VN Ren'Py Harem Hotel [v0.18.2] [Runey]

[Evil13]

You're replying to a post that is almost 9 months old...

You know, I always figured, "If you're looking at a post 224 pages back into a thread, maybe you don't need to reply to it."

But then again, that might just be me.

 

[ankhtar]

The Bat certainly had the most impact on me, at least my head.

Having been (accidentally) hit by an actual bat, that scene made me feel things.

 

[TheDevian]

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Having been (accidentally) hit by an actual bat, that scene made me feel things.

Same, one of my friends almost lost an eye over a similar situation, though there was nothing accidental about it. And I have been hit in the head far too many times in my life, and thanks to some other issues, I live with what can only be described as a permanent concussion. My ears are constantly ringing, and every time I move my head, yawn, stretch, sneeze, whatever, it's like I just got punched in the head.

That kind of trauma is no joke.

 

[DashFlash]

Same, one of my friends almost lost an eye over a similar situation, though there was nothing accidental about it. And I have been hit in the head far too many times in my life, and thanks to some other issues, I live with what can only be described as a permanent concussion. My ears are constantly ringing, and every time I move my head, yawn, stretch, sneeze, whatever, it's like I just got punched in the head.

That kind of trauma is no joke.

Getting hit by a car gave me scoliosis and permenant damage to my tail bone. I can't even stand or sit for more 30 minutes without my back and legs getting numb.

 

[Redeye]

Does somebody have the v.0.15.1 version of the WT/CheatMod from Lord Ashram? Would appreciate a DM or a reply on this thread to help also some other people with the file.

 

[TheDevian]

Does somebody have the v.0.15.1 version of the WT/CheatMod from Lord Ashram? Would appreciate a DM or a reply on this thread to help also some other people with the file.

It won't work with version 0.16.
You will break your game.

 

[Redeye]

It won't work with version 0.16.
You will break your game.

Yup I know that. I intend to use it with v.0.15.1 which you can still access via Runeys Discord

 

[Strike-10]

I don’t see it anywhere … I suggest playing without mod.

 

[TheDevian]

I don’t see it anywhere … I suggest playing without mod.

That would be safer, especially right now.

 

[kirsek]

i get some kind of error can some1 help me?

 

[GSlayer1]

I think I had a little bug, I'm asking here to find out.

I was in the event when we go with Kali and her sister to the beach and we have the chance to have sex on the beach if Kali's submission and exhibitinism are high enough, so I load a file that I made right before that event and trained Kali in those things, once I did everything with her in the cafe and in the dungeon, I saved and then I tried to do the same beach event but the *Talk* option wasn't there anymore, I spent one more in-game day doing thins with the other girls and the *Talk* still wasn't there.

Did I messed up something?

Update: Not sure what I did (or what I didn't do) but the event suddenly appeared again, maybe it was the day of the week or something.

i have kali at level 10 submission didnt get the scene. trying 10 exhibition now

 

[torresm]

i get some kind of error can some1 help me?

Did you have any mods installed at any point?

 

[Runey]

Dev Diary #2

Hello everyone! Thanks for all of the comments in Dev Diary #1. I hope you enjoyed the holiday season. I'm beginning to get back into planning and development for v0.17 so I have some more to share with you all.

The below four concepts are all tied together in many ways.

Interactive Mobile Phone:
Here are more of my plans for this concept:

• The pause menu could be replaced with a mobile phone. Each option in the pause menu can be an app.
• You can now be informed when some events are ready through text, such as Kate asking you to go somewhere, and you can decide to start the event now or later.
• The phone can be used in immersive ways and wouldn't simply be a different way to chat.
• Interactive phones can also play a role in the story. Adds opportunities for facetiming, nudes, and cams on-the-go.

And more, but I don't want to bore everyone with details that aren't set in stone yet.

Objectives:
Objectives are sort of like quests except you only have one at a time and it is meant to guide you so you never get lost or confused, and encourage the player to advance all main characters.

An example of Objective #1 would be:
[X] Lin's level to 5
[X] Gain $100
[X] Fully Explore the hotel
[X] Travel to Caliber City
An example of Objective #2 would be:
[X] Get Kali's level to 10
[X] Gain $500
[X] Visit The Slums
Other examples of Objects could be:
[X] Build the Bar
[X] Build the Sanctuary
[X] Build the Second Floor
[X] Complete a Holiday Event
[X] Complete a Birthday Event

But Harem Hotel is fairly easy as it is, guiding you through the game isn't the main reason I want to include this. This ties into the next two concepts on my list...

