HTML A Mirror's Curse [0.19 Patched] [amaty]

[amaty]

Someone on discord said that in version 0.22, there will be a bad ending for those who don't accept the transformations, I just don't know if it's true, but if it is, it's very sad.

Hi! The game will have an early ending if you aren't at least androgynous by Day 16. I know this isn't optimal, but the way the story is going is making it VERY difficult to keep supporting it. Not to mention, the cost for the male assets on the paperdoll really does fuck with the art budget. I do apologize for people who wanted to play even more slow burn, but I just can't support it anymore. I may add more transformation points and I will certainly add some warnings that you will get a bad ending if you don't change.

This has nothing to do with the femininity, acceptance, or trans stats! ONLY the transformations you choose and the hidden feminine looks stat.

 

[amaty]

Finally, a game in this genre, besides The Princess Trap, that allows you to date women. Most of these games make your character immediately interested in men, forcing you to follow a male route, or wander through the circle of penises. And of course, don't just focus on adult content, I like a good story, in addition to the sexual content.

Yup! I wanted to make sure the game didn't force you into heterosexuality. If anything, I'd say the girl ROs are better written and more interesting at the moment!

 

[amaty]

amaty just a thought, after playing 0.19 -- the story has MC learn in this update to not just select but also "fully control" how their body transformations go.


But that also conjures an elephant into the room, which is that MC who's been reluctant of what's happening to him and want nothing more than to revert the curse... is now apparently capable of doing exactly that -- using magic in controlled manner to transform their appearance back to the way it was. Instead of just progressing with feminine transformations they don't want.

So, it may be reasonable to have MC bring that up with someone, be it Aurora of whoever, to provide some explanation why this is not an option. Because well, despite technical possibility it doesn't seem to be an option and MC not even trying to do it or thinking about it regardless of their attitude towards the curse can be a little weird. :v

Yup, the concerns you and Axismundi brought up make complete sense. I agree this story has some... plot holes/conveniences that are rather nonsensical. I will make sure to address these!

 

[Axismundi]

This has nothing to do with the femininity, acceptance, or trans stats! ONLY the transformations you choose and the hidden feminine looks stat.

That's wonderful news, and it's understandable that you got to push the transformation aspect in a transformation game. lol
Now to shamelessly beg for the ability to make Ethan extra small. I need an extra small, reluctant flyer cheerleader ASAP.

Yup! I wanted to make sure the game didn't force you into heterosexuality. If anything, I'd say the girl ROs are better written and more interesting at the moment!

My boy Jordan needs more love lol

 

[LowLevelLesser]

Hi! The game will have an early ending if you aren't at least androgynous by Day 16. I know this isn't optimal, but the way the story is going is making it VERY difficult to keep supporting it. Not to mention, the cost for the male assets on the paperdoll really does fuck with the art budget. I do apologize for people who wanted to play even more slow burn, but I just can't support it anymore. I may add more transformation points and I will certainly add some warnings that you will get a bad ending if you don't change.

This has nothing to do with the femininity, acceptance, or trans stats! ONLY the transformations you choose and the hidden feminine looks stat.

That's unfortunate, but understandable.

 

[ffive]

Yup, the concerns you and Axismundi brought up make complete sense. I agree this story has some... plot holes/conveniences that are rather nonsensical. I will make sure to address these!

You know, combined with the other post about how developing two paths isn't sustainable (which is perfectly reasonable concern) this just gave me an idea -- you could kill two birds with one stone, and use exactly this ability the MC now has, to revert to their old appearance... to simply have him do precisely that, restore his original appearance and give him some sort of a happy epilogue afterwards. So this would be early end, but perhaps a "Good Early End" from the point of view of someone who wanted their character to stay a guy. Rather than some sort of punishent for trying to resist.

I mention it because i remembered another game, The Good Son does something along those lines, and although it was done very tongue-in-cheek there, it's also one of the funniest/best features there.

 

[LowLevelLesser]

You know, combined with the other post about how developing two paths isn't sustainable (which is perfectly reasonable concern) this just gave me an idea -- you could kill two birds with one stone, and use exactly this ability the MC now has, to revert to their old appearance... to simply have him do precisely that, restore his original appearance and give him some sort of a happy epilogue afterwards. So this would be early end, but perhaps a "Good Early End" from the point of view of someone who wanted their character to stay a guy. Rather than some sort of punishent for trying to resist.

I mention it because i remembered another game, The Good Son does something along those lines, and although it was done very tongue-in-cheek there, it's also one of the funniest/best features there.

I remember there was two or three games that would give you a funny "good-ish ending" for refusing the engage with the main plot issues. There's a game on here now where you can literally refuse to save and work with the heroine/mascot of the game and the story just kinda... awkwardly continues on regardless (still remains to be seen what consequences there will be). But yeah, most games will default to a bad ending if you have the option to try avoiding the main story plot.

Unicorn Overlord lets you finish the game without ever saving the main heroine but it's MUCH harder and you'll be locked into a bad ending if you do so. I still like having the option regardless.

 

[amaty]

That's wonderful news, and it's understandable that you got to push the transformation aspect in a transformation game. lol
Now to shamelessly beg for the ability to make Ethan extra small. I need an extra small, reluctant flyer cheerleader ASAP.

