Loving the game and definitely not making tons of NPCs in the creator. XD
My only real request is a bigger variety of creator options as there are a lot of times where I feel stuck because there are no marking or body part options that really work well. But baring adding options, the thing that would really be the best would be the ability to mix all the different body parts between all bodies. Like using an Elf face on a dragon body or give a canine body dragon horns, but especially allowing the canine and dragon bodies to use the elf hair and vise versa.
Other than that, the game is great and I look forward to seeing it get even better.
I understand. I don't want any features to be unavailable to future players though, so I won't be making anything early supporter exclusive (aside from being able to play now).
Hmmmm a excelent point. maybe a big tier ti have an oc (made in-engine character creator) a cameo/bit part as an npc?
ir early incintive content BUT when the game launches you charge a little extra for the game + old perks, so earlybirds get it free but it's something anyone can still get later?
ngl this game is peak although a few things i feel like missing.
an idea i had was to add 1st person view either to all the game or only the animations.|
-and the second idea is to add the hip control just like in kobold kare for example.
also if it was possible to mod this game or add animation creator where u could add ur own animations and send them to other ppl, it would be one hell of a upgrade.
(just a suggestion. also take ur time bro, we already learned not to rush things thanks to cyberpunk so now we will wait for the peak. take the time needed and even somemore if u want <3)
Unfortunately this month's update will be delayed by a few days. Hopefully it will be worth it though! Fluid tech has taken longer to implement than expected.
all good bro. a few questions if you have time. I believe you are doing this on your own or with a very small team. so are you having to learn fluids by hand? and if so, how much time do you dedicate throughout the week to this game?
I just want to know your thoughts and work ethics with small games like this, I feel like I can speak for the majority of us here that we get it. You are carrying everything on our back and all we want to do is support you. so there is no need to apologize. just keep us posted so we know that your ok and still attempting to make this work to the best of your ability. regardless of if you were to post every month, two months, or more, I know I and many of us will still be here waiting patiently for your efforts to come to fruition.
well, look at past releases. it pushes back slightly with every month. so there is no need to rush. Just be happy that good games are being made by good people.
Yep! I'll get it sorted though, just a delay. Gotta make sure it plays nice with the other systems and doesn't cause too much of a performance hit (There will be settings options to help this too).
Currently our only gripe: You can't hug or cuddle the NPC you just boned seven times in a row. Other than that, solid 10/10 for $15, can't wait to see what the future holds.
Right? Like, the poor lass just got done getting her back blown out seven ways from Sunday, least we could offer her is a gatorade and a box of tissues.
-character design that allows to create your own NPC
-characters customisation possibility is far better from many 5 star game
-clothing (in general its about the design)
-simple and effective sex mechanic
-unlockables way to have sex, which is nice
-economy system that is not tiring (like gives a purpose to loot)
-simple to open doors
-the jiggle is perfect that is usualy the hardest part make
-relatively simple UI but its normal due to current state of the game
NEGATIVE POINT
-important characters attacked by mistake wants to kill you (but it only matter when you are in a level not in TOWN)
-the safe zone or friendly village Need a name, not just....TOWN
-doors can create weird glictches with npc
-idle animation is like dancing legit.......
-when opening a portal and you are too close you get launched in the air and can sometimes fall of the map
-when important character/npc is sit and talking to it, sometimes it clips trough the rock
-the pose that npc can take sometimes (menacing pose alike)
-hands are not really having grip on certain stuff like weapons (in animation of walking thought its present)
-sometimes during a pose or sex toenails or toes bend in a weird way
-stripe color pattern for clothing have too much contrast between the 2 colors, it makes these clothes less good
-when you stand up after being knocked out, walking in a direction can make your upper body twist in a strange way, same while changing direction
-when falling stunted your leg will clip through your body
-some npc will follow you but will make GIANT detour just to find you and eventualy gets lost
-in a level the beacon to locate portals is not glowing properly in far distances
-levels at the portal are just clueless i dont know if each portals brings you to the same level or no or which level ive been already into
-we can fall from any height without damage
-some jumps are somewhat not possible to do for rock pile with chests
-some chests are stretched and not formed properly (the ones on floating rocks)
-npc cannot see walls so they end up walking forever in them
-some emission of lights around the levels but nothing is shining tho?
-list of world is vague but the wall with the message tells a bit of info
-double jumps with dash do make you go to random direction in the air
-magic hostile npc that use ice dagger are purple???? like blue could tell the element, i though they where electric LOL
-some when teasing they start to move around while still teasing
-chest stay open, they could close back atleast
IDEA (THIS IS GENERAL AND NOT NEED TO BE ADDED RIGHT NOW)
-scrap the clothes into fabric so you can carry less stuff although that would reduce prices of selling
-rock and forest could be separated biomes and have a unique soundscapes or ambiance
-cooking could make your character sit next to the fire rather than just move the camera to the fire
-could add a day/night cycle and be next to a fire or a bed can make you choose to wait/sleep to recover
-make the important character stay sit and not stand up when sitting next to them
-village or TOWN can have the disenchant table instead of finding them in a level (unless there is a way with dye clothing upgrade you can buy from purple elf)
-being able to speak not having just sex to any Npc a little bit more so we can trade object
-small quest like: hey can you go get this from this person they stole that/this (this could add more hostile npc like raiders)
-being able to develop a relationship with any npc so they can become Friends/followers and become maybe wife/husband
-SHIELDS!!!!!!!!!!
