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Over the last month or so i have been working on a text based adventure game in inform. The game is very much in development and incomplete but i currently update and add content usually at least twice a week.

The current version (V0.298B) focuses it's content in the War torn kingdom, with almost all the content outside of Deepwell being there. Thus i would only recommend going to that kingdom at the moment.

In game type 'Help me' to receive a list of helpful action that can assist you should you be unfamiliar with games made in Inform, as well as a number of cheats that can make the game easier or allow you to reach the content faster. ( I will also be posting a 'Guide' on the blog to the content already in game later this week)

I appreciate any comments or suggestions as well as letting me know about bugs or broken parts of the game.

*Story*

The four kingdoms is an adult interactive fiction based in the world of Aesmir. This world was once populated almost solely by humans but over many years the human population has receded and the last remenents lie in isolated villages hidden from the world. The humans ultimately were defeated by their own genetics, as humans in Aesmir are highly prone to transformational effects and can have their body's easily changed and manipulated. As the different creatures within Aesmir began to press the humans and fight for control, many of the humans changed, becoming members of the attacking species themselves.

Now that the number of humans within Aesmir has dwindled to within the hundreds, the creatures of Aesmir have formed four very distinct kingdoms, each populated by many species of at least slightly similar beings.
The four kingdoms formed by the denizens of Aesmir are:

The Beast Kingdom :- This kingdom consists of the many bestial creatures from Aesmir who dwell within the forests. Many are anthropomorphic as they are descended from changed humans but there are also many conventional animals. The vast majority of creatures here are feral, living in the wilderness and hunting. However there are also some more intelligent creatures, who have formed their own villages and societies.

This kingdom will/may focus on :-" Furry" enemies and transformations, Bestiality, Feral transformations, Pregnancy and animal heats, plant enemies and transformations.

The Future Kingdom :- This kingdom consists of the technological species from Aesmir, including the once human scientists from before the collapse of humanity. Here there are many robotic or bionic creatures. Many creatures here resemble humans in some way but often are part machine or entirely machine. The large cities built in this kingdom are home to the great barons, who earn their immense wealth from exploiting former humans, changing them to fit the desires of the non humans and whoring out their pliable bodies as well as harvesting their valuable breast milk for sale on the fluid market.

This kingdom will/may focus on :- Robotic enemies and transformations, lactation and bimboification, Prostitution (forced or otherwise).

The Fantasy Kingdom :- This kingdom consists of the fabled creatures within Aesmir. Ranging from slimes to elves to dragons and everything in between. However the creatures are not always true to the stories and most have adapted to the new, sexualized world. The creatures here will vary greatly but will all be based on mythical creatures and fantasy.

This kingdom will/may focus on :- Mythical enemies and transformations, Combat and dungeon crawling, Relations with various heroes and adventures with them, Wizards, warlocks and their abilities over you.

The war torn kingdom :- This kingdom is constantly waring for dominance between the angels and the demons. The Angels and demons both have their towns here and the very ground within the kingdom reflects the conflict, split between sandy desert and snowy tundra. The creatures here are generally of either angelic or demonic origin or creation.

This kingdom will/may focus on :- Corruption and purity, The war between angels and demons with the choice to become either one, Slavery, Sexual combat, Mind control and body possession, tentacle monsters.

You begin the game as one of the remaining humans, 50 years after the humans have retreated into isolation. You were born in the small village of Deepwell near the center of Aesmir. You have spent your whole life within the walls of Deepwell, never venturing out but always dreaming of the day you could explore the outside world. Tired of the dull life within Deepwell, you decide to escape and over many months dig an escape tunnel. Now all you must do is prepare for your journey and venture out into the world beyond the wall.

**Updates**

The four kingdoms are updated with content added to each one at a time. I will continue to expand a kingdom until i feel that it is time to add to another to keep the kingdoms at least fairly even on content. The order in which i add to them is not certain and i may spend more time on a particular kingdom if i feel there is something big i can add or something i would enjoy adding.

