
Friends in Need
About Friends in Need
Friends in Need sees you stepping into the role of a man who made a very bad financial decision, which nearly resulted in your ruin. Years later, the reverberations of that decision echo once more through your life, suddenly enriching you beyond your wildest imaginings. When your best friend and long-time crush comes to you for help with her own financial misfortune, you realize that with nearly unlimited resources, you can be a force for good – or evil.
The Vanilla Version is the Patreon version with all non Patreon confirming content removed.
Downloads
Confused about how the downloading works? Here is a handy guide
- Extract and run.
- Patch Instructions:<br>Patch Instructions:"Step 1. Move "FriendsinNeed_patch.rpy" into "game" folder.<br>Step 2. Allow "FriendsinNeed_patch.rpy" to overwrite the existing file of the same name.<br>Please note that this patch can be used on any version of the game, from v. 0.15 forward.<br>*Neon Ghosts Studio claims no responsibility for this patch, recognizing it only as a fan-made contribution.
- Save Game Naming Patch:<br>Just extract to main folder (where .exe is) and overwrite if prompted.
Walkthrough & Guide
Nicki Removal Patch (v.0.375): FILEKNOT - ANONZIP
Nicki Removal Patch Installation:
If you install this patch into your main FiN folder and allow it to merge with the existing "game" folder, it will overwrite existing script script files, and add new images to support a new path. With this path, you can choose to excise Nicki entirely from the story.
Just start from the beginning and, when you get to the choice to help her or not, choose "Tell her to fuck off."
Gallery Mod: FILEKNOT - ANONZIP
Gallery Mod Installation:
1. Unzip file
2. Copy contents to /game folder in the game install directory
Gallery Mod Features:
Names and Relationships can be changed from defaults.
Filter gallery by multiple tags.
There is also an optional Unlock/Relock Unseen button. Due to Renpy limitation viewing a scene unlocked through the button will unlock it permanently.
During replay, right-click and choose "End Replay" to stop replay and return to gallery.
When viewing images can toggle between actual size or fit to screen if applicable. If actual size is larger than screen, image can be scrolled around.
Keyboard Navigation:
G - From main menu, opens gallery
V - Change Page/Scroll View
Left/Right Arrow - In Page View, Prev/Next Page
Ctrl + Left/Right Arrow - In Page View, First/Last Page
#1-9: In Page View, Jump to 1st through 9th Page respectively
#0: In Page View, Jump to Last Page
Up/Down Arrow - In Scroll View, Scroll Up/Down the List
PgUp/PgDn - In Scroll View, Scroll Up/Down by 1 screen at a time
Home/End - In Scroll View, Jump to Top/Bottom of List
F - Open Filter screen
N - Open Rename screen
U - Unlock/Relock button
X - Exit filter screen, rename screen, image viewer or replay if applicable
Z - In image viewer - toggle actual size or fit to screen
H - In image viewer - hide buttons for UI free viewing
C - In Filter screen - Clear all filters
NOTE:
The mod does not change any game files
Short Stories: FILEKNOT - ANONZIP
Short Stories Installation:
- Viola's Song
- Picture Imperfect
- A Little Mad (Part One)
Walkthrough Mod: FILEKNOT - ANONZIP
Walkthrough Mod Installation:
1. Unzip file
2. Copy contents to /game folder in the game install directory
Walkthrough Mod Features:
Walkthrough calls out choices that lead to Lewd and Sex Scenes, Achievements and Gallery Pics.
Walkthrough highlights any relevant variables and flags pertaining to a choice.
For imagemap based unlockables an optional pointer to the location can be shown.
Walkthrough text font size can be scaled.
Mod also adds the ability to name saves.
Keyboard Navigation:
G - Show/Hide Walkthrough Guide
P - Show/Hide Pointer where applicable
NOTE:
The mod does not change any game files
Featuring roughly 430+ images, as well as the save migration feature from Friends in Need: Season 1. I’ve given it some testing and it all seems to be working. Season 1 v0.95b will prompt you to export a save file at the end, and this teaser will ask you to choose from one of five slots upon startup.
Minimum
OS: Windows 7+ / macOS 10.10+ / Linux
CPU: Dual Core 1.5 GHz
RAM: 2 GB
GPU: Integrated Graphics
Storage: 214.0 MB
Recommended
OS: Windows 10+ / macOS 12+ / Linux
CPU: Dual Core 2.0 GHz
RAM: 4 GB
GPU: Any dedicated GPU
Storage: 214.0 MB
With what you just pulled with Gabby; and Nicki being just as reticent as she’s been the whole damned story… no. There are too many ties to too many people, with too much drama attached to make this story end well. It SHOULD just be a harem tagged game and be done with it. There are too many possilbe LI’s to pursue and he has too much money not to have ALL of them want it. That’s not love. There’s not much redeeming any of them, aside from the look of their bodies. Madison is a prime example – Caroline is ALREADY a mom, so pursuing her is basically pointless as her focus should RIGHTLY never be the MC.