-BUFF/DEBUFF that affect your character Heat/lust/fatigue/hunger/thirst/mana drain/stamina
-stamina.....
-lust bar (the more you see act of sex/tease from any npc you get aroused and can lead to have to remove pants/clothes) like a buff that affect you
-smaller inventory so you can have backpack or small stachel to increase and loose it when dying
-removing clothes system or timing so its not instant
-new sets of SFX and music:
fire/fireplaces
ice attack
when body hit terrain when falling
hiting surfaces with weapon
ice dagger like skyrim hiting ennemy
different walk sound on grass/rock/crystal/stone/wood
metal clash sound variant
sex noise ;)
small moaning (yeah no need the full loud fake moaning from any porn sites)
chuckles or sign of interest when flexing parts of the body
ANYWAY overall 9/10 soooooo much potential (i post this long message here if you have no other place for feedback)
The ice dagger skeleton is blue on my end. Your monitor may be a little off colour. If your talking about the crystals the skeletons have, then they are purple on all of them.
As for the chest staying open, I think it's for the best so you'll know which chest you have already opened. I think the two in your home should close again tho.
Short Info: Pro: Good game, great detail for graphics, excellent price, nice character creation, lots to do, fun levels etc. Con: little bit repetitive and grindy. Neutral: jumping was tricky but after a hour of playing you get the hang of it
Detailed: I've been playing and about 20 hours in, it's still got stuff to do, Found magic at like hour 10, it's amazing! granted repetitive stuff but finding new unlocks and upgrading armours/weapons is still good that you don't mind. Not sure how the Armor works but then I barely take any damage, from the damage it takes it does seem that Armor has a impact on damage taken. If the enemies could be more dangerous or have risky lewd moments if they break your armour then this could fix that element of them being really weak. I got about 5 health fruits and that's all you need, unless you literally let them kill you, you are a god. I want to be critical about the game but I can't seem to find any bugs like falling forever or getting stuck etc. It just doesn't happen and I've tried to do this.
I think for 15$ you can't really say no, similar games such as BBS and predation you have to pay a subscription for literally no real extra besides a bug fix.
So you get 9*, you only lose the star due to the grind and weak enemies, but sure you can fix that easily enough
Is there any way to share preset appearances? I made few and I think peoples might like it so I would like to send thiem to discord server or something.
May be tricky to find game folder in AppData, will be nice to add "open data folder" button in menu to easily drag-n-drop appearances and NPC's
Picking this up again after playing it last in 0.2, love the new features! I have some questions/suggestions:
A "Save & return to title" button on the pause screen would be awesome
If you launch the NPC editor, you can't back out. There should be a return to title button here as well, and making the ESC key do the same would be cool, with a confirm dialog when the user goes to back out.
Can there be options for no tail on the animal bases, and no ears/horns only on the draconic base?
Separate horns into another menu option. It wasn't clear to me that I needed to be in the Ears menu to recolor the horns
Potential bug: are you supposed to be able to seduce Quinn when you find her out on the islands for the second time? She's struck me as not quite as the promiscuous type yet after I sat with her and did her dialog, she started behaving like any other wild islands NPC except she would follow me. And then that was buggy after I maxed out her allure because she would do this cycle where she would stop for a few seconds in an idle pose and then start moving towards me (sometimes stuck in an allure animation), or present herself for an interaction.
Wow! I'm not usually one for adult games, but the character creator was too impressive to pass up! Even at this stage, the customization and positions available were well worth it! I'm also surprised at how wholesome the game is? It's honestly adorable.
I was curious if there were any plans for pubes/happytrails or at least additional body patterns that were similar?
Just from looking at this, it genuinely looks like it could be a pretty good successor to GrowthRPG by DigitalFurBelow, if you ever decide to go the route of "game mechanics that allow you to change physical attributes/their size outside of character creation" (whether temporarily or permanently) That aside I think I'll wait until it's more feature-complete before buying it, as judging from the patch notes there's a lot of important basic stuff still being added and developed.
Let that stay it's own thing but, yes, me and a few other agree with the sentiment, like adding KK's growth system. 10/10 would enjoy but honestly want this to remain it's own game.
I asked this before on Steam in the discussions before the game got steamrolled (ba dum tch) over there, and forgot all about it. Just crossed my mind again, figured it couldnt hurt to ask it here, since Dev seems cool with questions and ideas.
In the other game, Chastity Catastophy (shameless plug here - go check it out if you read this, players!) we had a few fun elements I could see working here in Gates. I was curious of a few things.
