i downloaded the one for PC and there wasnt a prompt to install just a winrar file and unpacked into a folder on one of my drives.
also the FAQ just says it helps to attach a error code with a post to easier diagnose the issue. but the game just wont launch at all so no error code to give.
Files downloaded from this site are .ZIP files, not winrar.
So the file you should downloaded is this one:
Harem Hotel v0.19.1 PC/Android
It is indeed installed by unpacking to a directory.
Are you running Windows? I do not use Windows myself, but I remember discussions about malware protection that prevents running programs from directory not under C:/Program Files . So try making HH directory under C:/Program Files or C:/Program Files (x86) .
I am a bit surprised there is no message or error popup when trying to start the .exe. Maybe antivirus must allow the file to exexute ?
Heya It's me again. It seems my message was still passed through moderation, so after three days (actually a week...) I was able to get it working through trial and error... So, I managed to do it... Unzip the files into the emulator itself... Not through the RAR... It took longer, but it works! (I love your game by the way, it helped me escape college and stress, so... You helped me stay sane! Thanks so much for that.)
I love this game like everyone else but ending each update on cliffhanger is not it. The story is really interesting, one of the best I may say but waiting one year for an event that only makes me want to know what's next even more is painful :(
This comment is by no means meant to be negative. Love your work and I hope you will keep delivering good story :)
I don't think v0.19 has any cliffhangers, but I understand wanting more! In some cases, like in v0.18, events need to be split in parts because they're so large, but they're not intentionally made to be cliffhangers. This is however a story being written in real time, so there are questions still unanswered.
Yearly updates are not my typical schedule, I've just had a hectic life lately.
No telling what the future holds, but for now I finally have a lot of time. Those things keeping me busy have mostly been solved as of two months ago.
Enjoying the game so far but is still broke💔💔💔 I'm genuinely wondering how to sell pinups because I have 0 clue of what it is, only been doing deliveries and rents so far it's killing me
I have followed this game since the beginning and can say without a doubt the H-scenes to plot ratio is perfect. I believe this is one of my top favorites and if your looking for a plot and fun this game is the best recomended. Thank's to the author and dev's to this game and look forward to future updates!
Amazing game! Just finished it. I want to continue playing (I have some side character events left), but your final message congratulating us for finishing the game keeps poping up all the time though. Any way to disble it?
You've got a major continuity error between sylvia's and Lin's stories. In Lin's Sylvia doesnt seem to know how the queen does what she does, but in Sylvia's she sits in the fast food place casually explaining all of it.
Also multiple instances towards the tail end of the story so far where if you dont do the events in the correct order things will be referenced in one character's story that haven't happened yet because you haven't done an event in another character's, or characters who have had major changes in their story will seem to regress because you did theirs first, Ashley's makeover reverting if you don't go through enough of felicity and emma's scenes before playing ashleys for instance. So you might want to go through at some point and change some trigger variables so that it doesnt seem like the player is jumping back and forth through time.
I just looked through Sylvia's event there, I couldn't find any instance where she says she knew her former Queen's tricks. I could be missing something though. But she does explain that high elvish warriors usually have three fairies teamed up with them, and that crystals are used by fairies. Is this what you're referring to? As Sylvia stated on the boat, she has seen her former queen do things she cannot explain. "I've seen her make it rain with the snap of her fingers.", the floating knives were extrapolated from that by Sylvia to be another magical thing she cannot explain. Fairies don't even have the strength to drive a dagger into anyone, so the queen using fairies for that would be nothing but a bluff, and Sylvia is aware of that. And that's exactly what it was!
It would help me fix any inconsistencies if you were to share exact dialogue or screenshots. It's just almost impossible for me to playtest every scenario myself.
I believe Ashley mentions at one point in the story that she goes back and forth between blonde pigtails and her brown natural look. I know, it's a ton of work for Ashley to do that, but she does. Most characters have an odd transition period between their "tier 1" look and "tier 2" look, where you may see them in both on the same day. As time goes on, they appear in their "tier 2" look 100% of the time. It's an unfortunate byproduct of a 2D game not based in sprites.
In every case where it's necessary I will account for which events the player has witnessed to avoid inconsistencies. Things will certainly slip through the cracks though, and I cannot personally test every scenario myself, so your help is very valuable. The game is designed for you to progress the stories at your own pace, with limited restriction. This means everyone's story is slightly different, and no save has the same history.
I was referring to sylvia explaining the training with Faeries, i was trying to do so without spoilers since i cant seem to figure out how to do spoiler tags. But its mostly because she had previously talked about the queen levitating things as if she didnt know how it was done, and made no mention of the faeries before that. She also didnt seem to understand what the "feeling of bugs" on her skin was during the confrontation. It seemed to give the impression that she didnt know about the faeries.
As far as the appearance of time jumping for Ashley, I think it's mostly because past a certain point she doesn't go back to blonde pigtails in any of her own scenes and switched to a different wardrobe, but has them in felicity and Emma's and wear her old clothes. I mean its clearly just that those scenes were made before the character redesign, but it does give the impression of a timeline. I'd recommend just pushing back Ashley's first scene with the new look to after the last scene with her old look with felicity and Emma, but its really more of an immersion thing than continuity there since I don't think there are any major story beats or references to anything major in those scenes.
There is however a scene where Maria says she will follow someone (the cat i think?) On her socials that can trigger after her DNA test when all her socials are deleted and scenes in I believe Ashley's story where first Lin references the owl clan and then the MC remembers the gang bangers from the visit to the owl clan that can trigger before you ever visit them. Wish I could be more specific but I wasn't really taking notes on which event I was at.
I totally get the game is still being developed and with this many characters, the sandbox nature, and stories becoming more interconnected that stuff is going to slip through the cracks sometimes. Just thought I'd point it out in case it's something you want to tweak in future updates.
Edit: So also for a specific example, Maria's 38th and 39th event can occur after Felicity's kidnapping. So the MC runs into Beaumont at the poker game and doesnt even comment on Felicity being gone in the 38th, and in the 39th she's present in the bar during maria's roleplay.
Hey! just wanted to write in and say that i love the writing of all the characters! Even random and (some seemingly) unimportant characters have really funny lines, actions or personalities. The story is also very captivating. 10/10 would download again
Question: If I download a game link for Windows or Android and a new version is released, will the game update automatically or do I have to download it again and get the new version? Sorry if this is a stupid question, I'm just asking how to update the game?
I just wanted to ask if there's any intention to add cunnilingus to Emma? She mentions at the dinner that she finds the idea enticing and you can even select an answer aligned with facesitting but her profile doesn't show a facesitting stat.
First of all, thank you again for such an amazing game. You created and developed a whole interesting world and a story that makes you feel like you are there while playing. I love the characters, their designs, their personality developments and their plots. All of them are incredible in their own way, with no exceptions. I've been waiting for 0.19 since the last update and I already finished it, so now I'll just wait until the next one, which I'm sure will be as amazing as the rest.
I also have two questions:
1) First one is about the game. I read that there were new events and a new area in Caliber City on the new update, but I decided waiting to visit them after I had finished all the new plots. Now that i finished them all, it won't let me leave the hotel to go to Caliber City due to (Spoiler i guess ¿?) the city being in a lockdown. Is there a way to visit the new places after finishing all the new events?
2) This one is more a request than a question... Im really into gags, and I loved being able to see two of the girls gagged on previous chapters (I won't spoil who, but iykyk) , even if it was only during a short time. Could you add in the future a way to add gags to ALL the girls? Wheter in their rooms or the dungeons, if not in a event.
Is there a way to visit the new places after finishing all the new events?
No. You must wait until v0.20 to be able to visit the city.
SPOILER
It is Lins last event that causes the lockdown. I guess to prevent doing stuff that does not fit the story before Lins next event coming in versin v0.20 happens.
Explore content was conceptualized as early game content designed to not only fill in the early content gaps, but also to begin introducing you to the world more directly. So this is why in v0.19 you see the PC learn about those smart glasses you see everywhere (and also establishes Nero's cult-like fanbase). It's designed to be played from beginning, and even tells you that things may not make sense if you start playing it after a certain point in the story (which you may have seen and forgot about a year ago)
Okay yeah, that makes sense... I'll keep it in mind from now on for next updates, not procastinating on going around the city and doing it before progressing with the girl's stories... Thank you!!
It's after more than 100h on the game that I've decide to comment and rate this game. What an adventure ! I used to search for porngames in steam avoiding at all cost AVNs because I was just considering it as literally image with textes, with no soul, no interest. One day, I don't remember really well how while I was searching for porngames on internet, I came accross Harem Hotel. I watched the pics, seemed pretty nice but, fuck, it looks like an AVN... Anyway the graphics does not looks like the steam's. Alright, let's give it a try. After I launched the game for the first time, I was a little rough with the game, when the first "click and point" moment came, I was like "really ..? this game seems really bad" (although now I complain when AVNs don't have such features) but after the first event, (I think it was with Kali) I let a chance to the game, more to AVNs actually, and, BOY. I don't regret this choice at all ! I still remember this moment of my life when I started Harem Hotel as a really good period that I'm so nostalgic of just thanks to this game. But dude, it was only 1-2 years ago !! How is it possible to become nostalic that fast, only Cyberpunk 2077 create the same effect within me ! I remember playing 5h straight, 10 days straight, been happy all days long just because I knew I would play HH the evening. The characters are just too endearing, each one in their way, and with the global story alongside of each characters story... this game is just so good. So good that I wanted to translate it in french for a friend who was playing after I told him about this game, so I pm you on discord, told you that I would love to translate the game, you told me something like "why not, but just let you know that this game is longer to translate than all the Harry Potters books combined" I told you I will start when my gamethrough was finished, then no news, my Discord account got hacked (long story, sorry for the spam in the HH server by the way...) and here I am telling you, sorry, I won't be able to translate the game in french. Because you made me want to create my own AVN. It has been around 8 months I started to create my characters in hs2, started to watch tutos in "how to .... in hs2/StudioNeoV2" (thank you Lavalamp), "how to .... in RenPy", asking a little everywhere for lighting tips (what a struggle), creating a main story, and I've came to the moment where I think, well it's time to start creating it. It's frightning and exciting at the same time, finally I'll start to create the story I wanted for so long but am I ready, do I know all the basics required yet in both hs2 and RenPy. I'm willing to start this week but I would love to ask you something, I wonder how do you do. Writing looks so natural for you. Did you learn it or did it come 'naturally' while you started to create your game ? I think I'm so bad for writing "small talks" or even at giving a personality to the characters just by writing and it looks like something you can't learn... I also wonder how do you proceed with events : do you first write all the single dialogues, then making the renders then translate to RenPy or maybe you do otherwise ? I really wonder this and would love to have your answer before I start creating. Thank you for your time and also for your game, it truly is inspiring.
Harem Hotel is my first try at just about everything you see and experience in game, so I was very much learning as I went. The only prior experience I had was through running a D&D campaign. It gave me plenty of experience allowing characters their own agency. But everything will come to you as you try and fail - it's just a part of the process. Feedback and criticism is also vital.
One thing experience with D&D also helped me with was writing story on the fly. Creating characters instantly with very little to go on. The method I applied to give any random NPC life is what I call the "That damn neighbor" method. It's perfect for small talk and can even lead to random people becoming fully fledged characters. The gist of it is, no conversation is ever only transactional, it should always include something personal, even if it's something random like "That damn neighbor keeps making noise." Considering context like, maybe the person saying that is a shopkeep, and the person making noise turns out to be a cultist, you suddenly have a whole storyline from an innocuous line.
As a beginner, it's almost impossible to see the hidden structures of a story. As a professional, every story becomes predictable because you can finally see that invisible structure. Like with all things, it is a skill. Talent is only Ambition + Effort + Time. I highly recommend that you digest a lot of stories so you can start to pick up on those invisible structures. Such as narrative archetypes like The Heroes Journey, Rags to Riches, The Odyssey, etc. Those aren't books, but archetypes. Harem Hotel is an Odyssey with a Rags to Riches story. This means you leave your home for a grand adventure, and start poor/powerless and gain wealth/power by the end. So you can see how knowing these things can tell you a lot about where the story is heading. But this is just one aspect of writing that you will pick up as you immerse yourself in your work and like-minded people. Practice makes perfect though, so start now. Even if it's bad, just start now. Nobody ever likes their first step but it's necessary to start walking. And nobody remembers the first step anyway.