Risa was introduced for the same reason Brittani was. Problems. That’s all, sexy bod, but cause the MC problems. Hell I went to bat for Gabby with Jaime and the little bastard still got a shot in (I fucking HATE when the MC doesn’t get to defend himself – and IN his OWN home!!! Assholes) For taking the punch you get a potential titjob, or you can reject her… but Jaime apparently has the key to MC’s door because he comes back and heard everything… of course. Fuck. Me. Sideways… you just knew that whole thing should come back to bite you [ And HERE’S the POINT: It WOULDN’T. IF it was a HAREM!]
The russian storekeeper lost any sense of the choices you could make to get her contact, so I have no clue how MC’s going to help her at all. The swim suit issue for MC’s Sister (which I’d emphatically argue he doesn’t need; and doesn’t need a Bi nod to make anyone wonder even still) should be clearly one choice is good, one choice is bad. The floral one needs to be shown to END the content with her, and the gold one should be the one that wakes her up to the fact that MC sees her as someone OTHER than just his little sister. That choice is NOT clear. At all. I figure one way or the other it’s going to come back to bite me, and in this sort of game you can’t have the player feel that way with every. Single. Choice. Jesus.
Nicki is a prime example of you dun fucked up your own damned life. IF you do press for something sexual with her, in the bathroom, she just drops anything. Even while telling you right before, she almost became an actual porn star… she was willing to be your good little whore (I hate the word, but it’s what she calls herself and admits to – which puts the whole relationship aspect off on the REALLY wrong foot) She is already taken; then not, then chooses to friendzone you twice, while she makes her mind up that she does in fact want to keep you… and she wonders why the hell EVERY relationship she’s had has ended badly??? She picked Brent… who again, mr. I know she’s back in town but… let’s drop that whole issue for like exactly how many chapters do you plan? Was that even really necessary to include. How the FUCK has MC not blocked his arse. At all. How should he even thought to make contact. With her, or with MC. Once she rabbited, his whole arc should be just DONE. Period.
You have MORE THAN ENOUGH drama in trying to make the girls feel better enough to want to be kept (and I could have been much less kind in the wording) Pepper for example. If you try to ask her about the bruise [Which is admittedly the dumb shit answer] she gets pissed. If you don’t ask; you can’t really help except to toss money at it. Which isn’t really going to help if she’s getting tossed down the stairs, or one of her parents is an asshole alcoholic. I also really don’t know what you’re intending with the homeless GIRL. (Aside from the fact that 3/4 homeless are MEN, not women, it’s kind of obvious that MC’s meant to want to adopt her like some scrappy little pup – which is insulting to anyone that’s even been close to on the streets, or considered legally homeless)
None of the storylines need to intersect. No girl NEEDED to be connected to the others, just to make sure something fucks up. If you want a dating sim; dilineate it. Since you made him RICH and obviously don’t intend for him to lose it: Make a Harem. Period. I don’t care if it just works that way at the end, and they’re all happily pregnant (because Nicki does seem to want to encourage a breeding fetish – so the I’m on the Pill thing is just stupid btw, as it kills the risk, which is about half the thrill of it, and it’s actively borking a true bonding point that could effectively turn their relationship to something genuine) but it needs to A) Happen, and B) NOT be a freaking Rubix cube to get there. At this point, Madison, Gabby and Nicki are such messes that I do not think MC SHOULD pursue them. Gabby most definitely didn’t react in a way where she would EVER keep a true Dom, or a boyfriend. Why; because her last was an asshole. MC was trying to help her fucking FAMILY. He’s only EVER tried to help her, or her family… and she just cuts him off. No!
Save that BS for if/when [and fuck me if I don’t know it will be when with you Devs… I expect it, because that’s where you get your fun isn’t it?] Gabby finds out about Brittani. Which again, I doubt you’ll actually let the three of them talk out, rationally like adults. To sort through what they really have. Or don’t. What they want… before both of them just randomly – because FEMALE FEELINGS are important – decide to drop him.