1: I asked about character customization before in the comments, and was thinking about some similarities. The wolf girls from that game ported over (our base femWolf models), but I was curious if we will see a a kobold race option eventually show up? We got dragons and wolves (both from Catastrophy), so I was thinking maaaaybe we'd get a 'bold port-over? I know probably not, but shortstack mini-derg would be fun to have around!
2. That game had a fun mechanic that made the npcs get possessed by their bindings, giving them the purple glowy eyes effect. Was wondering if we might see some mind-controlled NPCs in this sandbox game as a new friend/npc event or type? Saw a question about quest vs sandbox experience in the comments, and I think that the theme of rescue-able corrupted npcs would fit in the context of this world whether or not it stays wholly sandbox or has light story quest elements.
3. Similar vein for enemy types. Not so much possessed enemies (as we would already have possessed npcs we could free...or fight!) but environmental hazards that could impede us/shackle/vulnerability up the player? Being chased by the chastity belt drones and being taken control of as a game over in the other game added the main level of threat. Here, instead of defeating the player, it just makes them vulnerable to attack, or a loss of control (like a stun, freeze, disorient you have to "wiggle" out of, for example?). It wouldnt have to be just chatity belts. Vines, mud, hypnotic plants, toxic gas/spore clouds, suspicious berries/food/drink, enemies casting charm/hypno/sleep/silly or corruption spells, strangely shaped plants with... "convenient uses"; the list goes on! (And maybe mind-control chastity belts again, why not? They were cool!)
This is all just suggestion. I understand development time and resources can be very hard to manage, and even tiny additions can be costly. But as the world expands - to whatever degree it does, such as new environments and regions and climates - I think these could be nice additions, and don't necessarily remove autonomy/consent in any meaningful way (Its been clearly stated several times there is NO defeat sex in this game). The purpose of these suggestions are to add variety, as well as small, kink-colored interactions/poses/scenarios to spice up the world some more. More threats, more word interaction, more danger. And being fully transparent here, Chastity Catastophy really hit an itch with the mind control corrupting the npcs, those glowing purple eyes and personality change were killer! It's been with me ever since, and would love to see more of it here!
Anyway, loving the game so far, keep up the good work!
Oooo, I love your third point. I was also hoping that environmental hazards and traps like the ones you described could be added in the future. Especially plants, bondage/chastity like cursed equipment or aphrodisiacs to name a few things I was thinking about. In a post from a while ago someone also suggested something like ghost hands. Some of these things (such as aphrodisiacs) could also be combined with status effects and finding ways to cure you.
But I think that it's still a while off, if something like that would ever be implemented, and these comments get a bit flooded with suggestions, while I think that Raliv still has a good amount of things they want to implement first.
It would be great to add something like an indicator with an indicator of the number of fragments that fall from monsters and the loss of these fragments at death, otherwise there is no motivation not to die in the game. It would also be wonderful if you added more variation of biomes and weapons to the game, maybe even some skills (I mean, I understand that all this will be in the future, but I wonder if the game will be like a full-fledged rpg or is it just a yiff where there is just an opportunity to fight monsters, actually it's a shame that there is practically no RPG with furry, and your game has a huge potential, where yiff with NPCs can just become an additional mechanic, but in any case this is my opinion and you can ignore it, since you are the developer of the game) by the way, some islands with glowing mushrooms or mines would fit well into the atmosphere.
In due time, this is a Solo dev project, I'm certain Raliv has ideas to add but they need to balance and prioritize what things get added in a way that works for them.
This is a traditional one time purchase, no microtransactions, game. There is no free version.
It is my opinion that free to play microtransaction supported games are killing self expression in games by replacing customization with purchases. Since I absolutely love customization in games, I will not be building free to play games.
This game is certainly one of the best sandbox furry games out there right now, and definitely has some great features! Overall, the gameplay and character customization is good even without a little fine tuning. I haven't been able to find any other place to post this, and this could be helpful for anyone having the same issues I am, so here it is. After playing for over 12 hours I have noticed some inconveniences and potential issues:
1.NPC Creation Flaw
NPC creation has a big issue regarding the customizability and access to already created characters. In order for the game to process and utilize NPC's you've created, you have to type out their name in the bottom right and proceed. This isn't entirely clear as a requirement, and someone could easily create a character and move on to play without actually seeing them for dozens of islands (As I did). Due to the rarity of finding one of your characters in the wild, it's easy to miss that a character isn't in the potential spawns listed in this file:
Adding a section on the menu that shows available NPC's would be great, as it would allow people to get feedback on which NPC's could be seen in game, alongside deleting or overwriting unwanted ones, maybe even toggling some on or off to customize their experience.
2. Allure Confusion
The slider called "Easy to Allure" representing difficulty for characters to be attracted lacks a little clarity, but is easy to figure out after some experimentation. However, if an NPC is made with the slider all the way to the left, or minimum value, they are impossible to allure in the wild. Due to the inability for NPC's with the same name to be overwritten, any originally named NPC with their "mind" set to minimum attraction will never be capable of interacting. While the NPC customization issue feeds into this, it's also a generally confusing slider that could use a better title, E.G.: "Attraction Speed/Rate," "Allure Difficulty."
