Harem c8m4 released Sep 6 2019

[ker]

Harem c8m3 is ready for you all! You met Nona’s young daughter Valerie last month. A quite headstrong woman, capable of making her own decisions both in terms of getting her mother’s quest done and how she conducts herself in private. She’s quite fond of you, you’re quite attracted to her. Time to let things play out, but of course there is that pesky quest she needs done first… oh, and your own needs to satisfy beforehand. Fortunately, Phoebe and Noemi are more than eager to take care of anything she wasn’t willing to the night before!

There’s both new business to get started and old business to take care of. Cecilia was the only woman you entered Corsix with that wasn’t willing to call you her master in front of the assessor. Now you’ve changed her mind, time to correct that prior mistake. During one of my latest polls, you all said you wanted to see more of Rhea. 8m3 adds in a pair of scenes for her, one light and one dark. And any Legate+ Patrons get to see a new scene in the “Angie’s in Charge” line, “Laura - Not What You Want, What I Want (dark)”.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/24179092

c8m3 - Holiday shortened, scene focused!
Content additions:
-Valerie blueballed you pretty hard last night, but not an issue to a man with a Harem. Noemi and Phoebe are waiting for you in Phoebe's house in the Cheli village
-Speaking of Valerie, time to move beyond first base with her. She has another quest and scene for you
-Of all the women you took in Celee, only Celee refused to be assessed. She has submitted, time to bring her back to the assessor.
-Rhea has a new light and dark scene. Light is in Lesser Corsix, Dark (group) is back in base.
-7 new scenes (2 group, 1 Rhea, 3 Cecilia, 1 Valerie)
-101 pages of new text, 146 new images
-Many minor bug fixes

With that, Harem c8m2 goes out to the public. Another smaller release due to holidays/health, but also packed with titillating content! The Castra had been your primary base during your time in Celee, now that you’re back into Celee you’ll want to occupy it again… assuming nothing else has. Nona has asked you to look after her young daughter she sent into Celee to complete a mysterious quest… but she’s old enough to be an adult which makes her old enough if she’s worthy of your attentions. And if you made allies during your previous escapades in Celee, it’s time to check on them. Starting with Benjamin in Lesser Corsix.

c8m2 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3KuK ... 1Z0U0Zpemc
-You've been away from your Castra for too long. You acquired it first to find a way into Lesser Corsix, now it will be able to get you past Lesser Corsix.
-And with access to more of Celee, Valerie is out there somewhere. Maybe a new army buddy of yours will know where she is.
-The Celeean Swords were good allies and rewarded you well in the past. Benjamin in Lesser Corsix needs your help again.
-Noemi accepts you as her god, but she's still a willful woman. Selene might have a new trick to teach her in The King's Pleasure.
-4 new scenes add (View Noemi's training in replay mode)
-177 pages of new content, 109 new images

Bug Fix/QoL
-Fixed Freeze in Fiona's chapter 7 content
-2 upgraded items added to Fiona's shop in Celee.
-Many fixes in old content, thanks TG!

[lonewolf038]

playing newest update, liking it, however there is a problem, I cant seem to find any teleportation circles in lesser corsix or the cheli village, or the castra, am i missing something

[ker]

Harem c8m3.1/c8m2.1 released!

Fairly minor bugfix version, the only critical issue was a freeze when entering the Cheli Village while Noemi was busy. A few text/image fixes and you'll stop seeing version after every load. All prior replay files will work.

Patreon c8m3.1 Link : https://www.patreon.com/posts/24220898
Public folder updated for c8m2.1 : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... 1Z0U0Zpemc

c8m3.1
Bug fixes
-Version will stop updating with every load.
-Fixed a freeze when entering Cheli village w/o Noemi
-A few text/image corrections

c8m2.1
Bug fixes
-Fixed a freeze when entering Cheli village w/o Noemi

playing newest update, liking it, however there is a problem, I cant seem to find any teleportation circles in lesser corsix or the cheli village, or the castra, am i missing something

They haven't made them yet. 8m4 will add one to Eowen but after that there will be some questing to make more.

[ker]

Combat/code pass upcoming!

