Hardcoded is an open-world dating-sim, set in the lawless reaches of a cyberpunk dystopia, in which you take on the role of a thinking/learning droid who has recently escaped her owners and is on the run. Before you can fully settle into your new life, it becomes obvious that Pira City is a place of dark and dangerous secrets. Fortunately, you're able to befriend a cast of very horny characters who seek your aid in pursuing a shadowrun-style investigation. You can spend your down time trying to establish yourself, by earning money, decorating your apartment, buying clothes, collecting sci-fi dildos, or working on turning friendships into romances.
!!!This game is very explicit! There are many dicks in this game! Most of them are attached to girls!!!
v1.08
Hey everyone! It's time for update 1.08! This update includes:
new miniscene in the Root St Alleyway. Must have made considerable progress with Calico to access.
Made the Cadence miniscene in the Root St Alleyway no longer autostart. You now click on Cadence to start the miniscene.
revised my least favorite Cadence Email Selfie art
fixed lighting in Sunshine Girders
Makes Quinn wear his alt outfit in the Convenience store after you've made progress with Mags Quinn, and gives him a few new lines of dialogue
added a not-very-helpful help button to the settings menu.
v1.07
This update includes:
Spelling fixing for some interactions in the Candle Wax Club.
Spelling fixes in Beryl 10.
A background art has been changed for continuity in Heather scenes.
Fixed a background detail on skipnoise ave.
Background art of a "Free Use Friday" sign added the the Candle Wax Club, which appears only on Free-Use-Fridays.
And finally:
Two new miniscenes have been added the the Candle Wax Club. Both are part of the Free-Use-Friday theme and include animations.
Its possible that if you've already done a bunch of Free-Use-Friday interactions that one of the two new miniscenes will be inaccessible. If you suspect that's the case, you can enter this cheat code in HCs room terminal to reset the Free-Use-Friday tracking variable: "fuf_forever"
v1.06
This update is mostly spelling corrections, fixes to sub-pixel misalignment in some small world details, and some small background animations being restored (such as the neon signs outside and inside the Lemon flickering.)
There is also a really small content addition to the Rust Pup headquarters. If you've played Jemma 3 in which the head of the Rust Pups has introduced himself by name, you will get access to two new small interactions on certain days in the headquarters (located next to the library). They're only a few lines, but they include new art. Enjoy!
Note: I didn't work on the controller issue, but I plan on addressing it soon.
v1.05
Some spelling changes. More changes to Skipnoise Ave to maybe make it load faster?
And. We may have solved the audio problem but I'm not sure. If someone who has the audio problem can let me know if it sounds any different, or equally as important, if it Doesnt, that would be dope. Enjoy the build!
v1.04
Here's what we've got for the 1.04 update:
I added an option that will appear when you launch the game on windows . It will allow you to use OpenGL instead of vulcan and your rendering driver. If you've been experiencing those weird missing background arts, try the OpenGL option. Otherwise, proceed with the default.
The OpenGL mode messed up one of the shaders in the game, but I added a thing that should disable that shader if you're using OpenGL. If anyone sees anything they suspect is a visual glitches on OpenGL mode, lemme know.
We also have some other simpler changes:
Slight update to the background art in the hover cafe.
Drink-making guide added the the hover cafe, appears After cafe tutorial is completed.
Fixed invisible back button in Sal's room.
Heather 13 is no longer flagged as explicit.
Heather 6 no longer displays incorrect background at the end of the scene.
and finally:
I think I may have improved load times when entering Skipnoise Ave, but I'm not completely sure.
v1.03
Fixed some settings menu behavior. Now if you're in controller mode and the menu detects mouse movement, it will show the mouse. Useful because some people seem to be automatically entering controller mode, which disables camera movement without a keyboard or controller. Also fixed a soft lock condition when the settings menu is exiting in the main menu while in controller mode. Also, the pan speed slider now actually does something.
We also did some spelling fixes and corrected a half-pixel incorrect positioning of neck-slot items in the dress up system.
v1.02
Ok here's what we've got. Fixed a bug where the art was missing from the EM Driver scene in HC's appartment.
But more importantly:
I changed it so that the windows version of Hardcoded is no longer a PCK embedded exe. It is now an exe with a separate PCK. I'm hoping that this will solve the problem of the game not launching for some people on windows. If not, I will figure out how to do code signing. Let me know if this works!
v1.01
Full Release
v0.94
Olivias Garden no longer locks/crashes the game
Exiting Olivia or Sals apartments no longer impossible
Email list no longer Breaks Constantly
Email headers and attachments now scale correctly
Fixed wack-looking directory inside the tar.gz of the mac build
Cafe orders no longer have clipping issues and the extra "?"