Also every Monday i add (or work on) one thing from the Ideas and future content page on my blog, which idea i work on can often be voted on.

Current state of this round of updates -

V0.32A

War torn kingdom - 100%
Beast Kingdom - 15%
Future Kingdom - 0%
Fantasy Kingdom - 0%

**Full change log**
V0.12 - Word count now 10144 (Increased by 3670)
-Reynolt's talk scene is now complete (and no longer cuts to maria's scene)
-Attempting to find the map in raynolt's office, agreeing to close the door and hiding under the table now has the start of an outcome, This out come is different if you have ran away from Reynolt's proposal.
-Running from reynolt and then being found in his office (Hiding under the table) is one of the possible ways to escape Deepwall, however there is nothing out there yet so doing so ends the game.
-Rooms now list adjacent rooms on a separate line
-all clothing has been given a description (Clothing still has no actual effect however, The clothing you can buy from maria is a placeholder)


V0.14 - Word count now 14121 (increased by 3977)

Combat is now implemented. You can use Attack [Target] With [weapon to use] to attack either Edward or the Animals in the forest. (if you have no weapon specify " hands" as the weapon. You can also use Heal "myself" to heal.( you can currently heal past the health cap).
Edward now has scenes for females who enter his house. He is pretty tough and losing to him ends the game but he can be seduced to stop him attacking you.
You can now obtain Reynolts map from reynolts office if you hide in the right place. (It wont do anything until next release).
Reynolt can now throw you out of Deepwell if you ask for his map or sleep with him, run away from him and then get caught in his office.
Outside of Deepwell now has two encounters in the hunting grounds, one of which has a loss scene. Both of these are anthropomorphic animals and the start of the "Beast kingdom" of the game. (So if that's not your thing avoid these for now)
Defeating a monster that you encounter will drop loot items, at the moment these are pretty useless.

Next release will include (under some circumstances) for the player to decide which of the 4 kingdoms that they travel to.
Will also add the scene with the guard in reynolts office and add encounters and a start point to each kingdom.

V0.22 - Word count now 35410 (Increased by 21289)

- All current Deepwell content has been completed and implemented (I think) More will likely be added to deepwell at a later date.
- A status bar that includes important information as well as a compass has been added.
- All four kingdoms outside of Deepwell have been implemented. Each one has one fully working monster in the form of a cat girl, a slime , a tentacle monster that can grab you as you travel around the war torn kingdom and a fluid hunting harvester robot. These creatures are found in the Beast, fantasy. war torn and future kingdoms respectively and each have scenes for male/female/herm players. the cat girl and tentacle trap also have endings associated with them. (Tentacle spawn birth is not yet implemented).
- Your body can now be changed by creatures. Most changes occur after sex with a creature but some creatures change you in other ways. You have a higher chance of being changed if you lose in combat and some scenes will 100% change you should you lose.(Creatures this update mostly change male players into herms/females, future updates will go the other way as-well)
- Lactation and pregnancy have been added but will not take effect until the next update.
-The glowing bracelet in the upper level of the barn will allow the player to leave Deepwell immediately after it is worn via the escape tunnel east of the barn. It will also act as if you had obtained Reynolt's map and allow you to choose what kingdom you travel to. Using it again will return you to the barn so that you can choose again.(This will be removed later on or be changed into another form)

Notes - The Mad scientist, goblin and Dog man creatures can be fought but have no scenes or outcomes. Losing to them will likely end your game or break it in some way. Should you end up fighting a scientist you can try to run away back the way you came and will have a chance to escape. Neither creature is particularly tough and you should be able to kill them anyway.(Or use the undo command to avoid them)

V0.24 - Word count now 42925 (Increased by 7515)

-Added first part of the Angel/Vana "Quest" line.
Can be found by going to The frozen gateway in the War torn kingdom.
Currently ends after becoming enslaved and moving to Vana's lair or after you talk to Vana and receive the necklace and package.

