Secrets of the Bastion
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
🔞 Warning! This game contains sexual content! Adults only! 🔞
💋Most erotic events in this game are of either NTR or voyeuristic nature.
⭐This is a finished game! v6 is the final major update!
Manage the schedules of your team as you explore the rooms in a derelict keep.
[Controls]
- Left mouse button controls all menu actions.
- In the schedule menu, click on the portrait of a companion and a map location to begin assigning tasks. Drag the sun to change time. Right click to deselect.
- Spacebar can be used to go through dialogue instead of clicking.
- Click the scroll with the "i" on it for extended help.
[Future Plans]
Development is concluded. I may release small patches or bug fixes if anything comes up, but I have no plans to for big updates at this time.
[Credits]
- All music and most sound effects are sourced from RP Music
- Fonts are from https://www.1001freefonts.com/
- Many ideas and suggestions were contributed by my wonderful SubscribeStar Supporters
- All other art, code, sound effects and assets were made by me for this project.
[Fan Works]
Mei and Mio collect bug juice (by Gixar)
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Development log
- ⭐V6 Released! Final major update!Mar 10, 2023
- ⭐V6 Announced!Jan 17, 2023
- ⭐V5 Released!Dec 30, 2022
- ⭐V5 Announced!Nov 26, 2022
- ⭐V4 Released!Oct 21, 2022
- ⭐V4 Announced!Sep 17, 2022
- ⭐V3 Released!Aug 12, 2022
- ⭐V3 Announced!Jul 09, 2022
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I did a playthrough,good art,good Gameplay，This game has a good framework and I hope it has a sequel 。This game needs to be localized to Chinese and play it on steam，so I can pay for it
I'm glad that you have enjoyed it! A sequel is actually planned, I'm hoping to start developing it in late Autumn of this year. It will probably be less of a direct sequel and more of an alternative story. I'm not too good with localizing games, but most of them can be hooked to a translation tool of some sort.
Steam releases for some of my games are planned, but they will still be completely free. If you want to support my work financially, the best way to do so is through SubscribeStar, but it's completely optional, my games become available to everyone after a month of early access. Secrets of the Bastion and the planned sequel sadly won't appear on Steam because the sexual content goes against their policy in some parts.
I rarely try games on platforms other than Steam. But itch and you have given me too much surprise. I have completed the game four times and collected all the CG except for the ending. Wishing you a smooth future in your work
I swear you need a doctorate to play these games, they're so complicated. I only ever see the game over scene. Only thing they're good for is prolonging the inevitable and then when i'm finally too frustrated I just go watch regular porn. Jesus Christ. Never thought I'd have a skill issue with a smut game. Please release completed gallery.
edit I don't even want a completed gallery, I just want the game to be more straightforward so I can actually unlock a scene.
Everything except for the endings can be seen by just playing through the game normally regardless of how well you're doing. The boosters are meant to make the game experience easier for players who are struggling. If you've finished a playthrough, you very probably have enough points to get at least one booster even if you've lost. I think that the difficulty level in the finished game is fairly reasonable and has plenty of ways to be adjusted up or down, but I understand that the core gameplay isn't for everyone.
I did a playthrough, I had enough points to get a new deck, but that deck said it was even more complicated to use so I didn't buy it. Are boosters one time use?
Boosters points do not get spent. Your maximum points are from the top 3 scoring games and you get to keep all of them and reuse them however many times you like. If you want an easier playthrough, I suggest investing into increased starting stats.
Is NTR optional or needed to keep moving along the story?
It's technically possible to complete almost all of my games that feature NTR scenarios without seeing much of them, but you will miss the majority of the game's events. Secrets of the Bastion does have an ending for avoiding NTR, and you can skip scenes by not visiting rooms that have an event playing.
Thank you for the info.
