This genre is amazing! So blatantly saying that Patreon is what he cares about, and that means lower sales for him, and when the game is finished and all the Patreon customers leave, he will find he had sold a few 1,000 copies, unlike games like Leap of Faith that has sold over a million!
It's my understanding the game was in beta (unfinished) phase when released on Patreon. The intention was to give an early (unfinished) release there for subscribers (which is normal) while they worked on completing the chapter before releasing it at large.
Can anyone clarify all the feedback we're getting with regards itch essentially pushing adult content games to the curb via payment management issues? Hope it won't be affecting future updates for this one. Any news on that front?
Beautiful game, and characters that are easy to fall in love with. Downsides are that the incest censorship is obnoxious, given there's no room for doubt in the story that you're their biological father, and that if you're a softie like me you're going to end up taking a very conservative route to avoid hurting those loveable characters as much as possible, a strategy that generally only pays off in the late game... which we haven't gotten to yet in Radiant. The incest censorship can't be helped circumstantially, I realize, it's just hard to not roll your eyes in this case.
Sir Dammed your works are probably one of the best works I've played in a lot of vns I've played. You have a knack for both pulling at the heartstrings and making me horny at the same time. The characters are really well done and their struggles are fairly realistic as well.
That being said, the waiting kills a lot of people's interest when it comes to the long updates. I genuinely want to see the characters endings and it would greatly sadden and disappoint us if they're left and neglected, fictional they may be.
So on behalf of those who've waited and are still waiting I sincerely urge you to please continue these, especially your older title Polarity. Thanks.
Radiant Chapter 5 is here in early-access, and will be posted here on Itch ASAP. Radiant will be developed normally and updates can be expected every 4-6 months. Polarity is another story, it won't start receiving regular updates again for quite a while, but it's not abandoned/will return as soon as humanly possible.
Thanks for the support and feedback, it's greatly appreciated.
Gotta say this is one of the better written stories I've seen. The (thoughts) are well done and the part with Brookes' daughter "Burgerlar" had me cracking up. Definitely can't wait to see chapter 5.
Purchased the game at Chapter 4. Interesting story, great visuals. Different routes feel different enough to make it worth replaying. Can't wait for future releases.
If I buy this, will further chapters be free? Or will each have a cost?
EDIT: I took a gamble and bought the game for $7, as the demo was so good!
Not a clever ruse was it? Saying MC was in a coma for 10 years, and then "after a few years" he had the photography company. Then the Mother of the man you killed turns up saying "19 years ago" Making it 19 years since the accident, and a few minutes before you made love to Gracie, so nine months later is 18 years. Meaning these girls are actually your daughters?!
I like it better than a number of VNs I played on Steam which cost twice as much. (I really like this game better than My New Memories etc.)
However, the story is still far from being complete. I sincerely hope the dev finishes it since if he does, it could easily join Depraved Awakening as one of my all time favorite VNs.
Hi! I recently bought your game and I really like the sad cowboy guitar at the point you are prompted to save. Assuming that it was purchased somewhere (that's how indie games are usually developed) could you tell me where it is from?
Does anyone know what the points actually do? I understand that choices have an impact, and there is one place which checks if you have at least 3 dark points. But beyond that, I can't see where anything checks your total lust, pure or dark points.
What I meant was, which brunette are you talking about (cuz there's a few of them)? Triplet Maddy, office girl Brooke, waitress Vanessa? In any case, the only one you have actual sex with thus far is Vanessa. There's still situations with the others depending on your choices.
Depends on your definition of "best". I've done all her routes, but the full dark route with her is...extreme? I also am not a fan of subjecting people to unnecessary BS. IMHO, go either Lust or Purity route...with everyone. Or just pick whatever the hell you want. I have multiple playthroughs with full Purity, Lust, and Darkness; as well as a "mixed".
Zoey Raven does walkthroughs for many games on their Patreon, and has one for Radiant, though only to end of chapter 3. Check the master list. And it's free.
