Sasanid

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You may have missed some content? This update is the first time I've had to cut content (trim the fat) because it was getting too big, especially Lin's second event in v0.17.

And unfortunately that is not in yet, but I Sylvia is quickly reaching the top of my priority list with all the requests I've been getting and the long time since she received content last. Love Route repeatable sex will take the longest to get to, but it should appear quicker in the slave route.



Yes, this is absolutely an adult video game, but the issue we're having is that we don't agree on the semantics of differentiating a game designed purely for porn, and an adult game with a focus on story. I think those are very different things, and it's important to set the player's expectations. While I love adding porn to this game, it is not why people keep coming back. Though again, just to make this clear, I know people want porn, and am happy to include it.

Some people see this as a porn game, so they expect to fuck Autumn ASAP, and probably get upset that those expectations aren't met. So when I say that this isn't a porn game, it's an adult visual novel, that is me setting your expectations to expect story, not porn first.
To be perfectly honest, I'm really not playing Harem Hotel for the sex scenes, I don't particularly like Honey Select to begin with.

The story is what's making me come back everytime, so many hours reading it, and with each update I can't wait to see who's going to be developed further, or in what direction the main story is going.
 

Runey

Harem Hotel
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May 17, 2018
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To be perfectly honest, I'm really not playing Harem Hotel for the sex scenes, I don't particularly like Honey Select to begin with.

The story is what's making me come back everytime, so many hours reading it, and with each update I can't wait to see who's going to be developed further, or in what direction the main story is going.
Thank you! And you're certainly not alone. I love writing the story and thinking about how this world works, so it makes me happy that people enjoy it most. This website in particular doesn't seem to understand that not every game with porn in it is a "porn game". After all, Game of Thrones isn't porn just because it has sex in it, and advances the plot.

(Because this is the internet I need to clarify that no, I am not George RR Martin, and yes I lean into porn more. I'm a bit of a perv)
 

c3p0

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Well its time u need to split nxt update i mean new app instead one app well its too heavy now
Is this so? I mean the Witcher 3 next gen patch was, for console between 10 - 20 GB, and total size is over 30 GB for the complete version according to their own statement.

I don't compare HH to the Witchers, as I now HH uncompress is, last number I have, over 90 GB.:geek:
 

kjj308

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Aw crap, so, for those who have played it, is it worth starting over again? I ask because there's A LOT of content up until 0.16 and will take quite a long time to complete all over again. Are the updates worth it? Opinions!! Thanks!
 

preskerd

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You may have missed some content? This update is the first time I've had to cut content (trim the fat) because it was getting too big, especially Lin's second event in v0.17.

And unfortunately that is not in yet, but I Sylvia is quickly reaching the top of my priority list with all the requests I've been getting and the long time since she received content last. Love Route repeatable sex will take the longest to get to, but it should appear quicker in the slave route.



Yes, this is absolutely an adult video game, but the issue we're having is that we don't agree on the semantics of differentiating a game designed purely for porn, and an adult game with a focus on story. I think those are very different things, and it's important to set the player's expectations. While I love adding porn to this game, it is not why people keep coming back. Though again, just to make this clear, I know people want porn, and am happy to include it.

Some people see this as a porn game, so they expect to fuck Autumn ASAP, and probably get upset that those expectations aren't met. So when I say that this isn't a porn game, it's an adult visual novel, that is me setting your expectations to expect story, not porn first.

NO NO NO you got me wrong! I haven't even play the update yet. I mean it felt like this update came fast. Like I don't remember when was the last update but I remember waiting more for the other updates. Maybe I'm wrong tho. Also I'm extremely happy that Sylvia is reaching the top of your priority list but also sad because repeatable sex scenes for love route is still long away :( Slave route for her already has repeatable sex scenes afaik but I will never do that because Sylvia is my favourite character in the game and my hearth wouldn't handle anything but love route for her. Anyways congrats for update and I will say this again this is the best god damn adult game in this site by far. Much love
 

Runey

Harem Hotel
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Damn, this still exists, huh? This was already huge back when I started getting into porn games in 2019. Wonder if this will ever get finished lol.
I certainly plan to. From the very beginning I've seen this as a career, at least since this became a way to support myself anyway. I feel very lucky to be able to do this for a living, so I certainly want to move on to new things eventually. I spend an insane amount of time researching random things that the characters in HH like, which is an odd relationship to have with a game like this haha. But it keeps me sharp, and keeps me shooting for the stars. Aside from general knowledge, I research cinematography, animation, geography, I've even purposefully considered the makeup of the dirt in the ground, what it can grow, and the ocean currents that would eventually erode land into making a beach and where that should be. I may be obsessed with world building. But when I say that HH will certainly end, I mean it! Because I want to move on to greater things.

I'm also learning video editing, photoshop, music composition and Unreal Engine 5.
 

ChildofIshtar

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Sorry, Loyal is the Obedience trait.

I may need to consider some extra locks to that content, extra feedback would really help. Any suggestions for what could be done?
I'll let you know after I get my notes together... I'll be coalating a lot of data on a number of things, including gameplay, lore, and suggestions to improve certain kink content. I remember noticing a few things that it felt like were oddly delayed without much reason... but I'll figure it out and let you know.
 