Done. I can proudly call myself Impy's Real Fan. ))))
Dear Impy, if you once again reading this : this is perhaps your ideal game in terms of gameplay. Even though it was confusing as fuck at the start (as ususal with most of your games really, I love your talent but I am scared of you too) in the end it had ideal amount of lucking, absolutely 0 "character didn't do what I wanted what the fuck" (outside of moments that just weren't scripted in the first place) like I unfortunately had displeasure with other your masterpieces.
Best Events tracking in all your games that have Gallery. I unlocked %100, Sweepers still have some non unlocked moments even though I did all endings. Sweepers was harder to understand to me and still kinda fuming Girlfriend doesn't specify Lewd Church was needed to unlock 3rd ending (+beating game).
Best Gallery in itself too, almost everything except fights with dungeon people and prisoners/captives can be viewed, unlike Sweepers where you only can view art, but not the text.
Love Abby from Sweepers and Girlfriend cameo. Can't wait for the future with more intertwined events and characters. Who knows maybe big huge Mortal Kombat Trilogy/Armageddon or Dissidia Final Fantasy or Hairule Warriors esque game with All those characters to be seen.
In terms of Content , once again #Shrinking and #BreastExpansion (both with shrinking and one separate BE) lovers have Jinn (door with Lamp) + Naomi (green hair) moment, awesome #BBW and even #TG moment with Ben and Jinn. And of course #mini-giantess #futa lovers have another. Shame that dog breeder thicc tall woman doesn't have any action.
Thank you for playing! You're really speeding through my games, I'm really happy that you're enjoying them this much! This one probably has the most different mechanics and can feel very overwhelming at first, but it's quite straightforward to play and easy to make progress. If I ever make a massive crossover game it will probably be in some sort of grand strategy format, but I don't think that will happen anytime too soon. There will be a poll for my subscribers later this month to figure out which games I will make next year, and there are some game candidates on the list that will have more of a mix of characters from my older games than others.
Bonna the dog breeder has sex events with both Ben and the dogs.
v6e fixes a bug where one of the events used the wrong dialogue. Please let me know when this sort of thing happens in the comments, it's embarrassing to think that hundreds of people saw it.
hey, so, i'm bad at getting any endings in this type of games, so, i wanna asc if somebody got any tipe of guide. if not, is not a problem, just asking.
There's an in-game guide if you go to the gallery and mouse over any of the endings. The game also prioritizes giving you an ending you haven't seen yet if you're qualified for more than one.
sorry, what i meant is that i'm so bad, that even with the in-game guide is imposible xD. And thanks for answering
If you're struggling, try to pick some strong start of game boosters to help you! The game's not as hard as it seems, but I'll admit that it does have a bit too much happening in it to keep track of.
thank for answering, i'll try my best. PS: i've played every games you made in this page and i love them all <3
It's a hallmark of great pixel art when boobs still look like boobs even when they're only two pixels wide by two pixels high... 😏
Thank you! Very happy to hear that from someone as skilled as you!
So hows things going?
Everything's great. New game is going up in 12 hours or less.
Oh wow seems I checked in at the perfect time lol XD. Oh also I myself am working on a game now aswell. Still doing the book thing, but that slowed a bit cause I have to get in contact with some backers for rewards.
This game is basically lewd Labotomy Corp and that's a mix of things I didn't know I needed.
The basic concept was Lobotomy Corporation + Maid's Story. I diverged from the idea a fair bit, but I guess my sources of inspiration are still very recognizable.
It's a very cool concept, or rather a combination of a bunch of concepts that come together really well
I've gotta say, I really enjoy your games! The art is fantastic, and you do an excellent job mixing smut in with the gameplay. I appreciate any lewd game that isn't RPGmaker or a Visual Novel as well.
However, the one consistent gripe I find myself having is learning how to play. I spent far more time than I'd like to admit figuring out the core game mechanics in Summer Sweepers, and although it was great once I got used to it, I came close to giving up several times. Now I'm trying to get into this game as well, but the various mechanics feel confusing and overwhelming.
Overall, I love your work and I wouldn't want you to simplify your games or dumb it down. However, I do hope you consider adding an extremely basic tutorial that gives the player baby steps on what to do in future games.
