Sorry! I throw updates on Discord, I've had to slow down a bit just to keep up with living expenses, but I'm working every weekend for the next update!
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To paste a paragraph from the discord announcments
Hey DamselRace fans, sorry for the lack of updates. I've paused multiplayer for now to concentrate on cool more content packed updates to enjoy in a single player variety. I'm slowly coming more towards making a well thought out single player feel and AI oriented initial protoype. I still feel strongly that a multiplayer environment will make this game shine, but at the cost of letting the game stagger while I learn netcode and build the netcode doesn't seem worth it as well. As of now, my next update is concentrating on.
1) First and foremost updating all damsels, adding the new requested damsels, and offering tail options. 2) Add a variant Stasis Bubble Nabber, to fulfill the critical idea of Stasis. This villian will be like the Gravity Orbs, it will project a bubble that holds the damsel in a gravity like stasis. Eventually this bubble can be augmented to either, transport, dispense chloroform or gas, and/or vacuum about the damsel into a tight binding. 3) "Unescapeable" Jail cells. I want to add cells for damsels to be escorted into that they cannot escape from (for now). Eventually there will be items or methods for "escape". But to build the system these Unescapable cells will be used in a cycle with the current Punishment Cells (Techhorse, Hypnoring), and Temporary Jail Cells (Gravity Ring, Prisoner Pole). These cells will be used as areas as a form of timeout. Keeping the damsel in one place to think out a way to escape, and/or loosen any bindings that have been placed on them. Eventually the damsel will be allowed to attack the guard that opens the door, or maybe an ally damsel opens all the jail cells and causes a jail break. These cells will offer a additional form of play, giving the damsel time before they are analyzed in a Temporary Jail Cell, or made more submissive on a Punishment Cell. 4) Proper Guard AI for number 3. Frontmen(or girls) that block doors, escort to cells, and do menial tasks to manage the map and captured damsels.
I don't think you need paypal to pay, might be wrong. And I won't be release a Free version soon! I'm still working on progress supported on Patreon and Itch.
It is expected to be 10-15$ USD. To preface, the reason a full early access key cost is large is to have access to ALL early access along the way in addition to any side benefits. 10-15$USD "should" be the price of the final product assuming no greater changes.
I am not sure what WeChat is but I'll research it. It will be sold on Steam and Itch if available.
I think I can work on something after half a year, but its hard. The donated version is a bit slow right now just cause im catching up on finances. So once I get into a good place I can look to making a new free version.
No only the permanent key gets you the latest version. The patreon versions are just uploads from the patreon if you want to get access to that specific version forever. So if you buy version 17.99, you will have key access to 17.99, but no other version. Only the Permanent Access key gets you permanent early access. Eventually I'll be making a proper Steam game, for one time purchase which will host stable updates.
thank you! And sorry, yes I am looking to base everything on Steams API. I don't know if you all can buy the game on Itch.io and redeem it on steam, let me know if this is possible. If so this may get around that. If not I will look for a new solution.
IDK if that works, since I never bought anything of itch.io, but fact is, if it doesnt, Germans might be forced to become pirates, and then those 50$ would be for nothing
Currently the project is fairly expensive for me and I'm trying to keep up with current project demands so I don't believe there will be a more recent free version soon. I'll try to think one out when I can, but right now the funds are fueling my ability to continue producing more updates and taking time off work.
No! I wouldn't survive right now haha. The cheapest option is 3$ on patreon any month you want to support! If I wrote somewhere that its expensive, I more mean I take time off work to code in the game. I mostly only do weekend coding, or nightime coding, but getting any funds lets me get some time off to do some extra middle of the week coding. Night coding is rare for me thougn, I work long hours and by the end of the day I conk out.
Alternatively I also mean, Itch.io is expensive. Patreon has very small fees compared to Itch. In addition I can access funds quickly, whereas Itch takes half a month to a month to release.
i got the free version as a start. is the free version just that one "floor" all ive been able to find are thethree balls in the large room with the pink ring bondage, the balls in the room with the big white ring bondage, and the one ball at the end of the dead end halllway. is there more in the paid version?
There is more in newer version, currently the game is in a gallery variation of sorts to show all the assets I'm gathering, making and refining to use in proper mechanics once the game is going.
