When I marry Varga there are sex scenes but when I do the same with Marion it end abruptly, does it mean that his story isn't yet finished ? and do you have any ideas for an update about him in the near future.Tnx for great game
I am a player from Asia, and your game is very interesting. The female leader is really special, which is quite different from the women respected in our culture. I read the comments of other players, and we think about the same thing. The female leader is not a so-called "good girl" in fact, she is doing something soberly to hurt others and protect her power. I don't advocate such a worldview, nor do I want to criticize such writing content. In fact, it is also a kind of diversity. While I lament the heroine's sacrifice to others, I am attracted by the plot.
She reminds me of Cersei in the Game of Thrones. As Rose, I occasionally try to be a black rose with thorns, which is not a disgusting experience. After all, playing this game is to experience different stories and experiences.
She may not be my favorite heroine, but she must be a heroine that I remember vividly and unforgettably.
Feeling of freshness to experience such a story with 8 dollars. It's hard for the author to develop it!
If there is any mistake in the comments written in the translator, please forgive me~
1) The first image is a preview for the upcoming update. Sometime next week I'll be releasing update v0.90 and then you can reach that scene on the mage-path. Right now, it's not out yet, so it makes sense you haven't seen it yet.
2) This is a trickier one, to get it you: Intro > Leave with Kate > Don't Join Mercenaries > Run away from Brigand > Leave Lethram. This starts the "Old Road" story. If you reject the advances of a character named Sakar, you can end up getting that scene somewhere along that storyline.
I was seriously considering getting the full version since a lot of the storylines had interesting ideas and I wanted to see where you were planning to go with these. It also seemed pretty well made and thought through. Then I unfortunately decided to play the soldier storyline for completions sake.
Not only does most of the stuff not make sense, at least not in a world that functions on even remotely similar laws of physics, the way she defeated things no one else could frankly seemed like an asspull most of the time. The attempt of adding a moral dilemma seemed like exactly that, an attempt. She is angry that people would harm her men after they literally invaded a city and goes from calling her own people vile monsters to lamenting their deaths in a matter of seconds. She watches women getting raped by her own subordinates and then asks herself whether she is a good person. The story goes from literal deathtrap to easy win to sharing the backround story of a character that only got lightly wounded in a few lines.
But hey, I might have still considered buying it in hopes that the other storylines might be better. That is until someone thought it was funny to literally announce a mass raping on camera. I'm not saying that things like this never happened historically speaking, but as an author you very much have the freedom to decide what to include and what not. And if you for some reason want to include things like that, at least add a content warning beforehand, so that people who aren't comfortable with things like that can chose to stop reading beforehand
So please, even if you decide that I simply wasn't the intended target audience and that my complaints about the writing are just a matter of personal preference and that I'm taking things too seriously or completely missing the whole point, please add content warnings. It can ruin the entire game for people otherwise
And if the described problems are exclusive to the demo still consider fixing them, it's how you're trying to convince people that your game is worth buying after all
I definitely understand some of your comments relating to the story. Some of them I can't necessarily agree to, so for example Sarah's ability to do things nobody else can isn't written by accident or unintentionally, it all very much features into how the story grows and particular future revelations. So I agree, she can do things that seem to defy physical laws, but that's not written by mistake.
As for the content and the content warning, I understand and I agree with you. The story takes place in a pretty bleak world, and it's inspired by a lot of dark-fantasy, and I sometimes lean a bit heavy into those tropes.
There are some content warnings on other platforms, but I agree that perhaps it would also be a good idea to better reflect those in the Itch page and give an in-game warning ahead of time, for people who do not want to see such content. It was definitely never my intention to surprise people with those kinds of story-elements, so if I did and I caused any upset, I definitely apologize and I'll try to include some content warnings up front going forward.
First of all, thanks for being so understanding. I know that my comment probably wasn't the nicest that you ever got and certain things probably simply aren't meant to appeal to me. But as I said I really liked some ideas and certain storylines seemed really interesting so I was curious what I have to expect from the story as a whole. And then there was of course the issue with content warnings.
I've read dark fantasy before and I now that some people are okay with it but I personally am pretty uncomfortable with rape. And since up until that point most rape seemed to be avoidable one way or another I didn't expect something like this to happen, at least not that explicitly.
I already kinda suspected that there might be a reason why she is able to do certain things, it's just that in these scenes it felt a bit out of nowhere and even anticlimactic. That being said most things can probably be explained with her having some form of power in combination with me being too pedantic about what's realistic in medieval warfare.
Not sure if it's a bad download, but when I get to the current end of the sailor path, if I chose to stay in the city, I get an error that the background doesn't load, though it continues just with Sarah on a black background.
Also noticed awful misspelled as aweful a couple times throughout the routes, but I can't remember exactly where on that (I know there was at least on in the sailor route)
Thoroughly enjoying the game and can't wait for the next update, keep up the good work!
Yeah, that's currently where that path ends. It's true that there is a small graphics bug there, but the content also ends there for now, so you're not missing much.
As for the spelling mistakes, thank you so much for bringing them to my attention. I don't always have a lot of time to edit/spellcheck the game, so whenever people point out mistakes it makes it very easy for me to make quick corrections.
All instances of aweful have fixed in the script and should now be awful, starting in the next update :).
Yea knew it ended there, just wasn't sure how testing works with Ren'py and if the background worked in testing or not, so figured I'd say in case it didn't.
Glad I could help, not gonna lie, at first I just assumed I'd always spelled it wrong, but googled to check lol.
I usually drop the update on Patreon and then within a few hours also drop it here on Itch for those who bought the game. I plan to keep the releases close, because I don't like to make big distinctions between players that decide to pay. After all, it's the support of paying players that make it possible for me to create the game, regardless of which payment option they decide works best for their situation.
Depending on how fast you read, I'd say maybe about 15-20 hours worth of content right now. The exact final content might be a bit hard to estimate exactly, but it would represent expanding all the current available paths, as well as introducing some new ones, so likely to be easily 2-3x larger before it's all finished.
You're actually the first to bring it up; I hadn't even really thought much about it. I'll see if I can make this work and either get an IOS version this update or next update.
