HTML The Ember Institute [v0.0.2.1] [GlitchDoll]

[GlitchDoll]

This is really neat! Definitely what I've been looking for in a game for a while now. Really enjoying the multitude of characters and scenarios. Also, as someone who plays gay characters, I enjoyed how much there was content-wise for me. I have two questions:

1. Are you going to be able to get with characters that aren't initially attracted to your gender? Like, when meeting the bartender, I thought he was hot, and would enjoy getting to pursue him even if his attraction started off at -30. I guess what I'm asking here is: In that example, would it be possible to raise the attraction despite that?
2. The guy who boxes you in in the beginning, is there any chance for him to become a recurring character? Something about that exchange was hot

Some will and some won't, just like in real life. The bartender Nathan has a different arc because his story splits in the future, so I am not sure how that one is going to go.
A lot of the male characters are gay actors so the answer to some is an obvious yes. I am trying to think of who you are referring to as the guy who boxes you though.

 

[GlitchDoll]

Can MC get a vagina? I got the transformation but the gender transformation route is still locked, is this just end of content or is there something I'm doing wrong?

As that is what I want more than almost anything in the entire world (Top choice being a loved one back.), the answer is an easy yes.
Having said that, it is an end of content atm, as the full gender change is for a future update. It will require surgery at Ember for the full change.

 

[Zephea]

That shouldnt have happened. It should require the player to go to Ember to access to the transformation. It asks for EmberBrain gte 1 (Added after you are put to sleep) and Pink gte 30 (the Pink Bottles or Pink Pills).
Can you post the save and I can have a look at what went wrong.

I did go to Ember, started with the first 'interview' with Alix and at the 'Leave' or 'Continue Listening' option, I left. Then I met the blonde lady outside... will get you a Save, will have to replay it as I have been replaying it and that Save is gone. Thanks! :>)

 

[Vertius]

The small dick is whats causing the errors with the black screens. It wasn't meant to be left on. I only turned in on for testing as the small dick content is still in development.
It's mostly cause I am fighting with the small dick not being able to have sex (never hard trait) so they are very different scenarios.

Ahh, that's interesting. I'll be looking forward to that content when it's added later on then!

If you don't mind, could you answer a couple other small questions for me?

1. Do you have to be a female to attend the slumber party, or is it possible as a male?
2. The scene where you are in the taxi with Riley on your way home and she gives you a BJ, after all the male playthough's I've done so far, she has offered to let me have a taste after cumming on her face, but I am never able to accept. Is that another scene like the porn scene on the way to university with Melissa that is always auto-rejected?

Thanks if you can clarify and thanks for your hard work.

 

[GlitchDoll]

Ahh, that's interesting. I'll be looking forward to that content when it's added later on then!

If you don't mind, could you answer a couple other small questions for me?

1. Do you have to be a female to attend the slumber party, or is it possible as a male?
2. The scene where you are in the taxi with Riley on your way home and she gives you a BJ, after all the male playthough's I've done so far, she has offered to let me have a taste after cumming on her face, but I am never able to accept. Is that another scene like the porn scene on the way to university with Melissa that is always auto-rejected?

Thanks if you can clarify and thanks for your hard work.

Slumber party is female only as it is part of the story that Melissa asked Male MC not to be there. But the next slumber party is for all as this Slumber party was a disaster and caused some drama.

For now. I was in to minds about you not just kissing her. If you have the cum eater trait shouldn't you but atm I opted for a line where you say you don't want to reveal you like it.

Kissing Riley while she is covered in cum is something that I overruled Hero on (who helped a lot with writing this scene), as I didn't want it to be too much too fast.

Sidenote. Customising the images for that scene to make it look like you are in a taxi, took forever.

 

[Vertius]

Slumber party is female only as it is part of the story that Melissa asked Male MC not to be there. But the next slumber party is for all as this Slumber party was a disaster and caused some drama.

That makes sense, I look forward to the next one, then!

For now. I was in to minds about you not just kissing her. If you have the cum eater trait shouldn't you but atm I opted for a line where you say you don't want to reveal you like it.
Kissing Riley while she is covered in cum is something that I overruled Hero on (who helped a lot with writing this scene), as I didn't want it to be too much too fast.

Ah, that's disappointing, but understandable. I'm sure there will be plenty of occasions to reveal the cum eater trait in the future (hopefully with all the girls), so that's something else I'll look forward too!

