VN Ren'Py Karlsson's Gambit [v0.8.2A Final] [Grym Gudinna Games]

[PickerLewd]

Honestly, I don't know why Mav thinks Kane turning down the show can't get above K10 either...I don't think Tess wrote anything like that directly.

Yes, it's a bit strange.

I don't really understand why you need to be K8 when you can get K9 and still be a "Paladin of Light"?

I'm at K8 because I was playing blind without a guide and I just didn't get the grade for the witches to promote me to K9 .

Afterwards they said you could still go up in the ranks, and as there doesn't seem to be an exclusive scene for K9, I didn't worry about it at the time.

I have a paladin of light K9 (not my main save), who has a romance with Junko and is on the path of Revolution...

Junko is the only good person and option?

If Claudia turns out to be evil, my Paladin of Light Kane would rather die a virgin and pure as a true Saint .

 

[Maviarab]

Of course, everyone decides for themselves..But I would sincerely advise you not to give up on the show.. At least if you liked the K8 route, you'll definitely like what you'll see being K9 and kissing Olivia in the final scene of 0.8.1. There are some very wonderful and interesting story scenes here (Including for the paladin of Light on the Revolution route)..and your paladin Kane's honor won't suffer if you let him go the way of the 0.8.2 game show.

Plus the biggest incentives.....Lily and Svetlana

Are you saying that if you refuse to participate in the show, the ranking will be limited, or because you want to stay in those ranks? If it's a Tess restriction, it seems bad for the routes of the good players.

How you do in the Game Show will directly affect your rank going forward. Tess has stated this clearly. it's also clearly stated in-game. However, I am pretty sure (given the Island 4 points) that non participation is key to Veronica's (Dom) route. I could be wrong...but we shall see

I have....

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I have some others too but they are chilling in ep7 limbo until more of KG develops.

Slacker...I'll post mine over the next few days (doing a lot of crap at the moment ready for final and still have to import some new saves into 8 ugghhh). I think some of you will be surprised. (though to be fair, many saves are just for shits and giggles to see what happens).

Honestly, I don't know why Mav thinks Kane turning down the show can't get above K10 either...I don't think Tess wrote anything like that directly. (but maybe I don't know something). Really, I don't really understand why you need to be K8 when you can get K9 and still be a "Paladin of Light"?

I didn't say turning the show down will stop you...but it will (see my reply above to PL) severly impact your way forward. However, for that particular save of mine, I will meta-game it so in that save Kane never gets above K10. I want to see what happens if he gets stuck there

and as there doesn't seem to be an exclusive scene for K9

There is...and there are more.

 

[jadepaladin]

Junko is the only good person and option?

If Claudia turns out to be evil, my Paladin of Light Kane would rather die a virgin and pure as a true Saint .

Junko, Raven, and Claudia are all mentioned at some point or another as being good or not quite fitting the stereotypical Karlsson employee mold (in Claudia's case, she somehow didn't turn into Celeste growing up).

Claudia is capable of being corrupted. Which means a paladin Kane probably never sees anything but "good" Claudia.

 

[Stan5851]

Yes, it's a bit strange.

I'm at K8 because I was playing blind without a guide and I just didn't get the grade for the witches to promote me to K9 .

Afterwards they said you could still go up in the ranks, and as there doesn't seem to be an exclusive scene for K9, I didn't worry about it at the time.

Junko is the only good person and option?

If Claudia turns out to be evil, my Paladin of Light Kane would rather die a virgin and pure as a true Saint .

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[Maviarab]

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Relates to your third paragraph. May only relate to obsessives like myself (and JP now knowing his saves) but your DarkDom save will be impacted somewhat (if on Junko route):

In test...(I already told you of this)...Junko/Revolution path is listed first in the code (SS second, Phoebe third and Dominique last). Regardless of what other flags/points you have, you will not be forwarded to any other path off this branch (even if you qualify/have the pre-reqs). The code is in place to branch off the Celeste/Phoebe path into the Dominique scene. SecretSub does not matter as you cannot get the scene anyway due to conflict back in 6 and 7. How the code works, the first qualifying code (scene - so in this case, Junko/recolution) will always play regardless of any other variables. In this instance, you lose the Dominique scene entirely and end up back at the house when Katsumi comes to collect you. If on Junko path, this is very relevent as this Dominique scene starts the DarkDom Romance path.