Sorry to hear that you aren't as interested in Radiant. To answer the "if ever" part of your question: yeah, I absolutely plan to continue and finish Polarity.
The question of "when" is a bit more tricky. I'm currently seeking an artist for it because the artwork for the game is the single biggest struggle for me as a developer (I have zero natural talent for artwork, and not the best eye either).
Once things have gotten back on track with Radiant, I will be far more proactive and aggressive in seeking out these services... and when I've done so I'll be making a huge update here on Itch and on the game's Patreon with information about my plans going forward. Until then, I can only ask that you bear with me.
I know this priority may seem unfair since Polarity was started before Radiant... but Radiant is not a free game, unlike Polarity, and I'm also working with an artist... meaning I have to be more strict with its development.
I hope you can understand, and regardless, I appreciate you and your support of my projects.
I don't mind. if there's a public version of radiant I will give it a go. as embarrassing as it is I realized that I mistook polarity for another game I played years past. but i have fallen even more for your work then before. if i had extra money i would sub to you, but i don't so i'll at least give both games a fair shot. i'll reply again after ive tried radiant.
ps. i have a unfornate habbit of juding books by their covers, games too. also im a speed typer and not the best at explaining thing. so sorry for any typos, and if i left any bad impressions, was not my intention.
Gotta say it's a great game. The few actual vid scenese were high quality.
I do however have one complaint. I wanted to do a purity playthrough with the girls and coworkers, but pursue a relationship with Jade. Upon my final save at the end of chapter 4, my relationship status with Olivia was "Darkness". I feel that more options should have been made available to pursue purity with her. Because lets be honest, there were NONE. Nada. Zip. Zilch. It's like the game wants you to pursue a romantic/sexual/abusive relationship and I felt railroaded.
I mean sure, you can stop her from making moves on you, but that's the limit really. At the end you just tell her you don't see her that way. But she shouldn't have been strung along like that in the first place.
For example, during the first big decision, you've got the option of telling her you feel romantically attracted to her, sexually attracted to her, or the "take advantage" option. No option to tell her that you have feelings for her, but only platonically. I've got a feeling that these kids are eventually going to be revealed as being the MC's daughters, and robbing the player of a full purity playthrough free of incest seems like a huge oversight. Especially if your only option with Olivia is to string her along, let her down and punish you with Darkness status on your relationship by the end of Ch. 4.
Hoping Sir Damned reads this and creates a patch in the next chapter.
Hey! Thanks for the feedback. I believe the issue here comes with your interpretation of "Purity," or what a "Pure" playthrough means vs. the way I'm using "Pure" "Lust" and "Dark" narratively.
In the context of the relationships you can form with each character... Purity means slightly different things. Sometimes it means no romance, but that's not always the case either.
With Olivia, currently the only way to get on/stay on her "Purity" path is through romance. While this might seem odd on the surface, keep in mind that I treat every character as if they are their own person, with their own feelings, and they will therefore have different reactions to the type of (or lack of) relationship you desire with them. In Olivia's case, which path you're on is determined heavily by the way your actions make her feel... and she's not happy if you reject her, regardless of your previous interactions.
While rejecting Olivia leads to her Dark Path, and there's currently no way of getting around that -- even "dark" players are never forced to do anything they don't want to and you can also steer things away from that path in the future. Players will be given the opportunity to "fix things" and the MC can correct his mistakes with her... namely, the way he sort of (intentionally, or) unintentionally leads her on prior to the rejection.
Now as for giving players the option to express only platonic feelings for her initially... something you should consider is that while I do try and give players a lot of control, it's impossible for the main character to not have some autonomy/his own feelings and behaviors. Olivia is written to be a lot like Gracie, and therefore when the MC first meets her, he indeed feels romantic feelings for her, and there's no way around that either. Sorry if that's not ideal for the type of playthrough you were going for! I definitely get where you're coming from and understand that the MC sort of... messes up by admitting things he feels initially.