Which path has the most content? Because I remember playing this game several months back and the game ends up in the exact same spot it did back then. I chose to stay, had a crushing victory against Hassan and chose to marry Marion. There's little to it after that.
The most content is probably along the route where you decide to marry Varga, or refuse to marry either. Then there is also a lot of content for leaving with Kate and either deciding to join the mercenaries, or starting the Mage route. Both those paths currently have some of the longest running routes.
I accidentally found absence of Sarah and Varga first sex. ...... Any additions for "princess route" are planned? P.S I liked "Sailor route" more than last "warrior" update.
And yeah, some scenes are still having their art worked on, and the first Sarah x Varga scene is one of those, but I hope to have it up soon, I think either this update or the one after.
Is any one else experiencing a glitch trying to open the gallery with v0.70 on Android? Every time I try and open the gallery it say an exception has occurred.
Could you please give me hints on how to access the .70 content? I currently have a Warriorpath that i must have missed a trigger for the new content, a Betrayal Mage path that i also cant find the new content and the sailor path also eludes me. Any help would be appreciated!
Of course! The sailor-path can be a bit tricky to access. I've made it easier to get to in this update (it used to be even more obscure), and I'm still looking at ways to make it more accessible in the future. For now, do the following:
Spoilers warning below for those new to the game:
Leave with Kate > Have an encounter between Sarah and Belmont, either alone or together with Kate (either option should work) > Then decide to join the mercenaries. You can select any of the 3 training options, and this should now trigger a bonus scene where Sarah meets Belmont again. > Confront him and keep confronting him and this should put you on the sailor route.
As for the content on the other paths, it depends on where exactly they're cutting off for you. Some of them are just at their current story end.
I recommend you put changelog (as .txt file) what your adding to the game, maybe add how to access it so people can find it, if you intend to sell it here on itch for people who don't support on patreon.
I truly admire your work! It's rare to find a visual novel like this: good rhythm, an interesting story and choices who matters for real, not only for romance. I think extras like a list of endings and a gallery would be a great add, but the game is still in develepment, it's up to you. Good job!!
Right now the available content along that route means not going with Kate and making all the right decisions to defend from the Tribes. After that, you're on the path where you stay with Thomas. There are a few other decisions that can affect the situation, but for the most part you should be fine.
V0.50 expands on the mage story, so if you've already previously played everything that was available there, you can simply continue based on where you last left off.
this vn is really good! when i downloaded it i wasnt expecting an incredibly enthralling story. really excited for updates :D could you please tell me how to get to this scene? ive already played thru alaric's route, is it available in the current public version or only in the patreon version? thanks in advance, and thank you for sharing this wonderful project with us :)
As for the particular scene you linked to, you're right that that scene is part of the most recent version on Patreon (v0.50), and the public version here is currently v0.4, but the good news is that the next update (v0.60) will be here soon (this weekend), and then I'll also update the public version to v0.50, which contains that scene
Now, as for how you get that scene (in v0.50), it actually shows up on the Mage-storyline. At some point, Sarah will hear a sound in the night, and if she investigates...well, you can explore that when the new version rolls out haha.
being honest.... I thought it would be another casual visual novel, I didn't think I would be caught for 3 days in a row almost 24 hours replaying it as much as I can. Excellent story and I wait impatiently for more ..... 😍😍😍 💗💗💗
Hello, great game! I am having trouble getting some of the CG's you have. How can I get to: 1) the night time outside scene of Sarah. 2) Sarah being taken by the group of soldiers. I know you're busy building an incredible game, but a CG guide would be fun lol. Thanks!!
Happy to read that you've enjoyed the game so far! As for the CG's in your question:
Itch.io contains the public version (currently v0.3), which runs one update cycle behind the Patreon version (currently v0.4).
V0.4 was focused on expanding one of the new storylines that contains all those CG's you mentioned, so unfortunately they wouldn't be accessible in v0.3. Now the good news is that in only 2 weeks or so the next update should be coming out on Patreon, and then the public version becomes v0.4.
In v0.4 you can reach those CG's by:
Leaving with Kate > Refusing to join mercenaries > Run away from the bandit > Leave Lethram.
That puts you on the path that contains all those CG's you referenced.
Hope this clears it up for you, and I hope you'll stick around for all the future updates!
And yeah, I also wish I could have gone bigger in certain areas, but sadly it's all about balancing the available resources and focusing on advancing the story vs investing more into what's already in the game.
It's tough, but I hope that given enough time I can manage to achieve both :).
With purpose to write a comment i've created this account. It might sound weird but I am one of those mythical beings that looks for +18 games for sake of ... story, and there are gems like this one. What got me the most was the Mage route, I think it's perfect, as I like epic and grand stories. Other rotues are more grounded, realistic, and if this is fantasy it makes me love the mage route the more.
Especially the choices we have also certain Princess of the Desert is too precious no matter the route, I for some reason feel like in soldier route when Sarah asks for her in reward, I think it's very nice 'older sister' mechanic going on there.
In mage route it's more of a lover way possible, but I feel like the role of a guardian, protector of her is also something that comes to mind. Especially if you betray your mentor. Then whole world is against you, and normal people would break if the only friendly beings are ungodly abominations, I think on long run Sarah needs her more then she realizes especially as I imagine very very dark future will come in that route.
Sarah want to change the world, and if she want it or not it'll bring misery, destruction and death. The mages circle are willing to wait millennia for their plan to work but I don't think Sarah is that patient in 'Void' route as I call it, even tough I don't think Sarah is going to submit.
No one tells her about her brilliant crown that she wears, that makes voidlings hard to look at it, also its a reason her mentor took her in the first place.
At least she have now base of operations. But mages know that her mentor is dead more or less. I really don't know where the route will go but will most likely have world changing ending depending on you. I hope that our desert princess will be around to not make Sarah forget about her humanity, after all surrounded by monsters and abomination with chaos and destruction, one can forget why it came to that. I simply CANNOT wait for another version. A masterpiece.