Your workflow is personal to your life, so don't follow what I or anyone else does for that matter. You should do what works best for you, and that will change with the ebbs and flows of time, but you can learn a lot from seeing others work too.
So my workflow is that I am not sure what's going to happen next! And that keeps things interesting for me in the story. I have a direction of course, but each event is usually planned after the last one was finished every time. (Spontaneous writing I learned from D&D). So I first start an update by planning, usually just the story beats, a beginning, climax, and conclusion. I ask myself "Why does this need to happen?" "What is learned, or what is fun?" and "How does this get us closer to our goal?". Then I move on to "Based on that, what needs to happen, and how will it happen?". Then, if there is something on my mind at the moment, I will write down dialogue. That's the rough draft finished.
After finishing my drafts, development is ready to begin. This is when I usually start by first creating any sets the story will take place in. Once it's ready, I create all the visuals and the dialogue at the same time. I very much let a character's personality drive the narrative of the scene I put them in, so it's not very possible to write their reaction before it happens, if that makes sense, which I think is a key to making any character feel alive. They are actually reacting in real time, like players in a D&D campaign, I just happen to be the dungeon master and playing my own characters at the same time.
Without a doubt, one of the best visual novels I've ever read. Congratulations to Runey. By the way, does anyone know if the people in charge of translating the game into Spanish will reset it or leave it as is? P.S. Lin, best character
muchas gracias por la info, ya que toda la parte nueva es imposible jugarla sin estar en español ya que es demasiado largo y no se entiende nada esperamos con ganas la traducción
Hi just wanted to say I love the game and I can't wait for the next update (but do take your time!)
I only recently finished Jin's events, I know that Lin leaves the room whenever you go to have sex with Jin, it would be fun to ask her to stay, or even join in (maybe gated behind an event for both Jin and Lin?)
Anyway Lin is my fave far and away more content with her will make me happy :D
I really love your game and hopefully there will be more update and hope fully I can support you someday and wish you a good future.This literally have the best content I ever experienced been a player since 2yr now and I keep coming back.
hi! i've been following this game for probably 3 years or so now, but this is the first time i've reached out to u. firstly thanks for making the game, it is one of my fav eroges to date. however the reason i'm reaching out to u is bcs i've recently ran into an issue. it first started after i updated to v18.1, i think? if not that then definitely v19.0.
the issue is an exception window comes up every new day but i can just click ignore and continue playing with no issues. at least not to my knowledge. after patching to v19.1, another exception appeared but i cant ignore that because that button isnt there. this one is specifically when i tell Lin or Jun to cook something.
i've tried other options such as reload/rollback for both situation but it's not helping. any way i can contact u for u to look at both issues? maybe discord?
edit: it just occured to me to see if it's my file that somehow got fcked, so i started a new game. a new day still shows the exception page. the full traceback list is a lot shorter, but they're all about gardening
hi, sorry i didn't realize i could send images here. i'll try to be as specific as possible so i'm sorry if it's too long. they're mostly repeating the same line 131 & line 151, but each subsequent screenshot has at least 1 different line.
firstly when i ask one of the maids to cook something
that's the end for 'cook something'. now i'll continue with when i advance to new day, or go to sleep
this is when i start a new game and advanced to 2nd day
that's all i have so far. thanks for the fast reply!
That garden_daily_stuff wrong number of arguments comes when game version 0.18.0 or 0.18.1 has been patched to 0.19.x. Then the garden.rpa file is not the latest version.
You can fix the install by downloading the 0.18.2 patch, the “HH v0.17+ > v0.18.2 PC Patch “ download. Then copy just the garden.rpa file from that.
For reference, see thread started by Lucky19 from 8 days ago.
alright, thanks for pointing that out. i might have missed that file when i was patching between versions. do you happen to know about the "cook something" error tho?
Perhaps one small critique... well actually it is a MASSIVE critique, in so much as it is going to talk about something core to the game.
I am really at my limit with the Slavery thing. I do not mind it as a game hook.... or part of the world that game is in, and key one at that... but we have NO options, NO choice... we cannot be avid, militant abolitionists, we cannot take ANY initiative to end it.. we are passengers, waiting for our harem honeys to take their own initiative.
Every time someone is punished, or enslaved... we have to just take it.
I would be DEAD by now irl, like as not... because I WOULD NOT, I COULD NOT just sit idly by and take it. Since there is no leader of abolitionists in this world... I would try to create one or become one until I was assassinated. Since no one else seems to intercede to protect Elves being abused, I WOULD.
Are you kidding me there is nothing I could do when Maria got done like that? Pfft. Even if I could not in the moment, I COULD have stalked that Dr, made a plan, and kidnapped her. I could have taken her somewhere very very dark and deep where no one would find us, and got to work showing her what it was like on the flip side, until death was her dream... one which would take a long time coming.
Now, by the point in the game I am up to.. there are SO MANY options. We could let Kali's fear come to reality, and have Android basically take over ALL AI combat platforms for the Abolitionist cause. We could indeed arm the Elves, and more, try to find more sources of Crystal, an invisible guerrilla army backed up fair magic which ALSO has at least guns and grenades could also change the tides and serve the cause. Additionally, we have a Saint candidate, who has been tasked with either stopping the Elvish Gods, OR 'Dealing' with the Elves....which she's been told means Genocide... but the OBVIOUS answer is ABOLITION, since there would then BE NO Elvish problem.
But we as the PLAYER have to see all this, and have NO OPTION to do anything about it.
If I have to go through one more scene where I am IMPOTENT, and CAN DO NOTHING, as something we all know abhorrent and do not need to subjected to over and over happens, or see one more OBVIOUS answer, or at least VERY REAL POSSIBLE solution, but CANNOT push anyone towards it, I am kind of going to have to give up on this one.
It feels like this is the whole aim of the game, almost, but also, we HAVE NO SWAY over how it plays out. Ending slavery has become a main core theme, but we are WHOLLY dependent ON OTHER CHARACTERS. In the mean time, we have watch what is essentially torture, physical and psychological abuse, sexual exploitation, and slew of other things, suspend our disbelief that the majority of people ARE NOT AGAINST IT, and be wholly helpless to do anything about it.
Even with the harem... I aint getting laid enough in this world to put up with that for too much longer.
I love this game... but just have to say it. If slavery is to END in this world, let WE the players be proactive and be the leads in it ending. If it is NOT, then let us try, and fail, so can stop playing.
It really breaks the mood, every time an Elf is physically or emotionally abused, or kidnapped and sold in to Slavery. I have my happy little Harem, and trying to grow the love with my beloveds... but there is this horrific crap happening every time I am just getting lost in my lovely little love dolls.... and then, I cannot, as the player DO anything about it. It is starting to make it almost impossible to continue playing TBH.
Hello Apis, I totally understand where you're coming from, more than you can imagine. That's actually a big part of why Harem Hotel exists at all. That frustration you've built? That was intentional. Now it's the perfect time to use that for the greater good, and that's exactly what will happen in the story.
I understand many player's mindset when they first play Harem Hotel is that they will use this as a porn game, this is why sex is unlocked quick. You won't have any emotional ties to these characters at first, and may even lean into the slavery aspect.
But then the characters grow on you, their struggles mean something, you start to develop an attachment and want to protect them. They aren't just objects to the player anymore, and that's exactly when you see the world treat them as things to use and abuse. There's nothing you can do about it though, which is reality for us in the real world. That's relatable and that builds frustration.
After enough abuse, that frustration turns into action, and that's where we are now in the story. You realize there is actually something you can do about it. You actually can change the world, just one step at a time. We just got here, and the catalyst for it was Lin's event in v0.19. But please understand that the PC couldn't do much there for... obvious reasons. This was the cast's time to prove that they can accomplish great things when they work as a team. (This will also lead to orgies)
Now that the setting has been fully established, and not only are the stakes understood but also the desire to take action is had, the story is in the perfect position to be taken to the next step.
I could just tell you how bad the world is through text, but it doesn't have the same effect unless you see it happening. Unless you feel it in the moment. That actually builds the desire to take action and make change, and that is EXACTLY what the story is about.
WE CAN we HAVE BEEN able to since Android was Sky-Net incarnate.
Listen... let me tell you a story. A honest real life story. I was diagnosed in the 70s, as child, with 'Acute Hyperactivity' by paediatricians at a children's hospital my parents Dr referred me to, because of certain symptoms... (they now think I have an ASD, as an adult, and want me to test, but I wont, because if I don't test, I cannot have it :P ).... and got in all kinds of crap.
I was constantly at once, wining awards for what we call STEM subjects today, from my very very earliest schooling.... but ALSO... being constantly in trouble for swearing, arguing with teachers, being disruptive... they would not get away with these things today... but I was caned... with a feather duster, but still, I was locked in a utility closet until the end of class by a teacher, another teach THREW ME OUT A WINDOW...tbf it was open... one teacher even got cagey enough to work out she could not do those things, physically, being a pretty petite lady.. so would stop class, threaten me with isolation room lockdown or scab duty, unless I came before the class and apologized to her... then KISSED her, it was only a peck but still can you imagine that today?
What do you think that did for my social life at school? Do you think that made me a hero? Or perhaps more, a strange, mad genius outcast, constantly targeted by Bullies, who got little sympathy from the teachers (likely because half of them felt a degree of kinship to the bullies because they wanted to give me a hiding too... in fact, one teacher did)?
It was, shock of shocks, the latter. I know I know, you knew that, sure, but who does not love a dramatic reveal.
So I got in a lot of fights. But you know what? I WON THEM. I had to. A Boy Named Sue type of deal. And, in wining the majority, some people noticed something. I never became a bully myself. EVER. I never started it. I was always provoked.
One of the proudest moments of my life I still look back on now, almost 50 years later, was when two younger girls in 2nd grade, came running to ME out of all people, some little 3rd grade, out of breath, telling me they'd been looking for me all lunch break.. because another kid in their year was being bullied. Out of everyone they knew, and I did not know these girls well, all the staff too, they thought *I* was the person most likely able to do something about a 6 year old being bullied.
Sometimes I could not. This went on for years. Followed me to high school. But I fought when I could, took my lickings when I could not, when threatened with being burned with a lighter by the bully clique of the seniors, I learnt to just move first, hold my hand over the flame myself, until the smell made them blanch, my eyes locked on theirs... then THEY pulled my hand away as they tossed the now hot lighter, told me I needed see the nurse, and called me insane. When they cornered me on the second storey walk way, and surrounded me, threatening to throw me off, I laughed, and JUMPED myself. Soon.. I was too crazy to bully even in groups, and they all knew if it was just two or three of them, I would kick their heads in.
Finally one group of bullies, cornered me on the bus... and blocked my exit at my stop, because they lied to an even bigger, older, bully, who almost kicked out of school, done time in juvi, and was drug addict, about something they claimed I said, and he was waiting for a chance to stomp my head. In that scenario, I warned the bullies trying to stop me to move... and when the did not... I STABBED THEM. Dont worry, it only grazing limb wounds, but they sure as hell fell down in teary agony... they were only young teens after all.. but F'em
My point is THERE IS ALWAYS A CHOICE, and you CAN ALWAYS FIGHT. ALWAYS. I might have been killed. I might have been the one stabbed, or defenestrated for that matter... I could have gotten expelled, or even charged with crimes... but so effing what? YOU CAN ALWAYS ALWAYS fight.
You ever watch that show Breaking Bad? The Hiesenberg guy walks in to that crazy ice heads office with a bag of crystals that look like shards... but are not? They go BOOM? I am not sure if I can say what those are. But I know. In fact, he is lucky, the show made them seem a bit more stable than they are... they could have gone off on the ride over there, he just had them on the seat iirc. But I know that they are, and have a recipe on how to make them. They're great DIY initiator. I am not Military. I am not some SOE type Spook. I am not a Chemist. I am not a explosive Technician. I am a bum in the outback, who barely finished high school.
So how do I know? Because when I was in my late teens, I read (and still have copies of stored away somewhere), the Terrorist Handbook and the Anarchist Cookbook. Not because I am either of those things, but because maybe, one day, highly unlikely considering I live what the CIA regularly rates as THE most STABLE country on earth, but.. maybe.. I might need to do something. I might need to act. Something wrong might be happening, and The Man might be behind, and not fighting it. So maybe I will have to fight it, and help others fight it.
YOU CAN ALWAYS FIGHT IT.
