World's Crossing Academy 1.0
A downloadable story for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
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This story has hit the 1.0 release just in time for its 3 year anniversary and includes Season 1 and Season 2, all in one program!
CAUTION! THIS IS NOT A PORN GAME!
WCA is a SLOW BURN, mostly linear-style story which takes time to build your relationship with each of the girls before getting to the sexual content. There is heavy focus on emotional tension and mystery surrounding every character that you meet. Written by a published fantasy author, the prioritization of story in this project is head and shoulders above most ecchi VNs.
No NTR. No Sandbox. Skippable/Declinable H-scenes. Options to avoid content for girls you don't like.
49 total love interests being written.
The Setting
The story is set in a world where fantasy races exist, but in separate dimensions. Through the development of Goblin technology, these dimensions were able to be bridged, and the World's Crossing Academies were created.
We've all dreamed of living on another world at some point. In this world, it is possible. Those who are interested in living amongst another species can go through schooling at the World's Crossing Academy to learn that culture. Schooling begins at the Academy branch on their homeworld. Then they move to the Nexus Academy between worlds. Finally, they attend finishing school on the world you chose. Sounds pretty epic, right?
This story takes place in a local junior college that has become a destination for nonhuman girls looking to transfer to the human world.
A Little Something For Everyone
For World's Crossing, I wanted a very diverse cast of characters. In reality, many different body and personality styles exist, and the inclusion of fantasy races allows us to take that to the extreme. People have different tastes, and I wanted to cover as many of those as we could. Perhaps you're intrigued by the hulking, muscle-bound Goliath? Or the tiny, mischievous Pixie? Maybe the elusive Djinni catches your attention? Perhaps you fancy a fellow martial artist who could teach you a thing or two about fighting? Or maybe you're interested in fantasy races that aren't traditionally considered attractive, such as Goblins?
I wanted a vast array of options and aesthetics, but I also wanted each of these characters to be more than hollow shells that are nice to look at. Each of these characters will have a deep, lovingly crafted story of their own. I'm hoping that each route you choose will have hours worth of content you'll be thinking about even when you're not playing the story.
Attention To Detail
World's Crossing is, at its core, an adult story. So of course, we wanted to emphasize the quality of our H-scenes by using a mixture of high-resolution stills and video loops. The characters are created with the best textures available. I wanted skin that looks like skin. Eyes that really feel like they're looking into yours. The animations are synced and modified in a way that makes the movements seem more natural.
Story Quality
The story writing is handled by me, VictorSeven. I'm a published fantasy author under the pen name Miles Tigard and author of The Riftkey Chronicles fantasy series with 23 years of fantasy writing experience. Most adult games these days focus almost exclusively on the adult content and, while it makes sense to do so given the type of story WCA is, I find that most adult games really skimp on story quality. Many of these games offer filler scenes that only serve as cheap excuses to get to the next H-scene. I felt that my experience as a published fantasy author would give this story an edge over the rest of the adult games out there, and provide a deeply satisfying experience on both a physical and emotional level. I want World's Crossing Academy to be MORE than just a cheap fap fest. I want you, the player, to be emotionally connected to the characters and invested in their stories. Higher quality means less frequent updates, as I do have a series of my own that I am constantly working on, but you can expect the depth and quality of the story to be far beyond what you're used to in an adult visual novel. And who knows? With the right funding, I may be able to spend more time on World's Crossing!
The Element of Danger
No story is complete without a source of conflict. World's Crossing Academy features several antagonists, some focused on our main character, and some focused on the other characters. For instance, our main character is plagued by a stalker. But not everything is as it seems. Each character, antagonist or not, is written with care and depth, and if you take the time to really dig into people despite whatever defenses you're presented with, you may just find gold. That being said, not everyone can be expected to like every character, so you, the reader, will have the choice to avoid romance with the love interests you don't jive with, especially during Season 2 when the Free Time menu is unlocked.
Real Consequences
Often, your choices can lead to undesirable things happening. Though the Janitor Arc of the story is very kinetic and light on choices, I felt this was a realistic approach to take, and it offered the story some tension. However, I also felt that including too many mechanics that lead to a Game Over would leave a sour taste in players' mouths, so I explored and settled on the idea that every event in the story serves to unlock something, or leads to something else. There ARE a couple of instances that can result in a Game Over, but they are few and far between, and only in points where I felt it would make sense.
The Beginning of a Journey
Obviously, I have some very lofty goals for World's Crossing Academy. There are three main story arcs planned for the main character: the Janitor arc, the Security arc, the Counselor arc, and perhaps more beyond that. The Janitor Arc functions as an introduction to the world and the series, and serves to set up the rest of the story. Currently, I have no plans to "finish" the story. That means I want to keep adding more and more content, DLC characters, scenes, and locations for as long as I have support. So I am eternally grateful for anyone who starts out on this journey with me.
Head on over to the SubscribeStar to support the project directly, get new builds before the public, request special pinups of your favorite girls, and choose which girls get their stories developed first! The same benefits can be had at Patreon!
Hop in the Discord to chat with me about the story, report bugs, talk about the girls, and make recommendations!
Thank you, and see you at the Academy!