Dudes, dudettes; whatever in between… LISTEN to me. We don’t play these games to feel MORE like SHIT. Okay? So really, every. Single. One. of you need to stop treating the MC like some “nice guy/beta bitch/perv” Who’s only there to be either a wallet, a MASSIVE horse cock whenever they decide they actually DO want… or a whipping post. If I wanted to feel that bad all the time, I’d stick to my own life. Thank you very bloody much. End of the day, the story’s not unsalvageable yet… YET. But you have to have the GIRLS make some actual, hard life decisions about where they really want to be, in regards to the MC. Because with the money he’s got; screw confidence issues. There’s a limit to EVERYONE’s patience. I don’t care how nice her tits are, or how much he wants to bend her over a coffee table. They will ALL lose him, to a girl like Ashe. Because so far, she’s the only one who’s been willing. Fun, and no drama attached. It’s not really that hard to write a compelling, interesting character arc where you explore feelings and GROW the RELATIONSHIP. Rather than having every girl be a hot mess, who the MC can’t even approach without getting ripped apart by a harpy for trying. Or fully frozen out because god forbid he actually wants to get his rocks off, with some guarantee she’s not just going to ghost him again for four months… running.
wow i love your review dude, you are a good one, i have read all, thanks
Thank you for the appreciation. And actually reading : )
bros speaking only facts!!
Who told you this game is about healthy relationships? 😂
10/10 One of the better VNs I have played from LewdZone. Recommend trying this one out with a interesting story and it has a good amount of content in it.
The patch does not seem to work, I have tried placing it both in main foler (together with .exe) & also inside the game folder (and overwrote the previous file). still nothing, Am i doing something wrong? 🙂
yo get rid of this bitch nicki, she dont deserve anything, a fucking hindrance to what is good writing, like they always say some writers just dont see the biggest problems in their stories. her character, trash, constant manipulation as if she teaching manipulation for idiots classes. you dont get to stroll into a persons life once again on your knees begging for something, any atleast i would like to think which is probably much too gerneous to think is that any person would send her on her way the next morning, but nah the mf added in suttle “i need an assistant” lines, now this ragged creature constantly bickering
The link for Chapter 11 on Android shows that it’s deleted when I try to access it. Please fix it.
Check the community links.
Where is the patch I am blind/dumb and can’t find it?
Check the community link section.
ch 7 of the remake has long been released
The game is updated to the latest version.
Currently playing on version .72 and to get the taboo patch working extract it in the game folder and delete “patch.rpy” and “patch.rpyc”.
Wolfe Hearte is a whiny child and should probably stick to something like Neopets instead of games that tell a story :/ This game starts off rough but it’s one of the better visual novels I’d played. The dialogue is solid and feels human, the characters are all interesting for a plethora is unique reasons. The models are great, there’s a bit of wonkyness in the first chapters but it definitely improves. And the relationship system is designed so damn well! The fact that you’re able to legitimately make friends and not complicate things with pointless sex is a breath of fresh air.
There are some instances where you should be able to just say “no” and completely abandon a storyline but the game forces you to go along with it which is frustrating… Risa… but at the end of the day the dev is telling you a story. You’re agreeing to go along with whatever that story is by playing. Don’t be a greedy fuckwad trying to build some stupid ass “harem” in a story where these characters are meant to feel like genuine people. Fucking freaks.
I’m a “whiny child” (and you guys wonder exactly why I changed my name and provided a fake email JUST so I no longer have to see that you’ve made your replies, and thus feel compelled to respond) and you’re on a SEX game site. Lauding a game that puts you in the friend zone. While fucking with your head the whole way, because I’m not the one that DESIGNED the damned thing to effectively BE a harem – It’s only not in the tags because the Dev is an arse. You can, and will pursue most of the women, in general because it’s CONTENT. So you invariably will get INVOLVED with these women. Most of the time it will be sexual. That’s what most of us are actually here for.
You can feel free to call me a whiny child; that’s your right and opinion. I disagree, and I’ll add that white knighting this hard isn’t going to make you get the end of the game any faster. Nor will it guarantee it’ll end the way you want.
The characters are “interesting” to you. They all read either Social Politics check box or Drama to me. Rich girl was a drug addict, decided to “rebel against daddy” for muh activism. That’s really interesting. Rich daddy tells you stay away from my daughter – even though MC is literally rich as well and could take away the fact she’s a drain on his resources… but no. We can’t have the player thinking they’ll actually GET anywhere with a girl they CAN have. There’s a girl with one leg, for no good reason. a Trans character who doesn’t need to be anything but a woman; and can actually just be FEMALE if the player chooses, but “believes” she’s a male = you want me to clap real hard and tell you I believe in fairies if you’re poisoned too. Gabi is every idiot’s IDEA of “submissive.” And the last person in the world a true dominant would want anything to do with for more than two second. Her mother is worse. Brittani would be something, but she’s got a gold digging mom, so that’s drama split down THREE seperate paths for no good reason. That doesn’t count pepper doesn’t need a “twin.” She could straight up have just been the cam girl that gets shoved into every one of these fucking games. Just because the concept exists.