I have mentioned this to Tess as to whether to nuke it earlier in 7 or 8.1 or to add in the code to progress you from Junko path to the Dominique/Claudia scene and left it with her. She told me that she was conflicted about allowing both routes to play out side by side and that's why there is no forwarding code but as I played that path (one of my faves) then it either needs the code or needs stopping earlier somehow. Not mentioned it to her since (I bring something up then leave it with her) but I imgine that should be fixed in Final. Just something to bear in mind for those on both paths.

 

[PickerLewd]

[...] a slave girl belonging to Charlotte Marbot (Matriach of one of the families of New Paris) [...]

I almost never remember names well or ask for a image to remember. Well, I remember Charlotte perfectly, I call her the hunter, there with her giant shotgun.

A character that was left out of all the tierlists because she appeared late in Season 2.

Very beautiful, but the most evil of all, even worse than Princess Jules, I just hope she's a secondary character and that we don't see her too much those of us who have a save in K4 or lower .

 

[Dark Quean Olivia]

Hey Dark Quean Olivia, do you know what the first thing my Kane will do when you are overthrown?

Yes, he'll repeal your absurd clean-shaven law .

There will be freedom to wear all kinds of haircuts, landing strips, heart-shaped, huge overgrown jungles, etc.

That Barbie doll style, like the dolls my neighbour played with as a child, will be a thing of the past at the facility.

You are welcome !

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[Dark Quean Olivia]

Mistress Tess — Today at 02:04

I am likely within 24-36 hours of the release now. Close.

I appreciate the nicer DMs I have gotten in the last 24 hours. I have laughed at a few of them too! I do not need responses or positivity from others for what I am about to write – this is me getting this off my chest personally. This is not for validation/attention or anything else other than a real statement from me about why I'm pissed off right now.

I want to make something very clear regarding what I have written about DM issues. This is NOT common things like "wen update out" type stuff. Every dev I imagine is used to this stuff. For the SECOND time in as many updates, I am having to involve formal channels to resolve something. I get harassed all the time by sub and dom players alike about ideas, random junk like dick pics, update desires, complaints, etc. This is not the same thing…not even close. Any human being with common sense with the context I have would likely ninety nine percent agree with my natural reaction. My assistant literally cried about one thing.

There is a specific subset of players that like one specific type of content that is causing this grief. Everything is related to "evil dom" stuff and no other path. I personally love writing this content but it's now getting to an inflection point of no return. I've probably gotten somewhere in the range of hundreds of random crap/msgs over the years, mostly just thirsty people or complaints about not having Scene X or Content Y. So I want to be very clear about a few things because having to deal with this formally the past 2-3 days has gotten me from a stage of sadness to outright anger now.

1) I have said many times that I make KG for one person: ME. I certainly want people to enjoy it and try my best to make it fun and enjoyable, but if it's not fun for me, I will stop. KG does of course have some decent financial metrics, but is not nearly close to a high percentage of even my overall passive income. Put simply, I do not need this game to eat or pay for a home, etc. I have an Ivy league degree, over 10 LLCs, and numerous options in life even if all these businesses failed. Financial metrics are not my primary driver for doing the game.

I do this because I think it helps me get out a creative outlet and I have fun personally. I really do love just sitting down and writing/creating renders. I love telling stories, and this is a way to do something that gives me joy. My joy and fun doing this is the ONLY METRIC THAT MATTERS to me in the end. I don't say that to diminish everyone else – I really want people to love the game, but I am simply saying that without my needs being met…there's no reason to do it for me.

2) I am being honest now – I am seriously contemplating a radical change to my game to make this stop. At all costs. Of course this may have a massive impact, but frankly, I don't need KG in my life if it's causing life stress. I would be very sad for people that enjoy certain content, but in the end, I have to worry about me more than anything else. When I think about just writing a game like Anais' TQA, I find myself almost nostalgic about working w/her during Episode 5 when she helped me a lot. Some of the content I was contemplating for the 120 renders I am now choosing not to add – I found myself with literally no passion or desire to do a single render of it because of the connection to what happened recently. If I don't feel any joy in creating the content, should I even try? It will just suck in my opinion because the passion isn't behind it. Even the 80 I am doing now…I'm just trudging through it…for the first time ever I feel this way. I've never felt that way before in doing over 20,000 renders prior. Now I know this is a temporary thing and it will pass, but the facts are the facts…right now.

