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

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Corporate Development Memo 5 October 2025

Hi everyone!

First of all, I have decided to arrange a block of time for the game from roughly October 17th off that Friday all the way through the following Saturday, October 25th. I never want to give specific promises or hopes as I never know, but this is a sign that I feel like I am getting quite close to finalizing a Test Version update.

Please don't be annoyed or take it personal if I am pretty non-responsive during this time period -- I am seriously going to hunker down and mentally "bunker" myself so to speak. So I'll be in a mode that is a bit less engaged outside of main focus issues.

For the week, I mixed some work and started editing some as well since I felt a little better mixing it up and was feeling a bit burnt out just writing (even had writer's block this weekend which for me is super rare but it does happen). So this is what I did this week, trying to be pretty accurate about the overall work:

112 renders completed, total of roughly 3,652 renders overall. The last sub scene for the Test Version is almost done but keep in mind I am adding one more sub scene from

Test --> Final too. After this scene, a big dom scene and that's basically it for "content complete" status.

Added nine animations in the Test Version and tested (will not likely put all animations in Test Version, but wanted to test).

Corrected roughly 40 renders (usually redo them and re-render again), all on the dom/K9 path. (I test K9 first because it has a few extra scenes, and I usually shift to secret sub next which has a lot of the same scenes on the "main dom" path but also its own scenes for that specific content).

Did editing runs and added music to roughly 75 percent of the entire dom/k9 path. Ran through three test runs of the k9/dom path (it is still missing one scene for the main dom path for content but tested everything else so far) and corrected dialogue/renders. This is a pretty good chunk of work actually and really helps me for later even though it might not seem obvious. I consider this work here better than doing 50+ renders for sure.

So the good thing about testing the "main dom path" is that there's a lot of repeat scenes when I say do the secret sub path so editing on each subsequent path gets faster/easier. By the time I am doing the sub path, I have already ran through the "main/all players often see" scenes too so I fly through those much faster, etc. There are also side flags like the B World State Path, revolution/fake revolution paths and others so I have to kind of "branch" test these as well which can be tricky to miss something. I tend to end up taking about 2/3rd or even a bit less of the time to edit the sub path (or dom if I do sub first) since some "main" branch scenes have already been edited.

I am desperately trying to finish the entire Final Version by a set date because I know after that specific day, my life is going to accelerate into a whirlwind of activity and excitement (and truthfully I bet some nervousness too!). I think I'll make it!

I'm in a really good place right now mentally and still feeling some crunch stress and had a little health thing but compared to my overall emotional day to day excitement... I'm really good! I'm so hopeful to get everyone the update out soon! You can see my dates up there as a hope maybe... hehe.

Love,

Tess

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[Ricthequick]

Yeah, I want to hope and be optimistic if it's another dev, But it is Tess we are talking out. That woman turns the game however she want according to her mood swings, particularly for dom path.

To be fair have you ever hang out with a genius? Being it woman or man, friend or partner, or even simply due to work relationships.

I'm not talking of boasting idiots who have money and connections and utilize them to make others do things for them, to then go on social media and boast about their invention and the future of mankind.

I'm talking about folks with actual "big brains", so much so that one can't avoid but noticing, well they note it too, they are "used" to be around folks who are not as smart as them and usually these interactions come across like.. well what Veronice does.

I'm not a total ignorant, but I'm not a genius either, had the luck to hang out for a bit with a genius type woman (via work), she absolutely wasn't arrogant in the classic sense, but that's the way she came off pretty much everytime whenever the topic was related to her fieldS of expertise (different story when talking about other stuff btw).

That's what happens with Veronica, she is extremely focused on a specific "topic" the rest is secondary, which means she doesn't dedicate too much attention and effort to it.

Karlsson's Gambit world is primarly a femdom world, what do you think is better to focus your energies on if you are a woman trying to save the world?
On trying NOT to be like pretty much every single other woman around? Why bother? It's easier (more efficient) to go with the flow and spend the extra energies on what one actually cares about.

