VN Others Completed Hardcoded [v1.03 Itch] [Fortunae Virgo]

[miko69420]

does anyone have version 0.0.97?

 

[Risqi jawir]

Somebody know how to fuck lady in Alley?i'm clueless about that

 

[Longhairlover010]

Anyone have new updates? No heroes for this game?

 

[Axle Jones]

Anyone have new updates? No heroes for this game?

to be fair i think a lot of people like myself just stopped caring about the game, it ended up being too much story and not enough animations

 

[miko69420]

to be fair i think a lot of people like myself just stopped caring about the game, it ended up being too much story and not enough animations

I like it . do you have the game to share?

 

[Glemer]

It's still weird that early reviewers liked the game in spite of the story and dialogue but later reviewers decided they don't like it anymore. Perhaps developer added a lot more unwelcomed dialogue/story in latest updates?

i don't want to cause trouble by discussing controversial topics, but I'd say the reason why it has been rated lower in the last couple years is because of the shift in the political climate. in 2018 talking about trans issues was definitely controversial, but it usually stuck to certain niches. over time though, it's a lot more known and divisive, so I can see why more people would take issue with Hardcoded's premise and dialogue if they aren't already attuned to queer/trans issues.

i don't agree with the mass of 1-star ratings though, this game's quality is leagues above half of the other adult visual novels out there.

 

[Orphanus]

i don't want to cause trouble by discussing controversial topics, but I'd say the reason why it has been rated lower in the last couple years is because of the shift in the political climate. in 2018 talking about trans issues was definitely controversial, but it usually stuck to certain niches. over time though, it's a lot more known and divisive, so I can see why more people would take issue with Hardcoded's premise and dialogue if they aren't already attuned to queer/trans issues.

i don't agree with the mass of 1-star ratings though, this game's quality is leagues above half of the other adult visual novels out there.

I find the game insulting, according to the game queer people are all incapable of respecting personal boundaries and have a very loose grasp on the concept of consent. Couple that with the way the whole trans thing doesn't fit at all when you can just freely modify your body (most trans people I ever met would have given up a lot for the chance to just fully swap their bodies) because you are an Android + the way the protagonist is just constantly complaining and bitching about irrelevant nonsense without ever even trying to improve their situation is just ill advise. Replayability is also cloose to 0 because the game doesn't respect nor care for player's choices.

It is absolute generic stuff (Edit: garbage was too harsh), just generic within it's own niche of content which is appealing to online activists without any care or regard for people who actually live with being trans in real life and a place where it isn't as accepted as it is (or at least used to be before said activists pushed the button) in modern western societies.

Games like this do the exact opposite of what they at least claim they are about, which is allowing people a glimpse into the struggle and the edge that is being queer (more specifically trans here) and being surrounded by other people who didn't get dealt the easiest hand in life in regards to their sexuality and identity.

 

[Glemer]

I find the game insulting, according to the game queer people are all incapable of respecting personal boundaries and have a very loose grasp on the concept of consent. Couple that with the way the whole trans thing doesn't fit at all when you can just freely modify your body (most trans people I ever met would have given up a lot for the chance to just fully swap their bodies) because you are an Android + the way the protagonist is just constantly complaining and bitching about irrelevant nonsense without ever even trying to improve their situation is just ill advise. Replayability is also cloose to 0 because the game doesn't respect nor care for player's choices.

It is absolute generic garbage, just generic within it's own niche of content which is appealing to online activists without any care or regard for people who actually live with being trans in real life and a place where it isn't as accepted as it is (or at least used to be before said activists pushed the button) in modern western societies.