3) This is just a reflection of my mind right now. Time can always change things. But the fact remains that this cannot continue.

I had a lot more to say (seven bullet points) but I will stop for now and get back to work.

 

[jadepaladin]

Well, this will be a popcorn thread in a bit.

 

[PickerLewd]

Eeeh nope, time for bed.

Let people in Australia or East Asia, where it is already morning, discuss the drama .

 

[rai1230]

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I have some others too but they are chilling in ep7 limbo until more of KG develops.

can you share the saves please?
i formatted my pc and feel like doing everything again

 

[DoverDad]

TessSadist
Stan5851 You made Tess Mad with your early post on here

This one long one from Miss Tess
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UPDATE: Given where I am right now in my head, I may just decide to release Final A sooner as is and avoid any further sexual content but stick with narrative/story stuff only as the last renders for this scene. Anais has offered to do 40 renders for me but we'll see. It is my personal belief (no offense to her) that either her doing it or me doing it right now will not be at the high quality I want versus just releasing it in Part 3 when I am in a better state of mind. If this is my decision, I will release much sooner, likely within 12-20 hours or so.**

Overall, I agree with what you wrote, however, I absolutely do not want to sympathize with Tess in what she did...Be that as it may, 1-2 people (whose names she again did not name... how convenient, right?) cannot and should not be the reason why hundreds or thousands of other players should be held accountable. Rough example - if 1 person is accused of a crime, there is no way their guilt can extend to the entire country they reside in. So it is in this case.

First we swallowed being deprived of our solo romance with Jules (because of a couple unnamed assholes who supposedly complained about this demon flag content to the feds or whatever they demanded of her?)...And now Tess has apparently decided to extend this practice of disadvantaging Dom players to the main route as well.

So in this case, I completely agree with Silver. It's a disgrace and a shame that Tess is deliberately depriving Dom players of of some long awaited content by making them scapegoats because of a couple of unnamed jerks. And that doesn't do her any honor.
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Anais sent me this and was kind of enraged about it but I kind of think it's a good example of what I am willing to sacrifice to avoid the bigger issues, especially if it's coming from a place of entitlement.

1) "Whose names she again did not name...how convenient, right?" - This is insinuating that I am lying. This person is not on this Discord anymore. I have no problem with accusing me of being lazy, doing poor work, or anything else but when it comes to my character/integrity I know I have more of a moral compass than 99.9% of people. For one thing, I don't pirate intellectual property to start. That alone is already above most people. Everything I am saying is 100% true and being understated quite a bit to protect others not myself.

2) The analogy is very poor. I am not holding players accountable, I am protecting my mental health. That is simply a possible aftereffect. Again, this is coming from a sense of entitlement and not caring about the human element of a human being under duress. Period. I guess some people really are so callous as to care more about their jack off material than a genuine crisis from someone working hard. What does that say about that person and their priorities in life?

3) The solo dom romance was rightfully cut -- there were unsolicited "stuff" repeatedly sent to me which caused me to react formally. Not even game related except in context of what they wanted to "see" in KG similar to what I was "sent." I am constantly even in RL harassed and hit on, I think I know when something is truly creepy/serious requiring legal intervention versus something more typical. It's the former. I cannot state it any more clearly than this -- it required a formal response with reporting/legal issues and this has happened a second time.

4) "doesn't do her any honor" - Yeah, as far as I'm concerned this is the only one that upset me to be honest. I have more honor than anyone I know. I think very deliberately and carefully about big changes because I do care about other players (the Patrons at least) and how invested they are in my story/work.

Miss Tess

Final 8.2A Update:

After talking it over with Anais, I have decided to just try and release the update soon. She offered to cover 40 renders for me tonight on her side and stay up with me, but ultimately I decided against it.

The change is I am cutting the 40 renders she wanted to help from Final 8.2A. The updated render count is down below, everything else will still be the same.