If you want my advice... it's not to treat romance with the characters as a "negative," even if you suspect they might be leaning more towards the taboo. My recommendation would be to romance Olivia fully, and reject her as little as possible if you desire the happiest/best possible outcome with her.
I will say that while I highly enjoyed chapter 4, it was kind of a let down with the 12-16 month wait. Next question, are they dropping Polarity or putting out chapter 5 of it?
Yeah, a year wait is not the norm buddy. We are going to release a new chapter every 4-5 months, and future ones aren't that much smaller than CH4.
You don't have to take my word for it, just wait and see! That said, I do apologize for the wait for Ch4. It's not something either myself nor Alorth are proud of, but we plan to make it up to all of you.
I'll be making a big news announcement about Polarity as soon as I'm able. I'm currently seeking a full-time artist for it, and what is included in said news will be dependent on that.
Well buddy wait is acceptable even if not for biggest update in avn history, i m sure you must be facing some issue irl but good thing is don't abandoned even at some point you will like u don't want to work anymore, don't leave on cliffhanger give a meaningful ending that's all I wish, leave for sometime or take break if needed just don't abandoned the avn, my two fav avns got that and hit me hard since they were unique and too good but no reasons wer given from dev and they just left.
Really can't wait to see the next chapter. I played this every night after work from purchase until the end of content. I really want to see what happens with this story.
Might sound biased since it's coming from the dev, but the feedback we've received so far has been overwhelmingly positive, with the majority of players agreeing that it was the best chapter so far.
It's quite the rollercoaster and there's nearly 4,000 more lines of code/dialogue than the largest previous chapter, the most renders and animations of any chapter, etc.
That said, feel free to play it and see for yourself/let us know what you think! Would love to hear your thoughts.
Never have I ever been more sadden or disappointed at playing a new update of vn that this one here should rahe quit but I didn't made sad mc was the one who die bc after this update he didn't deserve to have second chance
It looks like a new version of the demo was published along with the new chapter update. If you're using the Itch.io client, you probably chose the wrong update to install.
You should uninstall and re-download the full 'Chapters 1-4' version.
Beta2 is just the public/open beta of the newest chapter, since we're still making some minor improvements and tweaks to v0.4... which will be shared here instead the moment it's done.
That said, it's more or less the completed/perfected version, free of bugs, and save-file friendly.
I'm (UTC -06:00) and it dropped at almost 2 AM the following day. Not a huge difference, but would've been nice to download before bed and maybe get an hour played.
on Patreon first - and allegedly to itch 7 days later. But as far it looks they missed to keep their promis of the Aug release? Latest post still was from July.
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This genre is amazing! So blatantly saying that Patreon is what he cares about, and that means lower sales for him, and when the game is finished and all the Patreon customers leave, he will find he had sold a few 1,000 copies, unlike games like Leap of Faith that has sold over a million!
It's my understanding the game was in beta (unfinished) phase when released on Patreon. The intention was to give an early (unfinished) release there for subscribers (which is normal) while they worked on completing the chapter before releasing it at large.
Can anyone clarify all the feedback we're getting with regards itch essentially pushing adult content games to the curb via payment management issues? Hope it won't be affecting future updates for this one. Any news on that front?
Unfortunately, it's true, and it's messing with all AVNs!
When are we getting chapter 5 on itch?
Beautiful game, and characters that are easy to fall in love with. Downsides are that the incest censorship is obnoxious, given there's no room for doubt in the story that you're their biological father, and that if you're a softie like me you're going to end up taking a very conservative route to avoid hurting those loveable characters as much as possible, a strategy that generally only pays off in the late game... which we haven't gotten to yet in Radiant. The incest censorship can't be helped circumstantially, I realize, it's just hard to not roll your eyes in this case.
Incredible writing, great renders, cute and intriguing characters. Don't play this game if you are a big sissy or you might become very sad like me.
Gracie :'(
Loved the demo, purchased the game
but I still can only download the demo. Would love some help.I'm a dummy, it was in my email.
at the tippy top of this page there is a download button for those that have bought the game
The price tag includes future updates or just up to the current update?