Games like this do the exact opposite of what they at least claim they are about, which is allowing people a glimpse into the struggle and the edge that is being queer (more specifically trans here) and being surrounded by other people who didn't get dealt the easiest hand in life in regards to their sexuality and identity.

i can agree that the game is very idealistic (socially) and doesn't really go too deep into actual real world issues related to trans people. part of which being that this takes place in a sci-fi future world, but it's missing something. i think the main reason it doesn't fully work is because most of the main cast is trans or gender nonconforming, so they all are already on the same wavelength as HC/us, so the stories with those characters just end up pretty boring. go to trans character's house, hang out, have sex, repeat. i think the game would've benefitted from more cis or android character storylines, those were the ones i enjoyed the most (Heather in particular, i was actually having fun going through her story, Joi was also very interesting and was surprised it didn't really have to do with sex or trans people at all).

my experience with this game is a bit strange, i played through most of it back in 2019/2020ish before the lockdown happened and i was still hanging out with all of my friends irl, who were all like-minded with queer issues. flash-forward to this month and i don't really have any friends irl, i went through most of the new content in Hardcoded. it's enjoyable to the point where i can imagine i'm hanging out with trans friends, which makes the "perfect world where trans people are treated perfectly by ordinary people" a nice sentiment, but i still think it would be better if HC and the main cast had more character growth besides "gender and sexual exploration". i like the idea of HC being an android that is "hardcoded" to be male, and breaks her own programming to fit how she feels. but i agree it's extremely surface level and could say so much more.

unorganized crappy post, but just want to give my experience of this game. ive enjoyed what ive played through so far, but wish it went deeper w/r/t trans issues. particularly, i hope this game inspires other indie devs to do exactly that.

 

[Orphanus]

i can agree that the game is very idealistic (socially) and doesn't really go too deep into actual real world issues related to trans people. part of which being that this takes place in a sci-fi future world, but it's missing something. i think the main reason it doesn't fully work is because most of the main cast is trans or gender nonconforming, so they all are already on the same wavelength as HC/us, so the stories with those characters just end up pretty boring. go to trans character's house, hang out, have sex, repeat. i think the game would've benefitted from more cis or android character storylines, those were the ones i enjoyed the most (Heather in particular, i was actually having fun going through her story, Joi was also very interesting and was surprised it didn't really have to do with sex or trans people at all).

my experience with this game is a bit strange, i played through most of it back in 2019/2020ish before the lockdown happened and i was still hanging out with all of my friends irl, who were all like-minded with queer issues. flash-forward to this month and i don't really have any friends irl, i went through most of the new content in Hardcoded. it's enjoyable to the point where i can imagine i'm hanging out with trans friends, which makes the "perfect world where trans people are treated perfectly by ordinary people" a nice sentiment, but i still think it would be better if HC and the main cast had more character growth besides "gender and sexual exploration". i like the idea of HC being an android that is "hardcoded" to be male, and breaks her own programming to fit how she feels. but i agree it's extremely surface level and could say so much more.

unorganized crappy post, but just want to give my experience of this game. ive enjoyed what ive played through so far, but wish it went deeper w/r/t trans issues. particularly, i hope this game inspires other indie devs to do exactly that.

The game has some good parts, I will give it that, mainly the lovely neighbor (as far as her content goes without the intrusion of other characters) and the setting itself. Some of my issues are also related to design choices that just don't fit with the premise (e.g. the fact HC could just do whatever she wants with her body, a luxury trans people don't have & for that reason it feels strangely ungrateful to not only not make use of that option but to instead even complain.

It's nice you overall enjoy it & I wouldn't want to take that away from you. I just feel like this game is getting way too much praise (i can go with a 3 out of 5 being still in the range of a fair rating even though I gave it 2), it's not exactly advocating for a positive and optimistic approach, which in my experience is the only way to solve issues for good, though I'm sure the Devs have good intentions.

 

[factyma666]

i don't want to cause trouble by discussing controversial topics, but I'd say the reason why it has been rated lower in the last couple years is because of the shift in the political climate. in 2018 talking about trans issues was definitely controversial, but it usually stuck to certain niches. over time though, it's a lot more known and divisive, so I can see why more people would take issue with Hardcoded's premise and dialogue if they aren't already attuned to queer/trans issues.

i don't agree with the mass of 1-star ratings though, this game's quality is leagues above half of the other adult visual novels out there.

As a person who is not interested in queer politics, but is only interested in enjoying porn games and after finishing the version I was playing at the time, I would like to revise my previous statement.

