Refuge of Embers [v0.18a] [Escape Sauce]

October 31, 2024F95

Harth lives a simple life with his friends in a remote frontier village at the edge of the known world. As life changing events unfold around him, the simple life that he has always known gives way to change that leads him to the sprawling capital city of Pyre. How will Harth and his friends react to the strange new world that they find themselves in?

Thread Updated: 2024-10-31

Release Date: 2024-08-25

Developer: Escape Sauce Patreon – SubscribeStar – Discord – Steam – Itch.io

Censored: No

Version: 0.18a

OS: Windows, Linux, Mac, Android

Language: English

VNDB: Link

Genre:

Note:

Fetish content is toggleable in the options menu, and fully planned out alternate scenarios are sometimes written in to make sure that everything is completely seamless no matter what your content preferences are. We are not planning to include any NTR content, which we define as a romanceable character being unfaithful to the player character. We are however planning to include toggleable content with multiple partners like harems and threesomes, as well as NPC on NPC scenes that the player character can stumble upon.

Current Content:

2DCG, Male protagonist, Fantasy, Religion, Romance, Adventure, Animated, Big ass, Big tits, Creampie, Exhibitionism, Female Domination, Footjob, Gay, Groping, Handjob, Internal View, Masturbation, Oral Sex, Pregnancy, Teasing, Titfuck, Vaginal Sex

Planned Fetishes:

Anal Sex, BDSM, Group Sex, Harem, Lesbian, Male Domination, Milf, Sex Toys, Spanking, Virgin, Voyeurism, and more

Installation:

Android:

Settings>Apps>Menu>Special Access>Install Unknown Apps
Download and tap “refuge.of.embers-android.apk” to run

Windows:

Extract archive to desired location
Click on “RefugeOfEmbers.exe” to start playing

Linux:

Lock the door to the basement that you dwell in and turn out the lights
Shake the cheeto crumbs out of your IBM Model M mechanical keyboard
Extract .tar.bz2 and .tar archives to desired location
In /game directory set “RefugeOfEmbers.sh” to executable
In /game/lib/py3-linux-x86_64 directory set “RefugeOfEmbers” to executable
Navigate back to /game directory in your terminal and type “bash RefugeOfEmbers.sh”
Wonder why normies don’t use Linux even though Android and Windows only have 2 steps for the same process

Changelog:

Version 0.18:

Script increased to 34,729 words with additions to main story path
Major story revision surrounding Remi in act-1
Added new Evana scene (bathing, 3 eyes, 4 mouths)
Added new Evana scene (leaving hot spring, 2 poses, 4 eyes, 3 mouths, 1 effect)
Added new main story scene (Remi training part-1, 4 poses)
Added new main story scene (Remi training part-2, 3 new poses, 7 eyes, 11 mouths, 1 effect)
Added new animated background temple bathhouse
Added new background temple garden daytime (1 prop)
Added new background temple garden night
Added 2 new impact frames to the new training scenes
Added new animated fog effect
Added option at the end to jump back to see new content on existing save
Fixed missing censor bar on some act-2 scenes
Fixed a crash on Lucine’s route
Fixed a missing layer on Eryn’s sprite
Added flowing water sound effect for bathhouse
Created sound packages for the new locations
Other minor bug fixes, story changes, and added sprite animations

Version 0.17:

Script increased to 32,025 words with additions to Eryn romance path
Added new static Eryn story scenes
Added new Eryn animated h-scene (cowgirl scene, 3 animated loops and 2 optional climaxes)
Added 1 new liminal scene
A lot more small stuff, complete changelog coming later

Version 0.16:

Script increased to 28,763 words with additions to Lena romance path
Added new Lena scene (laying on bed, 6 eyes, 5 mouths, 2 effects)
Added new Lena animated h-scene (lodge above tavern, loop and climax)

Version 0.15:

