Karlsson's Gambit
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
Welcome all! I have uploaded now all versions of 0.7 on Itch! Thanks!
0.7 is the biggest update to date, with approximately 4,100 renders added on for your gaming enjoyment!
This is from my Patreon page, I hope you will take a look at it if you like the game! I usually do a lot of bonus images not part of the game every month, etc.
Current status as of 0.6 -- Roughly 13500 renders, playtime varies by choices/path but there are hours of replayability with choices. :) It's a long game with a lot of choices, so I do suggest making saves at some key choices at certain times. But use the provided walkthroughs to help you experience the game the way YOU want!
Patreon page link: Here
Discord link: Here
The setting and brief synposis:
In Karlsson's Gambit, you play as a male protagonist who has recently been arrested and sentenced to five years in prison. While in prison, he is approached by a mysterious woman who offers him an opportunity to work under a special program with one of the richest companies in the world, The Karlsson Group. This program will allow him to get out of his sentence in only six months instead of five long years...if he can survive and thrive.
Little does he know that he will be exposed to a far more dangerous and strange situation than he anticipated, as he will be exposed to a world of conflict, ambition, cruelty, passion, and of course sex.
Ok, that's great, but what kinks and themes are in this game???
Right up front, I won't violate Patreon terms so don't expect things that would be a problem for this site. (You know some typical ones I would mean...)
I also want to be right up front about the fact that this game will involve a number of very powerful and ambitious women that will have a great degree of control in the game. This is a game that will have many femdom themed kinks and scenes given the overall world, but it is not a 100% femdom game if a player does not want to only explore the submissive femdom routes. Alternative paths will allow a player to become more dominant with one or more girls, or even the entire situation if everything is played a certain way with choices. Above all, I want a player to be able to have real narrative choices that create a different story experience.
I don't want to spoil story too much with specific characters and their narrative arcs and motivations, but I hope you can explore the game and see the different types of people in this story!
So, some basic highlights and kinks of the game:
- Character choice based tracking over time on dominance/submission, good/evil, and specific relationships with other characters. Certain characters will also have natural tendencies for specific character tracks and be attracted to a dominant or submissive male character (or good or evil), and some - but not all - of them will be able to be influenced to change their initial desires and motivations.
- Lighter femdom kinks for the more gentle submissive types, both for the male character and other male and female characters as well
- Harsher and more extreme femdom on a separate choice track over time for the main and other characters (avoidable by choices and be warned, some of the characters in this game will be very dark and evil, but of course there will be good and pure characters as well!) I really want to warn those that might be sensitive to harsher cruelty to avoid this track as it may be too much for some people!
- Male domination path for those players more inclined to want to try and survive and thrive in an environment where mistakes can cost you. There are ways for the main protagonist to "win" in more ways than one.
I don't want to spoil too many images, so let me list some additional kinks I am planning, but keep in mind the following: while I have an idea what I want for the overall narrative and choices, it is actually YOU, the Patreons that can influence me to specific kinks and ideas of other types of scenes you want over time. I have very concrete and specific ideas, but also am quite open to the people with great ideas that would be supporting this game! I actually believe that while the main endings I have in mind will likely be mostly intact, I also have a feeling there will be some great ideas from Patrons that will make the journey there different in ways I don't see as I write this today.
Planned additional kinks/themes: (trying to be generalized here, as I have so many ideas on specific kinks within a general area and want to have some surprises!)
- Dominant track over time for male domination, both lighter and a little stronger
- Lesbian content (normal and dom/sub)
- Single romance possibilities
- Harem possibility
- Ability to play selected moments/scenes as family/friends (you can personally name your main character and your friends/family to make it more customized to your liking) with choices that may impact the main character later
I don't want to spoil much more, but let's move to a few last questions!
How often will you update the game?
Now this is a really loaded question, especially with the situation with the world right now, but the honest truth is that I do have a small business that keeps me pretty busy. However, this does allow me at times to have some flexibility to have a free day or two to work on the game. Now, I really enjoy what I do and make a pretty good living, but I am very passionate about creating this story too! My goal initially is probably roughly every two months, but I am so new to this and I want to be sure each release is good in quality, rather than being rushed out to make a specific time. So two months is my goal but please don't always count on it as life can throw curve balls! If I feel it is taking way too long, I will pause billing at some point to the next update. I don't want to rip off anyone or make people feel bad about supporting me!
I CAN promise that I will always work super hard to give you a good value to the best of my ability!
Why should I become a Patreon?