3. Equipment Gambling
During character creation and saving you have the option to give NPC's equipment for when you meet them later, unless you prefer them naked. This menu makes sense until you get to the arrows, which randomly generates a piece of clothing with a pattern and colors. This is a little annoying to navigate despite having somewhat of a failsafe, where the same item never repeats twice. Making this a folder or menu where you can select the clothing item, color, and patterns would be much more convenient and easier to navigate.
4. Limited Customization
As part of the character creator we are given access to a beautiful layered system that takes any option we choose and its color and opacity into account. This is great for stacking one layer onto the other to get distinct new shapes or to hide a small part of one layer to match the base color. If you go too far, the last thing you create cannot be deleted without deleting something else to reduce the overall quantity. If there's meant to be a hard limit or maximum, it would be great to see that incorporated. At this moment the last layer just bleeds off the screen, and scrolling doesn't work to access it. This game has a great customization system that most games don't have, and this issue can genuinely limit people from fully fleshing out their creations using it, especially if new options are added. I'd imagine you plan to add new species, and this level of flexibility would probably be necessary for people to mix and combine aspects.
Also, only other thing is being unable to click and grab layers to move them up and down multiple spaces. Don't know if that's easily doable, but the problem is just being incapable of moving the layers around easily. Some of them are also named the same despite being different, so it can get confusing.
5. Mind Forgotten
When saving characters, the mind isn't saved and is not changeable in the character customization menu in the player house. This isn't an issue for NPC's since they are made on the menu. Although, updating old NPC's can get tricky since you need to access the file from the first section on this post to delete the original NPC with that name in that file. Because the Mind section doesn't save whenever you load a character, the NPC can get default preferences to everything and be allured at a default rate. Not a big problem, just a slight inconvenience. Same thing happens with equipment.
6. Menu? Main?
Thankfully this game doesn't take long to load and performs great, but it gets a little repetitive if you're wanting to make an NPC or continue a different save, when you have no choice but to save and exit the entire game.
7. No Current Island/Level Number
What level am I on?
8. Small Bugs
Shale for some reason goes derpy eyed if you chat with him on the islands, not sure why, but he looks drunk and debatably sane.
Sometimes voxels connect between cliffs and other sections, creating a green stretch of grass that's thinner than a pencil but longer than the genital size slider allows.
Small clipping issues during certain intimate scenes.
Changing character scale affects positioning during intimate scenes, leading to severed legs or shins and feet.
NPC's cannot independently choose learned intimate scenes without first being prompted, may not be a bug but seems like a necessity.
Enemies like to bash on themselves and any other character if someone dies. Oftentimes resulting in you getting told, "Get f*cked!" after dying. Every now and then an enemy kills an enemy and says it, or another NPC. Maybe these magical skellies are meant to talk? Not sure, but this bug could probably stay.
9. The End
Don't know if any of these things will be changed, but regardless this game is interesting and certainly gets better with every update. Hope this wasn't too much or too critical, or even unnecessary. Either way, thank you for reading and hope this helps!
This was a really insightful writeup. I appreciate it! I don't know how much I can fix within the scope of finishing the game's early access lifecycle, but these are really solid points and I will be adding them to my todo wishlist (Some of which unfortunately ends up being a "out of scope" graveyard admittedly).
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Game has a lot of potential. I think what would make it do really well is either a massive amount of customizability or the addition of mod support.
Is there a list of all the clothes and weapons in the game?
Not technically, but if you choose to create an NPC, you can look at all the equipment you can find in the game in the Equip Tab.
Loving the game and definitely not making tons of NPCs in the creator. XD
My only real request is a bigger variety of creator options as there are a lot of times where I feel stuck because there are no marking or body part options that really work well. But baring adding options, the thing that would really be the best would be the ability to mix all the different body parts between all bodies. Like using an Elf face on a dragon body or give a canine body dragon horns, but especially allowing the canine and dragon bodies to use the elf hair and vise versa.
Other than that, the game is great and I look forward to seeing it get even better.
Ambitious, but so far so good by the looks of it! too early for me to hop on.
🤔 maybe throw some perks to early supporters to attract people on that fence of "wait and see" ?
food for thought?
Ganbatte kudasai.
I understand. I don't want any features to be unavailable to future players though, so I won't be making anything early supporter exclusive (aside from being able to play now).
Hmmmm a excelent point. maybe a big tier ti have an oc (made in-engine character creator) a cameo/bit part as an npc?
ir early incintive content BUT when the game launches you charge a little extra for the game + old perks, so earlybirds get it free but it's something anyone can still get later?
ngl this game is peak although a few things i feel like missing.
an idea i had was to add 1st person view either to all the game or only the animations.|
-and the second idea is to add the hip control just like in kobold kare for example.
also if it was possible to mod this game or add animation creator where u could add ur own animations and send them to other ppl, it would be one hell of a upgrade.