Script increased to 24,741 words with additions to the Eryn romance path
Added new Eryn scene (chatting in bed, 5 eyes, 9 mouths)
Added new Eryn scene (sleeping together, 2 mouths)
Added new Eryn scene (changing bandage)
Added new Eryn scene (sleeping in the mill, 4 poses)
Added new Eryn scene (Eryn pushing MC onto bed)
Added new Eryn animated h-scene (temple bedroom, loop and climax)
Reworked Eryn’s face and body on her intro scene (4 eyes, 3 mouths, 2 poses)
Reworked Eryn’s face and body in creek undressing scene (2 eyes, 2 mouths, 2 poses)
Reworked MC’s face and body in creek undressing scene (3 eyes, 3 mouths, 2 poses)
Reworked Eryn’s face and body in first creek bath scene (7 eyes, 10 mouths, 2 hands)
Reworked MC’s face and body in first creek bath scene (4 eyes, 8 mouths, 3 hands)
Added an animated water ripple effect to first creek bath scene
Reworked MC’s face and body in forest creature sighting scenes (3 eyes, 4 mouths)
Optimized forest creature sighting animation in a way that makes more sense
Added more choices to the early story to track choices
Added the new scenes to the gallery and updated preview images for revised scenes
Added new background throne room night (2 props)
Added 2 water enter splash sound effects for creek scenes
Added 2 water exit slosh sound effects for creek scenes
Added creaky door open sound effect
Added door closing sound effect
Added log thud sound effect for Lena intro scene
Implemented some early game rewritten sections with the new writing style
Removed several boring and unnecessary liminal sequences from the story
Fixed 1 major bug (missing choice tracking variable in act 1)
Added the prologue day 0 and day 1 rewrite with more sprite animations
Added new background props to slum background (supply delivery)
Reworked all 31 Eryn sprite eyes (new irises & pupils, small fixes)
Added 6 new Eryn sprite mouths (3 open normal, 3 open slightly happy)
Reworked several existing Eryn sprite mouths
Major rework on Lena sprite (lowered neck, repainting)
Reworked or remade all 16 Lena sprite eyes (new irises & pupils, fixes)
Major rework on all 5 Lena sprite arms
Reworked Lena sprite hair
Added 7 new Lena sprite mouths (4 open normal, 3 open slightly happy)
Major rework on Lucine sprite (lowered neck, smaller forehead, repainting)
Reworked all 19 Lucine sprite eyes (new irises & pupils, small fixes)
Added 6 new Lucine sprite mouths (3 open normal, 3 open slightly happy)
Reworked shirts on Lucine sprite
Reworked socks on Lucine sprite to add thigh muffining
Redesigned Aina sprite hair
Reworked Aina sprite makeup and added freckles
Added 9 new Aina sprite poses
Rework on Raisa sprite (repainted the torso)
Added 6 new Raisa sprite mouths (3 open normal, 3 open slightly happy)
Added bottom underwear to Raisa sprite
Added more clothing variation options to Raisa in the gallery sprite viewer
Reworked or remade several MC sprite mouths
Added all new characters from Act-2 into the gallery
Remade and streamlined pregnancy morphs and clothing on all sprites
Added previously unused face animations to Lucine intro scene
Added a darkness mask to beginning dream sequence that fades away
Added sprite blush fade effect to make it less jarring
Added flicker effect to the candle in the intro scene
Added movement to MC sprite picking up and setting down firewood on day 1
Added firewood pick up and set down sound effect to day 1
Added cloth sound effect for MC and Eryn picking up towels
Remade door closing sound effect
Changed gallery unlock cheat code to something even more archaic
Fixed glitchy timebase for background and sprite time of day fades
Major revision to gallery code and gallery sprites
Removed a metric piss ton of now unneeded gallery variables
Added a dev mode to speed up face and pose animations
Small and boring code changes to things like sprite names to stay consistent
Updated game engine and broke everything, then unfuckulated it all again
Changed ending text & stat screen to be controlled by variables instead of manual edits
Fixed using the name Harth in the last Eryn h-scene instead of the player name variable
Further optimizations from old png files to smaller lossless webp files
Other minor bug fixes, story changes, and added sprite animations

Version 0.14:

Script increased to 22,153 words with additions to the main story line
Added new animated Silva scene (descending lift, 10 eyes, 26 mouths)
Added new Silva action scene (attack pt1 pt3 pt5, 6 eyes, 13 mouths, 2 props, 9 poses)
Added new Silva action scene (attack pt2 pt4 pt6, 7 eyes, 16 mouths, 7 poses)
Added new background makeshift bedroom night
Added new background outside mill night (2 props)
Reworked color and added plants to background outside mill day
Added 1 slash frame for the new Silva action scene
Added 3 slash frames to replace the old ones used in the festival action scene
MC sprite revision (replaced all 22 eyes)
Added 6 new MC sprite mouths (3 open normal, 3 open slightly happy)
Added ancient lift sound effect by using a manual coffee grinder of all things
Added knife swish sound effect to new action scene
Added running footsteps sound effect to new action scene
Added door crashing sound effect to new action scene
Minor bug/typo fixes and dialogue changes

Version 0.13:

