I think I found the issue: I raised the price with 99 cents in order to harmonize more with the price level on Steam. This means that you might have to add another 99 cents in order to unlock this content. Sorry for the inconvenience, I wasn't aware of the fact that this would influence people who'd already bought the season.
No, doesn't work. I have restored the original price so you will be able to download the new version. I will have to work out another approach to align the pricing with Steam. Thank you for making me aware of this issue.
I didn't want to comment on the pricing, but I feel like I really have to. I have just finished playing the public version (to get an idea of what I will pay for), and I feel like the amount of content is not worth 12 dollars here on itch. Don't get me wrong, I think that the story itself is interesting enough that I would be willing to pay money for it. However, the amount of content I see, at least in the three episodes in the public version, 12 dollars each season is just way too much. Think about this. AAA games tend to be around 70 dollars. If we assume the price is going to be around 10 dollars each season, then with the 30 episodes you have in mind, or probably 6 seasons, the total cost of the entire game will become 60 dollars. Considering that I finished the first 3 episodes in around an hour at most (I forgot how long), 60 dollars for the entire game is really way too high. Your game is great, and I am not comparing it to those games made by companies to discourage you or anything, I just think that it might be beneficial to bring up some numbers you can compare to when pricing the game. No matter what, I really just have to say that I just cannot justify myself to pay that much for the game, despite that I think it is a great story and has great potential. However, if the price of the game is reconsidered, I would definitely be supporting and buying the game.
Thank you for your honest feedback. I see this comment ever so often - the projection of the full amount for the full 6 seaons. The comparison to AAA games is understandable, at the same time, these developers have tens or maybe even hunderds of millions of dollar budget, where as The Builder is a cottage industry. So you have to look at it in terms of handcrafted goods - with its beauty faults and its personality.
Having said that, I totally agree that with the present amount of content for the two seasons the pricing of the full six will be too high. If you go to Steam, you can buy the two seasons as a bundle - and I agree that when the story is brought to its conclusion, there has to be a price / value adjustment.
This is my first game. I'm learning things I never thought I'd learn when I majored in literature, including tech stuff, pricing mechanics, 3D rendering, automations and customer care. It's extiting but also demanding. For that reason, I am very grateful for your input, and to summarize: Duly noted. The full price of the six seasons needs to be lower than an AAA game by far.
How to get there is a process, and any ideas are most welcome.
I think I found the issue: I raised the price with 99 cents in order to harmonize more with the price level on Steam. This means that you might have to add another 99 cents in order to unlock this content. Sorry for the inconvenience, I wasn't aware of the fact that this would influence people who'd already bought the season.
Thank you for your question. I still haven't worked out how to make this work in an automated way, but I'll post and update as soon as I work out if it's doable.
Really disappointed with the steam launch for this game, I was rooting for it to be good but after going through the first season there's a whole lot of issues that I need to address.
-To charge 7-10 USD for each season is beyond the pale, there is not enough game in there to justify that price. 3-5 USD a season? maybe. This becomes more evident when you realize Season 1 is being advertised with S2 scenes and characters.
-I bought the bundle expecting S1 to include the scene with Synne on bed, as it is included on the store page, or the one when Kikki is holding Charlotte's boobs, this made it look as the first season would have much more content than it really has, but nope, if you have played the free / demo version on itch you have already experienced well over 70% of the first season, and the remaining 30% isn't that well done,
-After each following chapter the black screens and "thoughts" masking the limited amounts of renders become more predominant and it becomes apparent that the focus was put on the first couple of chapters while the following feel thoroughly rushed.
- The achievements also support this idea, there are 8 single achievements on S1 and all of them you "achieve" on the first 20-30 minutes of play.
- Also on that note, the game inflates play time by having you go through both "choices" on a specific fork on the road early on, something I can only justify as the developer needing to set the stage for a future scenario including both characters those "choices" involve being present with the MC, as in making it easier for just rendering a single version of that hypothetical scene. It would've been easier to simply have both scenes happen without having the player choose one over the other, it feels cheap and manipulative.
I just hope this honest feedback brings a bit of perspective to the developer, there is still time to fix the most glaring issues and prevent your audience to reach the same conclusions I have.
Thank you for your input! I will try to adress your comments as good as I can - and I would love your thoughts on this:
Pricing
It's been hard for me to assess the price level on this - but I take with me your input - thank you
Screenshots
It was a long process to get the game approved with several changes of plans, so this needs to be cleaned up. As for the quality of the overall game, that is of course done to the best of my abilities.
