VN Ren'Py Stormside [v0.23.1.4] [Atemsiel]

[Tonto828]

Is there an onion with Akeme during the physical? I keep hearing sounds but can't find any onions. I know it's after the number 20 so I can't find any walkthroughs to depict it.

 

[Haamster]

Hi everyone, big fan of bondage here. I have a couple of questions before I download the game:
1) How frequent is the level of Bondage displayed in the 11th image of the first post here (the one labeled Hikari1.png)? way too often I get excited because a game is tagged BDSM and all thats in game is like, a spanking once or twice and a character had a blindfold on in one scene. I want that BDSM you know?

2) is the game in a state where the end is a year away? next update is the penultimate? the developers keep adding stuff and this game will never end? I'll still play it regardless of what the answer is but it is still nice to know how finished I should expect the plots to be you feel me?
Looks like a good game and thanks to the dev!

 

[supernova3546]

Just checking in on the progress for the next update Atemsiel ,been quite a while since we heard anything

 

[capt_obviously]

2) is the game in a state where the end is a year away? next update is the penultimate? the developers keep adding stuff and this game will never end?

The game has 3 main routes for each of the 7 main girls: love, submission, and slave. Within those are many mini branches of different variations of scenes and dialogue. With that much branching each update only adds a little bit of in game time, so it will be years before stories conclude. Not all the girls can even be on a route yet.

way too often I get excited because a game is tagged BDSM and all thats in game is like, a spanking once or twice and a character had a blindfold on in one scene. I want that BDSM you know?

The variety and frequency of BDSM in Stormside is absolutely worth checking out. If you're into BDSM exclusively don't have anyone on the romance path as Atem has said there won't be any punishments on those routes. There are in game hints on choices, so you'll be able to find all the fun stuff (be prepared for multiple plays)

The early stuff before you reach stormside academy is not representative of the submission and slave routes, so make sure to get to school before making any judgments even if that means riding skip if you're finding it slow. There are only a few in game school days so far, but there is still tons to explore.

Highly recommend.

 

[dorio6534]

so how come his ghosthands

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[Das_Peanut]

I appreciate the kind words. It's strange to say, but I almost like the idea of it flying under the radar. There's something attractive to me about the whole "sleeper hit" kinda thing. Not to say it's intentional, but I definitely don't mind it. Whenever I get a comment that says something along the lines of "I thought this was gonna be generic school AVN nonsense, but I was pleasently surprised" it feeels like a gotcha moment for me. I know my premise is super common and generic, so when I hear that I catch people off guard with the way I do it, that's fun for me. Financially of course it doesn't make sense, but it doesn't get me down. I'm fine, and the project isn't in danger.

Regarding promo, there's actually a really specific reason I don't advertise the animations too much. Primarily, I have a rule where I don't use the animations from the most recent update in promo for the sake of spoilers, and also I don't actually do all that many long animations. What I do however, is lots of animations strung together to make an overall scene. I'll likely be changing some of the promo animations when the next update comes out though because the existing ones are exactly how you describe them. For animations in general, I think there are generally two types of devs. (I may have typed this out before, but I can't remember).

Type A: Fairly long animations, perhaps 10-20 seconds each, but only 2 or 3 of them in a sex scene, and all dialogue runs over the top of those animations. Typically they'll feature position changes for a moment before returning to the original position, or maybe a kiss half way through, or maybe a bunch of random neck movement. Either way, something to justify the length of the animation.

Type B: Shorter animations, but sometimes 10-30 of them per sex scene, because each 1 second loop is designed to match the dialogue or whatever. Typically less detailed individually than the type A animations, but greater in quantity.

I very much fall into type B. Type A markets better since showing a really good animation is great for promo, but if that really good animation is pretty much all you get for a scene, it doesn't really suit my tastes.Typically when I go into type A realm, it's for a climax animation, or maybe a transition. Either way, not something loopable, so it feels a bit weird for promo.

As I said though, the game isn't in financial danger, just in case anyone thought that was why I brought it up in the first place. It's actually at all all time high which is a bit weird. Not by very much, but since the last update I had a minimal drop off, and at this point I think I'm actually making more than I did just after the last release (Which is usually a peak since people sub for the update, then unsub). I'm in no huge rush. It'd be great to get to go full time, but rushing to a goal like that would likely mean either rushing updates as well, or going all in on monetisation. I'm unwilling to do either. I just want it to be good.

All of this said, promo images and stuff will definitely be updated following the next update.

Hey, I thought this was gonna be generic school AVN nonsense, but I was pleasantly surprised. Humour is on point and the animations are quite good. I quite like your 'type B' approach.

 

[painfoolx]

$ pip install gdown
$ gdown 1LQAikyNymGl-B0FTcBPhHcnKJ2FbeXyP

Getting 6.2 MB/s in the terminal vs. 1.6 MB/s in Firefox

You're welcome

 

[Tidus9999]

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
IOError: Couldn't find file 'audio/Music/BasementFloor.ogg '.

