Ephemeral Gate [v0.331] [Wr1ckad]

December 9, 2024F95

The kingdom of Alanse faces growing threats, both from within and without. A dark plot has left the king poisoned and on the brink of death. The fate of the kingdom falls to a group of unlikely heroes, called to action by a princess out of her depth. The aspiring hero, Haru, has to embark on a journey to save the kingdom that will take him from slaying rats in a basement to killing a god. Along the way, he will meet a variety of companions that can help him, or fall to depravity.

Thread Updated: 2024-12-09

Release Date: 2024-12-07

Developer: Wr1ckad – Patreon

Censored: No

Version: 0.331

OS: Windows

Language: English

Genre:

2D Game, 3DCG, Ahegao, Corruption, Creampie, Dating Sim, Dilf, Fantasy, Groping, Harem, Male Protagonist, NTR(avoidable), Oral Sex, Pregnancy, Prostitution, Rape, Romance, RPG, Sexual Harassment, Stripping, Vaginal Sex, Virgin, Voyeurism

Installation:

1. Extract and run.

Changelog:

v0.331

Event: Reina GF Fondling

Event: Elinore x Meriak 4 (Bath Scene)

Bugfixes & Changes

Some dialogue fixes throughout Elinore & Meriak’s scenes

v.0.33

Added a map item that should help you navigate the city in chapter 2 – Found in Haru’s room

Added some chat scenes for Amelia and Reina in the Estate, Miria in the Academy

New Quest: Reina’s Companion Quest

Event: Reina Date 3

Event: Reina Confession

Event: Reina GF Kiss

Court of Treachery Expansion: Amelia’s End of Night (Sex Scene)

Bugfixes & Changes

Fixed the exit in Broken Crypt to allow you to leave

Fixed an image not being removed when Kasumi visits the market

Fixed an instance of not being able to leave when talking to Olivia

Added some more names and places to auto colored list

Changed art for Remento

Added check to confessing to Amelia and Reina to not run if you are already in a relationship.

v0.321
Bugfixes and Changes

Adjusted Haru waking up CG to start before the fade in to Dorgan’s House

Adjusted or fixed text for the following NPCs: Uncle Dorgan, Village Kasumi, Elder Gomu, Reina, Lucielle, Pesno the Artisan, Suul Sylvester, Rederan Guards, Elinore’s Speech, approaching reina’s house, Party Olivia

Shady Man in Edelcross will now tell you how much money you need to have to learn Lockpicking, and the money will now be deducted properly

Added some more reactions to the revelation that Elinore is a princess

Added a sound to Gomu exiting the house after the wolfman attack

Added a jump sound to Reina leaping off the cliff

Added music to several maps

Removed the two brigands in the road warden jail cell unless Reina is jailed

Added player touch to attempting to leave in the Outskirts

Added Haru portraits and adjusted reaction to the fleeing man in the Graveyard

You can now enter the broken crypt even in chapter 1

Renamed Materials tab in the inventory to “Loot”

Made the dialogue box darker for easier readability

Added direction fix to several events such as bathroom event, library bookcase, bedridden king, several drunkards, cistern leave

Further fixes to Arcane Eye map

Adjusted some of the text when joining the adventurer’s guild, not being able to join until one of two conditions are complete

Removed kid from the park in residential district

Mrs Elda’s dialogue should properly initialize

Added crates to the rightmost bazaar stand so you can’t enter the stand.

Added a fadeout to the music from Zetara’s temple

Chapter 2: The Conspiracy “Join Elinore at the Royal Palace” should now properly update after the war room scene

Gorimand now has proper dialogue when selecting “Situation in the kingdom”

Added a final objective to Maid’s Tale to return to Olivia

Fixed a faulty option in Miria’s date replays

Viedon Tasher has new dialogue at the guild headquarters

Adjusted the facing of a deep one ambush in the sewers

Table and Ratcatcher’s body in the sewers should no longer start as already interacted with

Enter the Couldwell Estate objective changed to Enter the von Sartenan Estate

Objective 4 of Court of Treachery should now complete properly when entering the estate

Fixed last part of Seris’ route to not show the ballroom

Fixed asking Irina to attend the party being displayed as Ask Miria

Last image of Irina’s route should now be erased as intended

v.0.32

Added a new map “Broken Crypt” in the Outskirts Graveyard.