Weekly Events:

• Every week, once all objectives for the prior week have been checked off, a "Weekly Event" can occur.
• For the first four weeks, each event will focus on one of the first four main characters.
• Each weekly event will involve thoughts on the events each main character has just experienced, and will be an opportunity to share their experiences and bond with the other main characters.
• This dialogue can be highly variable to include things you did or did not do.
• For the fifth week onward, group weekly events will occur. This can involve things like group vacations, group events, group dates, group sex, etc. Story outside of the main story, low stakes.
• A new room could be built in the hotel, a Lounge Room, where many of these events would start, and be a good place to host games and orgies. This would also necessitate a new non-residential floor.

The Calendar:
I think this mechanic has a lot of potential to be very fun and I've been spending last week thinking on this more.
The Calendar system is planned to be 7 days a week, 28 days per month 336 days per year. This keeps things simple mechanically.

• Weekly Events would be available on the calendar. The goal would be to start these events every Saturday or something, but in case you miss that deadline, you won't have to wait until next Saturday.
• Holidays have a lot of potential for fun I think. My goal is to have at least one holiday per month, twelve per year at the minimum. This goal doesn't include holidays like Midlari or the High Elf moon holiday, but they are holidays.
• Birthdays would also be visible on the Calendar app. Birthday events could be fun events where there is a strong romantic element including some impactful choices. Such as needing to know a main character to give them a present they would like. Do everything right and maybe you could get a unique sex scene!
• A calendar could provide other useful information such as which characters are currently busy, and why, all in one app.

Let me know what you think about these linked concepts.
To be clear this isn't a goal for v0.17, these are just thoughts I'm writing in a public diary. The Development Announcement post will state my plans for for v0.17 and mark the beginning of development.

 

[Lolicon Kami]

Everything sounds awesome!

Particularly, I'm all in for the lounge room

Maybe it could also be staffed by elves recruited from the slums (like the eyepatch elf or hamburger shop elf) so we also get new minor characters without cluttering the sancturary, or use it as a way to gain extra money by renting in out when MC is not using it?

 

[Aereon1104]

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Dev Diary #2

Hello everyone! Thanks for all of the comments in Dev Diary #1. I hope you enjoyed the holiday season. I'm beginning to get back into planning and development for v0.17 so I have some more to share with you all.

The below four concepts are all tied together in many ways.

Interactive Mobile Phone:
Here are more of my plans for this concept:

• The pause menu could be replaced with a mobile phone. Each option in the pause menu can be an app.
• You can now be informed when some events are ready through text, such as Kate asking you to go somewhere, and you can decide to start the event now or later.
• The phone can be used in immersive ways and wouldn't simply be a different way to chat.
• Interactive phones can also play a role in the story. Adds opportunities for facetiming, nudes, and cams on-the-go.

And more, but I don't want to bore everyone with details that aren't set in stone yet.

Objectives:
Objectives are sort of like quests except you only have one at a time and it is meant to guide you so you never get lost or confused, and encourage the player to advance all main characters.

An example of Objective #1 would be:
[X] Lin's level to 5
[X] Gain $100
[X] Fully Explore the hotel
[X] Travel to Caliber City
An example of Objective #2 would be:
[X] Get Kali's level to 10
[X] Gain $500
[X] Visit The Slums
Other examples of Objects could be:
[X] Build the Bar
[X] Build the Sanctuary
[X] Build the Second Floor
[X] Complete a Holiday Event
[X] Complete a Birthday Event

But Harem Hotel is fairly easy as it is, guiding you through the game isn't the main reason I want to include this. This ties into the next two concepts on my list...

Weekly Events:

• Every week, once all objectives for the prior week have been checked off, a "Weekly Event" can occur.
• For the first four weeks, each event will focus on one of the first four main characters.
• Each weekly event will involve thoughts on the events each main character has just experienced, and will be an opportunity to share their experiences and bond with the other main characters.
• This dialogue can be highly variable to include things you did or did not do.
• For the fifth week onward, group weekly events will occur. This can involve things like group vacations, group events, group dates, group sex, etc. Story outside of the main story, low stakes.
• A new room could be built in the hotel, a Lounge Room, where many of these events would start, and be a good place to host games and orgies. This would also necessitate a new non-residential floor.

The Calendar:
I think this mechanic has a lot of potential to be very fun and I've been spending last week thinking on this more.
The Calendar system is planned to be 7 days a week, 28 days per month 336 days per year. This keeps things simple mechanically.