Fixed "Perfect" banner in cafe mini clipping issue
Fixed Hair sometimes overlapping other hair issue
Industrial District Power Pylon no longer shows incorrect art after leaving and coming back
Lemon music no longer follows you out of the club
Machine inventory no longer openable during dialogue
Machine button highlights now hide themselves when machine inventory is closed
Pole in the CWC can now be withdrawn using lever
Added sound to CWC pole
Fixed Ascii art in Decimas computer
Fixed graphical bug in computer note scroll bars
Fixed acorn sign buzz noise not looping
Fixed 'Explicit' flag in scene menu not being animated
Fixed missing animations in CWC backroom
Fixed missing animations in Lemon bathroom
Fixed fucky-looking text in clothing stores
Fixed background not panning in clothing stores
Added ambient sounds to the Acorn
Replaced sounds of various buttons in the Industrial District and on Root St
Added an additional hidden desktop-wallpaper unlock
v0.9
Hey everyone!! Its update time! So at long last, Heather's arc has been whipped into shape! We still have the last Main Scene to write, and some other small interactions, but then we're hitting version 1.0 and releasing the game!! Still don't have a specific date for that, but I promise that we will figure it out This Month and announce it!!! In other news, the port to godot 4 is going well. Music is playing across scene changes, a settings menu can be called up by pressing esc. Scene changes are smooth for the most part, including navigating the world and loading character scenes. Several shaders have been re-created from scratch and are working well. We even have a custom art for the cursor. Feeling very hopeful about the port and the possibilities it will allow. There are a LOT of changes that need to be made to adapt to the new structure of the engine, and there are a few things we havn't touched yet that might be difficult. Reading and writing save files, for example. The furniture decoration system. The cafe minigame. The main menu tscn has somehow been made completely incompatible with the new engine and I have no idea why, but it should be easy enough to rebuild. And other random shit. And when we get all that taken care of... We can start on Controller Support. Thank you all for your support! Enjoy the build!
version 0.7 - 2/1/24
Heather 13 and Forcier 1 makeovers, including an animation, still, a couple of sexy email selfies, and a character portrait:
two new emails for heather 13, one lewd
new character art in Heather 13
new dialogue stills for Forcier 1
new animation in Forcier 1
plant options in Forcier 1 have art.
v0.6
N/A
v0.4
New stuff:
I don't want to wake trix up to get an itemized list of what she changed, but i'll update this tomorrow with details!
New art:
5 new stills and 1 new animation in Mags & Quinn 6
v0.3
New scenes:
Calico 1 & 2
New art:
Calico pinup
Calico fucking animation
Tunnel Girls Mural
Misc changes:
Some spelling fixes
v0.2
New scenes:
Mags & Quinn 7
Misc changes:
Main 17 fixes
Map updated
v0.1
New scenes:
Main 15
Main 16
Main 17
Misc changes:
Olivia and Forcier's appartment is no longer accessible before Main 2 is completed (no more going down on Olivia before you've even met her.)
Room Expansion Guy now has mouseover text and his portrait is displayed every time he talks.
Main 14 re-written
v0.0.995
New arts:
-2 Lewd still in Cadence and Decima 7
-2 Lewd stills in Heather 11
-1 Lewd world art in Beryl & Misha 1
Misc:
-Music added to several scenes
-3 new furniture items added
-Various spelling fixes
v0.0.99
New arts:
-4 D&D backgrounds
-3 Lewd CWC playroom animation
-Lewd still in Pearl 2
v0.0.98
New Scenes:
-Mags and Quinn 6
-New locations:
-Candle Wax Club playroom
Misc:
-5 new furniture items
-New machine outlet
-Slight edits to Mags and Quinn 5
-Spelling fixes
v0.0.97
New Art:
-Pinup still added to Joi 2
-The hallway outside HCs apartment has been updated
-Roof location added to HCs apartment building
Misc:
-Room expansion
-New furniture market
-Spelling fixes
v0.0.96
New Art:
-Two backgrounds for Heather 15
-3 lewd animations for Pearl 3
-lewd animation for Forcier 3
-New background for Mags & Quinn 4
New Scenes:
-Heather 15
Misc:
-Mags & Quinn added to scene replay menu
v0.0.95
N/A
v0.0.94
N/A
v0.0.88
-N/A
v0.0.64
New Scenes
Cadance 5
DnD 6
New Art
Cadance 5
Misc
Discord bug fixes <3
COSTUMES!
