This is by far one of my favorite VN's. I don't care what ANY hater says, there was so much put into this that's just amazing! The creative storytelling, the thoughtful insight into the advent of AI, the ethical conversations, all of it just makes me happy! I have been working on my own AI (not going so well T.T ), and this VN has not only given me insight, but ideas to implement for the direction I want to go with it.
Thank you for being so f*cking awesome, digi_b!
To all those having issues downloading: I use OperaGX browser, and have no problems with any downloads or download times. The download throttling of other browsers is non-existent with OperaGX (Literally designed for gamers and programmers. It's pretty awesome!).
Don't listen to the one angry stick up the ass basement dweller ranting in the comments.
This story is absolutely badass. The comedy, emotion, serious, and action are all properly tuned to their respective needs throughout it.
It's rare you get a solid mix of everything working beautifully together. Story is cohesive and (as I have seen) doesn't contain any holes or inconsistencies. Dialogue is smooth and naturally flowing throughout all characters and events. Timetable and flow of passing situations and events are all properly handled. You don't feel at many (if any) points that things are going too slow/fast or not making sense.
All involved characters, even side characters have a solid investment to the world building and main casts progression. The cast of Li's so far in these 6 chapters have been handled perfectly. From lesser to mains, each one has an appropriate level of building, backstory, development with the MC and attachment to the story. I have yet to see a single character where I wondered why they were there, or had to wonder "who" they were for any kind of relevancy.
MC is quite expertly handled with a solid mix of personality and trauma. Neither one overshadows the other or causes those jarring moments where you would want something handled in a different manner. His traumas naturally affect the story in appropriate places while still allowing for signs of growth and connection, whereas his personality never feels too overbearing in the "super nice/smart/badass" tropes main characters tend to fall into.
Even the antagonists are pretty finely tuned. You get a solid justification in their existence, reasoning for being the "bad guy" that makes sense, and sufficient reason for you yourself to dislike them, but are still given a real sense of humanity in the *why* of their position.
There is also a good amount of realization in the need for additional playthroughs as choices have a solid logic behind affecting future interactions and situations. You'll begin to realize mistakes made, things to say or do differently for one character in how it affects another and so on. Most of all so far, IT MAKES SENSE when those situations do come up.
Overall, excellent game and well worth playing through/following.
Just finished chapter 6. I really enjoy this story for its sincerity, sense of humor, and wholesome degeneracy. I appreciate the thoughtful approach toward technology and its role in our lives, and I think the narrative does a decent job of showing the upshot of radical technological advancement. Too many sci-fi stories focus on the darkness inherent in specific scientific and philosophical ideas. It's nice to see how technology can help to bring out the best in us.
I have to start by being honest, I have played a metric shit load of games to include almost all highly rated AVNs but I very very very rarely write anything about them because I feel like the dev's work will shine for itself or won't For that reason, I rarely pay much attention to what others write because I feel like it is important to make your own decisions and not allow other to decide for you if you will or won't like something. I am not your average gamer though to be fair, I am a disabled combat veteran and ex-cop / detective and as such, my analytical thinking is different from a lot of other gamers so I usually avoid delving into these types of conversations. That all being said Artemis is absolutely deserving of my special attention as I think this dev has been doing an very stand out and amazing job not only with their graphics and animations which are in most cases above the average for AVNs but for the absolute depth of the story which makes this game more than a game but an actual journey, I don't even know if you can romance all the girls without penalty or not because this story MADE me want to put all my focus on Kindra because of the arc I felt myself going in even though other girls are certainly available. I didn't want to risk a future relationship with her. If the dev can clear that up for me I would be grateful. But to be honest, having the sex scenes with Kindra were really just a bonus to the story because the story in and of itself is just that compelling to me. I expect great things from this dev and trully hope they keep up this great work.
