hey, i haven´t dowloaded yhe most recent version but i´m sure i will love it, i just wanted to say this is one of my favorites but because of problems i can´t donate to you so i just wanted to thank you for this game because i am enjoying the story so far
Hi Runey, have you considered increasing the level of compression of the images to reduce the overall size of the game? I used cwebp to re-encode the images directory with cwebp quality level 25. Doing so reduced the size of that directory from ~7.1 GB to ~1.6GB. From the few images I spotchecked it seems like the increased compression doesn't damage the quality of the images too badly.
Of course, if you were feeling devious, you could tie the higher quality images to your Patreon tiers... But I think most people would be willing to make the quality trade-off for smaller download sizes and (potentially) more content, assuming it's holding you back.
The uncompressed size of the game is around 70GB - 80GB last time I checked. The current level of compression is the highest I could do without any more noticeable reduction in quality. I haven't heard of cwebp, could you explain further?
I'll double check the compression quality tonight. Maybe the compression artifacts are worse on specific images, or perhaps I made a mistake while spot-checking the compression quality.
On Ubuntu Linux it can be installed via "sudo apt install webp"
There are also multiple ways of setting the compression level of webp images during encoding. It's possible some quality targets are better suited to your images than others.
So I've spot-checked another couple dozen images, and I think I've got a decent handle on the compression artifacts as a result. There is certainly a "noticable" reduction in quality, but personally I wouldn't characterize it as drastic If that level of quality reduction is outside of what you can artistically accept, I and most of your other fans would fully understand and accept your artistic control.
From what I saw, there's a definite reduction in image quality with respect to lighting and textures within your renders. Some shapes seem to be oddly smoothed at this level of compression as well, and take on a more cartoonish and less photo-realstic feel as a result.
On the other hand, as the project develops you might revisit the compression issue with the workflow, logistical, and business aspects of releasing a 7.5GB .zip file in mind. For instance, I've noticed you've recently discontinued .apk Android releases of Harem Hotel because the file size has gotten too large. I play on PC, so it doesn't affect me. However, it might be possible to return to releasing .apk distributions of the game (assuming you find the effort worthwhile) by using this level of compression to significantly reduce that file size. I imagine some Android users would prefer a reduction in image quality over dropping .apk releases (of course you know better than I do). The small screen sizes of Android devices might also make the compression artifacts less significant.
If you're running into similar file size limitations or find yourself adjusting your workflow significantly to work around the challenges of managing such large builds it might be worth re-evaluating your compression level. If not, well, I've got fiber internet anyway, and I'm willing to wait an hour or two to experience new releases of your great game. I just thought I'd bring it up in case you're starting to feel large build sizes weigh down your creative process.
Hello, I tried downloading a newer version for android, but it never works I even tried multiple downloads. I'm playing with the version 11 that one I only had to download easily can you make it that easy again?
ANDROID)You need download the zip from (app) mega after that u need download RAR,JOIPLAY,REN PY PLUGIN JOIPLAY; after download these apps u need go on files select haremhotel share it with rar extract harem hotel (rar) and go on JOIPLAY click x write the name,version and go on executable file> choose and select download and click harem hotel rar (file) after u selected the file click on harem_hotel-v0.13.2-pc and click on harem_hotel.exe and click on choose and click on choose now u can play it.
Or you can enable beta builds in said playstore and use 1.01.500. There is a new beta, 1.01.630, which once more doesn't work though. Also, make sure you have the RenPy plugin too.
If you have further problems, try the JoiPlay Discord.
Again, you move the saves. It will differ slightly due to what phone you have, but I have been told the general file path is: ~\Android\data\cyou.joiplay.renpy\files\HaremHotel\saves
Pls help me, in lin ends, we have a part of selling my elf so i dont want a STUPID, DUMBASS GUY FUCK MY ELF AND BUY MY ELF, so help me dont sell my elf pls guys
so, can't find this info anywhere, but apparently Kate's events stop after the outdoor incident correct? Definitely hope there's more and more stories about her, maybe even moving into the hotel? Also is the Juliet storyline not implemented yet?(minor bug: When you order pizza, even after Kali enters college and Lucy takes the job, it's still Kali that delivers the pizza)
hey really appreciate the work, I really didn't expect to be attached to the characters and their development so much, the issues they encounter makes me think quite a bit too, great job on this!
