The Smoke Room
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
(The Smoke Room contains themes of an adult nature - you must be 18 or older to play)
The Smoke Room is a horror/romance visual novel set in a small desert town in the year 1915. It is a standalone prequel to Echo.
Moving to the town of Echo was a bad idea. Trusting someone he barely knew was an even worse one. The Smoke Room tells the story of Samuel, a sex worker in the town's most infamous brothel. After making the biggest mistake of his life, Sam will struggle to keep it a secret. He comes to realize however, that doing so might be impossible...Echo itself seems to know what he's done, and it's not keen on letting him forget.
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(Please try to scrap old saves every time there is a new update.)
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Development log
- The Smoke Room Build 34 (Will): "A Hundred Visions and Revisions"20 days ago
- The Smoke Room Build 33: "And When You Sleep You Remind Me of the Dead."Mar 26, 2024
- TSR build 32 (Nik): "And he Whose Soul is Flat-the sky"Feb 24, 2024
- The Smoke Room Update 31(Nik): "And points and beckons with its hands"Dec 17, 2023
- The Smoke Room build 30: "Does the Tide Hurry" (Will)Nov 19, 2023
- The Smoke Room Build 29: Solidarity Forever (Nikolai)Sep 24, 2023
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WILLIAM'S ROUTE SPOILER!!!!
- So I noticed that I went through Marcy's labor twice. One that places after Sam offers Todd services and the other one after the night where Nik told Will and Sam he's leaving Echo. I feel like It's a bug since It's literally the same event with the same dialogues, but this time William along with Sam and Todd find Marcy mid-labor. Did she have 2 labors or is my game broken? lol, thank you for reading
That's gonna be a bug of some sort.
-George
Hi! I notice that William have less variations sprites than the others. There are gonna stay like that or it´s gonna be change in the future? I really love to see the variations where he is angry or all happy completely naked and full erect xD
I haven't updated for a while and I have smoke room 31, it says that 34 can't be updated as it conflicts with a file with same name. Any advice? I don't want to loose my progress.
Move your save file out of the game file to another location, delete the old version, download the new one and drop the original save file into the game file of the new version. That's what I usually do, and it works most of the time.
why are people mad about the KanexWilliam sex scene?
Because this is great
honestly, it’s a mixture of stupidity and even more stupidity, some people are mad that their “alpha hot male” William got topped by kane, and some people are mad about something that isn’t even real 😭 (that kane SA’D William by the effect of alcohol)
Wait didn't the scene get removed? 😭 After playing build 34, i didn't encounter that scene. Honestly i'm not complaining, i wasn't a big fan of it cause it seemed a bit forced.
wait a damn minute, IT GOT REMOVED??? 😭 im pretty sure you picked a wrong dialogue in the story.
Will there be another VN connected to the TSR verse? Same with Echo, route 65, and arches? It would honestly be fascinating!! this is my first time to be interested in such a good VN!!
TSR is already connected to Echo and others. The action takes place in the same town 100 years apart.
yes yes I know, but like will there be another VN connected to TSR?? I feel like TSR is on the verge of being 100% completed.
YES FINALLY
What happened to the Android version?
Don't worry it will be available for now lets just wait for a while
The Man in the Moon stole it from me.
-George
Usually in my experience the android version always gives someone trouble. They usually fix it soon so I wouldn't worry.
Im confused lol , my gmail didn't send me a notification about built 33 , I have the built 27 , its built 33 different ?? im scared , im in the Nik Rute , but I see 2 posts about 33 , idkn what 2 do I downloaded the 2 lol ,help im confused
im screaming , I see that there's more , I hate gmail 4 not notify me about the update , now I have to read the new stuff , the only one who will get affected in this is my serotonin , pray 4 me
im crying
Yeah I wouldn’t rely on Gmail for that! It usually gives me notifications a few days after the update. You’re better off joining the Discord server or checking this page more often.
I'm eagerly anticipating the conclusion, even though I'm aware it will be devastating.
Well, jokes aside, I just wanna say
This project makes me... Feel happy for some reason.
Dialogues in this game pierce right through your heart sometimes. I absolutely love how the mood changes from creepy and tense to passionate and romantic. At the same time, all the romance and debauchery in the game don't look cloying.
And the main character can't help but make you smile, he's such a silly kitty.
I don’t want to rant, I’ll just say one thing. This game is like one big adventure, like in childhood, but you and your friends have grown up long ago. The environment influences you, but you must remain yourself and fight your fears for the sake of the one who is truly dear to you.
