VN Ren'Py Harem Hotel [v0.18.1] [Runey]

[shadowtempered]

You lost your bet.

Most of data is in 1080p image files. All those costumes add up and game has some space wasters like empty Kali's room or raw png images used in scenes.

To be fair, I was talking about Skyrim's file structure / compression, not HH. I'd prolly still lose the bet since I only vaguely know the average texture size and can only napkin math it, zero idea how much audio is in Skyrim

 

[hello.jpg]

Wiped all of my saves and started over from scratch. Enjoyed the new intro, but holy fuck I had forgotten how much the hotel floor labels irked me. The ground floor is the first floor, but here you go up the stairs from the lobby to the first floor, and it low-key kinda drives me nuts.

It's a British/Europe vs. US thing, whether there's a "ground floor" or just floor 1.

My layout issue is the fact that all three levels (visually) only have a single up stair...

Or how many unnecessary clicks it takes to go to/from the Sanctuary or Hot Springs/Garden

Still love it though <3

 

[Dinka]

If Runey keeps up the quality of his content as high as he always has he's perfectly welcome to this entire SSD. I love this game, I loved it when it was much smaller, and I think that everything thats been added is pure bonus! I'm currently about halfway through my 4th annual play, and I'm inclined to gush. I expected new content, but I never expected this level of plot and character developement from this genre. IMO this game is the No Man's Sky of "door knocker" fap games, just engoodened every which way.

 

[EvolutionKills]

To be fair, I was talking about Skyrim's file structure / compression, not HH. I'd prolly still lose the bet since I only vaguely know the average texture size and can only napkin math it, zero idea how much audio is in Skyrim

Ironically enough, if I remember correctly, the vast majority of Skyrim's install footprint is bespoke audio. Much in the same way HH required unique screenshots for every event that quickly balloons the footprint, likewise Skyrim's biggest source of unique assets that cannot just be copy-pasted all throughout the world (like rocks and trees) is the hours upon hours of dialogue audio.

 

[DigDug69]

EDIT: after missing offtopic.

Most of Harem hotel data is in 1080p image files. All those costumes and image loop animations add up and game has some space wasters like empty Kali's room or raw png images used in scenes.

To be fair, Kali's empty room is a single image, and would account for very little of the games size.
Outfits are a different issue, but then, if we did not have outfit options, there would be people screaming for outfit options, which does play a larger part in the file size of the game.
Overall though, the events in the game are by far the biggest reason for the file size. The game has a lot of side content, most of which helps establish the characters and their personalities.
A lot of people really enjoy that, and how it builds not just our understanding of the characters, but of the world that they live in, in general.
So, taking out that content, is really not an option, because Harem Hotel would not be as good as it is, without that content.
Harem Hotel is not like most of the visual novels on F95.
It is a detailed story that just happens to have sex and harem content, and bare bones minimum game play to it.
No grinding, and no searching around rooms for things to click on.
Nothing more than a few simple riddles with answers that can be found on Google.
Think of it as the naughty version of War and Peace.

 

[BastardX]

The wait for the next chapter continues!

 

[JustinUT86]

Guys, I was checking my other saves and I found one save where there is a character I've never seen. "Cira" I don't know how to get it or how I get that character before. The images that I'm uploading is from an old save I have and I don't know how that character get there.

 

[TheDevian]

Guys, I was checking my other saves and I found one save where there is a character I've never seen. "Cira" I don't know how to get it or how I get that character before. The images that I'm uploading is from an old save I have and I don't know how that character get there.

Part of Maria's story.

 

[GarbageCat]

that is insane, Skyrim is 14gb, how have we gotten to a point where porn games are 100+gb?

Skyrim Vanilla has low density graphics, meaning less memory needed to hold the textures. If you download the HD Texture Mods, you'll see that balloon.

On a game note, I think the Android(I named her Arya) has her daughter out doing part time jobs. Been seeing her in random YT videos like this;

You must be registered to see the links

(Edit, she shows up at 2:45)

 

[TheDevian]

Skyrim Vanilla has low density graphics, meaning less memory needed to hold the textures. If you download the HD Texture Mods, you'll see that balloon.

On a game note, I think the Android(I named her Arya) has her daughter out doing part time jobs. Been seeing her in random YT videos like this;

You must be registered to see the links

(Edit, she shows up at 2:45)

That is a different model, maybe it's Archon's kid.

 

[Dzeris]

Part of Maria's story.

I think third elf in sanctuary is from Nia story. Depends on path taken. MC buys her or Nia brings her.

 

[torresm]

I think third elf in sanctuary is from Nia story. Depends on path taken. MC buys her or Nia brings her.

That's Peni, the one on the left.

 

[Evil13]

That's Peni, the one on the left.

Yeah, I think the blonde elf in the blue dress is brought to the Sanctuary by Nia, she appears in Maria's storyline where she and the MC infiltrate an auction for her.

 

[Dzeris]

Yeah, I think the blonde elf in the blue dress is brought to the Sanctuary by Nia, she appears in Maria's storyline where she and the MC infiltrate an auction for her.

And you told which Nia's path you took. Sadly it has less repeatable content for Nia than the other one. There is no benefit/encouragement for player to select that path for Nia and Sylvia.

 

[DigDug69]

And you told which Nia's path you took. Sadly it has less repeatable content for Nia than the other one. There is no benefit/encouragement for player to select that path for Nia and Sylvia.

There is a benefit to the relationship path.
It's the morally right path for this game, with the ultimate goal of "freeing" the elves.
It puts you on the high road, and with the chance of the best possible outcome at the end of the game.
The slave route, could have consequences at the end of the game, and you could miss out on a great ending.

 

[Dzeris]

There is a benefit to the relationship path.
It's the morally right path for this game, with the ultimate goal of "freeing" the elves.
It puts you on the high road, and with the chance of the best possible outcome at the end of the game.
The slave route, could have consequences at the end of the game, and you could miss out on a great ending.

We'll see when we get there other 20 GB of updates later

 

[c3p0]

We'll see when we get there other 20 GB of updates later

You mean Harem Hotel will have 30 GB in total?! official normal compressed, of course

 

[shadowtempered]

There is a benefit to the relationship path.
It's the morally right path for this game, with the ultimate goal of "freeing" the elves.
It puts you on the high road, and with the chance of the best possible outcome at the end of the game.
The slave route, could have consequences at the end of the game, and you could miss out on a great ending.

I've commented on it before, but with how things have progressed with the story I honestly don't see those routes remaining in the game. When our MC was just a blank slate it kinda made sense, but Runey has started to give the MC a voice of his own in some regards and not being douchey slaveowner is one of those things. As it is, having a slave route just doesn't make sense for the story anymore.

 

[DigDug69]

We'll see when we get there other 20 GB of updates later

A lot to download, but the game is good enough to do it.
It could easily be uploaded as a multipart rar file for anyone who has issues with downloading large files.
Then people could just download each part one at a time, till they had the whole thing, and then extract them all into one folder with a couple of clicks.
I would not really care if it made it to 20 or even 30gb's in size.
It is a fun game with a massive amount of content.
I've got virtual reality movies that I have downloaded that are larger than that, and have seen even larger ones.
As time goes on, larger and larger downloads are becoming more common.

 

[torresm]

There is a benefit to the relationship path.
It's the morally right path for this game, with the ultimate goal of "freeing" the elves.
It puts you on the high road, and with the chance of the best possible outcome at the end of the game.
The slave route, could have consequences at the end of the game, and you could miss out on a great ending.

There's also the physical benefit of not catching another bat to the head later on, courtesy of Nia