v0.0.62
New Scenes:
Main 11
Olivia 7
Forcier 4
New Art:
Backgrounds and portraits for Main 11
Sexy art and animation for Forcier & Decima 3
Misc
Discord reported bugs fixes and spelling errors! <3 <3 <3
Big changes to Forcier 3
v0.0.6
New Scenes:
Forcier 3
Olivia 5
New Art:
Another drawing & and a selfie art has been added to the first Beryl & Misha scene
Two drawings have been added to Cadence & Decima 6
Misc
New machine!!!
Added Beryl & Misha 1 to the scene replay menu
Discord reported bugs fixes and spelling errors! <3 <3 <3
v0.0.58
New Scenes:
Forcier 2
Beryl and Misha 1
New Mini-Scene:
Nix 3
New Art:
Root Street Theater background
Five dialogue stills for Nix mini-scene
Four dialogue stills for Beryl and Misha 1
Misc
Discord reported bugs fixes and spelling errors! <3 <3 <3
v0.0.56 - 6/1/21
Heya Patrons!!! It's one day past update day!!!
And we're late posting but it's totally here! Beryl's story line has been restructured around last months cut scenes, the new scenes from this month, and some general tone-shifting. The empty Beryl 4 slot has been filled with a new, adorable scene in which Beryl and HC hang out with her egg. The old Beryl 6 has been changed to Beryl 5. The old Beryl 7 has been moved to where Beryl 6 used to be, and will assume the role of introducing Beryl's breeding fetish. The empty Beryl 7 slot will be filled with a new scene in which Beryl further explores that fetish with HC (and some robo-cum-technology help from Decima.) The new Beryl 7 is full of some pretty dope animations, so check it out! And don't forget that the new scenes can be played from HCs terminal files, if you've already progressed past them in her arch.
New Scene:
Beryl 7
Beryl 4
New Art:
Beryl 7 animations and stills
Misc:
Fixed Night Price hair bug
Fixed various spelling
v0.0.54
New Scene:
Jemma 2
Mags & Quinn 2
New Art:
Jemma 2
Various dialogue portraits
Misc:
Fixed headband bug in Heather & Cadence 2
Fixed Cadence miniscene bug
v0.0.40
New Scenes:
Mags and Quinn 1
Heather 12
Forcier and Decima 1
New art:
Joi 1 animations
2 Beryl selfies
Quinn dialogue portraits
Storm Tunnels level 2 background art revision
Misc Stuff
New lore documents: Forcier's Journal in their apartment, Gel Corp memo outside of Jemma's office.
Bug fixes
Fixed a lot of typos (BTW, thank you so much to everyone pointing out typos and bugs it's soooo helpful!)
Cassoon the cat intro repeating error fixed
hetcad1 should be accessible again
gloryhole mini repeating error fixed
relic candelabra remaining in store after purchase bug fixed
for1 crashing bug fixed
v0.0.37
New Scenes:
Forcier 1
New Miniscenes:
Cadence Gloryhole
3 new gloryhole encounters in the restroom
Misc Stuff:
Economic rebalance
New art for Heather 7
Reina pole-dancing animation
Cadence Restroom Orgy Miniscene Selfie
Machine system report is clearer
Replay system altered for clarity
Bug Fixes:
Fixed crash in Beryl 7
Fixed freeze in D&D 5
Email dupe removal system added
Fixed the duplicate email bug when replaying Heather's scenes
Fixed snakebites being visible in front of mask
Heather & Cadence scenes added to replay system
Various spelling/grammar fixes
v0.0.35
New Scenes:
Main 10
Decima 5
New Mini Scenes:
Lemon Exhibition mini
Candy Exhibition mini
Misc Stuff:
New Heavy rain added to weather system
Updated drone explosion animation
Email UI slightly changed for readability
Lockpick minigame (wip)
Detective Sal apartment background (wip)
New art for Olivia and Forcier's apartment
New art for the first room in the storm tunnels
Heather 4 animation update
Lore documents in Jemmas office and Olivias room
v0.0.33
New Scenes:
Heather and Cadence 5
Olivia 5
Misc Stuff:
Updated Cadence and Decima Animation
3 New hair options, + colors
New Dialogue Stills for Cadence's Alley Mini Scene
Art for Heather's Cat Ears, Gloves, and Collar (The collar doesn't have multiple colors this month but we're working on it!!)
