Stormside
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
This is Stormside - An adult harem visual novel..
After returning from your time within a special military unit designed for people with magical abilities, you meet your childhood friend, Riley, and her best friend Cassie, who are planning their own next steps in life. You find yourself joining them at the Stormside International Academy.
It isn't long before you discover that this academy, and the way it treats its students is anything but ordinary...
(And no, the magical abilities aren't "you can corrupt girls with your mind" or anything like that..)
This is a game about an academy that allows female students to be sexually punished and/or rewarded by an individual known as "The Magistrate". When the Magistrate gets injured, his position is up for grabs, allowing you to take his place.
Will you use your new position to protect the girls from punishment, or will you use it to become their master?
The game features a branching story that changes depending on your choices, and so it's not possible to get all the content in one playthrough. It's worth knowing that going in.
880+ animations!
10,000+ renders!
So far...
Hope you enjoy :D Here's some characters..
If you like it, and wanna support development and get early access to builds and stuff....
Alternatively, if you just wanna come and shout at me...
Additional details
- The game features lesbian content, which you can opt out of. Doing so changes the story, but not negatively.
- All punishments are optional, with one exception. In the current version, there is one punishment you are forced to carry out, but you can choose to be tame.
- You definitely aren't gonna see all the content in one playthrough, and this will only become more true as development goes on. (You can use saves though to achieve this. The game does have named saves.)
- Not all the choices matter, but a lot of them do. There's a gallery unlocker at the end in case people just wanna see all the scenes though. There is (or will be) more than one way to get on each girl's route, the whole idea is to do what you wanna do, without having to worry about accidentally locking yourself out of your preferred outcome. Since the game is in development, it may seem like there's an optimal path right now, but as development continues, this may prove not to be the case. For example, not getting a scene at the end of the current update, means you'll most likely get a scene later on which you otherwise wouldn't have gotten. This game will be a completionist's nightmare lmao.
With all that in mind, have fun ya nerds.
Here are some other fun games :D
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Development log
- 0.23.1 public release :DFeb 12, 2024
- 0.22.04 updated to 0.22.05Sep 28, 2023
- Stormside 0.22.04 PUBLIC RELEASESep 26, 2023
- 0.22 (It's not out yet, don't get too excited.)Jul 03, 2023
- Stormside 0.21.02 patchMar 01, 2023
- Stormside 0.21.01 released :DFeb 21, 2023
- Stormside 0.2.02 (Bugfix)Nov 16, 2022
- Stormside v0.2 released!Nov 11, 2022
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did i do something wrong when saving Riley from the party, because i was forced straight to her room and not given a choice to use mine
Hey Is there anyone still working on this? If not Please come in here and Post a Notice saying that the Game is Abandoned and after 3-4 Month's Pull it out
On SS, there seems SOME udate note, buuuttttt…. Chalking this as abandoned. And right @ the cliffhanger!!
Ok thanks
great game But with the Long time between Updates i think the Devl just got too much work and just left it and did not have the Passion for the Game!
Always seems to happen. Still, better (in my opinion) than devs who label game critics as spam or trolls. Those are total tde p***ies. On my shit list is Crimson High for both content removal 0.36-0.38 and itch tyranny, as well as Corrupted Kingdoms for likewise itch tyranny. Sooner play an abandoned game than a CCP one.
Sadly i know the Feeling!
Who’s on YOUR shitlist? I’d like to know what imperious bootlickers to avoid. F ‘em. Also, know what? For that inside scoop alone, I followed you. And, hey, if you wanna fb, I’m not gonna stop ya.
just checked patron and the latest development update was October 14 which was titled Development Update #31 so I guessing that there is still some work but I don't really know.
The discord link in the game doesn't work, is there another one
Game abandoned?
Is there a chance that this game will have an android version, because this game looks promising based on the comments.
Few hours in and it feels like the real story's just beginning. Sometimes, it's a bit cheesy, but regardless, the vast amount of effort put into this project is clear as day.
The Director is, by far, my favorite character so far. Immersion factor 10/10. I've lost count of how many times I've blurted out, "What the fuck?" and "Really?" in perfect sync with MC's inner monologue.
One super small issue I have with the MC's logic is that he has supernatural aspects about him, but doesn't believe in ghosts? Also there's quite a few bugs, but it probably comes with the territory as this is probably the most I've ever seen RenPy's limits stretched.
Either way, really glad this exists! Enjoying it a lot so far and can't wait to play more.
As a person who struggles with anxiety and feels 'bad' when being 'forced' to commit BDSM, I really, REALLY appreciate the way Stormside handles this with multiple routes. With the romance routes, I feel like I am legitimately 'saving' the girls from crueler punishments and can enjoy the story and the (romantic) relationships that develop.
