The path ahead is filled with dangers and temptation.
The question is…
shall you embrace it…
reject it…
or find the path between?
In Desire Guardians, you play as a young Black Man, moving to a small rural town in the middle of nowhere to start a new life for themselves.
However, in doing so, they end up getting roped into a metaphysical realm where the suppressed desires (so basically, their kinks) take on physical form, and need to be defeated before they turn dark and dangerous.
However… the realm itself seems to have it’s own ideas on what to do with our young protagonist… perhaps uncovering some “Desires’ that even they themselves are unaware of. The gameplay is split into 3 segments, a daytime section to prepare for the fights ahead, an exploration section, where you delve into the realm to face the creatures within, and an after work section, where you explore the town and can spend time interacting with your friends and fellow party members.
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Protagonist: A young black man stepping out on his own to make a new life for himself. A bit of a clueless dolt, but he’s a decent guy.
Gwen: Your nextdoor neighbor. She’s a fun, martial artist, tomboy type, but you get the feeling there might be more to her then she’s letting on.
Manny: A young man who owns the local bar. He seems to have a good idea of everyone in town, despite his meek appearance. Has dreams of seeing the world someday.
Julia: A local, hispanic Otaku girl. She’s Manny’s little sister, who helps him out at the tavern. She’s obsessed with anime and cosplay, excited to always get on with her next binge or project. Honestly a pretty damn fun girl overall.
Magnus: The strongest man in town. Magnus is a decent, if not too bright guy. Radiates Himbo energy like has never been seen before.
Athena: The myterious, ambitious and kindhearted country girl who lives in the nearby Port City. She'll help you forge new armors, but she might be hiding some secrets of her own.
V1: Initial release. Includes 4 dungeons, 3 party members, many new transformations, and the first scene of 4 out of the 5 planned romance paths.
V1.1: Bugfix. (Creatures in the ??? dungeon should attack normally now, and the Maids have been restored)
V2: 5th dungeon added, New Party member added, New Port town accessible, new potential use for cores. New romances pathsBugfixes and minor updates made to base game, plus more.
(Some changes mean sadly, old saves are not transferrable in this instance, my appologies)
V2.1 Fixed accidental teleportation caused by running away from new enemies.
V3: New Dungeon Added. New After Work Hangout possible. New armor slot (Shoes) with shoes being added to the town square clothing shop. A way to skip the wait for boss respawn has been added
Bugfixes: Tokens can now go up to 9999,
V4: Gwen has a new after work event, A new dungeon has been added. (Unlocked after seeing both of Gwen’s after work events), 2 new TFs have been added, The secret shop has been unlocked. (One of your allies will give the password to you if you talk to them after 7 TFs), A new cutscene has been added at home in connection to the Secret Shop, many typo fixes, reduced file size for your convenience.
V5: A new dungeon, A new after work interaction with Gwen, A Gym has been added to San Bahia. Allowing you to use your money to upgrade MC's stats. A series of secret codes has been placed into the game. You can get the codes by interacting on the game's discord. There are 10 codes, each of which will be given out by rising through the interaction rates on the server.
V6: A New Dungeon, 2 New TFs, New After Work events with Athena and Julia, And a nice, fun surprise for those of you who get all 15 TFs currently in the game. (Go to bed afterwards to get it)😉
V6.1: Bugfixes related to new and old content.
V7: A new dungeon, New after work hangouts with Julia and Lani, 2 new TFs (Including one that has been much requested for quite some time) and a redesign of the town square to split the clothing store into 2 separate shops.
V8: A new character dungeon (play through Julia's after work events to unlock), New After Work Events with Gwen and Julia (Gwen's only playable if the protag has reached phase 2), a little, much anticipated surprise for those who beat the dungeon and play through Julia's after work event unlocked by doing so. A new item has been introduced in Athena's shop in San Bahia, A rework of the system where you can pay to respawn bosses early. (Now bosses who have already respawned will be removed from the list to avoid wasting money), And a 2nd Bus stop to San Bahia has been added near the player's house for your convenience.
V9: A new dungeon, New After Work events with Gwen and Julia (Need to reach phase 2 for Julia's), And some bugfixes.
V10: A new dungeon and new after work events with Lani and Athena
V11: An expansion on Squarecorp. (Must play through Lani's after work events to unlock) New After Work events for Gwen, Julia and Lani. A new "Costumes" feature with unlockable alternates, and some bugfixes.
V12: A new dungeon, New After Work events for Lani and Athena, now able to access the San Bahia Movie Theater
V13: An expansion on the Bimbo dungeon.New Costumes open for purchase. (Talk to the shopkeeper in the town square) New after work events for Lani and Manny. A new cutscene setting up the past 3 dungeons. (Sets up Holidayland, The Futa Academy and the Bimbo expansion) will play for any players who's beaten the Casino)
V14: A new dungeon. (One with a... few suprises within), New after work events with Gwen and Athena, A new costume, And a... few more new things you'll have to see for yourself.
V15: Phase 3, a LARGE amount of new content you'll have to play to see, and new after work events for Julia and Athena.
