Harem Dungeon - Alpha

is this game development halted?

recent update downloaded on (8/8/22) causes end of mission rewards to "freeze" causing none of the items to be obtained (you can still put them into your inventory they just disappear). this persists for a few missions and eventually fixes itself after an undefined amount of missions.

the issue i have with the game is when you progress a day and the message box in the bottom right pops up it blocks you from pressing anything in game, im currently stuck on my outfit change thing because i cant press done. that is making it unplayable for me so i cant progress at all with that happening. Major flaw

Hello, we missed the Android platform, do you intend to make one?

So apparently you can never speed boost Mercy because she doesn't have rest.

This game is a good concept, infact I'd say there is a potential for this game to become one of the truly great games that balances fun with Erotic content.

The good:

- Character ( not the player " dummy " figure but the girls) design is complex enough to be inviting, but not so complex as to lag systems untill they die.

- Turn based combat is pretty standard with no reall quirks, special abilities have higher cooldowns that regular attacks. There seems to be a variety of diffrent damage based attacks as well as "stun/bind" attacks that let the player choose their own playstyle

- AI or whatever selects the oposing teams moves work effectivly and consistantly. There where no moments that were exceedingly ridiculous.....in the context of an erotic game that is.

The Bad:

- The difficulty. As those who have reviewed this before me, I have to agree that the diffuclty is INSANE. This battle is like the final boss fight/finale/fighting-the-evil-demon-lord-who-has-been-trying-to-kill-you-and-steal-your-girls-the-whole-game level difficulty. Ram is a freakin' tank that you can't make a dent in, Rem's healing abilites far exceed what the player's team can deal in damage and paired with Ram those two are a freaking troll team. Krystal..... acctualy I think she's just right. She's a glass cannon, and she does well in that roll. The player's ally, Mercy is.....well.... She means well but is not on the same level as the opposing forces. Her cooldown for healing is too long, and the amount of healing she can provide is too small.

-Cooldowns are way Way WAY too long. By the time you get a special attack back, Ram is enraged, Rem has fully healed the team and Krystal is ready to fireball you to death.

-I cannot understand what the morale bar does..... I don't see a diffrence in their performance.... Is it supposed to weaken them over time? Is that the secret to finally defeating these girls?

In short: Its a great concept, and with apropriate fixes here and there It will be awesome. I've played a number of similar games  and I think this has a good future. I am eagerly awaiting what happens next!

I'm going to be blunt: this demo is tough. Really tough. The "kick your ass and leave you crying in the corner" tough. I've attempted the prototype fight nearly ten times now, and I've gotten runs lucky enough to the point where I'd manage to defeat both Krystal and Rem, as well as injure Ram pretty nicely, but all it would take is one unlucky hit or blade storm to finish off the best of the party. I blame Ram's near over-powered status for that since she hits like a damn truck and has the health of a tank.

Right, now that my venting about that's over, onto my main thoughts about the prototype. Whilst there's obviously not much here at the moment, I can say that I'm pleasantly surprised by the mechanics here once I look past the difficulty. I'm a fan of the traits each character holds and how they affect their stats in combat. They're quite reminiscent of Darkest Dungeon's quirk system, and leave me curious as to how they'll be further implemented in the future.

If this fight wasn't so mind-numbingly difficult, I can certainly say one thing: the combat is fun, at least for the moment. The number of skills each character leaves a lot of room for imagination and strategy, although I didn't get to explore all the avenues of possibility with the resolve and lust(?) skills since physical damage seemed to be the only way to actually make a dent in the fight. From what I can guess, however, lust appears to be used for more powerful abilities (such as Mercy's healgasm skill), like a mana bar, which can be reduced by enemies' offensive lust skills, or the other way around. Resolve took far too long to drain due to the massive cooldown time of abilities, but I assume it'll follow the same mechanics as stress in Darkest Dungeon. 

On an off-topic note, before I get to the things that need to be worked on in the combat thus far, the selection of characters here is certainly interesting. I'm excited to see what plans you have for the customization mentioned in the description. Krystal is the best waifu, fight me.

Alright, onto the things that need to be worked on and the bad. Like I mentioned above, the cooldown for skills can be crippling in this combat encounter. Bash, for example, either has a 6 turn cooldown or a 3 turn cooldown that only starts after the effect runs its course. Either way, the waiting time before you can use that ability is abysmally long, even if the skill is incredibly helpful.

The other issue I had was all of the binding and gag abilities. At first, they look incredibly helpful, as a four-turn ability lock would've been extremely helpful, but their current state is kind of a mess. Combatants are capable of struggling in the binds when their turn comes around, and it makes sense that this ability might have a percentage chance to release/reduce the bind's effect. However, whether by bug or choice, enemies always escape when they struggle, meaning that the bind abilities are actually one turn stuns. This makes them near completely useless, outside of the few scenarios where you have to stun Ram to prevent her from hitting the party whilst she's enraged. 

So, in conclusion, I'm liking a lot of the ideas this prototype's bringing up. The idea of a Darkest Dungeon + Slave Maker + Pokemon game intrigues me in the development of this game, so I'll be keeping an eye out for future changes. Since it's a prototype, all the issues I've found are easily waved off as early build problems. No one makes anything perfect on the first try, that's for damn sure.
 

Good evening, I stumbled upon your demo by chance, so I had the opportunity to test it.

Extremely frustrating (I'm kidding but it really is). In fact, I wonder if it is possible to obtain a victory. I'm on my 24th attempt, but for tonight I'm going to stop there. xD

In terms of the problems that I noticed, in the current state of the demo, there are several.

It's difficult, very difficult. The slightest "miss" is an almost irrecoverable error at all times. On the character of Mercy, I could see that her failure rate is 10% (because she is a little dumb) but I wonder if in the others it is not worse. Even when they are "tied", I very often manage to miss a simple "caress", while them with the legs tied are still as precise as before.

Speaking of tying, I like how it works, but it's not useful enough at the moment. Using this skill ties up arms and legs, and using "struggle" targets untie very quickly. Too fast to be really efficient. The overall situation in the same round is "I tie you up, he unties his arms and at the next action you will suffer". It makes them lose a turn, but for us too suddenly ... Since even with the feet tied they attack.

In my opinion, the enemies should register their turns of action. This way, if the enemy finds himself attached, he will lose his action, the next turn he will struggle, and again in the next turn he will be able to act. It will be more pleasant for the player.

The option "insult", for the moment I do not see the usefulness of it in the demo. Too little devotion damage (like removing clothing), and only Mercy can use it. Impossible to win with it.

And last but not least, such long skill cooldowns. Whether it is at the level of Mercy's support skills, or at the level of the character "Player". I really think we have to rebalance all that, or find another system, like endurance or defense.

Finally, there it is. Good luck with the development, I will observe the result a little later.

Oh, and sorry for my poor English if I'm not clear on my point.