And I'm just happy to see how well Sam and William are doing. It just feels natural, alive. And it makes me feel alive.
Even if it's not completed yet,
Thank you
i wonder how close it is to the finish. what percentage
Will there be a new public build release?
The last patreon update was in May so hopefully y'all will get a public update sometime in july
Thank you for telling me this
Blasphemy
Blasphemy
I hate him but that’s why I love him.
Sorry, but much of the plot deals with the sexual themes of this game, so it wouldn't make sense without them.
-George S.
Guys, the scene in William's route after dialogue with James is THE BEST THING IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
Question: Is there a Discord for Echo or any of their Spin-offs?
Yup, its called the Echo Project Discord lol
I couldn't find it. Perhaps it is Patreon only. Thank you, Though.
There is an unofficial discord (which I don't currently use but some other EP devs do.)
Have been trying to set up something more official in the mean time.
-George
Thank you.
Yes, TSR could easily deserve its own Discord. Also, a Discord with a channel for each of the stories would also be appropriate.
Please keep me/us in the loop if this ever comes to fruition!!
You know me as the guy making the Murdoch music video on Twitter. I really should change my name here...
I agree, TSR has such a unique vibe and mood, so I'd like to be in a chats that focus on TSR only, huh
I've been thinking about William Adler lately... I feel sorry for him and also for his ex-wife. Then I discover this song "Austin" by Dasha and I realised that it's vibing with their stories. Enjoy the parody! Hopefully it somehow inspires the developer team in any way.
We had a plan, move out of Echo, baby
North to the city, it's all we talked about lately
I'd pack the car, bring your badge and case for closin'
First thing at dawn, you'd cue the songs and we'd get goin'
But you weren't home, waited on the porch for ya
Sat there alone, all throughout the morn' 'til I
Got a hunch down in my gut and snuck around the back
Empty cans and I'll be damned, your gear was never packed
Did your badge stop workin'?
Did your truck break down? (Truck break down)
Did you burn through duty?
Did your job find out? (Job find out)
Where there's a will, then there's a way
And I'm damn sure you lost it
Didn't even say goodbye
Just wish I knew what caused it
Was the whiskey flowin'?
Were you in a fight? (In a fight)
Did the nerves come get you?
What's your alibi? (Alibi)
I made my way back to the city
And that's where you'll be forgotten
In forty years you'll still be here
Drunk washed up in Echo
A hell of a bluff, you had me believin'
How many months did you plan on leavin'?
What happened? Bad habits? Did you go back?
Go batshit?
I loved you, how tragic, oh-oh
Does anyone know how far along the game is so far? I want be able to play the game when the stories are completed.
Echo took 7 years to complete, and TSR has been in development for less than 5 years. I get the feeling that they really want to expand the lore/themes they established in Echo, so it's probably going to be awhile before it's finished.
Thank you Echo Project for this game. It's really good! I especially love the writing and the occasional new words I learned. (Props to George Squares!) Smoke Room is very fun, and a lot spicier than the other Echo games. Love Cliff and Murdoch the most, personally. I especially found Cliff's route to be most enjoyable. I am excited to see what you have in store!
i love ur team, yall do great work
Thank ya. We appreciate the love and support.
-George
Does anyone know what choices do i need to do so i can unlock willams cg's 7 to 9?
Do I have to play echo first to understand this or can I just play it as is?
The games reference one another but there's no particular order you need to go in.
-George
Its probably good you started with this one. You don't have to play it in any order. They reference one another but its more like a easter egg.
But order
The Smoke Room (Past)
Echo (Present)
Arches (Future)
The game hasn't been updated yet, why is your account already updated?
Buenos días, alguien sabe si el juego está en español? Plis deseo saber porfavor
I went Cliff > Nik > Sam > Nik > Cliff > Murdoch > Cliff > Will > And I think Nik will have to be my number 1 because I'm too much like Cliff and need a big hard working badger in my life to belly flop on top of me as I fall asleep. Yeah I think that's going to be it. That will be my decision. I like it.
same lmao
hey, so we are having this argument in the Echo Project Wiki over William's sexuality, about whether he is homosexual or bisexual, if is not a bother, would you mind settling the matter?
William is homosexual. Many gay people in the US were coerced into marriage for colonialist purposes, and that's a major component of William's story. There are several major bi characters though, like Cliff, Todd, James and his wife, Dora and Jim. The majority of a sexually segregated workforce in Echo at this time period would express bisexuality and m/m relationships in some fashion based on historical trends and evidence. Homophobic attitudes would still coexist in some capacity with this realty as well.