I finished the new update and I loved it. Artemis has been in my top 10 for quite a while and I'm already itching for the next update! Alas I will have to be patient because if anything you have shown that being patient for your updates is well worth it for the quality of work that comes out of it. good job on this update a masterpiece as always!
Hey Dev, my purchased download is failing at 1.8 gb mark of the total download on the downloader page. Would like to play the new released chapter. Hope to see this issue resolved soon. Thank you.
I'm going to take a guess and say that we won't be seeing Chapter 6 until next week, at the same time (April 14th) that the T-800 Patreon members get their patch release. I wouldn't object to being surprised though.
paid the 10 for 5.1 but that was over a year ago i love the game i won't hold on to the game much longer one of a few games that seem to take for ever for updates.
The game is still being developed. digi.B posted last month on Discord about why there have been no new updates for over 12 months. Essentially, their mother's cancer got worse in early '24 and they had to prioritise her health over anything else.
I call BS! Just look at the time frame between the release of chapters 4 and 5 - 13 months - and that was before the mother's cancer excuse. 13 months is unacceptable. Now the next chapter's release is even longer. Stop peddling excuses. Over a year for a chapter isn't reasonable, let alone acceptable.
Whatever money digi b has made he's made, and now he cares little for the project. Hence the snail's pace. Next excuse we'll be hearing is how the dog ate his hard drive that had all of his current chapter's work on it.
never in my life have I seen someone so mad over a gooner game like you the mans mom has cancer and all you care about is his game holy you're a horrible person
Way to miss the point retard. digi b slow-rolled the chapter 5 release too, and that was before his mom's alleged cancer. He provided an excuse for that too.
It just comes down to whether one believes the excuse by the dev or not. Some folks will naively believe whatever they're told... and you're one of them.
Dude, take it from some random guy online. You're a complete fucking twat, stop fapping to drawings and go get some fucking perspective. "UH MUH GAWD HE TAKIN 2 LONG I NED MAH CARTOON PORN" seriously? get outta here..
Let me preface this by saying that I am presently here to find updates on why the next release is taking this long, so other than that, I have no agenda.
That being said, I believe from what is stated here that Digi's mom has cancer and is getting worse, so they have to focus on that. Okay, so what proof do you have that Digi is lying besides thinking they lied about a previous excuse as well? Do you understand that an unproven lie in one instance is not enough to establish a pattern? To start thinking the man is lying?
Lastly, and maybe this is semantics and I am not trying to be argumentative over something that might be perceived as picky, but it's either 'lies' or 'excuses'. Pick one. You keep calling it ''excuses'' but you don't think Digi is telling the truth, which by default makes his statement lies rather than excuses.
What proof do we have that digi b is telling the truth?
Two slow rolls with an excuse provided for both instances is now a pattern.
I say "excuses" because digi b has provided excuses on both occasions as to why he's slow rolling the release of his work. In what I've previously posted on the issue it's implicit that I believe he's lying. It didn't needed to be stated to draw that conclusion. And, yes, you're arguing semantics.
You do reazlies he only said his mofher canced got worst not she just got it. Maybe the reason its been slow is because she been dealing with cacner before he started the game?
I agree with Deus2980! It's so good other games are pirating characters for spots in their games! Artemis was featured in Chasing Sunsets! A very respectful spot to be sure! I am not the only fan out here waiting for the next chapter, or chapters, to drop! Keep up the great work digi_b! I LOVED how someone got her upcummins... Burnt fingers to boot!!! The idea of the window toss was a sick but effective fantasy too!! LOL...
