A New Semester is an adult open-world sandbox by pheno, built in RPGM and presented through animated 3DCG visuals. It follows a male protagonist in his second year of university who starts dating Christine, a popular student dealing with attention from rivals and his own temptations from classmates, faculty, and home. The game combines a heavily anime-inspired romantic comedy story with deep RPG systems, focusing on player choice across romance, netorare, and school setting themes.
The current build is Remake v0.1, released June 12, 2026 for Windows in English and uncensored. Development continues, as the changelog calls this a systems-heavy foundational update after the demo. It adds two playable chapters, over 1,000 renders, collectables, side character quest previews, two confession scenes, and new animations. The update also overhauls social media systems and adds an interactive scene gallery with tabs for regular scenes, netorare scenes, favorites, and a standalone animation player. It includes dynamic shadows and water reflections, plus NPC traffic and birds.
Developer's description
In your second year of university, a new semester brings fresh excitement and uncertain paths as you begin dating Christine, a charismatic, popular beauty still adjusting to the constant attention from others. While determined rivals aggressively pursue her, you must also wrestle with your own temptations from flirty classmates, seductive faculty, and desires waiting at home.
A New Semester
is an ambitious open-world sandbox that blends a heavily anime-inspired romantic comedy narrative with deep RPG gameplay systems. The game aims to seamlessly weave together themes of NTR, Netori, and Harem into one cohesive experience, putting player choice firmly at the center.
Enjoy!
PLEASE SEE DEV NOTES, THANK YOU
✦ What's Included in v0.1
2 chapters to play through
(Prologue + Chapter 1, Complete first to unlock content.)
Lots of new and spicy animations
1,000+ renders
across all content types
Collectables scattered around the map
A preview of
Side Character quests
2 Confessly scenes
to kick things off
(Malcohm & Mr. D)
Fully overhauled Social Media systems
Interactive Scene Gallery
with separate tabs for Regular Scenes, NTR Scenes, and a standalone Animation Player — plus a Favorites tab to save and revisit your best moments
Dynamic Shadows, Real-Time Water Reflections, NPC Traffic System, and yes —
birds
⚠ Important: This is a Systems-Heavy Foundational Update
v0.1 represents a massive amount of work since the demo, but I want to set expectations clearly — this is a
true v0.1
. The focus has been on making sure all the underlying systems
work
, so that everything built on top of them is solid. You may find the content-to-wait-time ratio a bit light, and that's okay. Rough edges, unpolished UI, and unexpected bugs are all part of this territory.
DEMO SAVES ARE NOT COMPATIBILE!
There is NOTHING to grind right now. Once you finish Chapter 1 it's basically just Confessly unlocks and random open world events.
You can comfortably stop playing after Chapter 1 and Confessly unlocks.
Please report bugs and leave feedback in the F95 Forums or Discord.
There is a lot happening under the hood, and your eyes on this are genuinely essential to making A New Semester everything it has the potential to be.
⚠ About the Early Release
I hit a frustrating bug during the commercial build deployment — one that never surfaced during dev playtesting — which ended up affecting a number of
Open World events
. Rather than hold the entire release hostage while I track it down, I've decided to launch now since
all of Chapter 1 and the MSQ are completely playable
, and patch the affected Open World content back in as fixes are ready.
Those patches will be
free for everyone
— I consider them part of the v0.1 package.
Updated Roadmap
Version What's Coming Access
v0.1.1
Bug fixes + bugged content patched back in + Android (Free)
v0.1.2
(if needed)
Additional bug fixes + content patches (Free)
v0.1.3
(if needed)
Additional bug fixes + content patches (Free)
v0.1.5
Major Update
— Expanded Open World, side character story progression, new maps (Beach & Nightclub + more), stat progression (Patron Early Access)
v0.1.6
Bug fixes & improvements (Free)
v0.2
Major Release
— Chapter 2 of the MSQ + new features (Patron Early Access)
Thank you all so much for your patience and support — this one's been a long time coming. Now go find some bugs for me.
REMAKE DEMO RELEASE
Demo Release Notes
The full patch notes are massive (like, essay-length massive), so here’s the quick TL;DR:
All new art/sprites
Completely overhauled UI systems
Netori playstyle added
Updated character designs
A full custom soundtrack
Rewritten dialogue
Redesigned maps
New and revamped quests
The brand-new Corruption/Purity system (which actually changes scenes!)
FMC affection system
Meaningful choices that matter
A custom anime-style intro (complete with Patreon tier credits!)
Roughly
1 hour
of solid gameplay
It covers almost the entire first day of the game and ends just before the open-world portion begins.
Disclaimer: The game is still HEAVILY work-in-progress. Bugs are to be expected. I've play tested extensively but due to so many branches in dialog and scenes I could have missed something.
Player reviews
Player rating5.0 / 5 · 7 ratings
Written reviews7 · avg 4.7★
Positive (4–5★)100%
Latest review2026-04-27
What players say
Most reviewers rate it highly, citing strong potential and a friendly developer despite slow updates.
5★5
4★2
3★0
2★0
1★0
Players like
Strong potential and promising early development
Detailed visuals, music, and animations
Interesting characters and branching possibilities
Friendly, passionate developer
Common complaints
Development pace can feel slow
Story and content still need development
NTR implementation needs more control and variety
Best for players who enjoy NTR themes and promising early demos.
Summarised from 7 written player reviews.
RPGM Guy2026-04-27★★★★★
4 stars based on the demo. Has the potential to be one of the best. All that's left is the main gameplay mechanics/ mini-games mechanics, the delivery of the H-scenes and the development of the story in the future updates…
Azraelderrote2026-04-03★★★★★
A really great game with huge potential and a very kind developer who truly understands what it takes to make a good NTR game. I’m really looking forward to the next updates, and thank you for this wonderful game. I’m…
Suiiii4022026-03-18★★★★★
Genuinely crazy potential bro and I have to write a whole bunch of characters to prove this but trust me you'll wanna play this one. Development is slow, but never ceasing and already improved so much from 0.2.5 to the…