(just a suggestion. also take ur time bro, we already learned not to rush things thanks to cyberpunk so now we will wait for the peak. take the time needed and even somemore if u want <3)
Unfortunately this month's update will be delayed by a few days. Hopefully it will be worth it though! Fluid tech has taken longer to implement than expected.
Take your time bud.
Thank you and everyone else for being so supportive! Y'all are great
love this game so far really fuckin good bones <3
Dude, take your time, there's no need to rush. Do it the right way, the way you want to do it.
all good bro. a few questions if you have time. I believe you are doing this on your own or with a very small team. so are you having to learn fluids by hand? and if so, how much time do you dedicate throughout the week to this game?
I just want to know your thoughts and work ethics with small games like this, I feel like I can speak for the majority of us here that we get it. You are carrying everything on our back and all we want to do is support you. so there is no need to apologize. just keep us posted so we know that your ok and still attempting to make this work to the best of your ability. regardless of if you were to post every month, two months, or more, I know I and many of us will still be here waiting patiently for your efforts to come to fruition.
:-} you got this!
We can't rush perfection, take your time bro!
take your time buddy! It'll be worth the wait, keep up the amazing work!
Ayo fluid tech? ,':^)
So, I seem to remember the author saying he releases an update every month, on the third day. Does anyone know where the update is?
it's been the 4th as well before iirc, best answer (guess) is "probably coming today at some point"
well, look at past releases. it pushes back slightly with every month. so there is no need to rush. Just be happy that good games are being made by good people.
This month's update is delayed. Fluid Tech is causing the Dev issues.
Yep! I'll get it sorted though, just a delay. Gotta make sure it plays nice with the other systems and doesn't cause too much of a performance hit (There will be settings options to help this too).
Currently our only gripe: You can't hug or cuddle the NPC you just boned seven times in a row. Other than that, solid 10/10 for $15, can't wait to see what the future holds.
For real! Let us kiss Sophia and hug Quinn x3
Right? Like, the poor lass just got done getting her back blown out seven ways from Sunday, least we could offer her is a gatorade and a box of tissues.
BRACE YOURSELF IT WILL BE A LOT OF READING
POSITIVE POINT
-graphic are awesome
-simple and effective fighting mechanic
-character design that allows to create your own NPC
-characters customisation possibility is far better from many 5 star game
-clothing (in general its about the design)
-simple and effective sex mechanic
-unlockables way to have sex, which is nice
-economy system that is not tiring (like gives a purpose to loot)
-simple to open doors
-the jiggle is perfect that is usualy the hardest part make
-relatively simple UI but its normal due to current state of the game
NEGATIVE POINT
-important characters attacked by mistake wants to kill you (but it only matter when you are in a level not in TOWN)
-the safe zone or friendly village Need a name, not just....TOWN
-doors can create weird glictches with npc
-idle animation is like dancing legit.......
-when opening a portal and you are too close you get launched in the air and can sometimes fall of the map
-when important character/npc is sit and talking to it, sometimes it clips trough the rock
-the pose that npc can take sometimes (menacing pose alike)
-hands are not really having grip on certain stuff like weapons (in animation of walking thought its present)
-sometimes during a pose or sex toenails or toes bend in a weird way
-stripe color pattern for clothing have too much contrast between the 2 colors, it makes these clothes less good
-when you stand up after being knocked out, walking in a direction can make your upper body twist in a strange way, same while changing direction
-when falling stunted your leg will clip through your body
-some npc will follow you but will make GIANT detour just to find you and eventualy gets lost
-in a level the beacon to locate portals is not glowing properly in far distances
-levels at the portal are just clueless i dont know if each portals brings you to the same level or no or which level ive been already into
-we can fall from any height without damage
-some jumps are somewhat not possible to do for rock pile with chests
-some chests are stretched and not formed properly (the ones on floating rocks)
-npc cannot see walls so they end up walking forever in them
-some emission of lights around the levels but nothing is shining tho?
-list of world is vague but the wall with the message tells a bit of info
-double jumps with dash do make you go to random direction in the air
-magic hostile npc that use ice dagger are purple???? like blue could tell the element, i though they where electric LOL
-some when teasing they start to move around while still teasing
-chest stay open, they could close back atleast
IDEA (THIS IS GENERAL AND NOT NEED TO BE ADDED RIGHT NOW)
-scrap the clothes into fabric so you can carry less stuff although that would reduce prices of selling
-rock and forest could be separated biomes and have a unique soundscapes or ambiance
-cooking could make your character sit next to the fire rather than just move the camera to the fire
-could add a day/night cycle and be next to a fire or a bed can make you choose to wait/sleep to recover
-make the important character stay sit and not stand up when sitting next to them
-village or TOWN can have the disenchant table instead of finding them in a level (unless there is a way with dye clothing upgrade you can buy from purple elf)
-being able to speak not having just sex to any Npc a little bit more so we can trade object
-small quest like: hey can you go get this from this person they stole that/this (this could add more hostile npc like raiders)
-being able to develop a relationship with any npc so they can become Friends/followers and become maybe wife/husband
-SHIELDS!!!!!!!!!!