I do not come to care about the girls. I come to resent them. Lin is trying, but she is stupid. Android just steals nudes these days apparently, Autumn is in a position of power, where she can play her cards close to her chest, infiltrate the most powerful halls, and bring them down with exposing their corruption, but is just too effing retarded to work that out, Kali could change the world with her connection to her father, she could make herself the heir again, and then have money and power, and thus influence beyond measure and Nia is just effing WEAK... she could have just KILLED Jia, or SHE could have killed the Actor guy. In fact with faeries... one's who are willing to kill, on side... there are a LOT of people who could be killed. The Twins father and sister. The Minister for Elves. The corrupted Elf Queen. The Organ Harvesting head of the church, and whole lot of Saints, they could all be killed by tiny magical, invisible assassins, when there is NO way anyone could ever suspect or accuse anyone in the Hotel, who could all just go to bowling alley all day, and pose for the cameras.
But no.
We aint doing this. None of it. When Jia wanted us to kill her husband, I wanted a SURE option. Did not get one. I am seeing them grow, sure, in to disappointments.
Now one could argue to be realistic, they're awakening and changing views would have to be slow, given that they have been conditioned since birth to think a certain way, at least in regards to Kali, and Autumn. Too bad. If they are going to be this blind, *I* would KICK THEM OUT. I do not want them then. Bye bye. Same with Ashley, though she at least seem to get it. If Android is too stupid to know she could shut down all the society, derail trains, crash planes, cause massive traffic accidents, disable hospitals and basically kill 90% of the Humans in a week, before they can even react, I want to turn her off. If Lin and Nia turn out not to have the balls to do what needs be done, kill who needs be killed, I want to sell them, F'em, bye bye. Why do I need them, I have Sia and Ann, for Elf love. It does not make me fall for them. It makes me HATE THEM.
Anyway, I will give this game a chance, see what it finally becomes, but TBH, the deeper I go in to this thing, the more I hate everyone, and hate the story, that is just me. But if you are someone who stabbed your bullies, this sh*t doesnt fly. Act, and die, or win. Enough of this being a bystander watching these stupid morons F up everything, is the position I am moving towards.
Anyway, aint my game. I will just quit for now, come back in a year and see if it is resolved by the time the game is done.
In the very next paragraph I said "(then) You realize there is actually something you can do about it."
Android is not similar to Sky-Net, though Archon is. Android's power is mainly condensed to the hotel and local wifi networks. Archon can see and monitor everything connected to the internet. Android can only browse websites.
Calling yourself a mad genius is a bit wild considering you didn't catch that.
But hey, I agree with you, fuck being a bystander. That is a problem. That is literally the point of the story.
I never bothered reading the details. I play this for SEX. It is called Harem Hotel. But this deep in to the game, is it right to call it that, I feel like I need to call it 'Retarded Moron Girls Simulator'. I only picked up on Androids power through Kali's relationship being too low to do something... so forcing me to listen to her for once (yes, I speed run dialogue, until choices, roll back to see the question, make the choice). So my understanding of Androids power comes from her freak about it, and the scene where she steals all the college girls nudes and humiliates them all.
As for Mad Genius... if it helps, I was once suspended for almost a month at just 13, for making a flame thrower, by increasing the flow of science lab gasline and jimmying up a pressure nozzle (my father was what they called Gas Fitter back when that was still a thing)... and thus causing a backdraw (the flame sprouting out about 15 feet across the room moved backwards and disappeared)... triggering the emergency shut down of all gas and power to the school because the fail-safe on the industrial gas-tanks triggered the self-seal valves).
I should have gotten an award for my unapproved science project, tbh I reckon. Almost blowing up a school is not the same as blowing it up, right?
But if I can do that, am I meant to believe abolitionists, and Elf rebels, cannot begin asymetric warfare against these bastards in an era with War Droids??? I mean people underestimate just how deadly even a barrage of Molotov Cocktails can be.. and they are the easiest things in the world to make. You can, if your play your cars right, TAKE OUT TANKS with them FFS. We're not just reliant on petrol bombs though, we have Android, who can take over other bots and droids, all of them at once perhaps even, if Kali is to be believed.
Nah, these people are just effing retards at this point. The game is currently unplayable for me. It is painful to watch them be this useless, and it hurts to see characters you are kind of right about.. that I DID come to care about.... become disgraceful disappointments I come to hate.
Dude, you're fucking retarded. The MC is a regular ass dude who runs a fucking hotel and has maybe a grand to his name at any given time. He doesn't have an army, he has a handful of tiny girls.
The Android you think he could use to take over, couldn't do shit because the military doesnt keep their weapons on publicly accessible networks. You could be the greatest hacker in the world and you're not getting on the internet and hacking into fucking missile launch programs, or any form of weapon controls.
Kali has a rich dad, but he's not going to try to overthrow the government of an entire nation. Otherwise she's just a mid-level coder.
Ashley, Felicity, Emma, Ellen, Hana, Maria. Useless in any sort of uprising.
Lucia could maybe use social media to get her followers on your side over time.
Autumn might be able to sway church rhetoric towards abolitionism over time, but even as a saint she's little more than a local church leader, and getting religious people to change their minds about anything is about as easy as convincing a frog to grow feathers.
Making Maria's story public might be able to garner sympathy, and get people thinking about what would happen if they had a half elf child, or fearing finding out they themselves could secretly be half elves.
Lin, Nia, and Sylvia are actually the most useful in terms of actually doing anything to get rid of slavery because they have the potential to sway public opinion, and Androids ability to access public networks and spread their message is the most valuable ability she has in that regard.
You don't stop slavery with assassinations and molotovs and shit. That just makes the public view you as terrorists and turns everyone more against you, and in the instance of this story, probably causes a lot of slavers to just murder their slaves or destroy their androids out of fear. You do it by swaying public opinion to your side, until your side has more power than those who want to keep things as they are. Then if things do progress to violence, people are actually on your side and ready to stand up with you.
The bullshit you're spouting would have the MC dead within a week after accomplishing exactly nothing.
Is there a way to download this game that does not take years? The google drive is always over trafficked and prevents me from downloading it, while the media fire takes 3 days and I can't really leave my pc on that long.
Your download speed is primarily based on your internet's speed. I just tested the download on public wifi, and it would take 25 minutes for me.
There is a mega link available as well in the patch notes post, that tells me it will take 10 minutes. Though there is a limit on how much you can download per day per IP, so you may need to use a VPN.
Great game, I first played it roughly 2 years ago I believe and came back to it recently.
But now I get renpy errors left and right. Not only rollbacks but errors that crash out the game.
I just downloaded the 19.1 file since it isn't even the same system as my old safe.
File "renpy/bootstrap.py", line 331, in bootstrap renpy.main.main() File "renpy/main.py", line 662, in main run(restart) File "renpy/main.py", line 148, in run renpy.execution.run_context(True) File "renpy/execution.py", line 922, in run_context context.run() File "script.rpyc", line 16663, in script call File "script.rpyc", line 6612, in script call File "scripts/lin_events.rpyc", line 3628, in script call File "script.rpyc", line 6612, in script call File "script.rpyc", line 21299, in script call File "scripts/kali_events.rpyc", line 13849, in script File "script.rpyc", line 16663, in script call File "script.rpyc", line 6612, in script call File "scripts/lin_events.rpyc", line 3628, in script call File "script.rpyc", line 6612, in script call File "script.rpyc", line 21299, in script call File "scripts/kali_events.rpyc", line 13849, in script File "renpy/ast.py", line 1688, in execute choice = renpy.exports.menu(choices, self.set, args, kwargs, item_arguments) File "renpy/exports.py", line 1060, in menu rv = renpy.store.menu(new_items) File "renpy/exports.py", line 1296, in display_menu rv = renpy.ui.interact(mouse='menu', type=type, roll_forward=roll_forward) File "renpy/ui.py", line 298, in interact rv = renpy.game.interface.interact(roll_forward=roll_forward, **kwargs) File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3325, in interact repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, trans_pause=trans_pause, pause=pause, pause_start=pause_start, **kwargs) File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3814, in interact_core if renpy.display.draw.update(force=self.display_reset): TypeError: 'bool' object is not callable
Hey Drunkensiluz! That error looks like it might be an error relating to installation. How did you install the game? Make sure you're not overwriting any files.
If all else fails, a full and fresh reinstall should fix the issue.
I just unzipped the folder with 7zip. Unzipped -> realised I had the error -> deleted the entire Harem Hotel folder -> unzipped again -> error persisted.
Hm, if the error is coming even from a fresh install, that tells me that your download was corrupted. You will likely need to fully redownload the game.
Just making sure though, have you tried loading different saves?
Yes, had the error in multiple saves, that was the reason for the deletion.
Will try to download it again, prob tomorrow, and hope that it works then.
Really hope that it was just a corrupted dl and not any obscure hardware/software problem. I really enjoyed the game two years ago and hope to do so again.
Can you readd the option to take Lin's panties off her and have her clean your room with no panties on, an option to take all their panties would be good to be honest
I downloaded this version a bit ago and have been playing it throughout the week. I did actually play the game a few years ago so I was keen to see how much it had changed. While I am impressed with the amount of different story arcs and the slight improvements in overall quality, I am a little confused as to how there has been a relatively minor increase in the amount of main story content compared to the time gap. For a game that has been in development for the better part of a decade, I am surprised that the game is apparently not even 25% complete going by the release versions.
I have considered jumping back on the patreon, however I am worried at how long the wait will likely be before we get to see the completion, or even major work on, the main story arc.
I did also run into an issue with the way the stories are structured that was a little irritating, that being that I managed to complete the current extent of F & E storyline before I had even heard the name of the antagonist through Ash's. It left me both confused and a little bothered that her current arc was spoiled for me through her own dialogue at the end of the other story.
It is still a remarkably well developed and fleshed out game and world so far, so this isn't me attempting to shoot it down, I am just genuinely confused and a slight bit concerned.
Version numbers aren't percentages they just count how many updates there have been. No game developer or artist has ever fully planned their project from the beginning and followed that plan perfectly without deviation. Harem Hotel is probably around 70% complete, but even I can't say for certain. It will be done when it feels complete, it's just how the creative process works when it isn't shackled by corporate greed.
I'm really starting to sound like a broken record, which isn't your fault, you're just curious, but my father died two years ago and that really fucked things up. I took a break from work, dealt with bureaucracy, and at the same time moved countries. This slowed down v0.18 tremendously. I was able to work on v0.19 more consistently, it was just a massive update bigger than most, but had still been dealing with a lot of bureaucracy, including creating my company. I think at one time I had 4 or 5 lawyers at once (a drunk driver also hit him weeks before he died), and all of it just ended last month. I also settled down with my partner and started taking vacations for the first time in my life at the same time during v0.18.
But in any case, each update comes with hours of story content, and more in gameplay. Some of these events take 30m to complete, which is a full length TV show without ads and no small feat. It can sometimes take a whole month just to create one story event, but that is more rare. Each update typically gives 1 story event to each character, which is usually similar in size to a chapter of a book. In that same sense, there are 7 books being developed at the same time.
All stories should take into account where you are with other character's stories, but something can always slip through the cracks in a developing game. To fix this issue I will need some more details though because I am not completely sure what you are describing. What level was F&E and Ashley at these points? It would really help seeing pictures of the issue or just having the exact dialogue.
Thanks for the clarification, and I'm sorry to hear about your last few years; I understand much more than you'd expect when it comes to the world deciding to implode.
My issue was that I was able to complete Felicity & Emma's current story before I had even gotten to the point where Ashley had started looking for Ren. So I was at first confused when Manager called Dean Stoneface (as well as that entire plot in general) as well as spoiled with the Ren storyline as Ash says in the final scene of that story that he now has both Ren and Felicity. As for screenshots and events, I won't be able to help there, my save page is a mess, and they are usually hours apart from each other (late night sessions and brain function clashes)
Hearing the actual % amount is reassuring, I'll definitely keep my eye out for updates and will try chucking some cash on patreon when I can.
Thanks for offering free access over here, its a lot easier to be interested in a story when you aren't forced through a paywall to test it out.
Possible bug: Kate is level 9/9, but when I meet her at the hot springs the option to "have some fun" is greyed out. She was at 9/9 before the update, it's possible some variable was not set in the migration.