-Vic
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Development log
- [RELEASE] 1.4.0.0 brings Season 2 Episode 4 and a Look into Aurum's Past9 days ago
- [PROGRESS REPORT] So I Got The Ick10 days ago
- [PROGRESS REPORT] A Hard Lesson, But Worth The Price15 days ago
- [PROGRESS REPORT] 1.3.5.4 Straight-To-Public and S2E4 Progress18 days ago
- [REVEAL] New Add-on Feature: Fantasies Collection20 days ago
- [PUBLIC RELEASE] 1.3.5.1 Free to the Public25 days ago
- [PROGRESS REPORT/ACCESS] A Series of Trials28 days ago
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Just downloaded the game and opened it, and holy moly the start screen song is a banger!
i've played for the 1st frew chapters (i'm on the infirmary part now) and when i tried to open the gallery it gives an error, is it supposed to only work after we get farther into the story? is it a paid thing? (i saw you have another app for that) ... or is it a bug?
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I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While running game code:
File "renpy/common/00action_menu.rpy", line 117, in __call__
raise Exception("%r is not a screen or a label." % orig_screen)
Exception: u'replay_gallery' is not a screen or a label.
-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------
Full traceback:
File "renpy/common/_layout/screen_main_menu.rpym", line 28, in script
python hide:
File "renpy/ast.py", line 823, in execute
renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
File "renpy/python.py", line 1178, in py_exec_bytecode
exec(bytecode, globals, locals)
File "renpy/common/_layout/screen_main_menu.rpym", line 28, in <module>
python hide:
File "renpy/common/_layout/screen_main_menu.rpym", line 35, in _execute_python_hide
ui.interact()
File "renpy/ui.py", line 301, in interact
rv = renpy.game.interface.interact(roll_forward=roll_forward, **kwargs)
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 2166, in interact
repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, trans_pause=trans_pause, pause=pause, pause_start=pause_start, pause_modal=pause_modal, **kwargs) # type: ignore
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3208, in interact_core
rv = root_widget.event(ev, x, y, 0)
File "renpy/display/layout.py", line 1202, in event
rv = i.event(ev, x - xo, y - yo, cst)
File "renpy/display/transition.py", line 53, in event
return self.new_widget.event(ev, x, y, st) # E1101
File "renpy/display/layout.py", line 1202, in event
rv = i.event(ev, x - xo, y - yo, cst)
File "renpy/display/layout.py", line 1202, in event
rv = i.event(ev, x - xo, y - yo, cst)
File "renpy/display/screen.py", line 793, in event
rv = self.child.event(ev, x, y, st)
File "renpy/display/layout.py", line 1202, in event
rv = i.event(ev, x - xo, y - yo, cst)
File "renpy/display/layout.py", line 1202, in event
rv = i.event(ev, x - xo, y - yo, cst)
File "renpy/display/behavior.py", line 1174, in event
return handle_click(self.clicked)
File "renpy/display/behavior.py", line 1095, in handle_click
rv = run(action)
File "renpy/display/behavior.py", line 395, in run
return action(*args, **kwargs)
File "renpy/common/00action_menu.rpy", line 117, in __call__
raise Exception("%r is not a screen or a label." % orig_screen)
Exception: u'replay_gallery' is not a screen or a label.
Windows-10-10.0.19041 AMD64
Ren'Py 7.7.2.24061201
Worlds Crossing Academy 1.3.5.4
Tue Jan 7 18:04:59 2025
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Yeah that version shipped with an empty FantasiesCollection.rpa file in the Game folder. That's a paid feature and the presence of the RPA unlocks it, but without any data in the RPA it doesn't work. That's fixed in 1.4.0.0, which also includes a whole new Main Story episode.
Is there a famale Orc in this game ?.
There is. Her name is Rukah. Though she's very different from what you'd expect from your typical Orc.
What does she look like ?. May I see a picture.
Here's Rukah and Wither, one of our Dryad characters.
Is it Orcs specifically that you're looking for, or do you like muscular girls in general? 'cause we have more of those that aren't Orcs. For instance, here's Galka, our goliath character:
i seem to be missing 1 core character and 2 secret characters, need help on how i have to unlock them the core is the one next to galka, and the the 2 secret charaters to the left are missing, i got the 2 to the right
Hey, the 2 leftmost Secret characters don't have any content yet. They're waiting on some main story stuff but I had to make sure to put the unlock flags in when you made the choices that included them in your game.
The ones on the left or right of Galka are also waiting on Main Story stuff, so I think you got everything! I may have thrown unlock flags in to prepare them for future patches. Sorry for the confusion :
thats ok, im glad i unlocked everyone, ready for next set :)
For joiplay players, the game seems to function if you change edit the game type to renpy (python2). That's using the current up to date version of joiplay+add-ons.
Neat looking vn. Been looking for a slower burning story to follow. May look at subbbing up, shame the 2$ tier on SS is capped at 10 subscriber's lol
Should be in touch again soon. That fantasy collection looks interesting.
Thanks for your effort in the game, to date. Merry Christmas and all that. c:
Hey! Thanks for the kind words. I'll be pushing an update soon that smooths out some of the admittedly rough first few episodes of the game and also adds DLC and Fantasies Collection functionality, as well as QoL updates like the ability to turn off the jumpscares.
The T1 limit thing is an old holdover that I completely forgot about. Lemme revisit that lol
Hey you!
Thank you for taking the time to respond. I'll sign up for SS once I'm done here then lol
That first jump-scare got me real good, despite how clearly telegraphed it was xD wasn't the worst though, I won't complain about having more options. I think I'll sit on the game for now, till ya drop that update, so I get a better first experience ^v^
So far I have met the gobbos, things have been pretty smooth. The stalker vibe is really intense, the dream sequence really clinched the fear we should have about her. Great stuff.