Added a new map “Haarmire Road” following the road past the Academy crossroad

Side Quest: Easily Spooked added to Harmire Road

Added new armor to Warad’s shop after completing the quest Frozen Shipment

MQ8 Court of Treachery Expansions:

Kasumi Night End

Olivia Stage 2

Olivia Night End (Sex Scene)

Elinthea Stage 2

Ruby Night End (Sex Scene)

Seris Night End (Sex Scene)

Irina Night End (Sex Scene)

Bugfixes & Changes

Added prompt to map transitions where you need to have Haru active when controlling one of your other party members.

Can no longer initiate the sewer main quest unless you are playing as Haru

Crag Lizards now drop Lizard Hides

Removed duplicate line from Elinore x Meriak 3

v.0.261

Added the v0.26 events to the Replay Room

Changed the main quest in Eastern District to not play if you are not playing as Haru

v.0.26

Added a new scene to the game intro

Ancient Elven Weapons are sold at the Weapon Merchant after completing Main Quest: What Lies Beneath

“Skip to Chapter 2” Option when starting new game

Added Pick-up Items to Graveyard

UI Busts for Kasumi, Reina, Elinore, Amelia, Irina, Miria, Lucielle, Haru

Side Quest: A Chemical Reaction

Updated party portraits

Remade CGs for 3 Peeping Events during Chapter 1, Amelia’s Intro, and Kasumi’s Intro

Added CG screen to the escape from Edelcross story beat

Event: Miria x Julia NTR1

Event: Miria x Julia NTR2

Event: Reina Gambler NTR1

Event: Elinore x Meriak NTR3

Some text edits to Chapter 1

Added some pick-up Berries and Althea’s Leaf to Chapter 1 Lakeside

CG Haru Intro to Prologue

Added Julie as an NPC to the academy while Haru is active

Added some campfires to Restenal

New Location: Magic Shop in the Residential District

Bugfixes & Changes

Added direction fix to various pick-ups in Chapter 1

Fixed a black screen bug in the intro (?)

Added some more Names and Locations to the auto-coloring

Fixed an issue with Amelia not being present during the introduction to the Estate

Added color to intro selection

Added some more Names and Locations to the auto-coloring

Fixed an issue with Amelia not being present during the introduction to the Estate

Added color to intro selection

Fixed the last objective stage on “A New Day Dawns” to complete properly in the quest journal

Fixed the campfire sprite being too low

v0.223

Content

Map: Embassy F1

Map: Embassy F2

Characters: Cara the Rose, Cia the Petunia, Satsuki, Ambassador Kazura

Chat avatar for Lady Lyranessa (Elinore’s Aunt)

Event: Seris Dinner

Event: Seris HJ

Event: Kasumi Ring NTR Aftermath

Event: Kasumi Ring NTR 2

Event: Kasumi Ring NTR 3

Bugfixes

You can no longer climb the rope in the Sewers

Fixed several spots where you were able to enter wall or water tiles

Seris rescue no longer endlessly repeats

You can now exit Reina’s house

Kasumi’s NTR scenes should now be viewable in the Replay Room in the Estate

Collision should no longer be disabled after the Demon in Academy F3

Remento should now be the correct fight, and not 2 goblins in a trench coat

Niranel and Janderic should no longer be invisible when approaching the academy

Clarified the guards outside the Kyradur embassy are bad at the Alansean Language

Zaragzul should no longer be there if you exit F3 after freeing him

Updated the overarching Chapter 2 quest to update properly after Riot in the Streets and What Lies Beneath

