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

[Stan5851]

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Corporate Development Memo 8 June 2025

Hello all!

Just another weekly post!

The poll is pretty straightforward in terms of what people think, so I'm pretty sure I'm going to follow the results and keep grinding away on the update!

I've got to get up pretty early tomorrow so will keep this one a bit short and try and do a really long post next week as I approach 2,000 renders in the near future.

This week, I did 103 renders and we're now at 1793 renders, barely under 100 a week for 18 weeks of work on the update.

When I hit 2000 renders, I will be kind of close to where I want to be overall, and I will start compiling/organizing everything to see what is left. I originally wanted to do only 2,000 but I might want to tweak a tad bit higher, but we'll see. I am still just starting the secret sub path so I feel like I want to make sure there is enough content for each path.

The sub path is pretty far along with maybe 2-3 more games and the dom path is a little bit behind in time but pretty close. The secret sub path is my focus very soon so just starting that content.

It's really weird for me to feel like I've barely done anything with 1,800 renders but that's how I feel with my work nowadays.

I'll try and do a much longer post next week with more detailed thoughts on everything but I'm just plugging along and getting closer!

Personally, I might have to take another 3-4 day trip in about three weeks but it shouldn't impact much if anything. But it might change a specific day I write the weekly update itself if I know I am running around so I'll let everyone know if there's an issue on that front.

My entire wedding budget is done and finalized and mostly everything is already prepped/booked so I feel like a huge sense of relief but I know more stress will come later. I hope everyone has a great week and talk soon!

Love,

Tess

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I don't understand why our maid (Svetlana) and our personal slave (Lily) are sitting on the couch instead of kneeling in front of their Master. Amy, on the other hand, does the right thing and greets Kane properly. I see meekness in her beautiful eyes and an objective understanding of the situation, so she'll be fine.

On the other hand, I don't yet see on Lily's face the realization of the position she's in and how she should act. All in all, there's a lot to work on here. If she thinks that because she's a top S tier slave she deserves some kind of privileged treatment, she doesn't.

 

[Sharpshooter890]

I don't understand why our maid (Svetlana) and our personal slave (Lily) are sitting on the couch instead of kneeling in front of their Master. Amy, on the other hand, does the right thing and greets Kane properly. I see meekness in her beautiful eyes and an objective understanding of the situation, so she'll be fine.

On the other hand, I don't yet see on Lily's face the realization of the position she's in and how she should act. All in all, there's a lot to work on here. If she thinks that because she's a top S tier slave she deserves some kind of privileged treatment, she doesn't.

I like it, sometimes a man just wants to cuddle with some cuties instead of brutally using them. That shit can get stale after a while.

As for Amy, I think those picks are from SecretSub route, so it would be funny if meek Amy dominated our poor Kane. Dude would (I mean, he already should) regret his life's choices after something like that.

 

[Stan5851]

I like it, sometimes a man just wants to cuddle with some cuties instead of brutally using them. That shit can get stale after a while.

I agree that hugging is good too, but I wish they would all take Kane more seriously. So far I feel like they all just obey him because the Karlssons told them to, not because they're actually his slaves and maids and such.

Sometimes I feel like none of this shit is real - Chloe smiles cheekily while Kane fucks her and looks at him as an equal, all this smug shit from those who a priori should be submitting, not showing off. That's what I'm talking about.

That's how I feel... and I feel vanilla domination, not what happens, for example, on the same sub route in regards to sub Kane and male slaves. That doesn't mean I want to stomp my feet on beautiful Amy or brutally punish her, but I want equal opportunities to treat Kane's maids/servants/slaves etc the way sadistic bitches treat sub Kane. But that doesn't seem to be something to look forward to in this game.

As for Amy, I think those picks are from SecretSub route, so it would be funny if meek Amy dominated our poor Kane. Dude would (I mean, he already should) regret his life's choices after something like that.

Then why is Amy on her knees and Kane is not naked?)I don't know, but I think it's the Dom route.But we'll see...Anyway, Amy is probably next on the list...We already had 1 scene with Kelly, Chloe will be in the upcoming update, and then there will be Amy, since the sex scene with Angelica (as one of the wpods that Kane should also appreciate) will probably be left for last by Tess.

 

[Stan5851]

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[Spacy7]

Is there some sort of page where we could see, backstories of all the characters involved, or at least what we know about them till now, whatever is revealed.