V0.25 - Word count now 53196 (Increased by 10271)

-Expanded Vana slavery line, allows you to receive a demonic mark from her in return for gathering her some tentacle beast eggs the hard way.(further quests will be added soon for after she releases you back into the kingdom)
-Added a guard at Devil's rest who will offer to help those without marks into the city... or will he? (Leads to becoming enslaved by the guard and forced to fight in a demon sex arena type thing) Arena is not complete yet but is likely to be done tomorrow or the day after, currently it will return you to the barn after you hear the rules.

(angels quest still goes nowhere if you choose to talk to the demonic woman rather than attack her)

V0.27 - word count now 63324 (Increased by 10128)
[Sex arena update] - [Found in the war torn kingdom by entering the guards office outside of Devil's rest.]


-Implemented lust system into combat, going over 100 lust makes you so horny that you cannot fight and results in a loss and works the same way for npcs. Currently the only NPCS that you can cause to gain lust are the arena contenders, they are also the only ones that will attempt to defeat you with lust at the moment.
In order to raise the lust of an opponent you can use the Tease [Target] command (Entice [target] and flirt with [target] have the same result)

-Expanded the arena, you can now fight up until the final round against contenders of every sex (They are chosen at random and the male contender will not appear for male players) Each turn the contenders will attempt to raise your lust in some way, such as by grabbing and fondling you. You have a passive chance to dodge this but there is also a small chance that when you successfully dodge you will be grabbed for a strong attack that raises lust greatly.

Currently there is no victory for winning the arena and losing to the final two contenders does not have it's full ending.(The final fight is fairly imbalanced and you should not be able to win it yet anyway.)

V0.28 - Word count now 70078 (Increased by 6754)
[Arena "Completion" update]

-Content that occurs within the arena is now done. Content afterwards [Samantha's slave and Using your own slaves]
Winning in the arena now grants you your own house in Devil's rest. You will receive a key that allows you to go there at any time from anywhere. Inside is a portal that can take you to any kingdom or other house you own. [Of which there are none as of yet]
Inside this house are the three slaves you have won, Alicia Salria and Samantha you will be able to order them to do things as well as use them for your entertainment in the next update.

Losing to the final 2 contenders will now give you a GO where you take on the role of the slave you gain for wining.
Choosing to let Samantha win after defeating these two will for now move you to the barn after the scene. However in future you will have the choice of being freed and not becoming a demon as you would if you win, or becoming Samantha's lover.

(Becoming her lover would have similar effects to winning but you are technically Samantha's slave and she will occasionally show you who is boss. You will also have less control over Alicia and Slaria.)

-Added a very small part to the angel quest line that will lead into the rest of the quest once i have done the demon stuff.

Note: Once you have the house you cannot leave via normal means as the rest of Devil's rest is not yet fully implemented. You can use the portal to leave should you need to.
- I went really overboard with this arena line and it is taking me longer than i had intended. I will likely quickly move on to another kingdom once i have a couple of sex scenes added to these outcomes and progressed the Angel quest a bit more.

V 0.293 - Word count now 80459 (Increased by 10381)

- Added scenes for the slaves received from winning in the arena, as well as extra for Samantha depending on whether she is a demon or not.
- Made the whole of the arena slightly easier so it is more likely that you can succeed. ( I'm aware of the "You must supply a second noun" thing, it has no effect on the game)
- Added a Winter Elf encounter inside of the Frosty Grotto which is on the path to the angel's castle.
- Added the inside framework of the demon's town Devil's Rest, which connects to Black-River mansion should you own it.
- If you have a demonic mark, either from Vana or The arena you can freely enter or leave Devil's rest.
(Trying to leave out of the main gate if you choose to let Samantha become the demon will not work, you must use the portal in Black-River mansion.)

V 0.298B - Word count now 91163 (Increased by 10704)

- Added the "Help me" command which lists helpful commands and cheats in game.
- Added buy-able pets to the pet store. Each has sex scenes and will appear in the slave quarters in Black-River mansion. (You will have to have won the arena in order to buy pets)
- Added scenes to Minty if you hand yourself over to the pet store.