To get a proper idea of what your buying please look above in the version history provided. The free version is 17.8, every version above it states what is added to the game
The patreon version 0.17.9 is incredibly broken. WHen getting captured the balls don't carry you anywhere and just freeze you in place. When you escape you are frozen in place and cant move. Additionally, the main white ball at the start, when it captures you all it does is drag you off the side of the edge and cause a game freeze. I do not have this problem with other versions of the game, just 0.17.9
There were lots of bugs that 0.17.9 introduced sadly. I try to correct many of them quickly especially the gamebreaking ones, the versions forward corrected many of their issues.
Can you NOT make Q quit? it is to close to the move keys, I have hit Q on mistake so man times and closed the game by acceident.PLEASE change the quit button to something else.
When I try to open the game, it says that there is not enough video memory allocated, so the game refuses to run. The furthest I've gotten in the game is the title screen. Is there a base spec requirement or some way to lower the resolution of the game before opening it?
Good question, I have not graded the game yet, I would need multiple PCs from low to high so not sure what minimum specs would be. If you can run modern games, no doubt this game is runable as varying levels. The title screen has very little assets, so if thats not runnable there may be other issues.
As for resolution, no I don't think so unless, but here's a try this might work.
1) Go into the folder and find GameUserSettings.ini DamselRace0.17.96\Windows\DamselRace\Saved\Config\Windows is where I see it for the latest version
2) Change settings to what you like in the INI and save. This should change the settings. When I set all my settings to low at the lowest resolution I have avaialbe for customization these are the settings I have, though feel free to tweak if you know what your doing.
So, when i download microsoft visual c++ its all good, but when i launch the game after it comes with a message "Fatal error!" Is there a fix for this?
the error seems to be on your end. Does the Fatal Error come with a log? Have you tried reinstalling the version your trying to use? Which version are you using?
ah this will totally eventually beat any mod combinations you could find on a game like skyrim, especially since this is being made specifically for a sort of "escape" like game, and the only thing close i can think of is that Cinderella escape series but that's puzzles and not a race against time. and these are all solo experiences anyways nothing i mention could do what the dev has planned especially not "racing" bots that your facing against a timer with, I salute you dev with your future of developing this ambitious piece.
Your too kind! I'll be doing my best to make a game we can all enjoy ;) , thats what I settled on myself. I think if I create NPC AI for solo exerpience I can only do escape/peril so much justice before it gets bland. The players are going to be the ones that really make the game shine, just need to create the proper arena for them.
Multiplayer is still a long ways out, need lots of time prepping the netcode since its my least experienced subject, but overall everything is slowly building up well!
I would like to tell you that the game is very beautiful. I hope you continue to develop it Please don't forget additional H-scenes thank you very much.
Thank you! Your alls encouragement is everything! I'm not sure what you mean by H-scene , but I will be attempting game over scenes and more perilous moments that force damsels to submit! Even if support drops I'll probably still be programming until the power goes out haha, so always look forward to more content!
so I have the following problem on both Linux(yes, I know it is not natively supported) and Windows 10. when I try to launch the game (ver 0.17.8), it wont launch, because apperantly I dont have visual C++ runtime installed (as a side note, Windows come with C++ Studio preinstalled)
Free versions will stay free, paid versions will stay paid. That being said I think the upcoming 0.18 will be free, and maybe in the far future another update will be free. But 0.18 may be the last free update to be released.
Edit: I didn't think on the potential of what you said, I may in the future release older version for free, but if I do that I'll eventually only go to half the game. After that I'll include a very simple demo once the full game is released.
Awesome! Good to know. Yeah I'm not looking to do compatibility for Mac, as its just to expensive I've heard. And I've known that Linux can just use their compatibility software like Wine and Proton to get Windows Apps going.
Yes, for now the game will start on the more acceptable spectrum of kinks, then move into more specific and nuanced kinks that may have more of a minority in popularity, these areas will be separated and can be toggled on and off if people don't want to interact with certain content.
And yes later down the line, not only will the game be coop for the damsels. But the farthest update I'm looking to make, is letting a player control the enemy minions (like the orbs).
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Hi, will you add some challenges for escaping? like tickling, orgasm, etc.
所以什么时候会更新呢，我等了许久还是1.17.99
Sorry! I throw updates on Discord, I've had to slow down a bit just to keep up with living expenses, but I'm working every weekend for the next update!
