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The Bodyguard - Wasteland

An adult dilemma card novel set in the Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland in which you take control of a duo, which is set to travel the post-nuclear wasteland and pay back a large sum of money to a notorious wasteland mob-boss.

Guide Clara & Dan trough the wasteland, while chasing the narrative, you may encounter different people, fight off bandits, search through ruins and old-world wrecks in an attempt to survive exhaustion, starvation, sanity and health while working hard in order to get your debt paid on time.

It's a short and run-based game, with a lot of sexual content, and hopefully, long & worthwhile build-ups. 

The game contains 6 different endings, reaching each and every ending depends on the decisions you have made along the way. 

Noteworthy Points

  • Short Runs, in which you may end up in different situations and with different endings.

  • Survival Mechanics - You will have to take care of yourself throughout the wasteland.
  • The game features 6 different endings which depend on what the player sets its focus on.
  • Card-Novel, in which, like with the mechanics of Tinder, you choose one of two options at a time.

Hints / Semi Walkthrough:

https://retsymthenam.itch.io/wasteland-bodyguard/devlog/436884/hints


Updated 17 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux, Android
Release date Oct 04, 2022
Rating
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Authorretsymthenam
GenreInteractive Fiction, Adventure, Card Game
Made withUnity
Tags3D, animated, Erotic, Female Protagonist, Male protagonist, Multiple Endings, Post-apocalyptic, Singleplayer
Average sessionAbout an hour
InputsMouse
AccessibilityOne button
LinksHomepage, MORE GAMES, FREE VERSION

Purchase

Buy Now$10.00 USD or more

In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $10 USD. You will get access to the following files:

The_Bodyguard_Wasteland_Linux_Full_1_2.zip 494 MB
The_Bodyguard_Wasteland_MAC_Full_1_2.zip 357 MB
The_Bodyguard_Wasteland_Win_Full_1_2.zip 346 MB
The_Bodyguard_Wasteland_ANDROID_Full_1_2.apk 369 MB

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Will we ever have the ability to edit names in any of your games?

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This might be stupid question,but is there a way to cheat in this game?

For some money or something?

I'm finding it difficult for some of the endings.

You can modify the registery

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Would you be so kind and explain how?

I might be stupid but how do you get the blackmail ending? I got all but that one.

Are there supposed to be animated scenes in endings ?
Paid/downloaded the FULL version 1.2, I'm getting good enough to see some of the endings, but I don't see animations; only what look like placeholder cards w/ swirled textures (pink or gray).
I've seen blank/placeholder screens as "censors" in other games before I paid, so I was expecting to see full/animated scenes once I paid.
I've gotten working play out of both WIN and MAC versions, and both show the swirls instead of animations.
Please advise.

The game has full animated scenes

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I read on F95 that 3 of the Endings have Animations, but
on my version 1.2,
I've unlocked 4/6 endings so  far...
- Mysterious
- Unfortunate
- BackStab
- Boring
...and I haven't seen any animations.

Specifically, I've gotten the BackStab ending, and it shows a series of 6 gray/blank slides.

Is something is missing from what I paid to download today ?
I want to support your work, but I also want to get what I paid for.
Please advise.


The gray slides are most likely the animations. unfortunately it may be due platform issues, can you download it to a different platform and play there instead? 

I am on a OSX, with Parallels for Windows. I have been able to play your games on Virtual Windows 10, but most of your .APP Unity never even open on OSX.
I'm now trying the BodyGuard.APP on OSX. It opens !... but it will take time to win the endings I think have movies to see if this other OSX platform works....

I'm wondering if/how you test your games for compatibility across platforms.
Do you want help ?
 

OK, managed to get through the "BackStab" ending on  OSX.
During ending, it has the same Gray/blank slides, but 2 animations popped up.
Upon review in Endings Gallery, more "BlackMail" movies showed.
Strange.
If you need help beta testing your games for OSX, I'm happy to help. I think it would enrich the value of your developments.
Cheers

I have been struggling to finish this game since last year. After way too many attempts, I have finally able to get ALL the endings without any cheats.

The game is incredibly difficult because it has NO SAVE. Choices are incredibly important since the game will not guarantee an assurance for the character's safety. Most of the cards will come randomly. Death is even possible at The Wasteland if the ugly cards appear since the beginning of the journey from The Wasteland.

How was I able to finish the game? There are several steps that are needed in order to obtain the $500 without dying.

- Mama's Inn is the safe haven. Mama's Inn offers food and room for rent to help the character from hunger and exhaustion. Money is very important for the characters to be able to afford food and shelter at Mama's Inn.

