Blankspace - Additional Text Patch
A downloadable mod
The patch adds an additional 13k words to the game (around 60-90 minutes of reading in total), showing what happens after the "fade to black" moments in the story.
Keep in mind that this is not your usual adult patch.
It has explicit descriptions, but no explicit images.
It's been created in such a form with the hope that a well written descriptive narrative will spark your imagination better than a few drawn images might.
Download
Install instructions
The bs_patch.rpa file should be placed in the "game" folder in your Blankspace directory.
When the game successfully detects the patch's presence, the words "PATCH ENABLED" will appear in small text in the bottom right corner of the start menu screen after launching the game.
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I installed it to SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Blankspace\game and there is a folder now called "blankspace-patch" with a folder called ".itch" inside, which is empty. When I start the game, there is no "patch enabled" to be seen... you said here that it works with the Steam version too but somehow I can't get it to work. Any advice? Is there a way to download the patch manually and move it to that folder myself? Because when I click on "download" it justs asks me directly where to INSTALL, it will not simply download anything.
Hey there! If you're playing the game over on Steam, then the patch is also available there as free DLC at this point - you can simply enable it from there, too, with no manual copypasting of any files needed. :)
Thank you so much for your answer! I've been trying to get the patch from Steam now for nearly an hour with deleting all my filters etc., restarting and whatnot. The problem is: it tells me there are 3 DLCs but I can see only two. Now that I tried really everything I can think of, I guess it's a problem with Steam Germany which is ridiculously strict with any sexual content. Do you know if that is the case? Anyway, I have no idea how to access the patch. Is there any other way? Do you have a direct link to the DLCs shoppage on Steam maybe? Either I can see that it is indeed blocked for me (maybe that info is interesting to you because that would apply to everyone in Germany) or I could finally find the patch.
Oh, I see. :0 Perhaps it's a matter of turning on preferences for adult content on your Steam account itself, then? Because when I'm logged into the NBS account, I also get the message that "1 item has been excluded based on your preferences", while I can see the patch just fine on my personal account.
Here's the link to the patch itself, if you'd like to check out if it opens up for you at all.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1736950/Blankspace__Additional_Text_Patch_18/
Hi, thanks again for your reply!! And now we have proof: when I click on your direct link, Steam tells me I can't access the page in Germany. (My preferences are always including any adult content.) So it's indeed blocked for German Steam users, which infuriates me ever since they changed it to that a few years ago, as it isn't even necessary by German law, they would just need to implement an age verification. >:( It's really ridiculous, when not even porn sites are blocked over here. Well, rant aside... do you have any idea how I could still get the file?
Really should just be a case of dropping the downloaded bs_patch.rpa file into the Blankspace\game folder alongside archive.rpa - while it shouldn't hurt anything, you shouldn't be seeing any extra folder created either as far as I recall! When you click the download link, are you NOT just getting a single bs_patch.rpa file? I could pop a copy up somewhere else if that might help.
Should look more or less like this when all's done (this is my own PC!):
Thanks for your answer, xolf! As I said I don't get the file itself, instead itch asks me, where to install - and then procedes to create that folder with subfolder and nothing inside. That's why I am asking if there is any other way of getting the file itself and installing it manually.
Edit: if you could indeed upload it somewhere else for me that would be SO nice of you as I'm sure that would solve the problem.
That is so weird!
Try this link: https://jink.org/bs_patch.rpa
FINALLY I see "patch enabled", phew... thank you SO much! I have no idea why itch was acting like this for me. I'm so happy there are kind people like you out there! <3
Hey, the more people who get to read and enjoy what I co-wrote, the better!
(As I wrote in a review, but for anyone else to see...)
You guys made the right call. The writing was very engaging, with lots of character expression, and it would've been really difficult to get images for all of that. It was far better to stick to your writing than to compromise on it for the sake of images.
I was under the impression there would be 18+ cgs? If not that's fine, I think if you feel it isn't appropriate for the story you're trying to tell that's better, but I just thought there would be.
An 18+ patch was originally planned, and it's true that often means CGs.
When we came to actually creating the patch content, we opted to write the story first, and then consider how to fit it into the game (as opposed to drawing an image or two and then writing to fit the images).
As you've probably seen, there ended up being quite a lot of that written content (definitely more than we'd originally guessed we'd have). Beryl and Chris are in an interesting situation, and the ideas flowed well.
But that then led to the realization that to adequately illustrate all the action would take a tremendous amount of effort (and we're all too aware of how often you can hit an h-scene in a game, and so much of the story ends up mismatched to the static image, and we didn't want that either).
So we were faced with a choice - we could add months (a lot of months) to our development time (for content that not all players will want). Or we could cut one or more of the explicit scenes out entirely (but we liked them all!)
And neither of those were very appealing choices! So we chose to focus some additional art resource within the main game, and allow our readers to use their imaginations to fully picture the 18+ scenes in their entirety.
Beryl tells us that she appreciated the extra time she got to spend with Chris, too. ;)
Gotcha, I just wanted to make sure if I needed to check back on that. I think that's the better decision, lets people focus more on the puzzles and story. Besides from your other vn, Soulset, I could tell you had good writers, so this is still a + to the experience.
Does this work on the steam version too? I can't find the patch on the steam version of the game's store page is all :)
Yes, this patch works with both the Steam and itch versions of the game. :)
Hell yeah! 😎