Thanks again!
has virus be warned
No virus, bud. Make sure your 7Zip is updated if you're using that; there's a vulnerability in older versions.
On 1.3.5.1 - i.e. current free version. Overall impression is good, though some feedback/criticism from a new player PoV:
You've got a few issues with the plotlines which I presume is due to rewrites - some stuff is explained twice. So far I'm seeing Mrs. Clements - there's stuff the first time you bring Ember paperwork where Ember makes comments about judges and witness protection that's not actually remembered later when Ember actually puts things together. Second one is Gilly's backstory - the MC forgets that Chiara asked the "Do you know her surname/parents" earlier when it's mentioned a second time and fully explained - first time she just said something like 'it's not my place to tell you'. Then, later, Gillie explains things again. I suspect that the second time (Chiara telling you) is a remnant of changes. Third one is Druthari where, during free play at MC's house she explains that there was a betrayal and ogres, and then the next one the MC doesn't prompt/seem to remember at all about it when we get more backstory. Could probably do with a change to the MC's text to "ah, about the betrayal..." or something like that?
Overall, very ambitious number of girls. A variety of bodies and kinks, though a bit lacking in chubby/fat girls so far. I have a few worries regarding characters dropping off plotwise for a while - with that many chars you just can't see them all frequently. Possibly locking the freeroam content behind a bit more main quest could alleviate that? Also feels weird immediately unlocking freeroam and just... dumping into 4 scenes with one char. I'm thinking something like unlock first two on the first freeroam, second two on the second, or so, if there's two freeroams of that time period in the episode? Maybe this isn't feasible until the season is finished, but probably should be born in mind.
Lastly, ghost/mirror girl feels... left out. Appears early, then disappears and isn't thought about by MC until appearing in E4? Feels like she could do with some explanation or worry from MC, as by then she's not just appearing to warn of deaths (appears during cellar/lab scene before... nothing). This may be a consequence of the high number of main girls and fitting everything in. May also flow better when she reappears.
Hey! Appreciate the feedback!
Yeah, the double-explains were pointed out and need to be shored up. Even though Season 1 got a rework, it's still in need of some heavy polishing. The early renders are garbage and as the story progresses, I become less and less happy with the writing.
As far as the girls go... Are you still playing the build, or have you finished it? I don't wanna say too much because of spoilers, but I went with a very Something For Everyone approach. I don't cover quite everything, but there are a couple of thicker girls like Kanako and Saffryn in there.
And as far as Kageshini goes, the next patch is a Main Story patch that features her VERY heavily. I'd love to have all the girls get some spotlight on a rotation, but I also have to consider what makes sense in the story, and given her limitations, I felt it was better to leave her more of a mystery for now until you actually get to meet her face-to-face.
Again thanks for the feedback! Making notes on the double-explains so I can go back and shore those up.
hi, can i ask what is this pinup packs for in download section. Can i ask how to install it?
Pinup Packs are just special folders full of HD images of the girls, since people want to see more of them and ask for more constantly. You can use them as wallpapers or banners or whatever you like. They don't affect the game or get installed into the game at all.
enjoyed the recent update and all the side quests. sad no main story. also mc should at one point soon mention ghillies family connection or seemed connection to clements. looking forward to more main and side stories loved the wither stuff ,hope to see more druthari and all the elves and goblins. i always get emotional play this game and crimson high
We're alternating Main Story and Side Story updates. Next one will be the full Season 2 Episode 4. Glad you enjoyed it!
This was really good, except for one detail that makes me feel like the MC isn't as great as he gets talked up to be by both himself and the security team. You'd think he would have mentioned the coincidence of Gillie's family and Ms.Clements family in the several times those events and their timelines were mentioned if they were as good at seeing details as they claimed to be. Even if they aren't actually connected in the story, it was a very obvious coincidence that any halfway intelligent lifeform would have noticed right away.
Mystery is a very tough subgenre to write. You have to balance the intrigue of what's going on but also leave room for the reader to come to the conclusions, because the draw of mystery is figuring things out before they're directly stated in the work. I should probably mention I don't specialize in mystery, so the gaps I left in characters mentioning things so that the reader could put the pieces together without being outright TOLD what the answer is may not have presented as well as I'd hoped. Most of my experience is in the Fantasy genre for my 24 years of writing experience, and though I've been a professional Dungeon Master before and have run plenty of tabletop games over the past 6 years, writing a mystery for tabletop players and for an AVN like this are two very different things.
What I was HOPING to do was set up all the details and let YOU, the player, connect the dots before they came together in the story. If that made Aurum seem a little dumb or oblivious, I suppose that's a side effect of leaving that sort of room for the player. In having had many, many different TRPG players, readers of my series, and players of WCA, I've learned that everyone figures things out at a different pace, if at all in some cases. Someone like you, cursed with a fast pace, is going to figure things out much quicker than someone who takes a while to connect the dots. And I can't write for only one type of reader, so I did what I felt would make sense to the majority of readers.
That being said, hope you enjoy the rest of the game :) I do appreciate the feedback, as it will help inform how I do things in the future.
That's a fair way to describe the difference in players, I probably wouldn't have even brought it up if the MC wasn't so hyped up on noticing things tbh.
That said, I did really enjoy the story and look forward to the rest. Your TTRPG experience shows and this gave me a good replacement for the week my group couldn't get together(always seems to happen when we are just a few sessions shy of the end too)
Appreciate the kind words. I hope my logic sort of makes sense.