================
To paste a paragraph from the discord announcments
Hey DamselRace fans, sorry for the lack of updates. I've paused multiplayer for now to concentrate on cool more content packed updates to enjoy in a single player variety. I'm slowly coming more towards making a well thought out single player feel and AI oriented initial protoype. I still feel strongly that a multiplayer environment will make this game shine, but at the cost of letting the game stagger while I learn netcode and build the netcode doesn't seem worth it as well. As of now, my next update is concentrating on.
1) First and foremost updating all damsels, adding the new requested damsels, and offering tail options.
2) Add a variant Stasis Bubble Nabber, to fulfill the critical idea of Stasis. This villian will be like the Gravity Orbs, it will project a bubble that holds the damsel in a gravity like stasis. Eventually this bubble can be augmented to either, transport, dispense chloroform or gas, and/or vacuum about the damsel into a tight binding.
3) "Unescapeable" Jail cells. I want to add cells for damsels to be escorted into that they cannot escape from (for now). Eventually there will be items or methods for "escape". But to build the system these Unescapable cells will be used in a cycle with the current Punishment Cells (Techhorse, Hypnoring), and Temporary Jail Cells (Gravity Ring, Prisoner Pole). These cells will be used as areas as a form of timeout. Keeping the damsel in one place to think out a way to escape, and/or loosen any bindings that have been placed on them. Eventually the damsel will be allowed to attack the guard that opens the door, or maybe an ally damsel opens all the jail cells and causes a jail break. These cells will offer a additional form of play, giving the damsel time before they are analyzed in a Temporary Jail Cell, or made more submissive on a Punishment Cell.
4) Proper Guard AI for number 3. Frontmen(or girls) that block doors, escort to cells, and do menial tasks to manage the map and captured damsels.
下一个免费的版本会是哪个版本，我在的地方并不支持paypal支付
I don't think you need paypal to pay, might be wrong. And I won't be release a Free version soon! I'm still working on progress supported on Patreon and Itch.
游戏正式上架后会卖多少人民币，希望能支持微信支付
It is expected to be 10-15$ USD. To preface, the reason a full early access key cost is large is to have access to ALL early access along the way in addition to any side benefits. 10-15$USD "should" be the price of the final product assuming no greater changes.
I am not sure what WeChat is but I'll research it. It will be sold on Steam and Itch if available.
（我的英语不好）我很喜欢你们的游戏，但是我想知道免费版以后会不会有更高的版本呢？也许几个月还是半年吧？
I think I can work on something after half a year, but its hard. The donated version is a bit slow right now just cause im catching up on finances. So once I get into a good place I can look to making a new free version.
As long as I buy Patreon, will I always get the latest version of the game? (In addition to the latest version in the future
No only the permanent key gets you the latest version. The patreon versions are just uploads from the patreon if you want to get access to that specific version forever. So if you buy version 17.99, you will have key access to 17.99, but no other version. Only the Permanent Access key gets you permanent early access. Eventually I'll be making a proper Steam game, for one time purchase which will host stable updates.
ok, thank you!
still the fatal error thing :/
have just read in the describtion, that it might come to steam?
i see a tiny problem with that
citation: 'this product is unavailable in your region' it unfortunaty happens quite often with such games in Germany for some reason.. idk why.
but I hope you keep the work up, and that all goes well
thank you! And sorry, yes I am looking to base everything on Steams API. I don't know if you all can buy the game on Itch.io and redeem it on steam, let me know if this is possible. If so this may get around that. If not I will look for a new solution.
IDK if that works, since I never bought anything of itch.io, but fact is, if it doesnt, Germans might be forced to become pirates, and then those 50$ would be for nothing
hello, might i ask when the next free version is releasing? i dont have money to spare rn for patreon
Currently the project is fairly expensive for me and I'm trying to keep up with current project demands so I don't believe there will be a more recent free version soon. I'll try to think one out when I can, but right now the funds are fueling my ability to continue producing more updates and taking time off work.
how is the project expensive? Did you quit your job to work on this?
No! I wouldn't survive right now haha. The cheapest option is 3$ on patreon any month you want to support! If I wrote somewhere that its expensive, I more mean I take time off work to code in the game. I mostly only do weekend coding, or nightime coding, but getting any funds lets me get some time off to do some extra middle of the week coding. Night coding is rare for me thougn, I work long hours and by the end of the day I conk out.