I have been an enjoyer of this game for nearly two years! I adore Lin so much. Im really hoping for more content in the future! pregnancy for one, hopefully more content for Ellen and Jin as well as the other elves. being by sexual myself, I would love to see a submissive sissy elfboy or buy a weak elf male and transform him into a sissy.
anyway, Im rambling lol, keep it up Runey! love this game!
Do you ever plan on adding multiple angles for certain scenes? Personally I’d love to see more POV angles.
Also, what about adding different positions for repeatable scenes? It seems a bit odd that when you have vaginal sex with a character it’s restricted to one position lol.
Each position or angle doubles the amount of animation/frames needed for that character's repeatable content. Since the game is already quite big, that's not a priority.
Gotta say, I'm really excited for future pregnancy plans. And not because I have a pregnancy fetish, but because I've grown attached to the characters in the story.
Sidenote: I'm a software developer 3.5 years experience in web/application development, if you'd like any free help, reach out. I'd love to be a part of this project, even a small one. If I can spend time on bug fixes that's more time you can focus on features & story progression.
This folder being open in previous versions but locked in 13.2 is the one bug I would love to see rectified... (old screenshot, as I do have the others shown as locked since this was created)
i have alr done some search now its the same problem of other ppl with joiplay that it won't open the game as the v.430 is broke down then i tried their suggestion about to launch it in other version. ima say even i tried the older or the latter version i still can't open the game
You have got to turn this into an anime someday, the world that you have created is sophisticated and full of problem we encounter in the real world like slavery, religious, AI learning awareness and much more.
Especially the elf story is very compelling and have much dept to it, from the history to the race to the pattern of each race is quite detail mix with human future AI fill world.
All and all, very creative story and world that you created. Surely many Japanese anime company would love to produce ether anime or hentai of this.
Cause enough people pay to make it worth his while to release it for free... I just hope we get the choice of who the hotel owner is going to impregnate...
i can't be the only one wanting autumn to finally relent, renounce the religious crap (at least in the bedroom dept) and let me have her sweet virginity?? Runey will confirm that she is a virgin right??
My sincere hope is that she continues to struggle to rationalize her faith and her desires, and tries find a loophole, (the way that a lot of religious girls apparently do), at least for a story beat or two. Locking the story chapter in which she loses her actual virginity behind her having the Buttslut achievement would be profoundly funny to me.
Love the song linked above... never thought about it like that!! can it be done like that?? i know certain story lines were only possible when you had done other parts of the story.... so i guess it's possible to tie the unlocking of a trait to the maxing of another... but lets's see how runey decides to make us do so...
Had the same issue...go into your device settings and turn off mobile data completely, also turn sleep mode off on the phone screen and try the download. You need to have at least 8GB (might be 16 for some idiot browsers) of storage on your device not the SD card as the download gets staged there before it is moved to the destination location. Biggest two things is if your internet fades out and the device tries to switch to a different network the download will timeout and you won't be able to reconnect, you may need to delete the files and cookies related to the broken download in order to reinitiate the file transfer.
At the end make sure you stay on the download page until the entire file appears in your file manager...this is far from an instant process. The download will get staged in your browser cache on some devices then moved from the cache to the destination location. Its a pain but totally worth it.
Anyones games script go ape sh*t? Like I can't even play now. The rollback it goes to is the beginning where a code goes. and when I hit "esc" to go to the desktop to see how far back I was to confirm it was just black. No display no nothing.
No, I have the actual updated games on my desktop. And then I unzip the newer one in my downloads file. After the unzip I know that my saves sometimes transfer over once I unzip the file. So once I unzip it I delete the old one and then I transfer the newer one onto my desktop.
I still haven't received your message on Twitter. I should be able to be DM'd by anyone on Patreon as well. The best place to reach me personally is on Discord.
ok, i only just noticed something in the elf sanctuary... there's 4 elves living there... but 5 beds (arrowed and numbered below) in the bedroom... are we getting another elf living there in a future update??
