0.45, feedback form review, and an unfortunate departure.

Hello.

I guess the time has finally come. This will be a multi-purpose blogpost. 

I have a lot to talk about here... First, here is 0.45:

Click to download the update

 

0.45 is a nice little mini-update. It also breaks your saves again. As far as lewd stuff goes, it only adds 2 new optional enemies. If you've already played through the game, It can be worth checking them out, but aside from that... I don't have much to show you. I'm sorry it's only 2 after all this time, IRL has simply gotten in my way a whole lot. That, and my primary focus has been on polishing other aspects of the game. 0.45 does do a LOT of other, non-lewd things that are healthy for the game as a whole though:

-fixed up a LOT of bugs. A lot.

-Added a new slayer NPC to Aldren. Check him out, it will make grinding feel less terrible (I hope).

-New battle transitions! If you don't know what I mean, you'll see when you play.

-A new options menu, with a few options specific to this game (and more to come later)

-More old defeat scenes were remade

-A new intro cutscene, and revised tutorial

-Other small cutscene/lore adjustments

-All of the forest maps from the start of the game have gotten a visual glow-up, and given some minor gameplay redesigns.

-A lot of skill rebalancing, difficulty/item price adjustments, etc.

-The encyclopedia is better now, and it explains things like various enemy states.

 -Removal of evil route! Wait... That's bad, isn't it?

Yup. Evil route is gone... 

Trust me, I don't wanna do this, and I had a lot of fun things planned for it, but I need to be realistic. My reasons for doing this are simply:

 -Creating lore conflicts/inconsistencies in things like character motivations (including the MC) that are difficult to iron out

-It is a massive workload increase, especially with what I wanted to do with it. I gotta be realistic about scope, this game is already going to be massive as it is.

-Creating tons of other small issues... For instance, And I'll just spoil this, the idea was you'd help the gang overtake Aldren. It would completely change Aldren. They would consider you an ally, and you'd be able to wander the city safely... But Aldren has so many things that aid the player, that just don't make sense to exist in the evil route after you basically take over the city. Like... I can handle things like shopkeepers with valid explanations, but the new slayer system, or questgivers? How does someone on the evil route unlock the gallery? The DUDE that gave you the crystal to ENTER the gallery is currently busy getting banged by some random wolf because of your actions?? 

-It's just overwhelming, and I have to bend the world rules and lore to make it "work," as well as just being very time consuming. I'd rather dedicate fully to telling a more cohesive story on the good route, with consistency and legitimate/bulletproof explanations for everything you see.

-Despite all of this, maybe the evil route can come back some day. But for now, it seems both too soon and too unplanned to really be a good idea for me to jump into.

 

 

But that's enough about 0.45. You can play it, and have fun with the two new optional enemies (if you can find them...). Let's go over the feedback form for 0.4:

I may have gone a little crazy on my explanations behind exhaustion while making the feedback form... But I was a bit frustrated at failing to make it feel impactful in the past, despite believing it can be done. I still think this gauge has a ways to go, but I believe it will be here to stay, especially based off of these results.
 

 

I fully intend to remake a lot of these enemies. Don't worry, when I remake something, my intention is to make it better while still respecting the original version. In the case of these enemies, my goal is simply to make them look a little bit less jarring or weird, art-style wise. Buut, if I think I can capture their concept better, I may change up the pose/dynamic of the fights a little bit too. I actually want to rework the entire forest cave, and rework just a few enemies from the sewers/wolf cave. Oh, and I still need to do the two birds from the early forest sections. Then I'm done with reworks.

 

 

Ahh, sex toy support. I'm actually pretty surprised by these results. I don't imagine many people have these in the grand scheme of things, so I guess it really isn't too surprising. Still, I will likely explore the possibility of this in the future for those that DO have these stroker toys, but for now... Consider it low priority.

 

I'm glad that more people seem to enjoy this approach. Cause, I'm actually only becoming more convinced that this is the right way to do things. In the future, expect things to be even MORE fleshed out, even if it makes the updates take EVEN longer. Cause I want to make this stuff as impactful and immersive as I can. Besides, immersion can make the lewd parts more fun... But I also hope to tell a compelling story in its own right as well. So if the development of the game seems like it's 'slowing down,' please understand that it's just because I'm really trying to craft this story with lots of love and care by now, compared to when I was just making aimless forests with no clear purpose at the start of development.

 

 Well, I kinda already did this for the starting forests. I will probably touch up the cave too. I understand it probably doesn't matter to a whole lotta people in the grand scheme of things, but I don't want my maps to look "cheap" or "lazy."

 

 This is interesting, because a whole lot more people WANTED this to be done, compared to the last question. Not much to say on this though, cause my sentiments on this tie into what I've already said on the last question as well.

 

 Lots of animal lovers here I see. This is actually quite surprising, because I didn't expect THIS big of a lead. I always ask at least one question of this nature on each form, I just try to gauge what people are MOST interested in. In the case of this question, it was... What do you like the MOST? So, yeah, again, like I've said in previous forms... Beasts will probably continue to be a slightly higher priority. Cause I also like them the most. But for those that feel differently, don't worry... Because I still like everything else too. I'm kind of a freak if you haven't noticed by now. As always, the game will continue to have a bit of everything. This game asks that you keep an open mind. Even if you don't think you like something, maybe I can make you like it (muahaha). I just hope everyone can still enjoy, at least, MOST types of enemies... But people that like animals will be eating the best with this game.

  

 Not much to say on this after the last question. I see no need to change my logic now.

 

 This one, I do have something to say on. Yes, I completely plan to move into more outlandish animal designs a bit. You'll see what I mean a little bit in 0.5. If you're here for more realistic depictions, there will still be a few more... But let's be real, the MC is starting to get pretty strong. Why would it make sense for him to struggle with a regular dog? A MUTATED dog on the other hand, I can make a case for that... But, yeah you get the idea. I want to make creatures where, it makes SENSE that they are still giving you trouble even if you are getting stronger. So things will take a shift into the fantasy realm a bit more pretty soon here...

 

Again, not much to say here. But, I will continue trying to make more creative monster designs that are a bit more horrifying. The monsters I am most proud of are probably the flesh leech, or extractor. Still, I think I can come up with some crazier things...

 

We are entering "world-building/lore" territory here, so I can't speak much on this one right now. I was mostly just curious, that's all. But, there is an explanation behind EVERYTHING in this game... Trust me. I have a lot of things figured out. You'll see. Eventually.

