I normally don't like rpgmaker games but I enjoyed this one a lot. The fights are not too tedious like other rpgmaker games mainly because of the grapple and loss scenes, plus a lot of the fights are avoidable. I also like that some of those scenes change depending on the status effects and curses applied to your character. The artstyle is simple but effective, and the voiceover adds a lot to the game. Can't really find a complaint other than that I wish there were more content. Good job!
More content will definitely come, so make sure to Follow if you haven't!
Thanks for your kind complements though. It's nice to know our game makes up for some of the failings of other RPGMaker games. It's a deliberate effort on our part to make a game that pushes the boundaries a little, so it's great to see that recognised.
Btw, I must say that the moans in the fights are super sexy. Where did you find them, is there like a public library of those sounds? Or you made them yourself?))
You will need to sprint with shift and lure out the final slime, it'll fall in the hole to the right of the passage, allowing you to pass unimpeded. Hope this helps
Sory, for Intruding this web page, But I've got a Question. If possible in some time ahead, can you make an Android Version? This would be very helpful.
Hello, first of all, I'm really sorry that I can't speak English and can only use machine translation. I really like this game. It is the best NSFW game I have played recently. Then I want to ask why my cursed underwear can't wear, and I turned it into purified blue underwear after I handed it to the wizard. I was also puzzled by the task of the blacksmith, and I hope you can give me some help. Thank you very much for making such a good game.
Thank you very much for your kind words. We really appreciate that you played the game, even though it is in English.
The cursed underwear can only be equipped in the forest zone. When you leave the forest, the underwear becomes inert. If you wish to enjoy the cursed underwear again, you can view them in the gallery. The gallery will unlock after you finish Bandit Hideout.
The blacksmith needs a special blue metal to make a lever. The lever will allow you to operate the bridge, at the 'northern bridge campsite'. When you finish the Bandit Hideout, you will acquire the blue metal.
I hope this answers your questions. Thank you for playing our game, and thank you for your kind words of praise.
so i just started the game and i just beat the well bandits but i'm not sure which outcome is better (i did both out of curiosity) does it have a bigger effect on the story or not?
thanks, i think i'll continue on the ending where i beat the boss since i got that scroll, also the game is awesome so far! i can't wait to see what's gonna happen in the future!
1. is it something like heroes of might and magic? Where really the whole world is a huge spaceship run by a technological race, while we're throwing fireballs and thinking we are gods of this world??
2.Our hero is now in a virtual world and doesn't remember it?
The golden box can be unlocked by beginning the game and losing the tutorial fight against the bandit.
The wooden box can be unlocked by getting 'slimesuited' by the slime dragons in the cave, then escaping the fight. Then, interact with the fire that's nearby to burn the slimesuit off. You will receive a 'slime slab' item which you must deliver to the wizard at the inn.
Yes, that will work. Losing the tutorial fight triggers a variable in the global save file, and will allow you to view the scene in the gallery on any of your saved games.
That logic applies to all the scenes, so if you happen to miss something that you've gone past, returning to a previous save should allow you to add it to the gallery still.
The best NSFM RPG game I've ever played! There are so many positive aspects that I don't even know where to start, so I'll just thank you for the work done! I hope that in the future more different kinks will be added, as well as in-game secrets and interactions with characters. I look forward to the next update!
More kinks, more characters, more lewds, more lore. Consider this update our 'foundations'. Pretty much everything you see, we'll be expanding on over the course of updates.
The next update is aimed at October / November, but no guarantees of course. We don't really have a set development goal, we just work a we go to avoid burnout. Thanks for playing!
Overall great game seems really good. I just have some questions I can’t find the fire spell the ranger talked about. Is it in that camp blocked by the purple ring? Also how do I get through the purple ring?
The purple sigil is unlocked via rescuing the ranger and applying the cursed undergarments on yourself. You'll be able to cross the sigil then. Hope this helps, and thanks for playing!
I rescued the ranger and applied but it didn’t work, so I decided to try later. But I forgot gave the undergarment to wizard does that mean I can’t cross the signup now?
You cannot use the 'enhanced undergarments' you get from the wizard. Only the 'slimy black undergarments' can be used to unlock the purple ring sigil. You will have to go back to an older save.
Are you absolutely certain that you rescued the ranger, applied the 'slimy black underwear' from your Key Items list, and then tried walking over the purple ring sigil? There are no bugs or issues we can see with this scene, so please make sure you are not forgetting something or making an error.
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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I normally don't like rpgmaker games but I enjoyed this one a lot. The fights are not too tedious like other rpgmaker games mainly because of the grapple and loss scenes, plus a lot of the fights are avoidable. I also like that some of those scenes change depending on the status effects and curses applied to your character. The artstyle is simple but effective, and the voiceover adds a lot to the game. Can't really find a complaint other than that I wish there were more content. Good job!
More content will definitely come, so make sure to Follow if you haven't!
Thanks for your kind complements though. It's nice to know our game makes up for some of the failings of other RPGMaker games. It's a deliberate effort on our part to make a game that pushes the boundaries a little, so it's great to see that recognised.
Not in this current version, no.
Can i know what engine u use?
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This game uses RPG Maker MV, as well as several plugins.
Thank you for your feedback, it's a great game I can assure you.
Btw, I must say that the moans in the fights are super sexy. Where did you find them, is there like a public library of those sounds? Or you made them yourself?))
