VN Ren'Py Karlsson's Gambit [v0.8.31 FinalA2] [Grym Gudinna Games]

[harsha_26]

We shall see if that holds. She said she is removing Kyle storyline in thread and dms before I left. What is this supposed storyline she cut that is supposed to be a punishment, cause I could care less for Kyle.
But Really cool, IF true, but I'll believe it when I see it. Can't trust a narcissist who gets pissed cause I said something felt "formulaic", Like one comment makes her that mad. She needs to grow up. And then questioned my integrity and such in dms and said she is above me morally and all, when all I wanted was an apology for her being aggressive towards me and such.

So we will see if this holds true.

So, you re-join the cult if she won't cut the juli sub romance?

 

[harsha_26]

The spinoff is quite ambitious. It wants to be a cross between mass effect and i assume other sex games. It will be very interesting to see if Anais can pull it off

Oh yeah, I'm so much excited for Anais Game. She said that her game is inspired by games like Mass Effect, Persona 5, Dragon Age Origins. She is the reason I played all the mass effect and Dragon Age games to know if they are worth it and yeah, they worth it. And No more Kink Controversies because it's mostly a vanilla sci-fi game.

 

[MagicMan753]

So, you re-join the cult if she won't cut the juli sub romance?

Nah, she already banned me anyway on patreon, probably discord too, not sure, left before anything happened.
The only way I'd return is for her to apologize for everything to me and accept responsibility, which we know won't happen.

But I do hope there aren't too many errors in update and future versions. I was someone who helped out a decent amount and even found continuity errors in renders and writing that needed correctio, wrong order or renders one time, wrong dialogue said for situation, and other stuff that many others didn't find. So game may take a bit of dip in some quality control if her other supporters don't find some of the things I used to.

 

[harsha_26]

A minor spoiler to please pay attention to a few choices -- in particular one early one with two females. Just read them and don't fly through/skip them super fast as it might be important long-term.

What does Tess meant by that? What is the scene?

 

[Silver_Crow117]

A minor spoiler to please pay attention to a few choices -- in particular one early one with two females. Just read them and don't fly through/skip them super fast as it might be important long-term.

What does Tess meant by that? What is the scene?

Alessandra and Olivia… female lead society or no…

 

[DoverDad]

Alessandra and Olivia… female lead society or no…

fuck no, I'm killing both of them first chance I get

 

[harsha_26]

Looks like Tess did what she said for pod4 girls. I selected maximum desire options for Angelica, but still, her content both storywise and lewdwise looks more important in sub path and also especially in secret sub paths. Chole seems to be more focused in pure dom paths, due to her connection with Dominique. Atleast in this update. Co-Incidentally both Alessandra and Angelica become more important in secret sub path than other characters. Personally i'm not into chole. But, we will see how she impresses dom fans in future.

 

[Stan5851]

I'm just preffering my love intrests choices. And I like Astrid more than Veronica. But, I understand why Veronica is Pragmatic and if a situation arrives, she won't hesitate to disable all the chips. But, personally, I'm more into fully good girls when it comes to romance. But in this game, there is no "fully good girl" atleast in Karlsson's sisters (let us keep aside olivia for a bit at least upto kanbomb reveal). So, yeah, in the best of worst, I'm into veronica atleast in present game for romance. Tess tried to show veronica in a good light in this update compare to rest and that worked atleast for me.

I myself like Astrid more than anyone else (except Liv), and something tells me that you and I definitely not alone in this. Veronica is not my main LI, and as I already wrote, developing a relationship with her to the most romantic level possible is a kind of challenge, my attempt to break through this icy shell of alienation.

Also, it's a personal deep story for V and Kane, which is why I would like to see where this connection will lead them...At least, this romance intrigues me more than the one with Dominique. Because in the latter case, we all pretty much know what to expect, whereas Veronica is a completely exceptional case... Ofc, I like Domi too (both versions of her, good and evil), but I expect more down-to-earth relationship from this "union" than from, say, my beloved good Liv or V.

As for the new update and how Veronica is portrayed there, I'm waiting for the final version and really hope I don't run into any spoilers here.

 

[okinawaboy]

A lot of those bad reviews seem to be from players who went into the VN with wrong expectations or did not spent enough time with the rank system to figure out the dom path.

