Dorm Roach

Devlog

• Dorm Roach v0.3.7 (NPCs) now available!
  September 29, 2025 by VNDR

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  It's finally ready! This has been literal months of work and I'm so excited for you to see the result! You can download the public release version for free at https://vndrscale.itch.io/dorm-roach WARN... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log #10
  September 26, 2025 by VNDR

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  Even though I said my focus would be story and events for the next few weeks I decided to add a few more features. The biggest one is that NPCs will now be upset if you try to talk to them too often... Continue reading
• Dev Log #9
  September 12, 2025 by VNDR

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  No new build this week, I've mostly been squashing bugs and there's one tricky one I'd like to fix before releasing the final 0.3 test version. I've been fleshing out the NPCs a bit but mostly just th... Continue reading
• New testing version ready!
  September 04, 2025 by VNDR

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  The latest test build is available on my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/posts/138160614 This version will (hopefully) be the last test build before the v0.3 public release. NPCs are the big focus... Continue reading
• Dev Log #8
  August 29, 2025 by VNDR

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  I made a massive amount of progress on NPCs this week, the new socialising/chat minigame is almost complete! My brain is pretty fried after tackling it so this will be a pretty short dev log. The soci... Continue reading
• Dev Log #7
  August 23, 2025 by VNDR

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  I've been sick this week so not much progress. Ironing out the NPC framework is more complicated than I hoped and opening that can of worms with half a brain seemed risky. Rather than break everything... Continue reading
• Dev Log #6
  August 15, 2025 by VNDR

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  I made some good progress on adding Emily as an NPC this week but not enough for a new version. NPCs are still in a bit of a draft phase so a lot of what I'm doing is cleaning up my messy code so futu... Continue reading
• Another testing version!
  August 08, 2025 by VNDR

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  I didn't expect to have a new version ready so soon but all the framework building has paid off better than I hoped! This update adds Emily, the art student/streamer, along with her room. As always wi... Continue reading
• New testing version!
  August 01, 2025 by VNDR

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  A new test version is up on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/dorm-roach-v0-3-135434885 Hub locations now available! Travel to the laundry, bathroom, hall and common room. There are almost no... Continue reading
• Devlog #5
  July 24, 2025 by VNDR

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  First up, Itch.io is now hiding games tagged "adult" in their search results. The games are still available if you have a direct link, and you can still find those links with a Google search. If they... Continue reading
• Dev Log #4
  July 17, 2025 by VNDR

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  I only made minor changes to the game this week, just some basic bug fixes and cleaning up unnecessary code. Most of my time was spent drawing and doing some experiments with images and navigation usi... Continue reading

  
• Dev log #3
  July 10, 2025 by VNDR

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  I've been writing weekly dev logs on my Patreon but completely forgot to post them here! This week was mostly about play testing to find bugs so there aren't enough changes to release a new version. I... Continue reading
• New testing version available!
  July 04, 2025 by VNDR

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  The first build of the NPCs update is now available for testing on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/dorm-roach-v0-3-133307003... Continue reading
• New version!
  April 29, 2025 by VNDR

  The newest free release is here! Most of the changes were cleaning up my coding errors and adjusting game balance but there are two new events and a new room! CHANGELOG Added 'stuck in shoe' event Add... Continue reading