I feel you on the scheduling thing. Dunno if you watch TTRPG content, but I do have an ongoing game that's preserved in my Twitch Collections if ever ya want something extra to watch. https://www.twitch.tv/collections/V__T1BiR9hfcow
这游戏真是太他妈的棒了。我本来以为这种欧美风3D建模不是我的菜，但是实际玩过之后才发现这和我刻板印象里的粗制滥造大妈脸欧美风3D建模完全不一样，建模的细致程度真的令人叹为观止，我不会剧透，但是某个女孩换上新衣服后的展示旋转镜头真的让我忍不住“哇”出了声，我相信只要是玩过这游戏的人就绝对知道我在指哪一幕，因为这太令人印象深刻了。剧情也很棒，不愧是小说家脚本，哪怕我玩的是机翻，隔着一层语言和机器翻译的障壁也很好的把出色的剧情传达给了我，请问作者有没有添加中文翻译的计划？以及，我和评论区的其他人一样也很喜欢痛揍某个说话很装逼的混蛋的一幕，说实话，我做梦都没有想到我练的武在H游戏里也能派上用场（我是不是又加重了中国人都会功夫的刻板印象哈哈）我真的很喜欢主角是个习武之人的设定，希望后续剧情里能让主角更多的和其他人过过招，（尤其是那个被揍成傻逼还不悔改的绑架犯，这已经不是一般的混蛋了，必须得出重拳，我请求添加在他造成的风波平息后再次狠狠地揍他一顿的场景，我按捺不住想把他的头踹飞的欲望）我打的很过瘾！我会尽量在中文互联网上宣传你的游戏的，好游戏不该被埋没！
我正在使用谷歌翻译来回复此内容，所以我希望一切都表达正确。
非常感谢您的好意！我真的希望在这个类型中做些不同的事情。我从小就玩这些精彩的 SquareEnix RPG，这些角色写得很漂亮，很仔细，但他们从来没有给你机会去探索你与这些角色的联系意味着什么。同样，在成人游戏类型中，“故事”总是这些可笑的借口，让你转向下一个顽皮的场景。我想弥合这两种类型的故事之间的差距，并包括两个世界中最好的部分，同时丢弃两者中最糟糕的部分，如果这有意义的话。
我很高兴你喜欢这个故事，因为这是我做这个项目的首要任务。我是一位出版过两本书的奇幻作家，有近 25 年的写作经验，我的专长是角色。我觉得我可以利用这项技能，真正提高成人游戏中情感联系和故事深度的标准。我很高兴看到它产生了预期的效果。
我试图让一些内容尽可能真实。我当了 12 年的保安，还教过跆拳道，所以写出我所知道的内容意味着每个场景的细节都是可信的。尤其是那场打斗场景。我真的想奖励那些恰好拥有这种打斗知识的人，我很高兴它能跨风格翻译。我很好奇你练习的是什么武术。我祖父年轻时是洪拳的学生，这也是我最初接触武术的原因。
我没有任何语言的官方翻译计划，但如果中国市场对这样的项目有很高的需求，我肯定会考虑。我很高兴你玩得很开心，谢谢你提出在中国互联网上推广它。我以前在 italki.com 教英语的时候有很多中国学生，我对这个地区及其各种文化情有独钟。
再次感谢您的赞美！
我很高兴我们有同样的看法，你将故事性和H场景结合的很好，取其精华去其槽粕是很困难的，但是你做到了。以及，我练习的是我爷爷改良的山东民间武术，可以说是“长拳”的分支，我也懂一些太极拳、现代格斗术、以及巴西战舞（没想到吧）。再次，我真的很喜欢的游戏，请持续更新下去，我什么都会做的
Found an oopsy...
So, most older security radios, including the ones I've worked with, have attachments you can put on them such as lapel mics/parrots or sleeve/earpiece attachments. They still require the base unit to function. What I'm trying to sell here is that there is the base unit on his waist and he's got it hooked up to a sleeve mic. Unfortunately, Ai Shoujo doesn't have any really good cord attachments (or didn't at the time) so I didn't bother trying to show the attached "cord." You'll find I did the same with Galka and selling the illusion of a parrot/lapel mic.
Good eye for detail, though!
is it just me, or did you put a couple of tfs dbz abridged lines as references in game 🤔
Oh absolutely lol
😂👍
can the girls get pregnant?
No, and I don't think that's a kink I'll be adding for a few reasons, one of which being the science of the worlds. Most species' biology isn't compatible with human biology. So if that's a kink you're looking for, sorry to disappoint, but no plans to add pregnancy thus far.
WCA is a lot more about the story and the emotional connection than the kinks, though, so if you're hunting for a specific kink or fetish, there are way better games for that. If you're looking for story depth and emotional tension, where intimacy really means something, that's more in line with what WCA is about. Yes, we do explore certain kinks, but I find it hard to include things like pregnancy because it's something I'm not into, and writing something you have no love of can really feel cheap and do it a disservice to those who DO like it. And I don't wanna do that with something that someone loves.
Hope that makes sense :)
yea, though my thoughts on the pregnancy is not much of a kink, i would say it's a way of life to cross the bridge with someone you love and to boost their confidences to make them feel loved and the meaning behind it, it's only natural to give the one you love a world that you can share that love with through thick and thin.
That's a really good explanation, and I can sort of see what you mean when you say it that way. I'm still tossing around the idea of individual ending scenes for each girl when you complete her side story, but being a harem story, I'm not sure how well that'll work. And I still may be the wrong person to write it, as someone who is never having kids. But I do appreciate your explanation and perspective.