Once again from purely the perspective of a porn game, this starts out very promisingly. The art is amazing the city is interesting to explore, characters are hot and plot lines get more and more exciting. Unfortunately it feels like the author later decided to invest way more into the dialogue/story (which I don't care for that much) at the expense of the porn. So even without going into controversial trans issues (honestly I skimmed/skipped most of the dialogue) and as a person who is neutral/apathetic on those topics, I can still see why later reviewers dropped their scores.

Perhaps if the author was actually good at creating an interesting story and treated trans issues properly they could have at least appealed to that demographic, unfortunately for them it seems the consensus is that they have not succeeded.

 

[Axle Jones]

As a person who is not interested in queer politics, but is only interested in enjoying porn games and after finishing the version I was playing at the time, I would like to revise my previous statement.

Once again from purely the perspective of a porn game, this starts out very promisingly. The art is amazing the city is interesting to explore, characters are hot and plot lines get more and more exciting. Unfortunately it feels like the author later decided to invest way more into the dialogue/story (which I don't care for that much) at the expense of the porn. So even without going into controversial trans issues (honestly I skimmed/skipped most of the dialogue) and as a person who is neutral/apathetic on those topics, I can still see why later reviewers dropped their scores.

Perhaps if the author was actually good at creating an interesting story and treated trans issues properly they could have at least appealed to that demographic, unfortunately for them it seems the consensus is that they have not succeeded.

yeah this is exactly it, i havent played the game in awhile but last time i played it was too much story for not enough reward, as you said the art and the city are great and its interesting to explore for awhile but eventually the game just devolves to opening the story menu, going through a slog of a story that a lot of people dont really care about and then realizing that you've been through like 10 different stories without any sex scenes or CGs which is fine for any normal indie game but its already been made clear this is a porn game, most people are here for the porn and if they dont get it then they lose interest

 

[Noone123q]

In porn, "gender mixed" characters are usually (or that has been my experience) treated as a more sophisticated version of that shown in typical Futanari Japanese Hentai. So, when I played the game back during lockdown, I never even considered these characters to be representative of anything or anyone. Just in case someone doesn't relate to "Futa Japanese", google Futabu!


I would check the updates but I only have linux and links are extremely outdated. In any case, the game is not rewarding. I really like stories, drama and world building but for a porn game it is my opinion that all of those have to be supported by cg's and "hands on" scenes. This game, again my opinion, did not have enough cg's for such thick narration/dialogue. So yeah, as a porn game It fails in such a basic rule. I also believe, as the game started and people were fascinated by how innovative and good looking the game was, they decided to overlook this as they probably thought the cg's were in mass production for the future. At least that was what happened to me. It saddens me to read it was not the case.

 

[Longhairlover010]

Any heroes?

 

[Lerial]

I find the game insulting, according to the game queer people are all incapable of respecting personal boundaries and have a very loose grasp on the concept of consent.

or... its a porn game in a dystopia.
i mean, it'd be like slamming a game with beastiality with PETA levels of critisism or something. or any game where someone gets raped starts to like it, or NTR shit being taken as serious political commentary rather than a poorly veiled gimmick to get off to.

might have a bit of a point, but i figure the point about just not enough content to keep people interested is apt - it's an issue a lot of devs have, even when there's like 2-3 fap worthy new scenes a month.

 

[Orphanus]

or... its a porn game in a dystopia.
i mean, it'd be like slamming a game with beastiality with PETA levels of critisism or something. or any game where someone gets raped starts to like it, or NTR shit being taken as serious political commentary rather than a poorly veiled gimmick to get off to.

might have a bit of a point, but i figure the point about just not enough content to keep people interested is apt - it's an issue a lot of devs have, even when there's like 2-3 fap worthy new scenes a month.

The problem is that the game takes itself very seriously for all the wrong reasons, if this didn't came with the audacity to claim it was about a positive and realistic representation of queer people, queerness and all the other buzzwords thrown around, I wouldn't hold it by those ridiculously high (for a porn game) standards, so, yeah, you got a point but I feel like you misunderstood my reasoning for being so critical.