Alternatively I also mean, Itch.io is expensive. Patreon has very small fees compared to Itch. In addition I can access funds quickly, whereas Itch takes half a month to a month to release.
i got the free version as a start. is the free version just that one "floor" all ive been able to find are thethree balls in the large room with the pink ring bondage, the balls in the room with the big white ring bondage, and the one ball at the end of the dead end halllway. is there more in the paid version?
There is more in newer version, currently the game is in a gallery variation of sorts to show all the assets I'm gathering, making and refining to use in proper mechanics once the game is going.
To get a proper idea of what your buying please look above in the version history provided. The free version is 17.8, every version above it states what is added to the game
Oh wow
The patreon version 0.17.9 is incredibly broken. WHen getting captured the balls don't carry you anywhere and just freeze you in place. When you escape you are frozen in place and cant move. Additionally, the main white ball at the start, when it captures you all it does is drag you off the side of the edge and cause a game freeze. I do not have this problem with other versions of the game, just 0.17.9
There were lots of bugs that 0.17.9 introduced sadly. I try to correct many of them quickly especially the gamebreaking ones, the versions forward corrected many of their issues.
Can you NOT make Q quit? it is to close to the move keys, I have hit Q on mistake so man times and closed the game by acceident.PLEASE change the quit button to something else.
I'll add it to the next versions!
How does Sukii get it to work? She's incredibly bad with technology.
What issue are you having with the game?
It says it requires Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime, and Sukii can't figure out how to get that working.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=ms...
please go here, under Latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Version, please download your version x64 or x86. If you don't know which or one does not work, please download both. This should fix your issue.
Thank you!
When I try to open the game, it says that there is not enough video memory allocated, so the game refuses to run. The furthest I've gotten in the game is the title screen. Is there a base spec requirement or some way to lower the resolution of the game before opening it?
Good question, I have not graded the game yet, I would need multiple PCs from low to high so not sure what minimum specs would be. If you can run modern games, no doubt this game is runable as varying levels. The title screen has very little assets, so if thats not runnable there may be other issues.
As for resolution, no I don't think so unless, but here's a try this might work.
1) Go into the folder and find GameUserSettings.ini
DamselRace0.17.96\Windows\DamselRace\Saved\Config\Windows is where I see it for the latest version
2) Change settings to what you like in the INI and save. This should change the settings. When I set all my settings to low at the lowest resolution I have avaialbe for customization these are the settings I have, though feel free to tweak if you know what your doing.
Hope this helps! Let me know!
It worked! The error disappeared and the game runs smoothly. Thanks!
Wonderful! Enjoy!
So, when i download microsoft visual c++ its all good, but when i launch the game after it comes with a message "Fatal error!" Is there a fix for this?
That normally doesn't pop up, do you have Windows 10?
Yeah, windows 10, should it be 11 or something?
Also, on the top it says "Damselrace has crashed"
Sorry this issue seems to be isolated, I'll try to do a bit more research.
Okay, thanks, hope you can fix it because i want to try this game so much
the error seems to be on your end. Does the Fatal Error come with a log? Have you tried reinstalling the version your trying to use? Which version are you using?
ah this will totally eventually beat any mod combinations you could find on a game like skyrim, especially since this is being made specifically for a sort of "escape" like game, and the only thing close i can think of is that Cinderella escape series but that's puzzles and not a race against time. and these are all solo experiences anyways nothing i mention could do what the dev has planned especially not "racing" bots that your facing against a timer with,
I salute you dev with your future of developing this ambitious piece.
Your too kind! I'll be doing my best to make a game we can all enjoy ;) , thats what I settled on myself. I think if I create NPC AI for solo exerpience I can only do escape/peril so much justice before it gets bland. The players are going to be the ones that really make the game shine, just need to create the proper arena for them.
Multiplayer is still a long ways out, need lots of time prepping the netcode since its my least experienced subject, but overall everything is slowly building up well!
I would like to tell you that the game is very beautiful. I hope you continue to develop it Please don't forget additional H-scenes thank you very much.