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great graphics for a very perverted game!
any info for next update?
Just launched in early-access over on Patreon.
Is Pregnancy avoidable? I saw the dad busting in coming. But accident dam, cruel fate. but like it Now I wonder how long before Gracie shows up.
i hgope we might have chance to save gracie. Well that sucks. But i get it.
Um, so, is are you supposed to get with your daughters or will there be some weird convoluted reason they're not your daughters?
Im gonma protest for the next version! :p
Sir Dammed your works are probably one of the best works I've played in a lot of vns I've played. You have a knack for both pulling at the heartstrings and making me horny at the same time. The characters are really well done and their struggles are fairly realistic as well.
That being said, the waiting kills a lot of people's interest when it comes to the long updates. I genuinely want to see the characters endings and it would greatly sadden and disappoint us if they're left and neglected, fictional they may be.
So on behalf of those who've waited and are still waiting I sincerely urge you to please continue these, especially your older title Polarity. Thanks.
Radiant Chapter 5 is here in early-access, and will be posted here on Itch ASAP. Radiant will be developed normally and updates can be expected every 4-6 months. Polarity is another story, it won't start receiving regular updates again for quite a while, but it's not abandoned/will return as soon as humanly possible.
Thanks for the support and feedback, it's greatly appreciated.
Anyone else have so much trouble downloading this that they gave up and found a bootleg copy?
Gotta say this is one of the better written stories I've seen. The (thoughts) are well done and the part with Brookes' daughter "Burgerlar" had me cracking up. Definitely can't wait to see chapter 5.
Purchased the game at Chapter 4. Interesting story, great visuals. Different routes feel different enough to make it worth replaying. Can't wait for future releases.
Just wondering roughly how long the game is in it's current state, can never tell with some. Sometimes is like an 1 other time it can be 10-20 hours
Not sure exactly how long it is, but I can assure you it's well worth the asking price.
If I buy this, will further chapters be free? Or will each have a cost?
EDIT: I took a gamble and bought the game for $7, as the demo was so good!
Not a clever ruse was it? Saying MC was in a coma for 10 years, and then "after a few years" he had the photography company. Then the Mother of the man you killed turns up saying "19 years ago" Making it 19 years since the accident, and a few minutes before you made love to Gracie, so nine months later is 18 years. Meaning these girls are actually your daughters?!
I like it better than a number of VNs I played on Steam which cost twice as much. (I really like this game better than My New Memories etc.)
However, the story is still far from being complete. I sincerely hope the dev finishes it since if he does, it could easily join Depraved Awakening as one of my all time favorite VNs.
Hi! I recently bought your game and I really like the sad cowboy guitar at the point you are prompted to save. Assuming that it was purchased somewhere (that's how indie games are usually developed) could you tell me where it is from?
Chris Haugen - Western Spaghetti
https://directory.audio/free-music/cinematic/6218-chris-haugen-western-spaghetti
There a way to change what they call you? Like being called caretaker. And the girls being called wards?
The patch is about the only way that I'm aware of.
where does one acquired this so called "patch"
Pretty sure I got mine from LewdPatcher.com
Does anyone know what the points actually do? I understand that choices have an impact, and there is one place which checks if you have at least 3 dark points. But beyond that, I can't see where anything checks your total lust, pure or dark points.
is it possible to fuck the brunet
There's a few, need to specify. Use names.
how exacly ?
What I meant was, which brunette are you talking about (cuz there's a few of them)? Triplet Maddy, office girl Brooke, waitress Vanessa? In any case, the only one you have actual sex with thus far is Vanessa. There's still situations with the others depending on your choices.
Maddison is the one how do i get her story the best
Depends on your definition of "best". I've done all her routes, but the full dark route with her is...extreme? I also am not a fan of subjecting people to unnecessary BS. IMHO, go either Lust or Purity route...with everyone. Or just pick whatever the hell you want. I have multiple playthroughs with full Purity, Lust, and Darkness; as well as a "mixed".
