Stories from the House of Beef Gym
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Android
4/14/2024 HOB version 1.61 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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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?
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.
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.
Quando sai a versão 1.58
Nossa próxima versão pública será lançada na mesma época, em janeiro de 2024.
is there something I’m missing? I’ve collected Julian’s bag, camera, pen, laptop, and phone, am I meant to make him change? I can’t seem to figure out how
Howlies Julover,
Did you pick up Julian's camera battery that is in between the envelopes on his shelf?
I did not, thank you!
You're welcome Julover, please let us know if you need any help in future; and thank you for playing our game =3
Realmente o Julian e o melhor protagonista de todos os vn
Ficamos muito felizes em saber que você gosta do nosso tímido fotógrafo.
Ele bugando quando fica com vergonha é o melhor
Adoramos colocar nossos personagens em situações desconfortáveis e depois ver o que acontece a seguir.
Hey, love the game so far, just thought I'd let you know about an error that occurred while playing, ill copy the message bellow :3
[code]
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While loading <'Image' u'BG/13-Strip Club Ext/BG/13-Strip Club Ext/SC_Exterior 1.png'>:
File "game/Day4.rpy", line 2318, in script
IOError: Couldn't find file 'BG/13-Strip Club Ext/BG/13-Strip Club Ext/SC_Exterior 1.png'.
-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------
Full traceback:
File "game/Day4.rpy", line 2318, in script
File "/data/user/0/Beefy.home/files/renpy/ast.py", line 1275, in execute
renpy.exports.with_statement(trans, paired)
File "/data/user/0/Beefy.home/files/renpy/exports.py", line 1376, in with_statement
return renpy.game.interface.do_with(trans, paired, clear=clear)
File "/data/user/0/Beefy.home/files/renpy/display/core.py", line 2062, in do_with
clear=clear)
File "/data/user/0/Beefy.home/files/renpy/display/core.py", line 2492, in interact
repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, trans_pause=trans_pause, **kwargs)
File "/data/user/0/Beefy.home/files/renpy/display/core.py", line 2845, in interact_core
self.draw_screen(root_widget, fullscreen_video, (not fullscreen_video) or video_frame_drawn)
File "/data/user/0/Beefy.home/files/renpy/display/core.py", line 1921, in draw_screen
renpy.config.screen_height,
File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 416, in renpy.display.render.render_screen (gen/renpy.display.render.c:6687)
File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 185, in renpy.display.render.render (gen/renpy.display.render.c:2859)
File "/data/user/0/Beefy.home/files/renpy/display/layout.py", line 685, in render
surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 103, in renpy.display.render.render (gen/renpy.display.render.c:3321)
File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 185, in renpy.display.render.render (gen/renpy.display.render.c:2859)
File "/data/user/0/Beefy.home/files/renpy/display/transition.py", line 361, in render
top = render(self.new_widget, width, height, st, at)
File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 103, in renpy.display.render.render (gen/renpy.display.render.c:3321)
File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 185, in renpy.display.render.render (gen/renpy.display.render.c:2859)
File "/data/user/0/Beefy.home/files/renpy/display/layout.py", line 685, in render
surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 103, in renpy.display.render.render (gen/renpy.display.render.c:3321)
File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 185, in renpy.display.render.render (gen/renpy.display.render.c:2859)
File "/data/user/0/Beefy.home/files/renpy/display/layout.py", line 685, in render
surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 103, in renpy.display.render.render (gen/renpy.display.render.c:3321)
File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 185, in renpy.display.render.render (gen/renpy.display.render.c:2859)
File "renpy/display/accelerator.pyx", line 108, in renpy.display.accelerator.transform_render (gen/renpy.display.accelerator.c:2027)
File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 185, in renpy.display.render.render (gen/renpy.display.render.c:2859)
File "/data/user/0/Beefy.home/files/renpy/display/image.py", line 294, in render
return wrap_render(self.target, width, height, st, at)
File "/data/user/0/Beefy.home/files/renpy/display/image.py", line 125, in wrap_render
rend = render(child, w, h, st, at)
File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 103, in renpy.display.render.render (gen/renpy.display.render.c:3321)
File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 185, in renpy.display.render.render (gen/renpy.display.render.c:2859)
File "/data/user/0/Beefy.home/files/renpy/display/im.py", line 473, in render
im = cache.get(self)
File "/data/user/0/Beefy.home/files/renpy/display/im.py", line 200, in get
surf = image.load()
File "/data/user/0/Beefy.home/files/renpy/display/im.py", line 524, in load
surf = renpy.display.pgrender.load_image(renpy.loader.load(self.filename), self.filename)
File "/data/user/0/Beefy.home/files/renpy/loader.py", line 543, in load
raise IOError("Couldn't find file '%s'." % name)
IOError: Couldn't find file 'BG/13-Strip Club Ext/BG/13-Strip Club Ext/SC_Exterior 1.png'.