So, I can't seem to download/install this at all through the itch.io client, I have to download it through a browser and install it manually. Is that normal?
Hey Runey is there any point to updating from 0.13 to 13.2? I assume it's just bugfixes and whatnot and no actual content. Love your game, one of the absolute best games here imo.
It fixed a few small bugs on joiplay that I can tolerate
I don't remember very well, I think I was unable to press buttons and I was able to fix it by saving the game, exitting, and reopening the game. I don't remember it well. The patch fixed this for me
This game is so good, that I only shared and translated a few scenes to spanish (I think 3 or 5), and my friends already love it. They aren't even playing it
They really wish the game was in spanish. So many of them want to play it. Hopefully someone can volunteer to translate the whole game in the future, it's so long though. I don't have enough time to translate a significant portion either.
One of the scenes I translated (spoiler alert). These scenes are not as good without the context, they really want to play it to know the context (instead of me vaguely summarizing the context in spanish, which removes all the emotion and build up)
It will probably take a long time, this game is so long, and I usually take an hour to translate a 10 minute video. I translated an Ace Attorney fangame once and it took me over a month.
But I am very glad that someone is already working on it! That means I won't have to wait 5 years hehe, and they'll be interested by the time I share it.
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hey, i haven´t dowloaded yhe most recent version but i´m sure i will love it, i just wanted to say this is one of my favorites but because of problems i can´t donate to you so i just wanted to thank you for this game because i am enjoying the story so far
Hi Runey, have you considered increasing the level of compression of the images to reduce the overall size of the game? I used cwebp to re-encode the images directory with cwebp quality level 25. Doing so reduced the size of that directory from ~7.1 GB to ~1.6GB. From the few images I spotchecked it seems like the increased compression doesn't damage the quality of the images too badly.
On Linux I achieved it like this:
find ./ -name \*.webp -print0 | xargs -I'{}' -0 -P 12 -n 1 cwebp -q 25 -o '{}.new' '{}'
Of course, if you were feeling devious, you could tie the higher quality images to your Patreon tiers... But I think most people would be willing to make the quality trade-off for smaller download sizes and (potentially) more content, assuming it's holding you back.
The uncompressed size of the game is around 70GB - 80GB last time I checked. The current level of compression is the highest I could do without any more noticeable reduction in quality.
I haven't heard of cwebp, could you explain further?
I'll double check the compression quality tonight. Maybe the compression artifacts are worse on specific images, or perhaps I made a mistake while spot-checking the compression quality.
Here's some docs on cwebp:
https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man1/cwebp.1.html
https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/download
On Ubuntu Linux it can be installed via "sudo apt install webp"
There are also multiple ways of setting the compression level of webp images during encoding. It's possible some quality targets are better suited to your images than others.
So I've spot-checked another couple dozen images, and I think I've got a decent handle on the compression artifacts as a result. There is certainly a "noticable" reduction in quality, but personally I wouldn't characterize it as drastic If that level of quality reduction is outside of what you can artistically accept, I and most of your other fans would fully understand and accept your artistic control.
From what I saw, there's a definite reduction in image quality with respect to lighting and textures within your renders. Some shapes seem to be oddly smoothed at this level of compression as well, and take on a more cartoonish and less photo-realstic feel as a result.
On the other hand, as the project develops you might revisit the compression issue with the workflow, logistical, and business aspects of releasing a 7.5GB .zip file in mind. For instance, I've noticed you've recently discontinued .apk Android releases of Harem Hotel because the file size has gotten too large. I play on PC, so it doesn't affect me. However, it might be possible to return to releasing .apk distributions of the game (assuming you find the effort worthwhile) by using this level of compression to significantly reduce that file size. I imagine some Android users would prefer a reduction in image quality over dropping .apk releases (of course you know better than I do). The small screen sizes of Android devices might also make the compression artifacts less significant.
If you're running into similar file size limitations or find yourself adjusting your workflow significantly to work around the challenges of managing such large builds it might be worth re-evaluating your compression level. If not, well, I've got fiber internet anyway, and I'm willing to wait an hour or two to experience new releases of your great game. I just thought I'd bring it up in case you're starting to feel large build sizes weigh down your creative process.
