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Once I figure out how to code it without messing anything up, I plan on adding it! The biggest challenge is getting the events to run, without affecting anything. (For example, changing relationship points, changing actual stage sizes, etc.)

I also have a plan to allow the player to "purchase" any missed events, so if you missed an event during your playthrough that you can't go back and get, you can still unlock it

Sorry for the delay - I bit off way more than I could chew. I MAY have added 5 new characters (plus 6 nameless characters for college, like how customers functions). Between wrapping up some pre existing characters and getting the new ones to a working state, It looks like it'll be another few days before .28 drops.

 I could probably drop it now, but I want to do my best to prevent any bugs and test everything myself.

Sorry for the delay - I bit off way more than I could chew. I MAY have added 5 new characters (plus 6 nameless characters for college, like how customers functions). Between wrapping up some pre existing characters and getting the new ones to a working state, It looks like it'll be another few days before .28 drops.

 I could probably drop it now, but I want to do my best to prevent any bugs and test everything myself.

Thanks! That's actually a minor bug - I already removed it for version .28

Thanks for the feedback! I didn't really think much of it since no one has mentioned it, but that'll probably make it better for Android users

Thank you very much!!! That helps a ton!

If I keep the pace I'm at now, around next Tuesday!

Funny you mention college. I won't go into details, but Zoe will have a much larger role at the school soon...

For this update, the Jogger Sarah, Kristy, and some new characters for the college are being added and given some focus!
For the Housemates, Lily and Zoe are receiving some focus in .28. In the .29 update, it will be centered around Mia's rework!

I've added a back ended fix in version .28 that should fix it for you - There's a small chance something didn't trigger right along the way, and this will ensure the beach shop unlocks for you and anyone else with this issue!

The event should auto-trigger on a new day if the event hasn't happened yet, so it's strange it hasn't happened if you're loading a previous version's  save. What version did this save file start on?

Hey there Bubble! 

That's actually a good idea with the customers - I should be able to add different lines based off what stage the customer is at. I'm writing that one down!

The jogger is actually getting 9 total stages, and is being implemented in the next version!

Abby has some later stage content coming her way soon, and Mia will be receiving an entire overhaul of content soon- I'm guessing in version .29 or version .3.

The point on being good/evil is something I will likely implement when it reaches the point where I am adding more options for how the MC responds during events. However, for character arcs like Kristy, it will be difficult to make a good character option, without changing how the entire arc plays out.

este no problemas! Tu ingles es muy bien - yo trabajo con muchos personas que habla solo en espanol. apprendiando espanol, y no es facil a apprender idioma otra.

Hey there! The beach shop should unlock on Day 4 during an event with Becca and Lily. 

age regression as in, an old lady turns into a 20 year old. Not anything more than that lol

That's an interesting thought, since you're the second person to mention that! 

Work characters interacting with Becca are difficult to plan effectively, but when Becca gets focus again I'll be building on that! More beach and magic content is planned! A cheat system is likely to come eventually. Immobility will come, but I don't plan on adding that to the housemates for a very long time, since I want to get all of their content before that point finalized. Other characters are fair game for it.

Mind altering content is actually planned for two characters in this next update, so I'm glad you want it! Branching paths however is difficult for the housemates, but I want to create more permanent effects of decisions.

Thanks always for the feedback and your thoughts!

I had no idea how people would receive the Kristy content- definitely the darkest I've taken the game so far, and while I've been criticized in the past for characters being a bit too zen about their weight gain (fair criticism, working on that), I didn't realize I'd enjoy writing such a twisted arc lol.

Gossip is one of the mechanics that needs the most reworking in terms of content- ALL five housemates need gossip reworking before I even add Harper into the mix, so my goal is to work that over in the next several versions.

For the bugs- I documented all of those, and I'll be taking a look!

For the nitpicky bugs- thanks for pointing those out as well! All are worth fixing. the [playername] bugs are the bane of my existence, but I will hunt them down without mercy.