The fact we can play as dom Kane, doesn't mean that everyone else around should be submissive, expecially folks like V. would completely destroy their character.

I do agree thou that I hope further romantic interactions with her could become a bit more romantic, thou I enjoyed the ones we got so far already.

 

[kinkyshin]

Karlsson's Gambit world is primarly a femdom world, what do you think is better to focus your energies on if you are a woman trying to save the world?
On trying NOT to be like pretty much every single other woman around? Why bother? It's easier (more efficient) to go with the flow and spend the extra energies on what one actually cares about.

Sure. Would like to add though that the company is specifically set up a certain way... Changing The Karlsson Group at this point would neither be easy nor quick and it's beyond Veronica's means. Cynthia, who not only hates Veronica but has also already stated her desire to take over The Karlsson Group would obviously strike immediately.

But, even without the threat of Cynthia and The DeKock Syndicate, Veronica is still way too busy:
1) Keeping the company afloat.
2) Trying to cure Astrid.
3) Figuring out a solution to the planet's destruction (which is Island 4, because she had no knowledge of Cole until very recently. Thanks, Dominique).

tl;dr: She can't fix the company. Even if the company is completely diabolical, she needs it right now or she's dead and all of humanity will likely follow.

I do agree thou that I hope further romantic interactions with her could become a bit more romantic, thou I enjoyed the ones we got so far already.

Yea, the scene that takes place in the anti-gravity chamber was fantastic. But the actual first-time sex scene with Kane in 8.1 or 8.2 (I can't remember) that was just so underwhelming. I'm just shocked Tess didn't give a much better scene for a character she loves so much. She's more than capable of it...

 

[Stan5851]

But the actual first-time sex scene with Kane in 8.1 or 8.2 (I can't remember) that was just so underwhelming. I'm just shocked Tess didn't give a much better scene for a character she loves so much. She's more than capable of it...

Yes, it was a complete failure. Of course, one could assume that it was a conscious decision of Tess, related to the fact that, according to the plot, we (Doms) still have to break V shell and move on to a completely different level of rs, including sexual rs, where Kane will be in charge (or at least equal). But I don't want to calm myself, and until I see work being done on the mistakes, I will consider the first sex scene with V the most disastrous and unsuccessful of all the scenes with the other Karlsson sisters.

 

[f96zonetrooper]

As explained by Veronica :
The Gambit is about Kane fathering a son with one of Alexander Karlsson's many daughters ...

This means to mix the genes of Alexander Karlsson with the ones of Kane's parents Cole and Callista in one heir. AfaIr Alexander, Cole and Callista were the main founders of the Karlsson Group back then in better times.

Did Veronica sabotage the Gambit?

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[kinkyshin]

As explained by Veronica :
The Gambit is about Kane fathering a son with one of Alexander Karlsson's many daughters ...

This means to mix the genes of Alexander Karlsson with the ones of Kane's parents Cole and Callista in one heir. AfaIr Alexander, Cole and Callista were the main founders of the Karlsson Group back then in better times.

Did Veronica sabotage the Gambit?

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No, she's doing the opposite.

 

[f96zonetrooper]

No, she's doing the opposite.

Can you explain this?

 

[kinkyshin]

Can you explain this?

y "Wait, you're saying [pname] needs to literally knock up one of you and produce a child? That man..."
ec "It's not just any child Yvette. He already has five living daughters."
v "Quite right Elena."
scene e5gr23 with mediumdissolve
v "We will go over the details soon, but my father wants a male grandchild. From the blood of his perfect woman...and himself. That child will be the true heir of this company someday."
v "It's not ideal as it's one generation removed, but this is what he wants."
y "But a child can't run a company. Even assuming this happens and he's born, what about in the meantime?"
scene e5gr24 with mediumdissolve
v "That depends on [pname] and the mother. If [pname] is worthy of power, he shall have it. If not, perhaps he will be nothing but a slave to the mother holding true power."
v "Perhaps they will be a partnership together, and they can run the company jointly. That is part of the program's purpose...to vet and test everyone."
v "But one or both of the parents of this child will have majority control of this company."
scene e5gr25 with mediumdissolve
y "Juliette will literally rape [pname] over and over to make sure she wins. And abort any girl and keep trying if necessary. Maybe the others too."
v "No! None of them can know. I have to tell you two now because I'll need your help with some specific things. But you must remain silent."
v "Especially you Elena. If I feel you are circumventing my father, you know very well I can and will react accordingly."