Added 2,015 words [~10 mins] to the main story
Created sprite for new character Aline
Created Aline sprite faces (21 eyes, 24 mouths)
Created 12 Aline sprite poses
Created sprite for new character Priestess Evana
Created Evana sprite faces (21 eyes, 26 mouths)
Created 14 Evana sprite poses
Created sprite for new character Silva
Created Silva sprite faces (20 eyes, 31 mouths)
Created Silva sprite poses
Added new background dungeon
Added new background temple bedroom
Added new background temple bedroom evening
Added new background temple bedroom night (2 props)
Added new background throne room
Added new background outside temple (1 prop)
Added new background outside temple night (3 props)
Added new story scene (Temple view)
Added new Aline scene (Priestess in the throne room)
Fixed 1 major bug and a few minor bugs/typos

Version 0.12:

Added story events that continue through the day that the MC wakes up
Added 2 new main story scenes (4 backgrounds, 30 poses, 8 eyes, 19 mouths)
Created background for market center
Added 4 new sound effects (waterfall, various sword sounds)
Added h-scene & effigy counters to revised end screen
Made new GUI buttons with game generated text
Made hover effects for all buttons
Changed formatting of all translatable strings to make fan translations way easier
Added additional language support and functionality
Changed MC’s default name from Biorn to Harth
Minor bug fixes
Wrote audio functions packages to handle game sound
Fixed audio not playing in some gallery scenes
Added audio debugging button to audio options menu
Added end of build screen with gameplay stats
Slightly touched up face on first Eryn scene
Added 4 new Eryn mouths to sprite
Remade all options menu UI
Remade all buttons and frames
Fixed the janky old cheat code options screen
Reworked how gallery scenes are unlocked
Removed several hundred variables that are no longer necessary
Touched up Eryn dialogue and face animation on act-1 day-1

Version 0.11:

Added story events halfway through the day that MC wakes up
Added injuries and bandages to MC sprite
Created mirrored version of new outfit
Created sprite for new main character Aina
Created Aina’s faces (20 eyes, 23 mouths)
Created mirrored version of Aina’s sprite
Added 1 new Aina scene (Intro at her tavern)
Created background for makeshift house
Created background for burnt down mill
Created background for Aina’s tavern
Created background for city outskirt slums
Fixed 2 major bugs and a few minor bugs

Version 0.10:

Biggest update released to date, project moved from alpha to beta
Completed story events through the end of Act-I with 5 paths
All core systems completed and save stable
Music and sound effects now implemented
Time of day added with colormatrix modifier for sprites
Implemented a hidden effigy minigame that will eventually unlock bonus scenes
Added censored mode to video options for content creators and possibly the Amish
Added missing Raisa hickey story sequence
Removed several unnecessary liminal scenes
Removed or replaced on-the-nose and unnecessary dialogue
Added new sprite accessories into script
Added more pose animations to existing scenes
Updated gallery thumbnail images to new artwork
Added all new and existing scenes to the gallery
Added MC poses, clothing, and faces to the sprite viewer
Created sprite for new character Goddess Vera
Created Vera’s faces (6 eyes, 7 mouths)
Eryn sprite beautification (Remade breasts)
Eryn sprite outfit (Remade sleep shirt)
Eryn sprite accessory (Mirror-able bag)
Added new Eryn pose (Holding effigy)
MC sprite rework (Fixed mirror hair)
Added new MC sprite effect (Hickey)
Added new story scene (Candle scene in intro)
Added new story scene (Drinking with Remi, 8 eyes, 13 mouths)
Added new story scene (Effigy in bonfire)
Added new story scene (Rhame sighting, 2 mouths)
Added new story scene (Rhame on cliff, 3 poses, 2 backgrounds)
Added new animated story scene (Remi defeating enemy, depth of field and loop)
Added new story scene (Remi standoff, 2 poses)
Added new animated story scene (claw slash)
Added new story scene (Remi wounded)
Added new story scene (MC attacking)
Added new story scene (MC wounded, 4 poses, 3 eyes, 2 mouths)
Added new Eryn scene (Festival romance, 3 poses, 6 arms, 20 eyes, 26 mouths, 3 effects)
Added new Lena scene (Festival romance, 2 poses, 11 eyes, 9 mouths, 1 effect)
Added new Lucine scene (Festival romance, 10 eyes, 8 mouths, 1 effect)
Added new Lucine animated h-scene (Titjob at festival, loop and climax)
Added new Raisa scene (Festival romance, 7 eyes, 9 mouths)
Added new Raisa animated h-scene (Blowjob at festival, loop and climax)
Added new Rithe scene (Festival romance, 9 eyes, 16 mouths)
Added new Rithe animated h-scene (Handjob at festival, loop and climax)
Remade animated Lucine handjob h-scene (loop and climax)
Remade Vera intro scene (2 mouths, animated motes, added parallax effect)
Reworked title screen with new logo
Reworked intro video with new game logo
Reworked MC’s face & body on market work scenes
Reworked Eryn & MC’s hair color
Reworked Eryn’s face on intro scene (2 eyes, 3 mouths)
Reworked Eryn & MC’s faces and bodies on creek undressing scene (5 eyes, 5 mouths)
Reworked Eryn & MC’s faces and bodies on first creek bathing scene (8 eyes, 17 mouths)
Reworked Eryn & MC’s faces and bodies on second creek scene part one (5 eyes 6 mouths, 2 effects)
Reworked Eryn’s body on second creek scene part two
Reworked Eryn & MC’s hair color on third creek scene, changed to new parallax system
Reworked MC body size on Eryn Effigy scene
Reworked Eryn & MC’s faces and bodies on creature sighting scene (2 eyes, 3 mouths)
Fixed Eryn having 2 left feet in the sleep scene
Reworked Eryn’s body & MC’s face on third creek scene (4 eyes, 9 mouths)
Reworked light and shadows on Lena firewood scene part 2
Reworked Lena’s body on creature sighting scene
Reworked Eryn & MC’s hair color on Lucine fence scene (2 poses)
Reworked Raisa intro scene to include Eryn’s bag (2 poses)
Added new background MC living room evening
Added new background MC bedroom evening
Added new background MC bedroom night (Optional lanterns and doors)
Added new background MC’s yard evening
Added new background forest evening
Added new background forest trail evening
Added new background town road night (Optional streetlights)
Added new background market evening
Added new background market festival night
Added new background shrine ruins
Added new background shrine ruins festival night
Animated the cow on Lucine’s farm to bring joy to the hearts of millions
Changed game system icon to the new logo
Created 5 unique character effigies for the hidden effigy minigame (Eryn, Lena, Lucine, Raisa, Rithe)
Hid those 5 effigies throughout the game in various scenes
Created new animated particle system to fix performance issues
And much more, this is an incomplete changelog