Fixed an inconsistency between hang outs and automatically prompted hang outs

Fixed the roof of a house in Eastern District North

The party should now move at the same speed arriving at the Weary Goblet

Fixed some issues in the Residential District – could walk over fence, two spots behind roofs, fixed one visual glitch with a roof

Fixed a spot in the Tower District you could walk behind a roof

Fixed several tiles in the Mage Academy tiles to stop characters walking over walls and tables

Fixed spot in Mage Academy where you could walk cross water behind a roof

Added some waterfalls effects to Merchant District and Harbor District, Fixed some static waterfalls in the Sewers

Added a missing door to Mage Academy West Wing

Adjusted placement of Sewer Dwellers in battle to line up with the background image better

v.0.221

Changes

Added Meriak x Elinore Engagement 1 + 2 to Replay Room

Added Kasumi Cursed Item 1 to Replay Room

Direction Fix added to barfing guy in Merchant District

You now need to be Haru for the pick-up items in Merchant District and Eastern District

You can now no longer enter the Eastern District North unless you are playing as Haru

Fixed two trees in the Brackenwood

Added some names to Weary Goblet, City Outskirts, Road Wardens, Wheat & Chaff and Tower District NPCs

Minor fix on Outskirt Inn roof

Added some details to several maps

Heavy Branch can now be equipped by Haru

Old Knife should now properly be a dagger

Fixed Oskan missing a face image in one dialogue

Fixed some tall trees that were not in front of the character

You should no longer be able to go over a cliff in Edelcross

Added music to Outskirts

Some redundant dialogue with Gorimand and Olivia should not appear now when doing Olivia’s quest

Fixed a visual glitch on the beast corpse sprite

v0.22

Changes

Added Replay Room in the basement of the Estate

– Should cover all the events with CGs available right now, you can see which events you have yet to find

Event: Olivia Handjob readded

Quest: Olivia’s Quest 1 Available

– Has two different paths

Event: Elinore Bath Visit

Event: Lucielle Bath Visit

Map: Heart of the Sea

New Character: Ruby

Event: Ruby Prostitution

Event: Meriak x Elinore Engagement 1

Event: Meriak x Elinore Engagement 2

Added a few skill trainers for Haru

Re-Added books to Estate Library

Added Pickups to Merchant District, Residential District and Harbor District

Gave some NPCs around the city names

Adventurer’s Guild: Copper Rank added

Added an Adventurer’s Guild quest

Switched Meriak’s character to one that reflects his CG character more

Added another quest to copper rank adventurers

Added prompt dates to all the other characters to the estate if your relationship reaches the required ranks.

Added some more misc NPC names

v0.27
Changes

Event: Miria’s Bath

Event: Amelia GF BJ (Accessed after HJ)

Event: Amelia GF Sex (Accessed after BJ)

Event: Lucielle Club 3rd Time

v.0.261

Bugfixes

Added portraits to finding items in the merchant district

Added portraits to finding items in the residential district

Fixed a spelling error in the harbor district

Adjusted the positioning of monsters on the battle screen to be more in line with the actual background

An event in the NE sewer had the wrong text, added correct text

Most of the locked chests should no longer open before they are unlocked

Added missing dialogue for Miria in the estate

Fixed Miria being refered to as Kasumi in one dialogue option

Amelia can’t launch Holgo’s event if she is Haru’s girlfriend

Adjusted shadows of merchant district bridge towards eastern district

Fixed the western door in academy floor 1 not leading to the correct place

Adjusted Lucielle’s portraits in Mage Academy Approach

Sewer Gate in Eastern District North now cannot be opened unless you have the sewer pass

v.0.26

Content

Quest: Amelia’s Companion Quest

Event: Miria’s Date 1

Event: Amelia Confession

Event: Amelia Kissing

Event: Amelia Fondling

Event: Amelia Handjob

Map: Harbor Quarters (not much to do here right now)

