Just started the game, and busted out laughing at the "Please continue to hold" gag, and the following dev comment. Disappointed to find that the dev did not, in fact, add the "Simulator" tag to the game.
Is anyone eslse having problems opening the game? It says there are not enough information in the dowloaded files. I thought maybe it was a download error. I tried downloading it 5 or 6 times already with the same result. Is it the game or just my Laptop is just dying?
I expect this is something to do with antivirus blocking it for whatever reason. That happens with renpy games sometimes. Assuming the download is complete, it's all in there, and I've never heard of an error regarding "Not enough information", but who knows.
Admittedly, the game is quite big for an AVN, and if you downloaded it 5 or 6 times, that must take quite a long time with itch download speeds. Are you sure it actually finishes downloading each time?
Yes it has download all those times. I have not thought of the anti virus. Mine blocks everything for some reason, so I can completely agree why this may be its fault/ Thank you for responding and clearing my doubt.
As soon as I can tbh. My issue is that I refuse to release it until it's actually ready, and I am terrible at estimating how long that'll take. The good news is it's relatively close, and for those who are in it for the sex scenes, there are like 7 new ones (I forget exactly how many). Main story people get some stuff too since this coming update goes into that a bit too.
Headcannon about the magistrate who was "injured" coming to Stormside: He was the protagonist from The Headmaster. I wonder how that guy would have handled Stormside?
Really nice that in the end you're given the option to unlock all the scenes! Bummer not all games are like this, really saves so much time and gets into what I personally like ;).
It's hard to say. I'm terrible with estimates, so the answer is basically as soon as I can get the thing finished. Next update is quite complicated, though not lacking in content for the intended "multiple playthrough" audience.
Not currently. It's something I'd consider trying to do if I were working full time on the game, but since for my game it would be more complicated than just pressing the "Build android version" button, it's not something I'm currently putting time into.
One day perhaps. Not your fault if you don't have the hardware to run it, it's more my fault for not making it run on the hardware. The good news is that when there eventually is an android version, the game should also have more content, so maybe check back in a year or so :D
After finishing headmaster and failing tk find a similar game i came across this and is actually adicting plus the walk-through notes are realy amusing
Loving this so far, however I do have a couple of things to point out. Well, just one prominent one so far, perhaps more as I finish current content and start a new playthrough for more in depth notes and such.
Most prominently, is the fact that several times you use the same music that Down the Rabbit Hole used for it's videos on Digital Homicide, over on Youtube. Which isn't a problem, per se, but is very strange for me...
Yeahh, one unfortunate thing about these kinda games is there aren't all that many devs who have the money to commission their own music, so we tend to use a lot of the same royalty free music as other devs, or even youtubers. I can't say I'm familiar with down the rabbit hole or which track you're talking about, but almost all of the music I use is kevin macleod stuff. With him being perhaps the most popular royalty free composer, it definitely won't be uncommon to find music from these kinds of games included in many other things.
It's, uh, hmm. Spy Glass by Kevin Mcleod, yeah. It's not a complaint, for sure, I totally get it. I've done the same thing in the past. It's just funny to be playing a fun AVN and hear the same music I first heard in a video about one of the most famous 'evil devs on steam' ahaha. Call it a cognitive dissonance XD
I get the exact same thing when I watch a youtube video and I hear any of these tracks xD
For a brief moment I'm like "HEY WAIT A MINUTE! THAT'S MY-" And then I remember that it's royalty free music and errrr, yeah...
For real though, Kevin Macleod is in my opinion one of the most important composers in recent history. I really hope he's getting the recognition he deserves financially. There are so many things which either wouldn't exist, or would be worse without what he does. Thanks Kevin.
I hate to even mention it, but I will anyways. Free services like suno.com will let you make ai music tracks and they even have instrumental only options.
I know a lot of people are loathe to see any ai anywhere, but I think this somewhere it might really shine.
This is due to an unfortunate space in the filepath for that sound file. It's fixed in the next update, but for now you can just press ignore on it and the scene will play (Albeit without music)
Do you receive any errors? I would expect this is a case of antivirus blocking is, since sometimes antivirus likes to block renpy games. Pretty hard to say though without further information.
