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Finally got the time to play it and I'll share my two cents.
I'll start with the pro: I thought it was worse. Overall, the writing is good and the MC is not as bad as the story synopsis makes you think. It's a simp, but not that bad. The game makes it clear that while she's a slut, she's not having sex with other people. Sure, it's not everybody's cup of tea and quite different from Stormside, but if there were no prior game to compare, I'd have even called it an interesting game to follow. Unfortunately, that's all I can say that's positive about it.
Now, with the cons: if you compare this game and Stormside without knowing anything about it beside that they're from the same author, I say 10 out of 10 people will say that this game is dev's first project, while Stormside the most recent one. Models, renders and UI are simply better in Stormside. Keeping it about this game, event and story are too much detached from reality in my opinion but I don't want to comment too much about it being just the first update.
Lastly, what really makes me question Atemsiel. I simply don't believe this game was scrambled up in a month as he said. The amount of content doesn't let me think this is possible. I think it took so much more time, and I'm questioning the story he said about being in debt and unable to work on Stormside because he was doing two jobs. I think he simply realized it was impossible to keep working on Stormside due to the excessive branching and he feared that most releases from now on will have almost zero content if the player weren't in some specific routes, so fearing he would have lost patrons he went for a different game during that time and this is the result. Feel free to call me a jerk or too malicious, but that's what I believe. If this 0.1 was scrambled up in a month, then why after two months he's not releasing a 0.2 or doesn't give a date? Shouldn't we expect a 3 months cycle top? He's not even posting updates afaik. I'd be glad if I'm wrong, but my trust in him plummeted after how he handled Stormside.
I'll start with the pro: I thought it was worse. Overall, the writing is good and the MC is not as bad as the story synopsis makes you think. It's a simp, but not that bad. The game makes it clear that while she's a slut, she's not having sex with other people. Sure, it's not everybody's cup of tea and quite different from Stormside, but if there were no prior game to compare, I'd have even called it an interesting game to follow. Unfortunately, that's all I can say that's positive about it.
Now, with the cons: if you compare this game and Stormside without knowing anything about it beside that they're from the same author, I say 10 out of 10 people will say that this game is dev's first project, while Stormside the most recent one. Models, renders and UI are simply better in Stormside. Keeping it about this game, event and story are too much detached from reality in my opinion but I don't want to comment too much about it being just the first update.
Lastly, what really makes me question Atemsiel. I simply don't believe this game was scrambled up in a month as he said. The amount of content doesn't let me think this is possible. I think it took so much more time, and I'm questioning the story he said about being in debt and unable to work on Stormside because he was doing two jobs. I think he simply realized it was impossible to keep working on Stormside due to the excessive branching and he feared that most releases from now on will have almost zero content if the player weren't in some specific routes, so fearing he would have lost patrons he went for a different game during that time and this is the result. Feel free to call me a jerk or too malicious, but that's what I believe. If this 0.1 was scrambled up in a month, then why after two months he's not releasing a 0.2 or doesn't give a date? Shouldn't we expect a 3 months cycle top? He's not even posting updates afaik. I'd be glad if I'm wrong, but my trust in him plummeted after how he handled Stormside.
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He wrote on Discord that he would make the ending for Stormside and start working on Studio Hearts.
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He also wrote he would have never abandoned Stormside in favor of a linear game and here we are...
Anyway, two months probably. Time will tell.
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Honestly, I would be happy if the developer would just abandon SS and work only on SH 
Yes, seems kinda pointless to work on an abandoned project.Honestly, I would be happy if the developer would just abandon SS and work only on SH
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I actually enjoyed this game a lot. I would've liked to see stormside being finished but I agree that 1 update will not be enough to finish that game. It would feel very rushed.
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I assume finishing Stormside with a final update is some form of closure for Atemsiel.
Obviously it will not be possible to actually complete the game in a meaningful and satisfactory way that would come close to what the original idea for the full game was.
But once he has put an official end to that game, it might make him feel better about fully focusing on a new project, so I'm fine with that approach, as long as it means he will be able to fully focus on Studio Hearts and build on the very solid foundation that he has already set with the 0.1.1 version.
Obviously it will not be possible to actually complete the game in a meaningful and satisfactory way that would come close to what the original idea for the full game was.
But once he has put an official end to that game, it might make him feel better about fully focusing on a new project, so I'm fine with that approach, as long as it means he will be able to fully focus on Studio Hearts and build on the very solid foundation that he has already set with the 0.1.1 version.
It's not about finishing Stormside. Apparently there is an unfinished incremental release for Stormside, i.e. a lot of work went into scenes that currently nobody can see. Obviously it is desirable to make a (for now) final release of Stormside that includes these new scenes. But apparently they still need some work, which is why this is being delayed.
As to the present game: Personally I already love it just as much as I did Stormside, and for the same reasons. But of course it will be different for anyone who loved Stormside because of the branching or because of a domination kink, both of which are basically irrelevant to me.
for some one who just come back after MIA, one might think they will try to regain some credibility by not making the same "mistake" (intentionally lying and ghosting their patron) but nope, let ghost the patron again for 2 months+.
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So im taking it that he isn't posting updates? Let me guess, he's abandoning this like he abandoned his much better game, Storsmide?
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I dont know if its a me or what, but every time i click to launch the game it just doesnt. Nothing happens at all.
What operating system? I don't recall if it was the case here, but sometimes a game gets repackaged on Windows (unzip, change something, zip again). Which is fine except it breaks the executable bit for the Linux .sh script and for the binary executable in lib/[applicable platform]. If that's the problem, it's enough to right-click each of the two files and set the executable bit, or depending on your desktop system use chmod a+x [filename] from the shell.
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OK, then it must be something else. You might want to check that the executable is named "StudioHearts.exe" and is located in the top level of the game's directory, and that the Windows subdirectory of subdirectory lib exists and contains an executable of the same name. The one on the top level is just for convenience, and the naming and structure must be correct for it to find the correct executable.
Also, there may be a file log.txt that contains hints about the error, and if not, it likely helps to run StudioHearts.exe manually from cmd.com or PowerShell. Then it will likely stop with an error message that tells you what's wrong.
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KhunAguero
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The only thing i do have is the "StudioHearts.exe" being named correctly as for all the other things....i couldnt find anything at all.