Hello, I tried downloading a newer version for android, but it never works I even tried multiple downloads. I'm playing with the version 11 that one I only had to download easily can you make it that easy again?
ANDROID)You need download the zip from (app) mega after that u need download RAR,JOIPLAY,REN PY PLUGIN JOIPLAY; after download these apps u need go on files select haremhotel share it with rar extract harem hotel (rar) and go on JOIPLAY click x write the name,version and go on executable file> choose and select download and click harem hotel rar (file) after u selected the file click on harem_hotel-v0.13.2-pc and click on harem_hotel.exe and click on choose and click on choose now u can play it.
Read the download section dude - apk can't handle HH's size, and current JoiPlay version 1.01.430 is broken.
You can either downgrade to version 1.01.400 and disable auto-update in the playstore,
https://www.patreon.com/posts/joiplay-1-01-400-51867946?l=en
Or you can enable beta builds in said playstore and use 1.01.500.
There is a new beta, 1.01.630, which once more doesn't work though.
Also, make sure you have the RenPy plugin too.
If you have further problems, try the JoiPlay Discord.
Simply download the new game file, move your saves over manually, then you can safely delete the old game file.
Again, you move the saves. It will differ slightly due to what phone you have, but I have been told the general file path is:
~\Android\data\cyou.joiplay.renpy\files\HaremHotel\saves
hey, i was wondering why i cant download harem hotel here on the itch app ? can this be fixed?
Runey does not own itch.io
But you can always download from a mirror.
I'd recommend any of the links on his Patreon, they're the most reliable.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/harem-hotel-v0-2-53958680
I dm´d you on Patreon because of the problem with my discord account, which was hacked and got banned.
Unbanned! Please be more careful
i am on the itch app on pc unable to download the error i am getting is, ( opening archive: creating zip extractor: zip: not a valid zip file )
Use the website, the app doesn't work with downloads.
question. how do i go about updating? do i just delete my version and download most recent version?
Unless you're on Android, yes that's all you need to do. Simply download, install, launch, and load.
backup the saves folder, extract the zip file, then put the saves folder in your game folder
You might get bugs by doing this
Pls help me, in lin ends, we have a part of selling my elf so i dont want a STUPID, DUMBASS GUY FUCK MY ELF AND BUY MY ELF, so help me dont sell my elf pls guys
I'm not sure what you're referring to, no one fucks your elves. It's impossible to sell any of them.
How can I save my data in updating is there any way to save my progress or I just need to do it again
backup the saves folder, extract the zip file, then put the saves folder in your game folder
You might get bugs by doing this
So when is v0.14 coming out? Can we expect it in October or November?
October is likely (but runey will possibly correct me)
so, can't find this info anywhere, but apparently Kate's events stop after the outdoor incident correct? Definitely hope there's more and more stories about her, maybe even moving into the hotel? Also is the Juliet storyline not implemented yet?(minor bug: When you order pizza, even after Kali enters college and Lucy takes the job, it's still Kali that delivers the pizza)
You can check where you are in side character's storylines by clicking the "i" button at the top and clicking misc info.
hey really appreciate the work, I really didn't expect to be attached to the characters and their development so much, the issues they encounter makes me think quite a bit too, great job on this!
Now I downloaded android version as was written
But now wonder how to update the game without losing your Progress?
Download new game file, move saves over manually, delete old game file.
I have been an enjoyer of this game for nearly two years! I adore Lin so much. Im really hoping for more content in the future! pregnancy for one, hopefully more content for Ellen and Jin as well as the other elves. being by sexual myself, I would love to see a submissive sissy elfboy or buy a weak elf male and transform him into a sissy.
anyway, Im rambling lol, keep it up Runey! love this game!
Do you ever plan on adding multiple angles for certain scenes? Personally I’d love to see more POV angles.
Also, what about adding different positions for repeatable scenes? It seems a bit odd that when you have vaginal sex with a character it’s restricted to one position lol.
Keep up the good work!
yeah i'd prefer it with more than 1 position...
Each position or angle doubles the amount of animation/frames needed for that character's repeatable content. Since the game is already quite big, that's not a priority.