I think that we can safely assume that Veronica is running the gambit as she is supposed to. And part of that is giving Olivia and Kane a fair shot and keeping them safe while they do their tasks.

 

[f96zonetrooper]

I just came across the (known) dialog continuity bug in E8.1 where in E6 Kane did not visit Veronica but instead Dominique and Juliette and is still told by Veronica in E8.1 hackertalk how he saved Nurse Reyes in the lab accident.

The decision to visit Veronica or one of the other sisters is done in E5 kanethreechoice. If you choose Veronica, you continue to verokane55 where a flag is set : $ veroscience = True
This flag is later evaluated in E6 to send Kane to the right department :

label forkchoicedom6:

    if domqmineswork:
        jump firstdominiquework
    elif juliesaleswork:
        jump firstjuliettework
    elif veroscience:
        jump firstveronicawork
    elif True:
        jump firstdominiquework

By evaluating "veroscience" in E8.1 hackertalk it would be no problem to handle the dialog there correctly with some extra lines ...

However most players likely will choose Veronica as first department anyway (since she is not available as 2nd choice) and so will miss the bug. So I guess fixing this bug has a low priority.

 

[Haga Metagari]

You may want to give more information about the error you are getting and what you were doing. Does this happen when extracting the files or when starting the game?

Is error when i want to starting a game, if i download the apk, that will error when i starting game too

 

[Meiri]

Is error when i want to starting a game, if i download the apk, that will error when i starting game too

Did you download both the APK and the RPA file?

Just follow step by step what's explained here:

https://f95zone.to/threads/karlssons-gambit-v0-8-2b-final-grym-gudinna-games.50840/post-6884974

 

[harsha_26]

To be fair have you ever hang out with a genius? Being it woman or man, friend or partner, or even simply due to work relationships.

I'm not talking of boasting idiots who have money and connections and utilize them to make others do things for them, to then go on social media and boast about their invention and the future of mankind.

I'm talking about folks with actual "big brains", so much so that one can't avoid but noticing, well they note it too, they are "used" to be around folks who are not as smart as them and usually these interactions come across like.. well what Veronice does.

I'm not a total ignorant, but I'm not a genius either, had the luck to hang out for a bit with a genius type woman (via work), she absolutely wasn't arrogant in the classic sense, but that's the way she came off pretty much everytime whenever the topic was related to her fieldS of expertise (different story when talking about other stuff btw).

That's what happens with Veronica, she is extremely focused on a specific "topic" the rest is secondary, which means she doesn't dedicate too much attention and effort to it.

Karlsson's Gambit world is primarly a femdom world, what do you think is better to focus your energies on if you are a woman trying to save the world?
On trying NOT to be like pretty much every single other woman around? Why bother? It's easier (more efficient) to go with the flow and spend the extra energies on what one actually cares about.

The fact we can play as dom Kane, doesn't mean that everyone else around should be submissive, expecially folks like V. would completely destroy their character.

I do agree thou that I hope further romantic interactions with her could become a bit more romantic, thou I enjoyed the ones we got so far already.

Im not expecting everyone should be submissive by their choice. The men dont have any choice but to submit to women in that femdom world whether they are dom or sub except guys like Kane or that one man in Z2 rank. But, I wish to have some choices atleast in future for Kane to be at Z5 level at last and have a long ending and epilogue of how he changes the whole dynamics of company and make women submit regardless of their personal preferences. I just want to the turn the tables totally at the end of the game.