The narrator screens
I guess this is a question of taste - Not all images are that fun to create either. But okay, noted.
Achievements
This is work in progress - a lot more is planned on being added - as mentioned in the release notes.
Thanks, that's good to know. I wouldn't dare to suggest what price you should charge for your product, but I can say that there is not enough content in your first season to charge 7-8 USD (don't know if that's the price everywhere, that's how much it shows in my region) I could point at other AVNs priced similary ("Come Home", for instance, wich is free but you can purchase a premium edition for about the same price of TB) and TB doesn't come close to the amount of content those other games provide. You have a nice premise, it's different and interesting, you also have models / Lis that feel a bit more realistic and down to earth, more so than the usual bimbos with impossible hourglass shapes you get in most AVNs, but other than that your game is lacking in other areas, and these other areas (amount of content, animation quality, etc) weigh a ton in people's perception of the game experience and whether the price matches what they've experienced. I hope you can take my feedback to heart and improve your product for future seasons, I wish you well.
Love the game! Keep up the great work. Just FYI, the revisisons to the doll scene are just creepy. I enjoyed the original scene much more and without getting the ick.
Thank you for your support and feedback! I needed to remove the AI images so the game can be AI clean, but I have noted your feedback and will bring that with me in further revisions.
If you can specify what aspect of the new images that creates what creepy feeling, that would be of help.
Looking at the scene now, in relationship to how young Rob looks, the doll looks similar to how I imagine a child might look like in Fjorda. The doll blinks it's eyes (as if it's alive). So when the scene cuts from Rob describing how his dad destroys the doll, to the scene with the broken doll in the trash - it's horrifying because it looks like a mutilated child - who is gasping for breath. Things to consider: 1. Can you make the doll look less realistic and more toy-like? For example, many children's dolls do not have developed breasts. Maybe the skin texture is more porcelain or wood-like (which I think the original was). 2. If the doll's joints were more doll like -(gaps where the shoulders and elbows articulate) you could maybe show the limbs "akimbo" and see the thread/band that connects the elbow or shoulder joint. So the doll parts in the dust bin look less like a mutilated child and more like a broken toy. 3. Some dolls cry. With your current animation, you could change the script from how life like the doll breathed, to how life-like it's eye's blinked and cried. I notice the doll in the story blinking, but not the rise/fall of it's chest. Add tears to the animation, and in the trash can scene replace the gasping face with a tear-stained crying face and it might be just as moving, and less creepy. Hope this feedback helps!!
I will see what I can do. The joints are beyond me, but the breasts and the skin should be within reach somehow. Tears are always a hazzle, but there are assets for them, so it should be possible.
Won't be this month though, as I'm working hard with the Stream release.
before i buy this it says ep9 is out but when i go to download its 1-5 on anroid on all platforms and is season1 harem edition updated same time as season 2 cause iget notifications and i the only difference i see is that the picture colors are different
Thank you for your purchase and your feedback. Normal autoplay speed for Season 1 gives at least 2.5 hours of gameplay. If you have fast forwarded your way through the season, you might have missed quite a lot.
Could it be that you are referring to the free public version of Episodes 1 - 3?
I am a little disappointed. I like this game bacause you really did a good job, but paying 11 $ + tax for every season, is a bit too much for me. I really did hope to be able to pay the price one time and be able to play it all. I get it, you have to be paid for your job, ut for someone like me that does not have much money in bank, being able to enjoy this great game without paying thta much every time would've been wonderful. Plus, are just 2 ep added, not 5 or 8. I don't know, it seems quite small for more than 11 $. So yeah, except for the price, it is still a great game.
Thank you for your purchase and support! The Builder is in constant development, and I have noted your wish for having the entire game as one big release.
SPOILER If you look closely, she's in the climax of Ep7, and she's behind the scenes of all the action in Ep8. She is back for real in Ep 9, but there won't be any lewd action with her in that episode (but later there will be).
well can't wait for the newer version of your game, this is the first time on itchi.io that the game glitch so hard, I've played similar games like Evermore, Last Human, and Serinity season 1 and 2, and Depths Revival which are bigger than your game and play smoothly, I've tried the download here on itchi which is glitch, then try Patreon which is smoother though it stops right when it hits chapter 3 on both builds, however the build on Lewd Flixs site has all the chapter though glitch as well, i hope you have a chance to look into this, i like the game just wish it ran smoothly.