Version 0.09:

Added story events halfway through fifth day
Added new Eryn render (Creek)
Added new Raisa animated H-Scene (Footjob)
Replaced 2 placeholder backgrounds with final art (Creek & Forest Path)
Added bepis to Rithe’s character sprite
Added Eryn’s sprite poses to the sprite viewer
Fixed Eryn’s sleeves not appearing in the sprite viewer
Full redesign of the options menu with new GUI elements
Added new video options menu
Added animated particles video option to mobile version
Added a useless VR mode video menu because we think it’s funny
Created gameplay options menu screen
Added new option to select language for later support
Created new audio options menu screen
Added mute button to audio options menu
Added music and sound effect sliders to audio options menu
Created new toggleable content options screens
Replaced redundant toggleable content option with anal content
Added internal view content preview picture to menu
Added impregnation content preview picture to menu
Added male on male content preview picture to menu
Added anal sex content preview picture to menu
Added placeholder female on female content preview picture to menu
Created new extra options menu screen
Added cheat code input screen to mobile version
Fixed cheat code input not properly unlocking gallery
Added potentially cursed M̵̩̼̃̓́̈́y̷̬̭̏͋͋̕̕s̵̯̪̗̰̓̐͛́̄̃͘t̸̢̏̈́̀̏̈ê̴̛̲̗͕͔̪̭̱͂̇̎r̵̲͕͖̽̌̈́̈́͊y̷͎͈̭̯͍̪͆̆̔̌̎̇̕ ̴̛̣̳̌̓͗̄͛͝Ó̶̹̊̀̚͘p̶̙͕̹̪̹̫̻͗͒ẗ̴͋ͅi̷̯̦̤͆̊́̒̓̚ơ̴̢̧͓̭͖̫͛n̷̡̢͚̜͖̪͛͐̿ to the extras menu
Created supporter imagebuttons with links
Added logo to splash screen
Splash screen now generated with existing assets instead of using a picture
Simplified buttons to use fewer image assets
Continued major performance tweaks and file conversions

Version 0.08:

