discussion Complete VN [Koikatsu] Surviving the Dark Golden State [1.01] [Rebel 357]

[Rebel 357]

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Developer Name

Rebel 357 / Lord Voldy

Developer Links

Lord Voldy

Version

1.01

Latest Update

Feb 27, 2026

Release Date

May 21, 2025

Language

English

OS

1. Windows
2. Linux
3. MacOS
4. Android

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Overview:
In the year of 2022, the world is sent into chaos as the shadowy elite rulers of the world retaliate over their failure to control the masses with the use of the Covid19 virus. This results in nations across the world to experience mass dissent and chaos, causing society to break down.
A young adolescent male living in the southern part of California must try to survive the dangerous and chaotic times.​

Spoiler: Genre:

Survival, sandbox, VN style

Spoiler: Tags

Covid19 pandemic era, USA, Survival, dystopian, multiple endings, psychological, satire

Spoiler: Fetishes

• Blowjobs
• Buttjobs
• Vaginal Sex
• Anal sex
• vaginal and anal creampies
• pregnant vaginal sex (optional)
• pregnant anal sex (optional)
• Teen loli
• Teenage girls
• Monster girls (Ghosts)
• Rape (Optional)

Spoiler: Installation

Extract and run
Linux:
1.Unzip game folder
2. Then run "SurvivingtheDarkGoldenState.sh"

Spoiler: Change-Log

Spoiler: Version 1.01

• Fixed typo in Large Park, scene scene_r1_3h
• Added track 27
• Slight adjustment to UI of music room
• Fixed bug on Apartment room 1 “Door”
• Fixed a line of dialogue from “Side Scene 8, "Beta Male Kyle" that was missing a word
• Fixed a typo for “Side Scene 8 – Beta Male Kyle”
• Fixed typo for “Side Scene 11 – Signals”
• Edited a line of dialogue for Side Scene 11
• Added transition effect to “Side Scene 12 - End of Transmission"
• Fixed typo for “Tomboy Survivalist – Talking - About Yourself”
• Fixed typo for “Tomboy Survivalist – Talking – Gun Shops”
• Fixed typo for “Info – Apartment Room 1”
• Fixed typo for Ending 1 – part 7
• Added additional dialogue option for Camila “About Lavinia”
• Added additional dialogue option for Camila “About Kyle”
• Some of the apartment rooms now require a different action to go inside
• New section in Hint Hub to select music tracks
• Added additional dialogue option for Kyle when Chris is dead
• Fixed a typo for Ending 3
• Fixed a typo for action "Check Clipboard" in Secret Bunker
• Added a pause effect for short scene in Small Strange Home
• Slight change in a line of dialogue for Searching the computer in Small Strange Home
location
• Added a conditional line of dialogue for searching the laundry room in Small Strange Home
location
• Fixed a typo for scene_3_9
• fixed a missing word typo for scene_4_3
• Added a timed pause for scene_4_6
• Changed a transition for Ending 3
• Removed timed pause at the end of Ending 3
• Fixed gallery replay for Side Scene 14 Combat Route
• Fixed a typo for “Side Scene 18 – Guilt"
• Slight change for dialogue for line 337 in topic “Radio”
• Added an option in the Hint Hub to select tracks
• Music section now renamed Special Tracks in Hint Hub
• Fixed a typo in topic “Church” when talking with Deirdre
• Fixed a typo in topic “Food”, “Medical” when talking with Chris

Spoiler: Version 1.00

•Fixed Harper’s character name for Scene 2, it was showing Teenage Girl even after introduction
• Increased delay of image changes for Main Scene 3 (scene images 1-7)
• Increased delay of image changes for Side Scene 1
• Fixed grammar error for Side Scene 2, and 7
• Increased pause times for Side Scene 2
• Slight change for Kyle’s line in side scene 14
• Corrected timing of door sound effect for side scene 14
• Some changes in pause effects in scenes
• Added special track no7
• Alternative track plays for boss battle depending on female love interest surviving
• Changed hint for Chris and Kyle in Hint Hub
•Fixed typo for Main Scene 5

Spoiler: Version 0.85 (unreleased)