This is just the best game ever! It's like I watched the top and coolest show for the first time in my life! Or like I read the most fucking awesome comic book ever! I went through the game in one breath in just 3 days (until the last released chapter at this point). And it was so fast paced and now really really really really want the sequel. I'm especially interested in how the story with Artemis will play out next. My best and favorite characters are Artemis and Zelda (she's just so damn pretty and cute, something that was missing in this kind of games). and of course Kindra. And also June liked and in general here all the characters are incredible and the story itself is just a bomb. It is worth noting the beautiful drawing of characters, especially Artemis with Zelda and visualizations of photomontage (if I call it right?). Digi.b is now my favorite game developer. I promise in the future as money will appear I will throw a couple of donations for support and support in every way possible in the future and will certainly be looking forward to the continuation of this exciting and romantic story. Eh too bad the chapters ended so quickly..... But I got a lot of positive emotions from the passage, which I have not experienced for a long time.
P.S This was written with the help of a translator, but I hope digi.b will read and hear my wishes, feedback and understand my translation.
With great love from Russia, your dear fan)))) Love you
Hey just a question can I find a link to the playlist somewhere? Some of the tracks go fucking hard and I would like to add them to my collection. So can I maybe download it somewhere?
The thing is, the Song's from Ingame are not Named with their Original Songname's, the Song's got all Renamed. But i was able to Unpack the Music Package so i can Access to every Song they Used Ingame. All i can Offer, is Sending the Song's One by One somewher
Got this one steam. But wow, amazing work. I don't think I've read anything else with such a likeable group of characters. Really high quality design as well.
decided to replay the game again since it's probably my favourite AVN and was wondering: will this be a single partner ending type of game or is there going to be a end-game harem route?
Paid the full $10 ? if so scroll up hit the download button next to where it says that you purchased the game for $10 you'll have three download options choose the third one that says 0.5.1b
Just a heads up that the 0.5.1b build didn't run on my macOS Monterey. I had to put it into Ren'Py and create a new Mac build before it would go. NOT complaining, mind you. It was a great release and, man, Artemis herself is just incredibly written as a character. I just love what you do.
For anyone wanting to know how to do this, you have to download the Ren'Py Visual novel engine here Then once you have that running click to create a new project in an empty folder. Then copy the folders game, lib and renpy from the Zip folder you downloaded from this site into this empty folder. Then click Launch Project in the Ren'Py engine and it should launch Artemis.
This worked for me. Thank you. I have MacOS Sonoma 14.6.1 and the 0.5.1b build would not open for me. I followed your instructions by downloading Ren'Py, creating a new project, and then transferring those 3 items, then launching the project and it worked.
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This is by far one of my favorite VN's. I don't care what ANY hater says, there was so much put into this that's just amazing! The creative storytelling, the thoughtful insight into the advent of AI, the ethical conversations, all of it just makes me happy! I have been working on my own AI (not going so well T.T ), and this VN has not only given me insight, but ideas to implement for the direction I want to go with it.
Thank you for being so f*cking awesome, digi_b!
To all those having issues downloading: I use OperaGX browser, and have no problems with any downloads or download times. The download throttling of other browsers is non-existent with OperaGX (Literally designed for gamers and programmers. It's pretty awesome!).
Don't listen to the one angry stick up the ass basement dweller ranting in the comments.
This story is absolutely badass. The comedy, emotion, serious, and action are all properly tuned to their respective needs throughout it.
It's rare you get a solid mix of everything working beautifully together. Story is cohesive and (as I have seen) doesn't contain any holes or inconsistencies. Dialogue is smooth and naturally flowing throughout all characters and events. Timetable and flow of passing situations and events are all properly handled. You don't feel at many (if any) points that things are going too slow/fast or not making sense.
All involved characters, even side characters have a solid investment to the world building and main casts progression. The cast of Li's so far in these 6 chapters have been handled perfectly. From lesser to mains, each one has an appropriate level of building, backstory, development with the MC and attachment to the story. I have yet to see a single character where I wondered why they were there, or had to wonder "who" they were for any kind of relevancy.
MC is quite expertly handled with a solid mix of personality and trauma. Neither one overshadows the other or causes those jarring moments where you would want something handled in a different manner. His traumas naturally affect the story in appropriate places while still allowing for signs of growth and connection, whereas his personality never feels too overbearing in the "super nice/smart/badass" tropes main characters tend to fall into.