But, tess already told, DomKane can't do anything and is too soft to become demon. He will have just minimum choices regarding women submission and only for limited women (and that count will be even less if we exclude non-karlsson's family) even in Evil Dom path. So, I just expressing my wishes for this game, but well, I'm not the developer. It's Tess and I have problems with her, although I admire her for the great story and always will be.

 

[harsha_26]

y "Wait, you're saying [pname] needs to literally knock up one of you and produce a child? That man..."
ec "It's not just any child Yvette. He already has five living daughters."
v "Quite right Elena."
scene e5gr23 with mediumdissolve
v "We will go over the details soon, but my father wants a male grandchild. From the blood of his perfect woman...and himself. That child will be the true heir of this company someday."
v "It's not ideal as it's one generation removed, but this is what he wants."
y "But a child can't run a company. Even assuming this happens and he's born, what about in the meantime?"
scene e5gr24 with mediumdissolve
v "That depends on [pname] and the mother. If [pname] is worthy of power, he shall have it. If not, perhaps he will be nothing but a slave to the mother holding true power."
v "Perhaps they will be a partnership together, and they can run the company jointly. That is part of the program's purpose...to vet and test everyone."
v "But one or both of the parents of this child will have majority control of this company."
scene e5gr25 with mediumdissolve
y "Juliette will literally rape [pname] over and over to make sure she wins. And abort any girl and keep trying if necessary. Maybe the others too."
v "No! None of them can know. I have to tell you two now because I'll need your help with some specific things. But you must remain silent."
v "Especially you Elena. If I feel you are circumventing my father, you know very well I can and will react accordingly."


I think that we can safely assume that Veronica is running the gambit as she is supposed to. And part of that is giving Olivia and Kane a fair shot and keeping them safe while they do their tasks.

And what V will do when evil faction A (Dom) takes over with Kane and Juli in Partnership of a child? Settle in Island4 ignoring what will happen at company anymore? Yes, V cares about gambit, but it's not her goal. Her goal is always island4 and she care less about who sits on gambit throne. And Olivia is flexible for any ending with DomKane and making her as sub is even more helpful lol. Veronica can go and retire in island4 thinking world is gone to shits.

All Hail Domi+Juli Harem.

 

[f96zonetrooper]

And what V will do when evil faction A (Dom) takes over with Kane and Juli in Partnership of a child?

In another context V said :
v "If it comes down to it, I'll disappear as well. And remove shock control on all of our...workers."
v "Nobody will be able to recreate that control...especially if I sabotage things."
v "How long would any of you last with that scenario?"

AfaIk V stopped/killed evil Alexander Karlsson (by infecting him with Astrid's disease) and it's likely that she would act again if the winning faction is too evil ...

Consider that the game does not have the pregnancy tag ...
Kane is currently infertile and pregnancies take ca 9 months ...
Meanwhile africa is at the brink of revolution and a revolution might change the world within days ... it's more likely that the story will be resolved by a revolution and by the role Kane and Olivia choose to play in that revolution ...


The first round of Karlsson's Gambit produced 6 daughters : Alessandra, Dominique, Juliette, Olivia, Astrid and Veronica
The second round of Karlsson's Gambit having Kane fathering a son with one the daughters just might be a MacGuffin, a story device to drive the story which in the end may have no real effect on the outcome of the story ...
9 months for a baby are a long time if you consider that currently the game moves by 1 day per Episode and an Episode takes a year or more to produce ... (at this speed we could expect the first baby in the game around year 2300 or later)

 

[harsha_26]

In another context V said :
v "If it comes down to it, I'll disappear as well. And remove shock control on all of our...workers."
v "Nobody will be able to recreate that control...especially if I sabotage things."
v "How long would any of you last with that scenario?"

AfaIk V stopped/killed evil Alexander Karlsson (by infecting him with Astrid's disease) and it's likely that she would act again if the winning faction is too evil ...