-BUFF/DEBUFF that affect your character Heat/lust/fatigue/hunger/thirst/mana drain/stamina
-stamina.....
-lust bar (the more you see act of sex/tease from any npc you get aroused and can lead to have to remove pants/clothes) like a buff that affect you
-smaller inventory so you can have backpack or small stachel to increase and loose it when dying
-removing clothes system or timing so its not instant
-new sets of SFX and music:
fire/fireplaces
ice attack
when body hit terrain when falling
hiting surfaces with weapon
ice dagger like skyrim hiting ennemy
different walk sound on grass/rock/crystal/stone/wood
metal clash sound variant
sex noise ;)
small moaning (yeah no need the full loud fake moaning from any porn sites)
chuckles or sign of interest when flexing parts of the body
ANYWAY overall 9/10 soooooo much potential (i post this long message here if you have no other place for feedback)
I agree with all but two of your negative points.
The ice dagger skeleton is blue on my end. Your monitor may be a little off colour. If your talking about the crystals the skeletons have, then they are purple on all of them.
As for the chest staying open, I think it's for the best so you'll know which chest you have already opened. I think the two in your home should close again tho.
how is the dancing idle anim a negative???
Review: ********* 9/10 Stars
Short Info: Pro: Good game, great detail for graphics, excellent price, nice character creation, lots to do, fun levels etc. Con: little bit repetitive and grindy. Neutral: jumping was tricky but after a hour of playing you get the hang of it
Detailed: I've been playing and about 20 hours in, it's still got stuff to do, Found magic at like hour 10, it's amazing! granted repetitive stuff but finding new unlocks and upgrading armours/weapons is still good that you don't mind. Not sure how the Armor works but then I barely take any damage, from the damage it takes it does seem that Armor has a impact on damage taken. If the enemies could be more dangerous or have risky lewd moments if they break your armour then this could fix that element of them being really weak. I got about 5 health fruits and that's all you need, unless you literally let them kill you, you are a god. I want to be critical about the game but I can't seem to find any bugs like falling forever or getting stuck etc. It just doesn't happen and I've tried to do this.
I think for 15$ you can't really say no, similar games such as BBS and predation you have to pay a subscription for literally no real extra besides a bug fix.
So you get 9*, you only lose the star due to the grind and weak enemies, but sure you can fix that easily enough
Found a bug where if you make the horse peen max size it breaks the oral animation and makes it clip.
this game is amazing, please never abandon it!
Is there any way to share preset appearances? I made few and I think peoples might like it so I would like to send thiem to discord server or something.
May be tricky to find game folder in AppData, will be nice to add "open data folder" button in menu to easily drag-n-drop appearances and NPC's
For now I'll place my "portfolio" of two foxes and sharks here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oTLgYejI5sd7oUK5tS5ALu2uKJPYyzux?usp=sharing
Are there mixed genders or is it just male/female?
You can mix it up.
The game crashes a lot, is there a program you can use to keep it from crashing?
Maybe try reinstalling it? I never see crashes and I'm using 8yo tech on win10
Picking this up again after playing it last in 0.2, love the new features! I have some questions/suggestions:
Wow! I'm not usually one for adult games, but the character creator was too impressive to pass up! Even at this stage, the customization and positions available were well worth it! I'm also surprised at how wholesome the game is? It's honestly adorable.
I was curious if there were any plans for pubes/happytrails or at least additional body patterns that were similar?
Could we also get a fingerless glove variant :3 ?
The character creation and animations are fantastically done. If you need any game dev help. Hit me up.
i think a great addition would be battle sex or some more variation with enemies like a goblin or a golem.
Humble bundle has a deal on game music and sound effects for the next 18 days if you are still looking to implement background music into the game
https://www.humblebundle.com/software/audio-alchemy-premium-collection-sound-fx-...
Awesome thanks for the heads up! Instant purchase
New Biomes would be great or like a new island theme idk it gets old after while
I WANT HARDER ENEMYES, and maybe a boss fight and some more story.
cum cum cum cum
Haven't played much of it yet, but the bones are pretty good. Looking forward to the eventual Steam release
As per the dev a while ago, Archipelagates won't ever come to Steam, unfortunately.
Oh, I guess that's okay. Still looking forward to future updates. I got it working on my Steam Deck, so that's good enough for now.
this game is pretty good, i am very enjoy it
cant tell if i have the most up to date verson
Can you cutomize the tail? If so, then you have the most upto date verson ^w^
ah yeah okok i got it :3
Just from looking at this, it genuinely looks like it could be a pretty good successor to GrowthRPG by DigitalFurBelow, if you ever decide to go the route of "game mechanics that allow you to change physical attributes/their size outside of character creation" (whether temporarily or permanently)
That aside I think I'll wait until it's more feature-complete before buying it, as judging from the patch notes there's a lot of important basic stuff still being added and developed.