Even the antagonists are pretty finely tuned. You get a solid justification in their existence, reasoning for being the "bad guy" that makes sense, and sufficient reason for you yourself to dislike them, but are still given a real sense of humanity in the *why* of their position.
There is also a good amount of realization in the need for additional playthroughs as choices have a solid logic behind affecting future interactions and situations. You'll begin to realize mistakes made, things to say or do differently for one character in how it affects another and so on. Most of all so far, IT MAKES SENSE when those situations do come up.
Overall, excellent game and well worth playing through/following.
Totally worth the wait. And now I can't wait for the next update. Donated some more cash.
Just finished chapter 6. I really enjoy this story for its sincerity, sense of humor, and wholesome degeneracy. I appreciate the thoughtful approach toward technology and its role in our lives, and I think the narrative does a decent job of showing the upshot of radical technological advancement. Too many sci-fi stories focus on the darkness inherent in specific scientific and philosophical ideas. It's nice to see how technology can help to bring out the best in us.
P.S. Kendra is best gurl
Can't download 6.1; the download site is bad.
It always stops at 260 megabytes.
please upload to another site.
theres google, mega or dropbox available.
even if the first two are often at their limit, I'd get it eventually.
If you're using Firefox or a derivative, try using Brave or another Chrome derivative. Firefox always failed for me after a few 100MBs
No I'm not switching browsers!
having more then one d/l location is a good idea, even when the first one isn't bad, like this wetransfer.com is!
I have to start by being honest, I have played a metric shit load of games to include almost all highly rated AVNs but I very very very rarely write anything about them because I feel like the dev's work will shine for itself or won't For that reason, I rarely pay much attention to what others write because I feel like it is important to make your own decisions and not allow other to decide for you if you will or won't like something. I am not your average gamer though to be fair, I am a disabled combat veteran and ex-cop / detective and as such, my analytical thinking is different from a lot of other gamers so I usually avoid delving into these types of conversations. That all being said Artemis is absolutely deserving of my special attention as I think this dev has been doing an very stand out and amazing job not only with their graphics and animations which are in most cases above the average for AVNs but for the absolute depth of the story which makes this game more than a game but an actual journey, I don't even know if you can romance all the girls without penalty or not because this story MADE me want to put all my focus on Kindra because of the arc I felt myself going in even though other girls are certainly available. I didn't want to risk a future relationship with her. If the dev can clear that up for me I would be grateful. But to be honest, having the sex scenes with Kindra were really just a bonus to the story because the story in and of itself is just that compelling to me. I expect great things from this dev and trully hope they keep up this great work.
I finished the new update and I loved it. Artemis has been in my top 10 for quite a while and I'm already itching for the next update! Alas I will have to be patient because if anything you have shown that being patient for your updates is well worth it for the quality of work that comes out of it. good job on this update a masterpiece as always!
Hey Dev, my purchased download is failing at 1.8 gb mark of the total download on the downloader page. Would like to play the new released chapter. Hope to see this issue resolved soon. Thank you.
I had trouble downloading with Firefox. I switched to Brave browser and it downloaded ok. Took a looong time though.
I was also having trouble downloading it using Firefox. In my case, jDownloader using the link worked.
Yeah, both firefox and Librewolf gave the same problem for me. Chrome/Brave do work.
Thanks for the replies. Using a different browser worked. Appreciate y'all! Have a good day.
my download keeps failing after 1.8 gb's
I had trouble downloading with Firefox. I switched to Brave browser and it downloaded ok. Took a looong time though.
when are you going to update steam?
I'm going to take a guess and say that we won't be seeing Chapter 6 until next week, at the same time (April 14th) that the T-800 Patreon members get their patch release. I wouldn't object to being surprised though.
Maybe Tomorrow guys!, cant wait!!!!!!!!