If you enjoy what I create, I hope you will consider it! The most typical expense is just buying the assets needed to create pictures and scenes for the story! Some of them are $50 to use in a commercial game as a licensed asset, so they really add up! I also someday would like to be able to upgrade my computer as it's a limited GPU (6 GB only) and this has limited my ability to create exactly what I want with each picture.
Above all though, if you enjoy what I am creating, I would greatly appreciate if you would consider being a Patron. Even the smallest donation is 100% appreciated by me, and I promise to strive to give each and every person good value for their commitment to me! Thank you so much for reading my page and please enjoy yourselves!
Thank you!
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $9.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
Development log
- Public Update Episode 839 days ago
- New Awesome Game Bundle 5 games for 1 great price!May 21, 2023
- 0.7B Karlsson's Gambit Out! (PC/Android)May 12, 2023
- Regarding 0.7 (save errors)May 06, 2023
- 0.7FinalA Version Available! (Major New Release!)May 05, 2023
- New Awesome Game Bundle 3 for 1!Apr 29, 2023
- Added a new relationship chart for Karlsson's Gambit!Jun 26, 2022
- Karlsson's Gambit 0.6 available for all versions! (PC/Mac/Android)Jun 22, 2022
Comments
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The main download does not work? It doesn't start it just keeps processing
Last devlog from May...? Is this still being updated?
Hi there!
I actually update my Patreon page every single Sunday without fail and Discord pretty often as well, but you've made me think I probably should update Itch once in a while! I am currently crossing 2,000 renders for Episode 8 as of about today, and just grinding on it, thanks!
When i download the 7z folder for the pc version i get the error when trying to open it with 7zip. Dunno if the 7z folder is broken or if im doing something wrong, but other 7z folders i have work perfectly fine.
nevermind i got it my browser was being a lil stupid when downloading it
For andriod users.
Once you download the APK. The APK will automatically create the Wills747 document folder in your internal storage.
Inside this 📂 folder, you will see the game folder, click on that and click the subfolder called "Game" this is where you will move the archive.rpa to for the game to work.
Be sure to use the search bar
Download the archive.rpa, move this item to the "Wills747 📂, Karlsson's Gambit Folder 📂, Game folder" after you are done the game will work.
In total you will have to open 3 folders 📂. Please reply if this step by step instructions help.
I just figured it out myself as of 11/11/2023.
Oh my goodness, this looks so helpful! I am not an Android (or even a tech person really) user, so a huge thank you as this will help people!
No problem
Just got to the part where I learned that the Dev is a female FinDom in real life and I'm just absolutely blown away. LOVE! LOVE! LOVE THIS! Wish it was in her profile because it lends so much authenticity to her writing. I'm a service top, myself, and a very, very, very long way from a professional and the facts that she puts in the huge amount of effort to allow the game to be played in a style which isn't even her kink is pretty freaking awesome! I'd love animations, a little more detail and, possibly, some control, in the sex scenes, but I feel churlish even typing that. This one is right up there with Eternum and Harem Hotel for pure story and writing.
Beyond that, it's going to have 15 different possible endings based on dozens upon dozens of options. Maybe throw in a couple that result in death and force a restart? Just a thought, your game and it's awesome! It's so good I'm on my 5th page of notes trying to figure the story out. There's maybe 5 games I've taken notes on and none that came close to 5 pages yet. Usually I stop when I realize it doesn't really matter to the result. WELL DONE!
FYI Grym, When I went to rate, I couldn't find your game in my Recent Downloads, even though I only did it 4 days ago. And on your Patreon, you didn't come up in a message search. I'm thinking maybe you can block messages from non-members, which I can understand in this day and age, but the result was "No results found for "Grym Gudinna Games";" not "Dev limits private messaging to paying members." Seems like something like that would be better.
AFYI - I'm currently unemployed and I've sworn off paying any money for games right now, but I'll get a membership as soon as I'm employed again and have paid off $50k in short term debt. Your level of effort definitely deserves to be rewarded.
And I just took a peek at a walkthrough and discovered that, even with a full, VERY detailed w/t (Thank you, Zoey Raven, https://www.patreon.com/zoeyraven!) you still won't know what some of your results will be unless you manually track the points your getting assigned regarding how people feel about you. You know, kind of like reality, where there are no cheat codes other than "Be born to the uber rich." She makes you work for every advantage in figuring it out and, somehow, I love that! Maybe there's a bottom in me somewhere after all.
Thank you for the kind words! I think for Patreon, adult games are not "searchable" a certain way but I'm not sure. Adult games usually need to be a Google search like Patreon/game name but not in Patreon I think...