Sidenote. Customising the images for that scene to make it look like you are in a taxi, took forever.

I can imagine, the hard work is greatly appreciated, though.

 

[Zephea]

That shouldnt have happened. It should require the player to go to Ember to access to the transformation. It asks for EmberBrain gte 1 (Added after you are put to sleep) and Pink gte 30 (the Pink Bottles or Pink Pills).
Can you post the save and I can have a look at what went wrong.

Ok. Apologies! I must have taken the pill Riley offered me in the Taxi ride, when I do not take it it ends with me getting into a bathing suit at the house.
Note to self: Be careful of any and all drugs in this game!

 

[GlitchDoll]

Ok. Apologies! I must have taken the pill Riley offered me in the Taxi ride, when I do not take it it ends with me getting into a bathing suit at the house.
Note to self: Be careful of any and all drugs in this game!

The drugs only have lasting effects if you didn't walk away before signing anything at Ember. That's why the rest of the town (at least the ones you know of) don't have the same sideeffects from doing these drugs.

 

[Oliz82]

Hello.

This game is becoming better and better. The changes you made are good and the elements you added are interesting. It's also nice that the customization has an impact on dialogs and relationships, though it seems other characters are more interested in athletic builds than chubby ones (outside JP). I hope other traits will also please some characters and aren't just for us (someone liking green eyes or red hair or long hair). Maybe that exists already but I didn't come across it. The hobbies have some impact, even on Sophia who hates us. There are so many locations and events in them that it's hard to chose what to go through. The future may change what I want in my three playthroughs (1 for each hobbies). Really impatient to see what you have in mind.

Thanks for adjusting when we keep listening to Melissa while she changes. It used to be strange.

Some questions :
Does it matter storywise if we leave the Ember Institute immediately or if we are rejected, for the non test subject path? Also, will there be some ways to earn money in that case?
Do we meet the taxi driver again to be careful of and if the choice we do is suitable (he is a jerk but still)?
Does knowing a guy isn't attracted to men mean that it also excludes group sex or not?
Weren't we supposed to sleep on the park bench before if we didn't bookmark an hotel room and meet the cops on the morning?
Will there be a way to view the other stats?
Are the public toilet functional or not yet (I couldn't try anything after finding the glory hole the first time)?

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I am still working on completely gay. The MC can have interest in men and gay relationships, but the start of the story sets that they are in love with Melissa.
My attempts to work on that have not gone great, there is not enough gay content atm.

Well, you certainly added many gay content compared to previous versions (only a kiss on the non Ember Institute path was there). And it's giving me a lot of hope to have a game in which a bi playthrough is correctly implemented.

Good continuation.

 

[f96zonetrooper]

I already posted last year about character creation (based on v0017 or so).
https://f95zone.to/threads/the-ember-institute-v0-0-2-0-glitchdoll.115795/post-8304017

Any plans to separate sexual orientation from sexual kinks in future updates? It feels strange when for example a female character has to choose between lesbian orientation and kinks like anal, bdsm ...
If you don't want to separate it, maybe allow players several picks as in real life ...
The chosen path has huge impact on kink selection, eg service path (maid) blocks the kinks bondage, punishment and petplay ... This feels very artificial ... why not let players choose their kinks without limits?

 

[???????????]

Okay so is the test subject path going to have any forced straight scenes? I'm playing my character as a lesbian and want to know if it will be fine to play the path.

 

[GlitchDoll]

I already posted last year about character creation (based on v0017 or so).
https://f95zone.to/threads/the-ember-institute-v0-0-2-0-glitchdoll.115795/post-8304017

Any plans to separate sexual orientation from sexual kinks in future updates? It feels strange when for example a female character has to choose between lesbian orientation and kinks like anal, bdsm ...
If you don't want to separate it, maybe allow players several picks as in real life ...
The chosen path has huge impact on kink selection, eg service path (maid) blocks the kinks bondage, punishment and petplay ... This feels very artificial ... why not let players choose their kinks without limits?

They are not connected. Or they are not meant to be connected. I made them porn preference to give you a boost in some stats but it is not meant to be your only fetish.
A player choosing Gangbang can still be a straight, lesbian or gay. The choice of porn doesn't lock any content past what you watch on that screen. Lesbian and Gay porn do boost.
The choice of fetish is the one before where you choose your past event. That more effects the main fetish at the start of the game rather than your future fetishes but is the choice that locks content. As you meet new characters with those will be unlocked.