Updated today on Patreon. Hopefully soon on Itch
how much longer for the next update last one was 2023
Patreon says Chapter 6 is in Beta right now so probably coming soon
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paid the 10 for 5.1 but that was over a year ago i love the game i won't hold on to the game much longer one of a few games that seem to take for ever for updates.
The game is still being developed. digi.B posted last month on Discord about why there have been no new updates for over 12 months. Essentially, their mother's cancer got worse in early '24 and they had to prioritise her health over anything else.
I call BS! Just look at the time frame between the release of chapters 4 and 5 - 13 months - and that was before the mother's cancer excuse. 13 months is unacceptable. Now the next chapter's release is even longer. Stop peddling excuses. Over a year for a chapter isn't reasonable, let alone acceptable.
Whatever money digi b has made he's made, and now he cares little for the project. Hence the snail's pace. Next excuse we'll be hearing is how the dog ate his hard drive that had all of his current chapter's work on it.
digi B doing a KatanaVN.
never in my life have I seen someone so mad over a gooner game like you the mans mom has cancer and all you care about is his game holy you're a horrible person
Way to miss the point retard. digi b slow-rolled the chapter 5 release too, and that was before his mom's alleged cancer. He provided an excuse for that too.
It just comes down to whether one believes the excuse by the dev or not. Some folks will naively believe whatever they're told... and you're one of them.
Dude, take it from some random guy online. You're a complete fucking twat, stop fapping to drawings and go get some fucking perspective. "UH MUH GAWD HE TAKIN 2 LONG I NED MAH CARTOON PORN" seriously? get outta here..
Let me preface this by saying that I am presently here to find updates on why the next release is taking this long, so other than that, I have no agenda.
That being said, I believe from what is stated here that Digi's mom has cancer and is getting worse, so they have to focus on that. Okay, so what proof do you have that Digi is lying besides thinking they lied about a previous excuse as well? Do you understand that an unproven lie in one instance is not enough to establish a pattern? To start thinking the man is lying?
Lastly, and maybe this is semantics and I am not trying to be argumentative over something that might be perceived as picky, but it's either 'lies' or 'excuses'. Pick one. You keep calling it ''excuses'' but you don't think Digi is telling the truth, which by default makes his statement lies rather than excuses.
What proof do we have that digi b is telling the truth?
Two slow rolls with an excuse provided for both instances is now a pattern.
I say "excuses" because digi b has provided excuses on both occasions as to why he's slow rolling the release of his work. In what I've previously posted on the issue it's implicit that I believe he's lying. It didn't needed to be stated to draw that conclusion. And, yes, you're arguing semantics.
You do reazlies he only said his mofher canced got worst not she just got it. Maybe the reason its been slow is because she been dealing with cacner before he started the game?
Has work stopped on this? Such a good game but no updates in eons.
This page is dead. Check the Patreon for Updates.
any word on the next chapter?
Some reason the animations are not running. Nor are the sounds (there is sound, right?)
The Leap of Faith cameo was appreciated. Thank you.
Appreciated Kindra's torso-crab impression in LoF as well. :)
I agree with Deus2980! It's so good other games are pirating characters for spots in their games! Artemis was featured in Chasing Sunsets! A very respectful spot to be sure! I am not the only fan out here waiting for the next chapter, or chapters, to drop! Keep up the great work digi_b! I LOVED how someone got her upcummins... Burnt fingers to boot!!! The idea of the window toss was a sick but effective fantasy too!! LOL...