This is correct. I had developed her hot springs repeatable accidentally before developing the story event that unlocks it. The repeatable sex event with Kate is in game and can be accessed by cheating her level to 10 (just make sure you lower it once you're done)
hello can you clarify what you mean ? :) like we are able to unlock the sex scene? current version im 9/9 and i dont know how to make it to 10 if thats what you mean :)
Ok I am at a wall. I have to raise Lin's relationship level to do two quests with Kali, and Autumn I think... but I cannot seem to. Everything raises her Obedience, or Sl*tiness, or Submission... but never triggers a relationship increase.
I also have to meet the Minister of Elves, and show him how awesome Lin is, but I do not know what level of anything she needs to be at to WIN. So what do I have to do to make her Win?
Also, every morning I keep getting told I should just BUY Sylvia.... but I do not know who that is, or HOW to buy her, so er, HOW DO I BUY her?
I have literally hit a wall and have no idea how to proceed.
Game tries to inform player on what to do and how to proceed. You must pay attention to what advice you are shown.
There is FAQ page in the Wiki.
Relationship level is increased by story events. You may not be able to raise Lin relationship level now, you must increase some other persons relationship level first.
To win the competition I think the important attribute is obedience. Let Jin help in preparing for the competition.
Yeah I had to do the competition, to get access to the other Elves, including Sylvia, though money is so hard come by in this game. I will just plug along.
Hey Apis, it sounds like you weren't sure if you were going to like the game, sped run it, then realized you might actually be starting to like it. You're missing some key basics that are explained very early in game in the tips screens.
Stats aren't a requirement for any story to occur, and money is best earned first through the farm, then the bar, which you should have leveled a bit by now.
But I'm confused by your timeline of events. You're saying that Lin's story is ready to continue with the competition, but are also getting told to buy Sylvia, who you meet during the competition? You can only buy her after.
Nope. Once Lin MET Sylvia whilst trimming the hedge, and then Lin and I met the Minister For Elves.... and I had the option to begin the competition in Ellen's menu... even BEFORE taking it, I was then getting the morning message to BUY SYLVIA.
And I was SO lost, because I COULD NOT find any way TO buy her.
THAT only happened AFTER the competition. But because Lin was so hard to build stats with at the time, except obedience, I was focused on taking her to the dungeon every chance I could, until I had her submission at level; 10, and taking her in the Shower, or visiting her at night. to her Slutiness up.
Thus I had held off for days on that competition, getting a random message I could not do anything about.
Only after finally completing the comp.. which I won... did I then get the Kidnapping thing, and pursuant to that, access to the new Elves.
I finally JUST saved up enough to by Sylvia NOW.... got the message she was ready to be picked up... but there is NO option TO pick her up when I go to the front door.
Yeah the bar makes me about 600 bucks a week now, and I grow Hops, and sell them, four at time, every few days, for 400 bucks.... so make about 1000 bucks a week, but that is still a HUGE grind lol.
Its is OK when I save up Straweberries... those plants never die, unless you do not water them, and like other berries always produce, so I save up the max load of them, and sell them for like.. what.. 250 bucks at a time, every few days also.... but TBH, it will still take me a month in game to be able to afford the Binbo Elf (I bought Nia, immediately, had to save for Sylvia, whom I just bought, and who cleared out of all but 25 bucks), so still a bit on the fence about this.
I rated this game highly, and gave it a great review, but I feel like I am in the midst of a mid game grind, where the curve shot up. I understand that, this game is not designed for speed running... and that is what I do... and if there were NOT these blocks and grind moments, I would have ended the game on the first days session.. but it is still a grind :P :P :P :P
I looked through the entire script for mentions of buying Sylvia to double check, it's possible I missed something, but the only way I see that you could get a "I need to buy sylvia" message is after the kidnapping event, or if Felicity and Emma's level is 35. Can you please confirm which is the case? If you were getting the message from Felicity and Emma's event, and Lin was below level 25, I can see how you ran into the issue you did.
Anything you buy on the computer can be received through the "Check for mail" button at the front door. This is also true for the elves.
I'm a bit lost at the grind part. Are you saying that passively collecting bar money and watering crops is grinding? Most of the money you earn in Harem Hotel is passive income, completely hands off, except for farming, which grow exceedingly fast. All of this is designed so you can focus on the actual gameplay and mainly story.
You can do deliveries at Bernie's once a day, tend to your crops once a day, and... well that's kind of it in terms of active income. You don't have to farm if it isn't engaging to you. These things are probably 5 mouse clicks each, takes less than 1 minute to do.
Thanks for the insight into your gameplay, it's very valuable to me. I don't want there to be any big speed bumps getting in the way of the player's enjoyment. You mentioned that you were earning about $1k per week, and only able to afford Ann, who costs $2k, in 4 weeks. This tells me something (which could be wrong, but it's what I as a dev am hearing). You are spending money and not saving, possibly buying outfits at any chance and before vital upgrades to the hotel. Being this late into the game and being close to $0 is unusual from the feedback I've gotten. You could have afforded her in two weeks but you spent half of your income on other things in that month instead of saving it for Ann. (If I understand correctly, you bought sylvia, was set to $25, then had to earn $2k). The proper gameplay loop is that there should be something that you're trying to unlock at any point, buying it within reasonable time, and chasing the next thing.
I can certainly consider adjusting some prices, but it is extremely rare for me to hear of anyone having money issues in HH. Quite the opposite actually, most desire more things to spend their money on. This is primarily a story game though, think of it more as a book. Speedrunning a story is just skipping to the final page and closing the book haha. If you just want all the scenes unlocked, you can do that too. There are cheat codes available for that. But the gameplay should be enjoyable too!
This might be a good time to mention some plans I have. I'd like your thoughts.
Side Characters visiting the hotel is becoming more of a developed mechanic over time. Right now they currently just visit the hot springs, and you can have sex with most of them. But it could be deeper. You could purchase upgrades such as a professional coffee machine, hotel breakfast, and other amenities. Side Characters would begin actually using the hotel, which would get you money. If a character decides to show up in the morning, they'll purchase breakfast, maybe some coffee. Or if they visit later in the day, you could spot them at the bar, or maybe they just decided to use your vending machine once or twice that week. Most of this would work behind the scenes, except for seeing them in the bar, and it would be included in your end-of-week report, so you can see exactly what each side character did that week. So after purchasing these upgrades, it would be passive income that scales based on how many Side Characters routinely visit the hotel. Earning you an extra $100 - $300 passively per week by the end of the current update.
By the amount of replies here, I hope you found your answer. But yeah, relationship level only seems to increase through actual events, for the cornwall thing I just made sure she got each trait before doing it.
I just pumped her ... no pun intended.... submission up in the Dungeon, to double figures... I think it was almost 20... and that seemed to work. Thanks for the tip though anyway.
Yeah, max level for stats is 10, except for affection and obedience which are 15. This is when you get the corresponding traits. Going over that doesn't give much.
Well I got her Submission to 10 then. TBH I was not pay too much attention, it was something with a 0, at which point I figured 'good enough' or hoped.... and it seems it was.
But good to know. I need Sluttiness and Exhibitionist skills of all the girls to be high enough to unlock certain things still locked (like the Twins Doggy Girl/Cat Girl photo session for example)... and was wondering just how high I needed their Exhibitionist stats... so 10 is the magic number eh? Woot.... weebs are gonna love this next photo set of them :P
I'm not a pc expert I just play games How do I redownload this game I played before the update but deleted it to make space to play others but now I can't seem to download it and third-party website what does that mean?
Seems Itch App does not allow downloading from third party sites. Error message is “This title is hosted on an incompatible third-party website”. Game can be downloaded manually from the Download links on game Itch page.
Game can also be downloaded from Patreon and Subscribestar.
Developer wrote on 4th September 2025 about hosting files on Itch.io:
I’m not able to at the moment, but it’s number 1 on my priority list.
“Wow, I’ve been living in Harem Hotel lately — I just can’t put it down! The stories are addictive, the characters are so charming, and every new day brings hilarious surprises. You’ve turned hotel life into a stunning, wildly fun adventure. Keep those updates coming — I’m totally hooked!”
Hey Runey, I really love your work and Harem Hotel. A couple of years ago, I played your game—it was actually my first AVN—and now, after the latest update, I’m excited to dive back in. I wanted to play on JoiPlay on my tablet like recommended, but when I do, the text box can’t be adjusted, and there’s this huge black bar that blocks a lot of the screen, which is kinda annoying. Not sure if there’s a way around it! Anyway, big support from me, as always!
The issue is that the dialogue box UI can’t be changed when switching from classic to black transparent, etc., it still stays the same unfortunately. It’s not a big deal, I just wanted to let you know!
Spell check: replaying the Autumn farm event (one of those horses is freaky, man).
The church of Gaius apparently has a "grant arbiter".
A GRANT arbiter is somebody who arranges grants. according to rules and regulations.
Presumably, given that he is something like their Pope-equivalent, he should be the granD arbiter.
Probably capitalized, too, since it's a title.
Edit: also, all instances of "The Capitol" should probably be find-replaced with "Capitol City". The capitol is, by definition, either a building or a hill.
Edit: also, a costumer is somebody who makes costumes. That like should probably be "You're out most values customer!"
long awaited update, looks great...started a new game, no fun using old saves...but I got an error when I try to enter the beach, and can't access it at all. so far the only glitch I've seen...great work with the game as always
So, I've done Lin's new content and now the city is locked down. However, Jin needs some gardening tools and idk how to get them now? Am I gonna just have to go back to a previous save or wait for .20 or .21? Also, Ashley still has an "!" that won't go away. I think that's unrelated, but its also bugging me.
Yes, you will be locked out of the Explore content for some time. Jin and the garden content are early game content, but that content was just recently added and you're probably on an old save as well, so it's an awkward situation for you.
Depending on how v0.20's story goes, I may just let you buy garden supplies online.
Ash is lvl 44. And it would be awesome to be able to buy the supplies online. This was a completely new save, so I sort of "speed ran" to get to the new content. skipped a lot of exploring and now I'm kicking myself
Yeah, this situation will only happen if you kinda try to make it happen. But if this has the opportunity to effect gameplay too much I will certainly make some changes. It's also possible that it's only locked after this one event, so it may not be an issue in the future at all.
Great game. So far i played (and loved) Dating My Daughter and Sisterly Lust, but HH is taking it to the next level with more girls, stories and an RPG-system. It sometimes feels a bit grindy because there's no clue where the (soft-)cap of stats are, but i still enjoy it. I downloaded it for free, but after so much fun i'll donate soon for you hard work.
Edit: Can i somehow one time donate instead of a subscription on Patreon?
garden.rpa is not part of the files in the update patch, and the morning call to garden_daily_stuff fails on an updated version of the game, as the function signature is different in the old garden.rpa.
This suggests that garden.rpa should be part of the patch.
I redownloaded the 0.18.2 patch and the file seems to be the same *as 0.19*. I may have been playing on the original 0.18 update (which, in my old zip, has a smaller size).
Updating that file from the full download fixed the issue, though it would have been enough to use the much smaller 0.18.2 patch.
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downloaded the game but it wont launch. i tried both applications regular and the 32 one.
any advice?
There is FAQ page in the Wiki.
You did not say on what platform you are running the game: Linux, Windows, Mac or Android.
Which file did you download, from where? How did you install the game?
i downloaded the one for PC and there wasnt a prompt to install just a winrar file and unpacked into a folder on one of my drives.
also the FAQ just says it helps to attach a error code with a post to easier diagnose the issue. but the game just wont launch at all so no error code to give.
Files downloaded from this site are .ZIP files, not winrar.
So the file you should downloaded is this one:
It is indeed installed by unpacking to a directory.
Are you running Windows? I do not use Windows myself, but I remember discussions about malware protection that prevents running programs from directory not under C:/Program Files . So try making HH directory under C:/Program Files or C:/Program Files (x86) .
I am a bit surprised there is no message or error popup when trying to start the .exe. Maybe antivirus must allow the file to exexute ?
Heya It's me again. It seems my message was still passed through moderation, so after three days (actually a week...) I was able to get it working through trial and error... So, I managed to do it... Unzip the files into the emulator itself... Not through the RAR... It took longer, but it works! (I love your game by the way, it helped me escape college and stress, so... You helped me stay sane! Thanks so much for that.)
I love this game like everyone else but ending each update on cliffhanger is not it. The story is really interesting, one of the best I may say but waiting one year for an event that only makes me want to know what's next even more is painful :(
This comment is by no means meant to be negative. Love your work and I hope you will keep delivering good story :)
Thank you!