 

 

 FURRIES... It sounds weird, but I was actually kind of nervous to include them. Especially to the extent that I did in 0.4. There were QUITE a few of them, huh? I just really got hooked on the idea of a tribe of furry ladies that live in the marsh, and then ended up getting a whole bunch of lore surrounding them... The reason they seem a bit crazy, for example, is meant to be because they are right next to the flesh cave. I wanted to go all in on showing this idea, and wanted to show how this flesh cave has impacted their tribe. So the furries took up quite a bit of space within 0.4. But looking back, I don't regret it at all... I think I captured what I was trying to go for narratively. Anyways, will there be more of them in the future? Well, probably. But probably not to this extent again. I just think the furry girls deserve some love too in this kind of genre, I really don't see reverse rape with them involved very often. Too many people are pansies. They won't even do furries. Crazy.

 

 

 Holy CRAP, I PISSED SOME PEOPLE OFF with this encounter. I sure am glad I made it skippable. Still, a lot of people also seemed to like it. This enemy showed me that, there really is a large skill range between players. I don't mean that to diss people that struggled with it, I just mean that I need to understand this as a developer, and design future encounters with that in mind as well. My intent is not to piss people off or blockade progression if someone is really struggling with a part of the game, and I don't judge you for struggling, if you did. At the same time though, I want the game to be hard. So, my solution in the future? ...Probably to just add skip options like I did with this encounter, rather than make it inherently easy lol. Oh, and maybe not having as much trial/error aspects to these types of things if possible, because that feels like cheap, artificial difficulty. Either way, even if a lot of people struggle with these encounters, I feel that they spice up your adventure with something unexpected. Soo yes, there will be more gimmicky stuff like this in the future.

 

 

 I was very excited for people to find out about the fact that they are completely TRAPPED within this place. I thought it helped to make it feel a bit more unsettling and isolating. A concern of mine was people potentially getting "soft-locked"-ish, but I think there are enough counter-measures in place to prevent that from happening to anyone. This was definitely a very, very intrusive gimmick that FORCES you to figure out what's going on in this place before you are allowed to leave in any capacity. Who knows what kind of mean stuff I'll do to you in the future...? I don't even know what I'll do yet! But it's probably evil. I'm glad that most people seemed to like this, it felt like a pretty daring move for me to make. I wasn't sure how it'd be received.

 

 No comment. You'll have to wait and see.

 

 

 Well, this one is weird... Maybe I didn't explain it very well. Or maybe the difference just isn't that noticeable to some people. Either way, by now, I think I'll be sticking with my new animation method. If you don't understand what I was asking here, I pretty much swapped up workflows, and the way I make these animations changed a bit. To me, they seemed to be of higher-quality, and I was wondering if other people thought the same thing lol.

 

 I still... Am not sure what the correct direction is. I very much do NOT want to adhere to the norm with this kind of stuff, I just don't know how far I should really be pushing it. I guess I will probably jump around a bit. Maybe some female creatures should be horrifically ugly. Others might be a bit more in the middle. But they will probably never just be "cute shortstacks." The reason is simply because, that goes against what this game is trying to accomplish. I actually can still appreciate a cute shortstack goblin, or other cute portrayals of female species that then proceed to have gross, ugly male counterparts, but this just isn't the kind of game where those kinds of interpretations of female creatures should exist. So it shall not. Goblins and other fantasy races are usually quite a common enemy in reverse R games... You can find more tame interpretations of them elsewhere.

 

 

 This is lovely to see, because I have put a TON of effort into planning the lore. The game itself still hardly shows ANYTHING that I'm planning, it literally just scratches the surface. Much more to come. 0.5 will reveal a lot more of what I'm planning, and things will start to make a little more sense... I wish I could talk about it here, but I can't haha. I am really excited to start sharing things though. Oh, and for the people that are only here for the NSFW, that is fine too of course. It IS ultimately a NSFW game first and foremost, I just hope to capture people with the story somewhere along the way. But I also hope that it doesn't come across as too intrusive for you in the future, if it never grabs your attention.

 

 

 Well, this is awkward... Sorry!

 

 A nice split between them, which is kinda nice to see. I started trying to make each zone feel a bit more distinct with its own themes and vibes pretty heavily in 0.4. That will continue going forward...

 

 Good. Cause I love zelda games. And rpg's. I want there to be more to your adventures than just fighting enemies, even if that means some aspects of your adventures are not inherently NSFW. Plus, who knows... There can probably be puzzles that have NSFW consequences in the future. But uh, yeah. I just want to try and be creative with area design and gameplay.

 

 

 

 

 Annnnd.... That's the feedback form. I didn't show individual written responses of course, but I always read them. I read every single one.

 

So... That leaves us here.

Now, I have to bail on development of this game for a month. I will be gone, and quiet. Even in the discord. I don't want to do this, but real life obligations leave me no choice. During this time, I will be very, very miserable. So if you do see me, it will be in the discord, and I will be complaining about how I hate my life or something. Just ignore that lol. I will get through this, I just like to complain as these IRL obligations are going on... I really will be fine. This is not my first rodeo. Still, if you are concerned for me, some kind words of encouragement do feel nice to read. The whole time I'm away, I will have this game and small little community in the back of my head, and I will be missing it all. After all is said and done with my IRL obligations, I will be returning to commence work on 0.5 in full force... At long last.

That said... How long will it take for 0.5, you may be wondering? AHAHAHA. You know how long 0.4 took? Longer than that. Even if we are saying that the timer starts AFTER my irl obligations are done. I am sorry. It's because... I have so much planned for this update, and it has a lot of unique challenges I need to overcome. It will be worth the wait, I promise. Just... Don't expect it any time soon. But still, if I had to guess...? From right now, like... 5-6 months. MAYBE. Yes, I'm serious. Get comfy. But also, buckle in... Cause the game is going to change a whole lot when that day finally comes. You have no idea what's coming... Hahaha.

So, with that... I appreciate your patience and faith in what started out as a simple little project. Cause I feel like this game has turned into something bigger than I ever thought it would be. It really was just a tiny for-fun project when I first started making it. But I care about it so much more than that now. And there are a lot of people that genuinely share my sentiments. And, people that are willing to offer financial support, feedback/ideas, or even direct work on the game... For FREE. Just because they like it. Thank you. It is crazy to see how far this has come... And the day I finally finish this game, I will probably cry tears of joy IRL. Lol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HELLO. 0.4 is here. FINALLY!

I won't waste your time with my incessant rambling if you aren't interested. Just take the links! (But I would REALLY like it if you took the time to read what I have to say this time!)

As before, please don't fill out or even look at the feedback form until you've actually played through the whole update! 

0.4 Download Link:

  Click to download the update 

0.4 Feedback Form:

Click to view the feedback form 

Oh... And I have a donation page setup. It's ko-fi. I explain this more below, but here is the link:

My Ko-fi 

Now... Onto the rambling:

This update is HUGE... YOUR OLD SAVE WILL NOT WORK WITH THIS UPDATE. It couldn't be helped, and I apologize. This should not have to happen again unless I remove exhaustion. Though, as always I have included a save that continues where the game left off in the last update.