Consider that the game does not have the pregnancy tag ...
Kane is currently infertile and pregnancies take ca 9 months ...
Meanwhile africa is at the brink of revolution and a revolution might change the world within days ... it's more likely that the story will be resolved by a revolution and by the role Kane and Olivia choose to play in that revolution ...


The first round of Karlsson's Gambit produced 6 daughters : Alessandra, Dominique, Juliette, Olivia, Astrid and Veronica
The second round of Karlsson's Gambit having Kane fathering a son with one the daughters just might be a MacGuffin, a story device to drive the story which in the end may have no real effect on the outcome of the story ...
9 months for a baby are a long time if you consider that currently the game moves by 1 day per Episode and an Episode takes a year or more to produce ... (at this speed we could expect the first baby in the game around year 2300 or later)

Tess said all factions will be successful one or other way with our choices. So, yeah, evil Dom faction will be successful and Kane will able to manage to stop V from removing shock controls, but yeah she will escape to island4. You have to remember one thing. Alexander is not MC. Kane is MC. And he have more control in this game (with correct choices) in whatever faction you choose in Dom Paths.

 

[f96zonetrooper]

In the outro for E8.2 Tess announced a Steam version :

    z "I'd also like to announce that I've started on a Steam version of KG!"
    z "Episodes 1 through 7 will be releasing on Steam in the near future as Act One or Season One."
    z "It will feature many different languages and some other changes to be discussed when I'm ready to speak more about them!"

I wonder how many changes/cuts Tess will have to do for a Steam release?

A main theme of KG is femdom and sadism. Excessive nudity, explicit sex, sexual slavery, torturing and killing other humans ingame just for entertainment and fun is likely getting the game banned from Steam immediately. Cutting all these scenes out will only leave a skeleton of the original and may completely change the character of the game from a femdom SciFi to likely an average SciFi-story.

Is there an official list by Steam what kind of adult content is tolerated for games sold on Steam?

If there will ever be a Steam Release I would recommend to keep a backup of the original (uncut) Season 1 in the OP.

 

[Silver_Crow117]

But, tess already told, DomKane can't do anything and is too soft to become demon. He will have just minimum choices regarding women submission and only for limited women (and that count will be even less if we exclude non-karlsson's family) even in Evil Dom path. So, I just expressing my wishes for this game, but well, I'm not the developer. It's Tess and I have problems with her, although I admire her for the great story and always will be.

Hersha, where did Tess say this stuff.. cuz she didn’t on the discord… in fact you’ll still be able to be a part of doing “evil” stuff, just not to the extent of Demon Kane… like your repeating the same rhetoric over and over without any basis of it being substationally supported behind… and we don’t know what kinda of choices to be extent we’ll have… sub and dom… but they will be impactful

 

[f96zonetrooper]

Hersha, where did Tess say this stuff.. cuz she didn’t on the discord… in fact you’ll still be able to be a part of doing “evil” stuff, just not to the extent of Demon Kane… like your repeating the same rhetoric over and over without any basis of it being substationally supported behind… and we don’t know what kinda of choices to be extent we’ll have… sub and dom… but they will be impactful

The change in course might be related to future Steam plans ...

It's one thing to place the story in a world where evil things happen but another thing to allow players to choose evil actions for their characters to do, especially if the options become very evil (demon). (It's not a TV show like A Game of Thrones (without player interaction) where non-player characters can murder thousands of other characters ...) I think that choice matters for Steam and evil choices will reduce the chance for KG to be on Steam.

I noticed that the tone ingame changed towards the end of E8.2, especially when dom Kane talks to his 4 pod protégés (fourtalky) :

"...you never have to be sexually forced to do anything...you are protected from extreme requests. ..."

(This might be a onetime thing to protect his pod as dom and motivate the girls?
A previous scene featured public torture and execution of slaves but mc was just a viewer of the video feed and not interacting, so overall tone is still dark and evil.)

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[Silver_Crow117]

The change in course might be related to future Steam plans ...

It's one thing to place the story in a world where evil things happen but another thing to allow players to do evil choices for their characters.