New Lily Dialogue Portrait
New Short Essay in School and GelCorp (New Papernote System)
Berryglug lore notes in the library updated
Bug Fixes:
Fixed Heather 2 crashing problem (Hopefully!)
Fixed Dnd5 Repeating problem
Various spelling fixes
v0.0.31
N/A
v0.0.23
New scenes:
Joi 3
Heather 10
Misc stuff:
Second level added to Gelcorp lobby
Gelcorp guard dialogue portrait added
Beryl 7 animation added
Lore details added to the library
v0.0.21
New scenes:
Beryl 7
Main 9
Misc stuff:
Piss restroom encounter art added
2 dudes restroom enounter art added
Joi workshop miniscene art added
Bug fixes:
Apron bug fixed
Fixed various spelling, grammar, and formatting errors
v0.0.19
New scenes:
Beryl 6
New miniscenes:
Jemma / Courtier mini 1
Slime Rando mini
Contest 3
Misc stuff:
Cafe minigame apron rewards
Green apron moved to jacket slot
Apron uniform undershirt added
Skipnoise lvl 2 art revision
GELcorp art revision
Decima selfie email added to main 8
Background animations added to Mall
Animations added to Slime Queen 1
Bug fixes:
Fixed Slime Queen 1 inaccessible bug
Fixed Slime Queen and Joi missing from replayable scenes
Fixed various spelling, grammar, and formatting errors
v0.0.17
New scenes:
Heather & Cadence 3
New miniscenes:
Buff Contest Girl mini
Beryl mini
Cadence & Decima mini
Misc stuff:
'Snap My Choker' shirts added to the store in the Candle Wax Club
HC's face has been updated
New outfit menu background
Animation added to the cosplayer blowjob in Heather 6
Cosplayer cumshot email selfie revised
Cadence diner selfie revised
Beryl 5 edited
Wastewood Academy lore retcon'd
Bug fixes:
Sold Out bug fixed
Hair vendor sorting bug fixed
Beryl mini (bimbo x condom) missing email fixed
v0.0.15
New scenes:
Joi2
New miniscenes:
Lily & Reina mini
Cadence & Decima mini
Misc stuff:
Music added to the cafe and the cafe minigame
The glasses stand in the convience store has been updated and new glasses have been added
Background animations in Heathers room have been fixed / updated
Cafe minigame recipe bug fixed
Various edits
v0.0.13
new build that fixes the bugs with mags miniscene, D&D 4, and slime queen 1.
New scenes:
D&D 4
Slime Queen 1
Heather + Cadence 2
Main 8
New miniscenes:
Mags mini
Beryl mini
Misc stuff:
New art for the Mall
Taildo toy scene written & animated
Email selfie added to the miniscene with Beryl in the Candle Wax Club
New music added to all of the Main scenes
Event menu rebuilt
Drink Recipe now visible in the cafe minigame
Cafe characters renammed Candy & Peach
Cafe cum sound changed
v0.0.11
New scenes:
Cadence & Decima 4
Cadence & Decima 5
Misc stuff:
Cafe drink feedback/pause
Forcier art update
Olivia art update
Music added to the introduction scene where you meet everyone
Bug fixes / tiny stuff:
Otherdark Slouch sprite replaced with the correct one.
fixed duplicate Heather emails (not retroactively yet)
Changed when Heather emails you
Hazel & Peach have switched names
v0.0.1
New scenes:
Heather & Cadence 1
Misc stuff:
CAFE SYSTEM!!!
New location
3 new restroom encounters
3 new restroom still arts
New heather art
New heather's apartment art
Bug fixes / tiny stuff:
Restroom coupon drops have been nerfed
Misc spelling / formatting / grammar / etc
v0.0.0.96
New scenes:
Slime Queen Introduction
New mini scenes:
Randos - Lemon Restroom
Beryl - Candle Wax Club
Misc Stuff:
New toy - Jar of slime tentacles!