Map: Dungeon Sewers NE

Guards react if you play Lucielle in the Royal Palace

New Portrait for Haru, Amelia and Lucielle (not fully implemented yet)

Event replay room in Estate Basement

Monsters you defeat leave behind a sprite

Miria now has dialogue in the Heroes Estate

v.0.251

Changes

Irina’s starting level has been set to 8

Miria’s starting level has been set to 7

Miria now has her intended party portrait

Irina now has her intended party portrait

Added point of no return warning before finishing the dungeon

Academy Dungeon is inaccessible after the main quest is finished

Added initialization orb to the Heroe’s Estate, if you recruited Miria before this update, then you can use the orb to get Miria’s class and portrait switched to the intended one

Added disclaimer when you recruit Miria that party members can be switched from the formations menu

Bugfixes

Repositioned the left academy guardian slightly

Academy Exterior crystals should be animated

Fixed some text errors such as spelling, grammar, text going outside text boxes/offscreen, added some clarification to certain dialogue lines

Miria’s class has been changed to her intended class when you recruit her

Repositioned fire in the academy practice yard to line up with the hole

Fixed the graphics on the academy ruins ladder

Added door animations to academy doors

Added door animations to some merchant district, residential district and tower district doors

Fixed wrong type of door sounds playing when using academy doors

Fixed the stairs in the main hall of the academy

Gargoyles on the first floor should now be properly destroyed

Scrolls picked up should now be removed on the map

Wrong floor tile on dungeon floor 1 was changed

Jilnea’s event should now be disabled after you encounter it

Remento’s battle event should now trigger as intended, allowing the story to progress

Adjusted the crystals on Floor 2 to appear above the player character

Edric should now disappear as intended after your conversation

Added character dialogue avatars to certain events that didn’t have them

Mirror realm magic circle should now be below characters standing on it

Fixed some emote balloons for the demon army event

Door to one of the new rooms in Heroes Estate has been removed

Mana potions can be bought at the general goods merchant

Waterfall graphics in the merchant district repositioned

You can now ask all questions of the headmaster before moving on with the epilogue

v.0.25

Content

Main Quest: What Lies Beneath fully implemented

Side Activity: Mirror Realm implemented

Mage Academy Approach Accessible

Mage Academy Accessible

Academy Ruins Dungeon F1-F3 Available

New Companion: Miria

New Characters: Irina & Ulinthea

NTR Event: Lucielle Slave Ring Investigation 2

Event: Amelia Date 3

Bugfixes

Smuggled weapons are now removed when handing in them in to the guard

Pearl Bead Necklace and Ring of Zetara’s Favor can now be equipped

Rogue Armor moved to the Light Category

Fur Helmet is now a headgear armor instead of a shield

Bandits respawned after allying with Zane, they should no longer respawn

Bandits you bribed and then fought and defeated should now disappear

Added feedback to receiving the Broodmother’s reward from Laurie the Hunter. Previously you received the reward, but there was no pop up saying so.

v.0.21

Bugfixes

Fixed some text in Heroes Estate library and Merchant District

Maid in Merchant District should no longer say “You’re pretty cute” if Haru is leading the party

Fixed two people at the court walking around during the princess’ speech

Fixed the exits out of the Palace Basement

Made testing events inaccessible

The thug ambush should no longer block the path to the item after the ambush is defeated

Can no longer access eastern district north before you have spoken with the commander

Added direction fix to some sleeping characters.

v.0.2
Content

Eastern District is accessible

Eastern District North is accessible

Royal Palace Basement is accessible

Eastern District Drinking Den is accessible

Eastern District Gang Hideout 1 is accessible

Eastern District Gang Hideout 2 is accessible

Eastern District Auction is accessible

Main Quest: Riot in the Streets implemented

Side Quest: Missing in Action implemented

Combat Rework: Damage formula changes, enemy stat changes

New Companion skills for Reina, Kasumi, Amelia, Elinore

Event: Lucielle Date 2

Event: Visiting Reina’s Home

NTR Event: Lucielle’s Undercover Investigation 1

Changes

Weakening Strike has been buffed. Should now lower the defence of the enemy even more.

