Secrets of Charlton School [v0.1.91] [Lauren]

February 14, 2026F95

You play a recent newcomer to the sleepy town of Charlton. When your sister appears to be struggling at school, you are tasked with getting to the bottom of what’s really happening to her, and finding a way to stop it. How you do this, and what you become because of your actions, is entirely up to you.
It’s a text-heavy adventure, with illustrative images of the town and its inhabitants peppered throughout. Full day and night system, quest log, inventory and spells, NPCs with their own schedules and motivations, and above all multiple ways to approach all the problems, based on how you want to play.

Thread Updated: 2026-02-14

Release Date: 2026-02-13

Developer: Lauren itch.io – Discord – tfgamesite

Censored: No

Version: 0.1.91

OS: Windows, Mac, Linux

Language: English

Store: itch.io

Genre:

AI Generated, Adult, Interactive Fiction, Transgender, corruption, hypnosis, mind-control, transformation

Installation:

1. Extract and run.

Changelog:

v0.1.91 – Bug fixes
Big Note
– I messed up a little, as I forgot to revise the very end of Act 1 leading into Act 2. This would have created save game problems when 0.4 comes out, so urgent update to rectify this! Sorry if anyone has already made a save! But on the positive side, these bugs are fixed:

Resolved

Fixed Jennifer dialogue in prologue so the conversation works

Lure Andrea back to hotel room now works (Playtest)

In gym as Jake now activates the ‘gym’ option for Trouble at School quest

Charm spell no longer displays ‘undefined’ as taught by (just reverts to N/A).

Doing PE as Dennis no longer jumps to the Emily scene when finishing

Can ‘lure’ Jake outside the school when you have the dog tags

“Tell him you’ve no longer talked to the talent scout” no longer repeats

Can now be invited to Business studies after school club if the business studies quest has been completed (but needs to be at second stage)

v0.1.9 – Act 1 Refactor

Huge undertaking – the codebase has been migrated by the Twine desktop app to VS Code, along with refactoring the data files to reduce memory bloat and make save files compatible going forward. Please note – Minimal new content(!). This is really preparing the codebase for the implementation of Act 2. Please note – I’ve tested this as much as I can, but given this was a huge technical undertaking I’m expecting bugs to be reported. There will no doubt be 0.1.91, 0.1.92, etc, over the coming week(s).

New Content

Quality of life improvements, minor changes.

Features

Save system will now work for future versions for games saving from this release

A few new systems introduced with minimal impact on Act 1, but significant for Act 2.

Prologue is revamped, including pictures

Quest log rebuilt with additional options to make it easier to understand what to do

Typos & Bugs

Loads of typos fixed. So many to count.

Dozens of bugs fixed

22/10/25 – 0.1.83 – Hot fix
Resolved

Code error when transformed as Jake or Dennis and moving back to school corridor (<<elseis>>)

17/10/25 – 0.1.82 – Bug fixes
Resolved

Where you could cast Sleep & Forget on Jake without knowing the spell
As Jake / Dennis where you couldn’t proceed if you were taking Stitch’s lunchtime lessons
Closing tags for Annie dialogue options in her apartment about photo and paper
Grades get docked when you resist Nurse Rancy, as she states
Could go to the salon as Jake / Dennis when bunking off to meet Christina

Unresolved / Work-around

Removed the option to flirt with Jake in the mornings, as it was causing a loop. Will be resolved in an upcoming release.
Number of exploits around menu items and stat changes – this will be resolved in upcoming release
When stealing DeBussy’s book for Logain, time changes twice (So it sets to morning). Can’t find where this is occurring.
Events at home not triggering when stayed over at Jennifers. Not sure how this happens, noting down to take a look at.
Bug with being able to enter custom names of NPCs for opposite gender (e.g. Can set Male PC as Jennifer and bypasses verification). This probably causes all manner of issues. Look at this for the refactor.