Also it is said that voidlings cannot survive more then few days out in our world, I ask myself why since our friendly well 'friendly' spirit in the bottle can. I assume it's because bottle is enchanted and he can preserve his energy, he was also starved and I like that Sarah is able to be dominant one in their 'relationship' So i assume they lack energy, i assume magical energy and if that's the case maybe we can summon and bind them? it's just guess work, i don't know if you have community discord so i can't say much, in any case thanks really for making it.
Thank you for your kind reply, I really enjoyed reading it! I'm happy that you enjoyed everything that's available so far. The mage route is also one of my personal favorites, it's a lot of fun to write.
I wish I could say much more about your post, but I want to avoid spoilers! I hope you'll continue following the game as it continues to develop. More mage updates might be around the corner, sooner than you think.
Haha can imagine, it's quite diffrent then other routes, I guess a bit epic on another scale is mercenary route which I also like
I hope we will meet other characters we spared, like certain ... friend or even first girlfriend we had... i spared her as a mage and I don't hate her I feel she hurts more then Sarah anyway right now.
In any case I know it may sound selfish but I hope mercenary route, we will have to be 'older sister' once again for desert princess... for our brother's sake, not everything needs to be 18+ and I really dig the relationship like that they could have, especially since Sarah seems really weak when her instinct tell her 'younger boy/girl that escaped death but their country is gone' idk even now if we choose her it's ... nice.
In mage route home is new cage for her so shell be fine! well even better cage since it can change places in the world so she will be able to see more with windows.
The combination of a talented artist (what a beautiful graphic design! I love Sarah Rose) and a good storyteller (great dialogue and engaging storyline) make TSSR an eroge novell that will have everyone playing and playing again until see each of the possible ending options. By the way, what a great idea for the Mage's story to combine with the Warrior's. Sensation! Uhuuuul!
I'm dying to see the continuation of the Mage's story, my favorite.
I would like to ask a question: I saw that Patreon version 0.40 will have the Rahayal story; how can it be accessed?
Greetings from Brazilian Fan and congratulations on the great work!
Great to read that you liked it! As for those particular routes:
Itch.io always run about 1-2 updates behind on the the Patreon version, so while there are now scenes with Lady Carolyn, they are not yet in this version, but they will be in the next public update (which I hope to release in about 2 weeks).
As for nameless tribesman, that one is a bit more particular, you can reach it by doing the following:
[WARNING SPOILERS]
1) Play through the start, stay in the country, do not leave with Kate.
2) Make poor decisions in preparing for the attack by the horde.
3) When the emissary shows up, decide to kill him (this is important).
Now when the story continues, the war is lost and Sarah is captured. Instead of the emissary saving her, she is taken captive by "nameless" tribesmen.
As for the image in the picture, that one is also rather particular:
1) Play through the soldier story
2) Reach the scene where Sarah is resting in the throne room in Bagrad. Kate will approach, do not invite her to your room. After that, Samayra will be brought out, do not rescue her. After that, you are given a choice to meet a nameless soldier, male or female. The included image is a random male soldier.
I can not believe I had this novel in my "check later list" for so long.
I mean - Gees, how stupid I am.
This is seriously the best I read in a long time! I mean
Sure the beginning seemed a little slow-paced, but as soon as I got to the scene in a great hall after the big-big event, I was memorized with a great writing style. I felt for Sarah, and I can not imagine I would think and nod in appreciation at so many dialogue resolutions.
I was coming for the smut, but I stayed for the great worldbuilding, realistic flow of events, dialogues, respect slowly shifting to admiration for MC and a cheery on top in form of some explicit content =)
PS i don't know if it's just me, but i have a few suggestions to bring people to read this amazing creation: 1. maybe add more scenes on screenshot area. when i found this VN, lack of screenshots there made me wary of the content, 2. maybe add features such as "the story, features (bullet points saying about the setting, who is MC, what the world is about and etc.), romances and support me contact info" will be easier to understand what to expect from the VN. Game is amazing as it is, and I am sorry if you find my suggestions useless. I just wanted to mention it in case it will be helpful from the perspective of a reader who is mad about VNs and text-based novels.
Thank you very much, I had a great 3 evenings with this game, it made me happier!
Thank you for the kind and positive message! Reading that people are enjoying the game is something I never get tired of.
Mixing a (hopefully) good story with erotic content is definitely one of my main goals! I think if it works out well, those two elements can really reinforce one another.
And thank you for the suggestions. You're right, I try to update the page with each new update, adding some more illustrations to reflect all the available content, but there is definitely so much more in the game itself than is reflected now on the page. A sign of a newbie developer haha.
It was great to read that you've already enjoyed what is available and I hope you'll consider sticking around for all the future updates as the game continues to expand!
Wow! I'm loving this so much! I just slept with Varga (so hot!) But I was surprised that it was only a black background during that scene. I'm guessing the nsfw scenes are just for paetron? Varga is so romantic I really hope he stays that way :D Just awesome so far I had to comment.
Great to hear you're enjoying the currently available content! As for your specific point, it's true that some scenes are currently only black screens. This is done as a way of trying to show the player that there will eventually be artwork for those scenes, but that it's not there yet. Having said that, there should be particular scenes where there is art involving Sarah/Varga, currently in this version.
So as development continues, over time, those black screens should slowly become more and more rare.
And as for Varga, don't worry, his character is very honest and he's exactly what he pretends to be. What you see is what you get with him.
Oh ok :) Yes playing further I found them! I'm surprised at how different the paths can be, in a good way! I was so sad when I got to Atillas end path. The thief was one of my favs though! Can't wait to see where his will go. Also Jaeid caught my interest! Just a phenomenal job so far! Keep it up :D
This is a page-turner, and I am about to go throw money at your Patreon page. The biggest criticism I can give is that the visuals/audio are unfinished, but I appreciate a game that lets those take a backseat to story development, rather than vice-versa. The thing I enjoy most so far, is the difficulty of the choices presented. They all seem to have serious consequences, and it makes me put thought into each one. I get the sense they'll actually influence the story. It also helps that the writing is both descriptive and expedient; I'm not skipping entire pages that bog down the story instead of helping it.
Thank you for the positive feedback and your promise of support, both are greatly appreciated!