For the Harper points - that's something I'm considering. I've had the Harper story drag out a bit, mostly since I wanted to get the original five housemates right before adding more. I plan on keeping the hoops for Harper to jump through, but when I add a seventh housemate down the line, I'll likely have them join later on (after a few weeks), but it'll still be when most characters are at relatively low stages.

I really appreciate this feedback - my goal is to make Dorm House the best Visual Novel Weight Gain game there is! This definitely wasn't too much.

For the next update: Kristy's arc will be concluded, Sarah (The Jogger) will have all 7 or 8 stages done for sure, and like you mentioned, Lily focus. At least 2 of the following will be worked on; Katie, Mia, Zoe, Gwen, Tiffany, Tara, and/or Regina.  I have 7 new characters who are all half ideas - one of them might find their way in, but I am trying to get content prioritized for character who are already in the game.

I found a way to remove literally 600mb's from the game without losing any quality... I can add so much more now

Thanks for letting me know about this! This was a pretty substantial issue after I dug into it, and required some recoding of the entire map system. This is what was happening:

day_loop

 └ menu_leave_house         (you picked Beach Shop here)

    └ location_beach_shop    ← still open, waiting

       └ location_travel     (you hit "Leave", picked College)

          └ location_college

             └ location_cafeteria   ← you're here, feeding Kristy

Leaving one location re-opened the map on top of the place you were still in, so the game kept a stack of old locations underneath you. trying to go home surfaced the bottom one (the Beach Shop) instead of the house.

It's just hard, since my weeks can be inconsistent. For example, I didn't get much done last week at all. But this week, I finished up .27, I'm already 16 events into .28, and I'll have many more before today is over! At this pace, .28 will drop sooner than anticipated, but I just don't like over promising and under delivering

I'm humbled, my save is only at day 154 lol.

How many hours would you say you've put into the game to reach that point? After all the back and forth of playtesting, I genuinely have no idea how long the game is.

And thanks, Gwen will have multiple future stages based off the direction you took her in the stage 5 split! I plan on having split paths for future characters, but wanted to get a feel for it with her first. I also have been afraid to go down unreversible paths, but I'm more comfortable with it now.

Out of the housemates, who is your favorite?

That's an interesting idea! I made a note of that when I start hyper fixating on Zoe. Zoe and Mia need the most work, and are up for reworking/ added content after Lily gets polished up. I'll likely do Mia first, since she's the MOST bare housemate, but Zoe will be prioritized before Harper becomes an official housemate.

No promises, but what type of direction would you like to see Zoe head in?

Hey there! After you've visited Bella and Kristy at the hospital, go to the Common Room, and a small event will trigger where you find Harper's hair

A few examples that are likely to hit the game in the near future are pregnancy, Age Regression, Attribute Theft, minor giantess (like, realistically tall), and gender swap. 

I'm pretty open to most things and suggestions, including more fantasy character types such as elves and vampires. Someone actually gave me an idea for the direction to take the professor in, and I went with it! The only thing I never plan on touching is vore, that's a no go for me.

She didn't deserve to wait any longer! Hopefully her content was worth the wait. I plan on doing a bit more with her still.

Don't worry, she's not done yet! I just figured that was a good stopping point for version .27. I definitely wanted to take her content in a darker direction and explore that side of  feederism. Writing that was a real change of pace! Yeah, I thought to myself as I was going along with her story that the stage 5 to 6 transition was...important for her development lol. The facial changes are coming, she's about to enter a whole new arc....

I'm really happy with how Rachel turned out! She was honestly the character I was least excited about out of the three coworkers, but ended up REALLY loving how she developed!

And still much more distance to go! Hopefully you're still around trying out the newer versions!

Gina caused me so much trouble, mostly because I was playing through her content as I was developing it, and so I never even had the chance to encounter that bug! Thankfully I got a lot of feedback on it, and was able to fix it in version .27 lol.