Typos

Continuity error with height and Nurse Clancy

07/10/25 – 0.1.81 – Bug Fixes
Fixed

Talking to Jake with low relationship at school gates no longer teleports you to the gym
You can now unlock the AV Room if you have the right key
Event about staying over at Jen’s apartment only triggers if you stayed the night
Emily’s hair description is fixed in transformation
Fixed where Annie can sneak into Thompson’s tonight and it triggers working options
Fixed an error when you try to talk to Jake on the playing field in the evening
Fixed actions not showing up when nullified geography curses and you choosing to stop participating in class

Unresolved

After being demoted to secretary, it appears that you can be demoted again… to secretary. – Got to look into this one
Intelligence event on Orchid Road – Holding off fixing for now, as this will need to addressed by the factor.
Impact of resistance ring might be causing Emily’s stats not to be increased when Jennifer. Need to look into this one too.
Emily will claim she went on a Dennis when you get home as her, even though you did. The relationship system is a bit clunky, so will address in the refactor.

Typos

Everything reported not listed above!

03/10/25 – 0.1.8 – Different for Girls (Release)

And there we have it. Act 1 complete. It’s been about a year since Act 1 was released and I’m happy to say all content in the original design doc is now implemented. A brief summary below, but I’ve avoided going into detail as there’s a lot of nice surprises for those who go in blind (I feel).

New Content

Completion of the “Different for Girls” quest, involving brand new content for the school, new characters, new magical effects. (including a homage to an old game that is one of my favourites)
New content for weekends and in Charlton, including gym activities and giving something more to do in the AV Room at the Library with Dennis.

Features

Changes to the character screen, to support a new buff system
New physical transformation system implemented

Bugs / Known Issues

Lots of typos and continuity errors fixed.
Known issue: The events system still doesn’t stack or prioritise. It’s low on my list to address right now.
Liz changing the amulet still makes stats go mad. Still need to look at this.
There is at least one continuity error where a character can appear when they shouldn’t be able to (vague for spoilers). I don’t know if this is the only one, so I’ll wait to fix in a bug release.

Next steps

0.1.2 – Act 2 – I’ve been actively writing Act 2 in tandem with this. It’s a massive undertaking, which means it will be a while until the next release. As a hint, there’s a splashscreen in the offline files and on Discord.

18/07/25 – 0.1.73 – Bug fixes

Fixed a number of bugs to do with post-It’s Happening Again game state to do with Annie and Jennifer, including access to their apartments and transformations not triggering correctly
Fixed Terrence outside the school. You should be able to try to convince him that you can tutor him repeatedly.
Fixed a number of typos and poor grammar in the Jennifer stay over options, particularly in a post-It’s Happening Again state.
Plus reported typos

Note – this version still says 0.1.72 – But the online and download links are really 0.1.73. Just didn’t change it on the game start page.

13/07/25 – 0.1.72 – Bug Fixes

Bugs fixed

You can now work during the day as Annie if she is a PA

Terrence doesn’t talk about a paper you’ve found until you now find it

Jen’s resistance ring can no longer be worn repeatedly if you’ve chosen to keep it

Fixed a Jen / Martin scene not triggering a reaction scene from Jen if you’ve been Assertive

Fixed a lack of continue option when eating lunch, once the cafeteria curse is deal with

Fixed being able to talk to Liz about magic topics if she’s unaware of magic

Unresolved

Reported – That you can take the tryouts again if failed. Can’t replicate that one

Annie / Jen / PC naming references – There’s a lack of clarity on how these characters are referring to each other when transformed. It needs a thorough review, so keeping open on the backlog when I have time to review

Typos

Fixed Andrea referring to you as Flo when Jennifer

11/07/25 – 0.1.7 – Annie and Jennifer

This is probably the most complex in terms of quest design I’ve done. It’s a mixed bag – some of it works, other parts of it might be a little railroad’y. There’s a lot of choice and consequence hidden in the quest lines, so I’m sure they’ll be some fixes required.

New Content

Two new quests that explore Jennifer and Annie
Ways to see Charlton during the day as Jennifer and Annie, including their workplaces
Relationships with Annie and Jennifer have been expanded
Some far-reaching consequences for quest outcomes

Features

UI and graphical overhaul

Bugs / Known Issues

Pretty exhausting release, so I haven’t addressed that much in terms of bugs aside from typos. It’s been extensively play tested, so hoping most things have come out

Next steps

0.1.8 – Act 1 Refinement – This will include finishing off the Different For Girls quest, giving more to do in the gym and library AV room, and a refactor to get it into a state for Act 2. And all bugs raised will be looked at before we move on to the next Act of the game.
06/05/25 – 0.1.61 – Bug fixes