Sorry about that. It's a commonly reported problem, especially for this game. I definitely went a little overboard with the amount of stuff to keep track of. The next couple of games that I have planned will be a lot easier to get into.
I have been enjoying the work you have been making and I'm excited to see the end result. Looking forward to your future work.
We're in the final stretch now. This game will get one more big update to add a variety of endings and events. I will start working on a new game in February and continue developing Monster Monsoon until around the middle of summer 2023. My plan for next year is to make a few smaller projects and upgrade one of them into a big game to replace Monster Monsoon. Thank you for playing my games, there's lots more on the way!
Nice to see more updates. Keep up with the good work.
It's come a long way since the original gamejam release! I've got 4 more major updates planned before development is concluded for this game.
Indeed. Good luck with the updates, it'll be worth the wait.
Love your work keep it up :D
Thank you, I will keep the updates coming!
I have had a great time playing your game summer sweeper and now this. I love your take on the ntr kink! I look forward to progress with this one! I enjoyed my time with it a lot. There is a lot of promise here.
To me your games have felt very catchy because your mechanics are blended together to give individually simple mechanisms and artwork a huge amount of depth and gameplay choice and hotness compared to the norm. Feels like a very unique strength to your games to have the mechanics and player choices working together, with or against rng to be what make achieving things in game hotter and more impactful.
I'm gonna provide a bit of critical feedback on my experience because I found it really interesting, with the asterisk that I really enjoyed it and this may or may not be at all relevant because I know it's far from finished and my preference may totally clash with your goals, feel free to disregard.
Uniquely for me among the adult games I've played, I found this had almost a bit too much game for me. Between the card battles, currencies, room maintenance, bonuses, breaches and character stats mechanics there is SO much going on here. I had to read and try and reread tips feeling lost for a good while before I really began to understand the systems in play.
Where (for me) summer sweeper had very neat puzzles and a great gradual learning curve, the rapid introduction to everything in this game was teetering on too much. As a player I think I'm generally pretty good at picking up these sorts of systems but this one really made me work, if I wasn't into the kinks, I might've put it down before I realised how great it was.
If there was a difficulty setting to make it a bit simpler, or lengthen the learning curve without messing with your goal or the length of the overall game too much, I would appreciate that.
I also found the arousal, lewdness and room potion icon split in this game very confusing/unintuitive, regarding what is needed to proc what events and exactly how they each interact with eachother. I've played through about 6~ times now and I still don't exactly know and I really did try to read through all the tips.
Oh and one little thing, when the game starts up I didn't know which brother was speaking, and who I was going to be thinking of as my character until the end of the cutscene. Maybe I missed an indicator about it, but my confusion around it blunted a bit of the initial impact of the setup until I understood it later.
But seriously, thankyou for your games! They've been great fun, well executed and super unique! I'm really looking forward to updates!
Edit - So I just read your upcoming updates to version 3 and it sounds like you've adjusted and changed many/all of these things for it. Lol I hope the review is at least a fun read if it's entirely obsolete.
Thank you so much, I'm really happy that you have enjoyed it! I definitely agree that overcomplicated mechanics are one of the weaknesses of this game. It's quite forgiving and will offer you boosters to make yourself more powerful in your second attempt, but there is definitely a lot going on. I don't know how much I can smoothen out the leaning curve in Bastion, but there are a few changes coming in v3 that will should help players make better decisions. I don't think there will be a difficulty setting beyond using the boosters. I like making gameplay focused games, but this one definitely ended up a lot more complex than my other projects.
Portraits for all companions have been added in v3 and I intend to add them for all room occupants in v4. The Lust/Lewdness/Temptation stats and icons are also somewhat more restricted in their use now with only Lust being used for generating Temptation.
I recently held a couple of polls for my subscribers and the general consensus was for 4 additional updates, so expect to see the final v7 release around March of 2023. The game will focus a lot more on depth from here on with more event variety. Thank you for the review, I hope you will find the time to play my future releases, there's lots more fun content coming!