Miscellaneous changes and polish

v.0.151

Some testing events were left in by accident and were made inaccessible

Added child to Elinore & Meriak end

Added chat avatars to Meriak & Elinore dialogue scene

It should now be possible to exit from the sewer through the normal exit

Hopefully fixed certain monster skills not proccing when they should.

Increased sewer monster damage slightly

Fixed an event in the Northern Sewer Section not functioning properly

Added direction fix to some events that should have it

Added sound effect and animation to some chests

Added or changed sound effects for some transitions and doors

Miscellaneous text & grammar fixes

v.0.15
Content

Tower District is now available in Free Roam

The Royal Palace is now available in Free Roam

First Dungeon added with Three Maps so far

Main Quest: “Court Matters” fully implemented

Main Quest: Stench from Beneath fully implemented

Elinore now has companion interactions and free roam mode

Lucielle now has companion interactions and free roam mode

You can speak to Steward on behalf of Olivia

Seris introduction implemented

Royal Huntsmaster character + 1 bounty added

You can now join the adventurer’s guild (does not have a lot of content, but will in the future)

Event: Olivia HJ1

Event: Elinore Date 1

Event: Elinore Date 2

Event: Elinore NTR Event

Event: Lucielle Date 1

Event: Kasumi Bath

Event: Reina Bath

Event: Amelia Bath

Changes

Skip directly to Chapter 2 (This will likely require some fine-tuning and testing, as there may be unforeseen bugs)

New battle initialization screen

Added character portraits to the Holgo encounter

Ongoing Combat Rework: Using Yanfly Battle Engine, added enemy health bars, actions are preformed instantly/side based turn combat, monster skills and resistances

Minor changes here and there…

Bugfixes

Added dialogue to direct player to village storehouse

Added objects and events to help players locate village storehouse

Added better fullscreen support to help players who used f5 which pixelated their screen, new fullscreen should be entered through the “alt + enter” command

Fixed getting stuck in warehouse after the battle with thugs during the “Frozen Shipment” quest, making the quest completable

Fixed dialogue error in the following: Warad’s Dialogue

Events in the Edelcross forest should no longer be visible before you see them in the story event

Quest description should no longer overlap with the text for objectives

Switching back to Haru from Kasumi roaming should no longer give Haru the wrong portrait in the party menu

Disabled quest tracking overlay. It was causing major lag spikes when walking around.

v0.1

Initial Release

– Chapter 1 of the Main Quest

– 3.5 Companions

– 6 Date Events, 3 Tease Events, 3 Roaming Events, 1 Ending

– 316 CGs

Developer Notes:

The game requires at least 1280x720p monitors to work properly due to how it is scaled up in RPGMaker VX Ace.

This version of the game is a first version, more of a proof of concept than a proper game. Still, I think it will give you a decent idea of what I’m going for when it comes to the future development, and has some basic systems in place already that can be expanded upon in the future. Most parts of the game after reaching the end of the current main quest are not finalized, and will change in the future. Specifically, the roaming events will be expanded upon and possibly remade completely when I get the time.

The game contains a main quest that takes you through the world and story. After completing the first chapter of the game, the game opens up into a more sandbox styled experience. The plan is for each chapter of the game to have a series of areas for you to explore, and set of quests for you to tackle at your own pace. Once the sandbox opens up, the player will be free to go on dates, do side-quests, explore as their companions for H-events and the like. My game design is very much inspired by the Gothic series and Dragon Age:Origins.

In regards to Netorare, because I’ve seen it can be a hotly debated topic. It is planned to be fully avoidable, and by player choice if netorare happens. Don’t ask me to remove any netorare aspects from the game. I need it as an outlet to be able to write fluff romance. And I want to write fluff anime romance. Inject that diabetes into my veins.

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