VN Ren'Py The Roommate [v0.12.13] [togs]

[jakehunter9]

Dev had serious real life issues the last few months. Hope no one ever dies in your family that you have to take care of the after effects of said death

Dev has been phoning in updates for this game for the past year. Most updates are no more than 5 minutes of content, at best. If this was a one-off incident, I wouldn't say a word, but after 4 months of basically radio silence and no updates, you'd think the dev would want to prove they actually still care about the game in the slightest, instead of just milking patrons month after month.

 

[Jdzavrat]

Decent game... gotta say the redhead is so irritating I can't stand it.

 

[SpyderArachnid]

So is it just me or is it weird af that Kari..

Spoiler: spoiler

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.. and the mc just asks why she did not text him? No hug, no kiss, just no interaction for the whole (alas short) update. Or is there something wrong with my save and the game thinks I am not on her path? Because that just did not feel right.

It's not just you. It was really about five minutes of content. There were no separate paths or anything. Checking the script and there was nothing. A short linear update with really no emotion.

 

[kevcolqaz]

Dev has been phoning in updates for this game for the past year. Most updates are no more than 5 minutes of content, at best. If this was a one-off incident, I wouldn't say a word, but after 4 months of basically radio silence and no updates, you'd think the dev would want to prove they actually still care about the game in the slightest, instead of just milking patrons month after month.

He was experiencing family problems, so he did not complete any work. However, he did mention that one update worth one month's content was completed, which was the only thing he said that was false. Although he had already shown his progress on those renders months ago, he is now said to return to his regular update cycle.

 

[lalarpzd]

is the v0.12.11 - pc running i have downloaded but it is broken

 

[Mastertrkr]

getting an exception on boot

Spoiler: error

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[ron teague]

me to
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While parsing F:\Games\The_Roommate-0.7.1-win\The_Roommate-0.12.11-pc/game/game/coffeeshopnight.rpy.
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe9 in position 5285: invalid continuation byte

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

Full traceback:
File "renpy/bootstrap.py", line 331, in bootstrap
renpy.main.main()
File "renpy/main.py", line 492, in main
renpy.game.script.load_script() # sets renpy.game.script.
File "renpy/script.py", line 283, in load_script
self.load_appropriate_file(".rpyc", ".rpy", dir, fn, initcode)
File "renpy/script.py", line 781, in load_appropriate_file
data, stmts = self.load_file(dir, fn + source)
File "renpy/script.py", line 594, in load_file
stmts = renpy.parser.parse(fullfn)
File "renpy/parser.py", line 2953, in parse
lines = list_logical_lines(fn, filedata, linenumber)
File "renpy/parser.py", line 238, in list_logical_lines
data = f.read().decode("utf-8", "python_strict")
File "/home/tom/ab/renpy-build/tmp/install.linux-x86_64/lib/python2.7/encodings/utf_8.py", line 16, in decode
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe9 in position 5285: invalid continuation byte

Windows-10-10.0.19041
Ren'Py 7.4.11.2266

Tue Jul 1 02:52:37 2025

 

[Hammer120]

Think that's the shortest update I've ever experienced.

there have been other developers with short updates like this, but they don't have the life problems this dev has, they are just milking their patrons

 

[ron teague]

any help with that would be great thanks

 

[Hammer120]

i felt it too, not just that moment, all the situation is ... empty and disconnected, there is no emotion from any of the many characters, no emotions for the loss, no empathy with each other...nothing, it could have been a scene about...i dont know, a gathering to look at a wall painted fresh and see the paint dry...

also, i came here to ask if i missed something, i last played the version 12.07 and now the version 12.11, i got like 5 minutes of gameplay, did i miss something because of my paths choice or is it just this amount of content in like 3 updates?

you probably didn't miss anything it's just that short. gives update on LI and that's about it.

 

[gregers]

Skipping through a game from scratch as there's been a few minor changes here and there, and the reception hiring process seems to be broken in new exciting ways: Didn't hire Cassie but she still turns up in reception regardless.

Spoiler: That and some other stuff, most of which has been mentioned before

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Other than a few minor line adjustments here and there, there's a new (since last I looked) conversation with Anisha on day 85 if she caught the MC and Ashley at the coffee shop. Nothing much for now, but a chance to either get back in her good book or not, presumably leading to future opportunities.

The conversation with Lois on day 89 setting up her future content has been fixed and I think extended somewhat.

 

[mjwood88]

Seems to be less and less content each release

 

[Po911997]

Hello, any port on android ? Thanks

 

[BCGuy]

Downloaded the latest version (and multi-mod). While loading, got this error:

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While parsing C:\Users\*****\Downloads\The_Roommate-0.12.11-pc\The_Roommate-0.12.11-pc/game/coffeeshopnight.rpy.
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe9 in position 5285: invalid continuation byte

Ideas?

 

[Logan1377]

Downloaded the latest version (and multi-mod). While loading, got this error:

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While parsing C:\Users\*****\Downloads\The_Roommate-0.12.11-pc\The_Roommate-0.12.11-pc/game/coffeeshopnight.rpy.
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe9 in position 5285: invalid continuation byte

Ideas?

I have not had any luck continuing from where I left off with the mod in a very long time. If I want to use it, I need to start completely over. Otherwise, I usually use the URM, which typically doesn't give me much trouble (although with this particular game, it sometimes does as well)

 

[Deleted member 9257078]

You would think so, wouldn't you? But considering how much Netorare is on this site, compared to how much Netori

There's actually a quite a bit of Netori content on this site.

But I guess dev's/studios don't tag it as Netori because it would attract unwanted attention a different crowd.

Rule of thumb, most games with a corruption route generally tend to have some form of netori content as well.

 

[KVAtlantis]

Hi Joker,

Followed the instructions for the mod (Replace/Merge the game folder)

I can do the modifications in the preference bit BUT I am not getting any highlights or points shown at conversation choices?

I have the same problem and i startet a new game

 

[Prophet360]

where is the beasty?

 

[Ginyu6789]

guessing the dlc isnt auto in game but dont see a download for it

 

[SpyderArachnid]

guessing the dlc isnt auto in game but dont see a download for it

As far as I know (and I think we in general), the DLC hasn't even come out. Which kind of blows because he has changed a lot of the old script to reference the DLC, and it errors because it is non-existent. Old content is now locked behind this DLC, yet there is no DLC made, so it just errors out if you try to go down those paths.