Is there any plans for a mobile release? Not usually into ntr, but this looks and sounds pretty interesting. :D Also, may I ask what is used to make the game? Cuz maybe it can be played on joiplay. :D
The game has been made in Unity. I don't think it will work great on mobile with how small the icons and buttons are.
Despite the strong NTR focus in most of my games, most of the sexual content itself is fairly playful and doesn't get into any dark themes. I think that players who are not into NTR can still enjoy my games.
Oh well damn. Joiplay doesn't work with unity games. Ah well. Eventually I'll play this game. Best of luck to the future by the mean time. :D
The new temptation system is neat, nice work! I love the dungeon enemies, are they supposed to be from future rooms, or just the dungeon itself? Are their temptation events going to have dialogue?
The dungeon is going to be a separate location. I plan to finish the game over the next 4 updates, so depending on how much time I have, there may be a bit more to it in terms of exploration. Dialogue for card battles are loosely planned, I just need to find a good way to implement them.
The game for the most part feels fine. Things i would like for QOL would be for the day cycle. It'd be great if I could see where everyone was assigned each time of day for the day. I don't know if its just me but trying to manage stress while also having to see where each person is assigned each time of day and who hasn't is a little hard. When I swap between I forget who was already assigned what to do what prior. It would also be nice to be able to see the assignment history for the day part of the game to see what people have already done and how many times they have done it. I don't really have any qualms with the card mechanic and other parts of the game otherwise.
You can review the assignment history by clicking the "i" scroll and hovering over the little character icons on the right. Stress levels are also shown on the activity log to give you a better idea of who is worth visiting. It can all feel a bit overwhelming at first, but the game isn't too punishing to those who make a few early mistakes.
I couldn't read shit, I said the same thing about SS, I have poor eyesight and in this new game I couldn't really read anything, if this is fixed in the future count on me, summer sweepers was a great game and it was good to follow the evolution
Not too sure if there's something I can do in that regard for this game. My screen space is quite limited with all the menus. Is the game launching to cover your whole screen? It should do that in 1920x1080 or similar aspect ratios. If it doesn't, I then it might become better in the future since I'm considering adding an alternative display mode that stretches to fit the screen for other aspect ratios. I can also change the fonts, but I think that most of the ones I selected are fairly readable.
I'd subscribe to your subscribestar but I don't want to link my credit card to an adult game lol
It's all good, all the major releases will be free. If you can find the time to play my games, that's enough to keep me happy. Subscribe if it's something you're comfortable with, but don't worry too much if you can't.
But the status pics though. Financially it's no problem. I'd do it if there were a more... discrete form of payment
I have to say, I've really enjoyed this game and your other ones. Your art style is really captivating to me and the combination of NTR themes and fun mini-games/deckbattlers/etc is really entertaining. If I could be a more active supporter I would be, but for now all I can do is at least say thank you for your work, as I've truly enjoyed it (and spent a few nights playing this one and Summer Sweepers A LOT later into the evening than I should have). Genuinely fantastic games and I can't wait to see what the future has in store. I will definitely do what I can to support more in the future as I think you have a unique style and I am really looking forward to seeing more of you content as I love it. I know it's probably difficult to make a major success with the more niche interests (rather than just making another fairly standard harem VN) so I really do hope you know that your work is appreciated and enjoyed out here, truly.
Thank you so much, that means a lot to me! Don't worry too hard about actively supporting my work, playing the games is already more than enough. I'm happy enough just to share my creations with you. I like making erotic games with interesting gameplay, and expect there will be many more to come over the next few years.
As for the future, there's a big surprise project release planned for the end of this month. I've been developing it intermittently since October 2021, and I'm finally ready to share it! I plan to dedicate most of 2022 to updating Bastion and this upcoming new game.
I feel like this game could use a tutorial
There's a basic management guide in the info screen to get you started.
