Mochi Moshi Devlog #28: Hello Sweden (Patreon)

See what I did there, the whole goodbye previous month and hello this month. It's kinda cute isn't it? What do you mean it has nothing to do with the development of Mochi Moshi! There's no such thing as padding when it comes to the intro of these silly logs. It's called vamping! I'm vamping!

Re-Introduction
Dumb ass intro aside, hello! This is the 28th developer log from Mochi Moshi, a Weight gain, Expansion and light Transformation visual novel toy I'm making with a co-writer who remains anonymous but goes by "Sweaty Neet." Mochi Moshi is a game that proposes to have 24 unique routes and endings with about 3 choices that define that route. A branching tree that goes from what transformation you want to start with, and then having a story unfold based on the paths that follow.

For example: Picking a weight gain route at the beginning of Mochi Moshi will lead you to a tree that only starts with weight gain, then you pick which of the next three unchosen subjects and on and on until three out of four are chosen, and the final fourth week is a conclusion. Each path will not see one of the transformation types, meaning that if you do not like a specific kind of transformation you can avoid it, granted you know which location does what at what point of the tree.

The main transformation types of the game are: Weight Gain, Breast Expansion, Ass Expansion and Lazy Transformation. While three are self explanatory, "Lazy Transformation" is a catch all we use for Neet, Light Slob, Nerd and anything that changes Kazumi's current lifestyle. This way practically every route has a "new" Kazumi by the end of it, despite her still being the same girl. She is also still written as if she is the same girl thanks to a guideline I wrote that my co-writer and I use to keep things in line called "The Kazumi Bible." If you don't know what a universe/character bible is, it's exactly how I described. A piece of literature that outlines the dos and don'ts of a character/universe.

In the end, the funding for the game reached so much that there will be 4 transformation types with 4 weeks of content and I think 8-10 fully colored ending cutscene graphics? I'll re check this number later, we're not there yet.

Why are you retreading everything?
Over the year I've had plenty of new people come in and fund this project without clear sign if they know what the visual novel is about. I figured since it's been over a year since I've written about the actual idea of the game, in more clarity, I'll just get back down to brass tacks.

Okay but how's the games current progress?
Good news! The Lazy, Ass, Weight gain route is going incredibly (Codename LAW). This is the one I've wanted to work on for the past few months and it's why Appraisal came to exist. This is the route that will dive the deepest into Kazumi's nerdy neet decent. Some hygiene slipping, fat growth, loss of contacts, all of the perfect storm to make her think about raiding in FF14 more than going outside. Will I write her exactly like that? Guess you'll have to find out next time!

The previous chapter WLB (Weight Lazy Breasts) has been written and approved by my co-writer as one of her favorites so far! Incredible praise coming from someone who I trust whole heartedly with literature. For now, you'll have to take her word for it and also read this silly except from the beginning of the Texting Phase.I'd give you a plot summary, but you can figure it out yourself. Take a little out of context here.

What's next?
In the grand scheme of things, the Weight Gain route is going to be 100% done within the next month. LAW will be about half way done, and the overall script is over half way done.
The more we do the faster everything progresses because the only real unique route content is half of every route. Because the first week of every route is done, the second week gets used twice, and the third and fourth week are unique to create their own story thread and wrap-up. There's no real drama that happens, it's almost all playful and silly but there are through lines with every major route. You'll notice in WL weeks that an un-named side character who smooshed her face into Kazumi's tummy gets brought up for laughs and plot progression in the later weeks for both WLA and WLB in different ways!

Thank you!
I know this was a long one, like really long, but I wanted to make sure that I went through all of the stuff I wanted to while also re-treading the initial pull of the game. Thank you to all of the new subscribers and an INCREDIBLE thank you for the real ones who have stuck around since conception. Your funding has done nothing but make sure this game has a steady development. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, and have a wonderful rest of June.

Happy Midsommar!