HTML Beast Companions [v1.8.1] [Azla1]

[AzLa1]

Been giving this one a play every time it's patched. I like the overall feel of the game and the idea, and it's been nice to see content added and systems enhanced steadily!

But I really don't know what to say about the latest patch. Apparently you don't start with spells anymore? At least I didn't see how I could use the fireball at all, so I barely survived one slime and had to go back to town and rest after each one. But what's much, *much* worse are those radio buttons.

When you're expected to do hundreds of battles, each battle lasting several turns, making us click through a bunch of radio buttons each and every turn does not make the combat more engaging or "less spammy". It just makes it infinitely worse in every way. That radio button hell and choosing what you do with each of your fingers and toes and everything else every single turn, for dozens of turns per each fight, with dozens of fights per day is the single biggest reason why I just can't deal with Degrees of Lewdity and its like at all. I honestly can't comprehend how that ever became a thing and how people don't seem to have a problem with it. :'c

This is just my opinion ofc, and no offense meant. But personally I really feel if you want to make the combat feel more engaging and tactical, then by far the best recent example for how to do that in an HTML game is "A Succubus Is Born". There every action is a distinct thing, rather than the gameplay-sabotaging "I do this with my right hand, this with my left leg, then this with my head and this with my butt and...". Each action is grouped and bound to number keys. So you can just press for example 4 for magic, then 1-5 to pick the specific spell you want to cast, etc. Just 2 clicks to navigate dozens and dozens of options. Very user-friendly and intuitive, and keeps the flow & player's attention in what's actually going on rather than struggling with atrocious gameplay. <3

Hello!

Thanks for the feedback!
FI, for spell casting vs physical attacks, it depends of the distance you have between you and your enemy. It might require you to try first to put some distance between the both of you.
If you were to start with a more magical build and could not use spell because of being too close / letting the enemy getting too close for you to use spell, it might indeed be a bummer

Nonetheless, I take into account your feedback and will check for ways to improve the system (in term of balance and gameplay), and I will check the system you told me about and see what good ideas I could take from there.

 

[Michael1957]

When you catch horses, you can catch 2. But when you go to Ed on the Farm the text implies you give him ONE horse, but all the horses are removed.
When you want to escape from a fight, an error occurs every time and there is no escape. I won't try to escape until this error is fixed.

Previously you could concentrate on melee fighter or being a mage. Starting with the current version, you use all of it and thus you have to watch ALL of your abilities. At least that is my current summary of how to play the game. (I'm not ranting about this fact, I'll just give my 2 cents. I still like this. I accept that this game is still developing.)

Expect me to try all branches of this game: one version after another. And I will put any discovery here once I find it.

 

[THQman666]

How do you fight alone in order to seduce? Do you need to progress the story to get that option? If so, how loose do you need to be to not get Bad Ended during the herb searching quest?

 

[Centar]

i was raped by the werewolf and then send to search for information and didnt get the quest to meat him, or run into him at all

 

[Centar]

How do you fight alone in order to seduce? Do you need to progress the story to get that option? If so, how loose do you need to be to not get Bad Ended during the herb searching quest?

i was trying to get to the party formation on the tavern, but cant get how

 

[Centar]

The F rank quest to hunt wolves for their fangs ask you about 4 fangs, but when you have them it ask for 10

 

[Centar]

im not able to start the tower lessons

 

[Michael1957]

i was raped by the werewolf and then send to search for information and didnt get the quest to meat him, or run into him at all

After you meet the werewolf and he had used you, he gets weak and transforms into his human form. Then you and your companion take him along, report to the guild and take him as your next companion.
That happened to me in this version as well.
The information about werewolfs is gathered in subsequent quests automatically.

 

[Michael1957]

i was trying to get to the party formation on the tavern, but cant get how

In your room in the tavern you can DROP party members and after doing the solo job you can reemploy them.
For this version I have not reached that point yet, but previous versions worked that way.
In previous versions to go it alone was first suggested when dealing with horse troubles in the Morya farmlands. It might be that you need to trigger this quest first.
At the same time I assume that you need a certain level of corruption for seducing enemies as well, or else your attempts might fail. This is a new mechanic that I did not try yet.

 

[riolu4535]

How do you seduce an enemy?

 

[Centar]

In your room in the tavern you can DROP party members and after doing the solo job you can reemploy them.
For this version I have not reached that point yet, but previous versions worked that way.
In previous versions to go it alone was first suggested when dealing with horse troubles in the Morya farmlands. It might be that you need to trigger this quest first.
At the same time I assume that you need a certain level of corruption for seducing enemies as well, or else your attempts might fail. This is a new mechanic that I did not try yet.

wasnt the horse quest, and i played before. idk how i triggered it but is there now

 

[Centar]

After you meet the werewolf and he had used you, he gets weak and transforms into his human form. Then you and your companion take him along, report to the guild and take him as your next companion.
That happened to me in this version as well.
The information about werewolfs is gathered in subsequent quests automatically.

as i said, i playued before, and i dont meat him, just camping in the forest i get the rape scene, then the game ask me to look into werewolf information but i dont meat gabriel at all, nor can have him in the party

 

[Centar]

after turning the wolf fangs quest i didnt get anymore quest and have only 3 points so stuck in F rank

correction/edith: i can redo cave donjon on thursday

 

[AzLa1]

Hello everyone!