Sub Path: + 125 renders
Dom Path: + 103 renders + ~~likely 82 renders (185) - I had wanted to try and be ambitious and include the entire 200 render scene I have in my head, but I am going to cut it short and stick with 80ish and continue it in Part 3.~~
40 renders = 143 renders
(I am sad to say I do not feel I can do a good job on the last 40 renders given how pissed off/unhappy/sad I am right now. I have decided to just wrap up the 40 of 80 I am on now and just release the update. I apologize as I really did plan to try and be ambitious and had mild aspirations to even try and do the entire 200 render scene, but there's just no way I can do it justice right now. Rushing to finish these 40 renders wouldn't be of good quality, and I also don't think it's fair to make anyone wait much longer for the update by me taking some time off to just get this out of my system either. So I'm aiming to release it within the next 12-13 hours which is let's sayabout 8:30pm Hawaii time right now, so my goal is now roughly 8:30 to 9:30am Hawaii time and I will just stay up and max out what I can and let Anais take over to make sure links work, etc. That way, she can cover if something is wrong with the links and things of that nature since she can sleep now and take over for me when I need the rest.)
Animations: Approximately 115 added
Tess Outro: 29 renders
Anais Intro to TQA: 9 renders
Anais TQA Preview scene: 33 renders
Rough Raw Totals Added: 339 renders + 115 animations

I will try and take 4-5 full days off and basically reset and see how I feel when it's over. I will try and help people if there are issues and problems as I can, but otherwise I am turning over the release responsibilities to Anais and I know she is more than capable of helping everyone out.

Yes, I will make her type on a real computer instead of her phone 99 percent of the time. She's actually incredibly smart and went to the same university as I did, so don't let her fool you because she tends to deliberately downplay herself a LOT.

I know the stuff above is a lot, but I am being genuine in saying it's quite serious and impacted me personally in ways I'd rather not say.

The best analogy I can give is perhaps a policeman investigating something and they see something they wished they did not see. You can't unsee some things. I'm very strong in a lot of ways, but there are a few things I might say a man might handle better if they are strong. My fiance luckily is a man I trust for everything, and I speak about him a little in the outro. (and I would still want him to kill a rat if one somehow was around us and approaching!) I'm also getting to a point in my life where I'm not the young 20 something that started KG in 2020, but now getting closer to 30 in 2025 with a different perspective.

I am doing everything in my power to serve/help the players enjoy this game but I do apologize for any disappointment about anything. Everyone has the right to be unhappy with me, and I accept that. All I can say is that I am truly am a person of integrity, honor, and do try hard.

So I will not peep or object to anyone saying anything about my work product -- that's very fair. I'll even ignore any attacks on my integrity moving forward -- even though it's wrong. The character in my own game that truly represents me in terms of work/responsibility is Kiyomi. Anyway, I'm rambling and going to work more now.


I honestly know I juggle more stuff day to day than most people can handle, but I still try and honor my responsibilities to everyone. What people will see in the outro is a short message of me talking about Veronica lying down in the update. In that scene, she laments being told how brilliant she is and how she needs to save the world, etc.

In a way, that's really me (on a smaller scale of course). I have been told for a long time I'm so beautiful and smart and everyone around me expects perfection/brilliance in everything. I understand I have massive beauty privilege in day to day life, but it still doesn't mean everything's easy for me either. Maybe other women can understand this a little - the pressure of that need to be "on point" all the time without fail.

If I continue moving forward, I am likely to just have jake KTA handle my Patreon entirely. I will write posts and load up stuff, but he will manage the site. If any messages are sent to me, he will check them and just forward me ones to respond to, etc.

I am determined AT ALL COSTS to not repeat what happened to me in the last 3 days or so. Whatever it takes.

 

[MilesEdgeworth]

Im not sure if these posts are a threat or not at this point

 

[DoverDad]

Im not sure if these posts are a threat or not at this point

I don't know if just me but I get the feeling that Tess could drop Karlsson's Gambit soon I hope I am wrong on this one

 

[MilesEdgeworth]

I don't know if just me but I get the feeling that Tess could drop Karlsson's Gambit soon I hope I am wrong on this one

Sounds very much like shes on the verge of doing so.

 

[BurgRoyce]

I don't know if just me but I get the feeling that Tess could drop Karlsson's Gambit soon I hope I am wrong on this one

I also got that impression too...

I guess that the best thing at this point is not to add more fuel to the fire.
Let's try to deescalate. There are plenty of topics in the game to talk about.