I think that's going to be closer to what it will be moving forward. I just feel like there isn't enough of a content difference at this stage on a week to week basis

Thanks for letting me know... After checking, Kristy's sprites 3-5 all have the white background, but 6-7 don't. If any game breaking bugs come through I need to quick patch, these will be fixed!

And thanks! I'm curious to hear your thoughts on all of Kristy's current story once you get through it.

At this point, Dorm House will feature growth and fetish content of all sorts. It started as just a weight gain game, but with content like the Attribute Swap between Bella and Kristy, and the lactation content with Gina, there's many more paths I want to go down.

Good question; no! My goal is to continuously keep the game from needing new saves at all costs. My own save file I use is at day 150 now, so I'm pretty good about staying compatible with previous saves. There's been a few times I've had to add quick patches when syncing issues happen, but so far I've managed to keep the same file since the first version.

Hey there! What stage are you at with her?

And thanks, I'm glad you like it!

Thanks as always!

- [Bug] Certain things seem to undo the Coffee (Abby Apartment, Something at the Occult Shop [either the Old Perfume or Zoe's Brew])

*I looked into this, and I'm having a hard time figuring out the cause right now, but I'm going to try and have it fixed by the time .27 rolls around!

- [Bug] Mindy in the Aisle - CG has her Sprite underneath (is visible due to transparency), second CG loads over the other

*This has been fixed!

- [Continuity Error] Phone Event, Gina Calls you meet in the morning before the Night Gym Vist if the two events happen on the same Night/Day transition (so it goes Night to Day then back to Night)

*This has been fixed!

- [Continuity Error] Gina Break-Room Talk, Shift continues in the breakroom

*This has been fixed!

- [Bug] Gina Stage 9, shakes add 3 instead of 1

*This is actually intentional, and was added for all stages where multiple milkshakes are purchased. You start buying Gina multiple milkshakes per day, and the number is supposed to reflect that.

- [Visual Bug] Becca Stage 4 Swimsuit, Beccas middle finger is dislocated

*After a trip to the ER, Becca has been fixed!

- [Bug] Overheard at the Shop, back at the dorm there is no Sprite of Priya (no error message either)
*Priya now exists

- [Bug] Beach, Zoe Stage 1 Talk, regular Sprite over swimsuit

*Also fixed- this happened in a handful of areas.

- [Text Error] Tia Stage 3 "Bigger tips get bigger tips. They're out there for a reason" (I believe it is meant to be "Bigger tits get bigger tips.")

*Actually, this was intentional. I know the saying is the second one, but I had Tia put her own spin on it.

- [Bug] Becca Stage 6 Event (Joins Work) Player "You knew I worked here." ([player_name] is in plain text, not as a character name)

*Fixed!

- [Bug] Lilly Stage 6, Filled and Overfull Sprites are shrunk (scaling issue)

*Thanks- I'm working on some scaling issues, and some images came out wonky.

I'm thinking about next week- possibly around Tuesday. I'm busy this week, so unless I find some time I don't think it'll drop before then. But who knows, I might make it happen!

Hey there!

.27 is shaping up well! I've currently got about 32 events done, and by the time it's ready to roll I think it'll be close to how .26 was in terms of total content. It's really just building more stages and content for characters that are already in the game!

There actually will be! That's what the Movie Theater location will be for, it's just a bit difficult getting the events to fire again without changing anything on the backend that would open up the potential for bugs. But it will be coming!

I went back and forth with that, actually! I treated it as the player having told Becca his boss's name offscreen at some point.

I just uploaded an Android version! It is untested, but should be the full playable version of The Dorm House

I just uploaded an Android version! It is untested, but should be the full playable version of The Dorm House

I just uploaded an Android version! It is untested, but should be the full playable version of The Dorm House

Glad to see you're still playing! And yeah, I still have plans for the professor, she's just been lost in the shuffle.

I'm starting to expand the scope of The Dorm House, and I have ideas to include a variety of fetishes I originally didn't plan to cater to. Pregnancy of some kind is pretty high up on the list, since I feel like that goes pretty hand in hand with WG and BE content!