-George
ok, i've played through most routes (except cliff's, halfway through it) and i want to review this vn. i've seen the drama on twitter over it, and i agree partly with some of the criticism, though i don't agree how some people go about criticizing the game. when i mean criticism, i mean people talking about the narrative's inconsistencies.
spoilers ahead btw. also everything i write below is subject to change, since the vn is not complete yet and i myself change my opinions on things from time to time. who knows, maybe when the game launches i'll write another one.
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the thing i saw most on twitter when people were criticizing the game was how many NSFW scenes there were. people said it was too much and yadda yadda, and i half agree with it and half disagree. the protag is a literal whore. it's kinda expexted for there to be a lot of sugestive scenes ain't it? and second, you can have a good history VN with a lot of sugestive stuff in it (burrows for example). though i do think some of them feel out of left field, like the one with hendricks on cliffs route, the one with todd on the shed and kane's. and i have something to say about kane's specifically.
the other thing people said about the game was the non-consentual act on kane's scene. that's undeniable, it's implied (at least how i see it) that william passed out in the middle of it. even before he passed out, he didn't really consent to do half the things kane told him to do. i feel this can't just be ignored on the upcoming william update. william's route has to do something further and not just go "well that just happened ig" and just keep moving. i feel this has to be addresed in some way with the seriousness the topic of r4pe and SA deserves next william update, or further up.
aside from this, i like where the history is going on the routes. i like how diferent they all are to each other and my favorite would probavly be between william and nik's. i hope we see more of how this game ties in with echo in the next update. since echo had 63 updates, and tsr is on the 33rd, i'm guessing we're close to seeing the ending of the histories.
I want to point out a few disagreements and inconsistencies on your post.
Also Spoilers
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When you talk about Kane's scene. First you say its "undeniable" that this was non-consensual and immediately follow by saying "It was implied that he passed out in the middle of the scene". That absolutely didn't happened AT ALL and I don't know what do you read to make you think that was remotely implied. At least you acknowledge when you wrote in parenthesis "(at least how i see it)" that your view is subjective, because even if you saw it like that, that's not what happened in the slightest.
You also said "he didn't really consent to do half the things Kane told him to do". I don't understand. Half of what things?
Kane kisses Will----Will responds with "He is damn good". Will likes that
Kane makes Will kneel---- Will responds with "What the hell am I doing down here if not to do exactly what he's expecting". He is willing to try a thing that was repressed because of his father, if he didn't want that , he could easily just stand up and go. Which ties to the next part.
Will remembers the time when he was doing THIS EXACT SAME THING with someone HE LIKED but he was denied by his homophobic father. However Will says "I know this time isn't going to be like the last time SAM IS HERE WITH ME" Because in order to arrive at this point of the story and this scene, one of the choices was
"If you can allow for things to go where they need to, then so can I."
Kane says "Lick balls to base"---Will says "So I give him what WE BOTH want"
Kane makes Will go deeper and says to Sam "Even I wouldn't have FOLLOWED those orders WITHOUT a little RESISTANCE"----- Will says after "I am good at following orders, right? Even when they TASTE BAD. But I can't pretend ANY OF THIS TASTE BAD"
"I NEEED THIS"
The only thing that Will "didn't consent" was him finishing in his face instead of his mouth. And some folks make it sound that William was being waterboarded with cum in some sort of torture device. All the while the whole scene reads that Will is pretty much into it and we were given a lot of context in past updates about Will's psyche. Some of this r4pe and SA takes I have heard are from people that either:
1 Forgot some of the context of past updates,
2 Gloss over the context that the current William update prior to the Kane scene or
3 Are folks from a certain age that shouldn't be reading this VN because by nature they lack the understanding and maturity to read into these scenes due to their young age.
There is also a fourth point. People not liking when a character doesn't feet their preconceived notions but to each their own.
I do agree with you that I also hope the route just doesn't keep moving and go "Well that just happened". I would love to hear what Will feels after overcoming a very deep seeded barrier put out by an homophobic father and able to overcome that thanks to SAM with Kane (Someone he likes), even when he was hesitant at the beginning.
William consenting verbally and nonverbally makes this a consensual scene.
William has degrees of sexual neurosis that he wants to get over through self-struggle, which is why bondage is helpful to him.
