Stories from the House of Beef Gym
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
7/14/2024 HOB version 1.64 is here!
What's this game about?
Julian is living single in the big city. He's been making a living as a novice photographer since the end of his college days, but he's ready for a change. Can he find the change he needs at "The House of Beef"?
Take on the role of this shy introvert as his small world begins to unravel with each new day. Can any of the various beefcakes help Julian to come out of his shell, and see the big sexy picture? You are armed with your trusty camera, and there are many experiences waiting for you at the House of Beef!
This project is still in development and being worked on by:
Writer/ Aritst - Braford - Patreon/Twitter/FurAffinity
Programmer/ Wolfstar - Patreon/Twitter/FurAffinity
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I cannot believe how time flies; it's been an amazing time, and I'm excited to continue working more =3
It is recommended to use the "JoiPlay" app for Android, which can run Ren'Py games on Android well : )
JoiPlay eh, I'll have to look more into this. Thank you BOBO for the info.
Do not work on Android. So sad ! Please update your game. I have pixel 7 pro. I can't play 😭
There's a way to install the game on Android 14 phones. Make sure you have ADB installed. Here's the least bullshit guide to install ADB on Windows: https://theflutterist.medium.com/setting-up-adb-path-on-windows-android-tips-5b5...
Thank you kindly for the link, kuni =3
I'm hungry... So hungry for more... Damn!!!!
Howlies Mig_Lscorpio,
Thank you so much for playing our game! We'll be sure to keep the free monthly content coming too! If you like what we do, you can become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/Braford/posts
Patreon Version 1.71 update is coming soon! =3
Hi, apologies if this isn't the right place to ask this. But I tried downloading the newest update, but it wouldn't download. Whenever I tried it would give me this error message.
I really enjoy your games, but if this issue of not being able to download the game persists, I'll most likely have to stop playing and delete the game entirely. Which is something I strongly don't want to do.
Is there anything you can suggest that can help?
Howlies Ryujin,
we're sorry for any inconvenience you've experienced; apk troubleshooting is not a skill that I have. There are options to try out according to this link https://www.fonecope.com/there-was-a-problem-parsing-the-package.html
Please let us know if this resolves your issue or not.
The APK must've been corrupted during download. Can happen sometimes even when you finished downloading the file. Suggest you to try redownload the game. This happens a lot when downloading big files.
We'll do our best to keep the game size small. Thank you for the information =3
Hey Wolf star I have a question I know you technically updated s i n s and Paradise but I just wanted to double check something to you put the fix in for hypers picture showing up for is this the man you love in the Wonderland m azè and I do have a question for this one as well is there really only one or two love interest for this one because I love the main character but I don't get it falls in love a random bear just my opinion I know don't get me wrong I still love this one too
Love that this is is the only VN that has a apk that is there just for show. Every update I try to see if it will finally work and to this day that apk for this VN is just for show. To whomever gets it to work you are the lucky ones
Apk aint workin for Android 14 phones. Error says the game is not compatible with the phone.
Chuck taking over and getting rid of the the choices was pretty funny, i've never seen that in a visual novel before, unless you count Doki Doki Literature Club, good job guys, could say I had a good Chuck-le... <.<
WHAT THE F.... i just played the previous update (on the same phone of course) and now when i download it this happened
Howlies DaisukeUD,
This situation seems quite odd to us as well. By all accounts, the app should still function as normal. It may have something to do with our recent update of renpy's keys. As a possible solution, have you already attempted to remove the older version and re-download the current package once more?
I downloaded the update again (remove and redownload the game) and nothing happened
Ah, that's no good. Afraid I don't have any more suggestions to resolve the issue other than checking renpy on reddit for solutions. My apologies for the inconvenience.
no no it's okay *crying on my pillow* , i'll just wait for next upsate and see if it will works
Can this game switch to other languages？
Not at this time.
Why'd it have to end there. XD I wanted to see more!
Great job with the update!
I KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL!!! OMG!!!! x3
Thank you so much for playing this month's update Bobby; hope to see ya for the next one =3
Oh, you will. I really enjoy this story.
that was so mean! just kidding , but ending the update with the 4th wall tease? nicely done !
loved the update, it awakened the butterflies .
Many thanks man! I'm glad you liked it. And well, I like cliffhangers so there's a lot of that between updates as well ^_^
thx for the updates as always UWU
Howlies!
You're welcome Miaw10! Thank you for playing HoB x3
does this game have a guide pr routes anything?
