Course of Temptation is a text based adult college life sim, by Anarchothaumaturgist.
Step into a campus with countless paths and possibilities. Shape your freshman from innocent to infamous, or in any way you want. Play as male, female or non-binary, customize your look and decide how far you are willing to go.
Step into a campus with countless paths and possibilities. Shape your freshman from innocent to infamous, or in any way you want. Play as male, female or non-binary, customize your look and decide how far you are willing to go.
About this game
- Genre
- Adult Life Sim
- Developer
- Anarchothaumaturgist
- Release date
- August 2023
- Updated
- March 2026 (version 0.7.7h)
- Status
- Ongoing
- Game Engine
- Twine (play in your browser)
What's new in version 0.7.7h?
🌊 Springril Splash arrives! Celebrate the end of Meltember at the University Mall with unique food, ice cream, contests and special events.
👙 Tons of new clothing and expanded NPC swimwear options, plus new personality based turn-ons.
📱 Major phone and People menu overhaul - faster loading, search and filters, full text conversations and quick selfies.
📊 New Character tabs for hobbies, streaming income and job progress, along with better APT guidance.
🛍️ Gift icons in shops, rotating Nobbly Barns specials, coffee at River Rat and even bags of rocks.
⚡ Many optimizations, UI upgrades and fixes.
v0.7.7h
- Added Springril Splash event, a holiday celebration taking place on the very last day of Meltember (contributed by Hee Ho)
- During the Springril Splash event, you can socialize on the University Mall and enjoy unique foods and ice cream (contributed by Hee Ho)
- During Springril Splash, you can also join in a swimsuit contest and a grilling competition, in addition to other unique events (contributed by Hee Ho)
- Added some new turnons related to certain personality types (contributed by Hee Ho)
- Added mermaid skirt, novelty nautical ***, coconut ***, gingham board shorts, graphic board shorts, animal-print board shorts, and sharkbite one-piece swimsuit (contributed by Hee Ho)
- Expanded the selection of possible NPC outfits, especially when it comes to swimwear (contributed by Hee Ho)
- Optimized NPC likeability algorithm, making some tabs in the People dialog populate about 750 times faster
- Added name search and filter options to the People dialog
- You can filter by the various “badges” that show up in the People dialog (such as coworker, rival, member of the football team, etc.) as well as by known personality traits
- Revamped the look of the in-game phone texting interface
- Added a dedicated selfie button when you initiate a text with an NPC
- Refactored phone menu texting flow in preparation for implementing more dynamic conversations
- The phone will now display an entire text conversation (until you close the phone dialog)
- Items that can be gifted to NPCs are now indicated with a gift icon in shops (contributed by CGeorge)
- Coffee is now available at River Rat (contributed by CGeorge)
- The Employment tab in the Character dialog now indicates the minimum days until promotion at River Rat (contributed by CGeorge)
- Added streaming income information and other statistics to the Social Media tab in the Character dialog (note that certain stat tracking is new and won’t initially be populated) (contributed by CGeorge)
- Added a Hobbies tab in the Character dialog to track hobby-related stuff, such as writing income (contributed by Rfpnj)
- Added a more detailed explanation of how to make good APT videos (contributed by Rfpnj and General Tacticus)
- Reworked the Specials table at Nobbly Barns to rotate through different selects month by month (contributed by Rfpnj)
- Added some snowless winter variations to the location image set around campus (contributed by HeartsDmise)
- Added an extra detailed help passage for NPC relationships (contributed by CGeorge)
- Rejoice, for you can now purchase bags of rocks (contributed by Rfpnj)
- Many fixes and tweaks
v0.7.6 Public
- NPCs may now carry their own sex toy selection with them
- Their sex toy choices depend on their inclinations and orientation — for example, lesbian NPCs are more likely to carry strap-ons
- Added an option under Content Options that enables NPCs bringing sex toys to encounters, which is on by default
- Added new location images for places around campus that reflect the current season (contributed by HeartsDmise)
- Added a small optional alternate branch to the milkshake story conclusion that better accommodates lesbian PCs
- A truly crucial change: Toenails and fingernails are no longer hidden by sandals and fingerless gloves and the like
- Added a new UI for NPC customization that breaks things down into separate categories and uses dropdown options rather than clickable choices
- Added the X-cross and sex bench from the library basement as proper furniture definitions that can be used as room contents for encounters
- Added a “subs serving drinks” event to the basement library set
- Added a partner swap event to the basement library set
- Added an event where the librarian grants a dom PC access to the library basement anytime, unlocking this as an actual location you can visit
- Visiting this location during the Saturday evening discussion places into an ongoing social event similar to the quad party or Greek party, where you can mingle and chat with random events happening
- The library basement discussion also has unique opportunities, allowing you to order drinks from subs serving from the bar, or avail yourself of subs on display on the room’s furniture
- Added a new type of booty call specific to the library basement that you can use once you have a key
- Added sex toys as room contents — for example, having an encounter in the library basement provides access to paddles and floggers
- Added some vegan sex toys (contributed by Meat Glacier)
- Added a bowling alley called Lickety Splits on Saffron Street (contributed by Rfpnj)
- The bowling alley also provides some new related clothing and decor items (contributed by Rfpnj)
- Added a new hangout/date type for the bowling alley (contributed by Rfpnj)