Hey VectorSeven,
I gotta say you have one hell of a game here! Extremely well made with a great story. One of the very few vn were i did not mind the slow burn at all. I do have to ask one thing though, as I played through the android version I seen on the comment here that there is 49 characters story's to go through and I barely have 20 ish. How do I get the dlc and some of the extra characters or are they only in the pc version?
Hey! The 1.0 release saw the Season 1 Rework, completion of Season 1, and finalizing of backend systems so there will be no more restarts.
We're currently on Season 2, and a lot of content is still being made. None of the DLC characters have been released to supporters or public yet, and only about half of the Core cast even has side story scenes. A lot of the content is still being made. We will have a side content patch out within the next couple of months that will bring 4 girls up to a total of 5 side scenes each. After that, there will be a main story patch.
Thanks for the kind words! We have a wonderful Discord community, and you're welcome to join!
Two things first I love that we can fight that asshole buSIR that preview makes me want to fight him again I can't wait for a new updat
Glad you liked the fight system. That took so damn long to get right lol
Is it finally time to download the update and start a fresh save to see what all has changed and what new content there is? *looks at last progress report* 2 days ago... good news... aight, I wait a little bit longer then! Lol
Hey! Since the 1.0 release, all backend systems have been finalized. If your last save was in the beta version (0.*.*.*), this is the last time you'll have to restart. If your save was from a version after 1.0, you won't have to restart at all.
The story is currently on Season 2 Episode 3, and the next update will be a side content wave featuring 4 girls and a surprise scene from a secret 5th :
Main story will be updated in the patch following to Season 2 Episode 4.
yep, read the most recent lil progress log you posted which is why I said I will wait for the next update to start over. I had already seen others bring up save issues and your reply about having to start a new save, and since I last played when this was 2 separate "games" I will most definitely have to restart lol. Which is still good, I get to see if anything has changed then I get to see what you have added :D
Ahh you played before the Season 1 Rework. It's definitely a better experience now. I think you'll be happy with it.
honestly I already liked it to begin with, so that really makes me look forward to picking it back up soon :D
Hello VictorSeven! First I would like to say that I love your VN,and I always look forward to each update! I have a little problem though, now maybe I missed something or i have to be subscribed to something, but the (Free time feature) will not work for me. Every time I click on the book I get an error message. Is there something I'm doing wrong that I can't access it? I know you are a busy guy, but I would really appreciate it if you could possibly tell me how to fix the issue when you have the time.
Again I love your story and all of its characters! And I want to enjoy all the rest of what it has to offer and your hard work in bringing it to us!
Thank you in advance!
Hey! I have a Known Issues section in the Discord, and if this is the error I think it is, this may be what you're looking for. Also thank you for the kind words!
Thank you very much sir! I will try that and let you know how it goes
That was indeed the problem! Thank you so much for the help, I really appreciate it!
Of course! Feel free to join the Discord; it's got the Known Issues section, a Bugs and Typos section where you can post errors you find, and even some exclusive content like voicemails from a couple of the characters :)
gotta ask... when hanging out with Mouse for the first time in "free time" she mentions a show called 'Crimson High' Is that a game that is playable or something that was really well made up
Yes! That's a nod to VertigoAVN, who made the texting system for WCA! You can find it here: https://vertigoavn.itch.io/crimsonhigh
The funny thing about this game is there isnt ENOUGH story for me lol. I kept thinking I was about to get the juicy goblin lore or elf lore and all I got were these damn sex scenes! Lol, but for real, where the game starts and where it ends up is so shocking in retrospect. I was expecting monster harem and got bizarre cross-dimensional violent drama. If I had to nitpick, you spent WAY more time talking about radio short hand than was necessary, like for real I felt like I actually got a job as a security guard and I was gonna be tested on the information at the end haha. Minor Spoiler: Idk if you originally planned on the goblins being basically the main characters but I'm glad you went that route. In fact I feel like if the game has a lesson it's that looks are often deceiving, which is a really refreshing way to introduce a bunch of well-known fantasy races
Lot of this comes from my own experience, and I really wanted the player to be immersed, so I based a lot of things in reality but gave them a fantasy twist. Enough familiar to be comfortable, enough different to feel that joy of discovery.
As for the goblins, they're probably my crowning achievement. I'm a very Against Type writer, so I like to take common tropes and expectations and turn them on their heads. I wanted to take a characteristically "ugly" race and see if I could make them cute without losing what made them goblins. I was tired of the short fugly ones and I was tired of just "green humans" being called goblins, so I wanted to redefine what a goblin love interest could look like. Quite proud of them... so I had to make more lol
Vic just wanted to say you got rockstar status at our home. my girl and I reread then discuss everything thats changed and our thoughts on whats to come.
would love to see more Kanoko soon!
Brother I'm so happy WCA is something you can share with your girl. Most people would feel compelled to hide the fact that they play games like this, but the story is the point, not the sex. Ya made my day.
Glad to hear we made your day. We wanted youn to know your work is appreciated and keep up the awesome work.
I am really liking this game. I started all over just to change my name to Rufus. Idk why but them saying the same thing about it made me laugh way harder than I care to admit lol.
LOL I really should put some conditionals in there at some point.
Goated, just cause the writer recognizes Death Stranding as a masterpiece.