Hey wolf star long time no talk I just had a weird feeling about another visual novel you work on I know I put this there but hard to go searching for it s i n s and Paradise I was starting to question if you're ever going to go back to it it's fine if you don't and just really like Wolf star and hyper which by the way I'm still surprised when you going to the maze portion of the story to get into Wonderland their prison that doesn't show the picture of hyper on his phone when asking is this the man you love
Howlies silverwilde,
Trust me, you've nothing to worry about with Sins and Paradise, I'm still creating monthly updates on Patreon. Public builds are returning soon to itchio too. I'm so glad to hear that you've enjoyed playing that visual novel. I'll have to revisit that Wonderland maze for the Hyper phone picture. Thank you for the message! =3
Okay I just found it really interesting that the question just showed Wolf star looking at his phone
Why can't itch.io download it?Can I only download it on the website?
下载是一个解压包
When installing, this message "Risky app blocked House of Beef This app is designed for an older version of Android and does not include the latest privacy protections Installing this app may put your device at risk. Learn more about Play Protect. Install anyway", and then "As the app is not compatible with your smartphone, it was not installed.". My cell phone is a Galaxy A14 5G (SM-A146M/DS). What is the solution to this problem?
This may boil down to the game size being over 2GB. We have since reduced the size in later apk builds. Hopefully this will resolve any further install issues; we apologize for any inconvenience.
Thanks for the answer. I hope that in the next update I will be able to install it, as my cell phone says that it only works on older versions of Android.
There is a way to bypass install it, check latest comment I posted here.
Thanks Kuni! I'll try.😊
Hi, apologies if this has already been asked, but the android apk file for the game won't download. It keep rejecting it stating that it is "not compatible woth your device". I've tried everything I can think of but it still won't download the new update for the game. Despite it having never been an issue before. Was curious if there's a solution or way to download the new update without issues of such.
You maybe suffering from the same issue with the game's overall file size being too big for the phone. Later versions are smaller now, so this should resolve the problem.
Hi, thanks for the reply back and I really appreciate it. Unfortunately that's not the issue it seems, it doesn't acept it despite working with every update until this one. This version and the latest in your other game WSAP both have the same issue of it rejecting the .apk file stating "App not installed as it is not compatible with your device". Despite it being the device I've always used without issues, an S21 Ultra+.
Check latest comment, I found a solution.
For Android users
I tried downloading it 2 times, and the last moment when you download it to your phone, just stay there (chrome download) and don't disconnect from the internet and wait.
P/s I just downloaded the game and hope you can also download it. If you follow along and still can't download it, I'm very sorry
Howlies NovaKittyOwO,
We apologize for any inconvenience, however there seems to be a solution.
From a user who goes by the name of 3hoursonly:
"You can still download it via the ITCH website. (Take the url from the bar in the itch client and access the itch page of this game in your browser."
Please let us know if this resolves the problem.
Can do, and im definitely willing to go that route.
the only issue with that however is that id have to start a new game from scratch. Downloading from the website vs the app, has the issue of saves not carrying over. the app creates a file specific for those saves, but ive never figured out how to take the new update from the website and force the itch.io app to use the new update.
for now, ill download anyhow off the website, but please do let me know if you discover a way to resolve the issue with the App and this most recent update.
The game can't be updated automatically because the platforms are not set for each file. That's something the developers have to do for each new version.
the platforms for the *-pc.zip file are windows and linux, android for the apk file and apple for the -mac.zip file.
Meanwhile, to transfer your saves from the old to the new version, you can copy the game\saves folder into the new version folder.
All of them so hot :>
As some others stated, the download wont finish on Android. It gets flagged as forbbiden at the last minute.
When will this game release a new update? I'm waiting so long for new update!
Howlies Voibei,
We update the public build once a month; at this time our next release date will approx be on March 13th. Thank you for the support and for trying out our game =3
Thank for reply! I'll waiting 💙✨
I still can't install this game on my phone, it will suddenly quit during installation
The reason for most of these problems is that the APK file size is too big. Newer versions of the game updated over the next few months should be smaller. My apologies for any troubles.
我仍然无法在手机上安装此游戏，它会在安装过程中突然退出
i cant open the game. i play on pc and it says they cant open it bc the house of beef.exe file is missing...
Howlies Aron:3,
Hmmm, that's a very odd situation; it maybe resolved by deleting the update and re-downloading the files. Please let us know if this helps or if the problem remains unresolved.
After playing for a long time. I still can't find the replay scene from the Oscar show... it's very difficult 😭😭. And I like the games!
When I try to update the app it says that its not compatible. Maybe its because I have android 14?