And yes, Zoey Raven is basically the most awesome person with support for games and not to mention a game dev as well! People should check out that link for sure!
And being blunt, please don't strain your own finances for my (or any other dev's) game, real life should always take precedence. I've in fact paused Patron billing for a month myself about I think three times when I felt I wasn't working quickly enough (my sense of honor about valuing what people pay for, etc.) and I am sensitive to financial reality for all people. I have a very good full-time business (which is why in a bad way I can't work full-time on the game at warp speed) and other side income, so I am not dying to eat from this game or anything, so kind words are just as great to me! Thank you!
Thanks again, I appreciate you!
I can not get this to work. It keeps telling me I need to download an rpa file in addition to the main file. So I download the rpa file, but then it says that I don't have an app to open an rpa file. So, I download one, but it still won't open/run the file. This is BS. How about just making a simple single downloadable file that enables you to load and run the game - just like nearly every other game out there. And to think I even paid money for this hassle.
According to the person who helped me make this port, it has to be done this way due to the size/file restrictions. I have zero tech background so I don't really understand file management and use other people for this task.
Just msg me for a refund, more than happy to do it if you are having trouble. I also can see how many downloads worked prior over the last year for these same exact files with only one complaint - indicating it's not a widespread metric/issue - and I've just confirmed with about five people before responding with the same files that they had no problems, so I'm not sure what's unique to your situation. Just post/send me your purchase e-mail/username and I'll try to remedy/refund.
Thank you for your kind response. I was a bit frustrated when I posted that, and I'd like to apologize for being so rude. I'll try it again when I have some time, then if I still can't figure it out I'll let you know. Thanks again.
For the Android version, you need to download and install the Apk and then you need to add the archive.rpa to /Documents/Willis747/game directory.
I paid for this game (it actually says so in the heading), but I have no access to the latest download.
Hi which version do you need, I think they all work ok? (I tested the links last week but will try again) You can also contact me on Discord on my server directly as well.
ok great, glad you got it thhanks!
Hi. I recently downloaded your game but it didn't arrive as a zip file and the download doesn't have an .exe file to run it. Can you help?
Hi which version did you download? If PC, the files are in the 7z format, which is a zip file format from 7zip, which I think can be found at 7-zip.org and can be unzipped with that program.
Thank you.
i bought the game and tried to download twice and it crashed my computer both times
Can you contact me on Discord if possible, and which version/file did you download? I just tested each file again and they work here, so not sure what is happening.
I'm not a native English speaker so I can not play this game very well.I was wondering maybe you can make a chinese version?Chinese people can play it and share it with friends
I would so wish for a translation in Chinese, I even wanted to write Chinese dialogue with English subtitles too with one character at the start of Episode 7 as another little thing to show Olivia was exposed to/understands Chinese given her early life at the temple. (the character with little Olivia at the start at the temple)
I dawloaded the main fipe and the small file, then what? I cant play bro.. i just buyed the game :(
You can try and backup file too as another option (make sure Android) but if you have further trouble, please go on my Discord, there is an Android expert that helps out on there and you can write me directly there. (just ask anyone on server how to contact me and/or ask for Android help)
So I'm not big into the Femdom kink but I have to say? This is, by far, probably the BEST adult game I have ever played! The storytelling is phenomenal, the characters are so complex and elaborate with all their own unique personalities, the plot and how the story unfolds is a masterpiece!
Most of the time, I'll read the stories for the first 20 minutes, get bored then just skip to the choices but with this? I want to read every single line, analyze every single choice carefully and weigh ALL of the possibilities of every outcome because there are so many different story factors at play with every choice! It's really made me feel completely invested in the story, not just "ooh sexy times with the redhead" or anything like that but "Well, if I side with her, it will negatively affect this other one but benefit the third one, but she's allied with the fourth and against the first, but it will benefit me personally." And the impact I feel with every choice of "Do I want short-sighted gratification or do I want to play the long-con" has me addicted!
You could EASILY sell this game for $60 and I would still have bought it instantly! Aside from the obviously sexual content, this is the storytelling, plot, complexity and character depth of some of the best Triple A games I've ever played! Thank you so much for this masterpiece!
Thank you so much for the kind words! My main goal with the game was to try and let have players have fun making choices and feeling like they have some real agency in what happens (15 endings when the game is over, although honestly 15 endings aren't totally 15 unique ones, but closer to 5-6 with some variations with romance/outcomes with other characters too.) in the story. It's a LOT of work to do both dom and sub variations, but I wanted that kind of story with different outcomes.
I am glad you had a lot of fun :)
Maybe I have a weak phone and therefore the game crashes immediately after installing both files
Tell me who is playing through the phone tell me which phones you are playing through?