[/code]
Thank you for the feedback Draco the Enderwolf,
Yup, that's the infamous png format file that should've been jpg. We haven't messed with this scene in quite a while, and it was functioning like normal. Should be cleared up in a build or two.
Hey, was curious - how often is the public build released here? Like every 2 weeks? once a month?
Yo! What is this?!! Which build is this?
I guess there will be Star Trek scene again after this picture LOL
Itsa spicy scene from the latest build on Patreon =3
Hello, I really like this VN but on day 4 I get an error and it doesn't let me continue with the rest of the story.
Howlies ItsAlex130, sorry for any inconvenience to you in regards to this bug. Can you give us any more information in regards to it?
Take any screenshots?
Umm well... this is what appears to me and it won't let me continue
Righty-o, so it appears to be a background error where renpy is looking for a file type, but the pathway somehow got warped. It's a strange bug because I haven't messed with this scene for quite a while, and last time it was functioning like normal. I've compared the files on our end and the current build to verify, and they are for some reason not correct on the itchio build. My apologies again for the inconvenience this bug has caused. Please let me know if next month's free update has the same issue.
Same here, it's disappointing.
I'm getting the same error too:
"I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While loading <'Image' u'BG/13-Strip Club Ext/BG/13-Strip Club Ext/SC_Exterior 1.png'>:
File "game/Day4.rpy", line 2352, in script
IOError: Couldn't find file 'BG/13-Strip Club Ext/BG/13-Strip Club Ext/SC_Exterior 1.png'.
-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------
Full traceback:
File "game/Day4.rpy", line 2352, in script
File "S:\House of Beef\HouseofBeef-1.55-pc\renpy\ast.py", line 1275, in execute
renpy.exports.with_statement(trans, paired)
File "S:\House of Beef\HouseofBeef-1.55-pc\renpy\exports.py", line 1376, in with_statement
return renpy.game.interface.do_with(trans, paired, clear=clear)
File "S:\House of Beef\HouseofBeef-1.55-pc\renpy\display\core.py", line 2062, in do_with
clear=clear)
File "S:\House of Beef\HouseofBeef-1.55-pc\renpy\display\core.py", line 2492, in interact
repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, trans_pause=trans_pause, **kwargs)"
Etc
If I click 'ignore' enough times, I eventually get back to gameplay with Sam greeting Gunnie, but I don't know how much content was skipped by ignoring the errors.
Hello, I was wondering, how do you make a game like this?
The decorations and 3d model are made of 0 or they are already existing?
Anyway, i love this game, he's great.
(Please make gorilla) (^_^) /
Hello, the version 1.54 is recent
Howlies Ali sada, yes the 1.54 just came to itchio this month. Our most recent build on Patreon is ver 62.
Hello Wolfstar, it's me again, what happens to me this time is that there is a bug on day 4 where the game does not load the image and does not allow me to continue advancing with the story
Howlies fearaya26,
My apologies for the inconvenience while playing. This issue sounds familiar, but is there any chance you could provide more information to the bug? Screenshots? Or additional text from the error message?
有中文吗
抱歉，不，现在不行。
Thank you so much for new public update I love it amazing work
You're quite welcome konstantin2547 it's our pleasure to serve new content to ya =3
Cara essa parte e muito engraçado 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
O pobre Julian não viu o perigo chegando x3
cara tirando o Julian o chuck e um dos meus personagens favoritos 😉😉😉 uma pena que ele não está solteiro
Chuck realmente se movimenta, ele tem muito carisma e resistência, ao que parece =3
Mews curious.
Do you speak more than one language or using a translator?
Miau!
Tem um rino de outra estória que adora uma diversão a três ou a quatro. Mas não peguei nenhuma cena destas ainda.
help the game file is not downloaded, when it reaches 1.25 GB the download stops and does not advance anymore
Howlies fearaya26,
I'm sorry for any inconvenience this issue has caused you; can you provide more information for us about this problem?
Which build are you trying to download? (Mac, PC, or android?)
Are you saving over previous older builds?
Have you updated your APK downloader recently?
Hello Wolfstar, the build I'm trying to download is Android version 1.53, it's the first time I've downloaded the game, that's all I hope this information helps you.
My best suggestion is to grab one of the free APK downloaders apps from Google Play. Sometimes renpy projects won't load without them being ran through an APK downloader first.
I managed to download wolfstar, thanks for the idea
That's great news, fearaya26! Thank you for playing our game =3