, or negotiate a release in exchange for a service. Or might become free because of a third party/event.
At this point, unless one wants to fanfic things (knock yourself out :LOL:), there's isn't too much of a point to speculating - we know they're the same tribe as the scout that stole the scroll (and thus they have some interest in Zeta, but the exact nature is unclear), one of the bandits was a guard at Domitius tent, that if Reina survived she can identify Shani and that their leader/father has an interest in girls like Shani. We also know the devs wanted to "perhaps dive into new themes and situations." - but that's it I think.
 
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