You raise some good points regarding the visuals, especially in the regular scenes I think there is a lot more in terms of quality that I could wrench out by making scenes/characters feel more dynamic, I think they can sometimes feel a bit too static now.
Audio is another entire dimension that I know could add a lot, but sadly in terms of balancing my resources/time, audio is just something that has sadly been pushed back, though I am considering production on at least a main-theme for the game, but that's all in a very early-idea stage.
And yes, there are characters currently in the game that will eventually feature in scenes, for example Lady Carolyn from the council will definitely feature in a scene in a future update.
There will be no scenes with Thomas though, that type of content won't feature in the game at all.
Patreon is usually best. Itch > Paypal can be difficult for nsfw-content sometimes, whereas with Patreon it's no issue at all. It also gives direct access to the most recent updates regarding the development, so I think it also offers something in return to those that wish to support the project.
This isn't exactly a bug report or an actually criticism, but so far I noticed there is only one lesbian option and not only is it a manipulative drunkard, but it also forces me to leave my brother behind. Considering the only erotic screenshot on this page is lesbian it maybe might be a good idea to give more clear options for girl on girl? So far I'm really liking the story of staying at the castle, but am turned off (literally) by being forced to choose between a himbo and a snob. The Kate route also has a lot of positives that go beyond the killer sex scenes, for example I loved the way you write action. If there IS a lesbian route at home please fill me in, otherwise I will follow the project and support it as updates come out. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for reaching out to me, and I'm happy that there are parts of the project you're really enjoying! As for your comment:
It's true that the current version on Itch.io only features one lesbian route with one character, however, the most recent version (v0.15) on Patreon features another lesbian-route with a different character, so there will definitely be more options in that regard. As for that version, there is of course some lag between when I release on Patreon and when I release on Itch.io, but it will come in the future.
(Here is a preview image of a non-Kate, lesbian route, on the mage-route though).
As for lesbian-routes that don't require you to leave Thomas, those are also already in the work. As of right now, there are 2-lesbian routes being worked on that revolve around Sarah staying with her brother. So in the future, it will definitely be possible to also play the route where you stay, as lesbian.
I've written about it before somewhere else, but it's absolutely a promise of mine to allow players to play a lesbian-only playthrough for all of the major-story routes, from start to finish.
Leave with Kate > Negotiate down with the captain (only Sarah) > Join the mercenaries > Ask to be trained by Caleb/Ephraim.
That should trigger that (optional) side story. I'm working on making that path more obvious/accessible in the future, but for now that is how you can access it.
Hey. I just finished the 'stay in the castle' playthrough. Not what I thought I'd find, a little rough around the edges, but it was a really good experience.
Lots of spelling errors [I know that can't be news] and there's a bug it seems where the spy master speaks in the council meetings, his name shows up as 'Kate,' so I half expected Kate to be a shapeshifter xD
At the very beginning, the story was kinda choppy, but the amount of detail you got into later on in the game, it was artistic, in a way even some of the best Itch games don't quite match. Almost felt like two completely different authors.
Thank you for your comment and I'm glad to read that you enjoyed what is currently available.
You're right about the bug, that one was spotted quite soon after release and will be fixed by the next release. As for the spelling, that will remain a constant effort, purely as a result of the sheer size of the script, but luckily with each edit they become fewer and fewer.
It's all one author though, so I'll take credit for the good and the bad haha.
But I hope you'll consider exploring the other possible playthroughs and I hope you'll remain interested to see how the project develops over the comings months.
Absolutely, I'm already dipping into the runaway route, just finished my training with Atilla.
Hey, if you'd care for a second hand to help go through the script, might have to walk me through how to get started, but I'd be glad to help you out there, just to get my feet wet in this stuff. I've been wanting to build my own project for a while, and the experience would help out a lot
Thank you for the offer, but right now I've only just launched and I'm still getting the hang of the whole production > update cycle. I'm afraid working together with other people right now isn't something I'm ready for.
Having said that, I can absolutely recommend just diving into it by yourself. Ren'Py is a surprisingly accessible and functional tool for building a visual novel. With just a few days of messing around and watching YouTube tutorials, you can get something off the ground.
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When I marry Varga there are sex scenes but when I do the same with Marion it end abruptly, does it mean that his story isn't yet finished ? and do you have any ideas for an update about him in the near future.Tnx for great game
That's right, that is currently where the Marion-route ends, but I hope to be updating that one quite soon in the next year.
I am a player from Asia, and your game is very interesting. The female leader is really special, which is quite different from the women respected in our culture. I read the comments of other players, and we think about the same thing. The female leader is not a so-called "good girl" in fact, she is doing something soberly to hurt others and protect her power. I don't advocate such a worldview, nor do I want to criticize such writing content. In fact, it is also a kind of diversity. While I lament the heroine's sacrifice to others, I am attracted by the plot.
She reminds me of Cersei in the Game of Thrones. As Rose, I occasionally try to be a black rose with thorns, which is not a disgusting experience. After all, playing this game is to experience different stories and experiences.
She may not be my favorite heroine, but she must be a heroine that I remember vividly and unforgettably.
Feeling of freshness to experience such a story with 8 dollars. It's hard for the author to develop it!
If there is any mistake in the comments written in the translator, please forgive me~
Thank you so much for your comment, and how awesome to see that there are players from Asia who are also enjoying the game :).
Thank you for the kind words!
I had explored all 4 routes: Mage, Warrior, Sailor and Princess, but can't seem to find these scenes at all, can you show me how to reach them
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Sure thing! Spoiler warning:
1) The first image is a preview for the upcoming update. Sometime next week I'll be releasing update v0.90 and then you can reach that scene on the mage-path. Right now, it's not out yet, so it makes sense you haven't seen it yet.
2) This is a trickier one, to get it you:
Intro > Leave with Kate > Don't Join Mercenaries > Run away from Brigand > Leave Lethram. This starts the "Old Road" story. If you reject the advances of a character named Sakar, you can end up getting that scene somewhere along that storyline.
Thanks so much!
Oh and may I ask you about the artist(s) who drew those pictures above?