 

[Lerial]

The problem is that the game takes itself very seriously for all the wrong reasons, if this didn't came with the audacity to claim it was about a positive and realistic representation of queer people, queerness and all the other buzzwords thrown around, I wouldn't hold it by those ridiculously high (for a porn game) standards, so, yeah, you got a point but I feel like you misunderstood my reasoning for being so critical.

you didn;t seem to actually SAY any of that, so not sure how i was supposed to just divine your intent, but to be fair i also don't recall them going "this is just like how queer folk would be irl", and tbh even then, my guy, it's a porn game.

you can go "oh the queer folk around where i live wouldn't be that down to fuck ASAP" all you want, but again, porn game, that's kinda the point, potentially alien world with different social norms and whatnot, dystopia where the entire city is being seemingly poisoned with sex pheremones, so that's kinda two more layers of "clearly this should be taken with a very large grain of salt for trying to compare it to real world conditions", and fuck, maybe like these 6 people or whatever are just outliers the game focuses on because, again, porn games kinda want to lean into the porn stuff.

 

[Orphanus]

you didn;t seem to actually SAY any of that, so not sure how i was supposed to just divine your intent, but to be fair i also don't recall them going "this is just like how queer folk would be irl", and tbh even then, my guy, it's a porn game.

you can go "oh the queer folk around where i live wouldn't be that down to fuck ASAP" all you want, but again, porn game, that's kinda the point, potentially alien world with different social norms and whatnot, dystopia where the entire city is being seemingly poisoned with sex pheremones, so that's kinda two more layers of "clearly this should be taken with a very large grain of salt for trying to compare it to real world conditions", and fuck, maybe like these 6 people or whatever are just outliers the game focuses on because, again, porn games kinda want to lean into the porn stuff.

Yeah well, you aren't making nonsensical claims, but you are kinda missing my point entirely...which is alright, I have no intention to convince you of my opinion about this game & what is - in my opinion ofc - severely wrong with it. I hope you have a nice weekend!

 

[WetOniichan]

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PATCH NOTES
version - 0.0.96 - 1/31/23

Hey everyone! It's build time! This months we have two scenes getting new lewd animations! Pearl three has some cute butt shots of HC getting her hole spread, fingered, and plugged, and Forcier 3 has some cyber-boner visuals Heathers arc also gets a new scene, and the scene-replay menu, found in HCs computer under 'Files', has been updated to include Mags & Quinns duo arc. Enjoy! And thank you all so much for the support!

New Art:

Two backgrounds for Heather 15
3 lewd animations for Pearl 3
lewd animation for Forcier 3
New background for Mags & Quinn 4
New Scenes:

Heather 15
Misc:

Mags & Quinn added to scene replay menu

version - 0.0.97 - 3/1/23

Hey everyone! It's build time! This month we've added a new system! The apartment can now be expanded by talking to a renegade maintenance man who appears in the hall outside HCs door after Main 5 has been completed (or you've passed day 25)! Pay him a hefty fee, and you'll be able to increase the space inside ur apartment to accommodate all your neat decoration items. There's also a whole new furniture market that sells trinkets out of the Theater on East Root St. Check there on Mondays after Heather 7 has been completed. We've also added some new super-chunky items to the furniture dealer in the mall. I'm talking refrigerators! Desks! Kitchenettes! Everything you need to make your plastic pod feel like home :3 Anyway, thank you all so much for your support and I hope you enjoy the new stuff!

New Art:

Pinup still added to Joi 2
The hallway outside HCs apartment has been updated
Roof location added to HCs apartment building
Misc:

Room expansion
New furniture market
Spelling fixes

version - 0.0.98 - 3/31/23

Hey everyone! New build is up! This month we have a new location with a machine socket! You can now actually enter the backroom of the Candle Wax Club! That's right, that little doorway tease is a tease no longer! Nothing goes on there yet, but we'll be using the background for scenes and there's a place to plug in another income-earning fuck machine We also have a whole-ass new scene, featuring Mags and Quinn! Well, mainly just Quinn. Quinn drunkenly getting frisky in a some Pira City alleyway in the middle of the night. Besides that, there's also 4 new pieces of furniture in the mall, and one new piece in the Monday Market on East Root St. We've also added a thing where the background screen tint is disabled in dialogue when there's no foreground art being displayed. Not a big change, but it helps the work feel a bit brighter. Anyway, enjoy! And thank you all so much for the support!

