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[Copied back from the download page as I awkwardly realized it was not the Dev Blog]

Hello there. LuckyLago here. first of all, I must say I am nothing short of astonished at the amount of detail put on this game's development, ranging from the map areas currently implemented, all the way to the ingenious crafting. this is truly a fantastic work in progress given how far it has been worked on along other things (Not to mention the giant amount of fetishes this game can count on) with that said, I've got a couple of suggestions that I think might add to this game if taken into consideration, and just a single point of criticism which is strictly based on personal bias and should be only considered if either my point of view is shared by many or if you fantastic developers also consider it to be the case. now, starting with the suggestions:

-Adding Fertility and Potency potions to further increase pregnancy chances. this could appeal greatly for those of us that like to ensure as big of a chance of impregnation on their females as we could. either one of these could count as the same multiplier such as the Virile trait on its own, but can stack up...and unlike Virile, these are either costly to purchase, or difficult to craft due to the requirement for rarer herbs among its ingredients.

-Adding an "Alpha Male" trait available for pickup. this trait would act negatively for some Whorehouse interactions and it might make it harder to get along with Dominating female species as a whole. it would also cost 3 memory points to get. it's one advantage could be that it allows you to effectively seduce certain females which get turned on by dominating males, such as certain Goblins that like a firm male.

-Adding Urethral Sex as a Fetish (could exclusively work with large females, such as Orcs, Giants and so on. wouldn't work on medium sized and below)

-Adding side options to develop SOME of the skills not picked with Memory points, but with the catch that these side options are mid-high tier in terms of completion, so that it still encourages players to choose wisely within the traits they can pick up at character creation.

-Adding the ability to turn some non-dateable characters into "Flings", whom will always have an optional button to Fuck, along their list of options when clicked. Flings might sometimes throw in some gifts they find at their workplace, so there's a tiny bit of extra motivation to be in good terms with some females outside the dateable ones.

Now, as for my one point of Criticism I shall be as clear and brief as I possibly can:
The Faces of the characters.

This is like I said before just a personal bias, but I sadly cannot stay silent about it since it is a bit offputting to see such a high-tier game that's clearly well designed, to be burdened with artwork whose facial expressions look a heck of a lot like the whole characters were drawn out of pornstar scenes drawn over poorly. I would like to advise to address this issue by changing the facial style only, as the bodies look great but the faces give off this feeling of low quality on the game (Which was kind of why I avoided this game at first until a friend of mine told me its pros). trying something like a Cartoon style, or even a comic style might work fantastically for that purpose, as it gives the overall artwork a greater ability to just showcase the sheer amount of effort put into the creation of this game.

I hope my advise is of your liking and that my one point of criticism didn't fall off as taking a piss on all of this, for I clearly love this game enough to play it every single night. I thank you sincerely for reading all the way down here, and I hope you guys keep up this fantastic work you are doing, for I certainly look forward to see more of your masterpiece in progress.

Hello LuckyLago, the DevLog and download page are both valid for posting, I get notification for both!

The Fertility potions are indeed planned, there is even one in the database already if I recall correctly, it is just not implemented yet as it's crafting ingredients don't exist yet. But it will be added in the near future!

The Alpha Male perk sounds like an interesting idea, it could work the opposite to "Submissive" flaw and the two could be mutually exclusive, I'll consider adding it for sure!

Urethral Sex as a Fetish is something that I'm a bit hesitant on, mainly as I don't really get the appeal personally and would find it hard to even know how to approach it description wise. I'll think about it though, but no promises.

The skills not picked at character creation can all be acquired already, some of them are given as Quest rewards while others can be bought of NPCs in the village or even of male slaves donated to the house holds. Chests also have a rare chance of dropping skill manuals for some of them. While Traits can't be picked up after character creation yet, they may be added in the future along your travels too!

Some people have requested more personalised names for the non-dateable characters, this will likely expand the interactions with these NPCs and add the options you are proposing. This will likely take some time to implement and is currently only on the brainstorming stage. But the idea is certainly on the table!

I'll try to improve on the facial art, I have been trying to lean closer to a cartoonish or comic style recently. Some of the in game character art was drawn over a year ago and will probably be replaced in the future.

Thank you for your suggestions and feedback!

Thank you so much for your quick reply! I was not expecting you to reply so quickly given the complexity of running a game of this level of development, and I am certainly amazed to know just how many of these things were already implemented (though I might had missed out a few of the things since I kinda wanted to...monopolize the sex at the Goblin Village so I refused to capture any males and even helped the first one to escape. silly horndog me)

I also thank you for considering the aspect of Urethral sex despite being hesitant on it. just considering it and not shutting it down entirely gives me joy.

and finally regarding the faces on characters, I might be able to help out a bit at redesigning the faces if I have enough free time. I have a drawing Tablet and some degree of skill. can't do any promises, but if you struggle at finding someone for the job of redesigning the faces, then we could always just do a single face redesign to see if it works out.


you people are amazing, I can't ever get tired of repeating this. you truly ARE one with us players.

Great game! Although I do have some suggestions

Make a walkthrough. Maybe not a complete "Do this to win!" But maybe one that tells how to aquire the skills you didnt choose in character creation.

Make a more in depth options menu, with the bonus options included. I can't seem to access the book that has the options in it. Maybe make it so people can make their own custom keybinds, since (Personally) it can be kind of awkward using only the Spacebar for accept, when Ive gotten used to other games have it where several keys do the same thing.

Make a quests tab so you can keep track of what you have to do.

Sorry if this seems kind of pushy, it's just some ideas I had that could improve the game 

Thank you for the feedback, it's not pushy at all!

I have been considering making a walkthrough as well!

Personal keybinds are unlikely because the script that adds the Hotbar makes it unlikely. In the far future I might be able to rewrite it but it's not something I can guarantee unfortunately. I will try to migrate the Extra Options to the normal Menu once I figure out how to do it more smoothly.

I am working on a solution for a Quest Tab as well, there may be a simpler placeholder added to this in the near future while I try to work on a more customized UI in general.

Love the game Keep up the good work

Thank you! I will be updating it later on today or tomorrow with a large list of quality of life improvements!

Windows defender doesn't want me to start it?

Tell your Windows Defender to go away!

I could be missing something, but I was unable to leave the village either to return to the forest or to go into the mine. The message was that I needed to see my house first, but I had already slept there twice.

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Did a Goblin run up to you just before you first visited the house?

EDIT: There was a bug related to rainy weather that broke that step of the game, I fixed it now so it should work, but you will have to restart the game for it to work though :(

Thanks for the heads up btw :)

That must have been the problem, as it was raining.  Thank you!

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