I don't think v0.19 has any cliffhangers, but I understand wanting more! In some cases, like in v0.18, events need to be split in parts because they're so large, but they're not intentionally made to be cliffhangers. This is however a story being written in real time, so there are questions still unanswered.
Yearly updates are not my typical schedule, I've just had a hectic life lately.
No telling what the future holds, but for now I finally have a lot of time. Those things keeping me busy have mostly been solved as of two months ago.
Is there a Discord server in this game?
(I tried to click join Discord on Harem Hotel, but it didn't lead me to invite)
There is a Discord server. Link is at top of this web page, under the game logo.
Are you 18 or over? Discord prevents you from joining if you're under 18.
Enjoying the game so far but is still broke💔💔💔 I'm genuinely wondering how to sell pinups because I have 0 clue of what it is, only been doing deliveries and rents so far it's killing me
Make the girls like you, then visit them in their room. Ask for a photo session, then after session you can keep the photos or sell them.
If you want to make money, grow crops in the garden. When you can afford, build the bar restaurant.
There is FAQ page in the Wiki.
I have followed this game since the beginning and can say without a doubt the H-scenes to plot ratio is perfect. I believe this is one of my top favorites and if your looking for a plot and fun this game is the best recomended. Thank's to the author and dev's to this game and look forward to future updates!
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoy the balance.
All the masturbation has made me go blind. And now I can't follow the amazing story.
Could you add an option to increase text size in the next version? Or is there some config file I could edit to increase the text now?
In all RenPy -games there is Accessibility menu. Reach it with hotkey “a”.
Use “Text size scaling”. Font Override may also help make text more readable.
Amazing game! Just finished it. I want to continue playing (I have some side character events left), but your final message congratulating us for finishing the game keeps poping up all the time though. Any way to disble it?
Are you playing version 0.19.1? There was a bug like you describe in older version, was fixed in v0.19.1.
Thank you, olastes! Yeah, that bug was fixed in v0.19.1. You can use the patch for a quicker fix.
You've got a major continuity error between sylvia's and Lin's stories. In Lin's Sylvia doesnt seem to know how the queen does what she does, but in Sylvia's she sits in the fast food place casually explaining all of it.
Also multiple instances towards the tail end of the story so far where if you dont do the events in the correct order things will be referenced in one character's story that haven't happened yet because you haven't done an event in another character's, or characters who have had major changes in their story will seem to regress because you did theirs first, Ashley's makeover reverting if you don't go through enough of felicity and emma's scenes before playing ashleys for instance. So you might want to go through at some point and change some trigger variables so that it doesnt seem like the player is jumping back and forth through time.
Hey Super, thanks for the reports.
I just looked through Sylvia's event there, I couldn't find any instance where she says she knew her former Queen's tricks. I could be missing something though. But she does explain that high elvish warriors usually have three fairies teamed up with them, and that crystals are used by fairies. Is this what you're referring to? As Sylvia stated on the boat, she has seen her former queen do things she cannot explain. "I've seen her make it rain with the snap of her fingers.", the floating knives were extrapolated from that by Sylvia to be another magical thing she cannot explain. Fairies don't even have the strength to drive a dagger into anyone, so the queen using fairies for that would be nothing but a bluff, and Sylvia is aware of that. And that's exactly what it was!
It would help me fix any inconsistencies if you were to share exact dialogue or screenshots. It's just almost impossible for me to playtest every scenario myself.
I believe Ashley mentions at one point in the story that she goes back and forth between blonde pigtails and her brown natural look. I know, it's a ton of work for Ashley to do that, but she does. Most characters have an odd transition period between their "tier 1" look and "tier 2" look, where you may see them in both on the same day. As time goes on, they appear in their "tier 2" look 100% of the time. It's an unfortunate byproduct of a 2D game not based in sprites.
In every case where it's necessary I will account for which events the player has witnessed to avoid inconsistencies. Things will certainly slip through the cracks though, and I cannot personally test every scenario myself, so your help is very valuable. The game is designed for you to progress the stories at your own pace, with limited restriction. This means everyone's story is slightly different, and no save has the same history.
I was referring to sylvia explaining the training with Faeries, i was trying to do so without spoilers since i cant seem to figure out how to do spoiler tags. But its mostly because she had previously talked about the queen levitating things as if she didnt know how it was done, and made no mention of the faeries before that. She also didnt seem to understand what the "feeling of bugs" on her skin was during the confrontation. It seemed to give the impression that she didnt know about the faeries.
As far as the appearance of time jumping for Ashley, I think it's mostly because past a certain point she doesn't go back to blonde pigtails in any of her own scenes and switched to a different wardrobe, but has them in felicity and Emma's and wear her old clothes. I mean its clearly just that those scenes were made before the character redesign, but it does give the impression of a timeline. I'd recommend just pushing back Ashley's first scene with the new look to after the last scene with her old look with felicity and Emma, but its really more of an immersion thing than continuity there since I don't think there are any major story beats or references to anything major in those scenes.
There is however a scene where Maria says she will follow someone (the cat i think?) On her socials that can trigger after her DNA test when all her socials are deleted and scenes in I believe Ashley's story where first Lin references the owl clan and then the MC remembers the gang bangers from the visit to the owl clan that can trigger before you ever visit them. Wish I could be more specific but I wasn't really taking notes on which event I was at.
I totally get the game is still being developed and with this many characters, the sandbox nature, and stories becoming more interconnected that stuff is going to slip through the cracks sometimes. Just thought I'd point it out in case it's something you want to tweak in future updates.
Edit: So also for a specific example, Maria's 38th and 39th event can occur after Felicity's kidnapping. So the MC runs into Beaumont at the poker game and doesnt even comment on Felicity being gone in the 38th, and in the 39th she's present in the bar during maria's roleplay.
Its a very heartwarming story, its not too repetitive (beside my money managing issue), my only weird thing is called the twin the clone...
Thank you! Balancing the economy is a never-ending battle.
Hey! just wanted to write in and say that i love the writing of all the characters! Even random and (some seemingly) unimportant characters have really funny lines, actions or personalities. The story is also very captivating. 10/10 would download again
Thank you :)
hi body iI'm happy to found your game but I don't know how to download joyplay.could you give me a URL to download the joiplay .
thank youvery much
See the FAQ page in the Wiki.
JoiPlay website is joiplay.org.
ok thanks for your answer.you're so so so so so cool
Question: If I download a game link for Windows or Android and a new version is released, will the game update automatically or do I have to download it again and get the new version? Sorry if this is a stupid question, I'm just asking how to update the game?
You can find instructions on update in FAQ page in the Wiki.
I just wanted to ask if there's any intention to add cunnilingus to Emma? She mentions at the dinner that she finds the idea enticing and you can even select an answer aligned with facesitting but her profile doesn't show a facesitting stat.
Thanks.
Of course!
Thank you!
Hey Runey!
First of all, thank you again for such an amazing game. You created and developed a whole interesting world and a story that makes you feel like you are there while playing. I love the characters, their designs, their personality developments and their plots. All of them are incredible in their own way, with no exceptions. I've been waiting for 0.19 since the last update and I already finished it, so now I'll just wait until the next one, which I'm sure will be as amazing as the rest.
I also have two questions:
1) First one is about the game. I read that there were new events and a new area in Caliber City on the new update, but I decided waiting to visit them after I had finished all the new plots. Now that i finished them all, it won't let me leave the hotel to go to Caliber City due to (Spoiler i guess ¿?) the city being in a lockdown. Is there a way to visit the new places after finishing all the new events?
2) This one is more a request than a question... Im really into gags, and I loved being able to see two of the girls gagged on previous chapters (I won't spoil who, but iykyk) , even if it was only during a short time. Could you add in the future a way to add gags to ALL the girls? Wheter in their rooms or the dungeons, if not in a event.
Thanks you so much for all the hard work!!!!!
No. You must wait until v0.20 to be able to visit the city.
SPOILER
It is Lins last event that causes the lockdown. I guess to prevent doing stuff that does not fit the story before Lins next event coming in versin v0.20 happens.Maybe going back to a save before that event?
Hey Daket! Thanks for the feedback.
Explore content was conceptualized as early game content designed to not only fill in the early content gaps, but also to begin introducing you to the world more directly. So this is why in v0.19 you see the PC learn about those smart glasses you see everywhere (and also establishes Nero's cult-like fanbase). It's designed to be played from beginning, and even tells you that things may not make sense if you start playing it after a certain point in the story (which you may have seen and forgot about a year ago)
I'll give your suggestion some thought, thanks!
Okay yeah, that makes sense... I'll keep it in mind from now on for next updates, not procastinating on going around the city and doing it before progressing with the girl's stories... Thank you!!
It's after more than 100h on the game that I've decide to comment and rate this game. What an adventure !
I used to search for porngames in steam avoiding at all cost AVNs because I was just considering it as literally image with textes, with no soul, no interest.
One day, I don't remember really well how while I was searching for porngames on internet, I came accross Harem Hotel.
I watched the pics, seemed pretty nice but, fuck, it looks like an AVN... Anyway the graphics does not looks like the steam's. Alright, let's give it a try.
After I launched the game for the first time, I was a little rough with the game, when the first "click and point" moment came, I was like "really ..? this game seems really bad" (although now I complain when AVNs don't have such features) but after the first event, (I think it was with Kali) I let a chance to the game, more to AVNs actually, and, BOY. I don't regret this choice at all !
I still remember this moment of my life when I started Harem Hotel as a really good period that I'm so nostalgic of just thanks to this game. But dude, it was only 1-2 years ago !! How is it possible to become nostalic that fast, only Cyberpunk 2077 create the same effect within me ! I remember playing 5h straight, 10 days straight, been happy all days long just because I knew I would play HH the evening. The characters are just too endearing, each one in their way, and with the global story alongside of each characters story... this game is just so good.
So good that I wanted to translate it in french for a friend who was playing after I told him about this game, so I pm you on discord, told you that I would love to translate the game, you told me something like "why not, but just let you know that this game is longer to translate than all the Harry Potters books combined" I told you I will start when my gamethrough was finished, then no news, my Discord account got hacked (long story, sorry for the spam in the HH server by the way...) and here I am telling you, sorry, I won't be able to translate the game in french. Because you made me want to create my own AVN.
It has been around 8 months I started to create my characters in hs2, started to watch tutos in "how to .... in hs2/StudioNeoV2" (thank you Lavalamp), "how to .... in RenPy", asking a little everywhere for lighting tips (what a struggle), creating a main story, and I've came to the moment where I think, well it's time to start creating it.
It's frightning and exciting at the same time, finally I'll start to create the story I wanted for so long but am I ready, do I know all the basics required yet in both hs2 and RenPy.
I'm willing to start this week but I would love to ask you something, I wonder how do you do. Writing looks so natural for you. Did you learn it or did it come 'naturally' while you started to create your game ? I think I'm so bad for writing "small talks" or even at giving a personality to the characters just by writing and it looks like something you can't learn...
I also wonder how do you proceed with events : do you first write all the single dialogues, then making the renders then translate to RenPy or maybe you do otherwise ? I really wonder this and would love to have your answer before I start creating.
Thank you for your time and also for your game, it truly is inspiring.
Thank you so much for the kind compliments!
Harem Hotel is my first try at just about everything you see and experience in game, so I was very much learning as I went. The only prior experience I had was through running a D&D campaign. It gave me plenty of experience allowing characters their own agency. But everything will come to you as you try and fail - it's just a part of the process. Feedback and criticism is also vital.
One thing experience with D&D also helped me with was writing story on the fly. Creating characters instantly with very little to go on. The method I applied to give any random NPC life is what I call the "That damn neighbor" method. It's perfect for small talk and can even lead to random people becoming fully fledged characters. The gist of it is, no conversation is ever only transactional, it should always include something personal, even if it's something random like "That damn neighbor keeps making noise." Considering context like, maybe the person saying that is a shopkeep, and the person making noise turns out to be a cultist, you suddenly have a whole storyline from an innocuous line.
As a beginner, it's almost impossible to see the hidden structures of a story. As a professional, every story becomes predictable because you can finally see that invisible structure. Like with all things, it is a skill. Talent is only Ambition + Effort + Time. I highly recommend that you digest a lot of stories so you can start to pick up on those invisible structures. Such as narrative archetypes like The Heroes Journey, Rags to Riches, The Odyssey, etc. Those aren't books, but archetypes. Harem Hotel is an Odyssey with a Rags to Riches story. This means you leave your home for a grand adventure, and start poor/powerless and gain wealth/power by the end. So you can see how knowing these things can tell you a lot about where the story is heading. But this is just one aspect of writing that you will pick up as you immerse yourself in your work and like-minded people. Practice makes perfect though, so start now. Even if it's bad, just start now. Nobody ever likes their first step but it's necessary to start walking. And nobody remembers the first step anyway.