Firstly: LewdFlix is a pirate site who has stolen the game and is running it on some in-browser emulator.
Secondly: I haven't been able to detect any gliches or problems with the pc builds of neither episodes in the ones I distribute here and via Patreon / SubeScribestar.
Be aware of old saves - if you use these, the game will crash because I update the strings as we progress through the season.
This youtube video should give you instructions to how to get rid of your old saves:
so, i redownloaded and the seen where you have to get the key out of Liz was all snow background and glitch name and text, do you have discord so i can send you the screen cap
thanks! you should be able to load it right into this message thread? I'm still working out the access rights of the Discord - has been on the backburner ...
the free version is broken, all the pictures are not showing up and the text ether dose not shows, or its glitch is there an updated version i can play (im on the free version)
It's a great game, abut I'm a little disappointed. I bought the full season one. The main menu photo shows the pregnant black woman (forgot her name), but the MC hasn't even had sex with her, let alone knock her up. As for trying to impregnate the village, he's not doing very well.
Thank you for your feedback! We will eventually get there with all the ladies, no worries. The black lady - the daughter of the architect - is back within range from the end of episode 8 and onwards.
If all the ladies spread their legs for our hero all the time, it wouldn't be much fun, now would it? Give a man a free house and he'll bust out the windows.
A total of 30 episodes, 5 seasons, are planned, so just enjoy the progression!
I was talking about the architect and daughter both. Even if they aren't spreading their legs, it would be nice to have them in the story. To me they're the prettiest women in the game (and all the women in this story are pretty).
Maybe next you can do a Builder spinoff where you have to go build in a remote African village. All the husbands are impotent and you have to impregnate the African wives. lol. I'm joking, but I'm not.
spinoffs, prequels, sequels - bring them on, I'm collecting ideas!
Best way to help that materialize is to add The Builder to your wishlist on Steam so that we make a splash when it releases, that will improve the resources for development even further :)
Such a good game!! I can't praise it enough!! Very sexy, nice that every girl got her own little kinks, makes it interesting to see what's coming next! When i found the game I played all available episodes, coulnt pase myself. Can't wait for more..
I'm planning to expand the public version once the game has had its release on Steam. With other words, after the release of Ep 10. I am currently working on Ep 9.
but there is already a demo version!!! I think it’s enough to understand whether to buy the rest of the game or not. I did just that, tried the demo and then bought the entire first season. Now I’m waiting for the entire 2nd season to be ready and I’ll buy it. If you are interested in my opinion, I recommend leaving the demo version unchanged! don't devalue your work!
Why is there completely NO interface on the Android Version? I can kinda understand it on the PC version as you have a keyboard there... But how am I supposed to save or load on Android?
OR skip for that matter if I want to skip ahead since I already know the first two chapters...
Seems kind of like an oversight to me...
Would it be possible to get an update with these features enabled? (We are talking about RenPy after all...)
The visual interface on eps 6-8 was programmed by an external dev I bought. I'm terrible at finding out this stuff, but I'll do my best to see what can be done for Season 1!
You could even go ahead and copy the default buttons from the default RenPy example project... (The features included in that would be absolutely sufficient..)
Thank you for your support! There are several ways of following The Builder to its completion - here on itch.io, by joining Patreon or SubscribeStar or by purchasing the early access when it's released on Steam later this year.
Your contributions keep the development of this VN going!
I payed for season 6 consider my season 2 purchase a donation to the game development. Going forward.but in the future it would be good to know ahead of time of changes like these.
I totally agree that the idea of a season pass should have been introduced when I launched Ep6 on itch.io, but the idea came to me after that - exactly to be able to adress the situation you experienced.
So from now on, that will be the norm :)
Thank you for your contribution to this project - it keeps the work going!
Hi, i also paid for this version on android & have the same problem. There is no way to save progress or even return to main menu. How can i download the fixed version without paying again?
I'm working on the fix and once it's uploaded, I'll let you know on this thread. You've paid wich means you have access to the corrected version too :)
thanks for getting back to me. I some how managed to update & now I can save progress which is great. However I still only have the free public version, I've downloaded the paid version from my library but it doesn't download, some sort of error. I really enjoyed the free public version, I want the following episodes, can you help
I will compress and make a new seson 1 release with a smaller file size so it can be hosted here on itch. Unfortunately, it's a couple of weeks out because of irl stuff. Thank you for your patience!
