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The Grey Dream [v4.3 Steam] [TheGreys]

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  • swipe down to hide the ui
  • swipe left to roll back
  • swipe right to start skipping of text
  • swipe 2x left&right to open the game menu
  • swipe up&down to toggle a small window with memory usage information
  • longpress the save file thumbnail in the save/load screen to delete this slot

Download Walkthrough Mod

Features:

  • Improved aesthetics with animated mod menus/screens, all fully customizable to tailor your personal experience.
  • Too many story branches got you down ’cause you can’t remember which of your saves is which? I gotcha covered. Includes the Original SanchoMod save description feature. Often imitated (including the use of my GUI buttons) the SanchoSave is more intelligent and efficient, saving you keystrokes as it autoloads the save slot descriptions and it also allows you to completely escape the process of saving if you wish (I’ve personally not seen this feature with other imitations). Feature can be toggled on/off anytime as desired.
  • Adds multiple exhaustive stats screens always accessible via the MiniMenu or Options menu. Resizable, toggle-enabled, various formats, and more.
  • Adds in-game walkthrough (ChoiceGuide) noting all variable changes and highlighting important choices. Can be toggled on/off at anytime, play as YOU want to play. You are not forced to view spoilers if you do not wish.
  • Multiple opacity and text sizing options to customize your experience including dialogue boxes, text and fonts, QuickMenu sizing and format versions, and more. All can be toggled on/off as desired, again allowing you even more control to tailor your experience.
  • Adds a custom fully unlocked scene gallery (SanchoGallery) that runs completely independent.
  • Adds professionally coded custom cheats (SanchoCheats) if applicable (varies from port to port).
  • Adds the ability to view multiple scenes (SanchoSplits) if menu choice has a scene/route split (coming soon).
  • Too many new features to list.
 
SM ChoiceGuide ExampleSM ChoiceGuide Legend
[variable] (strikethrough text)Variable [variable] will become False or otherwise unavailable after the choice is made.
[variable] (+5)Will add 5 to [variable]’s existing value after the choice is made.
[variable] (-5)Will subtract 5 to [variable]’s existing value after the choice is made.
[variable] (5-)To be read as “[variable] 5 or less”.
[variable] (5+)To be read as “[variable] 5 or more”.
Acronyms (most common):
Psbl, Req, Rcmnd, Add’l, Repl

Possible, Requires, Recommended, Additional, Replaces
“Note”Choice additional or expanded information.
“Player’s Choice”Choice set has no changes other than dialogue. Choose whichever choice you wish.
“Submenu”Choice has additional subset of choices that are otherwise unseen if not selected.
 
Don’t mix mods (they are not compatible, there’s no way around that as they modify some quantity of the same OEM scripts)
  • Never mix mods unless they explicitly say they are compatible.
  • Always assume that they are not compatible until stated or proven otherwise.
Think of it like this, GMC and Ford both make pickups. Just because they are both pickups doesn’t mean you can take the engine from one and a transmission from the other and slap them together without some serious alternate modification and a big-ass sledge hammer. Make sense?

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Installation:

 
PC: Extract contents to the “game” folder found inside the title’s main folder, overwrite as prompted. Do only these steps, nothing else is required.

Directory (folder) structure when installed correctly:
Code:
  (ThisTitleName) folder/
    ├── game/
    │   ├── SanchoMod/
    │   └── (support files)
    ├── lib/
    ├── renpy/
    └── (ThisTitleName).exe

SaveFixer:
(Using SanchoModded saves in an unmodded game)

 
As with any mod, once you create a save file with them installed and later play the game without the mod installed your saves are borked. I’ve got your back. If you uninstall SanchoMod and later play the same or updated version of the VN un-modded I can make sure that your SanchoMod save files are unbroken. Simply download the following, extract the file, and place it inside the title’s “game” folder. It’s an extremely small file that only insures that the Python calls and variables introduced by SanchoMod won’t interfere when playing those modded saves with an unmodded game (pretty cool, right?)
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Download Gallery Unlocker

Description: A simple gallery unlock script. Just place it in the game folder and everything should be unlocked.