This is a come for the kink, stay for the story type of game. Great characters, dynamic story with scenes you will not find in the first playthrough. I can't wait to see what happens with the next update.
any chance for just a compressed version? Wanting to try it out using joiplay on Android, but I getting the spare 20GB space free without evening knowing it will work is a massive hassle (7gb download + (7+)gb for the unzipped + 5 gb space needed empty for phone to not throw a fit about running too close to max when trying to unzip a 7gb folder)
Only asking because I assume (perhaps incorrectly) that there may be a quick and simple way to downsize the renders to half height and width (quarter the memory). What i mean is- i hate to ask for something more from someone producing free content, and im only doing so because im under the impression that the extra work would be negligible.
I'm unlikely to make one myself since I'd then have to test the game to ensure there's no visual artifacting, but since you're not the first person to ask, someone else has done it.
However, I haven't tried this version, so I can't verify its contents. I have had reports that joiplay does work though, however only when you download the latest version of joiplay from the website as opposed to an appstore, since last I heard the appstore version is out of date (Though this was some months ago now.)
If you get it working, I'd recommend choosing the VN version of the ghost hunt if and when you get to that part. I can't imagine the sandbox version would work very well on a touchscreen.
Came for the beautiful characters, stayed for the story. Honestly friggin fantastic. I did not expect some of these character stories to be so good. But I think the thing that caught me the most the animations, they are just absolutely perfect and always a treat when one pops up and the same for the jokes, I did not expect to laugh so hard at some of these. Take as much time as you need Atemsiel each chapter is worth it!
I really enjoy this game but I'm not a huge fan of horror so I'm really glad you added a option to skip that part, please keep this as a feature for all horror sections for scaredy cats like me
You can just press ignore on this one and it'll play the scene, except without music. It's just because I accidentally left a space in the end of the filepath. Fixed in next update.
I ran across this by accident, and this is hands down the best visual novel i have ran across.
Very impressed and i hope you keep up the amazing storyline.
I look forward to being able to collar more girls, as my play though i only got to collar one, which was not on long enough to actually have any effect.
Regarding the collars, the game as it is at the moment lets you collar of the girls so far, but the events that let you collar them are basically final route selection. The currently collarable girls are Sasha and Riley, but unless you decided not to punish one of them, I'm unsure how you only got to collar one of them. Did you mean you only decided to collar one, or that you only got the chance to collar one?
Oh yeah, this is fixed in the next update, but for now if you get this bug you can fix it by enabling the renpy console (You can google how to do this) and then part way through the text conversation with your dad, open the console with shift+O, then run the below command (Case sensitive, enter exactly as written)
messageCount = 1
After that, close the console and continue as normal, and it should let you play.
So, I appreciate the sentiment, but please avoid rating games similar to mine 1 star based purely on some perceived notion of copying me. There are a lot of differences between my and rogue's games, despite their thematic similarity, and I don't think a comparison between them can be entirely black and white. I can't force you, but if your rating of his game is purely based on you thinking he copied mine, I'd ask that you remove it. There is no world in which his game is a true 1 star, no matter how you slice it. The clear effort alone is enough to earn more than that, even if you don't personally enjoy the story or content.
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Just started the game, and busted out laughing at the "Please continue to hold" gag, and the following dev comment. Disappointed to find that the dev did not, in fact, add the "Simulator" tag to the game.
Is anyone eslse having problems opening the game? It says there are not enough information in the dowloaded files. I thought maybe it was a download error. I tried downloading it 5 or 6 times already with the same result. Is it the game or just my Laptop is just dying?
I expect this is something to do with antivirus blocking it for whatever reason. That happens with renpy games sometimes. Assuming the download is complete, it's all in there, and I've never heard of an error regarding "Not enough information", but who knows.
Admittedly, the game is quite big for an AVN, and if you downloaded it 5 or 6 times, that must take quite a long time with itch download speeds. Are you sure it actually finishes downloading each time?
Yes it has download all those times. I have not thought of the anti virus. Mine blocks everything for some reason, so I can completely agree why this may be its fault/ Thank you for responding and clearing my doubt.
Am totaly stuck, i am below the cell with the candle and i found a book, wht i have to do, heeeeeeeeeeelp
You have to discover the ghost's name, don't know how because I just tried all names until one of them was correct.
To add on to what the other guy said, the library has a ledger which tells you who checked out each book. So the one in the ghost's cell...
