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How do you feel about some sexy mermaid entrancing our heroine? Well, if you thought the current scenes lacked that something special, maybe this will fix it for you! The new art was made (once again) by Redjet, which you can find here on patreon and here on DeviantArt!  

I am still waiting for the sex scene at the public bath (I knew it was coming in a bit late, but it got delayed a bit further, it *should* be ready for the next release, though), but at least this one too is "water themed", so there is that. :^

By the way, how would you guys like an image viewer in the game for the scenes you have already unlocked? I did find a script for it, and I assume it should be fairly simple to add to the game (I could probably do it without a script, if necessary, it's a fairly straightforward concept).

Another thing I want to ask is, do you guys like the current scenes? Do you think I should use the illustrations AND the layered images together in same fashion (maybe first the illustration and then the layered images, for example)? I feel like that would ruin the atmosphere, but at the same time this isn't a visual novel with several images per scene (at least, not right now), so I am unsure about the impact for the players.

Finally, I did some recolouring-editing for certain sprites (most of them are by Pandamaru, an artist kind enough to allow his work to be used in games for free, and the baby+mother combo is done by Pandamaru and Lunarea), so that now we have several version of our heroine ready for certain roles:

 I think those will be very useful once marriages/pregnancies become a thing in the game, even if it's probably still a bit too far from now (pregnancies will probably only happen during endings, anyway). This ended up being a long post, but I hope you'll find it interesting. Look forward to the weekly dev blog! ^_^ 

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Lunaraia

with such nice art you really need to give the Mermaid an area of her own and more scenes, just the one currently in game would be a CRIME with such nice art, MORE MERMAID SCENES NAAAAAAO!!!

mdqp

I am considering the idea of having her and the dryad move to your house (leveraging the fact that they live to serve the shapeshifters, basically, and the fact that nobody is in the temples anymore), but I have yet to decide how I want to handle it (probably should be possible only after you beat a temple, and possibly need some other requirements). It's also worth noting that they aren't exactly a dryad and a mermaid, but summoning created to "emulate" their natural counterparts, so we'll eventually see how different the "real deal" is, when they'll appear in the game. :)

w0lfy

GOOD SHIT. Loving the new art, keep it up ^^

Pandion

I'll admit to an unnatural love of RPGmaker games in general, but I think there's a golden balance between art splashes and talking busts/sprite animations that can be reached. I think the cowgirl path is a pretty good example of that balance; and the casino path (as it is right now) provides a good example that scenes don't require art to be very sexy. But that's the opinion of a degenerate :^

Sevetar

That scene is super sexy <3 I think a good compromise between the layered graphics and sex scenes would be to have the layered graphic system for more generic events and have the full sex scene for major milestones, so that they're extra special. Which would be an additional reason to implement a "Gallery mode". Or have a switch in the settings menu to change the system from one to the other. I would also assume that having a full pregnancy system would be difficult to implement. I just hope that the cow path lets me make Erica a part-time breeder and part-time adventurer, much like she can currently become as a milker.

mdqp

That's how I think about it, and more or less how I have been doing it so far, but with more support, and possibly a larger budget, adding more art is something I am considering as well, so I wanted to hear what people might think about it, what they prefer, etc. A gallery mode is probably the best and easiest to implement, so that's likely to happen. It's not that it is difficult to add the system, it's more like pregnancies are actually a delicate subject, hard to address in a game, and mechanically, they usually are superfluous or busy work (you get super speedy pregnancies, pop out a baby and leave it in a nursery without ever thinking about it in a LOT of games, that just feel wrong), so it feels better to have it as the last step in certain paths, where you give up your previous goals and go for a completely different life. Part-time breeder kind of runs into the same problems, I am not sure how I would address it, if it was possible.

mdqp

Well, I don't want to add images for all sex scenes, but with an increasing budget, and the possibility to commission more art, I think it's good to talk about it, before we get to the point where having that many images is actually possible. I figure I might start having extra images for the endings, that could be a good sink for commissions as well.

Exacel

Oh I like the idea of bringing them home somehow. My first thought was a secret cellar, but then it hit me and I remembered the space in the mirror. What if that would lead/connect to different areas where you could meet with them.

mdqp

There are plans to allow expansions to the house using the same "magic" that created the space in the mirror. In fact, the spell is in the game, but it's non-functional, since I have yet to add the rooms and decide how you'll unlock them precisely.

Exacel

Uhh~ nice.

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2026-10-05 08:00 $1,200 – reached! Congratulations on reaching this goal mdqp :) You deserve it! :)
2017-04-30 08:28

mdqp

Thanks! I guess I'll have to create a new goal now, this is going to be a tough one! Well, I'll enjoy having reached the goal for now, hopefully I'll have an idea for something achievable for me and exciting for the players. :)

Lilith Armitage

If you wanted to be semi-realistic about it, you could have a passing "sense of wrongness" about her being a breeder; it would speak of the degree to which she's brainwashed if her "programming" overpowers that. Like knowing there's something wrong about the situation, but being unable to put her finger on just what that may be.

mdqp

My main problem is having the breeder role, without any actual breeding going on. If it's just in the ending, I can let it play out, but otherwise it feels just a little off if you get the role, but none of the effects you'd expect (which would include pregnancies, of course).