New dialogue lines for Frank and Sparky
Fixed pillory miniscene repeating bug
Fixed the 'next' button bug in the outfit menu
Fixed the crash that sometimes occured in stores / when buying clothing
v0.0.0.87
New scenes:
Heather 8
Mini scenes:
Lily / Reina mini 1
Misc Stuff:
'16 memories' bug fixed
Industrial district art revisions
Root st bg animations reinstated
v0.0.0.82
New scenes:
Main 5
Heather 5
Mini scenes:
Contest 2
Cosmetics:
Pastel Goth Clothing Pack - 36 new witchy cosmetic items :3
Misc Stuff:
Map art revision
Furniture system hard reset
A ton of scenes have been edited
New toybox item & animation
Replaced placeholder text for the holodildo in the toybox
Contest 1 is now skippable & progresses time
Bugfixes:
fixed slut trophy sprite switch
fixed crash in the furniture store
fixed many typos, text overflows, and text color issues
v0.0.0.80
New scenes:
D&D 1
D&D 2
Heather 4
Mini scenes:
Lilly 1
Reina 1
New animations:
Olivia 2
Misc:
Cheat code input system
Firefly particles
New Acorn art
Modified text of one of Cadence's emails.
Bugfixes:
Fixed bug with drone / contest interaction
Fixed transition effect when entering the acorn
Reduced root st load time (i think)
Fixed an instance of Forcier being misgendered, and other typos.
Fixed the cosplay character choice in heathers scene not working
v0.0.0.78
New scenes:
Heather 3
Beryl 4
Cosmetics:
1 new hairstyle
Misc Stuff:
Machines!
Random Npc skin/hair tone randomizer
New animation in Main 3
Art added to the anime sections of Heather's scenes
Decima's workshop art updated
Skipnoise lvl 2 art slightly updated
Tons of spelling / grammar / tone edits
v0.0.0.77
New scenes:
Cadence 4
New Locations:
Furniture store
Skipnoise Ave, lvl 2
Misc Features:
Multiple Save Slots!
Scene Replaying system added!
Home decoration system!
Camera smoothing
Camera repositioning when exiting areas
UI art slightly updated
Computer UI & email system rebuilt for flexibility
v0.0.0.76
New Animations:
Cadence & Decima 3
Beryl Mini 1 (mini animation)
Main story 1 (mini animation)
New Scenes:
Mags 1
Mags 2
Decima 4
Misc Features:
Glasses slot, with glasses purchasable in the convenience store.
You can now get a piercing.
You can change your expression in the outfit menu by clicking on your face.
New background added to outfit menu.
Morning / Evening are distinctly lit in preparation for more time-based scenes and events in the future.
HC now dreams every once in a while when you save.
Some of the more expensive items have been reduced in cost. More economic changes to come.
Added cuddle art to the intro if you decide to share a bed with Beryl.
v0.0.0.75
Someone pointed out a bug in Beryl 3, so here's a little update that fixes it.
Beryl 3 now starts without skipping to the end of the scene
Misc spelling fixes
Preview of fancier outfit menu
Patch notes:
New Animations:
Decima 2
New Scenes:
Olivia 1
Olivia 2
Olivia 3
Locations:
Industrial district has been expanded to included a powerstation and a 3d printer clothing store
Misc Features:
A nameable, coupon-scavenging drone has been added. Unlocked in Olivia 3
Over 70 new cosmetic items
Beryl 3 has been slightly revised
A new email selfie from Olivia
Title screen has been modified
Options menu has been added, which includes the ability to disable men in the random encounter areas and to change the screen resolution. Both setting will be remembered when the game is closed and autoloaded when the game is launched.
pepega172025-12-27★★★★★
A very fun game with great scenes. I don't like pixel art that much but i thought this game still looked very good and had nice character design. I'm really not sure why so many of the reviews complain about too much political lectures, because it really didn't feel like that for me.
Sc0pdawg2025-10-19★★★★★
Just a shameless futanari fuckfest with lots of public gratuitous and public sex. Not bad if you're into that sort of thing, but when it tries to pretend to be some sort of deep insightful commentary or "sex-positive" or any of the other Kotaku adjacent buzzwords, then it falls flat on its face. The scenes themselves aren't that great either. The makers should have just dropped the pretenses and admitted that they wanted a futanari fuckfest. Gameplay loop: 1- Meet new NPC 2- Couple of minutes of filler talk about some trivial subplot 3- Wanna fuck? 4- Repeat
artlabnet2025-08-26★★★★★
Hardcoded is by far the best porn game ever existed! Story and graphics, and dialogs - all great! Can't say I'm into all of the fetishes (helplessness isn't my thing). Otherwise absolutely worth time and money!
