I'm a little curious as to why within those comparison images, Tiffany seems to have larger calves, thighs and arms, whilst the rest of her frame remains fit and slender. Is that supposed to be extra muscle mass for the new assets?
The primary increases are her tits, ass/hips, lips, hair length. Then there's a small overall buff to her "Thiccness". You're noticing it in the arms and legs, but that particular increase applies to her entire body. In general, it's just meant to be her body getting more fertile.
At the end of the day, I'd love to include a million different body types to play as for Tiffany, but then nothing is ever going to get developed. I went through a lot of polling with patrons to find the body type for Tiffany people were most happy with. Of course, there will be a second stage increase possible on Day 4, including a more developed pregnant belly.
But the important thing to keep in mind is that you will be able to choose if you keep these additional increased stages (Base 1 or Base 2) or if you don't want her any bigger, I will be adding some item or medical procedure in game that can be used to set her back to "Base 0". So if you're concered about her just getting bigger and bigger all the time then don't be. You can always at least come back to this point. Though her transformation to "Base 0" is a part of the story (end of v0.07) so you won't be able to revert to her very original body.
I like the aesthetic and design from the perspective of unrealistic proportions and extreme sexuality/stamina, without going into the realm of hyper, which is quite offputting. Essentially the difference between art by someone such as DevilHS verses Sparrow, which is personally very unappealing.
I can't promise there won't be some even more massive cocks down the line. But you can basically make choices as to wether or not any of the game's sex scenes get triggered. As I mentioned earlier, you'll be able to get through the entire game without Tiffany having sex once if you play right and make the correct choices. If you want to for whatever reason.
Considering your response ages back, about how infection openly kills women instead of just corrupting them into sexually single minded beings, it's very surprising that Tiffany would let an innocent die like that. There are morally dubious choices beforehand if I recall, such as threatening to have sex with Vanessa and helping Milburn, but that seems to fall a bit more into the realm of sexual deviancy. I'm wondering what potential backstory or justifiable reasoning Tiffany could have for things of this extent, especially as a (presumably respected, but still learning) officer of the law.
Think of it as just adding more choices to the game. You get to decide the type of person Tiffany is for the most part. You could say the exact same thing about realism of any other potential decisions she can make. Though also keep in mind that TD is set in a fictional version of Earth where things are a little different and a lot more sexual/depraved. You may have noticed the girls don't wear much clothing and that most guys don't hesitate to whip their dicks out
Will there perhaps be a way to acquire a shotgun without giving money to George? I certainly dislike the character (which is obviously one of the points of the fetish), and wouldn't want to support him financially.
I am not entirely sure if I will add an option to get that specific weapon another way in the future. Perhaps I can add some route where Tiffany can attempt to kill George and take his stuff... but that might be in the future, are require a reasonably powerful Tiffany or else she'd probably end up as his sex slave.
That being said, more weapons will be added in upcoming versions. Frag grenades in v0.08. SMG and Assault Rifle a bit later. Maybe even some double barrel shotgun could be added as a different type of shotgun later. We'll see.
As an oddity who enjoys lesbian, futa and beast (from the perspective of the woman's pleasure) content, but have essentially zero interest in males, I'm very curious to see how the games brevity of content turns out.
While there is an obvious focus on hetro scenes atm, and (frankly always will be) I do plan on adding lesbian scenes for all of the girls, and of course group interactions/unique scenes. Personally, I'm not the biggest fan of futa content, but I know a lot of people are. There are a couple upcoming futa characters (amongst plenty more Male/Female characters) that will have optional scenes as usual. And of course lots more optional beast stuff, but the zombie content comes first.
I'm rather impressed by the sheer variation in imagery rendered; not merely the proportions, but that fact that so many have unique renders for the differing states of clothing. I worry that will cause extensive file size bloat and workload.
Yeah, it's an issue, but one by design. I'd rather have it than not have it. As someone who's hyper focused on dumb details like that, it's important for me to be able to access a scene no matter what state Tiffany's outfit or body is in. Though naturally there will end up being some restrictions where necessary.
I hope you don't feel any excessive time pressure, and it's rather impressive how much content you are planning and the fact you are allowing for, essentially, an erotic sandbox in the future (who knew stats and high numbers could be so enticing!). I continue to hope you get lots of support on your patreon and that you succeed in making the exact game you wish to create.
Thanks. Yeah, I'm aiming high. But I only made that decision to expand the scope based on the support I was getting. This way I can make something closer to my original vision. Part of the reason for these delays in the first place. The original idea for the Casino Story was just a building with a few floors, Miguel and the Alpha Zombie. But it turned into so much more and something that I'm quite proud of overall, even though I'm not quite finished with it yet.
I'll be fine though, I'm not going to get burnt out or anything. And hopefully people will eventually be able to enjoy the fruits of my labor and play the endgame of TD like a sandbox experience as you said.
I still plan on getting back to you on your previous questions. You post a lot so it takes me a while to come up with responses
But thanks for the questions/feedback. I appreciate it.