HTML The Contest at Houndgate [v2.5 Hotfix 1] [EroFlair]

[EroFlair]

Just wanted to give a quick status report since it's approaching one month since release.

I've finished reworking of all existing scenes to accommodate the new ability for the PC to have both genitals, and I've successfully integrated simple but dynamic backgrounds to every passage and did a smallish overhaul of the UI. I think it looks pretty good, but I'll be open to suggestions when the update comes out.

All that's left for me to do now is finish writing the new sex scenes, and the update should be good to go. Not sure if I can give a concrete date for release, but it should be Soon™.

 

[lucasasa]

I'd like to know- are there plans for sexual content with the guild leader, or will the focus in that route be mostly on the amazonian lady?

 

[EroFlair]

I'd like to know- are there plans for sexual content with the guild leader, or will the focus in that route be mostly on the amazonian lady?

He currently has an unfinished/unimplemented scene after asserting yourself at the start of the guild quest that will be finished in the coming update with more planned down the road. He will have roughly the same amount of content as the amazon.

 

[HazedSS7]

Loving the writing so far and although there weren't too many unique scenes yet implemented, I liked the abundance of choices/variety in playing them out.

Definitely looking forward for more.

 

[EroFlair]

Status report: Caught Covid at the beginning of the month, so that's thrown a wrench in my plans a little bit. I'm slowly feeling better now, but I didn't get to work on the game much. (

This is why I don't like giving concrete release dates; so I avoid the disappointment of inevitably delaying things or, worse, creating an endless loop of delays like some other devs. I can never predict what might happen so I don't want to fuck around and make promises I can't uphold.

I'm leaving a couple scenes out of this update just so I can get it out sooner and not keep people waiting any more. My next report will probably be the update itself, so stay tuned.

 

[TrashBandit]

Hello I have a minor question. Is it possible to ad in heterochromia? I just like the idea of having multi colored eyes and hair, if possible.

 

[cenkabinerede]

I don't mind GIRLS with dicks (futanari), I do mind on the other hand "trans-women" (so basically men). Can we have options about that (or some kind of in-game clarification that "there are no chicks with dicks - only guys with boobs") ?

Besides it - I really enjoyed first woman. Hope to see more scenes like that (in both maledom and femdom).

Good luck, so far it's a good start (besides the issue I mentioned and pronouns, but thats a minor thing).

wow, didn't expect straight out transphobia under this thread

 

[overthere]

wow, didn't expect straight out transphobia under this thread

lol clearly you dont hang around enough porn game threads. these places are absolutely lousy with "transphobia but excluding the flavors that get me off"

 

[cenkabinerede]

lol clearly you dont hang around enough porn game threads. these places are absolutely lousy with "transphobia but excluding the flavors that get me off"

I usually just look at a few reviews, download the game and be done with it. But even when I scrolled a bit further I haven't seen one this obvious.

 

[EroFlair]

Hi all, sorry for radio silence. I've had a lot of life shit happening and got a new day job that's been sucking the life force out of me. Update is still coming, and game ISN'T abandoned, I just don't have as much time to work anymore. It's wayyy past when I would've liked it to be out but c'est la vie. Thanks for being patient with me.

 

[sasha2]

Yes, the famously pro-trans rights soviets.

While the Soviets were famously homophobic, I've never checked what was their stance on trans issues, so I checked Wikipedia:

In 1968 another Soviet doctor, Latvian surgeon Viktors Kalnbērzs [lv; ru] met a suicidal patient named Inna, looking for a sex change to male. After obtaining verbal consent from Minister of Health of the Latvian SSR Vilhelms Kaņeps [lv], Kalnbērzs performed nine operations on the patient, now named Innokenty, over the span of 1970–1972. After that, USSR Minister of Health Boris Petrovsky threatened Kalnbērzs with a criminal process and a Gulag sentence, citing Article 108 of the Soviet Criminal Code (premeditated infliction of serious bodily injury). Kalnbērzs was spared this by Kaņeps, but central USSR authorities decided that sex reassignment surgeries were mutilations and unfit to Soviet ideology, silencing Kalnbērzs and regional Ministries of Health from talking and writing about them and carrying them.