Overall, no matter what happens... I am very proud of this update! Expect new enemies to have a lot of new mechanics... I have a feeling that many of them will get the better of you in more ways than your sanity simply running out ;) You'll have to learn their quirks...

I've tried some different things with the new areas in this update... They should feel much more open than anything else in the game so far, with multiple sub-sections, branching paths, etc. You'll see. I also tried to make them look really pretty! I put more effort into these new locations than anything else in the game so far... I am excited for people to finally see them.

Normally in the past, I've graced updates with patch notes. I don't think I'm going to bother with that this time. I'd rather you just play and see the things in the update. I just want to talk to you, because this update has been an insanely steep learning curve with a lot of hurdles and challenges... And a lot of changes in my mindset.

First, expect some new bugs in this update. Lots of internal changes to existing systems, lots of new systems, etc. I am sorry in advance. I'll say that, I even employed some play testers during development to try and catch as many as we could. And we did catch quite a few. But there are certainly things that will have slipped through the cracks. I truly apologize if you encounter bugs that make things more frustrating for you.

 

Second, I want to explain my mindset, how I'm doing, and what I'm thinking. Yes, I'm going to be... Emotional. And talk about myself for a moment. I'm going to crash out a little bit too, so I'm sorry.

I care about this game a great deal, and have grown very attached to it. I want to make something that hasn't been done before, and I want it to be good. I have worked on this update nearly EVERY DAY since 0.3 dropped. There has hardly been a single day where I didn't at least do something for the game. I really, really care about it. Deeply and truly.

I've had a lot of fun working on it, building a world, and trying to make it immersive. I understand, at the end of the day, it's just a porn game... But it's much more than that to me. And I have a specific vision in mind. As the game and community continues to grow, I am starting to feel a bit overwhelmed. Lot's of people want to see different things. Lot's of people want X to be in the game. Lot's of people wish the game was easier, Lot's wish that there were more of certain types of creatures/enemies, Lot's wish that you could escape from battles, or that battles were easier to avoid, etc.

I have an overwhelming feeling of wanting to meet expectations and deliver. But at the same time, something that I really would like people to understand is that, I can't please everyone. My game will never be perfect. And I have a specific vision in mind that will NEVER change. I would like to clarify a few things, including my stance and direction on the game:

-The game is meant to be hard, inconvenient, and unforgiving. I want it to be convincing. I know this isn't for everyone, but if you want to play a game where you are getting raped by various creatures, then I DON'T want them to go easy on you. I WANT them to feel like an actual threat that you have to respect. How does it feel like a convincingly oppressive world if things are EASY for you? Even if this logic introduces aspects such as grinding, player frustration, or feeling like your time is being wasted... I am sorry. None of these aspects are necessarily my intent, just an unfortunate side effect. 

This is all just to say... You should EXPECT gameovers, tough encounters, and inconveniences in my game. They are there to challenge you, and make the enemies feel like imposing threats that want to keep you as a sex slave (and they will absolutely do so if you don't give it your all to resist that). I don't WANT typical conveniences such as saving from anywhere, or escaping from battles, because these take away from my efforts at INTENTIONALLY. TRYING. To make things OPPRESSIVE for the player. THAT IS THE POINT. You are SUPPOSED to feel cornered and helpless. I will never. Ever. Budge on this. So if you disagree with my position, I am sorry. But it is pointless to dispute otherwise with me.

 -The game is exclusively "reverse rape." There will not be any scenes of the protagonist flipping the script. There will not be any male enemies. This game is entirely dedicated to bolstering a niche content that I have NEVER SEEN ANYWHERE ELSE. Which is, feral beasts, imposing monsters, and... anything else really, exploiting males. I have gone over this so many times. My entire game is founded on this as a basis. The thing that MOTIVATED me to make this game is seeing how differently male protagonists get treated compared to female protagonists in rape games, and how different the aggressors of those games look from each other. Female protagonist? You get a drooling, stupid zombie, and a dog from the street. Male protagonist? You get a cute waifu monstergirl. Well, not in this game. It is important for you to understand that. 

And, I get that some people may just want to see the creatures of this game, but handled in a more consensual context. Other games exist for that. Yes, the creatures encountered in this game are still extremely niche, but there at least EXISTS content of them in other contexts. On other games. Let me remind you that this game is targeting a specific and very niche idea. Look at what I just said in the paragraph above. THAT is my main fixation, and it will NOT CHANGE.

-This is my game. I am not obligated to add or do anything that you may want to see. I am not stupid for deciding against implementing X or Y. And I am under no obligation to deliver a release within ANY defined period of time. PLEASE understand and respect these things. I just... Want to make my game, my way. If you feel different, I more than encourage you to make your own game, like truly and genuinely. Because I hope this game shows you that really, anyone can. I use AI. Rpgmaker is very easy to get into. Most of what I do does not require extensive knowledge, just some elbow grease and passion.

Please. My game is given to you for free. I started making this game more as a personal project, a personal way to right a wrong that I've interpreted if you will. It is for ME. I make it for ME. It is grounded in MY interests and wants. I willingly share it with YOU, because I can. But that does not mean that I am obligated, in any way WHATSOEVER, to adhere to what other people may want to see. I realize this sounds bad, and I am not saying that things like feedback don't matter... It actually matters a great deal, and has had a massive impact on the game so far. I simply want you to understand that I have the final say, end of.

 
All of that said... I am sorry if my game is not perfect for you. I am sorry if it has frustrating design at times, and I am sorry if it disappoints you in any way. I truly am. I want people to accept it for what it is. I put a lot of heart and soul into it, and I love it so much. I really, really just... Need people to understand my intent behind this game. These are the kinds of things that, even if a lot of people don't like them, I am not budging on them. 

 

 

 

Whew. With that out of the way, let me move on to actually talking about the update a little bit more, and what it means for the future...

So, as I mentioned, the update likely has a lot of bugs. And I, unfortunately, have real life obligations. In the month of April, it will essentially be impossible for me to work on the game due to a lack of free-time. For the entire month. It's not burnout or anything like that! It's an unwilling break that I am having forced upon me by real-life obligations.

With these things in mind, I want to treat 0.4 as a "test build." And all of my free time from NOW, until right before APRIL, is dedicated to polishing what exists. Right at the end of March, I will release a "0.45" version with all of the bug-fixes, polish and changes. And maybe a few more optional enemy encounters, amongst other things. I feel comfortable and safe setting a defined date for this, because it's simply... What I get done in that timeframe. There is no specific goalpost.