I have 24 years of writing experience and do professional book coaching on the side, and STILL Kojima regularly makes me look like an idiot by comparison. The man's writing is on another level.
glad to know the people still got good taste
Breed me giant lady uwu. (im a man)
There's a voicemail from Galka waiting for ya in the Discord :)
what was update 1.3 about i dint have anything ne
1.3 added the entire main story Season 2 Episode 3, as well as 1 more secret character and a few side story scenes. Make sure you have 1.3.0.4.
Also if your save is from one of the beta versions (before July, version 0.x.x.x), be advised your save won't work with the full release version (version 1.0+). If you have a beta save, due to finalizing backend systems, you'll have to start over one last time. Thankfully, because this is the full release, there will be no more restarts, as backend systems have been finalized and there should be no new system critical variables.
Holy shit, the comments section here is kind of overwhelming, this game sure stirred the pot lol. Anyway. Came here to say I played and enjoyed your game. Don't listen to the haters. Keep making it. That's all I'm saying lmao.
I've found that I can engage in discussion and create a fan about 70% of the time. Most negativity is based on an assumption, and some of those are my fault for having an outdated description lol. Thanks for the kind words, and we have character voicemails in the Discord if you're interested in stuff like that!
Agreed. Fantastic game. Keep up the great work.
Thank you!
Man that was such a good start to read a very captivating interesting setting concept and then i came to the part that is like "there are actual dangers to the safety of the characters like for example you got a mentally ill yandere stalker that can actually kill your loved favorite girls" which ruined the cool fantasy take on school mysterys on itch.io like "Stormside" and "The Headmaster" and made me immediatly go "well there goes my will to download and play it". All these School Mysterys always have an evil force threatening the player (which i honestly dislike like cant there be just some good school story like this one or the ones i mentioned without the physical punishment, slavery and murder mystery or other types of in-universe unconsented physical violence parts guys? Sometimes plain old sexy time is perfectly fine and all needed) sure but never really the girls. Frankly games like this dont need an Element of "Danger" or "Mystery" if you ask me. What was described in "The Setting" is an ineresting enough story in it itself. the danger Cecilia poses only just ruins it for me and makes it hard for me to go for closer relationships with other girls i like like the demon girl on the last picture or the left plant girl on the 3rd picture or that white haired dark elf (or something) girl besides the tall girl on the 6th picture or the goblin girl on the 9th picture.
So I will say that part of the description is about 4 years old, back when there were going to be stats for that kind of stuff (before my coder bailed on me and I had to learn Ren'py myself). Since then, WCA has turned into far more of a story than a game, and though yes, there are antagonists because I am an author, not a game designer, none of the love interests will ever be killed. That part was changed very early on.
That being said, it says right at the top, this is not a porn game. This is a story I'm telling that HAPPENS to have a bit of adult content in it. It's far more focused on emotionally connecting with the girls and helping them solve their problems, earning your closeness with them, than getting in and getting your rocks off. There are TONS of games like that out there. I'm trying to do something a little different. You're not playing the perfect ThunderChad McChickmagnet that automatically has everyone falling for him and instantly gets to bang whoever he wants. You're playing a real character, with a story arc of his own, with his own flaws and things he needs to overcome.
So yeah, if you're looking for just sexy time, you're gonna be disappointed. Though I do have H-scenes that are over 30 video loops long, you gotta earn 'em. And for that, you gotta be willing to put aside what you expect from a "porn game" and be prepared to engage with a story, which is what WCA is listed as.
It may not be your cup of tea. But ya won't know till you try it, will ya?
well its a good thing i aint looking for ThunderChad McChickmagnet and emotionally connecting with the girls and trying to solve their problems is something i often, easily and with great joy do in the games i play (even the porn ones) so i guess i will have to give it a shot then and hope yandere stalker girl stays of the girls and love interests i emotionally connect to. That said my comment might been a indicator to consider a description update if such a great change already happened so long ago. Are all the girls in the Banner love interests that cant be killed?
Well, if that's the kind of player you are, you might find WCA enjoyable. I'm very interested to hear how you feel if you end up playing for a bit.
There are 49 total planned love interests if you include the 21 DLC characters. We're still in the early stages of Side Content (this becomes available in Season 2), which is each girl's romance route that you get to play in the Free Time system you unlock eventually. NONE of these girls will die. Slight spoiler here, but one of the girls DOES suffer an attack in Season 1 but recovers. Cecilia (the yandere stalker) is an integral part of Aurum's backstory, so she's somewhat present during Season 1 of the story. However, she ended up being such a polarizing character (half want a redemption arc, the other half want her dead) that I moved her romance route to the Secret category. In a future episode in Season 2, you the player will get to choose whether or not you ever see her again.
WCA is built on the back of community feedback, and many voices have gone into shaping how this experience feels over the years. You're right in that I ABSOLUTELY need to update that description; for every one person who speaks up there are at least 10 who feel the same way who remain silent. That being said, there is a fair amount of emotional rollercoaster in this story, probably more than you expect from a typical adult experience you'd find here on Itch. But as a writer, I use these techniques not because I like bad things happening to the characters, but because the presence of bad things makes the good things sweeter by comparison. The shadow only serves to elevate the brightness of the light. I understand people get a little weary of tragedy and conflict in things they play with the intention of feeling good, and that's why I have my disclaimer at the top of the page. This absolutely could turn out to be everything you hate in a story like this, and if that's the case, I do apologize. I know I can't please everyone. But there's also a nonzero chance that you end up absolutely falling in love with a few of the characters and enjoying your time in WCA.