Note: I am not judging anyone who appreciates those routes or who enjoys BDSM. This is purely based on my personal preferences.
Am I the one stuck at a very beginning part???? After the conversation with Cassie after the "sex", there is a text message conversation with Dad, then after the conversation, my game seems bugged, the only thing I can do is to click for the phone function, and don't seems that there is any message I miss.
Ps. Solved, seems that the only way is to start a completely new save
This happened to me a couple times when trying to scroll up and the game got confused between scrolling the phone screen and returning to previous screen. Was able to flip back and forth a few times and scrolled "back" until it let me through.
有没有中文的翻译，英文不是很好，日文也可以。
Ich bis sehr begeistert von diesem Spiel. Eine von Beginn an fesselnde Geschichte, die unter die Haut geht. Superschöne Bilder und Animationen und sehr gut verständliche englische Texte. Ein Kunstwerk dieses Genre. Danke für diesen Diamanten in meiner Spielesammlung.
I am very excited about this game. A captivating story from the start that gets under your skin. Superbly beautiful images and animations and very understandable English texts. A work of art in this genre. Thanks for this diamond in my game collection.
Ich hoffe auf mehr
I hope for more
Not gonna lie, the ghost hunt part was a PITA, but the rest is pretty fun.
This game has quality story and humor. It's super cute and fun.
It's been 9 months...
they put a devlog on pation in october so progress is beeing made
That's great
That's good to hear. It ended with "making quick updates guys" and then I look at the last update and... a year is not "quick updates".
Everything from the little dev blurbs and jokes to the actual dialogue in this is great. The small things that really bring out a personality like Hikari and thunder or Sasha and being so fit for her "job". At first I though this was just gonna be like The Headmaster, but I much prefer how this is done.
so do I
tbh i was surprised at the comedy it has but it is a realy great game
impregnation?
Hi, great game i played from unofficial android port but do you think there will be Official android from you ?
Love this. Many funny moments. Kind of like those developer notes. I can feel all the effort on this game, and I really appreciate the in game walk-through. The developer must be an interesting person. Hope we can get an update soon.
The dorm room scene drawing is so funny :D
I laughed when I noticed the tiny words show up for the ghost hunt
so the lesbian content does it affect the story a lot if its off? and how good is the lesbian scenes
Will there ever be an android version or is there some way to convert it from to one's u have to android? I get ite a frequently asked question but I see no answers on this matter.
This and all other visual novel games can be played on android using joiplay and renpy plugin. i played this on android 9 using joiplay. it run smoothly.
next update when :(
I didn't realize this would lead to BDSM stuff. Too much for me. Good graphics though.
The game has multiple routes. If you stick to the romance routes for each character, you should be able to avoid that.
thanks, I hear you... I lose track easy. I definitely recommend the game.
Looks interesting. Wish it was available for Android.
You can play it with Joiplay and the renpy plugin, takes like 2 minutes and you are good to go. Can also play many other games that way.
The game looks fun but I have a small question for if I play, do the H scenes have sfx in them?
thanks
There's moaning and other sounds, yes.
hey its me. when is a new version coming out?
This is such a well made game. Looks like there's still lots of story left to discover. The only feedback I'd like to give is for the texting. When you get a text, it doesn't show who texted you, so it can get kind of tiring to click every single name until you find the correct person.
In fairness, it does show you this unless it bugged out. The person who texted you should have a blue tint to their bubble thing. However, I plan to make it so that the most recent texts show up at the top of the list when you go into the contacts menu, but I don't know 100% whether this will go into the coming update. I'm still working on the content at the moment rather than quality of life features. It's been like 9 months since the last update or something, so I mostly just wanna get the update released asap, but cutting corners isn't something I'd feel comfortable with.
does anyone know how to get the game to work on macOS
As far as I know, it should just work. I'm not a mac guy so I don't know the specifics, but based on the number of downloads, and lack of comments about how it doesn't work, I'd suggest it's more to do with your system than it is about the game itself. Sorry man. Maybe antivirus blocking it? That can happen with renpy games sometimes.
it is with the game you download or the game you get through the .zip?
I have no idea to be honest. Ren'py lets you just make a mac version, and that's what I've uploaded. I truly have no idea how games work on mac, but I assume there's some way since the mac version has been downloaded thousands of times, so I'd assume that if it didn't work I'd probably get more comments about this. Do you have any issues running other AVNs on your machine? It should work basically the same as any ren'py based game.
every thing else works except another game called Para Park but that is because I don't have the correct app for it to work
but I mean other than that it still doesn't work so yeah it might be just my computer
What happens when you open it? It's running fine on my MacBook Pro.
the loading screen pops but then it disappears and thats it no intro screen or anything
I'm on a Macbook Air
The permissions on the embedded executable are wrong.