Runey

Harem Hotel
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May 17, 2018
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NO NO NO you got me wrong! I haven't even play the update yet. I mean it felt like this update came fast. Like I don't remember when was the last update but I remember waiting more for the other updates. Maybe I'm wrong tho. Also I'm extremely happy that Sylvia is reaching the top of your priority list but also sad because repeatable sex scenes for love route is still long away :( Slave route for her already has repeatable sex scenes afaik but I will never do that because Sylvia is my favourite character in the game and my hearth wouldn't handle anything but love route for her. Anyways congrats for update and I will say this again this is the best god damn adult game in this site by far. Much love
Oh, unfortunately this has been the longest time between updates. About 7 months, which I am not proud of at all. But I've been pouring my heart into this project more, Lin's second event in v0.17 took two full weeks to develop alone, which is twice as long as the usual big events.
 

preskerd

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Damn, this still exists, huh? This was already huge back when I started getting into porn games in 2019. Wonder if this will ever get finished lol.
This is one of the most popular and most supported game in western adult game scene. This is the 4th highest rated game in this site's history (I think it will reach number 1). Well some games are into production for more than +10 years. Also why would anybody want to see the game ending. It's going really well so far and I hope we will contine to enjoy the new content for years to come
 

preskerd

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Oh, unfortunately this has been the longest time between updates. About 7 months, which I am not proud of at all. But I've been pouring my heart into this project more, Lin's second event in v0.17 took two full weeks to develop alone, which is twice as long as the usual big events.
7 months passed? Wow I was wrong then. Still I'm 100% sure the update is worth to wait for everybody because I don't remember a single update that I got dissapointed with the content from you. Also worth to note that maybe you should give yourself a break time to time because I feel like it's better to take breaks than get burned out. I know you enjoy your job but jobs that needs creativity is exhausting. Not just the story even the sex dialogues in Harem Hotel comes from creativity because it's not just ''oh mc! fuck me it feels good!'' bland dialogue which presents %90 of the western adult games. So I predict that making this game is extremely exhausting. Anyways thanks for your hardwork and take care!
 
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TheDevian

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Is this so? I mean the Witcher 3 next gen patch was, for console between 10 - 20 GB, and total size is over 30 GB for the complete version according to their own statement.

I don't compare HH to the Witchers, as I now HH uncompress is, last number I have, over 90 GB.:geek:
Yeah, there is really no comparison, I love this game. :KEK:
 

Zontany

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Aw crap, so, for those who have played it, is it worth starting over again? I ask because there's A LOT of content up until 0.16 and will take quite a long time to complete all over again. Are the updates worth it? Opinions!! Thanks!
I've played the game since the beginning, and I recommend giving the game a shot. The game has a lot of content and a good story. Runey usually goes back to previous scenes and gives them some needed polish. He also likes to add new stuff to older scenes. If you don't mind a little grinding in your games, you won't have any problems. Also, the beginning of the game changed quite a bit. My advice if you're a newer player is money management.
 
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Richmondiv

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Sweet, just in time for the weekend. This rules, Runey -- thanks! Can't wait to get into it.

As for the genre wars, whatever. Pornography is literally famous for being impossible for actual judges to define with clear boundaries, so I don't know what the urgency is in trying to find a box to stuff an interactive fantasy experience into. And I don't know what anyone wins if their preferred term gets used. From everyone's tone it sounds like they're trying to roll up on the porn fanboard they literally registered themselves on to suggest that you should be less proud of something because it has a lot of sex in it.

This is all silly enough now but it's going to be even sillier in 50 years when people are less weird about the fact that a lot of character development and relationship growth happens during sex in real life, and marvel at the fact that our fiction just pretended that wasn't true for some reason. As if 80% of your most vivid memories and deepest regrets aren't about sex.

Yes, there's a lot of varied, creative, character-driven sex in this game, it's awesome. There's also extended worldbuilding and second-person bildungsroman scenes that are going to be completely non-titillating for like half an hour at a time. You could turn it on over a lunch break and just deal with AI ethics and postcolonial reparations until you have to shut it off again. Many of the scenes with adult content are important to character; and some are just fun fantasy-satisfying doinking that happen to be better written and more erotic because the characters are fleshed-out people with whom you've built up sexual tension over numerous real-time days.

And in turn the extended story periods are more exciting because not only are you engaging with characters you know intimately, but who knows, that riddle kid might give you a footjob and you could fuck that elf queen completely at random, crazier things have happened. The sides of the game are mutually reinforcing, that's what makes it an S-tier game. The scenes are just more interesting. It's hotter to have sex scenes with people you know, and more exciting to have narrative scenes with people you're pursuing. Getting through a narrative while trying to fall in love or just nail someone is a key mood in the human experience and it's not easy to replicate that energy unless there's a real prospect of it actually happening, viscerally, in the near future.

So I just don't get the obsession with putting this game in a box under a "porn" genre label. It's not like ice cream where if it's less than 10% milkfat you have to call it "frozen dessert" instead and we're all here with rulers and protractors trying to figure out if we saw Maria's ass 13.2% too often to avoid the "porn" label. This is just a story doing its thing smashing high fantasy, sci fi and erotic fiction together and people love it. And there's more of it right now, so like, eyes on the prize, people.
 
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