Resolved

Fixed an issue with time changing in Thompson Secretary Responses
Resolved Emily Maid Job flag in Hotel Locker Room
Resolved Time not changing correctly when working at Thompsons
You can now progress game with Emily’s internship if you are working reception after the first scene
Emily now won’t react to her internship if you’ve already discussed it
Work Performance now reacts to if you’ve skipped Morning or Afternoon working, regardless of what you did in not attending work.
Updated the Intelligence events to trigger a bit later in your intelligence decreasing
Updated Logain dialogue outside McTafeys – should be able to give him the beer now
Don’t get a duplicate ‘Work’ in the office when doing lunchtime cover.
If you’ve read DeBussy’s book, shouldn’t get stuck in your bedroom if transformed as someone else

Not bugs?

There’s potentially some ‘bugs’ been reported that are due to using old saves. Unfortunately I’ve had to update the main base data, so old saves before 0.1.6 won’t work perfectly. These are what I’m attributing to them:

Problems with triggering the bad grades ending when Emily has an F – Triggers for me in YourRoom in the morning after getting an F. Old save issue, I think.
If accepting Headmaster tuition during lunch, then when entering the headmasters office during lunch the game will loop and you will not be able to leave the office again, and the only you can do is to reload the game to get out of it. Old save issue, I think.
deBussy’s notebook doesn’t actually give you a rumor? – It gives you access to a location, but it isn’t classified as a rumour so you don’t get the notification. I will look at this in an upcoming release.

Still unresolved

Problems with Greedy displaying when talking to Jackie (not rendering as [Greedy XX 45 ] when you are under 45. Can’t seem to locate this
Different Bug – “Ditzy” trait will not allow you to complete office work at Thompson’s. Can’t replicate
Another to do with stats – feels like I need to do another pass, as there’s stuff with the modifiers and different characters that needs some real consideration. Possibly next release.
There’s a bug somewhere with flirt somehow going negative. Haven’t managed to replicate it, so it’s in here for the time being.
There’s a potential bug on the Quest for Identity, where the quest state is ahead of events. I can’t replicate it, so will try and find it in future releases

03/05/25 – 0.1.6 – Bad endings and good rewards

And this one took – well, a long time. About as long as I thought. This is one of the more significant updates. I think it’s free of major bugs, but there’s some new systems in place that I’m sure will cause issues. Also, this doesn’t advance the story. I won’t start that until after 0.1.8 (see below). Two things I’m increasingly of:

1) There’s a lot of emphasis on this one on the relationships, corruption and sexism. Sometimes releases just skewer towards certain content, but I’m conscious of this. I want to make sure there’s lighter content to balance the sexism and also there’s more transformation content (although this probably won’t be until Act 2 – there’s a lot already in Act 1 on this).

2) The game as it stands need a balance pass. It’s set up this way to account for Act 2 and new content. For this, I’m looking to move into Act 2 sooner rather than later.

Content

Emily grades – Emily’s grades increasing or decreasing will now trigger scenes and content.
Emily drops out of school – let Emily’s grades drop too much and you’ll get the first bad ending.
Work Performance – New content and scenes triggered as your work performance increases or decreases.
Fired – The PC can now get fired, causing a new Cash Flow mechanic. They’ll have to use the jobs around town to support Emily and themselves
New Andrea maid content – To support the cash flow mechanic, rewritten all the scenes when you work as Andrea
New Florence content – Also to support the cash flow mechanic, rewritten all the scenes when you work as Florence
Emily Maid Job – Now available. This will contribute towards Cash Flow. Alternatively, you can send Emily to work in the hotel for tips
Cash Flow events – Content and scenes triggered as this goes up or down
Bankrupt – Second bad ending. If you run out of money, you’ll get the second bad ending.

Features

Casual mode toggle at beginning for those who don’t want to play with bad endings possible
Compulsions now have an impact. Mostly on new content, but work performance can now be impacted by (one of) them
Four new NSFW scenes. Not the focus of the game again, but make sense in the context (or at least in a game like this).

