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Hello, everyone! As Cybertickles 2077 nears the end of its development, I’ve begun looking at the next one. Options like Pokemon Underground 2 and League of Tickles 3 are always available, but there is one new idea that I’ve been rolling around in my mind for a while: an open-world, nautical, piratical adventure!

I’ve done a few stories in that genre: https://www.deviantart.com/oneortheother/art/The-Newest-Harem-Slave-692467231and https://www.deviantart.com/oneortheother/art/On-Ticklish-Tides-Part-1-697170614

If you haven’t read ‘On Ticklish Tides’, I highly recommend it, by the way. I reread it, and it’s (IMO) a thrilling journey full of intrigue, memorable characters, historical details, and naturally lots of tickling. In fact, I considered adapting it into a proper game, but it follows such tight story beats that it wouldn’t be that doable. It’s also not quite what I want to do.

Taking inspiration from a video game I recently enjoyed and a Netflix series I recently enjoyed, I’d like to present to you... Feathers & Crossbones (title very much wip)

The main video game inspiration is Cursed Crew: Shadow Gambit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idbdgDkKLzs&t=9s&ab_channel=PlayStation), while the Netflix inspiration is One Piece, which I think needs no introduction.

I wanted to do something different for this one, and I namely wanted to focus on an open world, different factions, and player expression.

Firstly, I like the idea of a big world that you can explore at your leisure. After the introductory mission, you can choose to engage in any with any of the other pirate factions in any order. Those factions (currently) are:

The Chimeras (half-animals)

The Merchants Guild (Marines, traders, smugglers)

The Clowns (circus folk)

The Cursed (skeletons and magic users)

Followers of the Maiden’s Flame (holy inquisition)

The Nords (think Skellige from Witcher)

The player can choose the name and gender of the character, and the number of m/f scenes will change accordingly.

But the biggest thing for this game, and the one that I haven’t been able to decide yet, is what faction the player will join. Honestly, I think it would be quite interesting to be a member of the Followers of the Maiden’s Flame. The tickling explanation (purify the heretics!) fits well. Or maybe it would be better to be an ex-member and form your own crew? Decisions, decisions...

Anyway, that’s what I have so far! What do you guys think? Any opinions or suggestions? Worth pursuing, or would you prefer to do something different? You guys generously fund and bankroll these humble game projects of mine, so your voice really matters a lot to me. Let me know!

And lastly, Cybertickles will not have any AI pictures, since it seems many of you aren’t a big fan of the idea. I think you can expect a release at some point in December! Have a good week, everyone :)

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Bob Show

Interesting concept. I’m curious about the faction aspect. Within the limits of the RPGMAKER engine, how can it be used? Like can there be factions that are rivals to each other and you can either help, betray or play both sides for your own ends? Join them to get unique tickling tools and scenes? Six different endings per faction? Either way I’m looking forward to what you are cooking up.

oneortheother

Yeah, that's definitely no problem with the engine! I was planning on letting the player interact with the factions a bit like what we did with the fallout-esque Fighting Fronds game a while back. I'm still thinking about the gameplay systems, so I'm not sure about unique tickling tools, per se, but some unique tickling scenes depending on alliances and choices for sure! And thanks for the vote of confidence :)

Bob Show

And if I may, here are some suggestions for pirate themed tickling: For the figurehead of the ship, have it be a tickling victim, whether it be a slave or crew member. For the merchants, maybe have them be the hub to buy tools, intel and even tickle slaves(depending on how you want to code the game) Maybe have a tickling brothel like the ones in Witcher 3. For the Maiden’s Flame, have them be obsessed with chastity and orgasm denial in the name of their faith. Maybe force the main character into a chastity belt as punishment and spend a mission trying to remove it. As for the Nords, I was thinking of like Galley slaves. Slaves strapped to their seats and must keep rowing or be tickled by a contraption. Anyway, just my dumb suggestions. Really looking forward to what creative ideas you will come up with.

oneortheother

Bob, those are absolutely sterling suggestions! I love the figurehead idea and actually used in in one of my pirate stories. The chastity thing fits the zealots perfectly. I like the the galleys too. Not entirely sure if and the merchants thing would fit (especially since you may have a falling out with that faction), but I'll give it some serious consideration and it's a lovely idea! Thank you so much and do let me know if you get any more! Just last night, I was admiring BP's picture of Zatanna and had the idea for a Magical Box sort of tickling scene with the circus... Do let me know if you get any more inspiration!