- The Strip Club is my main source of income. "Being Desperate" is the key in order to work for the strip club.  To get a "Desperate Perk", either Health, Sanity, Fed or Rested must reach ZERO. Fed and Rested are the two of the most important things in the game because they are likely to be depleted by 10% in most of the decisions being made in the game. Each choice must be calculated to avoid any of the four I mentioned above to reaching to zero.

- Once Health, Sanity, Fed or Rested has reached ZERO, there will be a choice where the character will be able to fight back and regain only 15% of the things needed. Once being desperate has been activated, working at the strip club becomes accessible.

- Here's another tip while working at a strip club. ALWAYS LEAVE the strip club once Fed and Rested is at 30%. The main reasons why I strongly suggest to leave the Strip Club at 30% is because Fed and Rested get reduced by 10% once an option of "Heading Back to the City" is chosen. Only 10% of the Fed and Rested will be left once the characters reach the Mama's Inn. Immediately buy food and rent a room to avoid the characters from dying from hunger or exhaustion. 

- Before, I used to go "Talk to People" at the Mama's Inn to get my main source of income. Cards come at random and there is NO GUARANTEE if some of the card offers can give plenty of money by reducing the Health, Sanity, Fed, or Rested.

These are some of the few tips I can share for anyone who is having difficulty finishing the game.  

Much appreciated!

Sorry for not helping with the previous comment, I am extremely busy and trying to shove in another game too.

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You're welcome. Sorry if I kept bugging you about the saves of this game. I finally finished and get all the 6 endings.

By the way, in regards of the bug I found, there's a scene where the MC will be asked to bail one of the sisters. It teleports me straight back into the wasteland. 

There's another bug where healing at the Malltown will instantly kill you if you are playing on Android.

Anyway, I'm glad I finished the game. It took me a year to figure out the way on surviving Virtue City. I'm looking forward on playing your upcoming game. I hope your game will have ZERO bugs.

Best of luck.

Most kind

How long do we have to wait before a new game arrives?

Secondly, are you interested with some of comics collection? I can you some of my comics at F95zone. 

Let me know if you are interested. Thank you!

Sure, send away... It takes time because I have to do alot of other stuff while doing that. And I'm torn between continuing the fantasy game or starting to work on a silce-of-life game instead..

Hello bro, sorry for the incovenience, but could you share the scenes from The Bodyguard please, i have been triying to get them out for months and i cant, since it is very random, could you send me the scenes please? I would greatly appreciate it

Hi Retsym,  how are you? Is there a way where you can share a data where I can see all the endings? I'm sick and tired of trying to finish this game. There's no way to save and I always keep restarting from the very beginning.

Is there anyone here who can help me out? 

I'm tired of finishing this game. Is there a way I can unlock all of the endings?

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Hello retsymthenam I hope now you're working on your next project I have a small idea that could help for your next project. Why don't you try game where a boy's struggling in street for food ? then, a married couple adopts him and things are changing b/w mom and son like that. I thought it was a good start for your next idea hope you like it

Hey, why did this specific idea capture you?

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You won't believe me if i say but i had a dream the other day when I completed the desperate days I had this dream as I'm playing this story as game that you created it that is why I'm letting you know this idea

Why is it that there is an Error where it keeps on teleporting me back to The Wasteland? I thought a bug has been fixed? 

Can you provide more information?

I was at the Mama's Inn and I keep on choosing Talk to People to earn money. Somehow, an Error appeared and teleported me to the Wasteland. 


I thought the bugs has already been fixed 1.2?

I'm having difficulty finishing this game. I always get stuck in Virtue City. I try my very best to survive but I always to finish this game. I wish you can save in the middle of progression.

Are there any tips to finish this game?

Well, you are doing well, it's just not easy as you say... There are notes on how to finish them in the devblog.

I still need to know where to heal from Virtue City. I figured to stay at Mama's Inn to earn money, eat food and find a place to rest. 

Secondly, I received the perk Desperate but I still couldn't work at the strip club. Is the game fully bug free? It's really frustrating since I have tried probably a hundred times to finish this $10 game.

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1) Wandering doctor when crossing virtue city

2) Heading back to the wasteland to heal

3) Entering Malltown which has a doctor 

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3) Malltown doctor instantkill you)

At least for android.

I completed all endings. But I couldn't find CG like sample sex scene. Where can I find that?

Have you went through the 6 endings? There are 6 of them, 3 contain sex scenes

I see. It's edited. Thank you team!! I like  blackmail ending.

my favorite ending too (=

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this game is way too hard i literally havent gotten a single ending except the mysterious one i havent seen any scenes nothing i just keep dying even when looking at the hints its too grindy to get money i love your games but a save feature would have been helpful

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I agree its way too hard

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is all RNG and that fucks you

The rng and how fast the stats go down in this game is too difficult. It would be nice if it was lowered and more forgiving.