I was seriously considering getting the full version since a lot of the storylines had interesting ideas and I wanted to see where you were planning to go with these. It also seemed pretty well made and thought through. Then I unfortunately decided to play the soldier storyline for completions sake.
Not only does most of the stuff not make sense, at least not in a world that functions on even remotely similar laws of physics, the way she defeated things no one else could frankly seemed like an asspull most of the time. The attempt of adding a moral dilemma seemed like exactly that, an attempt. She is angry that people would harm her men after they literally invaded a city and goes from calling her own people vile monsters to lamenting their deaths in a matter of seconds. She watches women getting raped by her own subordinates and then asks herself whether she is a good person. The story goes from literal deathtrap to easy win to sharing the backround story of a character that only got lightly wounded in a few lines.
But hey, I might have still considered buying it in hopes that the other storylines might be better. That is until someone thought it was funny to literally announce a mass raping on camera. I'm not saying that things like this never happened historically speaking, but as an author you very much have the freedom to decide what to include and what not. And if you for some reason want to include things like that, at least add a content warning beforehand, so that people who aren't comfortable with things like that can chose to stop reading beforehand
So please, even if you decide that I simply wasn't the intended target audience and that my complaints about the writing are just a matter of personal preference and that I'm taking things too seriously or completely missing the whole point, please add content warnings. It can ruin the entire game for people otherwise
And if the described problems are exclusive to the demo still consider fixing them, it's how you're trying to convince people that your game is worth buying after all
Hey,
I definitely understand some of your comments relating to the story. Some of them I can't necessarily agree to, so for example Sarah's ability to do things nobody else can isn't written by accident or unintentionally, it all very much features into how the story grows and particular future revelations. So I agree, she can do things that seem to defy physical laws, but that's not written by mistake.
As for the content and the content warning, I understand and I agree with you. The story takes place in a pretty bleak world, and it's inspired by a lot of dark-fantasy, and I sometimes lean a bit heavy into those tropes.
There are some content warnings on other platforms, but I agree that perhaps it would also be a good idea to better reflect those in the Itch page and give an in-game warning ahead of time, for people who do not want to see such content. It was definitely never my intention to surprise people with those kinds of story-elements, so if I did and I caused any upset, I definitely apologize and I'll try to include some content warnings up front going forward.
First of all, thanks for being so understanding. I know that my comment probably wasn't the nicest that you ever got and certain things probably simply aren't meant to appeal to me. But as I said I really liked some ideas and certain storylines seemed really interesting so I was curious what I have to expect from the story as a whole. And then there was of course the issue with content warnings.
I've read dark fantasy before and I now that some people are okay with it but I personally am pretty uncomfortable with rape. And since up until that point most rape seemed to be avoidable one way or another I didn't expect something like this to happen, at least not that explicitly.
I already kinda suspected that there might be a reason why she is able to do certain things, it's just that in these scenes it felt a bit out of nowhere and even anticlimactic. That being said most things can probably be explained with her having some form of power in combination with me being too pedantic about what's realistic in medieval warfare.
Not sure if it's a bad download, but when I get to the current end of the sailor path, if I chose to stay in the city, I get an error that the background doesn't load, though it continues just with Sarah on a black background.
Also noticed awful misspelled as aweful a couple times throughout the routes, but I can't remember exactly where on that (I know there was at least on in the sailor route)
Thoroughly enjoying the game and can't wait for the next update, keep up the good work!
Yeah, that's currently where that path ends. It's true that there is a small graphics bug there, but the content also ends there for now, so you're not missing much.
As for the spelling mistakes, thank you so much for bringing them to my attention. I don't always have a lot of time to edit/spellcheck the game, so whenever people point out mistakes it makes it very easy for me to make quick corrections.
All instances of aweful have fixed in the script and should now be awful, starting in the next update :).
Yea knew it ended there, just wasn't sure how testing works with Ren'py and if the background worked in testing or not, so figured I'd say in case it didn't.
Glad I could help, not gonna lie, at first I just assumed I'd always spelled it wrong, but googled to check lol.
Awesome can't wait for it!
Was wondering, does buying this here get the full games updates at the same time as Patreon? Or does Patreon still get it sooner?
I usually drop the update on Patreon and then within a few hours also drop it here on Itch for those who bought the game. I plan to keep the releases close, because I don't like to make big distinctions between players that decide to pay. After all, it's the support of paying players that make it possible for me to create the game, regardless of which payment option they decide works best for their situation.
how much content is there right now, and how much content is planned?
Depending on how fast you read, I'd say maybe about 15-20 hours worth of content right now. The exact final content might be a bit hard to estimate exactly, but it would represent expanding all the current available paths, as well as introducing some new ones, so likely to be easily 2-3x larger before it's all finished.
Are the scenes animated or is it picture based? :)
You're actually the first to bring it up; I hadn't even really thought much about it. I'll see if I can make this work and either get an IOS version this update or next update.
Which path has the most content?
Because I remember playing this game several months back and the game ends up in the exact same spot it did back then. I chose to stay, had a crushing victory against Hassan and chose to marry Marion. There's little to it after that.
That's currently where that route ends yeah.
The most content is probably along the route where you decide to marry Varga, or refuse to marry either.
Then there is also a lot of content for leaving with Kate and either deciding to join the mercenaries, or starting the Mage route. Both those paths currently have some of the longest running routes.
I accidentally found absence of Sarah and Varga first sex. ...... Any additions for "princess route" are planned? P.S I liked "Sailor route" more than last "warrior" update.
I'm happy to read that you enjoyed it!
And yeah, some scenes are still having their art worked on, and the first Sarah x Varga scene is one of those, but I hope to have it up soon, I think either this update or the one after.
How come we don’t have a good view of her crouch during the h scenes?
Is any one else experiencing a glitch trying to open the gallery with v0.70 on Android? Every time I try and open the gallery it say an exception has occurred.
Same story
same for me on windows
Awesome game 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Could you please give me hints on how to access the .70 content? I currently have a Warriorpath that i must have missed a trigger for the new content, a Betrayal Mage path that i also cant find the new content and the sailor path also eludes me. Any help would be appreciated!