And it's when that happens that I feel the last 4 years working on this store were worth it. Appreciate your time, and thanks for giving WCA a shot.
I will check it out today. Good to hear the girls survive i rather not repeat the disappointment and sadness of losing one of my favorite absolutly loved characters like from Final Fantasy 7 (with Jessie) or Assassins Creed Unity (with Elise) and Odyssey (with Phiobe). Its no suprise Cecilia is polarizing i myself dont want a Yandere Stalker threatening the girls so i can understand the Kill her side however she kinda reminds me of Azula from Avatar the last Airbender who is also definitly a broken but capable girl and a psycho yet i love Azula and want a redemption for her and i can see me feel the same for Cecilia. It would certainly be good to be able to have a choice to either fix her or say its not worth the effort and get rid 8f her entirely. In fact i already fell in love with a few girls from their design alone (Wither, Black Elf girl Core category end of first row, Goblin girl beginning of third row core category, Demon Girl DLC group first row third from left, dragon girl secret group third from right). As long as you dont go "Stray Incubus" and friends style and make horror (aside from the ghost girls i know are already in or planned and my (un)itentionally are scary sometimes), hell (aside from the probably hell like homeworld of the DLC demon girl, played a game once that refreshingly DIDNT depicted the demon girls as evil manipulating antagonist trying to make you a bad criminal boy who will join them punished for the sins he let them seduce him to do as their eternal playtoy in hell) and the gods as Antagonists (game was still ok though and i absolutely fell in love with the spider girl Misty so if your to do character list gets shorter i recomment this absolute lovable cuty as inspiration) the story im sure ill like it. In fact i got my own school adventure story with fantasy/mythology girls and (probably way less magical) travel between worlds however its more of a private hobby thing just in conceptual text form not really planned to ever be a book or game. Maybe it will become a public fictional world encyclopedia on World Anvil but i doubt it will go beyond that in this life.
Very rarely do I ever like to make a character "mwahaha evil because I wanna be evil." I feel that's lazy. Avatar has some of the best writing I've ever experienced in a show, and I like to lean into grey morality more often than not. There is a reason Cecilia is the way she is. It's trauma-based because of the way she lived. She is a character that is very clearly in need of professional help. And once I have the main story to the right point, the player will be able to choose to either get her professional help or to not have her in their playthrough anymore.
Druthari, our Dark Elf security officer, is another example. She has trauma-based anxiety/panic attacks with specific triggers. She's a very closed-off person whose walls take time to work through. But once she explains her past history to you, everything makes sense. I have a lot of characters like this that have emotional hangups they can't solve on their own. But I also like to flip the script and have a character who is reasonably healthy who sees the main character's hangups, and instead of you fixing her problems, she's trying to help you work through yours.
For me, it all comes together as this wonderful living, breathing world where the characters are deeply crafted like in several of the AAA games you mentioned, these lovingly designed, complete characters that in those games, you never get to explore your connection to. I take that and I splice it with the Adult Entertainment genre, which typically has abysmal story and character depth, but DOES allow you to explore your connections to characters, physically and emotionally. What I hope for is the best of both worlds. Characters with depth, personality, and endearing nature mixed with the option to explore what that means to you in a setting where the story is rich and rewarding in its ups and downs. I like to write in a way that plays the strings of your emotions in such a way that the darkness amplifies the light.
Over the nearly 4 years I've been working on WCA, I've learned that this style is not everyone's cup of tea, and there's no mold I can fit myself into to please these people. So again, I understand if the story is a little too... dire for some? The point of making dire events happen in the story is to make people CARE. And when people CARE, the romance they experience is sweeter, because they feel they've made that difference in that character's life. That's what I'm setting out to do. Not to be a sadist and break hearts by offing someone's favorite girl. That's a big no-no in this genre lol
was doing mouse side story crimson high is my favorite vn was wondering if yall were connected in some way
Absolutely! Vertigo is actually the one who gave me his texting system and helped me fix a few things. He's been SUPER helpful to the development of WCA, and you'll even find a small nod to WCA in Crimson High, a Beanflix screen with WCA as a show on the TV during one of the scenes :)
i think i remember that im waiting on the next update for Crimson high myself at the moment which is what lead to me finding world crossing academy
I get to Mouse and Blossom. They talk about Rufus. I be the type of person that wonder if dialog changes if you go back and actually name yourself Rufus. I do so. Get back to the scene to see if any dialog changes. No dialog changed. So sad. :( My guy Rufus is mad at people calling him Rufus without acknowledging his name is Rufus.
That was written before I knew anything about coding and conditional dialogue and was just writing story lol. I probably could have spent some time on it when I went back for the S1 Rework, but everyone kinda wanted that as fast as possible so we could get back to putting out new content so I decided the effect was not worth the effort. I may revisit at some point.
I'm really confused, I started the game and it says story arc 1: Janitor, Story arc 2: Security. But, shortly after starting, I'm suddenly promoted to security? And it feels like I'm just missing a LOT of info. It's my first time playing. I feel like it's starting me in season 2.