Let that stay it's own thing but, yes, me and a few other agree with the sentiment, like adding KK's growth system. 10/10 would enjoy but honestly want this to remain it's own game.
I asked this before on Steam in the discussions before the game got steamrolled (ba dum tch) over there, and forgot all about it. Just crossed my mind again, figured it couldnt hurt to ask it here, since Dev seems cool with questions and ideas.
In the other game, Chastity Catastophy (shameless plug here - go check it out if you read this, players!) we had a few fun elements I could see working here in Gates. I was curious of a few things.
1: I asked about character customization before in the comments, and was thinking about some similarities. The wolf girls from that game ported over (our base femWolf models), but I was curious if we will see a a kobold race option eventually show up? We got dragons and wolves (both from Catastrophy), so I was thinking maaaaybe we'd get a 'bold port-over? I know probably not, but shortstack mini-derg would be fun to have around!
2. That game had a fun mechanic that made the npcs get possessed by their bindings, giving them the purple glowy eyes effect. Was wondering if we might see some mind-controlled NPCs in this sandbox game as a new friend/npc event or type? Saw a question about quest vs sandbox experience in the comments, and I think that the theme of rescue-able corrupted npcs would fit in the context of this world whether or not it stays wholly sandbox or has light story quest elements.
3. Similar vein for enemy types. Not so much possessed enemies (as we would already have possessed npcs we could free...or fight!) but environmental hazards that could impede us/shackle/vulnerability up the player? Being chased by the chastity belt drones and being taken control of as a game over in the other game added the main level of threat. Here, instead of defeating the player, it just makes them vulnerable to attack, or a loss of control (like a stun, freeze, disorient you have to "wiggle" out of, for example?). It wouldnt have to be just chatity belts. Vines, mud, hypnotic plants, toxic gas/spore clouds, suspicious berries/food/drink, enemies casting charm/hypno/sleep/silly or corruption spells, strangely shaped plants with... "convenient uses"; the list goes on! (And maybe mind-control chastity belts again, why not? They were cool!)
This is all just suggestion. I understand development time and resources can be very hard to manage, and even tiny additions can be costly. But as the world expands - to whatever degree it does, such as new environments and regions and climates - I think these could be nice additions, and don't necessarily remove autonomy/consent in any meaningful way (Its been clearly stated several times there is NO defeat sex in this game). The purpose of these suggestions are to add variety, as well as small, kink-colored interactions/poses/scenarios to spice up the world some more. More threats, more word interaction, more danger. And being fully transparent here, Chastity Catastophy really hit an itch with the mind control corrupting the npcs, those glowing purple eyes and personality change were killer! It's been with me ever since, and would love to see more of it here!
Anyway, loving the game so far, keep up the good work!
Oooo, I love your third point. I was also hoping that environmental hazards and traps like the ones you described could be added in the future. Especially plants, bondage/chastity like cursed equipment or aphrodisiacs to name a few things I was thinking about. In a post from a while ago someone also suggested something like ghost hands. Some of these things (such as aphrodisiacs) could also be combined with status effects and finding ways to cure you.
But I think that it's still a while off, if something like that would ever be implemented, and these comments get a bit flooded with suggestions, while I think that Raliv still has a good amount of things they want to implement first.
It would be great to add something like an indicator with an indicator of the number of fragments that fall from monsters and the loss of these fragments at death, otherwise there is no motivation not to die in the game. It would also be wonderful if you added more variation of biomes and weapons to the game, maybe even some skills (I mean, I understand that all this will be in the future, but I wonder if the game will be like a full-fledged rpg or is it just a yiff where there is just an opportunity to fight monsters, actually it's a shame that there is practically no RPG with furry, and your game has a huge potential, where yiff with NPCs can just become an additional mechanic, but in any case this is my opinion and you can ignore it, since you are the developer of the game) by the way, some islands with glowing mushrooms or mines would fit well into the atmosphere.
In due time, this is a Solo dev project, I'm certain Raliv has ideas to add but they need to balance and prioritize what things get added in a way that works for them.
What is planned to be added in the next update?
just a quick question, is there a defeat system that by losing you get fucked?
Not in this game.
Yet? It's early in dev still. lol
i made a character last night and now the save file is gone?
when/will/if there will be a free version of this game?
This is a traditional one time purchase, no microtransactions, game. There is no free version.
It is my opinion that free to play microtransaction supported games are killing self expression in games by replacing customization with purchases. Since I absolutely love customization in games, I will not be building free to play games.
Bruh, it's $15 usd, it's not even remotely an expensive game, if you were trying to ask about a demo version, not likely.
when/will it release on mobile?
No mobile version is planned
full nelson. and maybe proot species (I know thats hard) i never see proots in games like these lol
Because proots are just a head on leg stumps... there's no point in a model with no body.
can the sex positions be bulldog and 69?