-George
spoiler
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i was writing a reply but the power went out. it was a shame cause i wrote a lot. i'll just boil down what i was gonna say and some more.
i went and replayed his route (granted, i skipped scenes that didn't involve william poking his brain) and i agree with you that most people on twitter forgot some of the context prior the stag part and sk did i. william did agree verbally/non verbally but what led me to have those opinions was this line"i mean to stand ground, but i'm dizzy" after kane put him os his knees and sam a bit later "be patient with him, he's had more than a shot". completely forgot that liquid courage is def something. i said i agree with some thing they said, i still do but nah, they tripping on this scene. i gotta say tho: william won't magically just overcome his conflicts and internalized homophobia with this scene alone (this month i think we'll have the next update, we'll see how it will play out)
also replaying his route, i can't say exactly why but i feel murdoch and william are two sides of the same coin. i already noticed playing murd's route and i thought it again replaying will's. probably because they're both conflicted but i won't elaborate and just let this marinate. maybe when both their routes end.
also the pass out thing: i said it was in the middle of the scene, i meant the end before the "to be continued", that was miscommunication on my part ("i remember just one thing before darkness overtakes me: sam wiping the filth out of me"). but re-reading it, yeah reached back there, not even gonna lie. it's open ended, so again, only next update we'll know how it turned out.
side thing: i remembered i had made a post here on itch months ago on how sudden the stag scene felt, and even on this thread original post. it flew over my head when i posted it, but it's good to know there will be changes in the future
(Definitely check out the patreon build that just came out if you are willing to support us. There have been major edits for pacing around the stag scene.)
oh shit, it came out? gonna check out once i got more time on me then
You have valid points but keep in mind that liking or enjoying the act if you didn't consent or was pressured to give consent, doesn't mean that it's safe from SA, It's way more complicated. (I'm talking about other instances, not this specific situation)
Now my take on this:
I skipped Kane's scene but came back to see how it would go after I finished the route (up till this update). I don't like these type of scenes because It's so out of pocket, William and Sam barely know Kane and Todd joined out of nowhere lol.
I'm personally glad that I chose not to go, I prefer Sam and Will to be with Nik because he wanted to be with them in the first place, not with a random man. That's just my opinion though
I know that SA is complicated. The thing is, Will consent to is, all the way when they were outside of The Hip and when they went to The Stag. Sam asking questions outside The Stag is not pressure, is getting to know Will and at the end trying something that he wanted to do and enjoy it (Because HE wanted this).
If you don't like these types of scenes that's Ok, glad you choose the other option that you felt more comfortable with. Also, if you pay attention to the story, this is not out of pocket at all. William has laid out his past trauma in bits and pieces throughout the story and this scene was the culmination of that.
In my opinion, both are totally valid ways to overcome that trauma laid out in his route. Either by Sam’s wanting to do something stupid with Will, or by sheer luck with Nik. How I see it, there is no incorrect answer and there is no need to call something SA if you didn’t like it but the character who consensually agreed to this, did. Now we have 2 paths where Will broke his past trauma and see where that leads him. Could be good, could be bad but nonetheless, exciting to explore.
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||Can you save Will in Nik's route?||
Also can you hide text somehow like you can do in discord for spoilers?
We don't know for certain if he died. He might just be badly wounded. We won't know till next update, I'm gonna be pissed if they killed.
Yeah, I hope he'll be fine.
So far, it seems like who gets hurt depends on who you choose to sell out. I experimented and got a few different people at the end there
I see, thanks for the information. ^_^
When I want to play the game the TSR-32 file cannot be opened, in build 31 it could be opened normally and translated, now that I download build 33 I cannot open it either, there is another file with the name TSR I can open it but I cannot translate it As in build 31, is there an error in the TSR-33 file?
Yo does anyone know if there is a soundtrack for this game somewhere
Is there any way to skip the story? I mean.. i cant read it all from the beginning again .. can i just continue the build 33? Im at 31
Yeah there is I believe. If you click the extra button which on the main menu its shows you all the chapters out for each character. Which you can then click what chapter you would like to be at for said character. I do hope this was helpful in someway.
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ughhhhh i want more cliff content!!! but ive recently started with the murdoch playthrough, and jeeeeez you guys never cease to fail!!! i cant wait to play through the other builds of this game!!! :3 i imagine they are all so amazing!!
I can only boot up build 27 but idk why?
I cant boot build 33. Am I the only one?
this novel left a scar on me and its deep