The Judas Ghost [Ch.1 P1 v1.2.9] [Heart of the Keyforge]

July 25, 2024F95

The Judas Ghost is an interactive visual novel where you’ll be able to move around a mansion in a day / night cycle while choosing which quests to explore, who to interact with, and move at your own pace through each individual girl’s storyline. You’ll also be able to buy outfits and items within a currency system, build your affection level with the girls, and have the ability to find hidden items which may lead to secret scenes.

The story begins when you, the player, are requested to accompany a small group from an all girls church academy to a mansion they recently acquired. The church group is hoping to turn the mansion into a bible retreat. You have been requested to be there by way of a mysterious letter. Soon after you arrive, you’re greeted by a hauntingly beautiful young woman who is unusually… transparent.

Thread Updated: 2024-07-25

Release Date: 2024-07-25

Developer: Keys to my Lockheart Patreon – SubscribeStar – Discord

Publisher: Heart of the Keyforge Patreon – Itch.io – Discord

Censored: No

Version: Chapter 1 – 1.2.9

OS: Windows, Linux, Mac, Android

Language: English

Genre:

3DCG, Adventure, Animated, Big ass, Big tits, Dating Sim, Fantasy, Groping, Handjob, Humor, Masturbation, Male Protagonist, Mystery, Oral Sex, Paranormal, Point & Click, Religion, Romance, Sandbox, Teasing

Planned tags

Harem, Footjob, Graphic Violence, Male Domination, Milf, Monster Girl, Pregnancy, Puzzle, Spanking, Sex Toys, Vaginal Sex, Virgin, Voyeurism

Kinks that don’t match tags: Punishment, Spectrophilia, Spanking
The list of tags and kinks is subject to change. We reserve the rights to change, add or remove, tags and kinks at any time in development.
Some content like “puzzle” are optional or panned to be skippable through the in-built hint system.

Installation:

Download archive matching your OS
- PC/Mac: Extract archive
- Android: Install APK
Start app*:
- On Mac: Run app
- On Windows PC: start The-Judas-Ghost.exe
- On Linux PC: run ./The-Judas-Ghost.sh
- On Android: Click through the information and wait for the downloader to finish

An Android port with refined settings and UI is in development.

* For JoiPlay users: The game uses Ren’Py 8.2.1 and Python 3. It should run with default settings.

On Mac: Delete app
On PC: Delete installation folder
On Android: Make a backup of your save folder, then deinstall the app as detailed in your device manual
- Most often, long-tab the app icon and select “Uninstall”

Updating

On Mac and PC

On startup and every 6 minutes, the game checks if an update is available. This might take a bit, depending on your internet connection.

If an update is available, you will find that info and an update button on the right side of the main menu, where the current version number is shown.

On Android

On startup of the app, you will be asked if you want to install the latest version of the game. To do so, select “Yes” or skip to the main menu with “No”.

You will find your current app version in the main menu. Check this thread to find out what the latest game version is.

Changelog:

Chapter 1 — Final

Additional notes and summary:

The release version 1.2 introduces a new scene that should have played after “Gemma — Booty” and before “Gemma — Salacious”. If a player already progressed Gemma’s story up to “Gemma — Salacious” or further, the new scene will be triggered the next time MC visits their room. This might trigger the event immediately if the prerequisites are fullfilled and the player saved in MC’s room.

If the player is able to trigger “Gemma – The right medicine” before playing “Gemma – How to be a good girl”, there might be an issue with above triggers. In that case, please report the issue, so that we can have another look. It should be fixed, but reality is a cruel beast.

Generally, this issue does not break the game, but is inconsitent story telling for those two events, if played in the wrong order.

Now, even though we provide a quest progress tracker and just in case, the player should play until the questlog (“Notebook”) tells the player that there is no new content available. Some events are delayed and are not immediately available after having played the precursing event. Those are rare and the maximum delay should be one in-game night of rest. These “empty time slots” should get less and less, as we add content and repeatable events.

With the release of version 1.2.0 a new mechanic is introduced, that lets players chose the event they want to play, if the location has multiple events available at a given time. The player can also return to freeroam, which might trigger a priority event, that would start automatically otherwise.

Also, with version 1.2.0 another mechanic is introduced to start an event. For those, the player has to initiate a dialogue with Judy in MC’s room and pick the highlighted choice. The notebook should hint at those events by telling the player something along the lines “I should talk to Judy.” or “Judy might know more about this.”

v1.2.9 — Release Build

Fixed “Gemma — The Right Medicine” to restart after an in-game nights of rest.

Fixed an event description

v1.2.8 — Release Build

Fixed some quest and event description

v1.2.7 — Release Build

Added skip functionality to textbox.

Added APK update functionality to start-up of game on APK/touch

Added button to activate/deactivate name input in settings screen

v1.2.6 — Release Build

Added navigation to in-game settings to access load/save on touch screens.

Updated quest description for “Judy — Judy’s Needs”

Fixed an issue in “Gemma — How To Be A Good Girl”, that used a wrong name variable for MC.

v1.2.5 — Beta Build

Removed a “debug entry” from the Notebook for “Minerva — Painting”

v1.2.4 — Beta Build

Added option to rename the character for the gallery.