New Scenes:

Mags and Quinn 6
New locations:

Candle Wax Club playroom
Misc:

5 new furniture items
New machine outlet
Slight edits to Mags and Quinn 5
Spelling fixes

version - 0.0.99 - 5/2/23

Hello everyone!! It's build day! Today we've got an art focused update that adds activity to the Candle Wax Club's playroom. Based on the day, 1-2 animated patrons can be seen pleasuring themselves and/or a partner. It's pretty cute. We've also added some polish to the D&D scenes, including thematic backgrounds. Finally, I wasn't happy with the titty-out still I drew for Pearl 2 recently, so I've added an additional groping still. This one has a lot more, let's say 'energy', than the previous one. Anyway, that's it for this month! Just some polish. The conclusion of the main scene and more scenes in Quinn's arc are coming soon though. Thank you so much for the support!!



New arts:

4 D&D backgrounds
3 Lewd CWC playroom animation
Lewd still in Pearl 2

version - 0.0.995 - 5/31/23

Hello everyone!! It's time for a new build! Now, you might be wondering why the version number looks even more nonsensical than usual. For quite a while, our plan has been to go from version 0.0.99 to 0.1 when we finally finished The main story, and despite last months release being 0.99, I'm not giving up! Main 15 and 16 are both big long scenes that have been in the works for a while, and due to big story-line things, need to be released in the same month. Well, that month is officially gonna be June! At the end of next month, main 15 and 16, the final rise and fall of Hardcoded's Hornomaly Mystery will be released! It's gonna be intense, with new music, new art, deep branches, drama, action, twists, etc! If you feel like replaying the main story in preparation for next month, I recommend you hold off! Next month is gonna come with story revisions that make everything a little smoother, story wise.

After main 15-16 is released, we're still planning at least one more Main scene, just to tie everything up and blow off some of the previous tension, but that will come after version 0.1. Apart from the tie-up, there will still be other scenes and of course art coming out after next month (Quinn's scenes, for example) before we release hardcoded and switch to fulltime dev of our next game, the Succubabe's Bathhouse.

Anyway! Let's take a look at this months content. We have 2 new lewd still in Cadence & Decima 7 and 2 new lewd stills in Heather 11! Check em out! There are three new furniture items available! 2 in the mall store, and 1 in the monday market. Finally, we've added music to more scenes and done a lot of editing. Thank you all so much and I hope you enjoy the new build!

New arts:

2 Lewd still in Cadence and Decima 7
2 Lewd stills in Heather 11
1 Lewd world art in Beryl & Misha 1
Misc:

Music added to several scenes
3 new furniture items added
Various spelling fixes

 

[BruceMcGivern]

Here is the game.

PATCH NOTES
version - 0.0.96 - 1/31/23

Hey everyone! It's build time! This months we have two scenes getting new lewd animations! Pearl three has some cute butt shots of HC getting her hole spread, fingered, and plugged, and Forcier 3 has some cyber-boner visuals Heathers arc also gets a new scene, and the scene-replay menu, found in HCs computer under 'Files', has been updated to include Mags & Quinns duo arc. Enjoy! And thank you all so much for the support!

New Art:

Two backgrounds for Heather 15
3 lewd animations for Pearl 3
lewd animation for Forcier 3
New background for Mags & Quinn 4
New Scenes:

Heather 15
Misc:

Mags & Quinn added to scene replay menu

version - 0.0.97 - 3/1/23

Hey everyone! It's build time! This month we've added a new system! The apartment can now be expanded by talking to a renegade maintenance man who appears in the hall outside HCs door after Main 5 has been completed (or you've passed day 25)! Pay him a hefty fee, and you'll be able to increase the space inside ur apartment to accommodate all your neat decoration items. There's also a whole new furniture market that sells trinkets out of the Theater on East Root St. Check there on Mondays after Heather 7 has been completed. We've also added some new super-chunky items to the furniture dealer in the mall. I'm talking refrigerators! Desks! Kitchenettes! Everything you need to make your plastic pod feel like home :3 Anyway, thank you all so much for your support and I hope you enjoy the new stuff!