You can also mail us at :- dikgames.play@gmail.com

Editor's Rating

Story - 86%
Visual - 91%
Engagement - 84%
Core Loop - 87%

87%

out off 100%

This review is based on author's perspective and actual experience may differ on individual's own preferences.

User Rating: 4.15 ( 112 votes)

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35 Comments

  1. A few points:

    First and I will say this until the day I die = It does NOT matter how attractively you render the female characters if ALL of them are either unavailable, unapproachable or ASSHOLES!

    Second, the interview: NO ONE hires someone BEFORE the interview without telling the candidate they’ve been hired. It does not work that way, so the entire scene is you being a dick to the player for no reason; and the characters being dickish to the MC. It’s fucking backwards.

    The scene with the camera showing Beth as the Mistress you can absolutely fuck right off with. Label it as Femdom content or don’t put it in the game… and while we’re at it: What sort of game is this? Because you’ve already introduced too many hot women to think something’s not going to go wrong if I pursue any of them. If it’s a dating sim, fine. Say so. If it will be a harem = SAY SO. At least put it in the tags so people that want X genre will be able to decide if they download this shit or not. Because I can already tell the story’s not worth the blue balling you’re setting up to focus on it.

    Example: Why in the hell did MC “fuck up” with the Boss’ daughter – other than you not knowing how to properly add tension (which SHOULD BE SEXUAL!) Helen DOES NOT need to have been introduced as a previous love interest on his very first day, at his fucking INTERVIEW = WHICH AGAIN WASN’T ONE. She did NOT need to be the boss’ daughter just for a troupe and IF MC was fucking her you should have given the PLAYER the choice as to whether they did or not, and whether to continue that relationship! There’s no reason for her to be so unmitigatedly hostile to MC, with no explanation other than a scene where the two are CLOTHED and close together, that doesn’t even show them fuck. Then blame the MC (because of course it has to be HIS fault – it can never be hers, and she might actually regret having fucked up and ending things, and then be hostile specifically because she can’t deal with the fact she DID fuck up and wants him back… and thinks she can’t have that = which you COULD leave up to player choice without making the MC look bad by the way)

    The skater girl didn’t also need to be the one MC can choose to randomly help from a stolen camera – or tied to the barista. Kelly doesn’t need to be automatic friendzone because despite her outward appearance (subtle with the attutide shirt guys, real fucking subtle – and if she wants anything to do with MC; MAKE HER GO FOR IT. That would actually be empowering… Gah)

    There didn’t need to be female dominance if you’re not going to include the other way around – which is statistically most likely, what most women want/prefer in general, and frankly puts the power in the player’s hands. Which you SHOULD BE AIMING FOR. It does help retention. Sub counts. You’re pandering to a niche within a niche, within a niche with this bullshit. Beth on the very first day you meet her didn’t need to be caught out on Camera (which is NOT very smart by the way, since she left the fucking thing at her place of employment and she can very much be terminated for such unprofessional conduct – and she should know it) if you’re going to go there then at least realize a girl that values control enough to play at being dominant [which is all that ever is by the way] would also NEVER allow her lewd content to be left lying around. Especially in a context where it could cost her that heavily. You SHOULD make the evidence in the player’s hands EXACTLY how he CAN turn the tables and make her SUBMISSIVE to him. That’s the only way to redeem such dumbassery in story context.

    The woman you wrote in as the MC’s target for his FIRST ASSIGNMENT (Which by the way, no one sane would hand something like this over to a guy that’s not proven – he’s set up from the jump to fail. Idiots) did not need to be rendered hot enough to be a super model and I swear to good Christ if you go with a mob angle for her “shady business practices” or involve prostitution I’ll never download another game you assholes make. There needs to be a CREDIBLE way he can either get into her bed and in her good graces to get what he needs from her; or gain it any other way. If you can’t make damned sure that the player succeeds despite whatever skill set you write for the characters who should be able to exemplify said skill set and often don’t – then you’re doing it wrong.