0.4 is likely a bit broken in some ways. But it's okay. There is a plan of attack to resolve this. I am hoping that by the end of March, any glaring issues with the game are fixed, and I am able to up the quality of early areas and whatnot to match what the 0.4 areas have. Because oh, that's another thing, I want to completely rework the early game yet again. With a bit more effort this time. I also am considering redoing some more existing enemies... I just want every aspect to be as perfect as I can make it. So that's the plan. Make the current, existing experience better.

I know this may be kind of lame to hear for some, but I want the game to be of as high-quality as I can manage from start to finish... This is a necessary step to ensure that. I also think first impressions are very important, and the start of the game does not make the best of first impressions, in my opinion.

 

Now... I know I just crashed out on you (sry), but I also have a donation page set up now. If you really love what this game stands for, feel free to donate to me. I would deeply appreciate it and it would make me feel warm and fuzzy inside to see that people care that much about my game, to the point they are willing to financially support it. But, let me establish some clarifications behind what purpose donations serve:

-I have zero plans to ever make the game cost anything, or lock it behind monthly subscriptions for "early access to new updates," "dev process," blah blah blah... Nope. There will be zero benefit to you donating. That is not because I don't appreciate the people that would (I do, more than you know)... I just don't want people to feel like they HAVE to. This game will ALWAYS BE FREE.

-I'm not entirely selfless though, because I also just don't want to create a stressful obligation for myself to deliver something when people pay and expect a product in return within X amount of time or whatever.

-So... Why donate? Well, like I said, you get nothing out of it. I would only want people to donate because they want to show support for the game. Please, only donate if you WANT to. There is no obligation or requirement for you to do so. I really just want the game to be accessible to everyone.

-That said, donations can directly help the game. I would be trying to use the donations by putting them right back into the game as much as I could. Both out of respect for your kindness, and the game itself. I have little intentions to try and pocket anything off of a donation page... And I hope my mentality above made it clear enough that I seriously do not care about making money off of this game lol.

So, what can donation money be used on to help the game...? Well, I want to be COMPLETELY transparent because I am talking about what other peoples money would be spent on. You should know what you are funding as far as the game goes. Unless I got enough donations to straight up commission a nsfw artist to make a whole enemies worth of animations or something, It is unlikely that donations will have much of an impact on the lewd parts of the game. Instead, it would be finer details that add a lot of polish or life to the game. Simplest example - The running sprites that the MC gets in 0.4. These cost me money to implement since I had to commission them, but man I love them. It's a small thing but I feel like running is so much more satisfying with those sprites. But yes, it costs $$$ to make that kind of thing happen. This is again maybe a little lame to hear, but I just want to be transparent with what you could expect your money to be spent on if you wanted to donate to the game.

 

There. I think that's it. Honestly, there's so much more I COULD say, but I got the important stuff out. Thank you for caring about my game, truly. More to come...

 

0.4 progress and feedback form results: 

 

Hello... Update 0.4 is coming along. I want to be transparent with you though, this update still has a ways to go. This will, by FAR be the biggest update yet. 0.3 was big... But it's nothing compared to THIS. There are so many things that I would like to share and tell you about, but I don't want to ruin the planned surprises. Now, I talk a lot about things that are coming in the discord, but I am hiding quite a few things from you right now ;)


I cannot even give an estimation on how long it will take at this time... Work and life often get in the way, and the workload on 0.4 is currently so large that it's hard to guess. But I assure you I am not burnt out, and working very hard. It'll be done when it's done.

It's been a little bit of time since 0.3 came out now, so lets go over some of the questions on the feedback form again. Oh, and even if you haven't answered the feedback form yet, I will still be checking it after this blog post so don't feel discouraged to send me your thoughts!:

 

 

This is a lot better compared to how people said difficulty felt in the last update. There might be some minor adjustments and potentially a small nerf to the wolf cave, but everything currently in the game will likely remain relatively untouched.

 

 

 Exhaustion is a hot topic right now... And it's kind of on the chopping block. I would like to deliberate a bit further before outright axing it though. If there's a way I can make it feel like a meaningful stat, I would rather do that. If I can't manage, I will remove it.

 

 

 Arousal is actually kinda already implemented... So it's here to stay. All that remains is, what to do with exhaustion...?

 

Literally ZERO people said that they outright didn't like this... It will be expanded upon in the next update in a few ways. 

 

 I asked these to kind of gauge peoples interests... Based on these results, I am leaning more towards making beasts and monsters pretty rough with the MC more often than not, and making them act/look an appropriately intimidating way. Though, there will continue to be a bit of everything and it will remain situational depending on what kind of creature we are talking about.

Not a huge amount of pushback on these two! Of course, I have always claimed that this game will be about monsters, animals, etc... But I figure a little variety doesn't hurt and helps keep things fresh. I also like to be thematically appropriate with locations, and a gang that's knocking on the door to a city...? Come on, I had to stretch my rules a little bit to make that work. Above all else, my philosophy for this game is putting a male character in the context that female characters get placed in on rape games. That primarily means creepy monsters and savage beasts, yes... But getting attacked by fellow humans or human-like species is not out of the scope of this either, like at all. So with that in mind, there may be some "normal" enemies here and there, but expect them to be quite uncommon. They are NOT the main focus and never will be... But they have their place.

Very happy to see these results on this question. Is the whole "reverse knot" thing kinda weird and abstract? Yes. Did I also have a lot of people telling me it was a super hot idea? Also yes. I did have some people saying that it was a bit difficult/annoying because you aren't informed on the progress that the wolf has made, but that's kinda the point of it. If it warned you, you could easily counter their special ability by just reacting to the warning message. I prefer the idea of the player being unsure if they can get away with not using pullout for another turn or not, and it keeps you on your toes a bit more by forcing you to track things yourself. The game never explicitly states how many turns you have before getting stuck inside a wolf either, but that's also the point. Trial and error reveals the nature of the mechanic to you in an appropriately brutal way. It's okay to lose fights, and I do not want the game to hold your hand when I believe you are perfectly capable of figuring these kinds of things out. But regardless, expect more unique traits from other various species in the future. And yes, any canine you may encounter going forward will always have this ability... So watch out.

Happy to see this, I am very glad that the extra time and effort is worth it. I don't want to be lazy with defeat scenes anymore, so I have been slowly chipping away at various old enemies that deserve better defeats, and all new enemies will retain this higher standard going forward!

When I made this system, I wasn't sure how people would feel about it... But most seem to like it! This is nice to see. It is a lot of work to do and not every enemy will make use of it, but expect it to be expanded upon here and there. Some feedback I got about it from some people is that 1. The pictures come and go a bit too quickly, and 2. The white "flash" that pulls it up is kinda sudden and a bit much. I will see about making some minor adjustments to how pictures popup on screen as well.