When are we getting an update, by far my favorite VN.
As soon as I can tbh. My issue is that I refuse to release it until it's actually ready, and I am terrible at estimating how long that'll take. The good news is it's relatively close, and for those who are in it for the sex scenes, there are like 7 new ones (I forget exactly how many). Main story people get some stuff too since this coming update goes into that a bit too.
Take your time. Given the quality of the game as is, I have no doubt in your words. Can't wait, but I will. Thank you <3
Headcannon about the magistrate who was "injured" coming to Stormside: He was the protagonist from The Headmaster. I wonder how that guy would have handled Stormside?
Fearlessly, the idiot faces the crowd smiling. Merciless, the magistrate turns around frowning. And who's the fool who wears the crown?
Really nice that in the end you're given the option to unlock all the scenes! Bummer not all games are like this, really saves so much time and gets into what I personally like ;).
Is still being updated?
Yes, it's just slow progress. If it ever actually gets abandoned, that'll be reflected in the game description. I don't like to mislead people.
And where could the next update be? I'm enjoying this one and hoping for a nex one soon
It's hard to say. I'm terrible with estimates, so the answer is basically as soon as I can get the thing finished. Next update is quite complicated, though not lacking in content for the intended "multiple playthrough" audience.
Any plans to release an android version? Considering my iPhone is out of commission
Not currently. It's something I'd consider trying to do if I were working full time on the game, but since for my game it would be more complicated than just pressing the "Build android version" button, it's not something I'm currently putting time into.
I see. Sorry I can't give it a go then. It does look like an interesting van. Hopefully an android build will come eventually
One day perhaps. Not your fault if you don't have the hardware to run it, it's more my fault for not making it run on the hardware. The good news is that when there eventually is an android version, the game should also have more content, so maybe check back in a year or so :D
I definitely will. I subscribed for updates so I'll be ready for it
Please add more to it i love it its a 100 out of 1
After finishing headmaster and failing tk find a similar game i came across this and is actually adicting plus the walk-through notes are realy amusing
Pizza Time :D
As if I didn't just one hit ko this guy. Love the little jokes in this game
Loving this so far, however I do have a couple of things to point out.
Well, just one prominent one so far, perhaps more as I finish current content and start a new playthrough for more in depth notes and such.
Most prominently, is the fact that several times you use the same music that Down the Rabbit Hole used for it's videos on Digital Homicide, over on Youtube. Which isn't a problem, per se, but is very strange for me...
Yeahh, one unfortunate thing about these kinda games is there aren't all that many devs who have the money to commission their own music, so we tend to use a lot of the same royalty free music as other devs, or even youtubers. I can't say I'm familiar with down the rabbit hole or which track you're talking about, but almost all of the music I use is kevin macleod stuff. With him being perhaps the most popular royalty free composer, it definitely won't be uncommon to find music from these kinds of games included in many other things.
It's, uh, hmm. Spy Glass by Kevin Mcleod, yeah.
It's not a complaint, for sure, I totally get it. I've done the same thing in the past.
It's just funny to be playing a fun AVN and hear the same music I first heard in a video about one of the most famous 'evil devs on steam' ahaha. Call it a cognitive dissonance XD
I get the exact same thing when I watch a youtube video and I hear any of these tracks xD
For a brief moment I'm like "HEY WAIT A MINUTE! THAT'S MY-"
And then I remember that it's royalty free music and errrr, yeah...
For real though, Kevin Macleod is in my opinion one of the most important composers in recent history. I really hope he's getting the recognition he deserves financially. There are so many things which either wouldn't exist, or would be worse without what he does. Thanks Kevin.
I hate to even mention it, but I will anyways. Free services like suno.com will let you make ai music tracks and they even have instrumental only options.
I know a lot of people are loathe to see any ai anywhere, but I think this somewhere it might really shine.
Stormside v0.23.1.4 - Windows
While running game code:
IOError: Couldn't find file 'audio/Music/BasementFloor.ogg '.