• Lowered combat skill requirements for Boss Battle (Deep State Agent fight)
• Lowered amount of times you can help BM1 (Kyle C.) overall
• Increased requirement for BM1 scene 4
• Lowered energy requirement for helping out BM2 (Chris)
• Added Hint to Hint Hub for main scene section
• Additional hints to some enemies added
• Armed looter made a bit easier , as Armed Looter can now be attacked with level 3 knife attacks
• Lowered requiremnt of Knife Attacks level 3 against Black Gangster
• Hint Hub topics no longer boot you back to main section
• Background for Cheat hub now reflects when going through the suicidal route

Spoiler: version 0.50 (unreleased)

• Recompiled Ren’py scripts using newer version of Ren’py (8.4.1)
• Added additional font size options
• Added additional font type options
• Changed toggle for Sex Hub (Deirdre)
• Adjustments to UI
• Added 6 new SFXs (bj_1.wav, cum_1.wav, cum_2.wav, sex_1.wav, sex_2.wav, sex_3.wav)
• Added new tracks
• Added sex content from Wanderer version as bonus content IE Introverted Girl
• Slight change in dialogue line (line 2105) for Side Scene 16 "The Simp"
• Fixed typo for main scene 6
• Fixed typo for talk topic “Protection” (Deirdre), “Entertainment” (Survivalist Tomboy)
• Fixed typo for cheat “suppressed knowledge”
• Fixed grammar error for Park info (Afternoon)
• Slight change for dialogue on “Search TV shelf”
• Fixed bug on receiving birth control pills from Camila
• Added additonal dialogue for Birth Control Pills

Prototype version released on May 21, 2025

Spoiler: Dev Notes

• Free and Open Source Game project
• No funding needed or required
• 100% Free
• No DRM!
• There are guides and documents included in builds for Linux / Windows / Mac

Spoiler: Creative Commons license

Surviving the Dark Golden State © 2024 by Lord Voldy / Rebel 357 is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Spoiler: Cheats

• second amendmant
• prepper
• plandemic
• supressed knowledge
• archons
• organic portals
• divide and conquer
• the cabal
• the matrix
• 1791
• freemasons
• negative alien agenda
• WEF
• prison planet
• the reptillians
• astral body
• hylics

Spoiler: Wanderer version differences

1. Slight change in music room and music selection
2. Heavy scene content changes
3. Changes to the structure of scenes
4. Slight change in dialogue for ending 3
5. Slight change to Gallery
6. Option for starting supplies removed
7. Slight adjustment in UI
8. Some changes in BGs
9. Addition of paranormal ghost elements
10. More open-world and less linear than the original
11. Deirdre and Survivalist Tomboy already unlocked
12. Apartment residents are available from the start
13. Dialogue differences in some parts of the game
14. Female Ghost and Introverted Girl NPC featured in Wanderer
    
    Note: I intended on making this version more horror-ish, and adding a more haunting ghostly feel to some places. And yes, Deirdre is supposed to have a death scene, which is influenced by one of the choices the player can make. Her death scene I had in mind is influenced by the true ending of “Death Sentence” (That one film with Kevin Bacon from 2007).

Spoiler: Game Hints

- Combat is heavily probability based. Your combat stat can be raised to bring to get to a higher tier and get better probabilities of killing your enemy
- The shotgun is the best weapon and has the highest probability of hitting and killing your enemy
- Make sure you always have water supplies and food supplies
- There are consequences for decisions, which can result in the death of you and the two main love interests
- There are 4 bad endings and 1 good ending
- The suicidal route leads to 3 of the worst bad endings
- When having difficulty, you can refer to the hint hub in the game for additional info and hints

Note: The Wanderer version is not an add-on, not a side story, not a director's cut and not a mod. It's a different standalone version of the game.

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Spoiler: Wanderer version

Note: This version (Wanderer version) goes a different direction than the original.
This game is less linear, less scene driven, less restrictive. The scenes are changed up and structure differently. There is a more ghostly atmosphere to this one. Slightly different soundtrack, all tracks are unlocked. At the moment there are other little differences here and there.

DOWNLOAD
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MacOS:
Android:
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Game Guide:

Screenshots:

Spoiler: More Screenshots

Spoiler: Wanderer version Screenshots

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[Gomldinger]

Before any of you go it's a prototype, I'm going to skip it. Dont! This prototype is full of content, it has multiple endings, cheats and a new game plus.