Zoey Raven does walkthroughs for many games on their Patreon, and has one for Radiant, though only to end of chapter 3. Check the master list. And it's free.
Hey i bought the game and the only thing i can download is the demo.
i figured it out, you need to open the confirmation email and download it from that link
welp heres my question? when if ever are you going to continue work on your other game polarity? i honestly prefer polarity over this game.
Sorry to hear that you aren't as interested in Radiant. To answer the "if ever" part of your question: yeah, I absolutely plan to continue and finish Polarity.
The question of "when" is a bit more tricky. I'm currently seeking an artist for it because the artwork for the game is the single biggest struggle for me as a developer (I have zero natural talent for artwork, and not the best eye either).
Once things have gotten back on track with Radiant, I will be far more proactive and aggressive in seeking out these services... and when I've done so I'll be making a huge update here on Itch and on the game's Patreon with information about my plans going forward. Until then, I can only ask that you bear with me.
I know this priority may seem unfair since Polarity was started before Radiant... but Radiant is not a free game, unlike Polarity, and I'm also working with an artist... meaning I have to be more strict with its development.
I hope you can understand, and regardless, I appreciate you and your support of my projects.
I don't mind. if there's a public version of radiant I will give it a go. as embarrassing as it is I realized that I mistook polarity for another game I played years past. but i have fallen even more for your work then before. if i had extra money i would sub to you, but i don't so i'll at least give both games a fair shot. i'll reply again after ive tried radiant.
ps. i have a unfornate habbit of juding books by their covers, games too. also im a speed typer and not the best at explaining thing. so sorry for any typos, and if i left any bad impressions, was not my intention.
by bad impressions, i mean if i came across as rude, standoffish, demanding, etc.
No worries at all, ty for the feedback!!
Gotta say it's a great game. The few actual vid scenese were high quality.
I do however have one complaint. I wanted to do a purity playthrough with the girls and coworkers, but pursue a relationship with Jade. Upon my final save at the end of chapter 4, my relationship status with Olivia was "Darkness". I feel that more options should have been made available to pursue purity with her. Because lets be honest, there were NONE.
Nada. Zip. Zilch.It's like the game wants you to pursue a romantic/sexual/abusive relationship and I felt railroaded.For example, during the first big decision, you've got the option of telling her you feel romantically attracted to her, sexually attracted to her, or the "take advantage" option. No option to tell her that you have feelings for her, but only platonically. I've got a feeling that these kids are eventually going to be revealed as being the MC's daughters, and robbing the player of a full purity playthrough free of incest seems like a huge oversight. Especially if your only option with Olivia is to string her along, let her down and punish you with Darkness status on your relationship by the end of Ch. 4.
Hoping Sir Damned reads this and creates a patch in the next chapter.
Hey! Thanks for the feedback. I believe the issue here comes with your interpretation of "Purity," or what a "Pure" playthrough means vs. the way I'm using "Pure" "Lust" and "Dark" narratively.
In the context of the relationships you can form with each character... Purity means slightly different things. Sometimes it means no romance, but that's not always the case either.
With Olivia, currently the only way to get on/stay on her "Purity" path is through romance. While this might seem odd on the surface, keep in mind that I treat every character as if they are their own person, with their own feelings, and they will therefore have different reactions to the type of (or lack of) relationship you desire with them. In Olivia's case, which path you're on is determined heavily by the way your actions make her feel... and she's not happy if you reject her, regardless of your previous interactions.
While rejecting Olivia leads to her Dark Path, and there's currently no way of getting around that -- even "dark" players are never forced to do anything they don't want to and you can also steer things away from that path in the future. Players will be given the opportunity to "fix things" and the MC can correct his mistakes with her... namely, the way he sort of (intentionally, or) unintentionally leads her on prior to the rejection.
Now as for giving players the option to express only platonic feelings for her initially... something you should consider is that while I do try and give players a lot of control, it's impossible for the main character to not have some autonomy/his own feelings and behaviors. Olivia is written to be a lot like Gracie, and therefore when the MC first meets her, he indeed feels romantic feelings for her, and there's no way around that either. Sorry if that's not ideal for the type of playthrough you were going for! I definitely get where you're coming from and understand that the MC sort of... messes up by admitting things he feels initially.
