VN - Ren'Py - Onhold - Hot Sand of Antarctica [v0.09] [Grinvald]

Hot Sand of Antarctica is a kinetic novel masquerading as a visual novel about a mega-chad living in a post-apocalyptic fantasy world.

It's a pretty game. I liked the renders and character models and the scenery was pretty decent too. There's a handful of good sex scenes so far but... that's kinda where the praise ends.

Every single character is paper thin. I'd guess this is because there's too many characters and not enough time to spend with them all. Every girl has a backstory and no real personality or agency. The main character's daughters probably receive the most focus, but that just gives them a little personality. One is spunky and the other is shy. That's really all you can expect from the girls.

The main character is just as bad. While the game dives into his backstory a lot, it doesn't provide him with a personality. Outside of his ability to kill basically anyone he meets with anything at hand, he doesn't appear to have much in the way of emotions or opinions. Stuff just happens and he goes along with it.

Finally, the story runs into similar problems as the girls. There's just too much going on to focus on any one thing. There's invisible people, clones, mutants, psychic(?) hallucinations, power struggles, and harem politics all taking place in a post apocalyptic world. While any individual aspect of this list could work out on its own, or even a couple simultaneously, all of them running in tandem just makes things feel messy and crazy. It's hard to get a baseline of what can happen when fantasy/sci-fi aspects keep popping up at random intervals with no previous explanation.

Finally there's the choices in the story. There's maybe a dozen all told and they dry up maybe halfway through. The majority are right/wrong choices, several are opt-in/out, and none of them seem to dramatically impact the story in a significant way. This is a kinetic novel, not choice based.

Overall, I feel like the game isn't worth your time. While it's pretty with some good sex scenes, the vast majority of your time will be spent clicking through the largely uninteresting and almost totally random story where nothing is what it seems, anything can happen, and none of it makes sense.

As of 0.07

Visuals: 5
Characters: 5
Story: 4
Writing: 3
Animations: 5

One downside to the game is that the English is not always perfect, but it is not so bad that it detracts from the overall experience. The single reason I am not giving it 5 stars.

This game proved to be an enjoyable harem adventure. Despite the somewhat unusual premise of hyenas and pythons in a desert version of Antarctica, which contains 90% of the world’s ice and doesn’t have land. In this world, there are no laws standing in the way of incest and the women have long since accepted it as a part of life. Which is nice.

One of the things that sets Hot Sand of Antarctica apart from other harem games is that it presents a more believable scenario. In this post-apocalyptic world, the main character has proven his worth in scavenging and combat. As a result, the women in the game are attracted to him because they know that being with him means increased chances of survival.

The flow of the scenes and the pacing of the action were well done, and the renders look amazing. The action scenes were well-paced and the intimate scenes were also enjoyable and not rushed. The characters' personalities and development are not as fleshed out as I would have liked, but I hope this improves in the future.

In conclusion, I highly recommend Hot Sand of Antarctica for fans of harem style games who are looking for something unique and different. I hope to see more updates for this project and look forward to seeing where the story goes next.

A good incest harem power fantasy VN. Nice looking LIs with pretty good renders and decent use of environments that helps set up a fairly believable world for the narrative to take place in.
Sex scenes are again decent with a focus on male dom and the relationships, that seems about as far as the kinks are going to go.
recommended for anyone looking for decent harem power fantasy porn with good renders.

You're an alpha-male survivor in an apocalyptic world where even Antarctica has been turned into a desert. You take multiple wives and bed your daughters. There's violent intrigue with underworld bosses, clones, and cloaked soldiers. The story bits are interesting and mature, and the sexy bits are perverted and well animated. A surprisingly entertaining game!

Look past the futuristic dystopian setting and medieval sexual politics - actually don't look past those, because if you like default female submission with the odd feisty dame you'll love this - and HSA is refreshingly detailed, well written and plausible in a Mad Max/Waterworld way. The choices are few and far between, most don't matter, some do. The real spice lies in the family harem, which is why the sparse dialogue in h/scenes is such a drawback: the scene with the two wives is just an image gallery when it could be so much more. With that sorted out, HSA would be top-tier.