V16: A new dungeon, New after work & submission events for Julia, Manny & Marie, New BDSM scenes in the basement for Gwen & Julia, A new way of gaining attacks exclusive to the domme route. (Visit the Core Tower)
V17: A new dungeon, Setup for the next arc, New after work events for both Gwen & Athena in both routes , You can now start a romance with Athena, 2 journals (1 only accessable in domme route) have been added to the bedroom, allowing players to repeat after work events, AND see them early without accessing their effects, The massage table has been made interactable in the basement
V18: A new dungeon, After Work Events & Submission scenes for Lani and Magnus, Can now start a romance with Lani, New BDSM scenes (Including the newly added queening stool, and including Lani in all past options, New Music Added to Maid Cafe, Multiple Bugfixes
V19: A new dungeon, (Jasmine's Convention), Optional costumes for MORE than just your MC, but the other party members as well, After Work Events for Lani and Athena (Both romantic and platonic), New submission events for Gwen, Julia, Lani, Manny, Magnus AND Athena, New BDSM scenes (Including the newly added X cross, AND including Athena if your romance has gotten to that point with her), Multiple Bugfixes (Warning: Old saves are not compadible with this version, sorry)
V20: New dungeon. (Mika's Shrine), New outfit for purchase at the shop for the protag, New after work events for Gwen & Athena (both romantic & platonic), New Submission events for Gwen, Julia, Lani, Manny, Magnus and Athena, A new “break up” system has been added to the romance system. (Will occur if you lie to your romantic interests about having other people you’re in a romantic relationship with), The X cross is now usable in the basement, Bug fixes for the past 4 domme dungeons so they properly distribute the keys. (Just rebattle Crystal & Jasmine if you don't have their keys in your inventory.)
V21: New Dungeon (Team Domina Base) New After work events for both Julia and Athena (Both romantic and platonic, bringing an end to Athena's side route) New Submission events for Gwen, Julia, Lani, Manny, Magnus and Athena. The Bed is now usable in the basement. Bug and typo fixes.
V22: The Alpharena, a side story area to the game where players can take on arena challeneges. (There are 4 challenges that are to be unlocked across the story campeign. Players who have played through all content from all previous updates can access all 4, but those starting fresh will unlock them over the course of the story), A special superboss in the arena if you have all 4 of the dommes’ keys. (If any of their keys are missing from your inventory, simply rebattle them to obtain it), New After Work Events for Julia and Marie (Julia's coming to an end, now compleated at 10 entries), New submission events for EVERYONE, including Marie this time.
V23: A new dungeon. (Fairy Forest) (Must reach a certain point in Marie's after work events to unlock. 2 new after work events for Marie, and 1 for Gwen, finishing out her story. (Gwen having both romantic and platonic versions), New submission events for everyone. The Basement is now compleate, and new submission events for EVERYONE!
V24: A new Dungeon (The Temple of Man), A slight redesign to the dungeon menu to streamline it a bit, New After work events for Lani and Manny A new mechanic for Manny at the bar and the mystery shop, New Submission events for Gwen, Julia, Lani, Manny, Magnus and Athena, Fixes to the Alpharena to make the final cup more accessable, and Buffs to Camilla to make her boss fight even harder!
V25: A new dungeon (Mommy Clinic) New Submissions for EVERYONE (Including Marie), Lani's final after work event, New After Work event for Marie, Various Bugfixes
V26: Finished Marie's main route after work events, Finished Manny's After work events up until romance choice, Major rebalancing throughout the game, Added a secret stash of Black Bottles hidden in the game's opening, allowing players to use them to zoom through previously beaten content at their leasure when restarting from the beginning, Various bug and spelling corrections, Shortened the text for the Reset Ghost (Will need to hear the talk at least 1 more time, then never again.)
V27: Finished Manny's after work events and added his BDSM scenes, Magnus's after work events up till romance split, An expansion to the Monster Girl Dungeon (Succubus Helll), Rebuilt the game's progression and rebalanced the cast. (So... ya, no save transfer saved like last time, sorry, you will need to start over. Luckily the hidden black bottles in the intro should help players rush through old content faster), Added a new shop unlockable via Magnus's after work events., Other bug and spelling fixes.
V28 (Final) The final dungeon, Finished all submission events, Finished Magnus's After Work events., Added in 4 main endings.
V28.1 Bugfixes
Alright, I've played for a few hours, and completed about 4-6 dungeons, (Which are fairly small, which I don't mind.) so I figured I'd share my opinions.
Edit: Finished the game.
TL;DR: It's a good game, but it has some flaws that could have been fixed before calling it complete.
The Magical Camp Insperation is clear given some of the gameplay elements, which is nice (3 guesses as to why).
Some most of the enemies are damage sponges, especialy in the Squarecorp area (Hint: What're a Robots Weakness?). Luckily I found a hidden stash of "Kills any enemy" pills, otherwise I don't think I could have beaten that boss.