Known issues

Still events can stack on top of each other (so multiple in one period). I know how to code around this now, but I have to investigate how much of the events it breaks.
Annie still talks about you working at Thompson’s on the evening date. It’s a complex array that I’m going to revise in the next update, so leaving in until the next release.
There’s a bug somewhere with flirt somehow going negative. Haven’t managed to replicate it, so it’s in here for the time being.
There’s a potential bug on the Quest for Identity, where the quest state is ahead of events. I can’t replicate it, so will try and find it in future releases
The game needs a pass at balancing. The default is that the stats stay at middle of the road, which doesn’t trigger content. That said, as this is the first act of the game, some of these systems are designed for the long-term. So hence I’ll leave it for now.
The stats are still not quite right – the states modifiers are causing some irregular issues. I’ll tidy this up in future releases.

Amended roadmap

After some consideration, I’ve amended the roadmap to the following:

0.1.7 – Annie and Jennifer – Revamp of content for both of them, making them better characters and maybe building on why they don’t get along
0.1.8 – Quests and actions – Tying up loose ends for Act 1, including the “Different for Girls” quest, UI overhaul in some areas (like the Quest log) and generally tidying things up.
0.2.0 – Act 2

You’ll notice that I’ve decided to move the secret 0.1.9. This is mainly because I want to get into Act 2 as soon I can, opening up new transformations and locations and characters. That’s not to say that 0.1.9 isn’t coming, but if it does it will be released closer to 0.2.0 so I can assess the impact it will have on the next chapter of Charlton.

Hope you enjoy this content – there’s a lot there and I’m quite happy with a lot of how it turned out.

12/03/25 – 0.1.5 – Emily and corruption

This one turned out much easier that hoped. It is mainly making Emily more reactive, so no new scenes beyond Emily reacting to your antics. 0.1.6 will contain all new content for the PC to get up to, so for those waiting for all-new, might be worth waiting until the next release.

Content

Sibling Bond mechanic, where you can strengthen or decrease your relationship with Emily
Sibling Bond events, based on how your relationship with Emily evolves
Corruption has impacts on Emily’s description and personality
React events to things that you’ve done in Charlton as Emily, which will lower or increase your Sibling Bond.
Dennis date – Persuade Emily to go instead of you

Bug fixes

Fixed Liz dialogue options for Magic / Amulet in the library
Fixed Work Performance not raising when you work

03/03/25 – 0.1.42 – Bug fixes

Changes

The morning makeup event is now triggered if you’ve ever worn make-up as Emily, instead of wearing make-up to bed. So should be easier to trigger.
Typos fixed and a few continuity errors with Terrence, dreams and the Kitchen
Limited conversation options with Gladys, as she recognises the MC regardless of who they are.

Bugs resolved

Can’t transform into Flo if already her
Fixed Martin’s relationship reaction depending on how you respond in the bar
Fixed a number of bugs with stats and modifiers
Andrea appearing asleep if in the locker room if you haven’t made her sleep
Fixed a bug where there was no actions when talking to Michelle as someone other than PC / Emily

Unresolved

The dream conversation reappears in Liz’s dialogue tree – It shouldn’t do, unless you’ve flipped gender. If so, that’s a known limitation with the current dialogue system
Drinking the potion at 100 femininity intending to reset femininity to zero will not reset it. Can’t replicate this or see in the code what might be causing this
Something is locking you out from being able to ask Annie out for a date at a certain point, but can’t understand how this is occurring
Liz tampering with the amulet still can make your femininity shoot up very fast. It’s intentional to a point, but probably a bit too much. Will keep it as is for now, until a balancing pass for Act 1.
Reagan not appearing at the hotel, but I can’t seem to trigger this.
There’s an <> error being triggered (possibly around the teaching Liz ward scene) but I can’t seem to reproduce it.

23/02/25 – 0.1.41 – Bug fixes

Didn’t think I’d be getting a bug release out so soon, but a few things were raised that really impacted the new content. So enjoy!

Bugs resolved

Fixed an incorrect passage name for Gladys’ research
Fixed drinking a potion and it not disappearing from your inventory
Fixed make-up / flirt skill bug, where flirting could go negative

Bugs unresolved

There’s a blank page bug apparently with Andrea. Get Andrea passport (male) > Give back > Learn Charm > Cast it on Andrea > Lure Andrea > Take passport > Change into Andrea. But can’t replicate.