I’ve been hearing the feedback that the combat/mechanics in Harem could use improvement. While this is something I’ve always agreed with, it’s always been a question of priority to me. Spend hours tweaking stats and abilities or write another scene/plot point. Generally I’ve been happy keeping the gameplay ‘acceptable’ and trying to make the story excellent.

A few months ago a patron, TG22, joined the testing team and has proven himself very knowledgeable on the inner working on the RPG-maker combat systems. Far more knowledgeable than me tbh. A few weeks ago I asked him if he would be willing to get take on a larger role, moving into a developer role and go looking through the code and design to see how he could improve them.

And holy *^%& has he been working on it. He’s fixed many issues with enemies and skills already, so things should work closer to how they’ve been described. He’s helped me rework both Rhea and Vanessa already, trying to keep their core concepts around but make them more interesting and interactive characters to play with. As well as improving quite a few scripts and code that I can’t even pretend to understand. So a huge thanks to him.

And this is the ideal time to give us suggestions on how you’d like the mechanics of Harem improved. Which characters could be more interesting to play, which enemies more interesting to fight. The actual gameplay of Harem, not story or personalities. He’ll check here occasionally and I’ll relay key points to him as I see them.

Just as always, keep in mind these will be suggestions only. Some we won’t be able to do, some we’ll choose not to do. But we genuinely do want to hear your opinions on this.

And both thank you to TG22 and a big welcome to the dev team!

There's also a 8m4 update post on Patreon right now, check it out if you want to know what's upcoming!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/24615017

[Drauken]

Played a fresh run on the blue route through c8m2.1, however, it let me do the quests needed to get to Chapter 8 before I even set foot in Elan to start Chapter 7.

[ker]

Harem c8m4 released to patrons, public version upgraded to c8m3!


Harem c8m4 is ready for my wonderful patrons! As we push further into Celee, the gates of Eowen is finally open to you. While Hanno and your brothel will be opened later, there are two huge things to do there. First, you’ll be able to extend your portal network into Celee after helping one of your allies’ lieutenants. But considering they’re both beautiful women, that’s hardly work! Second, you had met a beautiful waitress, the slave Baylie, in Eowen before. Her owner wasn’t willing to sell her until he could travel to Eowen to purchase a replacement, but that passage is open now. Although you remember she was a bit odd…

But the Empire is still full of women for you to find. Livia, Mercalius’s wife, was injured in Booker’s attack. She’s not taking male visitors while she recuperates, but you have healers that could help her. And a woman in the inside would be useful, if only temporarily.

And we’ve completed the first stage of our combat upgrade. There were quite a few characters that were either ineffective or boring to use. Vanessa’s tanking ability is improved. Rhea, Naitay, and Sarah’s characters have new fundamental mechanics. Jessica, Terra, and Angelica have gotten tweaks as well and many enemy/gear/item fixes.

c8m4 https://www.patreon.com/posts/24886685

Content additions
-Livia’s healing is going slower than you’d like. After meeting Aries in your Castra, you can assign a healer to help her recovery and possibly her husband’s needs.
-Eowen is now opened to explore and talk to the citizens after meeting Valarie in the Cheli village and speaking to the chieftain. Hanno is slated for 8m5, the brothel in the near future.
-Your ally has sent one of her most trusted lieutenants to set up a new portal for you in Eowen, but she may need help for it to be finished.
-While you got most of the women in you wanted in Celee before, a few got away. Baylie’s, the waitress in Eowen, wouldn’t sell her until the way to Corsix was opened. Well you opened it, time to get her!
-Phase 1 of the combat improvement completed! We went through and tried to improve a few of the less useful or interesting character’s design and skills. Sarah, Rhea, Jessica, and Naitay have all received significant changes. Vanessa, Terra, Angelica, and Donna have received tweaks as well.
-6 new scenes added to the game
-~190 new pages of text, `~190 new images

Other adjustments:
-All characters had to be unequipped for the new designs. Make sure to equip them again.
-Large shields have been buffed by 33% but made exclusive to Ralph and Vanessa
-Many more skills will crit now, many monsters, skills, item, and animations fixed.
-Note: Because Mercalius doesn't return Donna until 8m5 and she's required for a few of Baylie's events, the game "forgets" Donna shouldn't be in the base. She won't be in combat, but she will be in your Denai base. This "bug" will be fixed in 8m5. Please don't report it.
-Added a combat glossary to help explain the mechanics.