So yeah, there are no trans people under socialism, and if you claim otherwise, gulag for you.

Anyway, back to the topic:
How much content is in the game, in each route right now? I don't want to start a playthrough only to discover it ends abruptly at the best part.

 

[HazedSS7]

Anyway, back to the topic:
How much content is in the game, in each route right now? I don't want to start a playthrough only to discover it ends abruptly at the best part.

I only played the submissive path and there's not a whole lot of different scenes, but they're written well and it definitely got me excited for more. The Dev said that an update is coming " Soon™ " with improved UI and new sex scenes, but that was 2 months ago, and unfortunately they caught Covid during this time which has slowed development.

Honestly I'd probably hold on it if I were you and come back to check if the update is out in the next few weeks.

 

[EroFlair]

I only played the submissive path and there's not a whole lot of different scenes, but they're written well and it definitely got me excited for more.

I definitely am taking a more 'quality over quantity' approach to my game, while still trying to have something for everyone. I'm glad you like it so far!

How much content is in the game, in each route right now? I don't want to start a playthrough only to discover it ends abruptly at the best part.

Upcoming update is a little more content sparse than I would've liked because of the backend stuff and overhaul so it might even behoove you to wait until Version 3(ETA 2039 at the rate I'm going... ;_; ) There won't ever be a sudden end of content cut in the middle of any scenes though, the individual scenes will just be divided between updates to the quests' steps.

I know exactly what you mean though, it does suck looking forward to the next step with a specific character only to find it's not out yet.

 

[Redknight178]

So yeah, there are no trans people under socialism, and if you claim otherwise, gulag for you.

That's not the end of the story actually. Later he managed to push for approval for the op, citing genital reconstruction it as cure for "hermafroditism" (intersex I guess), and did some operations later under this cover. Also some of the restriction were lifted during later USSR/perestroika, they started to do this openly in 80ths.

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There is article in russian about him on meduza, opposition media, certainly not pro-soviet, you can translate it with google. Very interesting guy with interesting life story.

About the game: I liked what I saw this far, and I'm really interested in Adventurer's Guild content. Very cool characters there. I hope we will see some stuff with them soom (tm)

 

[EroFlair]

Another roughly monthly "Game is not Dead" status report. I'm very glad my games will never be behind a subscription because I simply can't promise timely things. Making the game is a hobby to me, not a business venture, and the amount of effort I'm able to put in unfortunately reflects that.

Anyways, Version 2 Soon™. Thanks for your patience.

 

[Kealoz]

Another roughly monthly "Game is not Dead" status report. I'm very glad my games will never be behind a subscription because I simply can't promise timely things. Making the game is a hobby to me, not a business venture, and the amount of effort I'm able to put in unfortunately reflects that.

Anyways, Version 2 Soon™. Thanks for your patience.

Love you for you and would rather it stay a passion project than a source of income; I've seen way too many projects become money pits meant to milk supporters than actually become something fun and engaging.

 

[HazedSS7]

Love you for you and would rather it stay a passion project than a source of income; I've seen way too many projects become money pits meant to milk supporters than actually become something fun and engaging.

Not to mention the countless 0.0.1 version of games that lack any kind of input from the player other than clicking to the next page that launch with a bazillion tags while barely having any actual content, alongside a Patreon with multiple tiers, only to get abandoned in a month's time.

 

[Primal356]

Great game! I'd love to see an update!

 

[Caesar of the Legion]

I wonder how the hell a conversation about trans rights in the Soviet Union popped up here lmao.

 

[EroFlair]

Hello all, keeping stuff alive with another check-in. I've managed to get some work done, and Version 2 now has only one (1) more scene to be written before it's ready. I've got all the backend stuff implemented and all existing bugs squashed (hopefully), so it's just a matter of having the time/motivation to get that written.

Playtesting should be a little more efficient this time since I have a couple people to help and have a better grasp on how to fix bugs this time around before I release it half-baked, so it shouldn't take forever to get it ready after the scene is finished.

Version 2 Soon™