Began major conversion of all images from png to webp for performance
Began cropping and manually positioning all converted images to fix cache issues for mobile users
Added story events through fourth day
Added 1 new MC render (Catching boar)
Added 1 new Eryn render (Cooking dinner)
Updated Lena’s sprite to new poseable layer system
Lena sprite beautification (Body, All Eyes & Mouths)
Added 5 new Lena poses
Added 4 new Lena body morphs (Pregnant)
Updated Lucine’s sprite to new poseable layer system
Lucine sprite beautification (Body, All Eyes & Mouths)
Added 6 new Lucine poses
Added 4 new Lucine body morphs (Pregnant)
Updated Raisa’s sprite to new poseable layer system
Raisa sprite beautification (Body, All Eyes & Mouths)
Added 13 new Raisa poses
Added 4 new Raisa body morphs (Pregnant)
Updated Rithe’s sprite to new poseable layer system
Added 8 new Rithe poses
Added mirror versions of all asymmetrical character sprite assets (hair, clothes, & more)
Added pose and pregnancy morph options to the gallery
Replaced 1 placeholder background with final art (Blacksmith Shop)
Converted all backgrounds with props to layered image system
Horizontally flipped the market background for some reason
Fixed minor bug on complex scenes by replacing stock RenPy checkered background with solid black
Added video option to toggle particle effects in PC version to fix bug on some systems

Version 0.07:

Replaced 1 placeholder background with final art (Living Room)
Finished existing Lucine animated H-Scene (Added second loop of animation)
Finished existing Lucine animated H-Scene (Additional rendering & details)
Added new Harth+Eryn & Harth+Lena Render (Creature in the woods)
Full Eryn sprite redesign & beautification (Hair, Body, All Eyes & Mouths, Clothing)
Updated Eryn’s sprite to new poseable layer system
Replaced existing Eryn render (Opening dream scene doorway)
Added new Eryn render (MC falls on top of Eryn)
Added 11 new Eryn eyes
Added 9 new Eryn mouths
Added 2 new Eryn face effects (Animated Sweat Drop, Mortified Face)
Added 14 new Eryn poses
Added 2 new Eryn accessories (2 Bags, 1 Belt)
Added 3 new Eryn body morphs (Pregnant)
Created reversed state for Eryn’s sprite (All clothes & accessories)
Redesigned Harth’s bepis
Redesigned Harth’s hair
Redesigned Harth’s knife
Updated Harth’s sprite to new poseable layer system
Added 1 new Harth eyes
Added 3 new Harth mouths
Added 2 new Harth face effects (Animated Sweat Drop, Mortified Face)
Added 1 new Harth misc effect (Neck Hickey)
Added 16 new Harth poses
Rescripted existing story with Harth & Eryn’s new poseable sprite system
Rescripted gallery with Eryn’s new sprite system
Rescripted entire choice variable handling system (New game start required to work)
Fixed persistent name variable issue
Major performance optimizations

Version 0.06:

Added story events halfway through third day
Added full gallery feature & UI elements
Added full sprite mixer feature
Replaced 1 placeholder background with final art (Behind House)
Added removable props to Behind House background (Towels & Hunting Trap)
Added 1 new Eryn render (Creek Day 3)
Added new Lucine render (Fence)
Added new Lucine animated H-Scene (HJ)
Created 2 atmospheric particle movement templates (Creek Flies & Blowing Embers)
Added placeholder blowing embers effect to title screen
New & improved parallax effect for intro dream scene
Added darkness overlay to Harth’s character sprite for intro dream scene
Reworked all gallery tracking variables in script (New game start required to work)
Minor dialogue changes
Minor code changes

Version 0.05:

Added story events through second day
Created placeholder background for Lucine’s farm
Replaced 1 placeholder background with final art (Town Market)
Created new side character Baylor
Created new main character Rithe
Created Rithe’s faces (29 eyes, 34 mouths)
Created Baylor’s faces (11 eyes, 18 mouths)
Added 2 new Harth renders (Marketplace Working)
Added new Raisa render (Drinking)
Added 1 new Eryn render (Creek day 2)
Added new Rithe render (Carving Effigy)
Added sound effect and music support to menu for later release
Minor dialogue changes

Version 0.04:

Changed MC backstory slightly
Minor dialogue changes
Created full Android GUI
Replaced 2 placeholder backgrounds with final art
Created new side character Remi
Added Remi’s intro scene to day 1
Created Lucine’s faces (20 eyes, 26 mouths)
Created Lena’s faces (19 eyes, 26 mouths)
Created Raisa’s faces (26 eyes, 41 mouths)
Animated Raisa, Lucine, Lena, & Remi’s new faces in script
Added new Eryn render
Added new Raisa render
Added new Lucine render
Added new Lena render
Fixed several minor bugs & typos
Redesigned Lena (body & clothing)
Shrank MC by 5%
Added gallery tracking variables to script
Several critical naming system and code structure rewrites to prevent future bugs