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Any updates on a verified fix for the issue with previous purchases no longer allowing access to the content beyond the public demo?
Bumping this. Really cool I can't download the game I paid for.
I think I found the issue: I raised the price with 99 cents in order to harmonize more with the price level on Steam. This means that you might have to add another 99 cents in order to unlock this content. Sorry for the inconvenience, I wasn't aware of the fact that this would influence people who'd already bought the season.
So how do we fix it?
"This means that you might have to add another 99 cents in order to unlock this content." So you haven't verified whether that works or not?
No, doesn't work. I have restored the original price so you will be able to download the new version. I will have to work out another approach to align the pricing with Steam. Thank you for making me aware of this issue.
Thanks for responding and fixing it.
It's hard for me to verify, but let me do a search.
As said: It is now restored to its original level and should be downloadable.
I didn't want to comment on the pricing, but I feel like I really have to. I have just finished playing the public version (to get an idea of what I will pay for), and I feel like the amount of content is not worth 12 dollars here on itch. Don't get me wrong, I think that the story itself is interesting enough that I would be willing to pay money for it. However, the amount of content I see, at least in the three episodes in the public version, 12 dollars each season is just way too much. Think about this. AAA games tend to be around 70 dollars. If we assume the price is going to be around 10 dollars each season, then with the 30 episodes you have in mind, or probably 6 seasons, the total cost of the entire game will become 60 dollars. Considering that I finished the first 3 episodes in around an hour at most (I forgot how long), 60 dollars for the entire game is really way too high. Your game is great, and I am not comparing it to those games made by companies to discourage you or anything, I just think that it might be beneficial to bring up some numbers you can compare to when pricing the game. No matter what, I really just have to say that I just cannot justify myself to pay that much for the game, despite that I think it is a great story and has great potential. However, if the price of the game is reconsidered, I would definitely be supporting and buying the game.
Thank you for your honest feedback. I see this comment ever so often - the projection of the full amount for the full 6 seaons. The comparison to AAA games is understandable, at the same time, these developers have tens or maybe even hunderds of millions of dollar budget, where as The Builder is a cottage industry. So you have to look at it in terms of handcrafted goods - with its beauty faults and its personality.
Having said that, I totally agree that with the present amount of content for the two seasons the pricing of the full six will be too high. If you go to Steam, you can buy the two seasons as a bundle - and I agree that when the story is brought to its conclusion, there has to be a price / value adjustment.
This is my first game. I'm learning things I never thought I'd learn when I majored in literature, including tech stuff, pricing mechanics, 3D rendering, automations and customer care. It's extiting but also demanding. For that reason, I am very grateful for your input, and to summarize: Duly noted. The full price of the six seasons needs to be lower than an AAA game by far.
How to get there is a process, and any ideas are most welcome.
Best,
Chris / Lewd Robotics
Question. Do i need to buy again? It's only saying I have access to the free stuff 1-3 I purchased over a year ago.
Try accessing the game from your library rather than the game's page. Itch is weird like that.
Hi, I'm experiencing the same. Even accessing from my library's Download button, just shows Episodes 1-3. Purchased on 2024-06-01
Nope, even going that way its still 1-3. odd
Same here. I had bought both seasons and both are only the free version now.
I think I found the issue: I raised the price with 99 cents in order to harmonize more with the price level on Steam. This means that you might have to add another 99 cents in order to unlock this content. Sorry for the inconvenience, I wasn't aware of the fact that this would influence people who'd already bought the season.
How would i go about adding the 99cents with out having to flat out do another 11 on top?
That doesn't work on itch. You can not add money. But I have the game Radiant bought with 5$ and now it costs 10$ and I haven't lost it.
Why click download into the jump page there is no response? I can't download it normally.for Android
Try it on Steam?
Is there going to be a key to add the game on Steam?
Thank you for your question. I still haven't worked out how to make this work in an automated way, but I'll post and update as soon as I work out if it's doable.
Really disappointed with the steam launch for this game, I was rooting for it to be good but after going through the first season there's a whole lot of issues that I need to address.
-To charge 7-10 USD for each season is beyond the pale, there is not enough game in there to justify that price. 3-5 USD a season? maybe. This becomes more evident when you realize Season 1 is being advertised with S2 scenes and characters.