 

 Not much to say on this, other than that I'm glad that the new ones seem to be mostly popular. The rest are coming in 0.4... With a few small caveats that I will get into in the next question.

 

 

 Interesting results, and pretty split. More people would like to see some of the animals replaced, but there's still a notable amount that want them all to stay the same. I actually already have a solution planned, and it's this:

-The smaller squirrel is getting outright removed and replaced with something else (that isn't an animal)

-The skunk and raccoon will "share" a spawn, to make room for one additional enemy that also isn't an animal

That's it. I may consider giving the two deer a similar treatment to the skunk and raccoon, but at that point i'm starting to really oversaturate the amount of enemies you encounter early on. The fact is, I don't want to outright REMOVE too many enemies that function perfectly fine as it is, but I do want to increase early variety a bit more... So that, combined with the feedback results, had me settle on this solution. Perhaps in the future if I were to extend the forest sections of the game to include an entirely new "area," I could do a bit more here... But for now, this is the planned solution.

 

 

 I'll be honest, I really don't want to reuse the old animations ingame... But if enough people wanted it I would've budged. They simply don't display properly and a lot of them are kinda poor quality in my opinion. However, I WILL include a bonus content folder that has all of the old animations for you to view if you wish, alongside all 'scrapped' animations of new enemies going forward.

 

 Also some interesting results... I expected more people to care about artstyle direction, but those that do seem to mostly care about the new "style" that was present in 0.3. So based on this, I will try to mostly maintain that style... But I also won't let myself be stopped from putting other styles in the game if those situations arise. 

 

 

 Ah, this question... When the poll first launched, it was a very close 50/50 split for a good while between the two choices. But it seems like more people want a party member than not now. Honestly, I thought it would be a blowout for yes on the party member, but it wasn't. various people have also given me some interesting insights that cause me to think otherwise on the topic of adding a party member. So, going forward... Haha, just kidding. I will not reveal my decision on this! You'll have to wait and see. There MIGHT be one, MIGHT not be. It MIGHT be in 0.4, it MIGHT not be. And if it isn't in 0.4, that MIGHT be because I MIGHT'VE scrapped the idea altogether, or maybe it MIGHT'VE just been because you simply don't meet them yet. Okay, you get it.

 

 

 This is a special question that only showed up if you answered "yes" to the previous one. I'm simply showing the results, no comment on this from me right now.

Annnd.... That's it. I skimmed over a couple of questions but this should be the vast majority of the feedback results. As always, I welcome your feedback openly. Even if I disagree with what you're saying, I am willing to entertain your ideas in my head as bias-free as possible, or simply explain my perspective. So please, keep giving me feedback on places like discord! It truly does help shape the game to a very high degree.

 

Next time I post here, it will most likely be the 0.4 release... But as I've stated, that's quite a ways away. If I were to truly make a shot in the dark guess, I would say... A month and a half, to about two months. That is just me winging a guess though. It could be quicker, or longer. Bye bye for now!

 

 

Version 0.3! 

 

    I hereby dub this the "Now we're getting somewhere..." update. I think the game is starting to take shape a bit more. Compared to V0.2, this is a BIG update internally and hopefully the game is starting to feel a little more fleshed out. Lots of bugfixes, difficulty changes and combat improvements. 

 

First off, here is the download. I have again included a save that picks up where the last version left off. If you use that save, you must go speak to the mayor first to progress:

Click to download the update 

Second off, here is ANOTHER poll! PLEASE don't fill it out until you've played the 0.3 update and seen the changes:

Click to fill out the feedback form 

 

 Part of the reason this update has taken so long compared to 0.2 is because I've gotten a lot pickier about animation quality. I've redone the new enemies multiple times to try and get them just right... I think the new animations for the new enemies blow the old ones out of the water, and it isn't even close.

 

    Canines are a big part of this update... You will encounter a lot of canines. On the other hand, there are a couple of enemies that could be considered more "normal." It is unlikely that I will make many more enemies like that from now on, but I felt like I had to include them narratively. When you play you'll understand. I think you still might like them, and I think they have their place and fit into the game pretty reasonably. Their ability to talk might reveal a few things about the MC and the whole desire curse under certain circumstances... But that aside, don't worry. This games purpose will not change and it will always primarily be about the weird stuff. I simply need to make sure it's a convincing world.

 

 

There are going to be a lot of words from here down, proceed only if you care about the finer details. I WARNED YOU.

 
The big things:

-The Fox, Mouse, and both deer have been given completely new animations! They also have a special new animation when the player ejaculates (alongside all of the new enemies in this update)... Maybe you want to revisit them?

As such, their old animations are gone... For now. I may see about uploading the files somewhere or putting them elsewhere in the game if people miss the old animations.The other forest critters will likely be changed in the next update as well. I am considering replacing one of the squirrels with something else entirely. Please see the feedback form if you think I should reconsider this, or instead maybe even change more of the creatures to something else (play the update first though).

-Most enemies are now capable of starting the battle with various states at random, which may make your battles harder sometimes in different ways, depending on what type of creature it is... 

-SOME defeat scenes have been remade (though not all of them yet), and they are a lot more personalized for each enemy. I think they are a lot better now. These defeats more heavily capitalize on the enemies traits, and some are more brutal than before. Most new enemies in this update also follow this standard. This was a lot of work, and probably one of the most time-consuming aspects of this update, so I hope defeats leave more of an impact from now on... Old enemies will continue to get their defeats remade until all of them are at this new standard. I hate to leave some defeats in an improved state and others not, but I really just wanted to get this update out. I promise, all defeats will eventually be reworked. There are likely more features to come for defeats in 0.4 as well... But you'll have to wait and see for that. 

-ONE defeat in particular from 0.3 has a primitive form of a new type of display system, you'll probably know when (If) you see it. The idea behind this system is that animations are kind of limited in the types of situations they can portray, so this new system may allow for more creativity... But on the other hand, some may feel it just makes things worse because the animations do not reflect what is being described. Without outright revealing what this system is it's hard to really talk about this, but you'll see it if you lose to a certain enemy. I'm curious what people will think of this idea, so lemme know what you think... I plan to expand on it if people like the idea.

-I got reports of the screen freezing upon ending or encountering battles sometimes in V0.2. I have not been able to replicate this but have tried to implement a plugin to fix what I believe may be the problem. Please let me know if you encounter anything like this while playing the update. It seems to be a rare occurrence, so if I don't hear that it's happening to anybody anymore, I will assume it has been fixed. To be safe, I urge you to save often just in case until we know for sure, because this is essentially a game crash.

-The house that you can buy is only PARTIALLY implemented. It's very, very barebones right now. Grind one out if you wish, but don't expect much. It will be updated periodically as the game continues to be made.