Full traceback:
File "Script.rpyc", line 1565, in script call
File "Events/Z 2) New Responsibilities/Day11 (Mon)/3) GymClass1.rpyc", line 5400, in script call
File "Events/Z 2) New Responsibilities/Day11 (Mon)/4A) RileyPunishment1.rpyc", line 1040, in script call
File "Events/Z 2) New Responsibilities/Day11 (Mon)/4A) RileyPunishment1.rpyc", line 1059, in script
This is due to an unfortunate space in the filepath for that sound file. It's fixed in the next update, but for now you can just press ignore on it and the scene will play (Albeit without music)
Is that so? The game/audio/Music directory is empty. My workaround was to dump a dummy ogg file and rename it with BasementFloor.ogg
Do you receive any errors? I would expect this is a case of antivirus blocking is, since sometimes antivirus likes to block renpy games. Pretty hard to say though without further information.
it say nothing, just does not open
Are you making ads for the good vibration store in SF? but it is indeed a funny store. LOL
This is a come for the kink, stay for the story type of game. Great characters, dynamic story with scenes you will not find in the first playthrough. I can't wait to see what happens with the next update.
Android? Link?
Use joi play
May I ask what you used to make the characters?
The renders are made in Honey Select 2
came for the girls animations and now i got jumpscares from some ghosts da hell is this hahaha i like it
guyssss im at the ghost part and im stuck what da hell do i have to do? i know the name of the ghost now but i dont know whats next ....
any chance for just a compressed version? Wanting to try it out using joiplay on Android, but I getting the spare 20GB space free without evening knowing it will work is a massive hassle (7gb download + (7+)gb for the unzipped + 5 gb space needed empty for phone to not throw a fit about running too close to max when trying to unzip a 7gb folder)
Only asking because I assume (perhaps incorrectly) that there may be a quick and simple way to downsize the renders to half height and width (quarter the memory). What i mean is- i hate to ask for something more from someone producing free content, and im only doing so because im under the impression that the extra work would be negligible.
I'm unlikely to make one myself since I'd then have to test the game to ensure there's no visual artifacting, but since you're not the first person to ask, someone else has done it.
https://workupload.com/file/2yzcEBmKATf
However, I haven't tried this version, so I can't verify its contents. I have had reports that joiplay does work though, however only when you download the latest version of joiplay from the website as opposed to an appstore, since last I heard the appstore version is out of date (Though this was some months ago now.)
If you get it working, I'd recommend choosing the VN version of the ghost hunt if and when you get to that part. I can't imagine the sandbox version would work very well on a touchscreen.
Thank you so much! I'll give it a shot!
Came for the beautiful characters, stayed for the story. Honestly friggin fantastic. I did not expect some of these character stories to be so good. But I think the thing that caught me the most the animations, they are just absolutely perfect and always a treat when one pops up and the same for the jokes, I did not expect to laugh so hard at some of these. Take as much time as you need Atemsiel each chapter is worth it!
Sad to see this doesn't have port for android, I was looking forward to try this game :(
Absolutely loving the game. Excited to see how it progresses.
I can only play it from the exe and it doesn't show in my library, how do I get updates?
Also, I haven't punished anyone yet. I think I'm too nice. Ah well. They're all so fun.
You'll find a point of wanting to punish some, or be curious and then there's that rabbit hole
Downloaded the game for MacOS, but for some reason I can't open it. I just get an error message reading "The application “Stormside” can’t be opened."
I really enjoy this game but I'm not a huge fan of horror so I'm really glad you added a option to skip that part, please keep this as a feature for all horror sections for scaredy cats like me
The Ghost Hunt was really good! Very athmospheric. That part was a highlight for me.
Genuinely some of the best work I've ever seen. Kinky fun. Never seen a free game this high quality. Keep up the amazing work!
Got an error following the Gym Tests. Tried rolling back and trying different prompts but error keeps occuring. Any help?
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While running game code:
IOError: Couldn't find file 'audio/Music/BasementFloor.ogg '.