I will state again: the blonde model girl next door so far is the only actual good character. She straight up IS interested. Is willing to be open about relationships (and is okay with it as long as you’re honest – so no drama)
Other than that we have the listed above, plus a single mom as the hotel manager. Who we can semi (not really – because she’s barely been in any current content) pursue. Nikki as a concept COULD be the main girl, or the best wingwoman – if not both. Instead she’s the worst offender of why guys straight up in real life DO NOT engage with females anymore. She’s the prime fucking example, exactly as written. Her name might as well be Captain Mixed Messages. Or, I’m literally ONLY here to fuck you because I want all the money in your wallet. She even has a “stalker” ex, for no really good reason. What part of she admitted she was “almost” a porn star and then straight up refuses to actually commit to the person she IS somehwat routinely FUCKING by that point, sounds like it’s good writing to you? Explain it to me, if you can. Because you can argue Tsundere all you like; you can argue she wants her “best friend” back (she’s the one that initiates a sexual relationship if you make the “right” passive bitch boy choices) and I’d still say that in real life – a Tsundere is most likely to LOSE what she actually wants. Because human beings don’t play that sort of game. We’re not mind readers. And you can hem and haw all you like about the nervousness, but if she never tells MC straight up what she wants = he WILL eventually just let her go.
But sure. Let’s go with I’m a whiny child because I’d prefer that the game was tagged what it clearly wants to be, from the start. Had everything set up to become. If the dev didn’t want to be a massive cock tease building Pin Head’s Puzzle Box of how many ways player will you let me TRY to fuck you over, before you tap out. It is, for all intents, a harem. It just doesn’t want to call itself a harem. And I’ve said on other sites, pointing this out – if the MC has this many “friends” who apparently all just need his wallet; he doesn’t need enemies. Because they’re not really friends at all. My biggest problem with the game IS the fact the guy literally has “fuck you money” and could absolutely FIND the females that won’t fuck around, and would be worth the investment. Would be the harem – as the player chose. Without all the drama. If he was the regular nine to five dude and building the same friendships or had a five figure salary so he’s well enough off but couldn’t literally waste millions donating to philanthropy… then yeah. Friendzone his ass all you want and pretend that’s a “good” story. I’ll repeat this in case you didn’t get the point: I’m a whiny child. Your words pal. But you’re here, writing about good writing because the characters in a game posted on a SEX GAME site, literally friendzone, or fuck your head around as the main character in the game. Who’s rich as balls. I’d rather be the whiny child who knows what he wants, and what the game should be, than the one with half a brain cell and blue balls, deluding himself about what good writing is.
In case it hasn’t escaped your notice, my friend: I’ve written and FINISHED far better actual novels than this “story” is. With characters that are actually complex, but don’t go out of their way to fuck with the audience’s head. I am a novelist. Story, character development and plot mechanics, as well as game mechanics come down to it, ARE what I know best. They are my wheel house. So come to my territory, and insult me all you want, for saying what I think. And you can cry to everyone else when the game tanks, or the dev abandons it because everyone else eventually sees the same thing and outright agrees with me. They don’t have to think the same thing I do, and you don’t either. But if you can’t take it, learn not to dish it out. I’ve played enough of these games for years to know Devs like to mess with our heads and get their jollies from finding ways to blue ball us. While begging for the finances to finish their damned games. Have you never taken a look at just how many get abandoned? You’re not the first to call me names, and you won’t be the last. You weren’t the first here, or on one of these sites. It’s not new. It is tiresome, and honestly I’d have been inclined to agree with much of what you wrote, if you hadn’t taken the low branch to get a pointless shot in. Insulting me doesn’t make what I wrote less true. It was and stands as my opinion. The dev CAN change it, as he likes, and he can add the freaking tag in. Hell, he could go balls to the wall and actually add in all the DARK content he swore would be in the game, so you can treat Nikki like the broken bitch she should be. It’s not that likely to happen at this point. I gave up on the game the moment Gabbi decided so randomly to be done with MC. Even against the point I helped her as much as I did; and as far as I saw I never made a “wrong” choice – in trying to pursue her. I even used the walkthrough… but you go ahead and keep thinking that is “good writing.” That’s on you.
The new version (0.4) is out
The game is updated to latest version.
How do you install the patch?
Just extract to main folder (where .exe is) and overwrite if prompted.