Hi there if you can get on Discord there is a phone expert can help but it has to be Android smartphone, game does not work iPhone
Hi all!
Please be nice on here, she is laughing her ass off about this, but it's more work for me to have to moderate so much. :(
If anyone has real questions, u can write me at Mistress Anais on our discord, thank you :)
Hello, why are such difficulties needed with the new version, why is it impossible to launch the previous version?
You can write me (My name is Anais I am managing the page right now) or Mistress Tess directly on Discord or Patreon if you are having trouble. I'm not sure why you would be having trouble unless you used outside mods beforehand. Using a mod and then saving with it enabled can cause compatibility issues with the next update. But each update was tested quite a bit to work with clean versions of prior saves/updates and they worked?
Hello for the game will anyone create Maud
What is the game % of concluded? Is ended?
Hard to say exactly, but I would say roughly a bit more than halfway.
Окспасибо
Hi can you give a link to your channel in discord
https://discord.com/invite/teSFQa6
Привет увас есть канал на дискорде
Hi you need a program called 7Zip, it's a type of zip file that can be unzipped to the normal files. Please write me directly on my Discord if you have major problems, thank you!
thanks for the speedy reply figured it out and am back in this amazing game. keep up the amazing work GrymGudinnaGames!
And one more question can I find out who is Elena's son?
Hi, I can ask you, it's very interesting to find out who is the girl who is talking to the queen of the gambit, I guess who it is, but you yourself could tell who she is
Ah, you may have to wait for that answer because it's a spoiler :)
And do you mean at temple or at boat?
But I think I leave clues in game.
Can you tell me who is the girl who is talking to the girl on the boat
Вы не понимаете русскии язык?
I apologize for any deletion of non-English comments, but I have no way of knowing if it's offensive or somehow something Itch might frown upon, etc.
привет можно узнать кто является сыном елены ?
I'm sorry but I can't understand Russian? and have to delete non-English. If someone can help me translate, I would be more open.
Hi Tess, just google "Russian to English." Then copy and paste the Russian text and it will give you the English translation.
I'm loving episode 7 so far for the dom route. It feels like the culmination of anticipating so much for most of episodes 1-6.
Thank you for the kind words! I've honestly been kind of waiting for "Kane" to get into this path a bit more as he had to kind of wait a bit in the story. Glad you are having fun :)
привет а вы не владеете русским языком?
Hi, fantastic femdom game. One of if not the best i've ever played. I've gone through it a few times for the different routes and the only thing i say is lacking is the dom route, i feel like the dom route kinda skims through the chapters with not as many unique femdom/dom/sex scenes then just fucking the staff. I would like to see a path that screws over the sister either with a dom brother that wants payback or the sisters overthrowing her because she's too submissive or indecisive and way to have the sister counter it. Its just a critique/suggestion, keep up the amazing game i cannot wait for the next update.
Thank you for the kind words, I am more than happy to get suggestions/comments about anything (I get a lot of them believe me especially on Discord msgs haha!)! It is quite a challenge doing two independent paths but I am trying to consider more dom suggestions as the original outline of the game was femdom, but I really wanted the type of game where the protagonist (Kane) could have unique endings with a different style of personality.
Hello Tess, you can publish the game for Android without compressing, or give the name of a good application to uncompress since the one I have and finish uncompressing, it shows that there is an error and it does not allow the game to be installed
I don't have an Android but I am asking others that have it to check into for me, did you try the other backup file too? (some users told me the first extra download had issues but the second one worked)
Hey Jess, wanted to let you know that I was a bit disappointed in the male dom route in the last update, the guy we cuck did get to lick the pussy of the girls and that did seem kinda beta for us to even allow the girls to use him...... I dislike any kind of sexual contact of a girl I will fuck with any other male, so I hope thats the last time and won't happen in future scenes, as someone that enjoy the male dom route only... I certainly don't want to see any other guy even touch a hair of a girl I will fuck, have some kind of relationship or something like that.
Did not find you on any discords I am and I deleted my account from that cuckzone site... so wanted to give you my 2cents here at least.
Regards ;)
Tess haha, but it's ok :) Hmm, with what you said, it's hard in the sense that the specific Celeste path is about the betrayal of their "relationship" but at least it's an optional path? Maybe if that specific path bothers you, try and avoid it as there's plenty of other women for dom Kane to err enjoy. :)
There are a few different harems possible long-term but it sounds like that specific one (Alessandra/Celeste) might not agree with you, but some others won't really have a man to "torment" as that's not the intent of those harems. For example, anything involving say Dominique long-term is unlikely to involve anything but female subs. Hope this helps!