Your workflow is personal to your life, so don't follow what I or anyone else does for that matter. You should do what works best for you, and that will change with the ebbs and flows of time, but you can learn a lot from seeing others work too.
So my workflow is that I am not sure what's going to happen next! And that keeps things interesting for me in the story. I have a direction of course, but each event is usually planned after the last one was finished every time. (Spontaneous writing I learned from D&D). So I first start an update by planning, usually just the story beats, a beginning, climax, and conclusion. I ask myself "Why does this need to happen?" "What is learned, or what is fun?" and "How does this get us closer to our goal?". Then I move on to "Based on that, what needs to happen, and how will it happen?". Then, if there is something on my mind at the moment, I will write down dialogue. That's the rough draft finished.
After finishing my drafts, development is ready to begin. This is when I usually start by first creating any sets the story will take place in. Once it's ready, I create all the visuals and the dialogue at the same time. I very much let a character's personality drive the narrative of the scene I put them in, so it's not very possible to write their reaction before it happens, if that makes sense, which I think is a key to making any character feel alive. They are actually reacting in real time, like players in a D&D campaign, I just happen to be the dungeon master and playing my own characters at the same time.
Thank you so much for your reply, it really helps me.
I'll go investigate the narrative archetypes right away.
And with that, all I have to do now is start, this is the best way to improve you right. Lets do it !
Thank you so much! The spanish team is currently remaking the entire transation.
muchas gracias por la info, ya que toda la parte nueva es imposible jugarla sin estar en español ya que es demasiado largo y no se entiende nada esperamos con ganas la traducción
has the download always been to an external site
Hey Bartender, you can use the itch.io website to get the links to install Harem Hotel until it can be directly uploaded to itch.io
yeah i am on itch.io 3rd time downloading kudos to you runey love the game just didnt remeber it being an external download nothing major
It was not an external download before version v0.19. Up to version v0.18.2 Itch App worked since game could be downloaded from Itch server.
FAQ page in Wiki has some info.
Hi just wanted to say I love the game and I can't wait for the next update (but do take your time!)
I only recently finished Jin's events, I know that Lin leaves the room whenever you go to have sex with Jin, it would be fun to ask her to stay, or even join in (maybe gated behind an event for both Jin and Lin?)
Anyway Lin is my fave far and away more content with her will make me happy :D
For some reason Mediafire has been very slow lately. If you're experiencing a slow download, try the mega link in the v0.19 Patch Notes post.
I really love your game and hopefully there will be more update and hope fully I can support you someday and wish you a good future.This literally have the best content I ever experienced been a player since 2yr now and I keep coming back.
Thank you so much! Development of v0.20 has silently begun in the background, for now.
hi! i've been following this game for probably 3 years or so now, but this is the first time i've reached out to u. firstly thanks for making the game, it is one of my fav eroges to date. however the reason i'm reaching out to u is bcs i've recently ran into an issue. it first started after i updated to v18.1, i think? if not that then definitely v19.0.
the issue is an exception window comes up every new day but i can just click ignore and continue playing with no issues. at least not to my knowledge. after patching to v19.1, another exception appeared but i cant ignore that because that button isnt there. this one is specifically when i tell Lin or Jun to cook something.
i've tried other options such as reload/rollback for both situation but it's not helping. any way i can contact u for u to look at both issues? maybe discord?
edit: it just occured to me to see if it's my file that somehow got fcked, so i started a new game. a new day still shows the exception page. the full traceback list is a lot shorter, but they're all about gardening
Hey Kusoji! I will need to know what the exception is to help you. Can you provide a screenshot here please?
hi, sorry i didn't realize i could send images here. i'll try to be as specific as possible so i'm sorry if it's too long. they're mostly repeating the same line 131 & line 151, but each subsequent screenshot has at least 1 different line.
firstly when i ask one of the maids to cook something
that's the end for 'cook something'. now i'll continue with when i advance to new day, or go to sleep
this is when i start a new game and advanced to 2nd day
that's all i have so far. thanks for the fast reply!
That garden_daily_stuff wrong number of arguments comes when game version 0.18.0 or 0.18.1 has been patched to 0.19.x. Then the garden.rpa file is not the latest version.
You can fix the install by downloading the 0.18.2 patch, the “HH v0.17+ > v0.18.2 PC Patch “ download. Then copy just the garden.rpa file from that.
For reference, see thread started by Lucky19 from 8 days ago.
alright, thanks for pointing that out. i might have missed that file when i was patching between versions. do you happen to know about the "cook something" error tho?
It's an error from the same file, so... I presume you are fine now?
Perhaps one small critique... well actually it is a MASSIVE critique, in so much as it is going to talk about something core to the game.
I am really at my limit with the Slavery thing. I do not mind it as a game hook.... or part of the world that game is in, and key one at that... but we have NO options, NO choice... we cannot be avid, militant abolitionists, we cannot take ANY initiative to end it.. we are passengers, waiting for our harem honeys to take their own initiative.
Every time someone is punished, or enslaved... we have to just take it.
I would be DEAD by now irl, like as not... because I WOULD NOT, I COULD NOT just sit idly by and take it. Since there is no leader of abolitionists in this world... I would try to create one or become one until I was assassinated. Since no one else seems to intercede to protect Elves being abused, I WOULD.
Are you kidding me there is nothing I could do when Maria got done like that? Pfft. Even if I could not in the moment, I COULD have stalked that Dr, made a plan, and kidnapped her. I could have taken her somewhere very very dark and deep where no one would find us, and got to work showing her what it was like on the flip side, until death was her dream... one which would take a long time coming.
Now, by the point in the game I am up to.. there are SO MANY options. We could let Kali's fear come to reality, and have Android basically take over ALL AI combat platforms for the Abolitionist cause. We could indeed arm the Elves, and more, try to find more sources of Crystal, an invisible guerrilla army backed up fair magic which ALSO has at least guns and grenades could also change the tides and serve the cause. Additionally, we have a Saint candidate, who has been tasked with either stopping the Elvish Gods, OR 'Dealing' with the Elves....which she's been told means Genocide... but the OBVIOUS answer is ABOLITION, since there would then BE NO Elvish problem.
But we as the PLAYER have to see all this, and have NO OPTION to do anything about it.
If I have to go through one more scene where I am IMPOTENT, and CAN DO NOTHING, as something we all know abhorrent and do not need to subjected to over and over happens, or see one more OBVIOUS answer, or at least VERY REAL POSSIBLE solution, but CANNOT push anyone towards it, I am kind of going to have to give up on this one.
It feels like this is the whole aim of the game, almost, but also, we HAVE NO SWAY over how it plays out. Ending slavery has become a main core theme, but we are WHOLLY dependent ON OTHER CHARACTERS. In the mean time, we have watch what is essentially torture, physical and psychological abuse, sexual exploitation, and slew of other things, suspend our disbelief that the majority of people ARE NOT AGAINST IT, and be wholly helpless to do anything about it.
Even with the harem... I aint getting laid enough in this world to put up with that for too much longer.
I love this game... but just have to say it. If slavery is to END in this world, let WE the players be proactive and be the leads in it ending. If it is NOT, then let us try, and fail, so can stop playing.
It really breaks the mood, every time an Elf is physically or emotionally abused, or kidnapped and sold in to Slavery. I have my happy little Harem, and trying to grow the love with my beloveds... but there is this horrific crap happening every time I am just getting lost in my lovely little love dolls.... and then, I cannot, as the player DO anything about it. It is starting to make it almost impossible to continue playing TBH.
Hello Apis, I totally understand where you're coming from, more than you can imagine. That's actually a big part of why Harem Hotel exists at all. That frustration you've built? That was intentional. Now it's the perfect time to use that for the greater good, and that's exactly what will happen in the story.
I understand many player's mindset when they first play Harem Hotel is that they will use this as a porn game, this is why sex is unlocked quick. You won't have any emotional ties to these characters at first, and may even lean into the slavery aspect.
But then the characters grow on you, their struggles mean something, you start to develop an attachment and want to protect them. They aren't just objects to the player anymore, and that's exactly when you see the world treat them as things to use and abuse. There's nothing you can do about it though, which is reality for us in the real world. That's relatable and that builds frustration.
After enough abuse, that frustration turns into action, and that's where we are now in the story. You realize there is actually something you can do about it. You actually can change the world, just one step at a time. We just got here, and the catalyst for it was Lin's event in v0.19. But please understand that the PC couldn't do much there for... obvious reasons. This was the cast's time to prove that they can accomplish great things when they work as a team. (This will also lead to orgies)
Now that the setting has been fully established, and not only are the stakes understood but also the desire to take action is had, the story is in the perfect position to be taken to the next step.
I could just tell you how bad the world is through text, but it doesn't have the same effect unless you see it happening. Unless you feel it in the moment. That actually builds the desire to take action and make change, and that is EXACTLY what the story is about.
Damn you for making me feel things i will categorically deny. But well said.
But that is the problem.
Cannot do anything?
WE CAN we HAVE BEEN able to since Android was Sky-Net incarnate.
Listen... let me tell you a story. A honest real life story. I was diagnosed in the 70s, as child, with 'Acute Hyperactivity' by paediatricians at a children's hospital my parents Dr referred me to, because of certain symptoms... (they now think I have an ASD, as an adult, and want me to test, but I wont, because if I don't test, I cannot have it :P ).... and got in all kinds of crap.
I was constantly at once, wining awards for what we call STEM subjects today, from my very very earliest schooling.... but ALSO... being constantly in trouble for swearing, arguing with teachers, being disruptive... they would not get away with these things today... but I was caned... with a feather duster, but still, I was locked in a utility closet until the end of class by a teacher, another teach THREW ME OUT A WINDOW...tbf it was open... one teacher even got cagey enough to work out she could not do those things, physically, being a pretty petite lady.. so would stop class, threaten me with isolation room lockdown or scab duty, unless I came before the class and apologized to her... then KISSED her, it was only a peck but still can you imagine that today?
What do you think that did for my social life at school? Do you think that made me a hero? Or perhaps more, a strange, mad genius outcast, constantly targeted by Bullies, who got little sympathy from the teachers (likely because half of them felt a degree of kinship to the bullies because they wanted to give me a hiding too... in fact, one teacher did)?
It was, shock of shocks, the latter. I know I know, you knew that, sure, but who does not love a dramatic reveal.
So I got in a lot of fights. But you know what? I WON THEM. I had to. A Boy Named Sue type of deal. And, in wining the majority, some people noticed something. I never became a bully myself. EVER. I never started it. I was always provoked.
One of the proudest moments of my life I still look back on now, almost 50 years later, was when two younger girls in 2nd grade, came running to ME out of all people, some little 3rd grade, out of breath, telling me they'd been looking for me all lunch break.. because another kid in their year was being bullied. Out of everyone they knew, and I did not know these girls well, all the staff too, they thought *I* was the person most likely able to do something about a 6 year old being bullied.
Sometimes I could not. This went on for years. Followed me to high school. But I fought when I could, took my lickings when I could not, when threatened with being burned with a lighter by the bully clique of the seniors, I learnt to just move first, hold my hand over the flame myself, until the smell made them blanch, my eyes locked on theirs... then THEY pulled my hand away as they tossed the now hot lighter, told me I needed see the nurse, and called me insane. When they cornered me on the second storey walk way, and surrounded me, threatening to throw me off, I laughed, and JUMPED myself. Soon.. I was too crazy to bully even in groups, and they all knew if it was just two or three of them, I would kick their heads in.
Finally one group of bullies, cornered me on the bus... and blocked my exit at my stop, because they lied to an even bigger, older, bully, who almost kicked out of school, done time in juvi, and was drug addict, about something they claimed I said, and he was waiting for a chance to stomp my head. In that scenario, I warned the bullies trying to stop me to move... and when the did not... I STABBED THEM. Dont worry, it only grazing limb wounds, but they sure as hell fell down in teary agony... they were only young teens after all.. but F'em
My point is THERE IS ALWAYS A CHOICE, and you CAN ALWAYS FIGHT. ALWAYS. I might have been killed. I might have been the one stabbed, or defenestrated for that matter... I could have gotten expelled, or even charged with crimes... but so effing what? YOU CAN ALWAYS ALWAYS fight.