And with c8m4 out to patrons, c8m3 becomes free to the public! This is a bit of a shorter release due to the holidays, but still had some quality content.. and by that I mean scenes, scenes, and more scenes! Valerie gets a taste of you for the first time, Noemi and Phoebe get their 789th (est) turn. Rhea gets introduced to your harem in the dark route, and reintroduces herself to the people of Eowen. And Cecilia gets her turn in front of the assessor!

c8m3 - Holiday shortened, scene focused! https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3KuK ... 1Z0U0Zpemc

Content additions:
-Valerie blueballed you pretty hard last night, but not an issue to a man with a Harem. Noemi and Phoebe are waiting for you in Phoebe's house in the Cheli village
-Speaking of Valerie, time to move beyond first base with her. She has another quest and scene for you
-Of all the women you took in Celee, only Cecilia refused to be assesssed. She has submitted, time to bring her back to the assessor.
-Rhea has a new light and dark scene. Light is in Lesser Corsix, Dark (group) is back in base.
-7 new scenes (2 group, 1 Rhea, 3 Cecilia, 1 Valerie)
-101 pages of new text, 146 new images
-Many minor bug fixes

[Darthjake]

I have only one gripe so far. The battle with the Horrorflies and what lay beyond them.

The poison the horrorflies used stayed on through each combat, but the 60 TP poison cure + resist did not persist.

Edit: I guess I shouldn't gripe about the poison, it's always been like that, and I did not have the poison ring on, but the improved def amulets.

I ended the fight with the MC at around 700 health and the others were close to the same, with Angelica being the only one not having the poison stack due to dumb luck and the MC's use of provoke.

I think Adeline is an interesting add, I wish her poisons were TP based so I could use her like Angelica and judiciously apply poisons right before a fight.

The fights were tough, but not impossible, (the party is around 42 ish with the MC and a few others at 43). So far a very good update. I'll admit to being worried going into the fight at Corsix, but left feeling a bit underwhelmed. Naitay at full TP is terrifying with a Poisoned Orichalcum Lance.

Edit: Okay that and the spider fight, still I knew it was going to be a pain going in, but I forgot to equip the poison proof rings the first time. Damn Paralyze though....

[ker]

8m5 first teasers!

I hope everyone’s had fun with the new content released last month! For the patrons playing 8m4, I’d still love more feedback on the combat pass. So far it’s been positive, but the more we hear back the better we can make it. So all opinions, critical or positive, are appreciated.

Onto 8m5! So, there’s three big things we’re working on for 8m5. Altan has been making a questline to get us back into the Westlands for the last month, so we’ll be finding out what Joan and the Cheli have been up to. Not sure how far into it we’ll get, but there is another character planned in the Westlands. Hiro has been working more on Eowen. Hanno, Angelica’s father, may or may not know she’s joined your harem. That’s something which needs to be resolved. TG22 has moved onto redoing the Brothel code, so hopefully can get a smooth interface for that so we can stop using the mess of code I stitched together back in chapter 4 for it. So lots of new events for you.

As to what I am working on for 8m5? Well, I’m going to talk more about that next post, but I will say that my first priority is getting Angie or Donna back from Mercalius. Gotta save something for the next post!

I have only one gripe so far. The battle with the Horrorflies and what lay beyond them.

Is this in 8m3 or 8m4?

[Darthjake]

I have only one gripe so far. The battle with the Horrorflies and what lay beyond them.

Is this in 8m3 or 8m4?

8m3.1

[qatsvn]

A few bug reports (all light path c8m3):

- You get the 'no more content, thanks for playing' message in a few old places:

* When checking your quest log in Chapter 4 after finishing all sidequests and being ready to advance to Chapter 5 (finished all main quests except actually going to Corsix).
* When asking Teresa where to go next in Chapter 6 just after the convent quest.

- A few of the Unique quests in Chapter 4 show up late in the quest log (I don't know what actually caused them to show up, but it was after seeing them listed in the chat options for the characters in question). Off the top of my head, Kathleen's did, as did... Sarah's? The one that requires you to get that super rare material in a mine for a smith. Unfortunately I forgot to write these down at the time though.