-Skipping dialogue and events by holding down the control key has been removed. I did not WANT to do this, but it can break things like cutscenes. If the removal of this truly stings for some people, perhaps a way could be found to simply disable its usage at certain moments. But for now, it is gone.

 Lets talk difficulty and balance:

-The forest maze has been nerfed a bit. It has less branching paths and less enemies. The paths to the orbs in the maze have been made a bit more clear as well.
-Additional resource gather points have been added throughout the game.
-The forest, cave and sewers have been nerfed a bit in terms of enemy density/placement.
-Early game enemies now do less damage to your sanity.
-The guard captain now hands you 3 potions and an MP potion when you tell him you're going to leave town, in an effort to lessen the resource deficit early on.
-Enemy hp has been lowered across the board. Most existing enemies have received a notable hp nerf.
-All weapons now give you slightly more attack power.
-The players base defense curve has been lowered... SLIGHTLY. I felt like hp damage was not particularly threatening a lot of the time. Don't worry, it's not a lot and shouldn't be very noticeable.
-The damage dealt by the standard "attack" option has been increased slightly.
-A small shortcut has been added to the forest left of Kadith.

-Prices of most of the items/equipment in the game have been changed around. In particular, the price of early game equipment has been lowered quite a lot, and some adjustments were made to iron/steel 
items because they were breaking the economy a little too hard. I do not want crafting to be able to break the economy, so even though it doesn't make much sense, crafted equipment will not be worth much.

-Gear progression is being slowed down a little bit. An extra material will be needed to craft steel now that you can't get until later. This is because it kind of feels pointless to craft iron armor when steel is right there and available from the getgo, even if it's more expensive. I feel like the player is moving up tiers of armor wayyy too quickly. Ideally gear progression is more like, full shoddy armor around the time you reach Aldren... And that's when you should be starting to work towards crafting iron armor pieces. Which, while yes, can be grinded out, is meant to be the best armor you can get for all of the things that will take place during Aldren. I will likely be taking one last look at early game equipment for the next update to streamline the process a little bit more, because it's kinda messy.

-The exp curve in this game is a little aggressive, plus battles take longer once you get a little farther into the game... so some enemies have had their exp rewards increased. 

 -Enemy arousal will now increase SLIGHTLY faster because I want it to be a more pressing factor in fights. I have also added an additional way to reduce it. There will likely be more ways in the future. The vibe should be "end things quick, before they get too determined to see things through..."

-Added a field armor repair kit. The way you get it is a little convoluted, but this is to limit the players ability to restore armor. You start by crafting a new item called armorer's supplies, of which you can hold an infinite amount, and take those to an anvil to craft the new field repair kit, which you may only carry ONE of at a time. This new kit can be used to restore 50 armor from anywhere.

-Bind has been buffed to now stun for two turns instead of just one.

-Heal 1 cost of learning and MP cost has been reduced.

-Heal 2 now properly restores some sanity/exhaustion with a special caveat that it can ONLY be used in battle, and has an 8 turn cooldown. I don't want sanity to be easy to restore.

-Heal 3 has been removed and replaced with slow, which debuffs enemies and gives them a chance to miss their turn for 4 turns. It has a 9 turn cooldown. It's pretty much a gamblers version of bind.

-Every skill description now lists the associated skills cooldown if applicable.

-A new passive state has been added called resourceful, which increases the potency of ALL healing items by 15% permanently.

-Exhaustion is getting a complete rework, because it functionally has no impact really. It pretty much just... exists. It doesn't really stand apart from sanity. So now, 3 things:

1. If you get exhausted, it will now function similarly to sanity in that you will be completely unable to act. You're too tired out! (it used to only reduce defense by 50%). It will also make you move slower outside of combat, so you're easy pickings for any
nearby enemies...

2. Exhaustion will AUTOMATICALLY DEPLETE as you move. Enemies will still be able to affect your exhaustion in combat just like before. Sounds scary right? Well, to remedy this new mechanic, I decided it should be easier to recover than sanity, so shops will now sell coffee and you can now craft energizing gel. Both will have the effect of recovering exhaustion. This may sound like an annoying system, but it should actually be pretty lenient. As long as you prepare properly, this reworked version of exhaustion should not complicate your matters as much as it may sound like, and it should be very easy to stockpile coffees. It just challenges the player to be more properly prepared and keep a higher awareness about their stats before starting a fight, but it should not come across as super oppressive on your ability to traverse. So as usual, lemme know what you think.

3. It took me like 4 hours to make it so sanity and exhaustion are immediately available information when you open the command menu (they used to only be viewable by going to the status window), so I hope you appreciate this convenience compared to having to go down to the status menu to view your exhaustion every time. I did this to make it less annoying to monitor your special hp stats outside of combat since you may want to do that now. This menu change is suuuper scuffed and the way it works is kind of hilarious, but it works.

 Let's talk about the combat system display: 

 -Movies sometimes have been playing slower than intended for a while now and did not accurately match the intended speed of the enemies attacks. This is also partially responsible for why enemy animations sometimes seemed to not match the speed of the sound effects. Of course the SE's won't always be a 1:1 match of the animation, but all enemies should seem a bit more lively now... This has been incredibly annoying to try and fix, so I hope it's noticeable. That said, let me know if you see any weird animation errors going forward.

-The maximum play speed of movies has been slowed down slightly. It was TOO fast at its highest speeds...

-A little bit of additional work has gone into the movie system, and now SOME enemies can play a special animation whenever the player is made to ejaculate. I might slowly go back and change some of the old enemies over time to include this if it's well-liked, but for now i'll just try to do it for new enemies going forward. I kind of like it, it makes the enemies look a bit more excited about beating you. On the other hand, it kind of appears a little jarring sometimes because there can be sudden/abrupt animation switches during defeat, so lemme know what you think. Perhaps it can be fine-tuned in some way, like some clever white flash event might make the transition a little less sudden for example... So other small changes may be made later to make this look more seamless.

-In addition to this new ejaculation animation, some enemies have been given special animations that play during certain situations in combat... Can't say what though! Going forward, certain enemies may 
be given additional love in the form of extra animations if their mechanics warrant it...

-I have added a new system to better sync up sounds that play during sex relative to the currently playing movie.

-Enemy animations have occasionally been flickering for brief moments when changing to different movies since the first update and it's been so god damn annoying because I couldn't find the issue, but I think I mostly resolved it.

-States on enemies were not being properly displayed before. This was a critical issue because it withheld information from the player. Now a picture will indicate the enemy states in battle. I could use words, but I think it's more fun if people learn what states do more naturally by eventually associating just the pictures with certain battle effects, plus I really want to minimize the amount of stuff that is on the screen in battle so you can see the animation. But I will see about adding an in-depth pdf that explains everything more clearly in the future if some people would prefer to not have to find things out the hard way.