My bad, Tess xD, what I did mean is that I don't enjoy seeing anyone else touch a girl that I'm going to fuck or be in some kind of relationship with, that did seem kind of beta behavior from the mc to lets those girls use the guy that was caged (even if he only licked them in a humiliating way).... also it was a huge turn-off, I prefer any sex scene be only centered in the mc (after all is male dom path, not a mix or whatever was that scene.) I did think he was only there to watch, not participate in any way...
Just giving you my 2cents on this since I enjoy the male dom path, in the end, is your game and I'm just giving you my opinion, anyway thanks for the reply ;)
Ps: guess will avoid those 2 then xD
I've purchased the game here and really, really would love to get the MAC version of the game. Is there a way to get it without Patreon? That'd really would be great
Do you have the ability to get on Discord? If you can, I might be able to link you the full MAC version...
Thank you very much for your fast reply! :) Yes, getting on Discord shouldn't be a problem.
Ok if you can find my Discord it's best let me get an invite link...
https://discord.gg/e5eWnsYA
Thank you very much. I'm on Discord as Frank_NBG as well.
Sorry to bother you again, but now that I'm on Discord, is there any way to get to the MAC version of the game?
Can you find my discord name? On the KG server, I am Mistress Tess :) Or post somewhere in the general channel that you are frank or something and @MistressTess
I think I found you, but helpful if you confirm.
Привет а у игры есть мод версия?
Sorry can't understand this :(
Мод версия это типа где правильные ответы на вопросы обозначены зеленым цветом
Message states 0.7 final version is now available on Itch. I don't see version 0.7 here at itch anywhere. The only download link is for version 0.62 still.
Give it two days, I posted a new msg that I had to fix the save system, but it should be up very soon :)
Ok thanks for the reply.
less than 24 hours for PC/Android 0.7, I am having trouble compressing a Mac version under 4GB (max size limit) so perhaps Mac users will need to write me directly or go to Patreon for full size version, which is about 13GB.
will this game ever be on steam ??
Yes now that 1-7 will be done, a pack called Season 1 will be created and I will try and figure out how to do Steam, but this will take some time.
any news on the upcoming release ? :)
I have a public post on Patreon, I am days away from releasing a Test Version on there. After that, I get a little feedback from the high tiers and make some minor tweaks/corrections and release a Final Version there. Then, I can usually at that point work on PC/Mac versions for Itch, but for mobile I need to use someone else (I am not tech person) to help me, so there is often a small delay for that specific version. Also, Itch has a 4GB size limit, so I have to create a compressed version of the release to fit. (Main full scale version is over 10GB). Hope this helps!
привет можно спросить когда игра будет доступна примерное время можешь назватт
I have criticized many creators over the years for the price of their games.'
All I can say to you is this... "What an incredibly low price for so much content in such an excellent body of work."
Oh thank you, that's very kind :) I am super lucky that I make a good income already outside the game, so this helps with pricing...but it also slows me down with updates because I don't work full-time on the game so it's a trade off. Thank you!
Hello, I'm not able to make payment in Patreon. Something to do with guidelines. Any suggestions to be a patreon member in any other way please.
Hmm what kind of guidelines, based on your region? A few areas have a hard time using Patreon. If you find the Discord server, I may be able to help more directly too.
yep based on region. Let me ping you on Discord.
Hi! Just was wondering any plans on a Steam release in the future?
Hi Bunny,
Yes, but I am sad to admit that I don't anything about Steam so will have to enlist some real help there! I am going to look at this after releasing Episode 7.
Ah i understand! Well please keep the page updated!! Im following and hope you can figure it out! Game looks great!!
привет спасибо большое за такую хорошую игру она нам очень понравилось да жаль мы не узнали кто те девушки в масках в пред версии и еше есть вопрос что такое Steam?
привет очень хорошая игра ждем 07версию можно узнать когда будет в обшем доступно а не только на патреоне и еше хотелось бы узнать что случилось с миром ато говорят велики крах но интересно бвло бы узнать как мир стал таким
Sorry I can't understand this, I speak a bit of other languages, but not what looks like Russian... :(
привет прости я хотел спросить когда версия 0.7 будет доступна для скачивания
еше хотелосьбы узнать что случилось с землеи иза чего на земле остались только несколько городов
is the game dead ?
0.7 is almost done, it's about 3400 renders. It will show up on Patreon first as a Test Version to work out some kinks/issues.
ok thx
Awesome 🙏
You've done a great job with this game so far.