- Added a new special world seed, “pearlnecklace”, for more NPCs who enjoy getting messy (contributed by Rfpnj)
- The sports practice progress screen now reveals the base type of each segment practiced, which generally progress linearly within their type (contributed by Rfpnj)
- Added an Employment tab on the Character screen that sums up your status with the various actual jobs in the game (contributed by Rfpnj, with assistance from CGeorge)
- The event where The Classroom Admirer gives you a sketch of your tabletop character now actually grants you a decor item (contributed by Rfpnj)
- Added a selection of new books to Nobby Barns (contributed by Rfpnj and the romance book contest participants)
- Hangout/date memories with NPCs are now more detailed (contributed by CGeorge)
- Added a Social Media tab to the Character screen summarizing your status on the various video and streaming platforms (contributed by CGeorge)
- Added a collectible card stats screen to sum up how many games you’ve won and lost, the status of your collection, and so on (contributed by noonycurt)
- Altered a number of hair accessories to no longer interfere with other items that cover the head (contributed by Hee Ho)
- Added hair beads, cowrie shell belly chain, ao dai tunic and pants, fuzzy pants, fuzzy bolero, loud and gaudy suit bits, novelty beret, kimono, furisode, yukata, pawprint socks and gloves, animal print skirts and crop tops, leather garter belts, and probably more things I missed to various stores in the game (contributed by Hee Ho)
- Added a new shop, Family Jewels, to Nutmeg Street to sell a lot of jewelry, and the Mr Gable’s jewerly department items have been relocated to it (contributed by Hee Ho)
- Added some new hairstyles and hair colors (contributed by Hee Ho)
- Added an “Outsider” option to the popularity options in the prologue (contributed by Hee Ho)
- Many fixes and tweaks
v0.7.5
- Added subskills and plays for esports
- Added play execution to esports competitions, which can significantly swing the final outcome
- Added two new EverNexus characters for esports and gave each character a more defined role, important for which part of a play you’ll be practicing/executing (there are also several overlapping general roles)
- Added a computer lab to Chamberlain Hall, which provides access to computers without needing to purchase one of your own (unfortunately, you cannot use these computers to stream, but you can use them to launch your writing minicareer)
- The computer lab is also an esports practice space, where you can practice on your own or encounter opportunities to practice with teammates
- Added subskills to swimming, divided between stroke techniques and starts, turns, and finishes
- Refactored swimming competitions to make use of the new subskills and take your personal practice level into account
- Edited flavor text and competition structure to be more accurate to U.S. college swimming standards, which uses yards instead of meters
- Set the pool in Blodgett Gym as a location for personal swim practice, and also for opportunities to practice with teammates
- Added two new repeatable extended prose events to the “Smashers” professional **** career, which will enable your character to do this every week for an extra paycheck
(For the moment, you can schedule a shoot by using the contact link on the AmateurPornTown website, though this will very likely be done differently in the career’s final form)
- Added two new sports bras, a festival mask, knee-high sneakers, a denim jumpsuit, a cape coat, and new bags to stores in Riverside (contributed by Hee Ho)
- Altered the garter belt so it wouldn’t interfere with other clothing (contributed by Hee Ho)
- Refactored how dress codes and dress restrictions (for example, not being allowed to board the bus naked) are handled throughout the game, which should make this system more consistent, easier to maintain, and less prone to edge cases (contributed by noonycurt)
- Many fixes and tweaks
v0.7.4
Extended sports mechanics with a routine and practice mechanic (currently only implemented for cheerleading)
Routines are made up of segments, which must be practiced by the team before the routine is likely to be successful
By individually tracking segment progress, they enable subskills of sorts within sports
You can view your progress on the possible segments within your sport by clicking the College button and choosing View Practice Progress under your sport
The school’s cheerleading squad now competes in their own right, and four times a season, they will compete with the other schools in their division, having their routines scored
Added periodic reminders to export your save, which accompany a handy link to do so instantly
Added options to change the frequency of export reminders or turn them off entirely
Added a petition framework to allow the player to gradually alter some of the rules on campus (contributed by fhish and noonycurt)
Current petitions include: make the gym lockers unisex, allow swimwear to be considered proper dress for classes etc., allow everybody to be topless wherever men are currently allowed to be topless, disallow anybody from going topless (contributed by fhish and noonycurt)
Petitions unlock partway into the second week by running into a new storyline NPC, The Activist, outside Blodgett Gym (contributed by noonycurt)
Character costumes (ones made up of everyday clothing that a specific character wears) are now handled better, and it should be better at correctly detecting you’re wearing a costume while also not counting outfits as costumes when it shouldn’t
Fixed an NPC skill inconsistency that could result in an NPC sometimes having no skill when they should have at least some skill, depending on how it was looked up
Content Options now includes a Boost option, which will disable all warnings and make events related to that content more frequent (the actual efficacy of this depends on the event set, but generally events will be twice as frequent)
You can now quit your Greek house by talking to the president or rush chair. Note that the members of your house really don’t like this and you won’t be able to rejoin!