Some seem to misunderstand the tags. One review complained that anal sex is not an option in every dom sex scenes. (There are some dom sex scenes with anal sex as an option, but it's not an option in every scene.)
One complained that femdom/maledom has to be consensual with safeword ... the tag "femdom" covers both, consensual and nonconsensual femdom, especially if there is also the tag "slave".

It's a VN, not a sandbox or simulation, so choices can only have limited impact on the story. If players want to have full impact of their choices, there is a game called Real Life.

Imho : Even wrong reviews are kind of feedback so I would not delete them, just exclude them.
I think we miss a system to mark reviews that are based too much on personal likes/dislikes or wrong expectations as not relevant (with reason) so that they do not spoil the rating. If a game has a solid technical base like KG, fair ranks should start at 3 stars, even if a player does not like the kinks in the game ... especially games for niche groups have a hard time if everybody who does not share the niche kink can simply downvote a game with a dislike.

The problem is she spends too much time on repetitive erotic or femdom scenes, almost all of which are formulaic. Tess needs to add novelty to the plot like the recently added Veronica subromanic or before secret sub are okay

 

[Stan5851]

Sub fans will be more happy in this update with Veronica. She got best romantic content (in terms of kanesub standards). But dom fans got heavy teasing yet promise of best hope in next update.

Harsha, no offense, but I don't want to know anything about what will be in this update on the Dom route until I try it myself.

 

[f96zonetrooper]

... I selected maximum desire options for Angelica, ...

Those "angeldesire" points are only accumulated but do not affect the current game.

Maybe in a future update there will be a passage :
if angeldesire > ??? then jump to epic sex scene with Angelica.

Last update brought more options to loose points with her then gain points :
Line 2390: $ angeldesire =- 1
Line 2453: $ angeldesire -= 2
Line 2840: $ angeldesire -= 3
Line 2849: $ angeldesire += 1

 

[MilesEdgeworth]

i mean the pod girls are in the gameshow so it makes sense that there wouldnt be opportunities for them this update

 

[harsha_26]

Harsha, no offense, but I don't want to know anything about what will be in this update on the Dom route until I try it myself.

I'm not saying anything directly. What that means, have to see it yourself.

 

[harsha_26]

i mean the pod girls are in the gameshow so it makes sense that there wouldnt be opportunities for them this update

There are clear opportunities for Amy and Angelica if you go for Secret Sub. And Amy for Evil Dom too if you selected Judgement Room. But I wonder, Why im not seeing any games for pod girls yet. I remember the mines treasure game, But thats it.

 

[f96zonetrooper]

... Why im not seeing any games for pod girls yet. ...

Katsumi's game show features pre-selected male slaves as players ... with possible deadly consequences ...
The female pod just helps with the show. They are not participating in the games as players.

 

[harsha_26]

Katsumi's game show features pre-selected male slaves as players ... with possible deadly consequences ...
The female pod just helps with the show. They are not participating in the games as players.

I think pod girls are free from games. But, other females probably having games, But MC only have limited access to them. Like Dominique's race game where we have to decide who lives and who gets thrown into..

 

[MilesEdgeworth]

There are clear opportunities for Amy and Angelica if you go for Secret Sub. And Amy for Evil Dom too if you selected Judgement Room. But I wonder, Why im not seeing any games for pod girls yet. I remember the mines treasure game, But thats it.

Thats because if you're dom, you got better things to do and Amy is the lowest on the totem poll so of course shed be available for the MC

 

[harsha_26]

Thats because if you're dom, you got better things to do and Amy is the lowest on the totem poll so of course shed be available for the MC

What better things? Zach and Zake are also same position as kelly. Ahhhh.. yeah, I forget, MC is also the pod member. Just because is hosting I totally forget that he is still in the prison program as K9. So, yeah, Zach and Zake are important to deal with. But so does pod4 girls.

 

[jamesbondo2302]

this a femdom game or what i dont want no mc being dominant shit

 

[harsha_26]

this a femdom game or what i dont want no mc being dominant shit

It have both variations. Sub paths (Light, Extreme) and "wannabe dom" (Vanilla and Light Dom) paths.