I noticed that the tone ingame changed towards the end of E8.2 :


Kane to his 4 pod protégés :
(fourtalky)

amy "Master, I have a question. If a VIP asks us to do something...do we have to do...umm...anything they ask? We were told to do our best to make them happy...but..."
p "I got it Amy. Generally, you should be fine with basic groping and normal things being sort of...eye candy and servants."
p "But in terms of very strong sexual demands...no. If you have an issue or real concern, that's what I or Taylor are here for...you can always tell a VIP you need to see me."
amy "Thank you Master. I understand we're helping serve food and drink...and being...objects on some level. But you really answered my question, thank you!"
p "Good. Now as far as requests for VIP rooms after dinner, that's a case by case thing. You can ask exactly what a VIP has in mind...and then it just depends what they want."

p "Again...you never have to be sexually forced to do anything...you are protected from extreme requests. But practically, use your common sense."

p "Just see me if you have any concerns...I can manage any VIP and work out a solution. No VIP will object to you checking with your boss for clarifications."
p "While I expect excellent performance from you all, I wouldn't be doing my job as your Master if you didn't feel you could come to me with any concerns. That's my commitment to all of you."
p "If you perform well and make me look good...you can move up in rank and move towards a better life. The better I do...the better you all do. It's that simple."
p "Remember that the company picked you four with different goals than the guys in the show right now. None of you are pure throwaways in their minds."
p "While you can have a very bad fate with failure...success means you likely end up as a valued employee...or more. You have a chance to make it...so grab that chance and do well!"

...
chl "Master, if we are ok with doing sexual favors, do we still need to get permission from you?"
p "Yes. Although if it's something you want to do...I may not necessarily object. I just want to have that option available."
p "Also keep in mind it's quite possible that I personally could be invited or involved with a VIP room request too...so we'll see what happens."
chl "Got it Master."

...
p "Angelica?"
ang "I do have a question Master...not related to sex. But rather...non-sexual requests."
p "Such as?"
ang "I can give you a real example. Lady Charlotte approached me and asked if I was interested in whipping a male or two...I informed her I would like to speak to you before answering."
ang "My question is more related to limits...I would assume all four of us have our own comfort levels of what we would mind...or object to doing. I understand our rank right now but..."
p "...I got it. You're wondering how far you have to go if it's a non-sexual request...if you can refuse something very extreme."
ang "Yes Master [pname]. You're always so quick to catch on...but say Amy is asked to literally kill someone. Does she have to do it?"
p "The best answer I can give is that it's a case by case thing. I would say your best bet is to try and obey VIP requests...but if it's something you're worried about...let me know first."
p "Same principle as sexual requests...VIPs won't object to you checking in with me first."

...

That's more a setup for consensual nude service and consensual BDSM activities compared to the slavery, torture and exploitation of workers and prisoners in earlier parts.

(I myself am not a fan of sadism, so for me it's fine to protect the girls and limit danger for them ...)

I think you’ll be surprised but who knows

 

[Stan5851]

Tess has long since played it safe, and since white heterosexual men are being tortured and killed in KG, it fits perfectly into the unhealthy agenda that prevails in many spheres, including the gaming industry. As I have written many times, no one gives a shit about men, so Tess, with her femdom/male slavery-oriented game, fits perfectly into this state of affairs. That's why KG will never be attacked by crazy activists/feminists from Collective Shout and others.

And since she decided to tone down the content involving the torture of women (although, to be honest, this game never really had any content where DomKane would torture female slaves on his own, without the participation of other Karlsson sisters) the game is as safe as possible from any activists.

That's why Tess had better be honest with all of us and not play dummy, pretending that the removal of demon content and Juliette's path happened solely because she wanted "to scare away inadequate patrons" who wanted more torture content for women.

And then in the next sentence, claim that she really loved creating these scenes with harsh treatment of women...Yes, yes, of course, she loved it so much that she decided to delete them all to hell...and at the same time make the rest of the Dom route, which she were perfectly happy with before, more soft and vanilla.