You ever watch that show Breaking Bad? The Hiesenberg guy walks in to that crazy ice heads office with a bag of crystals that look like shards... but are not? They go BOOM? I am not sure if I can say what those are. But I know. In fact, he is lucky, the show made them seem a bit more stable than they are... they could have gone off on the ride over there, he just had them on the seat iirc. But I know that they are, and have a recipe on how to make them. They're great DIY initiator. I am not Military. I am not some SOE type Spook. I am not a Chemist. I am not a explosive Technician. I am a bum in the outback, who barely finished high school.
So how do I know? Because when I was in my late teens, I read (and still have copies of stored away somewhere), the Terrorist Handbook and the Anarchist Cookbook. Not because I am either of those things, but because maybe, one day, highly unlikely considering I live what the CIA regularly rates as THE most STABLE country on earth, but.. maybe.. I might need to do something. I might need to act. Something wrong might be happening, and The Man might be behind, and not fighting it. So maybe I will have to fight it, and help others fight it.
YOU CAN ALWAYS FIGHT IT.
I do not come to care about the girls. I come to resent them. Lin is trying, but she is stupid. Android just steals nudes these days apparently, Autumn is in a position of power, where she can play her cards close to her chest, infiltrate the most powerful halls, and bring them down with exposing their corruption, but is just too effing retarded to work that out, Kali could change the world with her connection to her father, she could make herself the heir again, and then have money and power, and thus influence beyond measure and Nia is just effing WEAK... she could have just KILLED Jia, or SHE could have killed the Actor guy. In fact with faeries... one's who are willing to kill, on side... there are a LOT of people who could be killed. The Twins father and sister. The Minister for Elves. The corrupted Elf Queen. The Organ Harvesting head of the church, and whole lot of Saints, they could all be killed by tiny magical, invisible assassins, when there is NO way anyone could ever suspect or accuse anyone in the Hotel, who could all just go to bowling alley all day, and pose for the cameras.
But no.
We aint doing this. None of it. When Jia wanted us to kill her husband, I wanted a SURE option. Did not get one. I am seeing them grow, sure, in to disappointments.
Now one could argue to be realistic, they're awakening and changing views would have to be slow, given that they have been conditioned since birth to think a certain way, at least in regards to Kali, and Autumn. Too bad. If they are going to be this blind, *I* would KICK THEM OUT. I do not want them then. Bye bye. Same with Ashley, though she at least seem to get it. If Android is too stupid to know she could shut down all the society, derail trains, crash planes, cause massive traffic accidents, disable hospitals and basically kill 90% of the Humans in a week, before they can even react, I want to turn her off. If Lin and Nia turn out not to have the balls to do what needs be done, kill who needs be killed, I want to sell them, F'em, bye bye. Why do I need them, I have Sia and Ann, for Elf love. It does not make me fall for them. It makes me HATE THEM.
Anyway, I will give this game a chance, see what it finally becomes, but TBH, the deeper I go in to this thing, the more I hate everyone, and hate the story, that is just me. But if you are someone who stabbed your bullies, this sh*t doesnt fly. Act, and die, or win. Enough of this being a bystander watching these stupid morons F up everything, is the position I am moving towards.
Anyway, aint my game. I will just quit for now, come back in a year and see if it is resolved by the time the game is done.
In the very next paragraph I said "(then) You realize there is actually something you can do about it."
Android is not similar to Sky-Net, though Archon is. Android's power is mainly condensed to the hotel and local wifi networks. Archon can see and monitor everything connected to the internet. Android can only browse websites.
Calling yourself a mad genius is a bit wild considering you didn't catch that.
But hey, I agree with you, fuck being a bystander. That is a problem. That is literally the point of the story.
I never bothered reading the details. I play this for SEX. It is called Harem Hotel. But this deep in to the game, is it right to call it that, I feel like I need to call it 'Retarded Moron Girls Simulator'. I only picked up on Androids power through Kali's relationship being too low to do something... so forcing me to listen to her for once (yes, I speed run dialogue, until choices, roll back to see the question, make the choice). So my understanding of Androids power comes from her freak about it, and the scene where she steals all the college girls nudes and humiliates them all.
As for Mad Genius... if it helps, I was once suspended for almost a month at just 13, for making a flame thrower, by increasing the flow of science lab gasline and jimmying up a pressure nozzle (my father was what they called Gas Fitter back when that was still a thing)... and thus causing a backdraw (the flame sprouting out about 15 feet across the room moved backwards and disappeared)... triggering the emergency shut down of all gas and power to the school because the fail-safe on the industrial gas-tanks triggered the self-seal valves).
I should have gotten an award for my unapproved science project, tbh I reckon. Almost blowing up a school is not the same as blowing it up, right?
But if I can do that, am I meant to believe abolitionists, and Elf rebels, cannot begin asymetric warfare against these bastards in an era with War Droids??? I mean people underestimate just how deadly even a barrage of Molotov Cocktails can be.. and they are the easiest things in the world to make. You can, if your play your cars right, TAKE OUT TANKS with them FFS. We're not just reliant on petrol bombs though, we have Android, who can take over other bots and droids, all of them at once perhaps even, if Kali is to be believed.
Nah, these people are just effing retards at this point. The game is currently unplayable for me. It is painful to watch them be this useless, and it hurts to see characters you are kind of right about.. that I DID come to care about.... become disgraceful disappointments I come to hate.
Alright grandpa, time for bed.
Dude, you're fucking retarded. The MC is a regular ass dude who runs a fucking hotel and has maybe a grand to his name at any given time. He doesn't have an army, he has a handful of tiny girls.
The Android you think he could use to take over, couldn't do shit because the military doesnt keep their weapons on publicly accessible networks. You could be the greatest hacker in the world and you're not getting on the internet and hacking into fucking missile launch programs, or any form of weapon controls.
Kali has a rich dad, but he's not going to try to overthrow the government of an entire nation. Otherwise she's just a mid-level coder.
Ashley, Felicity, Emma, Ellen, Hana, Maria. Useless in any sort of uprising.
Lucia could maybe use social media to get her followers on your side over time.
Autumn might be able to sway church rhetoric towards abolitionism over time, but even as a saint she's little more than a local church leader, and getting religious people to change their minds about anything is about as easy as convincing a frog to grow feathers.
Making Maria's story public might be able to garner sympathy, and get people thinking about what would happen if they had a half elf child, or fearing finding out they themselves could secretly be half elves.
Lin, Nia, and Sylvia are actually the most useful in terms of actually doing anything to get rid of slavery because they have the potential to sway public opinion, and Androids ability to access public networks and spread their message is the most valuable ability she has in that regard.
You don't stop slavery with assassinations and molotovs and shit. That just makes the public view you as terrorists and turns everyone more against you, and in the instance of this story, probably causes a lot of slavers to just murder their slaves or destroy their androids out of fear. You do it by swaying public opinion to your side, until your side has more power than those who want to keep things as they are. Then if things do progress to violence, people are actually on your side and ready to stand up with you.
The bullshit you're spouting would have the MC dead within a week after accomplishing exactly nothing.
Thanks for making a really engaging game. I've been following for a while, and it's really been getting more and more interesting as time has gone on.
Thank you!
Hey!
Is there a way to download this game that does not take years? The google drive is always over trafficked and prevents me from downloading it, while the media fire takes 3 days and I can't really leave my pc on that long.
Your download speed is primarily based on your internet's speed. I just tested the download on public wifi, and it would take 25 minutes for me.
There is a mega link available as well in the patch notes post, that tells me it will take 10 minutes. Though there is a limit on how much you can download per day per IP, so you may need to use a VPN.
Mega was a 9 min download. Ty
Wow, so it wasn't your internet's speed at all, that is a wild discrepancy between hosts.
Hey!
Great game, I first played it roughly 2 years ago I believe and came back to it recently.
But now I get renpy errors left and right. Not only rollbacks but errors that crash out the game.
I just downloaded the 19.1 file since it isn't even the same system as my old safe.
Hey Drunkensiluz! That error looks like it might be an error relating to installation. How did you install the game? Make sure you're not overwriting any files.
If all else fails, a full and fresh reinstall should fix the issue.
Hey!
Thanks for the fast reply.
I just unzipped the folder with 7zip. Unzipped -> realised I had the error -> deleted the entire Harem Hotel folder -> unzipped again -> error persisted.
No idea why.
Hm, if the error is coming even from a fresh install, that tells me that your download was corrupted. You will likely need to fully redownload the game.
Just making sure though, have you tried loading different saves?
Hey!
Yes, had the error in multiple saves, that was the reason for the deletion.
Will try to download it again, prob tomorrow, and hope that it works then.
Really hope that it was just a corrupted dl and not any obscure hardware/software problem. I really enjoyed the game two years ago and hope to do so again.
Best of luck
Can you readd the option to take Lin's panties off her and have her clean your room with no panties on, an option to take all their panties would be good to be honest
I downloaded this version a bit ago and have been playing it throughout the week. I did actually play the game a few years ago so I was keen to see how much it had changed. While I am impressed with the amount of different story arcs and the slight improvements in overall quality, I am a little confused as to how there has been a relatively minor increase in the amount of main story content compared to the time gap. For a game that has been in development for the better part of a decade, I am surprised that the game is apparently not even 25% complete going by the release versions.
I have considered jumping back on the patreon, however I am worried at how long the wait will likely be before we get to see the completion, or even major work on, the main story arc.
I did also run into an issue with the way the stories are structured that was a little irritating, that being that I managed to complete the current extent of F & E storyline before I had even heard the name of the antagonist through Ash's. It left me both confused and a little bothered that her current arc was spoiled for me through her own dialogue at the end of the other story.
It is still a remarkably well developed and fleshed out game and world so far, so this isn't me attempting to shoot it down, I am just genuinely confused and a slight bit concerned.
Hey Nunya, thanks for your concern.
Version numbers aren't percentages they just count how many updates there have been. No game developer or artist has ever fully planned their project from the beginning and followed that plan perfectly without deviation. Harem Hotel is probably around 70% complete, but even I can't say for certain. It will be done when it feels complete, it's just how the creative process works when it isn't shackled by corporate greed.
I'm really starting to sound like a broken record, which isn't your fault, you're just curious, but my father died two years ago and that really fucked things up. I took a break from work, dealt with bureaucracy, and at the same time moved countries. This slowed down v0.18 tremendously. I was able to work on v0.19 more consistently, it was just a massive update bigger than most, but had still been dealing with a lot of bureaucracy, including creating my company. I think at one time I had 4 or 5 lawyers at once (a drunk driver also hit him weeks before he died), and all of it just ended last month. I also settled down with my partner and started taking vacations for the first time in my life at the same time during v0.18.
But in any case, each update comes with hours of story content, and more in gameplay. Some of these events take 30m to complete, which is a full length TV show without ads and no small feat. It can sometimes take a whole month just to create one story event, but that is more rare. Each update typically gives 1 story event to each character, which is usually similar in size to a chapter of a book. In that same sense, there are 7 books being developed at the same time.
All stories should take into account where you are with other character's stories, but something can always slip through the cracks in a developing game. To fix this issue I will need some more details though because I am not completely sure what you are describing. What level was F&E and Ashley at these points? It would really help seeing pictures of the issue or just having the exact dialogue.
Thanks for the clarification, and I'm sorry to hear about your last few years; I understand much more than you'd expect when it comes to the world deciding to implode.
My issue was that I was able to complete Felicity & Emma's current story before I had even gotten to the point where Ashley had started looking for Ren. So I was at first confused when Manager called Dean Stoneface (as well as that entire plot in general) as well as spoiled with the Ren storyline as Ash says in the final scene of that story that he now has both Ren and Felicity. As for screenshots and events, I won't be able to help there, my save page is a mess, and they are usually hours apart from each other (late night sessions and brain function clashes)
Hearing the actual % amount is reassuring, I'll definitely keep my eye out for updates and will try chucking some cash on patreon when I can.
Thanks for offering free access over here, its a lot easier to be interested in a story when you aren't forced through a paywall to test it out.
Possible bug: Kate is level 9/9, but when I meet her at the hot springs the option to "have some fun" is greyed out. She was at 9/9 before the update, it's possible some variable was not set in the migration.