Let's talk about everything else:

-Fixed the bridge in a forest area that let people walk off of it in unintended ways.
-Armor upgrade items can no longer be used in combat, because it was unintentional and they did literally nothing.
-Fixed a bug with explosive arrow that caused it to crash the game if you lost a battle before the explosion actually went off. Very sneaky bug.
-Both of the throwing spears now work, and they are both quite powerful. They should hopefully feel worth the materials they cost.
-Antidotes can now be used outside of battles. That was not intentional design lol.
-If an enemy gets stunned, the sex sound effects should now stop.
-You can no longer climb the ladder in a certain sewer area to explore the top of the walls.
-A torch has been added as a craftable item, which will temporarily illuminate dark areas (For 5 minutes). This will have uses, trust me. I also wouldn't be suprised if it has
some bugs, so lemme know.
-Due to an unavoidable bug with a movement plugin, the way you exit Aldren has been changed slightly.
-A treasure popup plugin has been added, this should make it more clear on what materials you are gathering. Chests generally no longer use a text box to list the rewards, since this plugin covers those as well.
-Added a tranquilizing gel which can be crafted to reduce enemy arousal.
-Added an energizing gel which can be crafted to restore exhaustion.
-Coffee has been added to shops which can be bought to restore exhaustion.
-If the player became nude in a battle and lost that same battle, they would have the incorrect sprite upon respawning in town. This should be fixed.
-Item restrict finally works and if an enemy uses this on you, your ability to use ANY item is temporarily restricted. Quite dangerous.
-I decorated the sewers a little more, they looked kinda basic. 
-Having 0 sanity or full exhaustion now causes players hp to tick down a little bit each turn. This is simply to prevent an endless loop of enemy attacks if they don't hit you very hard.
-There is now a respec NPC in Aldren that will allow you to unlearn all of your chosen skills and return your JP back, for 1500 gold.
-The cave salamander got 1 of its animations redone, because the old one had some weird visual issues. I took the opportunity to give it a new cum animation while I was at it.
-Endless mode has been removed. I'm sorry! It could not be made to work the way I wanted it to. It felt clunky and awkward.


The only other thing I think I have to say is that... 0.4 will likely take even longer than 0.3, but will be even bigger. I have a LOT of things planned for this next update... And while 0.3 served to hopefully flesh out existing systems a bit more, 0.4 will do this even more, while also introducing a whole lot of new, hopefully already fleshed out, systems. I'm planning for there to be like... atleast 15 new enemies in 0.4, on top of reworking the rest of the existing ones that still need it. Plus I need to finish the better versions of defeats, I need to make the maps, quests, items, skills, I want to clean up the early game some more, etc... Point is, I have my work cut out for me! I hope you enjoy version 0.3 for the time being.




Annnnd... That's all. You survived the giant wall of text.

 

0.3 progress

 Survey results and an update on 0.3:

 

I apologize for the sudden vanishing act, some unfortunate stuff came up IRL and it ate up 99% of my time. That's not to say the update is not still coming along though, I have made a good amount of progress... The thing holding back its release is likely going to be the enemy animations currently. Most of the new areas are done and I'm pretty much just struggling to make the animations for the enemies right now. There are still a few other things I can work on in the meantime and it does give me the chance to add some extra flair to the game while I wait, at the very least. I quite like how both of the new areas coming out are shaping up to be, and they both have some interesting gimmicks in my opinion.

I admittedly have gone through a bit of development hell... And I was struggling to get some of the systems ingame to work the way I want them to. I believe I've overcome that hurdle though and now the update can move along pretty smoothly from here. As I said, at this point I'm primarily just waiting on new enemy animations. Unfortunately, the progress on those is a bit further behind than I would like, but that's because I was trying... VERY hard... To make a certain type of enemy work. I won't say why, but the situation I was trying to create for this enemy was not kind to the ai. I've spent like 4-5 days just trying to make it even work at all, but I think I finally got it. So now, theoretically the rest of the enemies should not be too hard to make from here in comparison. There is one other enemy that I have planned which is intended to have a certain gimmick and that could be a bit difficult to make, but the rest should be relatively easy. There is still a bit more I need to work on with the new areas of course, but they're almost done. I have a few other things planned in addition to those as well, so I would estimate, AT LEAST... 2-3 weeks until the release is ready with all things considered. No promises.

 

Anyways, I've been very quiet lately because I wanted to spend what little time I had for this project with just... Working on the game. I don't want to leave people in the dark though, so refer to the above. Additionally, lets go over some of the survey results together:

 This is the question I was the most excited about seeing the results for. Animals in general are the most popular (I approve of this), followed by insects and actual monsters. Everything else got relatively left in the dust, which I am a little surprised about. So... What do I take from these results? Well, I wanted to gauge what people like the most about what COULD be in this game, and avoid what people like less. Of course, this game has been planned from the start to be about the types of enemies you never see with a male protagonist. So the primary focus will remain on exactly what won the poll, and I will try to create an even spread of the popular choices. That's not to say other enemies can't make an appearance either... In fact, 2 humanoid monsters already exist, and HUMANS, the LEAST POPULAR choice, are going to have to appear sooner or later for narrative reasons. I may be able to mix that with furries as well, I really just need a few sapient opponents lol. There will likely be a few of every type of enemy here sprinkled throughout the game in some way when all is said and done, but it's clear what I should focus on. I also regret not asking if people would be interested in plant-type enemies as well, I would like to implement those in the game as well. All in all though, I am happy to see the weirder stuff come out on top because that's what this game is ABOUT!!!

 

I was actually expecting more pushback on the difficulty based on feedback given directly to me so far. Regardless, the next update will make the game a little easier, but I don't want to budge super hard on difficulty. Even so, I ALSO want the game to actually be enjoyable, so if I must sacrifice some difficulty for that then I will. The difficulty changes are already complete for the next update, and I think it will be a lot more bearable compared to 0.2. 

 

 

 

I'm glad most people seem to like the animations as it is, because I personally am dissatisfied with a lot of what's ingame. I've gone over this a few times already, but some early game enemies are getting reworked now that I have a better workflow going. I WANTED to do all of them for the next update, but I am likely going to settle on half in 0.3, and the other half in 0.4 to speed the next release along.

 

 

 

 

I don't have much to say on this, but I do want to make future areas more engaging going forward. I perhaps could've worded this better, because what I really meant was "Would you rather have more endless forest mazes, or areas that have more interesting gimmicks?" I feel some people may have interpreted this question as "Would you prefer if maps were made even more annoying?" When that wasn't what I really meant. More effort is going into map design for the newer areas, and they will hopefully be more interesting than just walking around and running into enemies.