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Link to the Blog - aesmirgames.blogspot.co.uk

The game can now be played directly from the blog, with no need for downloading.
 
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So for windows would one need to download the gargoyle binaries, installer and sources?
 
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Just quickly went through the game and I think you've done a great job so far! Its nice to see another game using Inform. Keep up the good work! :)
 
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Updated the game to add the ability to become pregnant.

Currently only works with the 'new' dog man creature in the beast kingdom but will soon be added to a number of other creatures and some friendly NPCS.

The Beast kingdom still has relatively little content (Just the Dog man and cat girl encounters) for now, but more will be added shortly.

Check the blog for full details of upcoming content.


@blow-it-all-up - Thanks a lot :) I'm glad you like it.
 

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Kind of stuck. I just got the necklace from the hidden cave and I am standing in front of Naal. However, the commands "Talk Naal" and "Give necklace" doesn't seem to work. What I am doing wrong?
 

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Kind of stuck. I just got the necklace from the hidden cave and I am standing in front of Naal. However, the commands "Talk Naal" and "Give necklace" doesn't seem to work. What I am doing wrong?
You generally have to include your target when performing an action.

"Give necklace to Naal" might work.
 

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> Give necklace to Naal
Naal doesn’t seem interested.


Didn't work =s

Also, I can't seem to fight enemies. Whenever I try "Fight <enemy>" I get the message Violence isn’t the answer to this one, even though I am being attacked.
 
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@NaoSoul

Naal does not work with the necklace because that part of the quest is unfinished, attacking the demonic woman (as apposed to talking to her) results in a different path to that is more complete.

You sould try to "Attack" something rather than fight it. Typing "Help me" lists a number of important actions that can help you along.

** Update **

Added a play page to my blog, you can play the game in your browser there without the need for downloading anything.
 
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A promising game I'll follow with great attention :).

If I may have a suggestion : as it is, almost every monster in the game swaps your gender or makes you a herm if you play a male character, which is too bad as I like to play a male character occasionnaly in text games like Fenoxo or the like.
In my opinion, it would be better if these gender transformations didn't occur everytime, or if the number of monsters applying them would be reasonable.
 
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@Kln

Thanks, I'm glad you like the game so far.

I do plan to add monsters that TF you to a male soon, i just have not got around to it yet.

Also Transformations should not happen every time, there is a random chance involved depending on what happened to you. If you are getting it every time you are either very unlucky or i might need to lower the chances a bit.
 

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It's really hard to play this game, as alot of the time I'm unsure if I'm doing anything right. Mostly, I get stuck in loops or errors. One specifically being

'must enter a second noun

must enter a second noun

must enter a second noun

It's easy to trigger, as it always seems to happen after I get enslaved by Vana
(Which is hot) but she gives me a vag (not hot, but I'm sure for others it is. Just so close to being a a purely male servant dominated by a hot chick.)

Another thing, I always have have to skip dw enable to proceed any further. I get locked out of the city upon going west too much, and I can never initiate the escape plan to go east at the barn despite having all the required equipment.
 
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@ Sponge

Thank you for the input.

I looked into the looping and found it happens whenever something removes all items from the player. For now you will not lose your items when you are enslaved or when any other event removes your items, but you still lose your money.

This (As far as i can tell) has solved the looping of "you must supply a second noun"

I have also changed the story around to make the game easier to start off. You no longer have to stay in Deepwell if you don't want to, but i will be adding rewards for players that do, making the later game slightly easier later on if you explore Deepwell first.

As for making the game easier, i will add more tips to the "help me" command as well as indicators when you do something wrong (e.g attack with no weapon specified)

Other than that if you can give me some idea of what else is making things difficult i will do my best to resolve it. (The mentioned changes will not be in the game until version 0.31 is released later today)
 

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The combat in this is really strange. Half the time when I try to attack whatever is attacking me the game says that I can't see the person.
 