22/02/25 – 0.1.4 – Dreams and events release

Content

Dreams for each stage of Femininity implemented
Compulsions (Perks) based on Dream outcome implemented (though no impact on the game… yet)
New Quest – Quest For Identity, unlocked with dreams. Try to hold on to who you were, if you can.
New Task from Liz – Search the library stacks for things that can help you counteract changes (Need to experience first dream to trigger)
Make-up system – With bonuses for wearing make-up. Can be activated as Emily once you’ve worn make-up for the first time.
New path for cheerleader bunking off school if already wearing make-up and blonde hair
Outfit system – With bonuses for wearing outfits. Can be activated either through Dennis date or cheerleader path.
Events and reactions from Emily, Michelle, Jake, Christina, Dan
Random encounter system implemented and used for when Andrea and breaking her work rules
Orientation, Femininity and Intelligence events as stats change

Bugs resolved

Fixed a loop problem with detention and assertiveness to do with Maths detention
Fixed a bug where no actions would appear for Elizabeth when inviting her over in the cheerleader questline
Fixed bugs with no actions appearing in Maths lessons

Known issues

If Multiple events are triggered for the same location at the same time, there’s some continuity errors. I haven’t thought of a good way around this yet.
When you click to the menu items from a countdown scene (like Dan, Annie), counts that as one step. Again, a fair bit of coding to resolve so leaving it in for now.

Saved games

There’s a bit of refactoring initial stats (as there usually will be in the content releases) so saved games for any 0.1.3X releases may not be compatible.

11/02/25 – 0.1.34 – Bug fixes

Resolved

Bug with the AV room that incorrectly assumes it’s night regardless of the time of day
Bug with being able to repeat the Dennis date at Fresh Pot
Bug with Andrea forget where the game wasn’t registering a non-Florence ‘forget’ spell wiping her memories of the passport
Bugs with Andrea – believe there aren’t any further bugs in this interaction, as can’t replicate any now.
Bug where you can cast Sleep Forget on Liz when you’re male
Bug where Reagan would still show up at the library after losing her book

Note – Save files from 0.1.33 should now be working. Please let me know if this isn’t the case.

07/02/25 – 0.1.33 – Bug fixes

Resolved

Save games – Save games going forward will now carry over for bug fix releases unless otherwise specified. For content releases I’ll flag if saves will work or not with the notes. Apologies for those with current saves that have been invalidated by bug patches
QuestState system upgraded – So that should eliminate any bugs to do with Quest States not being recognised by the game.
Fixed a bug with Logain Business Studies request – Bad Passage name, plus also time advancing to the next morning
Updated the Emily corruption advancement. It’s now a bit quicker, but reflective of the changes you make to the curses
Bug fixed where you couldn’t join the cheerleaders if you chose to think about it, then returned
Typos fixed

Unresolved

Option to learn about curses from Gladys missing – can’t replicate
Jennifer’s bear not showing after initial encounter – can’t replicate
Investigate Dennis and getting the key at school – can’t find issues
“lure Andrea back to locker room” while as the MC produces a blank screen – can’t replicate
There’s a bug where sometimes in the morning where you flip to female, but it still says ‘Use the amulet to transform back’ – Need to investigate this, but it’s not game breaking so on the unresolved list for now.
04/02/25 – 0.1.32 – Bug fixes
Typos
Fixed Jennifer-Annie dialogue in McTafey’s bar
Fixed Liz dialogue in library about asking for help with Prichard
Fixed Jackie stat fail where you can keep asking her about the key, but not advance time
Fixed still losing assertiveness when you uncurse the lunch food for yourself.

Unresolved

“Bunk off with Christina” is not firing the Salon event when you arrive at the salon. Can’t replicate.
Stats reducing below zero – stats code has got a bit spaghetti. I’m looking to refactor in the next release to stop this from happening (amongst other refinements)

02/02/25 – 0.1.31 – Bug fixes

Resolved

Error when entering Hotel Lobby at Emily in the morning (caused by undefined Andrea array)
Fixed error where dialogue wasn’t available to learn Ward from Gladys
Fixed reference to Emily’s hair colour being brown after change
Added back in a relationship gain in the prologue for Florence if you stood up for her
Fixed option to intimidate Andrea and keep her passport
Reported Typos

Unresolved

Bug around Assertive check being over the amount, but not registering (only working when exact). Can’t replicate
Bug where you can move time onwards when working at Night in Fresh Pot. Can’t replicate

