i wasn't even aware of the save/load exploit.
Just the obvious pyramid breeding to make super breeders is enough to utterly break the game and reach numbers far beyond the hardcaps within a few days. (get positive trait mother, positive trait father, breed, sell father and paid offspring with mother, repeat until broken, get new mother)
If I had looked at the game from a pure game design perspective, the first solution I'd implement for balance is to shake up the trait so each of them has an upside and a downside melded together, so you are doing a balancing act of how much you can push a given trait and what traits to combine rather than "stack positive, avoid negative"
That said, the true purpose of the game is porn, and it is very good at it.
Just the obvious pyramid breeding to make super breeders is enough to utterly break the game and reach numbers far beyond the hardcaps within a few days. (get positive trait mother, positive trait father, breed, sell father and paid offspring with mother, repeat until broken, get new mother)
If I had looked at the game from a pure game design perspective, the first solution I'd implement for balance is to shake up the trait so each of them has an upside and a downside melded together, so you are doing a balancing act of how much you can push a given trait and what traits to combine rather than "stack positive, avoid negative"
That said, the true purpose of the game is porn, and it is very good at it.