• Weekly Events would be available on the calendar. The goal would be to start these events every Saturday or something, but in case you miss that deadline, you won't have to wait until next Saturday.
• Holidays have a lot of potential for fun I think. My goal is to have at least one holiday per month, twelve per year at the minimum. This goal doesn't include holidays like Midlari or the High Elf moon holiday, but they are holidays.
• Birthdays would also be visible on the Calendar app. Birthday events could be fun events where there is a strong romantic element including some impactful choices. Such as needing to know a main character to give them a present they would like. Do everything right and maybe you could get a unique sex scene!
• A calendar could provide other useful information such as which characters are currently busy, and why, all in one app.

Let me know what you think about these linked concepts.
To be clear this isn't a goal for v0.17, these are just thoughts I'm writing in a public diary. The Development Announcement post will state my plans for for v0.17 and mark the beginning of development.

Discard the mobile phone please, it is a sidestep that can contribute little in terms of content for the players
Discard the calendar/weekly events, it will consume excessive resources from you but will add very little content to the players to do

 

[Runey]

Discard the mobile phone please, it is a sidestep that can contribute little in terms of content for the players
Discard the calendar/weekly events, it will consume excessive resources from you but will add very little content to the players to do

No it won't. I'm not sure how many weekly events there will be, but I'm not going to do anything that spreads myself thin.

 

[Crimsonlights]

Discard the mobile phone please, it is a sidestep that can contribute little in terms of content for the players
Discard the calendar/weekly events, it will consume excessive resources from you but will add very little content to the players to do

No offence, but I think Runey knows their game and their abilities & limitations better than you do. Don't "tell" them to do things.

 

[shadowtempered]

Discard the mobile phone please, it is a sidestep that can contribute little in terms of content for the players
Discard the calendar/weekly events, it will consume excessive resources from you but will add very little content to the players to do

Using the phone instead of generic UI keeps things grounded in the universe's environment. Even ignoring the UI of a phone, the system itself will allow users to know what events are ready and at what stage of things they are at. A common complaint Runey gets is that they "don't know what to do" and use a walk through mod to tell them. Assuming I'm reading the description properly this is another option to help guide folks who need it.

Events gives life to the hotel that is currently dead in the late game. The girls literally do nothing, despite there being resources for them to do (watch TV, cook / clean on their own / hot spa / laundry / etc). Most of the girls "life" is outside of the hotel - none of which can really be interacted with beyond small dialogue. This adds "something" to the life of the hotel itself and it's denizens in a similar fashion that they use the shower/utility room in the mornings. While I'd prefer seeing some of the existing locations get some love with these events (laundry room / living room / hot springs / dungeon (if their submissions collectively are high enough)) and not just a new location.

I honestly don't see how it deters from the game at all. It's adding more content that isn't just story focused and more to the sandbox while helping new players.

 

[Runey]

Using the phone instead of generic UI keeps things grounded in the universe's environment. Even ignoring the UI of a phone, the system itself will allow users to know what events are ready and at what stage of things they are at. A common complaint Runey gets is that they "don't know what to do" and use a walk through mod to tell them. Assuming I'm reading the description properly this is another option to help guide folks who need it.

Events gives life to the hotel that is currently dead in the late game. The girls literally do nothing, despite there being resources for them to do (watch TV, cook / clean on their own / hot spa / laundry / etc). Most of the girls "life" is outside of the hotel - none of which can really be interacted with beyond small dialogue. This adds "something" to the life of the hotel itself and it's denizens in a similar fashion that they use the shower/utility room in the mornings. While I'd prefer seeing some of the existing locations get some love with these events (laundry room / living room / hot springs / dungeon (if their submissions collectively are high enough)) and not just a new location.

I honestly don't see how it deters from the game at all. It's adding more content that isn't just story focused and more to the sandbox while helping new players.

I'm glad you understand what I'm going for! And of course weekly events would take place in many locations. The Lounge would just be a place designed for this type of content. I could use the lobby dining table, but I think it would be best if I design an area specifically for a lot characters to hang out together. Maybe include some arcade games, a big bed, a long sofa, and a dining table. Maybe some mood lighting, music, whatever.

 

[shadowtempered]

I'm glad you understand what I'm going for! And of course weekly events would take place in many locations. The Lounge would just be a place designed for this type of content. I could use the lobby dining table, but I think it would be best if I design an area specifically for a lot characters to hang out together. Maybe include some arcade games, a big bed, a long sofa, and a dining table. Maybe some mood lighting, music, whatever.

My suggestions would vary depending on the number of events you wish to add. Example: an event in the laundry room with the twins/Ashley doing laundry that leads to something sexy - only involves the 3 of them. Larger rooms, more involved. I imagine it can get crazy complicated if you end up trying to make a ton of variations.

I'm glad I didn't misinterpret your intent. I'm really curious and looking forward to seeing what kind of events you have already planned out.