- Caliga says that he'll give you a King's Pleasure token for the cow quest, but he doesn't and I didn't see any text indicating that he intentionally withheld it or something.

Thanks for the excellent game thus far!

[Ryan Nocturne]

Er... there has been a lack of... well, anything for a a few months now. Did something happen?

[hoboy]

Creator (Ker) has some serious health issues, and they have cropped up over the many years this project has advanced. Expect a hold for awhile as - while it is a team - he s the creator and driving force...wish him the best...

[ker]

I live!

Hey everyone, sorry for the extended absence but both I and Harem is back. Had some severe health issues that knocked me out for a few months there but it looks like I have turned a corner on it, enough to get back to work at least. There’s a few more details on my patreon about what happened, but I am a private person by nature so not a great deal.

We’re way too far into July to hope for a release this month still but reviewing what was done before my illness and there was a decent amount of content already fairly well set up. Enough where getting a solid update together in August should be quite doable. And when 8m5 comes out, 8m4 will go public. I'll stop by in a few days to do the usual teaser content for the new content, today I just wanted to stop by and say that neither I nor Harem is dead. It may have come close a few times back there, but there are more updates, scenes, and quests to come!

[Darthjake]

Glad you are better now, was just looking at Harem and thinking I really needed to start my "evil" ie, negative pathos run, I look forward to more great content.

[Screamz]

I'm so happy and relieved that you are o.k! Really though.

[Lucky777]

Glad to see you haven't been snuffed out as yet.

Uuuuh....

Look I don't wanna be "that fuckin' guy" but make sure none of your exertions make your health worse; no need to push yourself until you're better is all I'm saying.

[ker]

Harem c8m5 released to patrons, public version updated to c8m4!

After entire too long, I’m happy to announce that Harem c8m5 is ready for my patrons! In what was supposed to be a leave of only a few weeks, you have been without your healer for many months now. Well, finish the next few Aries’s quests and her time helping Livia recover is at an end. And she’ll have quite a few stories to tell you from her time in Mercalius’s mansion. Speaking of missing women, Joan has been gone since you sent her back to the Westlands. With the Ratans in Celee, you should check in on her. Speaking of people and places you should also be checking in on, Hanno in Eowen would like to see his daughter again and your brothel has been closed for far too long. Something vague about the ‘plot’ as well. Oh… and Yvone. Yup, Yvone. And a huge number of bug fixes by TG22 and new code for both Ralph and Vanessa.

c8m5 https://www.patreon.com/posts/28996259

Content additions
-The plot quickens!
-You've done as Mercalius requested by helping Aries. Time to recover your healer and start on a plan to betray Aries.
-With gaining entry to Eowen, you should check on your friend Hanno the governor. Make sure to bring his daughter along!
-Westlands opened. It's been too long since you've visited your assets in there.
-You've met many new women... time to reopen your brothel and get them working!
-Bonus scene with Yvone involving her, you, and Donnie or Tomas. A small conversation if you sent them packing.
-6 new scenes, 202 pages of new text in game, 205 new images

Bug fixes/combat adjustments
-Fixed a memory leak that was causing crashes.
-Ralph has a new passive aura, Vanessa has a new TP mode. Various other character fixes.
-Brand new brothel UI! https://harem-db.lewdbit.studio/wiki/Eowen_Brothel
-Fixed an issue where you could get back to Celee without Adeline. Talk to Mercalius to have her added to your party if she was not after her questline completed.
-Retconned Shenetore Elders to have names, Kyruth and Safio
-Improved item UI and many moderate to minor bug fixes/combat improvements.