RedMuffin2025-07-27★★★★★
By trans, for trans. MtF particularly. So yeah. Not surprising that the reviews are a bit mixed. I feel almost obligated to try anything that's downrated for being "too political" or some nonsense because art is allowed to be political and, to varying degrees, is always inherently political. Me, I see it as someone clearly having a target audience and/or a message to give and I get curious about what it is. If you're cis, you're going to really struggle to get your head around this one. If you can't stand the existence of the trans bogeyman or wonder why your "futa waifu" has a prostate, you might as well skip this. Or hatefap to it, whatever, I'm not your mom. If you give it a go and you're a cis guy, please, before you start chanting "not all men" or whatever, we know, I'm sure you're a fine guy, you're not who's being spoken about in the game. At least I hope you aren't. Think of it as advice as to what not to do. Rant over; if you're transfem, play it, it's good and you'll appreciate it a lot.
cv1pr2025-04-28★★★★★
hardcoded is a game that can't really be thoroughly enjoyed unless the player is both knowledgeable of trans stuff and is willing to put themself in the mindset of (bonus points if they are already) a trans woman. and for that reason, i can understand why the game has a relatively low 3.5 rating on f95zone. if you can make it past that hurdle, however, the game has gorgeous pixel art, actually decent writing, and is all-around one of the most visually compelling smut games i've ever played. tl;dr: cis folks just don't get it
X Death2025-04-20★★★★★
Hardcoded [v1.08 Itch] Boi so many dicks attached to girl and... political lecture about sexuality, if youre not all about that, i wouldnt recommend the game, im open to anything, i am a coomer, ive seen worse. Gameplay pretty much point and click game, you can gets money from mini-game or more, one day you do one event, mini event you must clicks everywhere to know where is it, game not telling you anything tho. you cant skip text. the game hard to navigate you control your screen by your mouse, some item not highlighted. Good pixelated art and animated, your equipment did not translate to sex scene, its only for style including the furniture. the game also obsessed with cats(not surprised). its a lecture about activism, the patriarchy and how men are bad. youre a robot with cock, you are developing your relationship with others and do gay sex. most of people here is feminine man with tits and cocks, futa? what's that, futa is non-existence even a pussy, only gay sex over here and man with tits. enjoy bouncing cocks while the ass getting pounded. Pros + Good art + Good gay sex Cons - My dick confused if i can fap to this or not - Conflicted story for some people - Hard to navigate the world TL;DR: This game is point and click game dating sim, all scene is gay sex either man to man or man with tits, the story is about activism how man bad and more political lecture. if you ok with all of that, well, enjoy.
Golden Idiot2025-03-14★★★★★
v1.03 Itch Look, i am an apolitical coomer. I came here for the sole purpose to play good sex games and i care little about the details because of my bisexuality. So i dislike it when games feel like a political lecture. One of the biggest turn offs in any form of media is when that media talks down at you as if you are a child or an ignorant adult. Sadly, this is an experience i felt that i received while playing. If you dont mind the whole gender politics side or maybe even agree, then this game is going to be a solid experience for you. The characters are a bit flat in their personality, but each one of them is impressionable. The art, although basic, is stylistic and beautiful. The sexual scenes are all well made, oiled up and erotic. The story is decent* (But only if you dont mind what was mentioned above). Lastly, the best part of the game to me was the world aesthetic, both visual and written, it gave the story an interesting vibe. Overall, could have been an above average experience for me, but the politics was buttered too heavily on my bread toast.