These were commissioned and done custom by https://www.furaffinity.net/user/dragon-v0942/ . He did great work
-RegalBuster
Who knows how get pass the last slime in the maze
You will need to sprint with shift and lure out the final slime, it'll fall in the hole to the right of the passage, allowing you to pass unimpeded. Hope this helps
- RegalBuster
Sory, for Intruding this web page, But I've got a Question. If possible in some time ahead, can you make an Android Version? This would be very helpful.
-Russian Cummander
Unfortunately, some of the plugins we use for our game systems and graphics are not compatible with Android and other mobile devices.
We're terribly sorry about that. We hope you can eventually enjoy the game on PC.
Okay, and thanks for your time. I'll try to save up for a PC but i'll keep followed to announce when i got it.
Sincerly
~Russian Cummander~
I'm sorry that I'm not good at English and can only use machine translation and play games. I'm really sorry.
Hello, first of all, I'm really sorry that I can't speak English and can only use machine translation. I really like this game. It is the best NSFW game I have played recently. Then I want to ask why my cursed underwear can't wear, and I turned it into purified blue underwear after I handed it to the wizard. I was also puzzled by the task of the blacksmith, and I hope you can give me some help. Thank you very much for making such a good game.
Thank you very much for your kind words. We really appreciate that you played the game, even though it is in English.
The cursed underwear can only be equipped in the forest zone. When you leave the forest, the underwear becomes inert. If you wish to enjoy the cursed underwear again, you can view them in the gallery. The gallery will unlock after you finish Bandit Hideout.
The blacksmith needs a special blue metal to make a lever. The lever will allow you to operate the bridge, at the 'northern bridge campsite'. When you finish the Bandit Hideout, you will acquire the blue metal.
I hope this answers your questions. Thank you for playing our game, and thank you for your kind words of praise.
so i just started the game and i just beat the well bandits but i'm not sure which outcome is better (i did both out of curiosity) does it have a bigger effect on the story or not?
There'll be minor story ramifications later but generally it wouldn't have a huge impact on the plot. Thanks for playing :)
thanks, i think i'll continue on the ending where i beat the boss since i got that scroll, also the game is awesome so far! i can't wait to see what's gonna happen in the future!
This is pretty much the only M/M nsfw game out there that's focused on bondage content and I am so happy that it exists!
So, is the game's lore one of two things?
1. is it something like heroes of might and magic? Where really the whole world is a huge spaceship run by a technological race, while we're throwing fireballs and thinking we are gods of this world??
2.Our hero is now in a virtual world and doesn't remember it?
Just got through this release. Amazing work! Hoping to hear gagged grapple voice audio maybe down the line
Love this game but, I'm curious how to unlock this 2 box?
The golden box can be unlocked by beginning the game and losing the tutorial fight against the bandit.
The wooden box can be unlocked by getting 'slimesuited' by the slime dragons in the cave, then escaping the fight. Then, interact with the fire that's nearby to burn the slimesuit off. You will receive a 'slime slab' item which you must deliver to the wizard at the inn.
For the tutorial fight is it more of i can lose the fight once then go back to a previous save or no?
Yes, that will work. Losing the tutorial fight triggers a variable in the global save file, and will allow you to view the scene in the gallery on any of your saved games.
That logic applies to all the scenes, so if you happen to miss something that you've gone past, returning to a previous save should allow you to add it to the gallery still.
Ah. thank you
A little rough around the edges, but yeah! This is turning out to be a great game! nice work!
This game is so ridiculously amazing <3 <3 thank you for making this!!!
The best NSFM RPG game I've ever played! There are so many positive aspects that I don't even know where to start, so I'll just thank you for the work done! I hope that in the future more different kinks will be added, as well as in-game secrets and interactions with characters. I look forward to the next update!
More kinks, more characters, more lewds, more lore. Consider this update our 'foundations'. Pretty much everything you see, we'll be expanding on over the course of updates.
Thanks for the great positive response.
I've really enjoyed your awesome game! Can I know when the next update is gonna be?
The next update is aimed at October / November, but no guarantees of course. We don't really have a set development goal, we just work a we go to avoid burnout. Thanks for playing!
- RegalBuster
Overall great game seems really good. I just have some questions I can’t find the fire spell the ranger talked about. Is it in that camp blocked by the purple ring? Also how do I get through the purple ring?
The purple sigil is unlocked via rescuing the ranger and applying the cursed undergarments on yourself. You'll be able to cross the sigil then. Hope this helps, and thanks for playing!
- RegalBuster
I rescued the ranger and applied but it didn’t work, so I decided to try later. But I forgot gave the undergarment to wizard does that mean I can’t cross the signup now?
You cannot use the 'enhanced undergarments' you get from the wizard. Only the 'slimy black undergarments' can be used to unlock the purple ring sigil. You will have to go back to an older save.
Are you absolutely certain that you rescued the ranger, applied the 'slimy black underwear' from your Key Items list, and then tried walking over the purple ring sigil? There are no bugs or issues we can see with this scene, so please make sure you are not forgetting something or making an error.
i see there is a teleport feature, how do i use it? im sorry if it was explained in game.
The teleport function is used when you are not TP restricted via your old maps case. Hope this helps :)
-RegalBuster
oh, thank you!
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 !