People on Runey's Harem Hotel discord have asked if they can donate to Runey's Patreon. I told Runey that the fact that his fans were wanting to donate even though he said he can't work on Harem Hotel was proof his fans want to help him. He said, "I have money, more won’t help" and I responded, "Your fans still love you like I do." and he said, "This is really appreciate".
I'll give my full account. Runey and I talk a bit on Discord through DM's. When I wanted to try my hand at working in adult gaming Runey supported me. Back then I messaged the devs of Summertime Saga (Dark Cookie), Mythic Manor (Jikei), Cabin by the Lake (Nunu), and Harem Hotel (Runey). Luckily, I got three replies back, three more than I expected. While Jikei and Runey had nothing for me, they did wish me luck. After that we bonded over my updates and talk over the industry being targeted. I did pitch to Runey that Autumn could sleep in the managers bed without it being sexual but I don't know if I was the first to do so, or if it was my idea pitch that caused it to happen. I love pitching ideas. When the Collective Shout movement happened the dev I was doing stuff for was very closed off about it. There were many of us on Discord that were afraid but Nunu didn't want talk about Collective Shout in Discord. The only people I could talk to were Jikei and Runey. Runey was really helpful in those times. Every update made us worry. Recently I told Runey Collective Shout made an ironic claim that the system that was supposed to protect their freedoms had failed seeing as they were trying to take away our freedoms. I commented that it seemed fitting. Without going into to much detail Runey then responded with the news that they were homeless and worried about their itch page. Runey asked if I could monitor it for them. There is more but Runey asked me to not share it. I did however tell Runey that they needed to tell the fans that Harem Hotel would be on hiatus for the foreseeable future. Runey agreed. That is all I can comfortably say.
I often talk with Runey and one day I just did a check in, Runey I guess felt I was the one they could confide with and tell all their issues with. I was a bit overwhelmed but just told Runey to be honest with fans.
For those of you who can't read Discord, a message from Runey "I’m living in hotels for now, all my stuff is in three luggage’s and a backpack" I don't know if Runey will pick this up again but at the moment Runey has other things to worry about.
This game has more text than the entire Lord of the Ring series. I've looked through it personally. I did a task for Nunu on July 18, 2025. I went through all 71 files, and it took me 19 days to do it. There are over 5.7 million characters of text when I did it. That number has only grown since then.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/dev-update-v0-21-97889734 "The goal is to have an update at least every 2-3 months or so." That was in February 2024. We got an update a month later on Mar 1, 2024 . We got one 7 months later on Oct 1, 2024 more than twice the minimum and maximum predicted times. Then when you announced an update for 0.23 it said "Development on v0.23 has finally begun to start up again" we never learned that it had stopped. My point is can you please keep us more updated? We really care about the game. Hell, some sites now list this game as abandoned.
Can we at least get more options in Velvet Desires like more lap dances. Also, you have it where Esther's card updates her age after her birthday, but Velle's breast size on her card doesn't change after her level 20 event where she steals the pregnant girl's boobs.
558 days since the last release. This is the longest gap in between updates. I still think it would be easier if you did a four-type update. One update for new map locations, one update for main character updates, one update for side character updates, and one update for any new side character and the content it has. Like version 0.22.1, version 0.22.2, version 0.22.3, and then the fourth can be added to a full release version 0.23. It would fix many issues. Even keep fans happy. I know a few additions that are small but would be awesome: Bed sex with Esther, Nefari, Velle, and Jade. Explore Esther's mythic form. Maybe have another hint at the girl's wanting pregnancy or just a Sunday event where they talk about future pregnancy.
Got to say I am liking the new changes to the game. Love the tourist idea. Enjoying the fact that we can spend more in-game money on improvements to the hotel