    This game DOES need a walkthrough, but it really shouldn’t. It should be about HOW I choose to play the character. There. Should. Be. NO. WAY. TO FAIL. With the girls, or with anything else you put in the game. It should be do you want to bang this girl, or no? That simple. Do you choose to be cunning, or romantic. Business focused first and foremost, or the playboy. You CAN write this as a harem – and I highly doubt you will, but it would be another example of better served if you did. I’ve only played for maybe 20 minutes so far, and the only things I’ve seen are content I don’t want; a kiss on the cheek by captain friendzone, and a nice pair of tits on a secretary I’ve known for one day. Who likely will not even be remotely interested. And while we’re on the subject of walkthroughs and choices = why in the fuck did you write in to ask about the eye if you were just going to be a dick about him actually asking? (ANYONE with half of one functional brain cell, and even someone with Aspergers knows you don’t ask those sorts of questions to some random person. He’s not three years old to get away with it, so why the fuck is it even there???) You want to be that level of dick to the player then I’m surprised you ever got any support at all. Because again; the story is not amazing. You’ve tied an anchor to the MC’s ankles from the start in premise, and despite all the hot women rendered the only thing I see in MC’s future is a set of Frosty’s blue balls.

    1. Okay – the “progress report” bullshit you just pulled with Mr Grey: You as devs and writers can go fuck right the hell off with the ENTIRITY of it!

      You a) Did not tell MC – which by extension means the player has no clue OR CHOICE about making X progress report when he literally said leave me the hell out of it I don’t want to know… and b) Mr. Grey was both incredibly expectant AND DISRESPECTFUL FIRST. It does NOT matter that the bastard is MC’s boss. Guess who DOES NOT NEED TO BE EMPLOYED AT THE COMPANY??? The MC is very much free to tell both Helen and her father to piss right off with the attitudes they’ve copped. They set him up to fail. She actively tried to get him fired, and this dickhead’s expecting god damned divine intervention in two seconds. Prodigy my ass; and by the way triple fuck you for taking away the actual accomplishment of the player by saying his scholarship was pulled. Screw you and whoever wrote that is an asshole. Mr. Grey DOES NOT get to be that level of omnipotent if he’s also going to be the COLOSSAL DUMBASS that lost his necessary controlling interest in his own company on a fucking bet. Also – The corporate world is BUILT on respect, and reputation. Genius. Your name is your brand, your brand is your trust. You NEED both. It’s not just about results. The MC should have been able to point that out – and fuck you for saying don’t you ever disrespect me again. I would have walked right out of the office and gotten literally any other job, by asking “Does it count as disrespecting you that I deflowered your daughter, asshole?”

      Come on. Grey lied about it being a fucking interview on his first damned day for fuck sake. The whole premise of that was disingenuous as balls. So yeah, he IS a LIAR. If you can’t write these people like actual human beings and STOP SCREWING OVER THE MAIN CHARACTER every damned chance you get, then why the fuck are you even bothering to code this game? Honestly, tell me. Because you’ve gotten a civillian involved in Jason Bourne shit he’s not remotely prepared for, and can’t hope to win against = the girl he might actually get invested into (who is his only actual target to succeed in the very first mission – which at this point had better be the only one thank you very god damned much) you fucked off with to god knows where with no means to contact her. And while he’s not wrong that a verbal contract is less binding, it is still a contract. So that part is done. Again; if she was going to break her word as a business woman, no one would trust to do business with her in the longrun and Grey SHOULD fucking know that. So cool it with the I’m the Alpha bullshit. There is ONE Alpha in this game, and it’s the MAIN CHARACTER. If you can’t understand that concept, find a new job. Because this story is played out a hundred other ways in other games, better written with more compelling and endearing females on offer. I will grant at least there’ve been four actual sex scenes so far, but 2 are with the same girl = who goes off on a guy she barely knows for commenting about her weird eating habits when he DOESN’T know her well enough to have ever known she was a model, and one was with some random hook up in a bar. The other is with Helen; who literally tells him even thoug ETHAN asserts that she likes or even loves MC still, that it won’t change a damned thing. What, is she Bi-polar? Also, you had the perfect opportunity to explain the break up and you said fuck it IDK. Dickheads. Make it one or the other’s fault, and it BETTER be Helen at this point. Because you’ve put the MC through more than enough, and you’re going to make it worse before you get to any kind of ending. You’re going to have to now. Because you were dense enough to add in mob elements. I will play to the end of this current update, but I did tell you I’d never download your shit again; and I meant it. There is NOT enough worthwhile in this game (especially since you keep making him pull out and not even offering the choice of an internal ending that could have realistic consequences to consider in evolution of actual relationships) to make me want to continue. He’s not James Bond. He’s not even Justin Case. He’s literally the last guy that should have been hired for what Mr. Grey wants, and you don’t seem to understand the rules of a wild card. Otherwise you wouldn’t be making him everyone’s bitch, and CONSTANTLY LATE. If it’s a running joke, it stopped being funny the second time somebody mentioned it. If it’s not, you’re just being an asshole at this point.