Of course! The sailor-path can be a bit tricky to access. I've made it easier to get to in this update (it used to be even more obscure), and I'm still looking at ways to make it more accessible in the future. For now, do the following:
Spoilers warning below for those new to the game:
Leave with Kate > Have an encounter between Sarah and Belmont, either alone or together with Kate (either option should work) > Then decide to join the mercenaries. You can select any of the 3 training options, and this should now trigger a bonus scene where Sarah meets Belmont again. > Confront him and keep confronting him and this should put you on the sailor route.
As for the content on the other paths, it depends on where exactly they're cutting off for you. Some of them are just at their current story end.
I recommend you put changelog (as .txt file) what your adding to the game, maybe add how to access it so people can find it, if you intend to sell it here on itch for people who don't support on patreon.
Is there a kink list? I'd love to know what all is in this :)
Gave this as great a review as I can give it, hope to see more of the Rose Knight soon :D
I truly admire your work! It's rare to find a visual novel like this: good rhythm, an interesting story and choices who matters for real, not only for romance. I think extras like a list of endings and a gallery would be a great add, but the game is still in develepment, it's up to you. Good job!!
Thanks a lot for the kind comment! And yeah, those are definitely some things that I'm looking to implement eventually.
I was wondering if a walkthrough would be available for the route when you stay with the brother?
Right now the available content along that route means not going with Kate and making all the right decisions to defend from the Tribes. After that, you're on the path where you stay with Thomas. There are a few other decisions that can affect the situation, but for the most part you should be fine.
I know that question isn't for that topic, but i can't subscribe at Patreon.
What kind of routes expand V 0.60?
No worries! V0.60 expands on the warrior-story.
Thanks.P.S. Wait "desert" rout.
Hello, I was wondering if I have to start a new game for the 0.50 or if there is only one of the 2 main route with new content?
V0.50 expands on the mage story, so if you've already previously played everything that was available there, you can simply continue based on where you last left off.
this vn is really good! when i downloaded it i wasnt expecting an incredibly enthralling story. really excited for updates :D could you please tell me how to get to this scene? ive already played thru alaric's route, is it available in the current public version or only in the patreon version? thanks in advance, and thank you for sharing this wonderful project with us :)
Thank you for your positive comment!
As for the particular scene you linked to, you're right that that scene is part of the most recent version on Patreon (v0.50), and the public version here is currently v0.4, but the good news is that the next update (v0.60) will be here soon (this weekend), and then I'll also update the public version to v0.50, which contains that scene
Now, as for how you get that scene (in v0.50), it actually shows up on the Mage-storyline. At some point, Sarah will hear a sound in the night, and if she investigates...well, you can explore that when the new version rolls out haha.
being honest.... I thought it would be another casual visual novel, I didn't think I would be caught for 3 days in a row almost 24 hours replaying it as much as I can. Excellent story and I wait impatiently for more ..... 😍😍😍
💗💗💗Wow! Thank you so much for the kind words, always love reading that people enjoy the game so much :).
ahh... I really want to see the continuation of the story with Sarah and Samayra, the two are perfect together :3
Me too!
Anal sex?
There are a few scenes currently in the game that feature it, but it's not very prevalent.
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍💋💋💋❤️❤️❤️
how can we see the new updates storyline
To get to the new content in v0.40:
Intro > Leave with Kate > Don't join mercenaries > Run away from the bandit > Leave Lethram.
After that, you're on the path to the new content for this update.
Hello, great game! I am having trouble getting some of the CG's you have. How can I get to: 1) the night time outside scene of Sarah. 2) Sarah being taken by the group of soldiers. I know you're busy building an incredible game, but a CG guide would be fun lol. Thanks!!
Happy to read that you've enjoyed the game so far! As for the CG's in your question:
Itch.io contains the public version (currently v0.3), which runs one update cycle behind the Patreon version (currently v0.4).
V0.4 was focused on expanding one of the new storylines that contains all those CG's you mentioned, so unfortunately they wouldn't be accessible in v0.3. Now the good news is that in only 2 weeks or so the next update should be coming out on Patreon, and then the public version becomes v0.4.
In v0.4 you can reach those CG's by:
Leaving with Kate > Refusing to join mercenaries > Run away from the bandit > Leave Lethram.
That puts you on the path that contains all those CG's you referenced.
Hope this clears it up for you, and I hope you'll stick around for all the future updates!
That absolutely does, thank you! And no wonder I couldn't get to them, lol. I eagerly await your updates!
Finally a well written game. Both style and grammar are great while pictures look beautiful. I hope it's not your last project.
My only wishes are that characters should have a variety of clothes and each scene could use more pictures.
Thank you! And glad to see you enjoyed it.
And yeah, I also wish I could have gone bigger in certain areas, but sadly it's all about balancing the available resources and focusing on advancing the story vs investing more into what's already in the game.
It's tough, but I hope that given enough time I can manage to achieve both :).
With purpose to write a comment i've created this account. It might sound weird but I am one of those mythical beings that looks for +18 games for sake of ... story, and there are gems like this one. What got me the most was the Mage route, I think it's perfect, as I like epic and grand stories. Other rotues are more grounded, realistic, and if this is fantasy it makes me love the mage route the more.
Especially the choices we have also certain Princess of the Desert is too precious no matter the route, I for some reason feel like in soldier route when Sarah asks for her in reward, I think it's very nice 'older sister' mechanic going on there.
In mage route it's more of a lover way possible, but I feel like the role of a guardian, protector of her is also something that comes to mind. Especially if you betray your mentor. Then whole world is against you, and normal people would break if the only friendly beings are ungodly abominations, I think on long run Sarah needs her more then she realizes especially as I imagine very very dark future will come in that route.
Sarah want to change the world, and if she want it or not it'll bring misery, destruction and death. The mages circle are willing to wait millennia for their plan to work but I don't think Sarah is that patient in 'Void' route as I call it, even tough I don't think Sarah is going to submit.
No one tells her about her brilliant crown that she wears, that makes voidlings hard to look at it, also its a reason her mentor took her in the first place.