Added option to rename the character in the in-game settings. This is the settings screen from the icon in the bottom right of the freeroam UI, not the main menu settings.

Changed the tooltip for Judy’s essence generator events.

Updated Ren’Py version from 8.2.1 to 8.2.3

v1.2.3 — Beta Build

Changed Sienna’s gift box to an outfit doll wearing the correct lingerie.

Reintroduced Cindy’s “Care for MC” level to have better event flow control for Cockadoodle.

Added missing “Gemma — How to be a good girl”

Removed event delay from “Judy — My Space” and reduced it to one day for “Judy — To Taunt And Protect”

v1.2.2 — Beta Build

Fixed navigation issue on staircase, moving to 2nd floor east hall instead of west hall.

Fixed coin located in 1st floor east hall.

The jewellery box didn’t give the player a coin, even though it should have. If the player loads a save where this event has already played out, the player will be rewarded with the appropriate coin on load.

Removed repeating Cockadoodle events from sleeping in MC’s room.

v1.2.1 — Beta Build

Added quest progress counter to the “Notebook”.

v1.2.0 — Beta Build

Added replay labels for a better way to start events from the gallery without unlocking them. This should make the unlock mechanism revertable.

v1.1.20 to v1.1.23 — Internal Builds

Testing and fixing of in-game updater

v1.1.19 — Internal Build

Added filters to gallery.

Added unlock function to gallery.

v1.1.18 — Internal Build

Added base gallery mechanics

Removing some time and “affection” constraints from events.

v1.1.17 — Internal Build

Added quest “Judy — Judy’s Needs”

Added event “Judy — Leather X”

Added event “Judy — In need of Essence III”

Added quest “Gemma — Freckleback”

Added new mechanic, that requires to actually start a dialogue with Judy to trigger an event.

Added new mechanic, that opens a choice menu, if multiple events are available in a location at a given time.

v1.1.16 — Internal Build

Added item for Gemma questline

Added quest “Gemma — Goblin”

Added quest “Gemma — Stabilizing”

Added mechanic to replay new events added to already partially or completely finished quests.

v1.1.12 — v1.1.15 – Internal Builds updating mechanics

Chapter 1 — Part 1
v1.1.11 — 2024-04-03: No saves found

Fixed an issue where v1.1.7 files couldn’t be found

v1.1.10 — 2024-03-31

Removed icon from Windows executable and MacOS app to prevent false positive warnings by some antivirus software vendors
Fixed an issue that leads to an error when opening the quest log and no quests are available

v1.1.9 — 2024-03-30

Fixed some typos
Fixed an issue where the player character used the speaking textbox instead of using thoughts
Fixed issue where players couldn’t find Cindy’s luggage
Fixed time period override to limit Minerva’s Date Night Dinner to evenings and night time

v1.1.8 — combined release with v1.1.9

v1.1.7 — 2024-03-27

Fixed several typos
Added prerequisite stage 10 for Cindy — A little attention please!
Added placeholder quest To be continued…
Added placeholder “Story continues in next update.” and “There are more events available.” to quest log

v1.1.5 to v1.1.6 — combined release with v1.1.7

v1.1.4 beta — 2024-03-26

Fixed several typos
Adjusted namebox to use full width of the textbox
Added missing icons for map events that still used placeholders

v1.1.3 — combined released with v.1.1.4 beta

v1.1.2 beta — 2024-03-25

Added icon to Windows executable and MacOS app
Fixed several typos
Changed label “Zach’s room” to “Your room” on the map
Updated patch routine
Adjusted delay for quest start To Taunt and Protect
Added override for the time period prerequisit for events
Fixed auto-trigger for Minerva’s Date Night setup
Removed 2nd floor available prerequisite for Sienna’s trigger for A Favor — Panties to start
Added prerequisite A Favor — Panties and Judy — My Space completed for A Favor — Chess

v.1.1.1 — combined release with v1.1.2 beta

v1.1.0 beta — 2024-03-23

Recoding of the original release
- ~4500 lines of code for screens & mechanics
  - ~2500 lines of that as pure Python code/classes
- 50k words
- 1000+ stills
- 20 animations
Cindy
- Cockadoodle Part 1 – 3
- By the poolside
Minerva
- Befuddled Part 1 – 3
- Cured complete
- Painting Part 1 – 3
- Datenight complete
Judy
- Shop overhaul
- Essence Generator overhaul
Sienna
- New intimates Part 1 – 3
- Kamasutra Part 1 – 3
- Pantythief

Original release v1.0.1

The code development for The Judas Ghost started in Summer 2022. In November 2023 complications ended the development on the original version of The Judas Ghost and a new programmer joined the team.

The decision was made to completely rewrite the code base of the existing game, leaving nothing but the story and art and some minor code snippets that were useful still.

Developer Notes:

The game is still in early stages after a complete code remaster. One of the next steps is to polish the UI and adapt it for better use on mobile devices. An Android port will follow, ideally as self-downloading app.

A cloud synch functionality to move your saves from one device to another is planned.

As forum contact, please @ RiamMar. Since he is responsible for UI and code, any bugs should also be reported to him. We have a publisher Discord server with a dedicated bug-report channel, too.

Thank you for your interest in our game!

Story & Art: Keys to my Lockheart

UI & Code: RiamMar

Publisher: Heart of the Keyforge

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