Don't expect this getting full games like this from other devs, it is because I'm a hobby dev doing my own thing is why I choose to delay, build up and release a full game for it's first release.
If this game is dark and depressing to you, then I was able to accomplish part of what I wanted for it. It is intentional for this game to be dark.

There will be two versions of the game, this one being the first and the original, and the second one being the "Wanderer version". The wanderer version will be more emphasis on being less linear and scene driven.


View attachment 619252

Update: Currently there is a small error where the this scene image is supposed to appear: You can add this script for this version of the game to replace the unfixed script girl_1.rpy or you can open up the code and change it yourself from hub_sex_sg2_dead_2 to hub_sex_sg1_dead_2 in line 164.
View attachment 619298
girl_1.rpy script is for the original version!
The one that is zipped is for the Wanderer version.

Thanks for upload, do you recommend playing Original first, or just choose one and go. I guess, will a lot of content be missed from one by picking the other?

 

[Rebel 357]

Thanks for upload, do you recommend playing Original first, or just choose one and go. I guess, will a lot of content be missed from one by picking the other?

When I first started on the original, it wasn't supposed to have that many scenes and be a little restricted by them. The wanderer version is the one I worked on right after almost all of the original was completed. The wanderer version is more in line with what I wanted with the game when it comes to being more open-world, less scenes and less restricted by scenes. The original steers off-course by having too many scenes and restrictions due to them.

I've seen the threads of people not caring for story and scenes when it comes to adult games. There are comments of people who just usually skip the dialogue. I understand that and happen to be that way myself with some adult games. For the wanderer version I've thought of going the Dark Souls route with lore and story.

In the end, it would come down to preference.

Spoiler: Differences for the Wanderer version

Notes, for the changes made for the development of
Surviving the Dark Golden State Wanderer version​

1. Slight change in music room and music selection​
2. Heavy scene content changes​
3. Changes to the structure of scenes​
4. Slight change in dialogue for ending 3​
5. Slight change to Gallery​
6. Option for starting supplies removed​
7. Slight adjustment in UI​
8. Some changes in BGs​
9. Addition of paranormal ghost elements​
10. More open-world than the original
    
    
    Note: I intended on making this version more horroish, and adding a more haunting ghostly feel to some places. And yes, Deirdre is supposed to have a death scene, which is influenced by one of the choices the player can make. Her death scene I had in mind is influenced by the true ending of “Death Sentence” (That one film with Kevin Bacon from 2007).
    
    I would have liked to rebalance the combat as well​
    
    
    
    
    

 

[Gomldinger]

When I first started on the original, it wasn't supposed to have that many scenes and be a little restricted by them. The wanderer version is the one I worked on right after almost all of the original was completed. The wanderer version is more in line with what I wanted with the game when it comes to being more open-world, less scenes and less restricted by scenes. The original steers off-course by having too many scenes and restrictions due to them.

I've seen the threads of people not caring for story and scenes when it comes to adult games. There are comments of people who just usually skip the dialogue. I understand that and happen to be that way myself with some adult games. For the wanderer version I've thought of going the Dark Souls route with lore and story.

In the end, it would come down to preference.

Spoiler: Differences for the Wanderer version

Notes, for the changes made for the development of
Surviving the Dark Golden State Wanderer version​

1. Slight change in music room and music selection​
2. Heavy scene content changes​
3. Changes to the structure of scenes​
4. Slight change in dialogue for ending 3​
5. Slight change to Gallery​
6. Option for starting supplies removed​
7. Slight adjustment in UI​
8. Some changes in BGs​
9. Addition of paranormal ghost elements​
10. More open-world than the original
    
    
    Note: I intended on making this version more horroish, and adding a more haunting ghostly feel to some places. And yes, Deirdre is supposed to have a death scene, which is influenced by one of the choices the player can make. Her death scene I had in mind is influenced by the true ending of “Death Sentence” (That one film with Kevin Bacon from 2007).
    