Rot5552024-11-10★★★★★
Good art, bad message. Its like everybody have said before: Its not a porn game, its a lecture about trans activism, the patriarchy and how men are bad, with a few sex scenes thrown in. Why the author decided to make a porn game, beats me. Too much text, too much message and politics, not enough porn. If you want a lecture: Play it. If you want to diddle yourself: Find something else
G3-2SK2024-11-07★★★★★
the game the hscenes are way to weak for the amount of text, in that wich amounts to a political rant on twitter about trans that goes for way too long one might say this game was made with love and care, and i would say is the same love that makes a redditor write a full manifesto every 6 hours
Sinewave112024-03-02★★★★★
-The art is just amazing -The gameplay it's a lenghty text scroller with not bad minigames -Characters are nice, sex scenes okay, but for getting them you have to read tons of dialogue that sometime lose sense into pseudo philosophy. -It's a trans game made for trans people or the ones who are deep into gender politics, so you will love it or hate it. It's not bad but it's a literally a woke lecture. While i like dickgirls or gay stuff the author push queer issues into a context where they don't make a lot of sense and somewhat vilifying everything that was born with a penis without any reason at all. So you have the classic hypocrite message of be yourself, you are valid, but if you are a man born with a penis you are wrong, evil and bad. While the game dont deserve 1 star since it's really well made, it doesnt deserve 5 stars either since the author forcefully pushed into the game way too many personal bias against men and political ideologies in a cringe and twitter way. It's actually the first time i stopped wanking and closed the game for how much hate it shows against me, maybe that was intentional, maybe that was a clear message of "this game is NOT for you", all i can say is congrat you did it, this game is clearly not for me like my support it's clearly not for your game. Gender people will love how they are empowered, cis men will hate how they are dehumanized. This is not how inclusion works but whatever, i wish the dev success inside the echo chamber [insert pronouns] lives, and i apologize if i exist
Mactor2024-02-22★★★★★
As I've come to realise over the past several minutes, it's VERY difficult to talk about the politics of a porn game without comming off as cringe. Maybe straight up not possible for a writer as poor as myself, but here's the attempt. Important disclosure, I am not trans myself, and do not speak for anyone trans at all, I can only write about my own experience with queer people from an outsiders perspective: Hardcoded is a game about transexuality set in a post apocalyptic, neo-punk alternate-capitalist society. From the word go the game wears it's politics on it's sleeve, and all but punches you in the face with it. It's a narrative about identity and self discovery, society and community. A transexual story inside a transexual alegory and frankly...kind of a mess. But also completely by design The game begins with Hardcoded or HC escaping the walled community of their previous rich overlords and escaping to safe haven, a punk anarchic society close to "THE ABYSS". From here the game is a relatively normal comming of age story about the trans robot. And right off the bat, the game is not subtle. It's easy to understand why so many people felt this game was an insult to them specifically. Derision for groups consisting of individuals that immediately come to mind when you think of the word "person" is a normal coping mechanism that anyone with any experience engaging with politicized minority groups will imediately identify in ample measure in this game. I am not here to argue the validity of this as an approach, but do keep in mind it is one of the aproaches employed. If you can understand that, what comes after is just about the most passionately queer game one can make. It's a game that represents that safe space that every person going through an experience as isolating as believing oneself to be physically wrong in every expect of the word seems to need. To crave. The doubly wrong nature of being both not human and not male bringing home just how out of the ordinary being isolated in safe haven feels. The opression of the outside word is never shown, only talked about, because what it is is less important than what its mere existence represents, and by not showing you, it tells you not "A" story of opression, but allows itself to be mapped into whatever your own story is. It is written like a fanfic because...it is. It's a fictionalized space where the world is overcorrected in the desired direction. The group that you get to know during the game is made of exagerated archetypes of queerness and they symbolize important aspects of the trans experience specifically. They talk like their OC's because it's a safe place to do so, they joke around their insecurities and difficulties whilst still providing each other will all the support they need. The group is simultaneously charged with sexual tension and completely at ease with themselves Those naked contradictions aren't a mistake in the writing. They're half the point. Now, I won't sit here and tell you it's the best written game ever, not by a long shot. It is rambly on times it doesn't need to be, it is too in your face on times it should let itself be subdued and it's just generally more interested in the message it's conveying than in the textual way it's doing that in. And these are bad things, sure. At the same time, that is in itself an encapsulation of the trans experience. It's not about bearing the onus of proof, it's not about being clear and concise for the benefit of other people. It's about expression and self actualization. And that's the game in a nutshell. Expressive, messy, fun, cute and wholesome. And cringe. Let's be honest. The game is kind of cringe. But that's ok. If you are at all interested in queer culture, consider checking this one out. And be prepared for bluntness, cuz it comes at you quick
Scorche2023-12-16★★★★★
I will say that the porn content is good, although one scene really made me wish it was true. When one character gets cumflated and begs to be bred, god i wish you could do that since pregnancy is my perferred fetish. The rest of the content is good if you like futa. A big issue I had was I didn't know how to advance the storyline for around 17 in game days. I just didn't notice the tab in the map menu, so that just might me being retarded. Overall good, but a little lacking in animations, since many times you will just read what is happening instead of watching it.