This is correct. I had developed her hot springs repeatable accidentally before developing the story event that unlocks it. The repeatable sex event with Kate is in game and can be accessed by cheating her level to 10 (just make sure you lower it once you're done)
hello can you clarify what you mean ? :) like we are able to unlock the sex scene? current version im 9/9 and i dont know how to make it to 10 if thats what you mean :)
So... Love the game, just wanted to ask if the Hotel can be renamed after the initial renaming?
Not to my knowledge. I believe not even cheat codes allow doing that.
You could start a new game, then you can name the hotel to whatever you want.
Ok I am at a wall. I have to raise Lin's relationship level to do two quests with Kali, and Autumn I think... but I cannot seem to. Everything raises her Obedience, or Sl*tiness, or Submission... but never triggers a relationship increase.
I also have to meet the Minister of Elves, and show him how awesome Lin is, but I do not know what level of anything she needs to be at to WIN. So what do I have to do to make her Win?
Also, every morning I keep getting told I should just BUY Sylvia.... but I do not know who that is, or HOW to buy her, so er, HOW DO I BUY her?
I have literally hit a wall and have no idea how to proceed.
Game tries to inform player on what to do and how to proceed. You must pay attention to what advice you are shown.
There is FAQ page in the Wiki.
Relationship level is increased by story events. You may not be able to raise Lin relationship level now, you must increase some other persons relationship level first.
To win the competition I think the important attribute is obedience. Let Jin help in preparing for the competition.
Buy Sylvia on the computer in MC hotel room.
Yeah I had to do the competition, to get access to the other Elves, including Sylvia, though money is so hard come by in this game. I will just plug along.
Hey Apis, it sounds like you weren't sure if you were going to like the game, sped run it, then realized you might actually be starting to like it. You're missing some key basics that are explained very early in game in the tips screens.
Stats aren't a requirement for any story to occur, and money is best earned first through the farm, then the bar, which you should have leveled a bit by now.
But I'm confused by your timeline of events. You're saying that Lin's story is ready to continue with the competition, but are also getting told to buy Sylvia, who you meet during the competition? You can only buy her after.
Nope. Once Lin MET Sylvia whilst trimming the hedge, and then Lin and I met the Minister For Elves.... and I had the option to begin the competition in Ellen's menu... even BEFORE taking it, I was then getting the morning message to BUY SYLVIA.
And I was SO lost, because I COULD NOT find any way TO buy her.
THAT only happened AFTER the competition. But because Lin was so hard to build stats with at the time, except obedience, I was focused on taking her to the dungeon every chance I could, until I had her submission at level; 10, and taking her in the Shower, or visiting her at night. to her Slutiness up.
Thus I had held off for days on that competition, getting a random message I could not do anything about.
Only after finally completing the comp.. which I won... did I then get the Kidnapping thing, and pursuant to that, access to the new Elves.
I finally JUST saved up enough to by Sylvia NOW.... got the message she was ready to be picked up... but there is NO option TO pick her up when I go to the front door.
Yeah the bar makes me about 600 bucks a week now, and I grow Hops, and sell them, four at time, every few days, for 400 bucks.... so make about 1000 bucks a week, but that is still a HUGE grind lol.
Its is OK when I save up Straweberries... those plants never die, unless you do not water them, and like other berries always produce, so I save up the max load of them, and sell them for like.. what.. 250 bucks at a time, every few days also.... but TBH, it will still take me a month in game to be able to afford the Binbo Elf (I bought Nia, immediately, had to save for Sylvia, whom I just bought, and who cleared out of all but 25 bucks), so still a bit on the fence about this.
I rated this game highly, and gave it a great review, but I feel like I am in the midst of a mid game grind, where the curve shot up. I understand that, this game is not designed for speed running... and that is what I do... and if there were NOT these blocks and grind moments, I would have ended the game on the first days session.. but it is still a grind :P :P :P :P
I looked through the entire script for mentions of buying Sylvia to double check, it's possible I missed something, but the only way I see that you could get a "I need to buy sylvia" message is after the kidnapping event, or if Felicity and Emma's level is 35. Can you please confirm which is the case? If you were getting the message from Felicity and Emma's event, and Lin was below level 25, I can see how you ran into the issue you did.
Anything you buy on the computer can be received through the "Check for mail" button at the front door. This is also true for the elves.
I'm a bit lost at the grind part. Are you saying that passively collecting bar money and watering crops is grinding? Most of the money you earn in Harem Hotel is passive income, completely hands off, except for farming, which grow exceedingly fast. All of this is designed so you can focus on the actual gameplay and mainly story.
You can do deliveries at Bernie's once a day, tend to your crops once a day, and... well that's kind of it in terms of active income. You don't have to farm if it isn't engaging to you. These things are probably 5 mouse clicks each, takes less than 1 minute to do.
Thanks for the insight into your gameplay, it's very valuable to me. I don't want there to be any big speed bumps getting in the way of the player's enjoyment. You mentioned that you were earning about $1k per week, and only able to afford Ann, who costs $2k, in 4 weeks. This tells me something (which could be wrong, but it's what I as a dev am hearing). You are spending money and not saving, possibly buying outfits at any chance and before vital upgrades to the hotel. Being this late into the game and being close to $0 is unusual from the feedback I've gotten. You could have afforded her in two weeks but you spent half of your income on other things in that month instead of saving it for Ann. (If I understand correctly, you bought sylvia, was set to $25, then had to earn $2k). The proper gameplay loop is that there should be something that you're trying to unlock at any point, buying it within reasonable time, and chasing the next thing.
I can certainly consider adjusting some prices, but it is extremely rare for me to hear of anyone having money issues in HH. Quite the opposite actually, most desire more things to spend their money on. This is primarily a story game though, think of it more as a book. Speedrunning a story is just skipping to the final page and closing the book haha. If you just want all the scenes unlocked, you can do that too. There are cheat codes available for that. But the gameplay should be enjoyable too!
This might be a good time to mention some plans I have. I'd like your thoughts.
Side Characters visiting the hotel is becoming more of a developed mechanic over time. Right now they currently just visit the hot springs, and you can have sex with most of them. But it could be deeper. You could purchase upgrades such as a professional coffee machine, hotel breakfast, and other amenities. Side Characters would begin actually using the hotel, which would get you money. If a character decides to show up in the morning, they'll purchase breakfast, maybe some coffee. Or if they visit later in the day, you could spot them at the bar, or maybe they just decided to use your vending machine once or twice that week. Most of this would work behind the scenes, except for seeing them in the bar, and it would be included in your end-of-week report, so you can see exactly what each side character did that week. So after purchasing these upgrades, it would be passive income that scales based on how many Side Characters routinely visit the hotel. Earning you an extra $100 - $300 passively per week by the end of the current update.
By the amount of replies here, I hope you found your answer. But yeah, relationship level only seems to increase through actual events, for the cornwall thing I just made sure she got each trait before doing it.
I just pumped her ... no pun intended.... submission up in the Dungeon, to double figures... I think it was almost 20... and that seemed to work. Thanks for the tip though anyway.
Yeah, max level for stats is 10, except for affection and obedience which are 15. This is when you get the corresponding traits. Going over that doesn't give much.
Well I got her Submission to 10 then. TBH I was not pay too much attention, it was something with a 0, at which point I figured 'good enough' or hoped.... and it seems it was.
But good to know. I need Sluttiness and Exhibitionist skills of all the girls to be high enough to unlock certain things still locked (like the Twins Doggy Girl/Cat Girl photo session for example)... and was wondering just how high I needed their Exhibitionist stats... so 10 is the magic number eh? Woot.... weebs are gonna love this next photo set of them :P
I'm not a pc expert I just play games How do I redownload this game I played before the update but deleted it to make space to play others but now I can't seem to download it and third-party website what does that mean?
This is explained in the FAQ page in the Wiki.
I see thank you!
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That black bar can be adjusted in the Options. The “Dialogue UI”.
Pressing “H” -key hides the UI completely. It comes back with another press of the same key.
Thank you!
I'm not sure if that can be changed on android. That black bar comes with every Renpy game on android. It's the dialogue box, a feature not a bug.
The issue is that the dialogue box UI can’t be changed when switching from classic to black transparent, etc., it still stays the same unfortunately. It’s not a big deal, I just wanted to let you know!
Spell check: replaying the Autumn farm event (one of those horses is freaky, man).
The church of Gaius apparently has a "grant arbiter".
A GRANT arbiter is somebody who arranges grants. according to rules and regulations.
Presumably, given that he is something like their Pope-equivalent, he should be the granD arbiter.
Probably capitalized, too, since it's a title.
Edit: also, all instances of "The Capitol" should probably be find-replaced with "Capitol City". The capitol is, by definition, either a building or a hill.
Edit: also, a costumer is somebody who makes costumes. That like should probably be "You're out most values customer!"
long awaited update, looks great...started a new game, no fun using old saves...but I got an error when I try to enter the beach, and can't access it at all. so far the only glitch I've seen...great work with the game as always
Hey Meurto, that bug was fixed in v0.19.1. For a quick solution, you can install the patch available here.
So, I've done Lin's new content and now the city is locked down. However, Jin needs some gardening tools and idk how to get them now? Am I gonna just have to go back to a previous save or wait for .20 or .21? Also, Ashley still has an "!" that won't go away. I think that's unrelated, but its also bugging me.
What is Ashley's level?
Yes, you will be locked out of the Explore content for some time. Jin and the garden content are early game content, but that content was just recently added and you're probably on an old save as well, so it's an awkward situation for you.
Depending on how v0.20's story goes, I may just let you buy garden supplies online.
Ash is lvl 44. And it would be awesome to be able to buy the supplies online. This was a completely new save, so I sort of "speed ran" to get to the new content. skipped a lot of exploring and now I'm kicking myself
Did you buy Ashley's stiletto?
Yeah, this situation will only happen if you kinda try to make it happen. But if this has the opportunity to effect gameplay too much I will certainly make some changes. It's also possible that it's only locked after this one event, so it may not be an issue in the future at all.
Great game. So far i played (and loved) Dating My Daughter and Sisterly Lust, but HH is taking it to the next level with more girls, stories and an RPG-system. It sometimes feels a bit grindy because there's no clue where the (soft-)cap of stats are, but i still enjoy it. I downloaded it for free, but after so much fun i'll donate soon for you hard work.
Edit: Can i somehow one time donate instead of a subscription on Patreon?
Thank you! The soft cap for a stat is when you unlock its trait. Which is usually 10.
Yes, you can donate any amount and cancel it at any time.
Thanks for the quick reply and info. Will do.
@runeygames I LOVE YOUR GAME 💓💗💓💗💓💗💓💗💓💗💓💗💓💗💓💗💓💗💓💗
Thank you!
garden.rpa is not part of the files in the update patch, and the morning call to garden_daily_stuff fails on an updated version of the game, as the function signature is different in the old garden.rpa.
This suggests that garden.rpa should be part of the patch.
The garden wasn't updated in v0.19, so it didn't need to be included in the patch. This is the first time I've heard of that bug.
The garden.rpa I have, which has a size of 175.349.985 bytes, has the following definition:
def garden_daily_stuff(garden, day):
Which is called in scripts.rpa as:
garden_daily_stuff(GARDEN, day, should_jin_meddle)
I don't know at which point this was changed, but it worked fine in 0.18.2.
My 0.18 patch zip was downloaded on 2024-10-13.
The garden.rpa file in the full download has a size of 215.225.914 bytes.
Edit: I redownloaded the 0.18.2 patch and the file seems to be the same.
I may have been playing on the original 0.18 update?
The garden wasn't touched at all in v0.19. A full reinstall should fix that bug, as it seems to be client side.
In v0.18.0 garden.rpa is 168 MBytes. In v0.18.1 it is 206 MBytes.
It seems to me OP had version 0.18.0 patched to 0.19, and so ended up with that older version of garden.rpa, like OP suggested.
It should be made clear the patch “HH v0.18+ > v0.19.1 PC Patch” must have HH 0.18.2 as base.
Oh I see, good point. Thanks for bringing that to my attention Taleman. I may have to include garden.rpa in the v0.19.2 patch.
@Lucky19 a fresh and full install will fix your issue. It seems v0.18.2 is a requirement for the patch, nothing less.
Right, I should have worded that better.
I redownloaded the 0.18.2 patch and the file seems to be the same *as 0.19*. I may have been playing on the original 0.18 update (which, in my old zip, has a smaller size).
Updating that file from the full download fixed the issue, though it would have been enough to use the much smaller 0.18.2 patch.