I believe what you say and will check it out.I ran into you when you were still teasering the game on Twitter, so I'm glad you weren't affected by the updated itch.io policy.
The current maximum number of corruption points is eight. Right now, having more than five will result in experiencing lewd dreams when resting at campsites... and in the future updates, will have more effects on scenes and decisions.
I wonder what the level of total corruption will eventually affect. Will it be taken into account at the very end of the game to give a couple of different endings, or will it cause some extra options during the game? Or will a certain level lead to an unavoidable game over before the true ending?)
Also, I'd recommend you to not polish the art yet, if you're planning it. Even the sketches already look very decent and tell the story well enough. I'd polish it all after the whole game is finished, and then put it on sale in Steam too)
We have some ideas for corruption that include those things you've mentioned, as well as other options and scenarios you might experience whilst playing.
And we'll be doing that with the in-game art, don't you worry. We want to get the scenes in-game and looking decent as quickly as possible, as making fully rendered art is probably the slowest part of development right now. When the game is content-complete, we may go back and polish them up.
Thanks for your comment, and hope you enjoyed the game.
I'm Japanese so I don't know if this translation is correct. The only sure thing is that this game is the best. Thank you so much for making this. And I look forward to further evolution in the future.
Your translation is flawless. Thank you for playing our game. We are very happy that the game can appeal to people who do not speak English.
Can you describe any aspects of the game that were difficult to understand or play? We would like for foreign audiences to enjoy our game, so please tell us if we can improve the game's comprehension.
Really love this game and how it worked, I mean, I'm very interested in such game which player got bound, rape when defeated, JUST LOVE IT!!
And will you consider other type fun? like mummification, or get raped by tentacles, both mouth and asshole were raped, maybe the game over scene is a swollen round belly, which is full of .. you know. :P
Future updates to the game will touch on more kinks and content, and we're definitely considering some of the things you mentioned. Do give the game a +Follow if you haven't already. We hope you'll enjoy the future content just as much.
There is a mac version but it's very experimental. You can find it here along side instructions on how to run it https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43181625/ . Hope it goes well :)
All main content is M/M at the moment, and will be for the foreseeable future. No female interactions, but in the case of future 'mercenary' side quests, we will always have a disclaimer of sorts if there is, say, M/F content. These are optional and are not completely tied to the main story
So far kinda just feels like it's just like any other RPG Maker RPG, except with an 18+ restriction because reasons. The NSFW content is extremely minimal, and to see most of it you... have to lose. Which isn't a problem in itself, since I definitely deliberately lost in order to see it, but if you do that twice without recovering stamina then it's game over.
Hey, thanks for giving the game a shot! Appreciate the feedback, though we do want to put some emphasis on buildup to the more explicit content. It’s obviously not transitioned through as per you writing this, but we’ll try our best to make the NSFW elements be even more intertwined with the main gameplay flow in future versions. Straight game overs have been a bit of a common complaint, and we’ll try to focus on soft gameovers that you can recover from later on (see bandit minion defeat). I personally don’t think the 2x stamina defeat is an issue because you are given ample time to defeat the opponent within one chunk of STM (outside of grappled, which we will address in later versions), but are curious to hear your specific thoughts :)
I'm not having an issue with the game difficulty. My concern was more that the players who are deliberately trying to find all the NSFW content are going to met with a bunch of game over screens, while the people who are trying to win are going to see very little NSFW content.
Personally, I am a bottom. I figured that probably in order to see that type of content, I want to lose the fight. So I did, on purpose. First 50 stamina loss, ok you get a CG. I do it again expecting a loss CG... no loss CG, just same as the first 50 and then game over. I then try to actually *win* the fight and... well the fight just ends. That's all.
In general I get the impression that the game is overall about trying to avoid sex, which is probably not appealing to broad audience.
That's completely fair, but then again, in my humble opinion the overarching point of the battle system is to act as a build up to sex scenes. The more you struggle in combat, the more you get stripped and grappled. There'll be 'dom' scenarios in the future that will tie into the 'corruption' mechanic, but this is primarily focused on a more 'reluctant and bottom' focused pool of content, rather than being over saturated with explicit scenes over and over with a switch personality. I do feel there's a limit and, and porn quickly loses it's effects without at least a little build up / tension.