Fair enough, comment upvoted as that makes sense
Gotta say, I'm really excited for future pregnancy plans. And not because I have a pregnancy fetish, but because I've grown attached to the characters in the story.
...What have you done to me?
Sidenote: I'm a software developer 3.5 years experience in web/application development, if you'd like any free help, reach out. I'd love to be a part of this project, even a small one. If I can spend time on bug fixes that's more time you can focus on features & story progression.
This folder being open in previous versions but locked in 13.2 is the one bug I would love to see rectified... (old screenshot, as I do have the others shown as locked since this was created)
Why my joiplay cant open the game im using older ver. Btw
Why?
i have alr done some search now its the same problem of other ppl with joiplay that it won't open the game as the v.430 is broke down then i tried their suggestion about to launch it in other version. ima say even i tried the older or the latter version i still can't open the game
The current Joiplay download seems to work fine on my Galaxy A32.
Make sure you have the renpy plugin downloaded (separate install) THEN RESTART YOUR DEVICE!
I actually restarted the Joiplay app then the device and it worked fine.
You have got to turn this into an anime someday, the world that you have created is sophisticated and full of problem we encounter in the real world like slavery, religious, AI learning awareness and much more.
Especially the elf story is very compelling and have much dept to it, from the history to the race to the pattern of each race is quite detail mix with human future AI fill world.
All and all, very creative story and world that you created. Surely many Japanese anime company would love to produce ether anime or hentai of this.
Love your work. Best regards
Thank you!
Why is this game free? It's literally one of the best hentai games I've ever played.
Cause enough people pay to make it worth his while to release it for free... I just hope we get the choice of who the hotel owner is going to impregnate...
Good! I'm glad they donate, I'm certainly going to! This game is amazing. I hope we do get that choice as well!
i can't be the only one wanting autumn to finally relent, renounce the religious crap (at least in the bedroom dept) and let me have her sweet virginity?? Runey will confirm that she is a virgin right??
My sincere hope is that she continues to struggle to rationalize her faith and her desires, and tries find a loophole, (the way that a lot of religious girls apparently do), at least for a story beat or two. Locking the story chapter in which she loses her actual virginity behind her having the Buttslut achievement would be profoundly funny to me.
Love the song linked above... never thought about it like that!! can it be done like that?? i know certain story lines were only possible when you had done other parts of the story.... so i guess it's possible to tie the unlocking of a trait to the maxing of another... but lets's see how runey decides to make us do so...
oh and if only once, i'd love to see the church autumn goes to on a sunday...
anyone can help, the game downloads 100% then it says network failure, fml.
idk why is that happening.
do you have enough room on your storage?
think i got this error when that happened.
other than that tho. no idea.
i have around 400 GBs of storage, soo idk whats the issue
Had the same issue...go into your device settings and turn off mobile data completely, also turn sleep mode off on the phone screen and try the download. You need to have at least 8GB (might be 16 for some idiot browsers) of storage on your device not the SD card as the download gets staged there before it is moved to the destination location. Biggest two things is if your internet fades out and the device tries to switch to a different network the download will timeout and you won't be able to reconnect, you may need to delete the files and cookies related to the broken download in order to reinitiate the file transfer.
At the end make sure you stay on the download page until the entire file appears in your file manager...this is far from an instant process. The download will get staged in your browser cache on some devices then moved from the cache to the destination location. Its a pain but totally worth it.
Well, I'm done with my latest playthrough, apart from that autumn event pinups folder which is locked due to a bug I suspect...
Anyones games script go ape sh*t? Like I can't even play now. The rollback it goes to is the beginning where a code goes. and when I hit "esc" to go to the desktop to see how far back I was to confirm it was just black. No display no nothing.
I don't have much to go on, but I can assume you merged your files? When updating the game, simply download, install, launch, and load.
No, I have the actual updated games on my desktop. And then I unzip the newer one in my downloads file. After the unzip I know that my saves sometimes transfer over once I unzip the file. So once I unzip it I delete the old one and then I transfer the newer one onto my desktop.
That sounds about right, I'm not sure why your game is breaking. Perhaps it needs to be redownloaded.
