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Progress Report/Fetish System
🕑 Added 2023-10-08 17:26:12 +0000 UTC
Howdy! Here’s what’s up:
We’re still layering and animating our latest events but I can see the light at the end of a tunnel.
We’ll release it as soon as it’s ready, just want to make it all look as good as it can - with changing background, words and all that visual flavor we’ve been adding in all our recent events.
We’re not just doing that of course, there’s more character art and we’ve been playing with the whole fetish system idea, making changes to it and testing how it all will work. Fetish system is scheduled to arrive rather soon, so I’ve already prepared some art for it and this is what I wanted to discuss today.
So, here’s what we came up with:
Above is my current design of “notifications” for when one of Kira’s fetishes is triggered.
I might still change it later, but the point is - you’ll know what exact thing led to Kira saying what she’s saying. We’ll go through the entire game and place them where appropriate.
The only real difficulty here is that sometimes more than one fetish can trigger a dialogue, so there’s a risk you’ll get bombarded with “fetish triggers” - we’re yet to figure out how to make it work, which is something we’ve been testing out along other things.
Now, there’s already plenty of fetishes implemented and references all over the game.
Primarily they remove a “refusal” option (if you’ll try to refuse, “Lust” will appear and make you change your mind), they also offer extra/alternative text in some cases and they allow you to view some events even if you don’t have high enough Lust.
I like how they work, but I want to improve them even further. First of all, I think they should offer you more benefits, both small and big and yea, of course there has to be a “fetish interface” where you’ll be able to view which ones you already acquired and more.
The pic above is just an example. It probably won’t have the same exact words and rewards in the game, but this is what the “fetish interface” will look like and yes - every Fetish Kira will look differently and have a unique name.
They all are a part of “Lust” but you do need to tell them apart somehow, especially when they’ll share a scene. Plus, it’s more interesting this way.
That said, you’ll be able to access the “Fetish interface” directly through Kira’s squatboi whenever you want and read a short description of what kinks she already has under her belt.
On top of that it will also show “locked” fetishes and tell you what you have to do in order to acquire them.
All fetishes will give you something different - Some will give you a temporary buff/debuff, and others will give you customization options, like a new hairstyle/bigger breast size.
The core theme with them will be “memory”, they’re a part of Kira, so they will all restore some of her former knowledge, like “how to tie hair in pigtails” for example.
And I deliberately chose to hide what rewards the fetishes will give to add an element of surprise.
Not all fetishes will be as “strong” as say “Public Use” which pretty much encapsulates the majority of lewd things (oral, anal, vaginal, etc.) and gets referenced constantly.
Some niche fetishes might be rarely referenced and I don’t want you to feel disappointed that you hunted for some specific kink only to find out that it changes very little - so they all will have some “reward”.
I also think that a “surprise reward” will serve as an extra incentive for Kira, as a character, to willingly lewd herself.
Coming up with rewards and various different appearances for Kira’s alter-egos is fun, but we’ve discovered that not all of them qualify to be “fetishes”.
Plus, this kind of limits us, so we came up with two more categories:
- Compulsions
This is something that gets “installed”into Kira. Like, her inability to wear underwear or the recently added compulsion to degrade herself every time she looks into the mirror (we don’t have a working mirror yet, but still)
- Habits
And this is just her own preference. Like the ability to wear lewd outfits or to walk without underwear when she feels like it.
With habits and compulsions we’ll be able to implement some interesting stuff in the future, “wake up, suck a dick and put on makeup” kind of stuff.
We just need more random and repeatable events for them to truly shine, but we definitely should plan in advance, which is what we’re doing.
Note: I’m not sure we’ll call them “compulsions and habits” and any suggestions are more than welcome.
This leads me to the last talking point - how to get rid of all this?
In case you didn’t know, we’re overhauling “charisma” stat in v0.5.1. Charisma will become spendable on “fetish removal” and other nice mental thingies.
“Fetish removal” will work through Polina/Shwift and will be unlocked at the end of the “Modest Proposal” quest.
This of course doesn’t mean that a fetish or compulsion will permanently disappear - they all can be acquired again.
Even right now, if your Kira sleeps 10 times without underwear - she’ll get “no panties” compulsion and won’t be able to wear underwear at all.
And if you’d change your mind and want to get a compulsion or fetish back - you’d be able to do so for free (second removal will still cost some charisma)
The only real condition is for the “fetish” to be “unlocked” - be acquired at least once. This fact opens some new possibilities, for example:
Chief Officer’s events give exhibitionism fetish, but if you use the “jammer” - Kira avoids being brainwashed. However, since she viewed the event - she “unlocked” the fetish, meaning that you can view it and decide whether or not it’s worth acquiring.
Above is a little preview of the acquisition/removal process, just wanted to show you that we already have the majority of art for everything I talked about today.
The only other thing I’d like to mention is that nothing is written in stone yet.
We’ll dedicate an entire update to this, so we still might change things up, but this is more or less our latest take on the “fetish system”.
With all of the above, I think our game would become more of a “game” - you’d have more options, more interesting things to discover and I really like this idea.