The character is indeed trying to 'avoid' sex, but you have control over him, so thematically I do personally like the prospect of 'losing' and the whole mood it sets afterwards~ In turn, having sex scenes when you win wouldn't make too much sense character wise without some modifiers in place. Again, more or less personal preference :)
And like I mentioned, we'll try to incorporate some more 'non gameover' defeats in the future, it's been a hotly requested feature so I hope you'll look forward to that. Thanks again for the feedback!
Well, it sounds like the later content may appeal to a broader audience then... though I still don't think it's going to appeal to me personally. I think it's just a situation in which I'm supposed to be playing a role, since it's an RPG, but i'm simply not capable of placing myself in the PC's mindset. Partially because the player doesn't even know what it is before starting the game, but also, even after I learn what it is... it's just too different from who I am.
Looks very cool! I like how descriptive the game is, you can interact or examine many objects. Love that they replaced the standard fight mechanics with something much hotter for an erotic game! The art is decent too, even though it looks mostly like sketches. I only wish the main hero was a human guy in a monster world, I'd feel more connected to the character then.
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Soooo.... This is censored version because of itch.io??? Ugh..
No sir, the actual game is not censored at all. Please do check it out.
I believe what you say and will check it out.I ran into you when you were still teasering the game on Twitter, so I'm glad you weren't affected by the updated itch.io policy.
what updated policy? itch doesnt allow nsfw games anymore?
Exactly what i want to say. Hate them "Oh nooooo adult content, well restrict payment for you..."
I cant find the "fruit" event for the gallery
The 'fruit' event can be found somewhere at the farm, one screen to the east / right of the inn, after you have rescued the blacksmith.
nice! got it, also can i ask what's the max available corruption and does it apply to any events?
The current maximum number of corruption points is eight. Right now, having more than five will result in experiencing lewd dreams when resting at campsites... and in the future updates, will have more effects on scenes and decisions.
ok I will try the game :)
I wonder what the level of total corruption will eventually affect. Will it be taken into account at the very end of the game to give a couple of different endings, or will it cause some extra options during the game? Or will a certain level lead to an unavoidable game over before the true ending?)
Also, I'd recommend you to not polish the art yet, if you're planning it. Even the sketches already look very decent and tell the story well enough. I'd polish it all after the whole game is finished, and then put it on sale in Steam too)
We have some ideas for corruption that include those things you've mentioned, as well as other options and scenarios you might experience whilst playing.
And we'll be doing that with the in-game art, don't you worry. We want to get the scenes in-game and looking decent as quickly as possible, as making fully rendered art is probably the slowest part of development right now. When the game is content-complete, we may go back and polish them up.
Thanks for your comment, and hope you enjoyed the game.
You had me at "tentacles, hypnosis, slimes and some latex"
I'm Japanese so I don't know if this translation is correct. The only sure thing is that this game is the best. Thank you so much for making this. And I look forward to further evolution in the future.
Well as a native english speaker let me tell you that your translation on this comment was extremely well done and clearly spoken
Your translation is flawless. Thank you for playing our game. We are very happy that the game can appeal to people who do not speak English.
Can you describe any aspects of the game that were difficult to understand or play? We would like for foreign audiences to enjoy our game, so please tell us if we can improve the game's comprehension.
Thank you very much. プレイしてくれてありがとう。
Really love this game and how it worked, I mean, I'm very interested in such game which player got bound, rape when defeated, JUST LOVE IT!!
And will you consider other type fun? like mummification, or get raped by tentacles, both mouth and asshole were raped, maybe the game over scene is a swollen round belly, which is full of .. you know. :P
Future updates to the game will touch on more kinks and content, and we're definitely considering some of the things you mentioned. Do give the game a +Follow if you haven't already. We hope you'll enjoy the future content just as much.
is thare go be a mac?