At least she have now base of operations. But mages know that her mentor is dead more or less. I really don't know where the route will go but will most likely have world changing ending depending on you. I hope that our desert princess will be around to not make Sarah forget about her humanity, after all surrounded by monsters and abomination with chaos and destruction, one can forget why it came to that. I simply CANNOT wait for another version. A masterpiece.
Also it is said that voidlings cannot survive more then few days out in our world, I ask myself why since our friendly well 'friendly' spirit in the bottle can. I assume it's because bottle is enchanted and he can preserve his energy, he was also starved and I like that Sarah is able to be dominant one in their 'relationship' So i assume they lack energy, i assume magical energy and if that's the case maybe we can summon and bind them? it's just guess work, i don't know if you have community discord so i can't say much, in any case thanks really for making it.
Thank you for your kind reply, I really enjoyed reading it! I'm happy that you enjoyed everything that's available so far. The mage route is also one of my personal favorites, it's a lot of fun to write.
I wish I could say much more about your post, but I want to avoid spoilers! I hope you'll continue following the game as it continues to develop. More mage updates might be around the corner, sooner than you think.
Haha can imagine, it's quite diffrent then other routes, I guess a bit epic on another scale is mercenary route which I also like
I hope we will meet other characters we spared, like certain ... friend or even first girlfriend we had... i spared her as a mage and I don't hate her I feel she hurts more then Sarah anyway right now.
In any case I know it may sound selfish but I hope mercenary route, we will have to be 'older sister' once again for desert princess... for our brother's sake, not everything needs to be 18+ and I really dig the relationship like that they could have, especially since Sarah seems really weak when her instinct tell her 'younger boy/girl that escaped death but their country is gone' idk even now if we choose her it's ... nice.
In mage route home is new cage for her so shell be fine! well even better cage since it can change places in the world so she will be able to see more with windows.
The combination of a talented artist (what a beautiful graphic design! I love Sarah Rose) and a good storyteller (great dialogue and engaging storyline) make TSSR an eroge novell that will have everyone playing and playing again until see each of the possible ending options. By the way, what a great idea for the Mage's story to combine with the Warrior's. Sensation! Uhuuuul!
I'm dying to see the continuation of the Mage's story, my favorite.
I would like to ask a question: I saw that Patreon version 0.40 will have the Rahayal story; how can it be accessed?
Greetings from Brazilian Fan and congratulations on the great work!
Thank you for the kind words!
As for the 'Rahayal' content, it can be accessed in the v0.4 version by doing the following:
Intro > Leave with Kate > Don't join mercenaries > Run away from the brigand in the alley > Leave Lethram.
Those steps put you on the road to that story and the latest added content (in v0.4, the public v0.3 build doesn't have that yet, of course).
Very good game I've done almost all the endings, but how do I make Rose became a mage?
Hey, nice to see that you enjoyed the game so far!
As for the mage route basically:
1) Leave with Kate
2) Don't join the mercenaries
3) When the rogue approaches you in the alley, scream.
That should put you on the mage-path.
I found the game recently and I'm in love. I've zeroed almost all routes so far. I just can't find the route of the nameless tribe and Lady Carolyn.
Great to read that you liked it! As for those particular routes:
Itch.io always run about 1-2 updates behind on the the Patreon version, so while there are now scenes with Lady Carolyn, they are not yet in this version, but they will be in the next public update (which I hope to release in about 2 weeks).
As for nameless tribesman, that one is a bit more particular, you can reach it by doing the following:
[WARNING SPOILERS]
1) Play through the start, stay in the country, do not leave with Kate.
2) Make poor decisions in preparing for the attack by the horde.
3) When the emissary shows up, decide to kill him (this is important).
Now when the story continues, the war is lost and Sarah is captured. Instead of the emissary saving her, she is taken captive by "nameless" tribesmen.
As for the image in the picture, that one is also rather particular:
1) Play through the soldier story
2) Reach the scene where Sarah is resting in the throne room in Bagrad. Kate will approach, do not invite her to your room. After that, Samayra will be brought out, do not rescue her. After that, you are given a choice to meet a nameless soldier, male or female. The included image is a random male soldier.
Hope that helps!
How do you make sure that you have finished all the routes?
I can not believe I had this novel in my "check later list" for so long.
I mean - Gees, how stupid I am.
This is seriously the best I read in a long time! I mean
Sure the beginning seemed a little slow-paced, but as soon as I got to the scene in a great hall after the big-big event, I was memorized with a great writing style. I felt for Sarah, and I can not imagine I would think and nod in appreciation at so many dialogue resolutions.
I was coming for the smut, but I stayed for the great worldbuilding, realistic flow of events, dialogues, respect slowly shifting to admiration for MC and a cheery on top in form of some explicit content =)
PS i don't know if it's just me, but i have a few suggestions to bring people to read this amazing creation: 1. maybe add more scenes on screenshot area. when i found this VN, lack of screenshots there made me wary of the content, 2. maybe add features such as "the story, features (bullet points saying about the setting, who is MC, what the world is about and etc.), romances and support me contact info" will be easier to understand what to expect from the VN. Game is amazing as it is, and I am sorry if you find my suggestions useless. I just wanted to mention it in case it will be helpful from the perspective of a reader who is mad about VNs and text-based novels.
Thank you very much, I had a great 3 evenings with this game, it made me happier!
Thank you for the kind and positive message! Reading that people are enjoying the game is something I never get tired of.
Mixing a (hopefully) good story with erotic content is definitely one of my main goals! I think if it works out well, those two elements can really reinforce one another.
And thank you for the suggestions. You're right, I try to update the page with each new update, adding some more illustrations to reflect all the available content, but there is definitely so much more in the game itself than is reflected now on the page. A sign of a newbie developer haha.
It was great to read that you've already enjoyed what is available and I hope you'll consider sticking around for all the future updates as the game continues to expand!
Wow! I'm loving this so much! I just slept with Varga (so hot!) But I was surprised that it was only a black background during that scene. I'm guessing the nsfw scenes are just for paetron? Varga is so romantic I really hope he stays that way :D Just awesome so far I had to comment.