spamove2023-12-06★★★★★
Sadly, I'll have to reiterate what others have said already: it's wokeness for wokeness's sake; the story makes no sense, and while the GFX itself is top-tier, 5+/5, as a game it's just 1/5, because it's not really a game at all, it's just a boring text-scroller, with walls of nonsense pseudophilosophical ramblings, slapping a dick on everything, and at the same time vilifying everything that was born with a penis without any rationale at all. It explores a couple of fun kinks, but generally "playing" it is just as fun as cleaning septic tanks.
maxmal42023-11-13★★★★★
Creating a truly wholesome porn game is a delicate balance, and this particular title excels in seamlessly blending sensuality with genuine connection. The tasteful art and narrative celebrate intimacy, fostering a positive and respectful atmosphere. The characters are thoughtfully developed, their interactions emphasizing consent and communication. The game prioritizes emotional connection over explicit content, delivering a refreshing experience that appeals to a broad audience. With its inclusive approach and emphasis on mutual enjoyment, Hardcoded challenges traditional stereotypes, offering a welcome alternative in the adult gaming landscape.
Cocknrock2023-04-16★★★★★
I like the story. porn games dont have to all have goofy af stories and settings. I particularly lie how unique charcters are, from the nerdy black girl to the pink haired extrovert and the depressed shopkeeper. This world is just too good. if the character being a futa is such a big turn off to u go read another story.
Lokputy2023-04-12★★★★★
Excellent game with a slow burn. The pixel art is great!! Love how raunchy everything is. Admittedly I don't really care about the main story but the character interactions are great, love the dialogue. And at least this game will actually be finished,
DragonButts2023-01-26★★★★★
Imagine if the androids in Detroit: Become Human believed the epitome of human existance was being trans and having sex. This game works really hard to put trans and queer issues into a context where they don't make sense. The premise of the game is that a slave robot becomes trans (because for some reason someone wanted a roomba that could feel pain and decided to gender it.) and runs away from its masters to live on the streets with its new identity. The title "Hardcoded" refers to the fact that the robot's name and sex are hardcoded into it and it is up to the queer cast of characters to recognize the queer robot and teach it the ways of queerness. (which involves a lot of sex)
unholycandy2023-01-04★★★★★
This game might not be for everyone, its REALLY queer, but if it you think you will enjoy it, you most likely will love it (as I did). The overarching plot is kinda secondary i feel like, but the characters more than make up for it. Each and every one of them are very precious! And the art... it's just gorgeous. look at the screenshots, and then times it three. Not having a gendered character, being able to engage only with what you like, and the amazing customization makes me feel right at home here.
MgMn2022-10-13★★★★★
The art and animation are great but as a game it's amazingly bad. It's a visual novel and an endless clickfest, made even worse by the fact that you have to exit your apartment and bring up a menu to go to the next story or side-story scene, the game is also quite buggy at times. Apart from that you can click around the city to explore, this is the only good part, as you get some random encounters and have the opportunity to interact with your surroundings a bit. Now the meat and potatoes of this game is supposed to be its writing and characters, it being a visual novel and all. Well the writing is absolutely insufferable, it's hard to even describe it but you'll know what I'm talking about after the first scene. It's endless walls of meandering text that doesn't actually say anything, with an extremely annoying and pointless narration element that breaks up the dialogue to tell you, in a lot more words than is necessary, what you could already figure out from context and dialogue. The cast also doesn't make a believable group of friends, mostly because they don't talk like people talk, they talk like a chronically online fic writer imagines people talk to their friends. In short it's fanfic writing, BAD fanfic writing, like some of the worst I've seen and I read trash-tier romance manwas for fun. I would recommend anyone willing to give this game a try to do so, and then get an unpacker to rip the cg out, since that's the only saving grace of this crignefest. There are a LOT of indie vn-style games on this site alone that are worth your time and/or money, don't waste either on this one.
kzaazul2022-10-11★★★★★
Have you ever wondered what would happen if Twitter wrote a videogame? And what if that was a porn game? Hardcoded is the answear to the second question. The main character is a droid, and has issues with their body and programming that serve as metaphors to the same issues trans people suffer. The first character you meet is human and trans, so I actually don't know what's the point of the metaphors. About everything after that introduction seems like an attempt to make a game that discusses subjects dear to trans people in a sex-positive and safe way. And I feel this is the issue. It feels like it has a lot of things it wants to show or do, but wants to be so safe and respecting about it that it feels bland. Or maybe I'm just sour because the text really reads like Twitter threads. Anyway, even if the themes appeal to you, I feel like the sex scenes are kind of bland.