 

[Brandu33]

https://f95zone.to/members/1563893/

Your game is great! I began to play it, even though I'm not a big fan of BDSM (I like it as soft games, but that's about it). I played your game as a "survival post apo", and really enjoy it, it's well written, interesting, has beautiful renders, and need one to pay attention and keeps one's wit to survive. I played but the beginning of your game (finished first evaluation K7 good (mostly)).
This being said, I write too (novels), I did an erotic novel, tried to be active on the net to promote it, and ended-up being contacted by some weirdos (dick pics, and other stuff I could have done without!).
So, I kinda understand what you're going through. I'd advise you, to take a breather, continue to create the way you feel and wish to do, for not too would be damaging to you in the long run, and if you can, avoid social medias. Put a safety layer between artist you and all these demanding people. Especially the ungrateful or disrespectful ones. There's but 24hrs in a day and one cannot create and post on social media at the same time, or write a book and being in every comecon too. Unfortunately nowadays people (non creative one) would like their favourites authors to write books, create games, and at the same time to be all present in the social medias, answer their queries and tailor their creations to their taste and desire.
So, ignore them, continue writing, creating, do your stuff, protect yourself from all this nonsense, take your time, and hopefully you'll finish this great game in a way that will satisfy you.

 

[Sharpshooter890]

I'm so tired of all this drama bullshit. I have no reason to either believe or doubt what Tess wrote, but has she heard of this little thing on the internet called 'the Streisand effect'? The more posts she makes in that vein, the more some people will want to stir the pot. Not even out of malice, but because they can. It's part of the internet 'culture', if you will. It's bizzare that Tess (for all her claims of being this or that) doesn't seem to understand this simple concept. Or she's doing this on purpose because she's bored and/or looks for an excuse to move on to do other things in life (which is perfectly fine, btw).

Being a creator of a pretty successful AVN will certainly put a spotlight on you, it's part of the job. Ignore button exists for a reason, I suggest she uses it.

 

[Soulafein]

I think the main problem here, at least as I see it, is that Tess has been doing changes to the game routes/romances as she has seen fit/ was deemed needed for whatever reasons most of us don't know the exact details, while at the same time receiving backlash as if she did those changes to purposefully spite a concrete part of the players.

So it seems that Tess has gotten to a point, at least in her view, that if she can't make the game that she wants in the way that she wants, because she is constantly stressed/exhausted from people reaching to her/talking about her decisions, she may stop making the game altogether, and I may be naive here (or maybe she is), but I see her message more as a cry for people to let her do what she likes and how she likes to do it and try to enojy it, instead of constantly berating her, and that is why it may seem like a threat to some people.

Do not think that I'm defending Tess or trying to attack anyone here, just trying to share how I see the actual situation.

I personally like Karlsson Gambit a great deal and the conversations/debates of to where it's headed in the different routes, but I'm not a paying player so I enjoy the game as it comes, when it comes, as I do any other of the games I play, and if I stop enjoying them, then I stop playing them.

 

[Stan5851]

TessSadist
Stan5851 You made Tess Mad with your early post on here

This one long one from Miss Tess
**
UPDATE: Given where I am right now in my head, I may just decide to release Final A sooner as is and avoid any further sexual content but stick with narrative/story stuff only as the last renders for this scene. Anais has offered to do 40 renders for me but we'll see. It is my personal belief (no offense to her) that either her doing it or me doing it right now will not be at the high quality I want versus just releasing it in Part 3 when I am in a better state of mind. If this is my decision, I will release much sooner, likely within 12-20 hours or so.**

Overall, I agree with what you wrote, however, I absolutely do not want to sympathize with Tess in what she did...Be that as it may, 1-2 people (whose names she again did not name... how convenient, right?) cannot and should not be the reason why hundreds or thousands of other players should be held accountable. Rough example - if 1 person is accused of a crime, there is no way their guilt can extend to the entire country they reside in. So it is in this case.

First we swallowed being deprived of our solo romance with Jules (because of a couple unnamed assholes who supposedly complained about this demon flag content to the feds or whatever they demanded of her?)...And now Tess has apparently decided to extend this practice of disadvantaging Dom players to the main route as well.