Thank you! Your alls encouragement is everything! I'm not sure what you mean by H-scene , but I will be attempting game over scenes and more perilous moments that force damsels to submit! Even if support drops I'll probably still be programming until the power goes out haha, so always look forward to more content!
what if you include nude skin in your game
there currently is a nude skin variant, but there isn't a mechanic to use yet. It will eventually be patched in.
is it possible to make an export to linux and mac?
Not soon, I'll eventually research into a linux rrelease and see what I can do, but Mac is sadly a straight no.
so I have the following problem on both Linux(yes, I know it is not natively supported) and Windows 10. when I try to launch the game (ver 0.17.8), it wont launch, because apperantly I dont have visual C++ runtime installed (as a side note, Windows come with C++ Studio preinstalled)
It sadly does not for some, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=ms...
download your version, if that doesn't work, download both x86 and x64 versions. That has solved 100% of reports on this error so far.
0.17.8 is LIVE and its FREE! Please take full advantage! Let me know of bugs over on the discord, and feel free to chat me up on anything you'd like!
Hmm, I just put in $3 to try the newest alpha and it still only lets me download the free versions?
EDIT: fixed
Sweet, just incase, there are two different itch.io pages for the Free Version and the Patreon Version.
0.17.7 is LIVE! Downloads has it placed weird due to pricing, may change later....
latest version does not use char switch due to main menu select
Is there a way to access the menu? I think the game is too high resolution for my laptop :/
not currently but i will be eventually including a menu to edit the games setting
У меня Окно 10 грустно что даже оценить не смогу :(
So you're clicking the EXE and nothing happens?
На какую систему была создана игра ? у меня она даже не запустилась :(
( Assuming I translated correctly ) The system is for Windows 10 PC . It is what is natively allowed for Unreal Engine 5
I started the game and every girl was already restrained in the tube trap, couldn't switch damsels or anything. was this intentional
yes! Just press E and you'll get released. Then you can look at each damsel girl and release them with E as well.
azerty …. switching keyboard layout don’t work for me
Apologies, I'm not sure what it takes to make QWERTY into AZERTY compatible. Eventually I'll include a key mapping system, perhaps that might help.
Is there meant to be sound? Because I don’t hear it…
Sorry, as far as I've tested the sound functions on my end.
Is there no way to set the graphics level? I keep seeing the “memory over budget” message.
There is not, there will eventually be options once I start the first game map.
Are the versions gonna be free as they get older?
Free versions will stay free, paid versions will stay paid. That being said I think the upcoming 0.18 will be free, and maybe in the far future another update will be free. But 0.18 may be the last free update to be released.
Edit: I didn't think on the potential of what you said, I may in the future release older version for free, but if I do that I'll eventually only go to half the game. After that I'll include a very simple demo once the full game is released.
that is good to know. I also think it is good, that with helpp of Wine the Game also runs on Linux ^^
Awesome! Good to know. Yeah I'm not looking to do compatibility for Mac, as its just to expensive I've heard. And I've known that Linux can just use their compatibility software like Wine and Proton to get Windows Apps going.
most of them anyways
Is this game going to be NSFW?
also down the line could be interesting if you would play as the "balls" and you would try to capture the subjects
Yes, for now the game will start on the more acceptable spectrum of kinks, then move into more specific and nuanced kinks that may have more of a minority in popularity, these areas will be separated and can be toggled on and off if people don't want to interact with certain content.
And yes later down the line, not only will the game be coop for the damsels. But the farthest update I'm looking to make, is letting a player control the enemy minions (like the orbs).
cool great so progress so far, and if u dont mind me asking, what are your pc specs?
My PC specs are
GPU -AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
CPU - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz
16Gb of RAM
Windows 10
When I try to run the game, it just says 'Point of entry SetThreadDescription isn't found in DLL library'. Can someome help, please?
I might be wrong but I think thats another Microsoft Visual Error. Download this and let me know if it helps https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=ms...
Didn't work.
sorry I've never heard of this problem
what windows are you running?
windows 7, 64
Sorry, as stated on the main page, Unreal Engine 5 has a Windows 10 requirement.
i dont get it whats the point of the game
This is just a test to see the current restraints, there's no objective yet.
Yes exactly, thank you for the response! I am in a demo state right now building the game daily.
Hi. After i installed it, i launch the game but it shows the error and it say it needs component to run this games Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=ms...
just install the version that matches your system, most likely win 64
Alrighty. Will do. Thanks.