      Seriously, the only way you fix this is: Helen is a cuckqueen, openly admits that even though she wants to marry MC at some point (and get pregnant by him) she will enjoy watching him fuck others [Including Haley – because there’s no point to her even having a sister who’s rendered attractively if the MC is just going to get penalized for pursuit. MC ends up dominating every female in game, including Sawyer, who gladly GIVES HIM THE FUCKING SHARES he needs to take over Grey’s position – which is the only way Grey will ever get them back. Period. Grey can step down in retirement and be happy that his daughters have chosen the male they want to continue the bloodline; because they’ve all been through hell just getting Sawyer out of this mess and stopping Adler. Beth, Judy, Monica… ALL. OF. THE. WOMEN. YOU. RENDERED. ATTRACTIVELY. BELONG TO THE MC. All of them get pregnant by the MC and he finally gets the life he wants at the end, where he does not have to worry about gainful employment, or ever running out of money. Even with Lilly’s spending habits… which also, fuck right off she’s any kind of competent business owner at all, if she’s going to be that retarded with her own budget. Jesus.

  2. I have to give credit to the dev for not putting in the usual beta male dialog, though. That’s a refreshing change. But yes, the lewd scenes would do even better more spiced up. Buildup, tease, mystery, taboo, that sort of stuff could bring those scenes to the next level.

  3. Because of globohomo and the conspiracy to make you gay my comment was deleted. Which was something like, “Thankfully the game isn’t The Gay Dream”. Apparently you can’t even joke about homos.

  4. Boring boring stupid plot! Santa Barbara! The sex scenes are terrible, just standard, there is no passion or lust in them!

  5. Story is engaging with a nice pace. Girls don’t feel like sluts (main girls). Good balance between main drama and adult content. Girls look really nice and animations are good.
    Some content and some variables might indicate that authors plan to have some “sharing/cheating” or even maybe some NTR later on. Nothing obvious so far but I guess it might be an option…will wait so see what direction they will take before considering supporting and they did not include/exclude that type of content in summary and tags.

  6. This game is visually really good. Characters look really gorgeous and animations are smooth and nice too. Story is so far nothing special but alright, given that the game is in early stages of development.
    If the developers read this somehow, i’d have a few points to mention.
    1. The main thing would be to add more choices that affect the MC and the story. So far the choices have been almost just about whether you want to have sex with someone or not. As far as i remeber not a single choice about the main plot of the story and the way MC interacts with other characters. There are a few things that i personally didn’t like in the story (as an example the fact that the MC gets his first major job after Uni and gets his first task and the first solution he comes up with, is to put a friend to stalk a woman and you have no say in that as the player), but since i know i’m a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to story and character writing, i can get along with these minor things.
    2. The pacing of the story is fast, at least compared to other VNs and considering that it’s version 3.5 . It’s actually a positive thing if it stays more or less the same throughout the story, but i’m afraid that at some point the devs will think that they need to slow down the pacing and use lots of fillers to make the game last longer to be profitable. So my advice is to make a plot chart corresponding to the releases at this early stage for the whole game.
    3. this one is minor but during the sex scenes the texts and conversation are a little bland and mechanical. While the animations are really nice and beautiful, an effort to write sex scenes better would elevate them to another level and make all those needy perverts out ther happy 😀

    All in all it’s a good game with lots of potential. I liked it so far and my rating is 4 stars or somewhere around 90%
    Well done and keep up the good work.