So in this case, I completely agree with Silver. It's a disgrace and a shame that Tess is deliberately depriving Dom players of of some long awaited content by making them scapegoats because of a couple of unnamed jerks. And that doesn't do her any honor.
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Anais sent me this and was kind of enraged about it but I kind of think it's a good example of what I am willing to sacrifice to avoid the bigger issues, especially if it's coming from a place of entitlement.

1) "Whose names she again did not name...how convenient, right?" - This is insinuating that I am lying. This person is not on this Discord anymore. I have no problem with accusing me of being lazy, doing poor work, or anything else but when it comes to my character/integrity I know I have more of a moral compass than 99.9% of people. For one thing, I don't pirate intellectual property to start. That alone is already above most people. Everything I am saying is 100% true and being understated quite a bit to protect others not myself.

2) The analogy is very poor. I am not holding players accountable, I am protecting my mental health. That is simply a possible aftereffect. Again, this is coming from a sense of entitlement and not caring about the human element of a human being under duress. Period. I guess some people really are so callous as to care more about their jack off material than a genuine crisis from someone working hard. What does that say about that person and their priorities in life?

3) The solo dom romance was rightfully cut -- there were unsolicited "stuff" repeatedly sent to me which caused me to react formally. Not even game related except in context of what they wanted to "see" in KG similar to what I was "sent." I am constantly even in RL harassed and hit on, I think I know when something is truly creepy/serious requiring legal intervention versus something more typical. It's the former. I cannot state it any more clearly than this -- it required a formal response with reporting/legal issues and this has happened a second time.

4) "doesn't do her any honor" - Yeah, as far as I'm concerned this is the only one that upset me to be honest. I have more honor than anyone I know. I think very deliberately and carefully about big changes because I do care about other players (the Patrons at least) and how invested they are in my story/work.

Miss Tess

Final 8.2A Update:

After talking it over with Anais, I have decided to just try and release the update soon. She offered to cover 40 renders for me tonight on her side and stay up with me, but ultimately I decided against it.

The change is I am cutting the 40 renders she wanted to help from Final 8.2A. The updated render count is down below, everything else will still be the same.

Sub Path: + 125 renders
Dom Path: + 103 renders + ~~likely 82 renders (185) - I had wanted to try and be ambitious and include the entire 200 render scene I have in my head, but I am going to cut it short and stick with 80ish and continue it in Part 3.~~
40 renders = 143 renders
(I am sad to say I do not feel I can do a good job on the last 40 renders given how pissed off/unhappy/sad I am right now. I have decided to just wrap up the 40 of 80 I am on now and just release the update. I apologize as I really did plan to try and be ambitious and had mild aspirations to even try and do the entire 200 render scene, but there's just no way I can do it justice right now. Rushing to finish these 40 renders wouldn't be of good quality, and I also don't think it's fair to make anyone wait much longer for the update by me taking some time off to just get this out of my system either. So I'm aiming to release it within the next 12-13 hours which is let's sayabout 8:30pm Hawaii time right now, so my goal is now roughly 8:30 to 9:30am Hawaii time and I will just stay up and max out what I can and let Anais take over to make sure links work, etc. That way, she can cover if something is wrong with the links and things of that nature since she can sleep now and take over for me when I need the rest.)
Animations: Approximately 115 added
Tess Outro: 29 renders
Anais Intro to TQA: 9 renders
Anais TQA Preview scene: 33 renders
Rough Raw Totals Added: 339 renders + 115 animations

I will try and take 4-5 full days off and basically reset and see how I feel when it's over. I will try and help people if there are issues and problems as I can, but otherwise I am turning over the release responsibilities to Anais and I know she is more than capable of helping everyone out.

Yes, I will make her type on a real computer instead of her phone 99 percent of the time. She's actually incredibly smart and went to the same university as I did, so don't let her fool you because she tends to deliberately downplay herself a LOT.

I know the stuff above is a lot, but I am being genuine in saying it's quite serious and impacted me personally in ways I'd rather not say.

The best analogy I can give is perhaps a policeman investigating something and they see something they wished they did not see. You can't unsee some things. I'm very strong in a lot of ways, but there are a few things I might say a man might handle better if they are strong. My fiance luckily is a man I trust for everything, and I speak about him a little in the outro. (and I would still want him to kill a rat if one somehow was around us and approaching!) I'm also getting to a point in my life where I'm not the young 20 something that started KG in 2020, but now getting closer to 30 in 2025 with a different perspective.