-I bought the bundle expecting S1 to include the scene with Synne on bed, as it is included on the store page, or the one when Kikki is holding Charlotte's boobs, this made it look as the first season would have much more content than it really has, but nope, if you have played the free / demo version on itch you have already experienced well over 70% of the first season, and the remaining 30% isn't that well done,
-After each following chapter the black screens and "thoughts" masking the limited amounts of renders become more predominant and it becomes apparent that the focus was put on the first couple of chapters while the following feel thoroughly rushed.
- The achievements also support this idea, there are 8 single achievements on S1 and all of them you "achieve" on the first 20-30 minutes of play.
- Also on that note, the game inflates play time by having you go through both "choices" on a specific fork on the road early on, something I can only justify as the developer needing to set the stage for a future scenario including both characters those "choices" involve being present with the MC, as in making it easier for just rendering a single version of that hypothetical scene. It would've been easier to simply have both scenes happen without having the player choose one over the other, it feels cheap and manipulative.
I just hope this honest feedback brings a bit of perspective to the developer, there is still time to fix the most glaring issues and prevent your audience to reach the same conclusions I have.
Thank you for your input! I will try to adress your comments as good as I can - and I would love your thoughts on this:
Pricing
It's been hard for me to assess the price level on this - but I take with me your input - thank you
Screenshots
It was a long process to get the game approved with several changes of plans, so this needs to be cleaned up. As for the quality of the overall game, that is of course done to the best of my abilities.
The narrator screens
I guess this is a question of taste - Not all images are that fun to create either. But okay, noted.
Achievements
This is work in progress - a lot more is planned on being added - as mentioned in the release notes.
Choices and agency
This is also work in progress
That's about where it stands right now.
I've corrected the mix of screenshots for the two seasons - thanks for letting me know
Thanks, that's good to know. I wouldn't dare to suggest what price you should charge for your product, but I can say that there is not enough content in your first season to charge 7-8 USD (don't know if that's the price everywhere, that's how much it shows in my region) I could point at other AVNs priced similary ("Come Home", for instance, wich is free but you can purchase a premium edition for about the same price of TB) and TB doesn't come close to the amount of content those other games provide. You have a nice premise, it's different and interesting, you also have models / Lis that feel a bit more realistic and down to earth, more so than the usual bimbos with impossible hourglass shapes you get in most AVNs, but other than that your game is lacking in other areas, and these other areas (amount of content, animation quality, etc) weigh a ton in people's perception of the game experience and whether the price matches what they've experienced. I hope you can take my feedback to heart and improve your product for future seasons, I wish you well.
Thank you for taking the time to give input!
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Love the game! Keep up the great work. Just FYI, the revisisons to the doll scene are just creepy. I enjoyed the original scene much more and without getting the ick.
Thank you for your support and feedback! I needed to remove the AI images so the game can be AI clean, but I have noted your feedback and will bring that with me in further revisions.
If you can specify what aspect of the new images that creates what creepy feeling, that would be of help.
chr
Looking at the scene now, in relationship to how young Rob looks, the doll looks similar to how I imagine a child might look like in Fjorda. The doll blinks it's eyes (as if it's alive). So when the scene cuts from Rob describing how his dad destroys the doll, to the scene with the broken doll in the trash - it's horrifying because it looks like a mutilated child - who is gasping for breath. Things to consider:
1. Can you make the doll look less realistic and more toy-like? For example, many children's dolls do not have developed breasts. Maybe the skin texture is more porcelain or wood-like (which I think the original was).
2. If the doll's joints were more doll like -(gaps where the shoulders and elbows articulate) you could maybe show the limbs "akimbo" and see the thread/band that connects the elbow or shoulder joint. So the doll parts in the dust bin look less like a mutilated child and more like a broken toy.
3. Some dolls cry. With your current animation, you could change the script from how life like the doll breathed, to how life-like it's eye's blinked and cried. I notice the doll in the story blinking, but not the rise/fall of it's chest. Add tears to the animation, and in the trash can scene replace the gasping face with a tear-stained crying face and it might be just as moving, and less creepy.
Hope this feedback helps!!
Thank you for that thorough and inspiring input!
I will see what I can do. The joints are beyond me, but the breasts and the skin should be within reach somehow. Tears are always a hazzle, but there are assets for them, so it should be possible.
Won't be this month though, as I'm working hard with the Stream release.