This is just the best game ever! It's like I watched the top and coolest show for the first time in my life! Or like I read the most fucking awesome comic book ever! I went through the game in one breath in just 3 days (until the last released chapter at this point). And it was so fast paced and now really really really really want the sequel. I'm especially interested in how the story with Artemis will play out next. My best and favorite characters are Artemis and Zelda (she's just so damn pretty and cute, something that was missing in this kind of games). and of course Kindra. And also June liked and in general here all the characters are incredible and the story itself is just a bomb. It is worth noting the beautiful drawing of characters, especially Artemis with Zelda and visualizations of photomontage (if I call it right?). Digi.b is now my favorite game developer. I promise in the future as money will appear I will throw a couple of donations for support and support in every way possible in the future and will certainly be looking forward to the continuation of this exciting and romantic story. Eh too bad the chapters ended so quickly..... But I got a lot of positive emotions from the passage, which I have not experienced for a long time.
P.S This was written with the help of a translator, but I hope digi.b will read and hear my wishes, feedback and understand my translation.
With great love from Russia, your dear fan)))) Love you
Your translation is great
Hey just a question can I find a link to the playlist somewhere? Some of the tracks go fucking hard and I would like to add them to my collection. So can I maybe download it somewhere?
I Have the Full List of the Track's.
OK where can I find it?
Hay, Sorry for the Hard Delayed Answer.
The thing is, the Song's from Ingame are not Named with their Original Songname's, the Song's got all Renamed. But i was able to Unpack the Music Package so i can Access to every Song they Used Ingame. All i can Offer, is Sending the Song's One by One somewher
Nah I kinda forgot about the music already but don't worry I appreciate that u still responded to me.
Got this one steam. But wow, amazing work. I don't think I've read anything else with such a likeable group of characters. Really high quality design as well.
I love this, I really do it's utterly brilliant. if this was a movie it'd be my favourite to be sure.
Anyone have any idea when Chapter 6 is due to release? in 2024 at all or nah?
The most recent devlog stated that it is planned to be released sometime in December, but definitely before the end of the year.
I need more Zelda, I hope the next chapter comes soon, this is absolutely my Number 1 VN!
She's the vampire yeah?
Correct, she's fantastic!
That call out to an outtake in the Rush Hour 2 had me dying xD Best writing I have seen so far "Damn! He aint gonna be in rush hour 3"
Any news on when Chapter 6 will be out?
decided to replay the game again since it's probably my favourite AVN and was wondering: will this be a single partner ending type of game or is there going to be a end-game harem route?
Will there be impreg?
Epic game and story, cannot wait for Chapter 6! Keep up the fantastic work!
Chapter 5... what a cliffhanger. :-D
So I bought it, why do I only have chapter one and not the rest of it?
Paid the full $10 ? if so scroll up hit the download button next to where it says that you purchased the game for $10 you'll have three download options choose the third one that says 0.5.1b
How do you get this to work on Android?
By chance is the steam version going to get an update anytime soon ?
Book 1 consists chapter 1-4 i have just found out. Book 2 will be released with 5-8. :) I cant wait so patreon it is now haha.
Has the Dev come out with how many chapters Artemis will be? If it's finished yet and all that.
The dev has said there will be 4 books, with 4 chapters each. Plus an epilogue that will have all the ending
Digging the Lexi cameo. Good stuff!
can you remind me of the game where lexi is from?
Leap Of Faith
That game was really good!
I was playing that for most of it's development, right up until the end! :-)
how do I download and play after purchase? first game on this platform .
Just a heads up that the 0.5.1b build didn't run on my macOS Monterey. I had to put it into Ren'Py and create a new Mac build before it would go. NOT complaining, mind you. It was a great release and, man, Artemis herself is just incredibly written as a character. I just love what you do.
For anyone wanting to know how to do this, you have to download the Ren'Py Visual novel engine here Then once you have that running click to create a new project in an empty folder. Then copy the folders game, lib and renpy from the Zip folder you downloaded from this site into this empty folder. Then click Launch Project in the Ren'Py engine and it should launch Artemis.
This worked for me. Thank you. I have MacOS Sonoma 14.6.1 and the 0.5.1b build would not open for me. I followed your instructions by downloading Ren'Py, creating a new project, and then transferring those 3 items, then launching the project and it worked.