 

[Silver_Crow117]

I agree that hugging is good too, but I wish they would all take Kane more seriously. So far I feel like they all just obey him because the Karlssons told them to, not because they're actually his slaves and maids and such.

Sometimes I feel like none of this shit is real - Chloe smiles cheekily while Kane fucks her and looks at him as an equal, all this smug shit from those who a priori should be submitting, not showing off. That's what I'm talking about.

That's how I feel... and I feel vanilla domination, not what happens, for example, on the same sub route in regards to sub Kane and male slaves. That doesn't mean I want to stomp my feet on beautiful Amy or brutally punish her, but I want equal opportunities to treat Kane's maids/servants/slaves etc the way sadistic bitches treat sub Kane. But that doesn't seem to be something to look forward to in this game.

Then why is Amy on her knees and Kane is not naked?)I don't know, but I think it's the Dom route.But we'll see...Anyway, Amy is probably next on the list...We already had 1 scene with Kelly, Chloe will be in the upcoming update, and then there will be Amy, since the sex scene with Angelica (as one of the wpods that Kane should also appreciate) will probably be left for last by Tess.

Ahhh I see now…Since Stan sees ballbusting on the sub side, he wants the same treatment against the females on the Dom side… so… VaginaBusting from Dom Kane?

 

[drdiver3]

I don't understand why our maid (Svetlana) and our personal slave (Lily) are sitting on the couch instead of kneeling in front of their Master. Amy, on the other hand, does the right thing and greets Kane properly. I see meekness in her beautiful eyes and an objective understanding of the situation, so she'll be fine.

On the other hand, I don't yet see on Lily's face the realization of the position she's in and how she should act. All in all, there's a lot to work on here. If she thinks that because she's a top S tier slave she deserves some kind of privileged treatment, she doesn't.

That's Sunshine on the couch with Lily, Svetlana is kneeling in the prior week of spoilers and on all fours in the picture this week. I don't mind Svetlana as a character and she seems to be one of the only ones who actually does show Kane any deference, which is the bare minimum.

Sunshine on the other hand is a character who has overstayed her welcome as a prop in Juliette's sales training. It's unclear what she adds to the narrative. Apparently she's another maid now, but we already had one with a more interesting and organic backstory in Svetlana. Now the at best 1 scene an update we get with these peripheral characters is diluted amongst them. Which in itself would be fine if they were made by Kane to compete for the actual one position of decent comfort, with consequences for the loser or losers (remember when we were told 3-4 updates ago someone would be found to put in the cage in our quarters? It remains empty; the links in the narrative form themselves and call out for execution, but Tess can't be bothered to follow through).

But instead, I agree with you this looks like another bland vanilla scene for two women in a precarious position who have been handed over to Kane. I don't care that this option exists, treating them nicely could be good in certain saves. But why is it just the default?

If we aren't going to be given a choice, it makes much more in universe sense for Lily and Sunshine to have to earn their clothing. They should not seem so comfortable. If anything they should be surprised they are being treated so well (goes to your comment in regard to Chloe that all the slaves don't take Kane seriously, even if we made choices as a player that should lead them to at this point).

Another criticism; why does Svetlana just appear to be defaulted into the lower standing; if you look at pictures shared in prior previews, she's the only one not given shoes to wear, and her uniform is obviously crummier. If you're going to force the Dom players into this meek kind of interaction with women literally given over to him by completely sadistic mistresses to do whatever he wants to, at least give us the choice of who Kane gets all cuddly with.

The Dom path has really been failing to live up to its potential over the last few updates and at this point it's becoming harder to believe it will get better moving forward.

 

[MilesEdgeworth]

If Im not mistaken, Lily is currently basically a poker chip, I doubt she'll be in the house this update.

If you told me that Sunshines a fan fave on patreon hence the extra scenes, I'd believe you.

 

[akki_sky]

If Im not mistaken, Lily is currently basically a poker chief, I doubt she'll be in the house this update.

If you told me that Sunshines a fan fave on patreon hence the extra scenes, I'd believe you.

Lily is not just poker chip, She is first member of Kane's harem. From the previews, we have seen till now, I can say that she will be controlling/managing every slave for Kane. So we will see her dominating other girls more often than Kane. This scene from preview is only for Kane who have EXEC point. But Kane is playing with only lower tier/slaves. Also when Kane received her she was naked as slave should be but with Kane she is now wearing clothes, that tells us how Kane has no value in the game.