Thank YOU for your great work! And for asking me for more information. I really love The Builder (especially Synne). Keep up the great work!
Was playing the season one and it constantly closed on me Ave i had to reopen it. Android version.
Thank you for your bugreport. This issue might be adressed in this thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/RenPy/comments/14qbvz7/how_do_i_fix_renpy_keep_crashing...
The best advice I can give is to be sure that you have the latest version of your OS.
I will look for more answers in other forums.
before i buy this it says ep9 is out but when i go to download its 1-5 on anroid on all platforms and is season1 harem edition updated same time as season 2 cause iget notifications and i the only difference i see is that the picture colors are different
I think you should head over to the season 2 page - that's where the new episode is released :)
I've updated the description in the announcement post to clarify - thank you for letting me know.
Overpriced season 1 finished in hour. 10 bucks for 1h is too much.
Thank you for your purchase and your feedback. Normal autoplay speed for Season 1 gives at least 2.5 hours of gameplay. If you have fast forwarded your way through the season, you might have missed quite a lot.
Could it be that you are referring to the free public version of Episodes 1 - 3?
I am a little disappointed. I like this game bacause you really did a good job, but paying 11 $ + tax for every season, is a bit too much for me. I really did hope to be able to pay the price one time and be able to play it all. I get it, you have to be paid for your job, ut for someone like me that does not have much money in bank, being able to enjoy this great game without paying thta much every time would've been wonderful. Plus, are just 2 ep added, not 5 or 8. I don't know, it seems quite small for more than 11 $. So yeah, except for the price, it is still a great game.
Thank you for your purchase and support! The Builder is in constant development, and I have noted your wish for having the entire game as one big release.
Is there a way to keep the character Gry who appears at the beginning of the game and is almost abused by Paul?
SPOILER If you look closely, she's in the climax of Ep7, and she's behind the scenes of all the action in Ep8. She is back for real in Ep 9, but there won't be any lewd action with her in that episode (but later there will be).
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well can't wait for the newer version of your game, this is the first time on itchi.io that the game glitch so hard, I've played similar games like Evermore, Last Human, and Serinity season 1 and 2, and Depths Revival which are bigger than your game and play smoothly, I've tried the download here on itchi which is glitch, then try Patreon which is smoother though it stops right when it hits chapter 3 on both builds, however the build on Lewd Flixs site has all the chapter though glitch as well, i hope you have a chance to look into this, i like the game just wish it ran smoothly.
Thank you for your input. I reckon we are talking about the Android version of the game, right?
PC
Firstly: LewdFlix is a pirate site who has stolen the game and is running it on some in-browser emulator.
Secondly: I haven't been able to detect any gliches or problems with the pc builds of neither episodes in the ones I distribute here and via Patreon / SubeScribestar.
Be aware of old saves - if you use these, the game will crash because I update the strings as we progress through the season.
This youtube video should give you instructions to how to get rid of your old saves:
well, I am a file jockey myself, go to the game file and look for the save folder, the info you have shared will help other people.
so, i redownloaded and the seen where you have to get the key out of Liz was all snow background and glitch name and text, do you have discord so i can send you the screen cap
thanks! you should be able to load it right into this message thread? I'm still working out the access rights of the Discord - has been on the backburner ...
so, the pic is 3.62 MB's, and this chat option only lets 3MB's on here which exceeds the limit, is there anyway i can get you the pic?
thanks for taking all this trouble! can you possible reduce the file size or the image size slightly just to get past the threshold?
the free version is broken, all the pictures are not showing up and the text ether dose not shows, or its glitch is there an updated version i can play (im on the free version)
thank you for your input. I will check this right away
I just downloaded and played through the free version without problems. Which version did you try? (PC/Linux, Mac or Android)
season 1, E3B2
on which platform (PC/Linux, Mac or Android)?
Pc
It's a great game, abut I'm a little disappointed. I bought the full season one. The main menu photo shows the pregnant black woman (forgot her name), but the MC hasn't even had sex with her, let alone knock her up. As for trying to impregnate the village, he's not doing very well.
Thank you for your feedback! We will eventually get there with all the ladies, no worries. The black lady - the daughter of the architect - is back within range from the end of episode 8 and onwards.
If all the ladies spread their legs for our hero all the time, it wouldn't be much fun, now would it? Give a man a free house and he'll bust out the windows.
A total of 30 episodes, 5 seasons, are planned, so just enjoy the progression!