Great to hear you're enjoying the currently available content! As for your specific point, it's true that some scenes are currently only black screens. This is done as a way of trying to show the player that there will eventually be artwork for those scenes, but that it's not there yet. Having said that, there should be particular scenes where there is art involving Sarah/Varga, currently in this version.
So as development continues, over time, those black screens should slowly become more and more rare.
And as for Varga, don't worry, his character is very honest and he's exactly what he pretends to be. What you see is what you get with him.
Hope you'll stay a fan as development continues!
Oh ok :) Yes playing further I found them! I'm surprised at how different the paths can be, in a good way! I was so sad when I got to Atillas end path. The thief was one of my favs though! Can't wait to see where his will go. Also Jaeid caught my interest! Just a phenomenal job so far! Keep it up :D
This is a page-turner, and I am about to go throw money at your Patreon page. The biggest criticism I can give is that the visuals/audio are unfinished, but I appreciate a game that lets those take a backseat to story development, rather than vice-versa.
The thing I enjoy most so far, is the difficulty of the choices presented. They all seem to have serious consequences, and it makes me put thought into each one. I get the sense they'll actually influence the story. It also helps that the writing is both descriptive and expedient; I'm not skipping entire pages that bog down the story instead of helping it.
Thank you for the positive feedback and your promise of support, both are greatly appreciated!
You raise some good points regarding the visuals, especially in the regular scenes I think there is a lot more in terms of quality that I could wrench out by making scenes/characters feel more dynamic, I think they can sometimes feel a bit too static now.
Audio is another entire dimension that I know could add a lot, but sadly in terms of balancing my resources/time, audio is just something that has sadly been pushed back, though I am considering production on at least a main-theme for the game, but that's all in a very early-idea stage.
What characters are you able to be with atm?
In this version there are scenes featuring:
- Varga
- Atilla
- Caleb
- Ephraim
- Belmont
- Alaric
- Kate
- Razaphel
- Nameless tribesman
Version 0.15 (which is not yet available here) includes one new female character, Samayra.
Thanks love!
Are there any scenes you have planned for character already in the game like Thomas or any one on the council?
No problem.
And yes, there are characters currently in the game that will eventually feature in scenes, for example Lady Carolyn from the council will definitely feature in a scene in a future update.
There will be no scenes with Thomas though, that type of content won't feature in the game at all.
Is it better to support you through Patreon or through itch?
Patreon is usually best. Itch > Paypal can be difficult for nsfw-content sometimes, whereas with Patreon it's no issue at all. It also gives direct access to the most recent updates regarding the development, so I think it also offers something in return to those that wish to support the project.
how do we get razaphel
Razaphel would be:
Intro > Leave with Kate > Don't join the mercenaries > Scream when confronted by the bandit.
After that it more or less becomes obvious.
thanks!
This isn't exactly a bug report or an actually criticism, but so far I noticed there is only one lesbian option and not only is it a manipulative drunkard, but it also forces me to leave my brother behind. Considering the only erotic screenshot on this page is lesbian it maybe might be a good idea to give more clear options for girl on girl? So far I'm really liking the story of staying at the castle, but am turned off (literally) by being forced to choose between a himbo and a snob. The Kate route also has a lot of positives that go beyond the killer sex scenes, for example I loved the way you write action. If there IS a lesbian route at home please fill me in, otherwise I will follow the project and support it as updates come out. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for reaching out to me, and I'm happy that there are parts of the project you're really enjoying! As for your comment:
It's true that the current version on Itch.io only features one lesbian route with one character, however, the most recent version (v0.15) on Patreon features another lesbian-route with a different character, so there will definitely be more options in that regard. As for that version, there is of course some lag between when I release on Patreon and when I release on Itch.io, but it will come in the future.
(Here is a preview image of a non-Kate, lesbian route, on the mage-route though).
As for lesbian-routes that don't require you to leave Thomas, those are also already in the work. As of right now, there are 2-lesbian routes being worked on that revolve around Sarah staying with her brother. So in the future, it will definitely be possible to also play the route where you stay, as lesbian.
I've written about it before somewhere else, but it's absolutely a promise of mine to allow players to play a lesbian-only playthrough for all of the major-story routes, from start to finish.
How to get ship captain third scene
That would be:
Leave with Kate > Negotiate down with the captain (only Sarah) > Join the mercenaries > Ask to be trained by Caleb/Ephraim.
That should trigger that (optional) side story. I'm working on making that path more obvious/accessible in the future, but for now that is how you can access it.
Hey.
I just finished the 'stay in the castle' playthrough. Not what I thought I'd find, a little rough around the edges, but it was a really good experience.
Lots of spelling errors [I know that can't be news] and there's a bug it seems where the spy master speaks in the council meetings, his name shows up as 'Kate,' so I half expected Kate to be a shapeshifter xD
At the very beginning, the story was kinda choppy, but the amount of detail you got into later on in the game, it was artistic, in a way even some of the best Itch games don't quite match. Almost felt like two completely different authors.
This is awesome, keep it up!
Thank you for your comment and I'm glad to read that you enjoyed what is currently available.
You're right about the bug, that one was spotted quite soon after release and will be fixed by the next release. As for the spelling, that will remain a constant effort, purely as a result of the sheer size of the script, but luckily with each edit they become fewer and fewer.
It's all one author though, so I'll take credit for the good and the bad haha.
But I hope you'll consider exploring the other possible playthroughs and I hope you'll remain interested to see how the project develops over the comings months.
Absolutely, I'm already dipping into the runaway route, just finished my training with Atilla.
Hey, if you'd care for a second hand to help go through the script, might have to walk me through how to get started, but I'd be glad to help you out there, just to get my feet wet in this stuff. I've been wanting to build my own project for a while, and the experience would help out a lot
Thank you for the offer, but right now I've only just launched and I'm still getting the hang of the whole production > update cycle. I'm afraid working together with other people right now isn't something I'm ready for.
Having said that, I can absolutely recommend just diving into it by yourself. Ren'Py is a surprisingly accessible and functional tool for building a visual novel. With just a few days of messing around and watching YouTube tutorials, you can get something off the ground.