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An interesting start. Text based erotic games (not Japanese visual novels) are a lost art that frankly can often be more interesting than flashier games. It's just important that the player not get stuck due to 'find the verb the game designer wanted' issues. If the way to progress is to attack something for instance, the parser should recognize a number of commands an average player would try to initiate a fight. ie it should accept Attack, Fight, Hit, Kill, etc. Players should generally not have to look up 'common sense' type actions.

I remember one game where in order to put a key into a door you had to enter, "Place key in door." It would not take 'put', 'use', 'unlock', or 'open'. Place.
 
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Not sure how to give the necklace to Naal. She 'doesn't seem interested.' This ends up making it impossible to leave the angel place.

Also, Vana's second task doesn't seem to trigger upon entering the demon town.

Also, upon being "enslaved" if you try to enter the demon city without the mark, the "second noun" problem resumes. Most likely because they take all you have.

agreeing with the crying slave ends up putting you in a place that you can't leave. Not sure where to go or what to do. Waiting didn't work.
vice versa, if you fuck her, you CAN end up leaving the place. But you can't find the slave girls. (I'm still a full blown guy at this point)
 
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@sgb3

I have tried to avoid that as much as possible, for example the commands allowed for attack are.

Understand the commands "punch" and "destroy" and "kill" and "murder" and "hit" and "thump" and "break" and "smash" and "torture" and "wreck" as "attack".

@Sponge

Thanks for the reports again.

By Vana's task do you mean after the tentacles?

Naal won't work just yet because i have not put in what happens after you hand in the necklace. But i have it written and should be done for the update later on.

Also is the place you cannot leave Black-river mansion? or do you mean the whole of Devil's rest?

** Update **

More fixes for big problems in the game -

- More loops fixed (You must supply a second noun over and over)
- Wining in the arena now works properly, agreeing to the slave no longer gets you stuck.
- Getting Naal's necklace now works correctly.
- Other assorted fixes of less importance.


Along with the fixes i have added :-

- A big update to Naal, receiving her necklace in the cave now triggers a demon invasion of Angel's rest. This results in the player having to fight a succubus and then Vana, the demon met earlier in the cave ( Those of you that have attacked her before will be familiar)

Losing to either the succubus will result in you and all of the angels being enslaved by the demons and the demons taking over the whole world without the angels to stop them.

Losing to Vana will result in Naal being corrupted, fucking you senseless and then taking you as a slave for herself.

Beating both the succubus and Vana allows Naal to become your lover and she will have sex with you any time. Later on she will be able to move into any house you own and will be able to have your children should you want her to. However Vana swears revenge and will likely return in future.

Murajo (The beast kingdom town) now exists, however since i had to spend a fair amount of time on fixing the game ( and i expect a fair amount more) the NPCs there will have to wait. An angel TF will also be coming soon for after you defeat Vana.
 
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After being able to screw Nalla and leaving, your unable to re-enter her house getting the message "You might not want to anger your only friend here."
 
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That's what i get for rushing. Fixed and updated the play page.

Thanks again.

V0.32A Update

V 0.32A fixes include :-

- Minty combat was fixed.
- Entering and leaving Devil's rest.
- Reentering the arena after you have won already.
- Meeting Vana twice.
- Couple of typos and minor fixes.


New in this version :-

Entering Murajo in the beast kingdom now allows the player to meet Leon. Leon is a Lion guard in Murajo.

I originally intended Leon to be a small encounter, but i got carried away with it and ended up at almost 8000 words just for the female section. Once you arrive in Murajo Leon will show up to talk to you. After that vagina bearing players can talk to him in the entrance to Murajo to initiate his scenes. Be warned, he is very 'convincing' and can knock you up.

Should he not knock you up the first time you can talk to him again and he will be more than happy to make another attempt, this time back in his tent. After having Leon's child he will want you to join him in Murajo and become a lioness (TF not added yet) This will not be an immediate game over, but will have one associated with it.

Males will be getting a scene involving going to the Inn with Leon to pick up some animal girls tomorrow as well as adding the Lioness TF and two more NPCs to Murajo.


Murajo can be found in the dense forest, north of Dark forest far west.
 
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