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
  File "Script.rpyc", line 1565, in script call
  File "Events/Z 2) New Responsibilities/Day11 (Mon)/3) GymClass1.rpyc", line 5400, in script call
  File "Events/Z 2) New Responsibilities/Day11 (Mon)/4A) RileyPunishment1.rpyc", line 1035, in script call
  File "Events/Z 2) New Responsibilities/Day11 (Mon)/4A) RileyPunishment1.rpyc", line 1058, in script
  File "renpy/ast.py", line 1658, in execute
    renpy.exports.with_statement(trans, paired=paired)
  File "renpy/exports.py", line 1657, in with_statement
    return renpy.game.interface.do_with(trans, paired, clear=clear)
  File "renpy/display/core.py", line 2801, in do_with
    clear=clear)
  File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3377, in interact
    repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, trans_pause=trans_pause, pause=pause, pause_start=pause_start, pause_modal=pause_modal, **kwargs) # type: ignore
  File "renpy/display/core.py", line 4103, in interact_core
    renpy.audio.audio.periodic()
  File "renpy/audio/audio.py", line 1166, in periodic
    raise_(exc[0], exc[1], exc[2])
  File "renpy/audio/audio.py", line 1144, in periodic_thread_main
    periodic_pass()
  File "renpy/audio/audio.py", line 1086, in periodic_pass
    c.periodic()
  File "renpy/audio/audio.py", line 517, in periodic
    topf = load(filename)
  File "renpy/audio/audio.py", line 70, in load
    rv = renpy.loader.load(fn)
  File "renpy/loader.py", line 820, in load
    raise IOError("Couldn't find file '%s'." % name)
IOError: Couldn't find file 'audio/Music/BasementFloor.ogg '.

Windows-10-10.0.22621 AMD64
Ren'Py 7.5.3.22090809
Stormside v0.23.1.4
Thu Aug  1 11:14:38 2024

Got that error before Riley's Collar in the Basement. Can anybody help me please?

 

[capt_obviously]

Got that error before Riley's Collar in the Basement. Can anybody help me please?

I believe that's a well known issue that will be fixed next update.

In the meantime you can safely choose 'ignore'. The only impact will be no background music for the scene.

 

[Tidus9999]

I believe that's a well known issue that will be fixed next update.

In the meantime you can safely choose 'ignore'. The only impact will be no background music for the scene.

Ok. Thanks.

 

[Darsk]

I guess this game will be tagged as abandoned in about 2 months?

 

[bocizexe]

I guess this game will be tagged as abandoned in about 2 months?

Doesn't it take like one and a half years without updates for something to be abandoned?

 

[kurosx]

Doesn't it take like one and a half years without updates for something to be abandoned?

It does.

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Last post on Patreon was on 22. July, so this is far from being tagged Abandoned.

 

[Atemsiel]

Aye, game not abandoned. Sadly July, and so far August as well has been irl work hell, so it's taking quite a while to make the update. I've given up on making estimates now since every time I do, something fucks with them, but nobody wants the update done more than I do. I just refuse to rush it, that's all.

 

[tmu500]

Aye, game not abandoned. Sadly July, and so far August as well has been irl work hell, so it's taking quite a while to make the update. I've given up on making estimates now since every time I do, something fucks with them, but nobody wants the update done more than I do. I just refuse to rush it, that's all.

Thanks for the message. Keep up the great work.

 

[thermel949]

I have been lurking in these forums for a month but I had to come out of the shadows to ask a simple question - why did they have to leave for the Grey Prison at 10pm since it takes 3 hours by train?! He is former military and if I am not mistaken his clock used the 24 hour time clock like I do. Why not just leave at 4-5pm depending on when it was sundown there? So they arent losing a ton of sleep over the ghost hunt?

 

[toyohew900]

Aye, game not abandoned. Sadly July, and so far August as well has been irl work hell, so it's taking quite a while to make the update. I've given up on making estimates now since every time I do, something fucks with them, but nobody wants the update done more than I do. I just refuse to rush it, that's all.

It's easy to burn out, and for the pressure to make and keep promises to make it worse. Take a breath from time to time and remember that you're making something people love.

 

[thermel949]

Aye, game not abandoned. Sadly July, and so far August as well has been irl work hell, so it's taking quite a while to make the update. I've given up on making estimates now since every time I do, something fucks with them, but nobody wants the update done more than I do. I just refuse to rush it, that's all.

Burnout is a real thing. One of the first research topics I assisted with was burnout for medical doctors. Let us know what we can do to help - and if you ever need a proofreader...

 

[pinuz1]

Just finished playing and I had lot of fun, Sadly I wanted a lot more content and was left wanting more no, but I enjoyed it a lot and I'm definitely looking forward to future updates, especially that whole thing with Olivia, dev has a real good opportunity to flush out her character and give the player a reason to not just hate her and explain why she's so bitchy, ngl I think a romance route for her could be really cute, seeing her warm up to the MC is something I'd love lol.

Keep up the good work Dev.