I am doing everything in my power to serve/help the players enjoy this game but I do apologize for any disappointment about anything. Everyone has the right to be unhappy with me, and I accept that. All I can say is that I am truly am a person of integrity, honor, and do try hard.

So I will not peep or object to anyone saying anything about my work product -- that's very fair. I'll even ignore any attacks on my integrity moving forward -- even though it's wrong. The character in my own game that truly represents me in terms of work/responsibility is Kiyomi. Anyway, I'm rambling and going to work more now.


I honestly know I juggle more stuff day to day than most people can handle, but I still try and honor my responsibilities to everyone. What people will see in the outro is a short message of me talking about Veronica lying down in the update. In that scene, she laments being told how brilliant she is and how she needs to save the world, etc.

In a way, that's really me (on a smaller scale of course). I have been told for a long time I'm so beautiful and smart and everyone around me expects perfection/brilliance in everything. I understand I have massive beauty privilege in day to day life, but it still doesn't mean everything's easy for me either. Maybe other women can understand this a little - the pressure of that need to be "on point" all the time without fail.

If I continue moving forward, I am likely to just have jake KTA handle my Patreon entirely. I will write posts and load up stuff, but he will manage the site. If any messages are sent to me, he will check them and just forward me ones to respond to, etc.

I am determined AT ALL COSTS to not repeat what happened to me in the last 3 days or so. Whatever it takes.

TessSadist
DoverDad
Dover, communicating with someone without seeing the interlocutor (even virtually) is not the best solution. It also doesn't help that no one in this thread officially represents Tess herself, and if anyone is following the discussion, it's in read-only mode... But I'll try to answer...

1. Before you accuse me of all the deadly sins, adding me to the company of those guys, because of whose patreon DM posts Tess decided to cut part of the final Dom scene), it would be great if Anais took the time to read what I, Maviarab and some other players write in this thread.

I won't speak for others (not denying Maviarab's huge contribution in supporting this game), but I will answer for myself. Over the years, I have helped and am helping (to the best of my ability) players to better understand this game by giving hints and tips. In any conflicts that arise, I have always supported Tess and explained her position on many issues. I've heard accusations of sycophancy and sucking up to the developer (Tess) more than once against me, but that hasn't stopped me.

All these years I (as well as some other active players, such as the much respected Maviarab) have taken it upon myself to not only volunteer to help players, but also to communicate Tess' position on many issues of the game. So I'm the last person who can be accused of inappropriate behavior or anything like that. All of this is easy to verify - just use the search on the thread (with my nickname) and see for yourself.

So when Tess was forced to leave f95, myself and a small group of old-timers (including Maviarab and Silver_Crow117) sincerely tried to help and replace Tess' absence from this thread by volunteering to take on the job of...let's call it community managers..

But only we did and do it from the heart, no one pays us money for it... And we do it because we love this game, we respect Tess's talent and we want as many people as possible to share our passion.

I admit, my reaction was overly emotional and somewhat excessive and I had no intention of offending Tess, though it was largely provoked by other posts in this thread, left right after the Developer Diary was published, in which Tess said she was reducing the number of renders because a couple of inadequate patreon subscribers had written unacceptable things in her DM (as I understood it)...

Anyway, I sincerely apologize to Tess, even though it's not the best way to do it without seeing the person you're addressing it to. If I get the chance to do it directly (I'm banned on Tess's discord and have no way to do it in person), I'll certainly take it.

In closing, I can only say one thing: I'm very sorry that Tess is no longer in this thread. When she was here in person, it was truly a glorious time...And when Tess is nostalgic about how she and Anais did episode 5 of the game, I am nostalgic about when Tess was with us and we could communicate directly..

There were no conflicts and disagreements (and the rare inadequates were easy to ban), it was a close-knit and powerful community of like-minded people and people who shared common interests...Yes, I know what happened afterwards, the whole situation with hundreds of dickpicks in Tess's PM, with threats to commit suicide, etc...but no matter what,...it would be great if the role of at least a mediator between Tess and the community was taken by someone who could be trusted by players and trusted by Tess herself.