New Art:

Pinup still added to Joi 2
The hallway outside HCs apartment has been updated
Roof location added to HCs apartment building
Misc:

Room expansion
New furniture market
Spelling fixes

version - 0.0.98 - 3/31/23

Hey everyone! New build is up! This month we have a new location with a machine socket! You can now actually enter the backroom of the Candle Wax Club! That's right, that little doorway tease is a tease no longer! Nothing goes on there yet, but we'll be using the background for scenes and there's a place to plug in another income-earning fuck machine We also have a whole-ass new scene, featuring Mags and Quinn! Well, mainly just Quinn. Quinn drunkenly getting frisky in a some Pira City alleyway in the middle of the night. Besides that, there's also 4 new pieces of furniture in the mall, and one new piece in the Monday Market on East Root St. We've also added a thing where the background screen tint is disabled in dialogue when there's no foreground art being displayed. Not a big change, but it helps the work feel a bit brighter. Anyway, enjoy! And thank you all so much for the support!

New Scenes:

Mags and Quinn 6
New locations:

Candle Wax Club playroom
Misc:

5 new furniture items
New machine outlet
Slight edits to Mags and Quinn 5
Spelling fixes

version - 0.0.99 - 5/2/23

Hello everyone!! It's build day! Today we've got an art focused update that adds activity to the Candle Wax Club's playroom. Based on the day, 1-2 animated patrons can be seen pleasuring themselves and/or a partner. It's pretty cute. We've also added some polish to the D&D scenes, including thematic backgrounds. Finally, I wasn't happy with the titty-out still I drew for Pearl 2 recently, so I've added an additional groping still. This one has a lot more, let's say 'energy', than the previous one. Anyway, that's it for this month! Just some polish. The conclusion of the main scene and more scenes in Quinn's arc are coming soon though. Thank you so much for the support!!



New arts:

4 D&D backgrounds
3 Lewd CWC playroom animation
Lewd still in Pearl 2

version - 0.0.995 - 5/31/23

Hello everyone!! It's time for a new build! Now, you might be wondering why the version number looks even more nonsensical than usual. For quite a while, our plan has been to go from version 0.0.99 to 0.1 when we finally finished The main story, and despite last months release being 0.99, I'm not giving up! Main 15 and 16 are both big long scenes that have been in the works for a while, and due to big story-line things, need to be released in the same month. Well, that month is officially gonna be June! At the end of next month, main 15 and 16, the final rise and fall of Hardcoded's Hornomaly Mystery will be released! It's gonna be intense, with new music, new art, deep branches, drama, action, twists, etc! If you feel like replaying the main story in preparation for next month, I recommend you hold off! Next month is gonna come with story revisions that make everything a little smoother, story wise.

After main 15-16 is released, we're still planning at least one more Main scene, just to tie everything up and blow off some of the previous tension, but that will come after version 0.1. Apart from the tie-up, there will still be other scenes and of course art coming out after next month (Quinn's scenes, for example) before we release hardcoded and switch to fulltime dev of our next game, the Succubabe's Bathhouse.

Anyway! Let's take a look at this months content. We have 2 new lewd still in Cadence & Decima 7 and 2 new lewd stills in Heather 11! Check em out! There are three new furniture items available! 2 in the mall store, and 1 in the monday market. Finally, we've added music to more scenes and done a lot of editing. Thank you all so much and I hope you enjoy the new build!

New arts:

2 Lewd still in Cadence and Decima 7
2 Lewd stills in Heather 11
1 Lewd world art in Beryl & Misha 1
Misc:

Music added to several scenes
3 new furniture items added
Various spelling fixes

I was eager to see for more JOI sex scenes but oh well a pinup it's a pinup

Atleast is good to see updates during the Pride month, which is basically one of the main cores of this game <3

 

[jems666]

Nice updates, wish they added more images to those contests you have outside, also make them replayable they aren't in the pc