v0.15 - Introducing Critter Dates! (Patreon)

AYYY~! Look it's here :>! 

This one's a bit late, but we blame the holidays |3. We'll be bringing the releases back to early in the month over the next few months to get back on schedule. That's the plan at least ;)

Download it here! 

Changelog:

- Introducing CRITTER DATES~! Sometimes critters will hang out together near Maverick's shop. Replay the middle of the coyotes' quest for more info! (Or read down below!)

- Added Mabel's solo story with full color artwork! It's in her Gossip!

- Added Mabel & Dustin's Date with full color artwork! (This is through the new Critter Date system!

- Added the full bunny cuck scene! (It's available in a gossip from Peter) (Also this is a really special scene that deserves its own post regarding the details in it! Peter's animations are controlled separately from the main scene! He's on his own in the back there :> Really cool stuff Vixel put together for this scene!)

- Fixed Visuals! Our sex scene player was cropping the left and right edges of all scenes. Now ALL scenes play in wide-aspect, with new pixels that were previously unseen! <3

- You can now deliver Finley's wool to the coyotes so they can get started on your sweater. More to come soon!

- (Note: There is a bug regarding the inventory/critterlog/quest log. It breaks pretty obviously when tabbing to the other UIs)

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So let's talk Critter Dates!

Act 1 of our game is basically to get the player familiar with the world, some of the cast, and get an idea what this game is gonna offer. Act 2 is meant to progress the players interaction with the critters, BUT ALSO start to show the plot progression that we have planned. This was written with the intent that you're kinda going in blind, just like Rascal, and as such - we're keeping  a lot of stuff to our chest.

But Act 2 starts to show one particular progression through the mechanic Critter Dates! Introducing this, we have a scripted date with Scarlett and Bucky, talking about what's going on. 

Rascal's presence in the forest hasn't gone unnoticed - and at this stage, he's even inspired the other critters to join in on the fun! Critter Dates show other stories that don't directly involve Rascal. It's an endless playground for us to pursue canon relationships and events! And it's an open system in general. 

Dates will happen at random. Each date may have pre-requisites that need to be filled, once that is done, the date will be added to the pool and can happen randomly! For now only Mabel and Dustin's date is in the randomization pool, but in the future, this will be home to a ton of extra content! Juicy stuff, fun stuff, w/e! (Not all dates will have scenes though)

We've been letting the 10$+ Tier folks vote on what content we'll see in these dates. It's a very nice way to integrate your guys' involvement in a story-cohesive way that everyone gets to enjoy :> We will likely have some all-tier polls regarding this in the future as well!

We'll try to get a few more dates in for the next update. That way we can start to really see how this mechanic will add additional life and dimension to the forest!

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Now we do have another mechanic that's still not around. It touches a bit more systems simultaneously, so it might be a bit to fully implement. But we'll see!

With these two new elements, it also requires me to come up with a new UI so players can tell if there is content they are missing or not... so I 've got some designing to figure out...

Anywho, that's it from us!

As always, thanks so much for your support everyone <3!