Alright then. Thanks
any idea on when v0.14 will be out? just finished the main game and honestly the story writing is great!
i looked at the previous releases awhile a go, and it seems the game is updated every 3 months or so
so next update should be soon i guess
About another 2 months probably...
Now I downloaded android version as was written
But now wonder how to update the game without losing your Progress?
I really need an answer
I am still banned because of a hacker, and I DM´d you on Twitter.
I clicked on the "Twitter here" Button on the page. And I DM'd the account linked to the Page. Runey/@RuneyGame.
On Patreon i can´t message you, only on twitter. Is this the right account or should i message another one? " : D
I still haven't received your message on Twitter. I should be able to be DM'd by anyone on Patreon as well. The best place to reach me personally is on Discord.
Okay, can you tell me the Discord Name with the #? Or should i say mine?
Was this sorted?? Just out of curiosity
can someone teach me how to move save around on joiplay
ok, i only just noticed something in the elf sanctuary... there's 4 elves living there... but 5 beds (arrowed and numbered below) in the bedroom... are we getting another elf living there in a future update??
There's actually 6 beds ;)
ok... 5 in the screenshot from the MC's point of view... you knew what i meant...
I did. I was hoping you would catch that my answer had a double meaning with the wink. 6 beds means 6 potential elves.
I would love to see a desert in game some day that would be cool and they move into the sanctuary
oh I got the meaning alright... bed 6 is out of shot next to the MC... it's roughly at the height of his left knee...
If you could marry just ONE of the girls in the Current harem, who would you ask and why??
I'd pick Kali as she's more down to earth than the rest of them I think...
Hey is there any differences in using the APK version of harem hotel that I downloaded from this original one?
It's explained right above this comment section. Dunno why you'd want to play a version that's at least two updates behind, but you do you.
So, I can't seem to download/install this at all through the itch.io client, I have to download it through a browser and install it manually. Is that normal?
Yeah, I've never downloaded anything through the client.
Name's story is not done, more will be added to her in v0.14!
More heartbreaking words had never been written
Edit: I get really excited seeing additional animations, I think I saw Maria blink, and when Lin came it was animated. It adds so much life, I love it
But at least it's not all over... I've played it to the end of all the story lines and bar a few "traits" am done with this version...
Don't work on my Android so i can't play it.
Why no more apk?
file size is now too big for apk if you read the notes above
So I am missing Vanessa's 3 event and Autumn Event Pin ups. How do I get those for this update? Thanks
Visit Kali's university
As far as autumn's event pin ups go... I think there's a bug in the code which is keeping it locked
What program did you use to make this game?
its in the " more information " box under " made with"
Pet names:- who's used them and what have you called the girls? i've only used 1 so far, Kali's is Kali Cumdump...
Emma likes being called Good Girl, Felicity likes being called Kitty, those are the only ones I've used so far.
Hey Runey is there any point to updating from 0.13 to 13.2? I assume it's just bugfixes and whatnot and no actual content. Love your game, one of the absolute best games here imo.
apparently it's got something that may make patching to the next edition easier and a smaller file size, download wise
It fixed a few small bugs on joiplay that I can tolerate
I don't remember very well, I think I was unable to press buttons and I was able to fix it by saving the game, exitting, and reopening the game. I don't remember it well. The patch fixed this for me
This game is so good, that I only shared and translated a few scenes to spanish (I think 3 or 5), and my friends already love it. They aren't even playing it
They really wish the game was in spanish. So many of them want to play it. Hopefully someone can volunteer to translate the whole game in the future, it's so long though. I don't have enough time to translate a significant portion either.
One of the scenes I translated (spoiler alert). These scenes are not as good without the context, they really want to play it to know the context (instead of me vaguely summarizing the context in spanish, which removes all the emotion and build up)
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Someone is attempting to translate the game into spanish. I'm not sure when it will be ready though.
It will probably take a long time, this game is so long, and I usually take an hour to translate a 10 minute video. I translated an Ace Attorney fangame once and it took me over a month.
But I am very glad that someone is already working on it! That means I won't have to wait 5 years hehe, and they'll be interested by the time I share it.