The girls are hot and having a daughter/daddy scenario makes it all the more hotter. Unlike many VN the MC is written to be a bad ass from the very beginning. Many games write the MC as a indecisive, girly man, beta, cuck you name it but not this MC Reminds me much of Ryker from Long Road Home game really. The dystopian setting is a big plus. I like that the dev was challenged earlier with both personal problems and financial and as it is said "what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger". He has timely updates. Keep up the very good work and you will be well on your way to make a name for yourself your not a quitter.

What an excellent VN and a breath of fresh air compared to most on here.

Excellent story, great visuals (especially the twins!) and even without the sex scenes it's just a well written and executed story.

Well done and can't wait for the next chapter.

Review at .06

I've become really hard to please with H-Games lately but this is honestly just a top tier game right now. Rating should be more like a 4.5 than a 4.

Plot is fun. Was really easy for me to buy in to the societal collapse, apocolyptic setting. Made the harem angle work really well.

The dialogue is solid which the more I think about it probably could have been a really easy thing to mess up with a plot like this. It could have EASILY been too much \ too serious but it wasn't, nice work.

Most of the girls are super pretty. One of the only two real cons for me with this game is the second wife's model doesn't feel QUITE right. Supposedly she's only a couple of months older than the daughters but they look much younger than her. It looks like the dev just put far more time into the first wife and the daughter's which is understandable but the model of a woman that claims the title of the second wife when the MC is only allowed to have two, should be a bit more special.

My only other real gripe off the top of my dome are that the backgrounds are a bit of an afterthought. Forgivable and I'm able to ignore it, especially if putting the backgrounds on the backburner means being able to develop more content, faster.

I'd say there is roughly 4 to 5 hours of content currently available.

Great game! It was way better than I expected. Reminds of Fallout if it was filled with adult mods with a mix of Mad Max post-apocalyptic gangs.

Pros:
1. Interesting premise/story
2.Alpha gigachad MC
3. Pretty good sex scenes(imo)
4.Sound effects and music add to the experience
5. Awesome fight scenes(gory too)
6. Harem

Cons:
1. Had a karma system in the beginning that for some reason stopped mattering in the middle of my playthrough? The game just seemed to go on autopilot with the story only occasionally presenting the optional sex scene but not any meaningful decision choices.
2. It is translated to English from what I can tell but this wasn't too bad for me imo, but I'm pointing it out just in case.

I was surprised by how much I liked Hot Sand of Antarctica. Ignoring the odd stuff like hyenas and pythons on a desert version of Antarctica (which contains 90% of the world’s ice and doesn’t have land). It is an enjoyable harem game that finally isn’t another “Schoolboy fights bullies and bangs every woman who looks at him, with no consequences for either, despite having no other qualities like a career or something resembling intelligence.”

Let me break down why HSoA is a fun trip to take. For one, it solves a lot the problems with harem games in way that is far more believable than many:

• Why do women want to be with the MC? In this post-apocalyptic world, MC is a has proven time and again his worth in scavenging, combat, and (sometimes harsh) strategic decision making. Women know that being with him means continued life and increased prosperity.
• Why are women okay with being in a harem? Because that is how the world is now. The oft mentioned bosses set up their little fiefdoms to make harems possible and reward others with their own if they prove themselves (like MC has).
• What about incest? Lol, no laws standing in the way of that now. MC is free to do as he pleases, and the women have long ago accepted that as simply a part of life.

Besides the story itself, the scenes do have a good flow to them. The renders do a good job of suspending disbelief, and the action scenes are well paced. The other kind of action scenes are nice too (twins amirite?). Since MC has history with most of the love interests (two wives to start, ch-ching!), the pace to sexy time is reasonably quick. Can’t say much for their personality and character development at the moment, but I can’t fault a post-apocalyptic game for focusing on more pressing (and interesting) matters than romance.

(Quick note. Yes someone else can fuck a woman in this game. I know, the horror. Just don't pick that option if you don't want to see the completely optional scene.)

So what’s the catch? The English is… well it’s there for the most part. The dev has done a good job with the translation, but it can be a bit rough to understand some of the dialogue. However, I ended up enjoying HSoA so much that I fixed up text for the first 2 chapters and you can find the file here.