  7. Good AVN, well written, very sexy girls, good animations, the story is not the most original in the world but it is interesting, the only bad thing is that I have seen, the decisions still do not have much impact, so it is difficult to distinguish which decisions are important and which are not, a notification system would be good for the game

  8. “`
    I’m sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

    While running game code:
    File “renpy/common/00action_file.rpy”, line 452, in __call__
    renpy.load(fn)
    Exception: Couldn’t find a place to stop rolling back. Perhaps the script changed in an incompatible way?

    — Full Traceback ————————————————————

    Full traceback:
    File “renpy/common/_layout/screen_load_save.rpym”, line 35, in script
    $ ui.interact()
    File “renpy/ast.py”, line 922, in execute
    renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
    File “renpy/python.py”, line 2218, in py_exec_bytecode
    exec(bytecode, globals, locals)
    File “renpy/common/_layout/screen_load_save.rpym”, line 35, in
    $ ui.interact()
    File “renpy/ui.py”, line 298, in interact
    rv = renpy.game.interface.interact(roll_forward=roll_forward, **kwargs)
    File “renpy/display/core.py”, line 3101, in interact
    repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, trans_pause=trans_pause, pause=pause, pause_start=pause_start, **kwargs)
    File “renpy/display/core.py”, line 3910, in interact_core
    rv = root_widget.event(ev, x, y, 0)
    File “renpy/display/layout.py”, line 1053, in event
    rv = i.event(ev, x – xo, y – yo, cst)
    File “renpy/display/transition.py”, line 48, in event
    return self.new_widget.event(ev, x, y, st) # E1101
    File “renpy/display/layout.py”, line 1053, in event
    rv = i.event(ev, x – xo, y – yo, cst)
    File “renpy/display/layout.py”, line 1053, in event
    rv = i.event(ev, x – xo, y – yo, cst)
    File “renpy/display/screen.py”, line 720, in event
    rv = self.child.event(ev, x, y, st)
    File “renpy/display/layout.py”, line 1053, in event
    rv = i.event(ev, x – xo, y – yo, cst)
    File “renpy/display/layout.py”, line 1243, in event
    rv = super(Window, self).event(ev, x, y, st)
    File “renpy/display/layout.py”, line 245, in event
    rv = d.event(ev, x – xo, y – yo, st)
    File “renpy/display/layout.py”, line 1053, in event
    rv = i.event(ev, x – xo, y – yo, cst)
    File “renpy/display/layout.py”, line 1053, in event
    rv = i.event(ev, x – xo, y – yo, cst)
    File “renpy/display/behavior.py”, line 975, in event
    return handle_click(self.clicked)
    File “renpy/display/behavior.py”, line 910, in handle_click
    rv = run(action)
    File “renpy/display/behavior.py”, line 322, in run
    new_rv = run(i, *args, **kwargs)
    File “renpy/display/behavior.py”, line 329, in run
    return action(*args, **kwargs)
    File “renpy/common/00action_file.rpy”, line 452, in __call__
    renpy.load(fn)
    File “renpy/loadsave.py”, line 767, in load
    log.unfreeze(roots, label=”_after_load”)
    File “renpy/python.py”, line 2173, in unfreeze
    self.rollback(0, force=True, label=label, greedy=greedy, on_load=True)
    File “renpy/python.py”, line 2005, in rollback
    self.load_failed()
    File “renpy/python.py”, line 1923, in load_failed
    raise Exception(“Couldn’t find a place to stop rolling back. Perhaps the script changed in an incompatible way?”)
    Exception: Couldn’t find a place to stop rolling back. Perhaps the script changed in an incompatible way?

    Windows-10-10.0.22621
    Ren’Py 7.4.4.1439
    TheGreyDream 3.0Early_access
    Tue Jun 13 21:26:14 2023
    “`

  9. The Grey Dream [Ep.3.0 Early access]

    Visuals 9/10;
    Story 8/10;
    Storytelling 8/10;
    Music 6/10;

    With the help of SanchoMod you can remove annoying text-box for better immersion in to game

    1. When i installed it on android it my antivirus security said it has a Trojan. Anyone else has that problem?

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