And again, thank you to all my patrons who continued their support during my long illness and recovery. And with the patron release, the public version gets updated to Harem c8m4. Livia was injured in Booker’s attack and Mercalius will want your help in healing her back to help, and maybe a bit of stress release for himself. Eowen is opened to you, offering chances to meet both new and old friends. With benefits, of course. This is also the start of the combat revamp, many characters received significant upgrades.

c8m4.2 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3KuK ... 1Z0U0Zpemc

Content additions
-Livia’s healing is going slower than you’d like. After meeting Aries in your Castra, you can assign a healer to help her recovery and possibly her husband’s needs.
-Eowen is now opened to explore and talk to the citizens after meeting Valarie in the Cheli village and speaking to the chieftain. Hanno is slated for 8m5, the brothel in the near future.
-Your ally has sent one of her most trusted lieutenants to set up a new portal for you in Eowen, but she may need help for it to be finished.
-While you got most of the women in you wanted in Celee before, a few got away. Baylie's owner, the waitress in Eowen, wouldn’t sell her until the way to Corsix was opened. Well you opened it, time to get her!
-Phase 1 of the combat improvement completed! We went through and tried to improve a few of the less useful or interesting character’s design and skills. Sarah, Rhea, Jessica, and Naitay have all received significant changes. Vanessa, Terra, Angelica, and Donna have received tweaks as well.
-6 new scenes added to the game
-196 new pages of text, 218 new images

Other adjustments:
-All characters had to be unequipped for the new designs. Make sure to equip them again.
-Large shields have been buffed by 33% but made exclusive to Ralph and Vanessa
-Many more skills will crit now, many monsters, skills, item, and animations fixed.
-Note: Because Mercalius doesn't return Donna until 8m5 and she's required for a few of Baylie's events, the game "forgets" Donna shouldn't be in the base. She won't be in combat, but she will be in your Denai base. This "bug" will be fixed in 8m5. Please don't report it.
-Added a combat glossary to help explain the mechanics.

[Darthjake]

Just got through the latest public content, got to say, if you do the Donna content with Mercallius before you go back to Eowen, you would be well and truly screwed if not for that bug. So I for one am, glad that bug was there for now.

The orcs in the quicksilver mine were *tough* If I forgot to have the MC do super guard when it wore off, they would darn near 2 shot me. I guess I should have taken the hint and used Vanessa, but I just didn't have the gear for her yet, got the gear now after the content though... LOL. Anyway, MC, Sarah, Naitay and Angelica did just fine as long as I remembered to re-up super guard, one of them got through Naitay's evasion once, and one shot her, but other then that using her 100 tp skill at the start of the fight and then working her tp back up so she could use it on the next fight worked out fine for me. Pretty much any other fight in that content was a joke, but those boys hurt when they hit.

Edit: Oh yeah, Sarah, just hit berserk and don't worry about her anymore, she's fine, really.

[Lucky777]

It's been literally years since I touched the game, but Perma Sara, Black mage, Donna, and MC still works just fine, right?

They're the basics, and I like my simple basic "Fighter, black mage, healer" group.

On top of liking Sarah best of the slaves as a character, followed shortly by Donna.

[ker]

Hey everyone, hoping that you’re enjoying the new content! Development for Harem c8m6 is coming along nicely. We’re up to 141 pages of writing done already which is ahead of schedule, even have a touch of coding and imaging done. In terms of new content, I’m doing a bit of both progressing the main plot along and finishing up some old plots.

Both the Westlands and Castra plots are getting another step in, those are essentially done, as are Angelica and Donna’s reward scenes from their time with Livia. Speaking of our favorite Magni, you’ll also get to know her better in 8m6, although her capture is a long way off. I’m also hoping to get Leona’s capture done this month (mostly done already) as well as Rhea’s quickie. If I have much space left in the 200 page budget I’m going to try for either another off camera scene for the legates and/or another bit for the adversary plot. If the off-camera scene gets done, it would bump Sam and Terra dark to public.

And as always, when 8m6 goes to my patrons, 8m5 will become available to everyone! But if you don’t want to wait, hey I’d love your support and a $5 pledge will get you instant access to the new content, as well as the chance to vote in the 2 polls running. Maybe a few teasers of 8m5 to motivate!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/harem-c8m5-1-29039605

I’ve been keeping an eye on the polls and so far, it’s looking like Chinua is getting her turn in the brothel next and that the Eldari need more attention. Which means that the Fiona/Mary plot needs to get done so we can make the Solis Diamond. The brothel poll is set to end on the 25th and the focus plot on the 30th, so remember to vote if you haven’t already.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/development-poll-8347674