Would graphics settings be anywhere in the near future? I think my laptop would benefit from reduced render distance, shadows, and removing grain
Does anyone have links for discords that I can get npcs from?
Some Recommendations:
This game is certainly one of the best sandbox furry games out there right now, and definitely has some great features! Overall, the gameplay and character customization is good even without a little fine tuning. I haven't been able to find any other place to post this, and this could be helpful for anyone having the same issues I am, so here it is. After playing for over 12 hours I have noticed some inconveniences and potential issues:
1. NPC Creation Flaw
NPC creation has a big issue regarding the customizability and access to already created characters. In order for the game to process and utilize NPC's you've created, you have to type out their name in the bottom right and proceed. This isn't entirely clear as a requirement, and someone could easily create a character and move on to play without actually seeing them for dozens of islands (As I did). Due to the rarity of finding one of your characters in the wild, it's easy to miss that a character isn't in the potential spawns listed in this file:
%AppData%\..\LocalLow\RalivDev\Archipelagates\npcs
(Must use search on the Windows dock to find)
Adding a section on the menu that shows available NPC's would be great, as it would allow people to get feedback on which NPC's could be seen in game, alongside deleting or overwriting unwanted ones, maybe even toggling some on or off to customize their experience.
2. Allure Confusion
The slider called "Easy to Allure" representing difficulty for characters to be attracted lacks a little clarity, but is easy to figure out after some experimentation. However, if an NPC is made with the slider all the way to the left, or minimum value, they are impossible to allure in the wild. Due to the inability for NPC's with the same name to be overwritten, any originally named NPC with their "mind" set to minimum attraction will never be capable of interacting. While the NPC customization issue feeds into this, it's also a generally confusing slider that could use a better title, E.G.: "Attraction Speed/Rate," "Allure Difficulty."
3. Equipment Gambling
During character creation and saving you have the option to give NPC's equipment for when you meet them later, unless you prefer them naked. This menu makes sense until you get to the arrows, which randomly generates a piece of clothing with a pattern and colors. This is a little annoying to navigate despite having somewhat of a failsafe, where the same item never repeats twice. Making this a folder or menu where you can select the clothing item, color, and patterns would be much more convenient and easier to navigate.
4. Limited Customization
As part of the character creator we are given access to a beautiful layered system that takes any option we choose and its color and opacity into account. This is great for stacking one layer onto the other to get distinct new shapes or to hide a small part of one layer to match the base color. If you go too far, the last thing you create cannot be deleted without deleting something else to reduce the overall quantity. If there's meant to be a hard limit or maximum, it would be great to see that incorporated. At this moment the last layer just bleeds off the screen, and scrolling doesn't work to access it. This game has a great customization system that most games don't have, and this issue can genuinely limit people from fully fleshing out their creations using it, especially if new options are added. I'd imagine you plan to add new species, and this level of flexibility would probably be necessary for people to mix and combine aspects.
Also, only other thing is being unable to click and grab layers to move them up and down multiple spaces. Don't know if that's easily doable, but the problem is just being incapable of moving the layers around easily. Some of them are also named the same despite being different, so it can get confusing.
5. Mind Forgotten
When saving characters, the mind isn't saved and is not changeable in the character customization menu in the player house. This isn't an issue for NPC's since they are made on the menu. Although, updating old NPC's can get tricky since you need to access the file from the first section on this post to delete the original NPC with that name in that file. Because the Mind section doesn't save whenever you load a character, the NPC can get default preferences to everything and be allured at a default rate. Not a big problem, just a slight inconvenience. Same thing happens with equipment.
6. Menu? Main?
Thankfully this game doesn't take long to load and performs great, but it gets a little repetitive if you're wanting to make an NPC or continue a different save, when you have no choice but to save and exit the entire game.
7. No Current Island/Level Number
What level am I on?
8. Small Bugs
Shale for some reason goes derpy eyed if you chat with him on the islands, not sure why, but he looks drunk and debatably sane.
Sometimes voxels connect between cliffs and other sections, creating a green stretch of grass that's thinner than a pencil but longer than the genital size slider allows.
Small clipping issues during certain intimate scenes.
Changing character scale affects positioning during intimate scenes, leading to severed legs or shins and feet.
NPC's cannot independently choose learned intimate scenes without first being prompted, may not be a bug but seems like a necessity.
Enemies like to bash on themselves and any other character if someone dies. Oftentimes resulting in you getting told, "Get f*cked!" after dying. Every now and then an enemy kills an enemy and says it, or another NPC. Maybe these magical skellies are meant to talk? Not sure, but this bug could probably stay.
9. The End
Don't know if any of these things will be changed, but regardless this game is interesting and certainly gets better with every update. Hope this wasn't too much or too critical, or even unnecessary. Either way, thank you for reading and hope this helps!
This was a really insightful writeup. I appreciate it! I don't know how much I can fix within the scope of finishing the game's early access lifecycle, but these are really solid points and I will be adding them to my todo wishlist (Some of which unfortunately ends up being a "out of scope" graveyard admittedly).