Yeah but I'm stupid and I didn't get what was going on even after reading it.
It looks fairly overwhelming, I'll admit. Just trying stuff out for a few days is a decent enough way to get started. Experimentation is not severally punished by the game. Even if you lose, you'll unlock some boosters to make your next game a little easier.
I feel like more interactive sex scenes would give a greater dopamine kick. The gameplay is not very complicated as others say, I recommend that they do like me and just start playing, the way meters go up and down you'll have it figured out in a few game days. The aesthetics are great. You always make well made games Impy! :3
Thank you, I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed it! The meters were my big addition in this update to streamline the gameplay experience. More sex scenes will be added in each update throughout the year.
A tip is to change the state of the characters as well in the icons and general dialogue scenes, having them wearing less and become more flustered after events adds a more permanent feeling. Sex scenes are great but also they move by so quickly.
Definitely part of my plans for the future if I find the time. In a perfect world, I would have everything animated, add closeup shots and things of that nature. It will have to grow bit by bit, but I hope to eventually have something on a similar level of ambition as Summer Sweepers.
The game is meant for multiple playthroughs and I'm adding features in v2 to customize your new game+ experience. I am also considering adding notifications for certain types of events.
There can be some strange behaviors if you've edited your save file. Change it at your own risk. The 99 stat cap is intentional.
Stress doesn't increase from mood. At high mood you have the option to reassign your workers more times each day which can add extra stress but isn't necessary. Stress is capped at 5 and mood is capped at 7.
That's alright, you don't need to send it to me, I'll either find the bug or see some additional reports about it.
Changes to the card battles are in the works. In v2 you will be able to swap out cards for later use. I am also going to add scaling difficulty to the rooms with every new room being tougher to pacify in a breach. The first three rooms you open will be easier than the current average difficulty and the fourth will be a little harder.
I'm making quite a few changes to card battles in the coming update. There will also be boosters to make the game easier for the players who are having trouble and want an easier game experience.
Quite, frankly... I feel the game is overly complicated. I've probably played for over an hour and dealt with the breaches and still lost by losing those Glory. I tried another run and realized the importance of those daily tasks. Successfully finished the demo. In terms of the lewd/H content, there isn't very much and by successfully completing the game you don't get access to a gallery in case anyone was wondering.
Overall, the design of the game is unique and cute but it's far too complicated for the average player, IMO.
I'll try to make it more accessible. There will be a few features added in the coming update to make the game a little easier to understand. More content is also on the way. I'm planning to steadily add new rooms and scenes throughout the year.
Awesome! If I may suggest something, I think reading the tooltip mandatory or some sort of tutorial to give the information in a piece meal fashion is needed. I was being dumb, and I completely glossed over it and thought that the daily tasks was just doing maintenance in the room thinking it would complete the daily task lol
I'm adding two categories to the info screen to give a quick tutorial regarding scheduling and card battles. I will probably also give that info at the start of the game to get new players started. I'm also adding a task result prediction that will say how likely you are to succeed with a given character. Hopefully these steps will help streamline the learning curve a bit.
Great game! but i need to know if this one gonna get one update per month or how currently gonna be updated.
I tried reading most of what you have written but didnt get any answer.
Sorry if something i wrote is wrong, english isnt my motherlanguage.
Thanks!
I plan to post an update once every two months. There will be two games in development this year, "Secrets of the Bastion" and "Monster Monsoon". The public release of each update will be about one month after the early access version for my subscribers.
Bastion v2 will be made public in late April and Monsoon v1 should have a public upload ready in May. After this, I will switch between the two games every month, so updates for each will be two months apart.
i love small tits more)))
Like it, a bit hard to for me to get sexy scenes though. Any suggestions?
Here's a list of events in this version:
Temptation will require a decent amount of Lust and Lewdness to occur regularly. Check for action results to see which locations are best for increasing these stats. Most failed results give some. Success at observing Slimes or Centaur and interacting with Prismheart will increase lewdness too.
Thanks!