There is a mac version but it's very experimental. You can find it here along side instructions on how to run it https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43181625/ . Hope it goes well :)
-RegalBuster
It Not Thare i jut try it Say System
I believe you can still play in Android by using Joiplay
Okay so, does M/M focused mean exclusively M/M? I won't run into anything else if I download this, right?
All main content is M/M at the moment, and will be for the foreseeable future. No female interactions, but in the case of future 'mercenary' side quests, we will always have a disclaimer of sorts if there is, say, M/F content. These are optional and are not completely tied to the main story
Ah. Well, thanks for letting me know, at least.
Always up for another fun smexy rpg, will play it in a day or two, lookin heckin awesome already, :D
So far kinda just feels like it's just like any other RPG Maker RPG, except with an 18+ restriction because reasons. The NSFW content is extremely minimal, and to see most of it you... have to lose. Which isn't a problem in itself, since I definitely deliberately lost in order to see it, but if you do that twice without recovering stamina then it's game over.
Hey, thanks for giving the game a shot! Appreciate the feedback, though we do want to put some emphasis on buildup to the more explicit content. It’s obviously not transitioned through as per you writing this, but we’ll try our best to make the NSFW elements be even more intertwined with the main gameplay flow in future versions. Straight game overs have been a bit of a common complaint, and we’ll try to focus on soft gameovers that you can recover from later on (see bandit minion defeat). I personally don’t think the 2x stamina defeat is an issue because you are given ample time to defeat the opponent within one chunk of STM (outside of grappled, which we will address in later versions), but are curious to hear your specific thoughts :)
-RegalBuster
I'm not having an issue with the game difficulty. My concern was more that the players who are deliberately trying to find all the NSFW content are going to met with a bunch of game over screens, while the people who are trying to win are going to see very little NSFW content.
Personally, I am a bottom. I figured that probably in order to see that type of content, I want to lose the fight. So I did, on purpose. First 50 stamina loss, ok you get a CG. I do it again expecting a loss CG... no loss CG, just same as the first 50 and then game over. I then try to actually *win* the fight and... well the fight just ends. That's all.
In general I get the impression that the game is overall about trying to avoid sex, which is probably not appealing to broad audience.
That's completely fair, but then again, in my humble opinion the overarching point of the battle system is to act as a build up to sex scenes. The more you struggle in combat, the more you get stripped and grappled. There'll be 'dom' scenarios in the future that will tie into the 'corruption' mechanic, but this is primarily focused on a more 'reluctant and bottom' focused pool of content, rather than being over saturated with explicit scenes over and over with a switch personality. I do feel there's a limit and, and porn quickly loses it's effects without at least a little build up / tension.
The character is indeed trying to 'avoid' sex, but you have control over him, so thematically I do personally like the prospect of 'losing' and the whole mood it sets afterwards~ In turn, having sex scenes when you win wouldn't make too much sense character wise without some modifiers in place. Again, more or less personal preference :)
And like I mentioned, we'll try to incorporate some more 'non gameover' defeats in the future, it's been a hotly requested feature so I hope you'll look forward to that. Thanks again for the feedback!
-RegalBuster
Well, it sounds like the later content may appeal to a broader audience then... though I still don't think it's going to appeal to me personally. I think it's just a situation in which I'm supposed to be playing a role, since it's an RPG, but i'm simply not capable of placing myself in the PC's mindset. Partially because the player doesn't even know what it is before starting the game, but also, even after I learn what it is... it's just too different from who I am.
ooh, definitely do the soft gameover stuff. It's always fun to do those in games.
It looks like the game is awesome. I think I'll try it bye.🏃🏽♂️🏃🏽♂️🏃🏽♂️
Looks very cool! I like how descriptive the game is, you can interact or examine many objects. Love that they replaced the standard fight mechanics with something much hotter for an erotic game! The art is decent too, even though it looks mostly like sketches. I only wish the main hero was a human guy in a monster world, I'd feel more connected to the character then.
Hopefully gets a android release
I can wholeheartly say, this is a good game, that will only get better in the future.
Enjoy the lewding <3
One of my favorites already! Can't wait to see where the team takes us~
Great game with an awesome lewd story !