Edit: Just saw I'm behind a version and this is fixed, so never mind!
hi is the scene where you have to choose if it should be eshtel and chiara monogamous route or eshtel and a self monogamous route or if it should be eshtel and and a self and chiara poly route it has been removed because it has not appeared in it new edition the scene appears with where chiara gives the choice that you can choose from among them when you have to give eshtel the flower bracelet and that you could take your time choosing but the choice does not appear and it did in the first edition before rewriting of first season but aside the story that eshtel has the flower bracelet on but you never had the scene where you give it to eshtel where the choice is between the 3 choices as mentioned above and if the scene selection has not been there, how do you know if it is the poly route or the monogamous route that you are on
Hi! Yes, I did move that choice. It will be in Eshtel's side story in Season 2 when you get access to Free Time. There were some continuity issues with having it in Season 1, so I thought it best to make it part of their side story. The choice will clearly tell you which route is poly and which is monogamous so you can get the route you want. There were some issues with keeping it in Season 1 as it was, so I opted to move it.
I thought I scrubbed all the images of Eshtel with the flower bracelet on, but I guess I missed a couple. May have to go back and replace a couple of renders.
ok great then it wasn't me who remembered wrong I'm already looking forward to the next update and when will Eshtel's side story come because I couldn't find any side story with her in the book at free time and there are no scenes with Eshtel where she has flowers the bracelet in the scenes I saw with it was in the side story with Bloom the little fairy where she is in the infirmary at the school and there are 2 characters under Secret characters that I haven't been able to see in now but have seen the ones that are for the gargoyle and for the woman who was washed up on the beach who is afraid of one and lives in the water so I have only been able to see 2 out of 4 of the secret characters even though I have made the choices so I meet all the characters who are and could meet through choices in free time in the book
They're not implemented yet. We're working on them. You didn't miss anything if you saw the Harpy scenes, don't worry.
ok great have seen them
I'm not normally the Monster Girl type, but this is a fun ride. Love the option to skip H scenes, and the fight mini game was a blast. I've been with this game from pretty much the beginning, and the way it has evolved is fantastic! One question I have : did I somehow miss it, or did the free time for the batwing girl statue not make this build? Just curious, keep up the great work!
Hey, if you're talking about the gargoyle, she only has one scene so far. I have more written, but I haven't shot them, scored them, or bugtested them yet. They're in the works!
I made a decision after the S1 Rework. Rather than grab 7 or 8 girls and do 1 to 2 scenes each, I'm now grabbing 3 to 4 girls and trying to dump 3 to 5 scenes each at a time. That's during side content waves. During main story waves, like this, I only added maybe 6 or 7 total scenes because I was focused on main story. There will be a poll very soon asking what you'd like to see us release next. Be sure to fill it out!
Thanks Vic, I Was just curious. I'm loving this story more with each update. One of the few "Story Rich" AVNs that actually lives up to the tag. Great work, and looking forward to whatever comes next!
Very cool game. I like that it mainly focuses on the storyline and not the lewd crap. The characters are well written, they don't just differ in hair color, eye color and boob size. Plus the music is pleasant, but the biggest advantage is that despite the small size of the game, the story is long - personally, it took me a whole week. VictorSeven, I wish you good luck and fruitful work !
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Just from a few minutes into this build, I'm smelling the "Aurum Professor Arc"... gg V7!
You'd be close! The four planned arcs are:
The main base game will likely end with the Counselor arc, with the Ambassador arc as expansions. The way we planned it out, each world you'll be able to visit should have its own expansion with its own roster of love interests. I dunno how REALISTIC that vision is, but that's what I'd LIKE to do lol
Can you add a timer to nightmare mode for the fight? I enjoy challenges.
Did I miss an option somewhere, or is the game supposed to begin in media res with Aurum speaking to the princess, her retinue, and Serafina at his home?
You have the latest release, 1.3.0.3? If so, how old is your save?
That scene is the beginning of Season 2. When I did the Season 1 Rework, that combined both games and set variables back in Season 1. So if your save is before 1.0 came out, it requires a restart. If not, you must have saved at the end of Season 1.
I also downloaded the latest release after finishing Season 1 sometime shortly after it was released and wanted to replay it so I could remember the story is there anyway to reset the entire game? So I can replay it from the beginning?
Thx.
Yes, all you have to do is hit Start and start a new game instead of Load Game :)
Welp there's a bug. A month of supporters testing it and no one caught it. Fixing soon.
Fix is attached to this post. Will have 1.3.0.4 up shortly as well.
https://victorseven.itch.io/wca/devlog/789191/bugfix-1303-start-button-bug
I imagined it was probably something odd, considering I posted that question about twenty minutes after downloading and starting that game for the first time ever. ^.^' Thank you for such a prompt response and bugfix!
Do I just need to download the 1.3.0.3 quickfix, or should I go ahead and grab 1.3.0.4 in its entirety?Never mind - noticed the upload dates on both. I'll just go ahead and grab 1.3.0.4. Again, thank you!ETA: worked like a charm - I'm starting with the sweeping scene.
When you first get the book, is it supposed to be only 5 (6) unlocked or I missed/made wrong choices?
More will unlock as you progress. I added unlock tags at the ends of various updates so that way the people who had already played that far didn't miss unlocking those characters.
Thanks, but I have come to the end of 1.2.2.2 and the 2 left secret chars is locked, I don't know what option I missed.
I'll be fixing that at some point. One is the River, who isn't written yet, and the other is the Harpy, who only has the 2 scenes. Dunno why they appeared as question marks... Also, I just dropped an entire new episode today. 1.3.0.3 has Season 2 Episode 3 and a couple more side scenes!
This is a very fun story. I cant wait to see what else comes from it in the future updates. Good on you Dev.
Thank you so much! A brand new episode is on the way, too! Just hit the $10 tier on the support sites