I hope to see many more updates for this project, and I implore you to try it out if you are a fan of harem style games but want something that is more unique.

Nice game. The story line is good and the gameplay is nice too. I can't wait for the next update. The renders are nice. Can't wait to plough the twins. Also can't wait for pregnancy update. Want to make some babies. And group harem sex

I felt compelled for once to write a review. This game has a nice balance of story and erotic scenes, the story is actually entertaining and I did not skip anything simple for the erotic spots.
So often do I stumble upon an interesting game only to find the story and characters get tiresome and I simply skip to the erotic spots and move on, however I was simply hooked on this the entire time.
My one complaint is the erotic scenes have a feeling on jumping around with a lack of transition or dialogue to go along what is happening for example one image is doggy, the next missionary and the next cumshot... it all happened within 3 images and feels lackluster.

Good game with a lot of potential. Fans of post-apocalyptic themes will most likely enjoy the game as it's got decently fleshed out world building and environment. Good renders with a good plot to follow alongside it. The game is still in the early stages but has a decent amount of content already. Project was derailed for a bit but dev seems to be back on track with it's development and looking at the historical release schedule updates should appear pretty often. Overall a good game and excited to see what's to come of it.

Wonderful game. A very interesting plot and at the same time different from most productions. It is possible that in 20-30 years Antarctica will be the last oasis of humanity. Who likes post-apocalyptic climates will like this game. A big plus for the ability to choose the level of bloodiness of the scenes. Girls are beautiful and it's impossible not to love them. A little more animation would be useful, but the quality of production is still high.

Finally a good game. I'm getting a taste for it, so far... The scenario offers many possibilities, under an apocalyptic air. the characters are endearing, so for the moment everything is there to become a must on the platform.

I'm liking it a lot!
The scenario is one of many possibilities if "mankind" keeps neglecting nature.
Good renders, pretty ladies... whats more to wish for...
My hope is it gets even better! Good job, Grinvald!

Story - 3/10 I can appreciate the attempt to create something interesting, mad max world with incest. The story telling itself is not interesting, i think mostly because the whole game looks and feels so cheap it is ridiculous.

Renders - 4/10 Although most of the models look ok, there is nothing about them that really draws you in and makes you want more.

Animations - 2/10 Typical 2 second sex scenes, pop it in and 2 renders later you are done, cheap and boring.

Grammar - 5/10 Proof read your writing.

Overall not interesting, the whole story/game is so devoid of anything that gets you to want more. It is quick paced and lacks depth, waste of time downloading. Obvious interest was just making something to draw in cash, not to make a memorable story.

I love everything about this game, the gorgeous girls, the plot, the world. While the world renders are pretty low quality, it is sufficient and the girls renders are just beautiful. Can't wait for the game to develop. I support the dev on Patreon to reward for such a good work. Please update more often?

Once again, here I am leaving a review. Quite rare for me. The short of it? I loved playing this VN.
Is it 5 stars? Not quite, but its closer to 5 than 4. So its 5 for this review. I played the latest update 0.06 from start to finish this morning.
I couldn't stop playing, was almost late for work because of it.
Wives are excellent, daughters are amazing. Non familia LIs are great. I really liked the twist that's happening with the story. So far its been a thoroughly enjoyable adventure.
The lighting was rough in the early renders, but improves quickly. The renders are above good overall, with the characters (even the MC) being excellent. The music is very well picked for each scene.
Lewd scenes are well done, the one just before the end of 0.06 is amazing.
English is clearly not the dev's first language, but the translation is perfectly serviceable. There was never a line that didn't make sense.
Going to support the dev when I can afford to. Would love this to be on Steam.
Now I need to end this review, I'm off to drink some more JD and play this again with different choices.

I don't often leave reviews, and by often I mean, at all. I felt this one deserved at least a quick mention.

Others have stated this already but I figured I should still say it, this VN is a real hidden gem. It's not super well-known or popular that I can see, but it certainly deserves to be.

The story is good, the models are very attractive and easy on the eyes. The lewd scenes are quite good, easily some of the better quality scenes out there.

I can only imagine the kind of quality and quantity of content in each new patch if the dev had more support/a bigger team.

Verdict: For being real early in development, HSoA gets 5 butchered bandits... out of 5.