-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------
Full traceback:
File "Script.rpyc", line 1565, in script call
File "Events/Z 2) New Responsibilities/Day11 (Mon)/3) GymClass1.rpyc", line 5400, in script call
File "Events/Z 2) New Responsibilities/Day11 (Mon)/4A) RileyPunishment1.rpyc", line 1035, in script call
File "Events/Z 2) New Responsibilities/Day11 (Mon)/4A) RileyPunishment1.rpyc", line 1059, in script
File "renpy/ast.py", line 921, in execute
renpy.exports.say(who, what, *args, **kwargs)
File "renpy/exports.py", line 1373, in say
who(what, *args, **kwargs)
File "renpy/character.py", line 1266, in __call__
self.do_display(who, what, cb_args=self.cb_args, dtt=dtt, **display_args)
File "renpy/character.py", line 930, in do_display
**display_args)
File "renpy/character.py", line 666, in display_say
rv = renpy.ui.interact(mouse='say', type=type, roll_forward=roll_forward)
File "renpy/ui.py", line 299, in interact
rv = renpy.game.interface.interact(roll_forward=roll_forward, **kwargs)
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3377, in interact
repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, trans_pause=trans_pause, pause=pause, pause_start=pause_start, pause_modal=pause_modal, **kwargs) # type: ignore
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 4103, in interact_core
renpy.audio.audio.periodic()
File "renpy/audio/audio.py", line 1166, in periodic
raise_(exc[0], exc[1], exc[2])
File "renpy/audio/audio.py", line 1144, in periodic_thread_main
periodic_pass()
File "renpy/audio/audio.py", line 1086, in periodic_pass
c.periodic()
File "renpy/audio/audio.py", line 517, in periodic
topf = load(filename)
File "renpy/audio/audio.py", line 70, in load
rv = renpy.loader.load(fn)
File "renpy/loader.py", line 820, in load
raise IOError("Couldn't find file '%s'." % name)
IOError: Couldn't find file 'audio/Music/BasementFloor.ogg '.
Windows-10-10.0.19041 AMD64
Ren'Py 7.5.3.22090809
Stormside v0.23.1.4
Thu Jul 11 12:40:43 2024
You can just press ignore on this one and it'll play the scene, except without music. It's just because I accidentally left a space in the end of the filepath. Fixed in next update.
Thank you :)
i hope to see update soon :)
I ran across this by accident, and this is hands down the best visual novel i have ran across.
Very impressed and i hope you keep up the amazing storyline.
I look forward to being able to collar more girls, as my play though i only got to collar one, which was not on long enough to actually have any effect.
Glad you like it, more to come :D
Regarding the collars, the game as it is at the moment lets you collar of the girls so far, but the events that let you collar them are basically final route selection. The currently collarable girls are Sasha and Riley, but unless you decided not to punish one of them, I'm unsure how you only got to collar one of them. Did you mean you only decided to collar one, or that you only got the chance to collar one?
It was Just the path i followed. I played it a little meaner and got a much more pleasant result.
I look forward to seeing more, and more girls begging with collars.
I got error before going to the basement right after gym class where the girls did physical exams. What to do?
Do you know what the error was? I may have a fix for it, but only if I know what the error says.
I think there's a bug. As soon as I entered the college I got a text from dad and after that, there's nothing I can do
Oh yeah, this is fixed in the next update, but for now if you get this bug you can fix it by enabling the renpy console (You can google how to do this) and then part way through the text conversation with your dad, open the console with shift+O, then run the below command (Case sensitive, enter exactly as written)
messageCount = 1
After that, close the console and continue as normal, and it should let you play.
Really love this game reminds me of the headmaster, keep up the good work
una pregunta como puedo solucionar un problema q tengo el juego en las esenas me ba como a 2 fps o cuales son los requisitos minimos?
Cant wait for next update. The game is rlly similar to That New Teacher, ik both games made a cross-over in the new update too, nice stuff!
Everything in Stormside is way better than That New Teacher.
I would agree. Atemsiel is my mentor and friend. He taught me how to animate and helps me all the time. That New Teacher wouldn't exist without Atem.
So thats why a lot seems similar, W friendship
So, I appreciate the sentiment, but please avoid rating games similar to mine 1 star based purely on some perceived notion of copying me. There are a lot of differences between my and rogue's games, despite their thematic similarity, and I don't think a comparison between them can be entirely black and white. I can't force you, but if your rating of his game is purely based on you thinking he copied mine, I'd ask that you remove it. There is no world in which his game is a true 1 star, no matter how you slice it. The clear effort alone is enough to earn more than that, even if you don't personally enjoy the story or content.
Hi! I accidentally used the default last name of the MC. Is there a way to change it in the games files instead of starting a new game?
Yep, go into the phone and click the app with the letter R. In the general section there should be a part that lets you change MC's surname.
Thank you!:D