There will likely be more non-NSFW things being added to this game simply to improve world-building and offer a break from battling 24/7.

 

 

Good :)

 

 

Also good :) It may have been a bit early to ask a question like this, but I was curious if people simply liked the premise that's been established more than anything. More to come on this as the game gets updated of course... 

 

 

Anyways, that's all from me. Thank you for all the feedback! I just wanted to offer an update on the progress of things and explain my absence a little bit. I apologize that the update is taking longer than last time, but I need to make sure it's good. I'm hoping 0.3 will establish a proper baseline for this game and polish it up. I think the game feels much more refined with the progress made so far, and am excited to share it. 

V0.2!

 

Version 0.2 is done!

 

Whew... The original update had a lot more bugs/issues than I was expecting when I released it. But thanks to the feedback, I believe all of those issues have been fixed. I am very thankful for everyone giving me their inputs on the game, and I definitely hear peoples frustrations with the difficulty. This update might actually be slightly harder... But I will tone the difficulty down a little bit going forward, and nerf existing areas as needed. My intention is not to make it a super grindy experience, but I also want the player to actually lose sometimes. So I will make it easier, but not TOO much. Please give me your feedback on the difficulty of this update.

 

I'm going to talk a lot, so before I do that, here are two links you may be interested in: 

  

 A feedback form that I would REALLY appreciate you filling out. This will help determine development of the game, so please, tell me how you feel about it: 

 

Click to fill out the feedback form 

 

And the download link for the game update:

 

Click to download the update 

 

  

Now then... The update, in a nutshell:

-Lots of adjustments and bugfixes
-New cave area with 5 new enemies.
-A new city area is accessible after the cave. It is somewhat broken because I'm adding the planned content kind of sporadically, feel free to explore it if you make it there. You'll need to do so anyways to progress further.
-Another area found in the city that has 5 MORE new enemies. I'm quite proud with how most enemies in this area turned out, I think I am getting a nice workflow going that seems to generate higher quality animations.

-The way that armor, sanity, and exhaustion damage gets calculated has been changed around a bit. Let me know if it seems like too much or too little please. I am having a hard time finding the sweet spot for this. Overall, sanity and exhaustion depletion should be a bit faster now and hopefully comes across as more of a threat. 

 

    I did say that the update would have 11 enemies, but I decided to hold off on making the last enemy because I think it will serve a different purpose later... Sorry!

    I'm afraid that because of some skill adjustments I've made, your old save may be a little broken. It should still be playable, but your skills might be messed up. I'm including a save file that leaves off where the game ended in the previous update, with all job points available and at an appropriate level, so you can start from that file if you wish.

 

I ended up writing down some of the changes I made so I wouldn't lose track of what still did and didn't need fixed... So here, you can see most of the changes that were made to the game:

 

-Forest bird animation should no longer sometimes disappear mid-fight
-Stunning enemies has been fixed to no longer permanently stun them. It was kind of broken.
-Removed one of the warding stones. There was only supposed to be two but I ended up extending one of the areas and moved the item, without removing the original chest location. Oops.
-An enemy that was supposed to appear in the original version now actually appears instead of the battle ending instantly.
-Enemies animation should no longer flicker when they are stunned.
-Base TP generation has been reduced slightly.
-Mana cost of bind has been lowered.
-Draining strike has been buffed a little bit, but given a longer cooldown. Overall, it's still a stronger skill now.
-Berserk slash has been nerfed a little bit.
-Removed self inflicted attack, it's really just making unnecessary skill bloat. If you want to lose a battle, there is still the surrender option.
-Last stand now actually gives you an attack buff
-Evasion actually works now.
-Explosive arrow actually works now, and it's quite strong.
-Passive states you've learned should no longer display their icon in battle. It just clutters the battle HUD.
-Wet state for enemies was not working as intended before (It's supposed to give them a chance to attack twice). Works now.
-The leaves in a certain area are supposed to cause the player to make noise and raise suspicion. However, stepping on the leaves triggered them more than once because of a movement plugin I'm using. Should be fixed now.
-A certain enemy attack should no longer display "0" on the screen for no reason when it is used.
-Added a shop plugin that better displays the stats of the equipment you're buying.
-Some quest rewards were adjusted a little, and are made more apparent upon completion of a quest now.
-Defeat scenes are now skippable.
-MP regeneration (skill) has been removed, and instead been replaced with an attack up buff skill that costs TP.
-MP and TP costs of various skills have been adjusted.
-Big deer now has its own proper game over scene (along with every other new enemy added in this version)
-I've tried to make the early game slightly easier by adding some more resources to the forest areas. Crafting some supplies should be a little easier to do now.
-Instead of having to buy a survival knowledge book from the store at the start of the game to be able to craft, you will start the game already knowing how to craft these items. As such, shops also no longer sell this book. This should also make early game money a little less restrictive on the player. 

 

 Lastly, some rambling. I am considering redoing some of the early game enemy animations for 2 reasons:

1. You may have noticed that the movie resolution for some of the animals does not cover the whole screen. This is because when I started, I didn't even take the rpgmaker program resolution into account when making the initial animations. Animations from the cave forward will never have this issue again, but the only real fix for this is redoing the original animations from scratch. I can't make them encompass the whole screen without either cropping a portion of the animation or stretching them out and making them look weird. And I really, really hate these kinds of inconsistencies. The only exception to this is probably the rabbit, because I like the rabbit animation enough to ignore the issue lol.

2. I am unsatisfied with the quality of a few of the animations.

    If I did redo some of the animals, I would probably just upload the old animations somewhere like pixiv so they can still be seen if you liked the old animations. Of course, I have not gone through with this yet, but expect that some of the animals animations may get redone in the future. Probably in the next update. This also offers an opportunity to create more enemy variety than just purely animals at the start of the game, so if you would prefer to see that then please give me feedback on what animals you might want to see replaced (and what you'd want them replaced with), because otherwise I'm not going to bother and every enemy will remain the same, just with new animations. I'm curious though - would people rather see more realistic/non-sapient depictions of beasts that highlights these features, or more cartoony/stylized depictions that give them a more 'cutesy' look? Or both?

 

 I know this post is a ton of information already, but here's some of what you can likely expect to be coming in the next update:

-Two additional areas, it will probably become apparent on what exactly those are if you play through this release.

-A new mechanic will be added across the board for all enemies that I've been planning since the start... But have also been putting off since the start. It will sometimes make battles a little harder.

-As mentioned earlier, some existing enemies are probably going to get some new animations.

 

 

And... That's all for now! Please let me know what you think! And please tell me if something is broken!