Nerfing with Mass: a teensy status update (Patreon)

With release of the “Legendary Edition” Mass Effect trilogy remaster coming later this week, I figured it would be appropriate to share another quick status update regarding my work on “Nerf Effect.”

The short version is: “Yep, I’m still working on it!”

In between all the usual stuff, I’ve carried on chipping away at sketching out plot points, motivations, and branching choice-influenced consequences for a growing host of classic characters. In my own mind, at least, I continue to be pleased with how each of these little story elements manages to mesh faithfulness to the tone and “facts” of the original source material with coherent rationales and methodologies for spinning off into a kinky weight gain sabotage fiesta.

The image accompanying this post is, obviously, a bit of promotional art for the Mass Effect “Legendary Edition.” More specifically, though, it’s something I made using the tool EA provided for folks to create “customized” posters and box art featuring a selection of characters and imagery from the game franchise. In this case, what’s notable about the little poster I whipped up is that I designed it to feature specifically those characters (from among the ones available) for which I currently have the most substantial Nerf Effect content drafted.

So, if they’re on this poster, then you’re definitely gonna be seeing them in Nerf Effect. But that’s far from all the characters that will (at least potentially) have a hand in fattening Miranda’s increasingly imperfect (and just flat out increasing) ass. Sadly, the cast of characters available through the EA art customization tool is pretty limited, so there were a bunch I simply couldn’t include—or, in at least one case, include in a way that would be consistent with how they will appear in Nerf Effect. (Bonus points if you can figure out what I mean by that!) In fact, going just by what exists in my own not-yet-complete notes and draft passages for the game, there are at least 16 different recognizable characters from the franchise that I’ve gotten wrapped into the plot one way or another so far.

Weaving together all these disparate threads of source material and kinky perversion into a coherent tapestry is a time-consuming puzzle. Yet that challenge also makes it extra satisfying when the pile of yarn eventually starts to resemble fabric—fabric for form-fitting attire Miranda won’t be able to squeeze into for long.

But what do you all think:

• Are there particular characters and settings you’re most interested to see show up in Nerf Effect?
• Are you planning to get the “Legendary Edition” and play through the Mass Effect games again?
• Is there some specific facet of the weight gain, sabotage, and humiliation themes you’d especially like to see represented in the game?

Let us know!

-Riptoryx