Added some hats and hair accessories to various stores (contributed by Hee Ho)
Added some jewelry to various stores (contributed by Hee Ho)
Added some new hair colors (contributed by Hee Ho)
Added a couple new shoes to various stores (contributed by Hee Ho)
Added some new costume parts and costume sets to the costume shop (contributed by Hee Ho)
Added a Hidden Treasures section to Dr. Cuttlefish that requires Photography or Troublemaking skill to find (contributed by Hee Ho)
Many fixes and tweaks
v0.7.3
- Added a seasonal event known as No Goon Gourdtober, this universe’s take on No Nut November, where participating NPCs (usually the college students, though not all of them) will pledge to not orgasm all month
- There are several new events unique to this event, particularly if the PC is participating
Encounters can still proceed as normal for participants, but have different end conditions — your participating partners will be content with edging
- Temptations will be frequent, and chances to fail will tend to multiply the longer you’ve gone without orgasm
- The consequences of failing — the fact you’ll have to tell your friends you’re out — lead to slightly easier Willpower checks when it comes to resisting orgasm during this time
- You’ll end up with a designated rival (usually a ****buddy, or at least a potential one) during this time who makes it their mission to outlast you, with several events attached
- Making somebody else break their No Goon Gourdtober oath is quite satisfying and will restore some Composure
- Once No Goon Gourdtober has ended, participating NPCs will be very eager to break their dry spell — participating NPCs will be more receptive to *** than usual until they’ve had an orgasm, and there are unique events attached to this as well
- Succeeding in lasting through the whole month will grant you a unique inclination — Tantric Willpower, which makes the easier orgasm resistance of No Goon Gourdtober permanent
- Failing to last for the whole month but making a good attempt (at least ten days) will grant you a unique inclination — Eager, which grants more Satisfaction for an orgasm achieved without edging
- Additionally, you can choose unique reward inclinations for participating — two inclinations for succeeding, or one for at least making a good attempt (at least ten days) (using suggestions from Hee Ho)
- The number of times you’ve edged is now tracked and results in greater satisfaction once you finally orgasm
- Added the Edgemaster inclination, which makes it easier to edge and grants additional Satisfaction when you do
- Added chastity devices which block sexual contact with your bits, lest you be tempted
Especially dominant partners may wish to decree that you wear a chastity device that they hold the key to
- Hats have been recategorized from accessories to a new hats category of their very own
- The swimwear shop Dr. Cuttlefish has been fully implemented, as well as a new shoe shop known as Bootlicker (contributed by Hee Ho)
- Added several new clothing items at these new shops and others, such as swim googles, skirts with pockets, a transparent graphic top, and more (contributed by Hee Ho)
- Added several weird exclusive items, including drinks and *** toys, to Dr. Cuttlefish (contributed by Hee Ho)
- Added other various new things, including tattoos, hairstyles, and books, found at the usual places (contributed by Hee Ho and Meat Glacier)
- Updated outfits for NPCs with conservative style for consistency and variety (contributed by Hee Ho)
- Added several new distinguishing features, mostly PC-only (contributed by Hee Ho)
- The Character dialog and its various tabs have been rearranged slightly
- Added a Reputation tab to the Character dialog
- Added hangout/date and virginity memories to the Character dialog
- Your player character’s major is now displayed in the College dialog
- Most of the clothing stores in town now have dressing rooms where you can manage your outfit
- Dressing rooms are also new suitable quickie locations in case there’s anybody hanging out in these shops that you want to “catch up” with
- Added direct links to and from your bedroom in Greek houses
- You may now choose to wash only your dirty clothes. The future is here!
- Many fixes and tweaks