(Highlight with mouse to read location spoiler:[ In your fireplace]
The TFs are interesting. So far, they seem entirely missable/optional, as they're gained via In Dungeon Events, such as opening certian chests or going into a certian area, Talking to a NPC, or [Absorbing a Core].
So far, I've only noticed one typo, so that's good. Edit: Several more typos were spotted, as well as text being cut off by the edge of the screen/text box.
Honestly, so far, my only disapointment has been the lack of visual changes. Like, the Dialogue says the MC's hair has grown, or their face has become rounder and more feminine, but those aren't reflected in the character menu avatar, and i haven't found a Mirror type object to list the TFs I've gained. (Downstairs bathroom mirror. Still doesn't show any visual changes sadly.) It seems there were Plot reasons. Cool, glad to be proven wrong! (Though the Makeup TF sadly doesn't show any makeup outside of the cutscene it's gained in, despite being mentioned in the text.)
That said, maybe Magical Camp just spoiled me with how good it was?
Well, that and the fact that the battles are somewhat tedious, and don't give EXP, so it's better to avoid them when able.
Honestly, I wish this game had a "disable enemies" option like Magical Camp does, because Mommy Clinic was very anoying to get through. (it also has a NPC at the end that's glitched and unable to be interacted with.) (Succubus Cave in the monster swamp has a book on a table that has no hit box and can't be interacted with. Also, [Victoria's/Team Domina's Core] is unobtainable)
The Story is a slow burn, semi mystery, though you can figure stuff out in advance if you're paying atention and are smart/experianced enough.
The story is ALSO [A journy of self discovery of a closeted(even to themself) Trans Girl] which is rather uncommon from what i've seen on this site, so that makes me enjoy the story more than others.
The Characters are likeable,and have decent personalities.
Anyway, so far I'd give the game 8/10. It could use more polish, but what's there is fairly good. And it's a finished game! Those are rather uncommon.
I'll update this review when I've consumed more of the content. (I wish it had a Wiki, cause I want to know where to find the Basement Key. Edit: Found it. Unlocked via Party member interaction.)
Ps, during one of the after work events with julia, she shows the PC an anime with characters named: Kuroba,Akane,Sumire and Beniko. I've understood most of the reffrences so far (JJBA,MHA, and DemonSlayer based attacks) but I have no idea what this is reffrenceing. At first I thought it was Totaly Spies, but that's a western show. Could someone DM me the answer? I've tried googling the names, but got nothing. Is it a real anime, or did the dev make it up?
Edit: It's called "Radical Magic" based on the dialogue in the winter mountian area, and seems to be a Magical Girl Anime version of Totaly Spies.
Also, is the [Dildo Masterbation Scene] suposed to stay the same, or am I missing something? I [Absorbed a Core (Forgot which one, maybe Sand?)] that said it would effet it, but nothing changed no matter how many times I do it.
Honestly, I have to say this is the most infuriating game I've ever played on this site. Author has moved onto a second game, but this one isn't polished, and the gameplay itself is just...
I've never had an rpg maker game make me so angry. I get the idea that you're supposed to avoid enemies, that's fine, but there are areas where you cant' avoid them, and half the time they are immune to whatever you can do. Add onto that the ability of most of them to 4 shot your characters with low rolls, and it just isn't satisfying to play.
I didn't realise a game could have some of the most tedious coombat possible and SOMEHOW make it worse the farther in the game you get. The sheer amount of enemies that you aren't actually supposed to fight makes me actually want to pull my hair out as instead of this being an rpg game it's more like a shitty stealth game. Plot was interesting though, just wish the gameplay didn't make me want to have a tiny screen of subway surfers in the bottom right in order to not fall asleep while playing it.
Played through for like 12 hours... up to the middle of the next morning!
Did all current content, fml.
I am SO FREAKING TIRED now...
BUT!!! It was a good game, if a bit unfair at times. Kind of made me nostalgic for old SNES games with its unfairness in some places! Hypno-boss, and only character standing is the Protagonist bc I equipped her with the anti-status clothes.
Tournaments were a fun addition, even if the last "Legacy Cup" was just Protag vs four bosses at once, bc the others were all KO'd.
Despite the NSFW drawings, the content itself was remarkably tame... in most places...
Plot was minimal but engaging. I liked how you learned a bit here and there, rather than ginormous exposition dumps. You learned some key points, just by the characters' own actions and the situations they became embroiled in.
The writer seemed remarkably able to give their characters distinct personalities, and was remarkably inventive and innovative.
Very nice little game, despite its currently unfinished condition.
I am enjoying this game a lot, and followed updates up to the newest public version. I have to say, there's a lot I like, but a lot I think could be improved. I am a big fan of the dungeons, and the fact that you can easily avoid enemies if you wish, though some of them seem quite laggy, like the idol one and the mammary one. I also feel that the bad ends are a little lackluster. I like the custom art, but I feel that the content contained in the bad ends could go on for a few more lines each, particularly in the newer ones.
On the technical side, I noticed a new submission event for Athena was mentioned in v20, but there was no such event in the game when I tried to speak to her, after having finished all of her prior events before v20.