My boy Jordan needs more love lol

height transformations up to 5’0 will be available in the future! (If anyone’s curious why 5’0, I don’t really want to go below that, I think it would be too short.) 5’0 is a great tiny height and will allow you to be a flyer!

and Jordan gets a LOT of love in the next two updates that are currently behind patreon.

 

[amaty]

You know, combined with the other post about how developing two paths isn't sustainable (which is perfectly reasonable concern) this just gave me an idea -- you could kill two birds with one stone, and use exactly this ability the MC now has, to revert to their old appearance... to simply have him do precisely that, restore his original appearance and give him some sort of a happy epilogue afterwards. So this would be early end, but perhaps a "Good Early End" from the point of view of someone who wanted their character to stay a guy. Rather than some sort of punishent for trying to resist.

I mention it because i remembered another game, The Good Son does something along those lines, and although it was done very tongue-in-cheek there, it's also one of the funniest/best features there.

there wil be two endings! If you have a high trans stat, you will get the “Girl in the Mirror” bad ending which basically shows Ethan didn’t transform out of fear despite being transgender. With a low trans stat, you will get either a neutral or good early ending (I’m still deciding) where he’ll find a way to go back to being a normal guy and life happily ever after.

 

[zielonomi23]

Hi! The game will have an early ending if you aren't at least androgynous by Day 16. I know this isn't optimal, but the way the story is going is making it VERY difficult to keep supporting it. Not to mention, the cost for the male assets on the paperdoll really does fuck with the art budget. I do apologize for people who wanted to play even more slow burn, but I just can't support it anymore. I may add more transformation points and I will certainly add some warnings that you will get a bad ending if you don't change.

This has nothing to do with the femininity, acceptance, or trans stats! ONLY the transformations you choose and the hidden feminine looks stat.

In that case I am sorry for even presenting the idea of adding a backside of the paper doll. I'm glad that you are that honest as a creator.

 

[amaty]

I know this game doesn't always feel like a porn game due to how plot heavy it is, but we are on F95Zone. Basically, I just wanted to announce that the CGs for the eventual sex scenes in the game are starting to get worked on! It'll still be a very long time until any of these are included in game, but I'm getting started early since it will take a while. The image below is pretty tame (it's before any real actions gets started) but it should help you get an idea of how the sex scenes will look!

(Her expression will probably be adjusted to not be this sexy!)

 

[Ashira13]

I know this game doesn't always feel like a porn game due to how plot heavy it is, but we are on F95Zone. Basically, I just wanted to announce that the CGs for the eventual sex scenes in the game are starting to get worked on! It'll still be a very long time until any of these are included in game, but I'm getting started early since it will take a while. The image below is pretty tame (it's before any real actions gets started) but it should help you get an idea of how the sex scenes will look!

(Her expression will probably be adjusted to not be this sexy!)

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these sketches looks amazing can't wait to see the completed renders

 

[ffive]

(Her expression will probably be adjusted to not be this sexy!)

Aww, but they look fine. No need to adjust anything, really.

 

[Axismundi]

Cute and Smug

 

[1453AD]

Cute and Smug
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[Anotherdude69]

there wil be two endings! If you have a high trans stat, you will get the “Girl in the Mirror” bad ending which basically shows Ethan didn’t transform out of fear despite being transgender. With a low trans stat, you will get either a neutral or good early ending (I’m still deciding) where he’ll find a way to go back to being a normal guy and life happily ever after.

I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate this. So many similar games always make bad endings for such options, if they even exist in the first place. It's actually feels like some kind of unspoken rule among game devs for any path of resistance (at least successful resistance) to just end tragically, which makes it feel like you're punishing the player for not playing the game the right way, despite offering that choice in the first place. And when that doesn't happen, at best it's just a funny little "you win haha now go back and play the real game" kind of ending. I believe more stories should go with a early neutral/good ending to such paths, even if it's just a short anecdote. Sorry for the mini-rant, I just remembered a recent game I played that did that kind of thing and it bothered me.

 

[amaty]

I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate this. So many similar games always make bad endings for such options, if they even exist in the first place. It's actually feels like some kind of unspoken rule among game devs for any path of resistance (at least successful resistance) to just end tragically, which makes it feel like you're punishing the player for not playing the game the right way, despite offering that choice in the first place. And when that doesn't happen, at best it's just a funny little "you win haha now go back and play the real game" kind of ending. I believe more stories should go with a early neutral/good ending to such paths, even if it's just a short anecdote. Sorry for the mini-rant, I just remembered a recent game I played that did that kind of thing and it bothered me.

I certainly get that! Although the neutral ending isn’t very long, it does show that Ethan breaks the curse, marries, and has children. Overall he’s very happy with his life now and doesn’t think about the curse anymore. I do think it’s important to try and respect different identities and although I can’t support a cisgender hard resistance route any further, I didn’t want to make it lead to a bad ending.

 

[C4dn3]

It'd be nice if the game was available on itch.io

 

[Axismundi]

I certainly get that! Although the neutral ending isn’t very long, it does show that Ethan breaks the curse, marries, and has children. Overall he’s very happy with his life now and doesn’t think about the curse anymore. I do think it’s important to try and respect different identities and although I can’t support a cisgender hard resistance route any further, I didn’t want to make it lead to a bad ending.

Just to clarify, can we still be medium resistance? I.e. getting transformed (either to androgynous or as feminine as possible) but still have Ethan fight the curse.

 

[Coomer341]

It'd be nice if the game was available on itch.io

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