In the terminal, type:
chmod +x Stormside.app/Contents/MacOS/Stormside
You may need to prepend your path, e.g.,
chmod +x /Applications/Stormside.app/Contents/MacOS/Stormside
nah never mind I got it to work
Just finished version 0.23 for the first time today and all I can say is wow. This game is amazing. The animations are some of the best I've ever seen. The writing is exceptional, these characters are memorable and they way they talk feels real. I also liked the developers little interjections here and there, even those were insightful and funny. The amount of choices and diverging paths can be a little overwhelming at first but it really stacks up to be the keystone system of the game and I think the developer has handled it very well. There is even a handy walkthrough option in game that give you a run down of each choice as it come up.
I love this game and I eagerly await for the next update.
This is a really fun game, excellent characters and graphics. When is the next update supposed to come out? It's been close toa year, is the developer still working on this?
they are posting development updates on patreon as for when it will come out no idea
Yeah so I'm definitely still working on it, as the other guy said. Long development cycle as it's been a crazy year and this isn't my full time job, but if it ever actually gets abandoned, it'll be displayed very clearly on every page over which I have control, and the patreon will be shut down. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if I was was taking money to pretend to work on an updated. Next update is coming, and it's not a small one.
Man, ive played a few of these renpy games and most of the time you get either one of the two (good animation or good writing but you managed to combine both in a stellar way.
I really like your way of writing the story&girls, each has their own vibe which is nicely portrayed and the animations (porn ones and general slice-of-life ones) are fun and kinetic.
Im really looking forward and will be coming back to this one when its further along :)
GJ buddy
Thanks man. The entire point of the game was that for me it was hard to connect with characters in games which had good sexual content for various reasons, and also the characters I was able to connect with existed in games which in my opinion had not so great sexual content. I can't speak for the quality of the writing since I basically just write whatever feels good for me, since this game is made for me. If it turns out you like the way I'm doing it, then that's fantastic too. More to come.
Like others I am stuck at arrival at stormside, but the workaround doesn't seem to work for me.
I edited the renpy-textfile, opened the console and typed messageCount = 1
left by pressing escape, but nothing changed. I tried different things, like restarting, doing it during/after the texting.
Any ideas?
Did you press enter before leaving the console?
i had the same problem but then i used:
messageCount = 0
while the texts where open and it continued on for me. hope it works for you
Thanks a lot, that worked!
This was amazing please update on here soon
Will do as soon as it's actually finished (After the standard patreon early access stuff.)
Game has a bunch of branching, so it takes a while.
Been playing the latest public build, and wow this game is great! Not just for the adult themes and such, but the story, the characters and their dialogue, and the humor is fantastic :) I'm keeping this on my followed list, I am looking forward to seeing this games' development and full release!
Help please. I accidentally pressed "d" while in game and it saved then reloaded. After that, there are a lot of missing images (even the one in the title screen). I tried deleting the game and extracting again but the setting is still there (my preferences and saves stayed). Where are my client settings stored so I can fully uninstall everything?
So sorry man, I have absolutely no idea what causes this. D can open the developer menu if you hold shift at the same time and have the renpy developer stuff downloaded (And also you're running the game through that) but outside of that, it shouldn't do anything at all.
The majority of what you're talking about though will be in a persistent file which will be stored in, C:\Users\Yourusername\AppData\Roaming\RenPy\Stormside-whatever
Delete that file, and it should get rid of anything that persists between save files. It'll reset your gallery too, but that's better than the game not working. (Also you can fully unlock the gallery at the end of the content without needing a mod, so you're fine)
This is an amazing game . But can someone help me out when I first log into the computer in the game and we reach the stream my screen just freezes and I'm unable to progress .
If you send me the save file, I can try to fix this manually. With that info, it's hard to diagnose. Best way to do it is discord, though I'm rarely in there these days. I'll keep an eye out for a few days though.
is anyone else having problems actually playing the game, like it downloads and the intro screen pops up but then it immediately goes away and that's it nothing else happens
I'm having that aswell but when I just close and re open it works
not for me i sometimes have to force quit the game because it doesnt work
I have no idea what causes this. My assumption would be antivirus killing it, as some antivirus programs have been known to strike down renpy games if they include certain python stuff. My game has a bunch of stuff like that, so sometimes it can happen. I'd suggest creating an exception in your antivirus software for it any trying again. No malware I promise lmao
love the game and story
dose any one know when the next update will be