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Orosaki wrote:

BewitchedTwist wrote:

Orosaki wrote:Know what would be cool having studs have certain traits like them being a known voreaphile so that if they end up getting eaten well then it doesn't hurt your rep ad stuff.

Studs having special traits could help make them be useful even after you you have monster boys.

I am a HUGE fan of this idea. I certainly know the monstergirls would enjoy this.

Dumb idea in addition- send studs over to monsterboys explicitly to be eaten when they have this trait to cater to fans of male preds. An expensive way to feed them, but that's never stopped me before!

I also like Persona59523's perspective on establishing the limits of what you're comfortable with moving forward- you touched on this some at the beginning, but it might be best to get at least a bit more of this out of the way, no?

The voreaphile idea is just one possible idea for special traits

A few ideas on traits and how they work

Known voreaphile - Has a high chance of being eaten by any monstergirl, including non predatory ones like cowgirls. Is almost always eaten by predatory creatures like lamia. A voreaphile being eaten by non pred monstergirls doesn't increase their pred stat unless their so hungry it would happen anyways. Nobody will be surprised to hear another voreaphile met their end in the gut of a monstergirl so rep won't be lost. They don't incur a hiring cost but rarely if ever do the job they were told to (that being getting the monster girl preggo). Not incurring a hiring cost makes sense since they are actually trying to get eaten in most cases. Also the bravery stat is ignored by the stud when they have this trait.

Super sperm - The resulting child will have far better stats and max stats than usual. A roll is made from anywhere between 50% to 100% (double stats)

Super Fertile - If the resulting child is a female they will receive this trait (stud only). Super fertile will cause the monster girl to sometimes spawn twins. The chance increases if the male has the super virile trait (monsters only)

Super Virile - If the resulting child is a male they will receive this trait (stud only). Super virile will cause female monster girls to occasionally have twins. The chance increase if the female has super fertile trait (monsters only)

Smelly - Slightly reduces the chance of the stud being eaten.

Unappetizing - Moderately reduces the chance of the stud being eaten.

Limburger Smell - Severely Reduces the chances of being eaten. It also reduces the chances of the monstergirl getting preggo and somewhat reduces their happiness. (some monstergirls are an exception specially if they like cheese but in such cases this trait works in reverse). On rare occasions the monstergirl may acquire the gourmand trait if they do eat the stud which negates the negative effects of the limburger trait as well as the benefits.

Gourmand - Food gives better boosts to their stats. They also no longer refuse certain foods as they are attracted to the idea of eating exotic foods.

[Species] Fan - The stud is a huge fan of this particular species. Hiring him for those monster girls costs half as much.

[Species] Hater - The stud hates monstergirls of this species. Hiring him for those monster girls costs twice as much.

Yea i know what you're thinking monster girls refusing to eat food? Well every monster girl species is different and as such you cannot expect thm all to be so willing to eat what you're trying feeding them. Cowgirls for example may refuse meat or non vegetarian foods for example since they don't normally eat meat. On the other hand predatory creatures like lamia may not like the idea of eating vegetables or fruits if they haven't had meat in a while. Some may even refuse anything other than live food on occasion.

an aesthetic idea. Studs with dialogue. What they say depends on what monster girl they are hired to get preggo (species wise). It also can be afected by the traits they have too.

Sulac wrote:So, on the topic of giving studs traits, there is a somewhat similar thing being added to the game already, though it applies only to monster girls. Specifically, they'll have personalities that influence certain calculations. Given the scope of the rework that's part of the update, this is also a good time to add similar traits to studs.

Since you all are probably curious about the personalities now, I'll list out what I currently have.

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Shameless: Stats increased for beauty contests, increased happiness loss for losing beauty contest.
Bashful: Stats decreased for beauty contests, increased happiness gain for winning beauty contest.
Prideful: Increased happiness gain/loss for winning/losing contests.
Modest: Reduced happiness gain/loss for winning/losing contests.
Moody: Increased happiness gain/loss from all sources.
Apathetic: Reduced happiness gain/loss from all sources.
Flirty: Greatly increased happiness gain from sex.
Seductive: Increased happiness gain from sex, increased chance of devouring mate.
Alcoholic: Increased happiness gain and health loss from alcohol.
Voracious: Increased happiness gain from vore, greatly increased chance of devouring mate, massive happiness loss from starvation, increased metabolism.

The Gourmand trait suggested for monster girls did give me an idea for two new personalities as well. They'd tie into a mechanic that's already present: each species has a "preferred" type of food. If they eat their preferred food, they gain more happiness and stat growth from it. Monster girls themselves count as certain types of food. So the personalities:

Gourmand: Slightly increased happiness and stat gain from non-preferred food, happiness and stat gain from preferred food reduced to match.
Picky Eater: Slightly reduced happiness and stat gain from non-preferred food, increased happiness and stat gain from preferred food.

You won't be able to check the personality directly. But the "Check" option in the monster girl menu will give different messages depending. Most personalities will share messages with each other though, though not always the same kinds. Two personalities that share the message for vore might not share the message for sex, for example. So you can try to figure out personalities from that.

But yes, I do like the idea of studs having traits, and can probably implement them. I'm not really a fan of multiple traits that just do the exact same thing, to different degrees, though. I do really like the Species Fan/Hater traits.

As for boundaries, other than futa the only thing I'm really 100% opposed to is cock vore. And scat, though most people are. Right now I don't really consider vore types and such a huge priority though, particularly due to graphical limitations. No actual vore animations; if it wasn't for the swallowing sound, you could easily imagine a monster girl anal vored them or something. Also spritework is tedious and I've learned to hate it much during this whole project.

VLover552 wrote:Cool beans, glad to hear that it is still being worked on because this is such an awesome game with boatloads of potential.

Architect wrote:How is Sulac doing? Is the game still in progress?