The four past choices lock the other three porn choices on that page because going into choices I didn't want it to become confusing. Where for example, if you speak to the therapist for the first time about your Service fetish, your not bringing up your bondage fetish.

Picking all your kinks is how sandbox games lock content that you don't want to see. That's not how my game works. What I am aiming for is that the higher the stat the more comfortable the MC is in the choices they made. + and - to attraction, shouldnt effect what scenes you see but how the scene plays out.

Before it is said. I am well aware that William is locked out of being a crush unless +Male attraction is high enough. I have been discussing in the discord how I am trying to work on M/M filtering for people that do not want to see that content.

Just to be clear. It's not a no I just am not planning on changing the scene. That does not however mean I am not open to changing my mind or listen if you think that there is a better way. I removed an entire section (the pub) to streamline the story. It felt wasted as I had worked hard on it, but it taught me that that it is okay to to change it..

 

[GlitchDoll]

Okay so is the test subject path going to have any forced straight scenes? I'm playing my character as a lesbian and want to know if it will be fine to play the path.

I can't think of any scenes where I force any sexual content. Not sarcasm. I am actually trying to think if there are any. I always try to put a button that gives you an out, or I stop before sexual content.
I think only the Casey bondage and Pet-Play stuff in Day 2 is forced, but you have to have chosen the fetish and be submissive.

 

[yaoiuser13]

I can't think of any scenes where I force any sexual content. Not sarcasm. I am actually trying to think if there are any. I always try to put a button that gives you an out, or I stop before sexual content.
I think only the Casey bondage and Pet-Play stuff in Day 2 is forced, but you have to have chosen the fetish and be submissive.

in cases to skip the sexual content you feel it should be skiped there is the next button in the middle of the page like *random story here * NEXT PAGE BUTTON HERE a bit of blank line then the content warning here * insert porn here * NEXT PAGE BUTTON (again) . in case this is what you had in mind

 

[donc]

Probably the most promising HTML game out there. Love the content so far, story seems better then most, really really good stuff so far. Keep it up!

 

[f96zonetrooper]

in cases to skip the sexual content you feel it should be skiped there is the next button in the middle of the page like *random story here * NEXT PAGE BUTTON HERE a bit of blank line then the content warning here * insert porn here * NEXT PAGE BUTTON (again) . in case this is what you had in mind

Simply skipping (eg not reading) events may not always do the job since events can affect player stats.

I tried a lesbian char and had the impression that there are several encounters with men which increase attraction to men unless the female mc blocks dialog right away and walks/runs away.
When playing a lesbian mc I don't mind talking with or even (non-sexually) befriending men but I would like to protect her from getting sexually attracted to the guys by simple game mechanics.

 

[darkshift539]

Game has a very promising start. A little too much pussy for my taste as a gay man, but that's the nature of the game, and it's probably a good sign that despite that, I'm excited for where it heads. I'm taking it the game store employee is going to be locked behind the gaming hobby? If so, similar to fetishes do you have plans to let the MC take on new hobbies?

Given how many gay porn actors I recognized, I'm thinking I'm really going to enjoy this game as it grows. Very few real-porn games with gay content have been this ambitious, or shown this much likelihood to actually deliver on that ambition. (The JP Dubois scene in the locker room hooked me especially well. I've got a weakness for gingers, and I've been into JP's work since he was a twink XD)

Given how fluid/personal sexuality is, have you considered allowing the MC to start more gameplay-apparent majority male-interested, and just have a crush on Melissa as more of an exception to the rule? I would assume you probably have given the amount of thought and openness to suggestion you've displayed so far, but still thought it worth asking.

Again, fantastic work so far. You clearly have a lot of passion for this project, and I'm excited to see where it goes. <3

 

[randyroo2]

I've played this for ages and I can barely make anything different happen. Only playing as male as not interested in playing a female. Can I choose who I interact with? Can I go home early on the 2nd day, if so how?

 

[Malcowitz]

The game seems flush with detail, but I always worry when people go for breadth over depth, especially solo devs. Still, if you at least keep the semi-dominant shemale path as good as it has been, this game is gonna be great.

 

[Sarathne]

Holy... This is looking amazing so far, played the whole thing in 1 session. And you, young GlitchDoll; we shall watch your career with great interest.