There's also the chance that the game size is too big to launch. We have reduced the overall size of the game for the latest Patreon builds (versions 66 and 67).
I really enjoyed this story, well I was enjoying it until all of a sudden it just stops and the credits appear on screen, and not just stops but stops in a weird place, I understand you haven't finished it yet but it was just a shock to all of a sudden end at that point in the story. I hope the rest comes out soon
This is one of the only games I really enjoy. Big, beefy studs all over the place- it's like a dream for me lol.
Howlies TaylerXJoshua,
There'll be plenty more huge thick massive beefy hunky studs on the way! Thank you for playing our game =3
Hello, does anyone know how to unlock this image/scene? I would appreciate it very much. (Edit: Sorry, I was wrong, it was just an image/scene.)
Having the same problem as the other commentors. Try to install and get to staging app and then an error message saying the package parsing isn't working.
phone: Galaxy s20
Good news, it's likely not your phone that's the issue. For many devices, the limit on apk sizes is 2GB; our game is just too big to run on the phone. We've explored and trimmed the file size in the latest build to under 2GB on Patreon this month (version 66). We'll see how it runs and hopefully get good feedback. Sorry for the inconvenience.
For some reason my phone always says it's "staging app" when downloading and won't ever actually install or open this. It's the only VN on here doing this so idk what you did different. It's really upsetting these guys look great but I can't do anything
There maybe something that can still be done, but I'll require more information. Can you tell me more about the updated phone you are attempting to launch our game on? Which company made it? Which model is it? Year the phone was released? Which APK launcher you are using?
It's a Google pixel 7 pro. I'm not using any special apk launcher as the installation doesn't even finish for me to attempt to open it there is always a problem just with this specific VN. Others open as soon as the download is complete so I'm really not sure what's different here
Good news, it's likely not your phone that's the issue. For many devices, the limit on apk sizes is 2GB; our game is just too big to run on the phone. We've explored and trimmed the file size in the latest build to under 2GB on Patreon this month (version 66). We'll see how it runs and hopefully get good feedback. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Ive downloaded several apk launchers and still cant access it. This seems to be the only VN I cant view/support? Am I SoL? Can anyone give me some tips before I just give up on HOB
There maybe something that can still be done, but I'll require more information. Can you tell me more about the updated phone you are attempting to launch our game on? Which company made it? Which model is it? Year the phone was released? Which APK launcher you are using?
Andriod galaxy s21 ultra
I'm using its most basic launcher for everything else but when it comes to HOB I tried installing multiple apk installers. All of which said the same about HOB not being compatible. It's odd as this is the only project that doesn't seem to work on andriod. I feel I should have posted this to the discord but to see so many others having the same problem meaning it might not just be my phone says something. Was there something done to HOB that just doesn't allow newer models to see it all together? I'm lost and it doesn't make sense to me nor I'm sure to the others
Good news, it's likely not your phone that's the issue. For many devices, the limit on apk sizes is 2GB; our game is just too big to run on the phone. We've explored and trimmed the file size in the latest build to under 2GB on Patreon this month (version 66). We'll see how it runs and hopefully get good feedback. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Alright so second try and still the same issue with other apk installers and thr default one
I updated my phone and the update for the game isn't compatible with my phone now
You may need to install an APK launcher, a free app from Google Play.
No i can't get it to install at all
While I'm by no means a phone specialist, we may yet find a solution. I'll need more information though. Can you tell me more about the updated phone you are attempting to launch our game on? Which company made it? Which model is it? Year the phone was released? Which APK launcher you are using?
Good news, it's likely not your phone that's the issue. For many devices, the limit on apk sizes is 2GB; our game is just too big to run on the phone. We've explored and trimmed the file size in the latest build to under 2GB on Patreon this month (version 66). We'll see how it runs and hopefully get good feedback. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Que dia sai versão 1.58
hi guys i just recently finished the game and it was blast and right on time because of the what happened lol. i just want to say when and how do you guys got this missing pieces
Let's see, the first lock is a scene that happens when Julian gives a vending machine soda to Oscar. The next lock is a scene where Oscar tries to give Simon a back rub--you find this one while exploring the gym. The last lock you get by clicking on Kurt's sprite at the boxing ring when Julian is thinking about taking more pictures.
怎么设置成中文的
Bro, adoro este juego, enserio. El renderizado de los personajes es muy bueno. La historia en buenísima y chistosa a la vez, lo cual lo beneficia mucho. Cuantas actualizaciones les quedan para terminar la historia en si? Saludos desde argentina.