I was talking about the architect and daughter both. Even if they aren't spreading their legs, it would be nice to have them in the story. To me they're the prettiest women in the game (and all the women in this story are pretty).
Agree and agree :) They will both be back in business pretty soon
Maybe next you can do a Builder spinoff where you have to go build in a remote African village. All the husbands are impotent and you have to impregnate the African wives. lol. I'm joking, but I'm not.
spinoffs, prequels, sequels - bring them on, I'm collecting ideas!
Best way to help that materialize is to add The Builder to your wishlist on Steam so that we make a splash when it releases, that will improve the resources for development even further :)
Such a good game!! I can't praise it enough!! Very sexy, nice that every girl got her own little kinks, makes it interesting to see what's coming next! When i found the game I played all available episodes, coulnt pase myself. Can't wait for more..
Thank you for your kind feedback!
hello lewd robotics
I bought the game but I don't get a download link or an option to download the game I got an error message I don't know if I should ask here but help
hi, let me know where you bought it
i bought it on itchio via paypal
Do you see the Download button just above this conversation?
(on this page: https://lewdrobotics.itch.io/the-builder-season-1 )
yes
When is season 1 going to be completely free?
I'm planning to expand the public version once the game has had its release on Steam. With other words, after the release of Ep 10. I am currently working on Ep 9.
but there is already a demo version!!! I think it’s enough to understand whether to buy the rest of the game or not. I did just that, tried the demo and then bought the entire first season. Now I’m waiting for the entire 2nd season to be ready and I’ll buy it. If you are interested in my opinion, I recommend leaving the demo version unchanged! don't devalue your work!
thank you for that kind input :)
any reason why on windows the sound doesnt seem to work like AT ALL
I haven't been aware of there being any sound issues for windows. Can I ask you to give some more specific input? That would be of great help.
English only, unfortunately
Why is there completely NO interface on the Android Version? I can kinda understand it on the PC version as you have a keyboard there... But how am I supposed to save or load on Android?
OR skip for that matter if I want to skip ahead since I already know the first two chapters...
Seems kind of like an oversight to me...
Would it be possible to get an update with these features enabled? (We are talking about RenPy after all...)
The visual interface on eps 6-8 was programmed by an external dev I bought. I'm terrible at finding out this stuff, but I'll do my best to see what can be done for Season 1!
Since this game was made with RenPy this should be pretty easy...
Their Documentation on that: https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/gui.html
You could even go ahead and copy the default buttons from the default RenPy example project... (The features included in that would be absolutely sufficient..)
Great - thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
Sure!
In the worst case feel free to reach out if you need help with that 😁
I've released the free public version with a quick menu, hopefully this works for Android.
If it does, I'll implement it in both seasons.
Please let me know
chris
So I paid the $11 for the first season 38 days ago. Do i need to pay another $11 for the second season?
Thank you for your support! There are several ways of following The Builder to its completion - here on itch.io, by joining Patreon or SubscribeStar or by purchasing the early access when it's released on Steam later this year.
Your contributions keep the development of this VN going!
what wait,l i just bought this game, and i have to pay again for the new version ?
Let me know what you bought and I'll se if I can sort it out
I payed for season 6 consider my season 2 purchase a donation to the game development. Going forward.but in the future it would be good to know ahead of time of changes like these.
I totally agree that the idea of a season pass should have been introduced when I launched Ep6 on itch.io, but the idea came to me after that - exactly to be able to adress the situation you experienced.
So from now on, that will be the norm :)
Thank you for your contribution to this project - it keeps the work going!
Hi, i also paid for this version on android & have the same problem. There is no way to save progress or even return to main menu. How can i download the fixed version without paying again?
I'm working on the fix and once it's uploaded, I'll let you know on this thread. You've paid wich means you have access to the corrected version too :)
thanks for getting back to me. I some how managed to update & now I can save progress which is great. However I still only have the free public version, I've downloaded the paid version from my library but it doesn't download, some sort of error. I really enjoyed the free public version, I want the following episodes, can you help
I will compress and make a new seson 1 release with a smaller file size so it can be hosted here on itch. Unfortunately, it's a couple of weeks out because of irl stuff. Thank you for your patience!
The compressed version is now downloadable here on itch. Hope this works out for you
I would like to ask, is this force ntr or optional ntr? I haven't played this yet
No NTR at all now.
I might release an optional NTR version once the full 30 eps are out