Not changed

“spoilt” typo – It’s a British thing 🙂

31/01/25 – 0.1.3 – Conversations and relationships

Content

Charm spell implemented
New options for getting access to locations and resolving quests through skill options in dialogue and charm spell
Relationships screen overhaul, with hints on where to find characters and their current relationship status with the main character and your current form
Reagan and Britney now have conversation topics

Functionality

Refactored significant part of codebase, to make future content easier

Overhauled relationship system, so characters view of you (in whatever form) factor into interactions
Overhauled conversation system, to avoid duplication of dialogue and removal of conversations already had from options (some remain, as they may be critical for other options. Still testing some of these out)
Introduced dialogue options for skill checks, including system for not passing
Introduced an event system, triggering events under certain conditions
Tasks introduced (but not visible in menu yet) so track things that aren’t quests, but allow you to gain favour with NPCs

Known issues

The amount of options for Andrea interactions has led to some very complex code. I think I’ve got it working, but I’ll refactor this in the next major release. Save delaying this release another two weeks though, I’m going to leave it as it. Please let me know if you encounter issues.
There’s a known bug where you can get changed for your date, then do something else, and the game will still recognise you in that costume the next day at the date (presuming you’ve changed). Not addressing it in this release, as I’m reworking outfits in an upcoming release anyway.

Next release – 0.1.4 – Events and dreams

06/12/24 – 0.1.21 – Bug fixes

Styling errors when talking about the hotel job

Can progress when giving Logain beer as Emily
Logain school corridor dialogue should now be able to be progressed
Your Room image 5 should now render correctly

01/12/24 – 0.1.2 – Names and Genders release

New content

Custom names that work for Male and Female versions of PC
Everyone should acknowledge you as the correct gender and person
The world shifts if the PC becomes female
New content for Florence and Annie
Revised content for Andrea, Emily and Annie in Charlton based on who you are talking to
Stubs for upcoming content introduced for Emily and all female characters

Resolved Bugs

Fixed a bug with gym lessons after you’ve dealt with the PE curse
Fixed a bug with delaying transforming into Annie

Unresolved bugs

Blank screen with Jennifer dialogue reported. Still can’t replicate.

15/11/24 – 0.1.11 Act 1, Bug fixes

Fixed issue with being able to ask Gladys about Ward spell teaching multiple times
Fixed bug where you could get stuck in menus if you clicked on multiple ones
Fixed typo with telling Gladys about Stacey, and it dissapears after you’ve talked about it now
Fixed conversation with Stacey and Britney in Fresh Pot. Time moves by correctly (i.e. Doesn’t if you leave, does if you work)
Fixed bug with leaving for the salon if you didn’t pass cheerleading tryouts
Fixed incorrect reference to Michelle (not Emily) with Jake
Fixed Act 1 confrontation is you refused a deal
Emily’s profile now reflects her hair colour
Fixed bug where you couldn’t join the cheerleaders after asking for more time to consider
Fixed problem of being able to wander around Charlton as someone else the day after transforming
Fixed problem of being able to cause an accident in the hotel multiple times during a day
Fixed the repeat of dialogue options with Jennifer leading to farming femininity

11/11/24 – 0.1.1 Act 1, Bug fixes

Repaired broken link when agreeing to a date Dennis while at the library.
Repaired broken link on learning Ward from Christina
Time now passes with the talent scout
Corrected a italics tag styling for the school gym
You can now refuse a deal at the end of Act 1
Images for Your Street now displays online

10/11/24 – 0.1.0 – Act 1, initial release.

11/05/24 – 0.0011 – Bug fixes, typos and a minor change to the conversation with Christina to make the upcoming Act easier to implement

07/05/24 – 0.001 – Initial release of the prologue, running up until the end of Day 2

Developer Notes:

In terms of the adult content, it features mind control, corruption, m2f transformations, as well as different content for submissive, assertive, greedy and selfless paths. It’s X-rated for content. There’s some sex scenes, but not every passage.

Updates will come when time allows – definitely a homemade passion project. For this reason, there won’t be a patron link set-up. If you really like the game, give a donation.

Any bugs, typos or discussion, please direct to the thread on the TFGamessite website or the Discord channel. I’ll be the most active there. I’ll also keep the high-level roadmap there too.