 

[Stan5851]

Ahhh I see now…Since Stan sees ballbusting on the sub side, he wants the same treatment against the females on the Dom side… so… VaginaBusting from Dom Kane?

No Silver, I don't want to kick anyone in the crotch, I just want there to be no double standard for the Dom route. And no, I haven't seen anything like that (ballbusting and such thing) in KG, but reading what other players who play on the sub route (or at least are more or less familiar with it) is enough for me to have an idea of what fetishes and kinks are on display on your side.

 

[Maviarab]

Lily is not just poker chip, She is first member of Kane's harem. From the previews, we have seen till now, I can say that she will be controlling/managing every slave for Kane. So we will see her dominating other girls more often than Kane. This scene from preview is only for Kane who have EXEC point. But Kane is playing with only lower tier/slaves. Also when Kane received her she was naked as slave should be but with Kane she is now wearing clothes, that tells us how Kane has no value in the game.

Wtf...are you....actually, on about, at all?

 

[Silver_Crow117]

No Silver, I don't want to kick anyone in the crotch, I just want there to be no double standard for the Dom route. And no, I haven't seen anything like that (ballbusting and such thing) in KG, but reading what other players who play on the sub route (or at least are more or less familiar with it) is enough for me to have an idea of what fetishes and kinks are on display on your side.

I know… was just trying to joke around

 

[MilesEdgeworth]

Lily is not just poker chip, She is first member of Kane's harem. From the previews, we have seen till now, I can say that she will be controlling/managing every slave for Kane. So we will see her dominating other girls more often than Kane. This scene from preview is only for Kane who have EXEC point. But Kane is playing with only lower tier/slaves. Also when Kane received her she was naked as slave should be but with Kane she is now wearing clothes, that tells us how Kane has no value in the game.

She will be for this update since this update will be gameshow based

 

[Stan5851]

I know… was just trying to joke around

Yeah, I get it..."It would be funny if it wasn't so sad".

 

[akki_sky]

Wtf...are you....actually, on about, at all?

what is the problem?

 

[akki_sky]

She will be for this update since this update will be gameshow based

Yes. For this gameshow Kane will use her as chip to gamble.

 

[Stan5851]

Yes. For this gameshow Kane will use her as chip to gamble.

Yep, but as Dominique rightly pointed out and Dr. Chastain confirmed, it doesn't make sense to use Lily that way. Miles seems to have forgotten a bit about who Llly is and that her value to Kane goes far beyond the game show.

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[Maviarab]

Someone pm me when this thread returns to the just the regulars who know wtf they are talking about please.

Kaythanks.

 

[Ricthequick]

No Silver, I don't want to kick anyone in the crotch, I just want there to be no double standard for the Dom route. And no, I haven't seen anything like that (ballbusting and such thing) in KG, but reading what other players who play on the sub route (or at least are more or less familiar with it) is enough for me to have an idea of what fetishes and kinks are on display on your side.

Just out of curiosity, you haven't tried a sub playthrough at all?
I imagine is not a (series of) kink of yours, but my suggestion is when/if you find some time, give it a go, while the ovvrall story/plot remains the same the VN changes drastically.

That said I personally have no issue with the dominant side not being as "harsh"/violent as the submissive one, it makes sense in-lore, males simply put are the inferior sex in this setting.

At this stage of the story even a super dominant Kane is still a nothing compared to any non slave woman, basically except for the female pod (and the slaves you can win betting) everyone else accepts Kane as a privileged, but still a male.

Raven has a higher status than Kane, and for example the 2 assistants are employees not K levels.

Still if one goes for the "evil" dom path, Kane gets to:

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Sure is nowhere near as often or as bad as it happens to him (and every male) on the sub paths, but again this is mostly a femdom world, and more things might yet come, again at this stage Kane is at best K9, which is still pretty much a slave, just one with potential and some benefit, but as you can notice he's never alone when taking decisions, there's always a higher ranked female around.

 

[Hazardgaming]

Anyone else find it odd how there are neither good or evil points attached to anything Kane chooses to do during all of this?

“Hey Kane, want to throw darts at people and gamble with lives?”