If you want my advice... it's not to treat romance with the characters as a "negative," even if you suspect they might be leaning more towards the taboo. My recommendation would be to romance Olivia fully, and reject her as little as possible if you desire the happiest/best possible outcome with her.
I will say that while I highly enjoyed chapter 4, it was kind of a let down with the 12-16 month wait. Next question, are they dropping Polarity or putting out chapter 5 of it?
Yeah, a year wait is not the norm buddy. We are going to release a new chapter every 4-5 months, and future ones aren't that much smaller than CH4.
You don't have to take my word for it, just wait and see! That said, I do apologize for the wait for Ch4. It's not something either myself nor Alorth are proud of, but we plan to make it up to all of you.
I'll be making a big news announcement about Polarity as soon as I'm able. I'm currently seeking a full-time artist for it, and what is included in said news will be dependent on that.
Well buddy wait is acceptable even if not for biggest update in avn history, i m sure you must be facing some issue irl but good thing is don't abandoned even at some point you will like u don't want to work anymore, don't leave on cliffhanger give a meaningful ending that's all I wish, leave for sometime or take break if needed just don't abandoned the avn, my two fav avns got that and hit me hard since they were unique and too good but no reasons wer given from dev and they just left.
Really can't wait to see the next chapter. I played this every night after work from purchase until the end of content. I really want to see what happens with this story.
So, any reviews in yet for the new content other than Dabomberhawk's? Curious if it was worth the wait.
Might sound biased since it's coming from the dev, but the feedback we've received so far has been overwhelmingly positive, with the majority of players agreeing that it was the best chapter so far.
It's quite the rollercoaster and there's nearly 4,000 more lines of code/dialogue than the largest previous chapter, the most renders and animations of any chapter, etc.
That said, feel free to play it and see for yourself/let us know what you think! Would love to hear your thoughts.
Thanks!
Never have I ever been more sadden or disappointed at playing a new update of vn that this one here should rahe quit but I didn't made sad mc was the one who die bc after this update he didn't deserve to have second chance
When I downloaded it, it says Beta 2. What does that mean?
It looks like a new version of the demo was published along with the new chapter update. If you're using the Itch.io client, you probably chose the wrong update to install.
You should uninstall and re-download the full 'Chapters 1-4' version.
I downloaded the game attached to "Radiant: Chapters 1 - 4 (PC & Linux)"
Beta2 is just the public/open beta of the newest chapter, since we're still making some minor improvements and tweaks to v0.4... which will be shared here instead the moment it's done.
That said, it's more or less the completed/perfected version, free of bugs, and save-file friendly.
cool... so will there be new polarity too?
10:37 PM my time, and download is still v 3.1. Seem to be cutting it close to being late.
It's tomorrow where I am, so it's late to me
This serves as another reminder that, when you have a world wide audience, you should publish the release date and time in UTC.
Or, at the very least, you should add an extra day and leave people who are in the earlier times zones happily surprised.
I'm (UTC -06:00) and it dropped at almost 2 AM the following day. Not a huge difference, but would've been nice to download before bed and maybe get an hour played.
Hi if I buy this, do I have to buy it again, every time it updates?
Pay once, redownload for updates
Thx
I assume you mean September 7th
Ty, fixed.
Its still messed up in the actual announcement
It should be displaying properly now! Appreciate the heads up... sleep deprivation hitting me hard x_x'
”Also... Chapter 4 is releasing this month (August).”
Where?
on Patreon first - and allegedly to itch 7 days later.
But as far it looks they missed to keep their promis of the Aug release? Latest post still was from July.
It's indeed live on Patreon (in beta), and the full/completed build will be here Sep. 7th.
Its my first time seeing this game ive read some stuff about it but what does the taboo patch mean? Does it remove incest or add it
Adds