This is just the beginning of course, I fully expect our list of compulsions, habits and fetishes to grow and for our system to expand as time goes by. But this is a step in the right direction, in my opinion.
That’s all I wanted to talk about today, a new update is still in the oven along with some new polls, but I think you'll like what we’re cooking. Thank you all for your patience and support, the end is near!
Comments
Brian
The cum halo is artistically different, I like it . Brings new fantasy I haven't seen before.
Yamashiro
Fetish System looks realy nice, not want to necromance this topic since its month old, but new to this game here, so much stuff to read and see... and was want to say.
Arrngrim
Great job, you had me at "Cumslut".
James1231121
Mate calm down these things take time if you want them done good if they were rushing it and put out rubbish work it wouldn't be worth it
Bob
When's the next f**king major update?
Monarch Dev
Perfect! Thanks for answering all of my questions in detail! I think the night walks in the park are also a great place to provide Kira some more lewding opportunities. Of course, it should be a gradual thing, like after the hypnosis and brainwashing...it would be great if she starts off only wanting to expose herself and after each session (or relevant story beat), she unlocks a new lewd act she is willing to do with a random NPC. You could also make it more interesting so that there is a random chance of any NPC asking any random lewd act of Kira so that she can't just go to the park every night and complete her fetish quotas.( for example swallowing cum 10 nights in a row by going to the same NPC. ) Anyway, just a thought. Thanks again!
Pluh40
This looks amazing, cant wait to see it released.
Fresh Mulan
Roger that, thanks again!
EngelsPringles
Nah I don't think that's necessary, it was more of a curiosity than a request. Good luck with the upcoming update!
Fresh Mulan
Thanks! I’ll definitely name her “Lana” :) And yes, simply using Kira’s body for Lust felt lazy to me, so I’ve given Lust her own unique body and breasts instead. Lust’s breasts are “size5”, so if you like them more than Kira’s current “size5” - I can conduct a poll on whether or not we should replace Kira’s “size5” with this one. But that won’t happen soon - First I have to deal with all of the technical debt we’ve accumulated over the years.
Fresh Mulan
Thank you! There’s already a lot of fetish dialogue in the game, if you saw Kira talk in pink text - that was some of her fetishes in most cases, you just weren’t notified about it. But yea, we’ll add even more on top of that. Unfortunately there isn’t yet a way for Kira to voluntarily do lewd stuff and we fully intend to change that - most events will become repeatable and there will be places like brothel and gloryhole where your Kira will be able to do lewd stuff anytime (if she has enough lust or any relevant fetish). For example, Moana’s quest will unlock repeatable and randomized sex scenes and so will the second part of “Modest Proposal” where we’ll add a repeatable pole event. So, in time there will be plenty of opportunities for Kira to willingly “lewd herself” or to act out her fetishes. On that note, we won’t add certain fetishes yet. Like “Cumslut” - because it requires more repeatable places for Kira to actually swallow cum. And I do have a list of currently planned fetishes (which will no doubt grow even bigger in time), but I think it would be more interesting if you’d see them for yourself in the game, since I intend to add all currently planned ones to our new fetish interface. Oh, and, I absolutely agree that our interface really needs an upgrade, but it’s too big of a beast to be overhauled in a single update. So we’ll gradually work on implementing all our interface options, starting with the “fetish catalog” part of squatboi.
Fresh Mulan
Well, I assume no one actually wants “no panties” to be a permanent thing, it’s a completely negative compulsion, since it removes options from the player. But that’s kind of the idea, I want Kira to have some negative things that you’d have to manage and keep in check. This would also make charisma more valuable, since there will always be something you’d want to add/remove to Kira’s mind. However, I’ll think about it. If it will be annoying - we'll do what you’re suggesting.
EngelsPringles
The mockups look awesome, excited to see all of the different fetish designs. Based on Cumila, they seem like they'll be a lot of fun. Lust seems to have a different body than Kira does, is that body Kira's art rework body or just intended for Lust? The breasts look a lot different than what Kira currently has, they look really good! P.S. The anal fetish avatar should be named Lana. Fits the setting and is a joke as old as time at this point.
Monarch Dev
Wow, I'm looking forward to this! Sounds awesome! But just to clarify, during dialogue will we be getting more "flavor choices" related to the fetishes we collect? Also, I may have missed this in game but is there actually a way to voluntarily do a particular sex act (eg. consume cum) 10 times/daily? What I mean is, it seems like most of the H events except some in the Vivarium seem to depend on quests and so can only be done once? If no will this feature be updated in the next update or after you're done with the Vivarium quests update? Also, sorry, last question is there a list of fetishes that will be implemented in the game? Anyway, thanks for all the hard work! Your art is second to none and the lore and storylines somehow manage to top that! I've always thought that the UI was one of the weaker aspects of the game (probably because of the limitations of RPGmaker) but with this it looks like you are overhauling at least some part of it and I can't wait to see how it turns out!
DogBeersHadTwo
Would it be worth having the compulsions hidden behind habits? Like for example, Kira's commando habit could have slightly different dialogue acting as a sort of warning for those who don't want the compulsion.