When you catch horses, you can catch 2. But when you go to Ed on the Farm the text implies you give him ONE horse, but all the horses are removed.
When you want to escape from a fight, an error occurs every time and there is no escape. I won't try to escape until this error is fixed.

Previously you could concentrate on melee fighter or being a mage. Starting with the current version, you use all of it and thus you have to watch ALL of your abilities. At least that is my current summary of how to play the game. (I'm not ranting about this fact, I'll just give my 2 cents. I still like this. I accept that this game is still developing.)

Expect me to try all branches of this game: one version after another. And I will put any discovery here once I find it.

From memory the issue with selling horses should have been fixed with version 1.7. I'm gonna re-test and check on it.
About the error you get while escaping, could you please share me your save, or a screen, or even a copy-past of what is displayed to you? What are you fighting when this error is occuring?

PS: thanks for the feedback!

How do you fight alone in order to seduce? Do you need to progress the story to get that option? If so, how loose do you need to be to not get Bad Ended during the herb searching quest?

After finishing the alchemist quest (gathering herbs) in Morya, in the tavern, you will indeed have a "Party management" panel that offer you to change your party, including you getting alone as long as you want.
For how loose you need to be, it depends of the size of your companion you decided to play with (but the harder it is, the better the reward sometimes )

Spoiler: Details about how loose you need to be

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i was raped by the werewolf and then send to search for information and didnt get the quest to meat him, or run into him at all

What was the last quest name you did?

After some quests to find about him (at the sorcerer tower for example), there should be hints to say he is waiting in your bedroom in morya (at the tavern) at night, where you will be able to talk to him. That's what trigger the first scene with him. Afterwards, you should be able to take the elf village quest at any guild.

If you do not have anything like that, could you send me your save so that I can check?

i was trying to get to the party formation on the tavern, but cant get how

Same as for THQman666, it is available after quest n°18, requesting you to gather some herbs for the alchemist!

The F rank quest to hunt wolves for their fangs ask you about 4 fangs, but when you have them it ask for 10

Are you sure? On the first ever quest to hunt wolves back in Monbourg it is indeed the case, but for the repeatable quest it is displayed that 10 fangs are required.

im not able to start the tower lessons

Yes, there is a bug introduced with v1.7, it is fixed with next release (v1.8.1), sorry for that

How do you seduce an enemy?

Hello!

First, you need to be alone. Then, the more corrupted you are, the more actions you can unlock

 

[grmpff]

although it sais High Fertility and according to the changelog it should be possible. How long does it take for the fc to get pregnant?

 

[Michael1957]

I tried to excape at my current level and I succeeded. I assume that that error occured when I do NOT succeed in excaping. At least that was the previous situation: I stayed within the fight after the error showed up. The error was displayed right below the picture and before the other text.
I'll try to play some more and will post the error when it happens again.

 

[str8up]

im not able to start the tower lessons

i couldnt ither i dont think its set up in game yet i hoped THIS UPDATE would of gave us progression but no same story
so its not just you stuck bro

 

[Redx1342]

cheat code for latest version?

 

[Michael1957]

Error: <<ProcessFightActions>>: error within widget code (Error: <<if>>: bad conditional expression in <<if>> clause: missing ) after argument list)

I started a new char. An elf this time. I planned this to create the error above.
In this first fight I fought a rabbit. The chance for escape was at 14%. The quest was to catch 3 slimes and I was at the plains.
I guess the escape is checked against abilities / stats and this error occurs when the escape fails.
I copy / pasted the error message above. I hope this helps. I included the situation as well, as it may help locate the error.
BTW I was host programmer for COBOL for 30 years, thus I hope I'm good in observing and explaining the error.

 

[AzLa1]

Hello !

although it sais High Fertility and according to the changelog it should be possible. How long does it take for the fc to get pregnant?

High fertility is not the maximum (which is "Too high" for 100%).
Please find bellow the chances to get pregnant on each tier.

Spoiler: Pregnancy chances

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Susan (the orphanage NPC) should be able to tell if you are pregnant or not 6, 4 or 3 in game days after sex, depending of the pregnancy length you choose (Slow, Normal or Fast).
Nonetheless, if you still have issue with a "Too high" fertility value, with pregnancy option being "On" and orphanage unlocked, please share it with me.

i couldnt ither i dont think its set up in game yet i hoped THIS UPDATE would of gave us progression but no same story
so its not just you stuck bro

The sorcerer tower issue came with v1.7 where I reworked the tower code, which came with a bug preventing from enrolling as a sorcerer. It is fixed with version 1.8.1 (public release on 2025/04/12), but there was content in 1.6 where you could learn new spells like healing, party healing, thunder, curses... depending of your sorcerer rank.
Sorry for the inconvenience with this bug

Error: <<ProcessFightActions>>: error within widget code (Error: <<if>>: bad conditional expression in <<if>> clause: missing ) after argument list)

I started a new char. An elf this time. I planned this to create the error above.
In this first fight I fought a rabbit. The chance for escape was at 14%. The quest was to catch 3 slimes and I was at the plains.
I guess the escape is checked against abilities / stats and this error occurs when the escape fails.
I copy / pasted the error message above. I hope this helps. I included the situation as well, as it may help locate the error.
BTW I was host programmer for COBOL for 30 years, thus I hope I'm good in observing and explaining the error.

Many thanks!
It helped me reproduce the bug. It was specific in the case your party is having less agility than your enemy (lacking a ')' in a calculation...). It will be fixed with version 1.9!