Noted

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there is a way to lower difficulty or cheat because if im not getting rob and lost all the money just in the need of eating and resting you get fuck and restart

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There's a "Hints" post in the devblog, it will tell you what to do...

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So, there is no incest here?

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To all users, I think I've identified the problem with the stats going down to 0%. (It most likely has to do with PC's using cultures that replace coma, etc...) 

This and the lack of perk for "Desperate Situation" will be fixed for the next patch! (v 1.2)

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it works now, thanks i  tell you if other bug happens

when you choose one or another decision fed and rest should go from 100% to 0% or have to go slow from example:100% to 80% because goes direct down and end game is that a bug or a ¨feature¨ because everything i do goes end game losing to fed or rest from 100% to 0% just to know?

No, it should go from 100% to 90% , etc...

That's odd, what is your OS? Which country are you from ( some regions can switch between coma and dot and mess up the decimals in the game..)

And if you can also answer in which event card does that happen?( Or all of the event cards)

I'm playing on Windows 10, from Brazil. Doesnt matter the card, it always goes from 100 to 0 soon after you choose South or North.

windows10 and argentina , for what i can do sometimes event dont do nothing on fed and rest like stays in 100% and then other drop to 0% fed and hunger

Did it happen after the most recent update?

I have some problems to make clara desperate, i mean once one stat drop to 0 and gives me the desperation status, still when i try to apply some works she is not desperate enough to do it. Any tip?

You should be able to work at the "Under The Rug" and do one photoshoot at Hunnybun, That's the extent of what she will do at the scenario.

I tried after choosing "i'm a survivor" when desperation triggers but still is note desperate enough to do it, could it be a bug? I'm playing it in android

Also, how can i advance with Dan's route

Love your work and dedication man.

The note is enough ( You will not get a perk, unfortunately.)

To advance Dan's route you will have to pay your debt to Don Von which is located in St. Richard Street at Virtue City.

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Hi man! Glad i can finally play this game after last patch.)

But i dunno it is a bug or I don't do something.

I have desperate perk (look like second wind ir something after you almost die) and can work in Hunnybun, but when i come "Ynder the rug" Clara say she didn't desperate enough :(

Also, there is some bug with quest Virtue City Mamas - Detained City. 

After Choosing right i got the money and immediately start this dialogue again, over and over,  so i can have infinity money like that.

Playing Android 

Hi, thanks for the report, these are indeed bugs

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Stats should go down from 100 to 0 or should go slow? because thats the problem i have,they go from 100 to 0, the patch dont fix that.

Yes, that's exactly my problem. Is it supposed to be like that? that's my doubt

same problem for me stats go down quickly 100 to 0 

same problem with the swiping after you head north, both android and win...

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still the same problem with cards and stats 100%
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Stats are supposed to be 100%, if they reach 0 you die...

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ok but i still have the problem with the card.
https://youtu.be/Nf_CP4Q7Z08

Same on Android.

Odd, I'll get to it in the next version...

Yep the game is basically unplayable right now :/

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New update is out, which fixes some of the issues and improves on some other...

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Nice but on Android still can't swipe on second choise after bar or going North .

And every stat still 100% even after first choice.

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I'm on  WIN and i can't swipe either. Every stat still 100% even after first choice too

The stats are supposed to be 100%, when they reach 0 you lose.

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do we not have a chance to save after the cards we choose?
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The game is supposed to be short (Short re-runs)

I understand that the game looks like a really fun thing, but after every decision I make, I never have a chance to get rid of it, frankly, I'm sure I tried every way

Get rid of what?

How can i say, i played for 2 hours as a friend, but i haven't been able to open any scene or reach any ending yet. other than game over. Honestly, i couldn't understand where i went wrong.

Hint: Saint Richard Street in Virtue City 

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problem can't swip card and all stats stuck 100%

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stats drop from 100 to 0 with any selection

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Wtf, i can't play every option simply kills me, the bars simply drop to 0 out of nowhere

On what platform do you play and when does that happen? (As soon as you start the game?)

I play on windows 10, i don't know if i'm just bad at the game or what but no matter the choice i make the stat bars drop to 0 i can't progress

They do when you walk through the wasteland or the city, you should aim to take care of your hunger, rest, sanity and health by doing different actions. 

For example, in Virtue City, you can eat and sleep at "Mama's Place"

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Thanks man, love all your game, i'll keep buying as soon as you post it.

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Playing on Android. And have bug on second card after the bar or after going north: i cant swipe  not left not right.

i keep getting error, but it never sends me back to the city gates

Where?

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i get that error when you go north and you cover for him.

Exactly same reason as d2kson

On it

Thanks.