    I would have liked to rebalance the combat as well​
    
    View attachment 622063
    
    

Appreciate the response, and good on you for providing both

 

[Fistyfriends]

It's kind of boring to have an ala carte list of sexual things you can do with each girl, it just turns it into a robotic action like making puppets fuck.
Maybe if you could start a scene with some foreplay, I notice there's no kissing, nipple play or fingering (over clothes or under) in those menus, and progress from there?
Does this engine allow for the sex to progress in a series of evolving actions?
Sex, when it naturally happens, involves two people getting into each other and exploring options along the way not just some boring menu thing that happens on command.
Start with foreplay and the have comments like "Your lips are so soft", "Your body is so warm" "You really know how to turn me on" and further it to questions like "Can you take you panties off so I can go down on this lushes pussy I've been petting" It's normally each person taking and giving pleasure as it inevitably continues on until penetration not just a foregone ordered conclusion.
Is there a way to ramp things up instead of just a list of things to do to a girl? Could you find a way to do stuff like rub her clit with the tip of your dick until she almost cums and have her say something random like "I want your cock in my ass while I cum, I feel like I'm gonna squirt all over you!" instead of just blandly clicking 'Anal' and seeing the same animation with a different head on it.

 

[dartboy1]

You gotta know im chosing anal

 

[quesijumbo]

what are the cheats for ?

 

[dartboy1]

Definately a cutie! What kinda world we live in

 

[dartboy1]

Delaying the game worked out because it resulted in much more content for the game. Deirdre the Irish girl in the pic was one of the female characters that came out of it.
If you haven't came across the survivalist tomboy, you can do so at the condos location. In the wanderer version of the game, her and Deirdre are already unlocked.

that GIF is fucking spot on

 

[garnet112]

Wanderer version links are down, could you reup pls

 

[Yameami]

Dang what bad/good timing -- had tried this last week & now there's an update.

 

[Yameami]

The other is that you can not have pregnancy sex with Harper or Zoe since the bug did not allow you to get the birth control pills from Camila.

Speaking of Camila, how do we get the weight loss pill? Having trouble finding it.

Ps. Didn't try the wanderer ver since I'm not into horror.

 

[Rebel 357]

Speaking of Camila, how do we get the weight loss pill? Having trouble finding it.

Ps. Didn't try the wanderer ver since I'm not into horror.

There are several conditions:
1. Is give Camila dieting pills, which are found in the Large Park location
2. Help Camila by giving her food
3. Rape Camila
4. Give her dieting pills
5. Have vaginal and anal sex with her at least once.
6. You should see an option on her hub for "Birth Control Pills"
** Note, you can not get birth control pills if the two important love interests are dead.
***Note: You are on the suicide path if you get see this response when trying to get the birth control pills "I would ask Camila for the birth control pills she possesses if those two were still alive."

 

[Jay994]

Links dont work

 

[lewlew]

it good that it is sandbox but i feel too lost with so much freedom. I think i should play standard version first before playing wanderer

 

[ylmreK]

they're all so adorable

 

[Rebel 357]

Version 1.01 released
I've attached some documents here

Post automatically merged: Feb 27, 2026

As for the Wanderer version of the game, I'm working on an update but I am sort of unsure about making some changes to the combat system. The probability from what I've seen may need to be reworked on because it appears to be difficult to survive combat if you don't use a shotgun.

 

[rance4747]

Wanderer links all down.

 

[Emelex]

Version 1.01 released
I've attached some documents here

Post automatically merged: Feb 27, 2026

As for the Wanderer version of the game, I'm working on an update but I am sort of unsure about making some changes to the combat system. The probability from what I've seen may need to be reworked on because it appears to be difficult to survive combat if you don't use a shotgun.

This attachment is dead, and there's no links to it in the first post. Could this please be reuploaded?

 

[Rebel 357]

This attachment is dead, and there's no links to it in the first post. Could this please be reuploaded?

I've created a game guide link for the Wanderer version.

Just so other's know, there is a very small update for Wanderer that has been withheld since February due to a possible Renpy bug in 8.5.2. I have been waiting for a new Renpy version so that I can update the game project and release it's update. There is no ETA right now for it.

Right now, I'm currently busy with a new project that requires me to learn and get familiar with a new game engine. That engine is RPG Paper Maker