Survey Results
Added 2024-04-23 17:17:33 +0000 UTCTime to share some of the results. It won't have results of the popularity poll - which is explained why in the doc.
I made it in that format mostly because it was easier to share the graphs and it will let me post the link both here and on discord.
I left a small comment to each question.
The link is here : Survey Results
Those who participated, thank you very much. Those who didn't, I still appreciate you and I will count your votes as votes for Caleb.
~Hyao
Comments
I loooove this game but as a top I would love a little more stuff for tops (nothing wrong with the bottom stories I really enjoy all of it πβ€οΈ) buuuuuuut (no pun intended) It would be nice to not have everyone after my cakes when I'm not a bottom hahaha
ThatGeekET
2024-05-09 00:39:59 +0000 UTCI was so entertained reading the result poll <3 hope that we can do more stuff in our hut or maybe the house in the Bearshade place (i just love the interaction with Barrel)
Biaga
2024-05-08 12:18:46 +0000 UTCI messed up and can't go back π
Shook
2024-05-08 06:32:22 +0000 UTCIm so excited to see the popularity poll results. I hope the big boys are on TOP!
Jordan Ford
2024-05-03 20:37:46 +0000 UTCI almost forgot to mention the krampus statues. Those were supposed to be a christmas thing but that event is one of my faves. I wouldn't mind contracting other demons. Or just being dragged into their realms when you activate certain items. I'm looking forward to meeting Vicoria's dad one of these days. He's gotta be powerful judging by her .
Hidalgo Delrio
2024-05-01 20:29:20 +0000 UTCHe takes you to the dwarvin City City to have some fun π
Allisblue
2024-05-01 20:24:56 +0000 UTCI actually like how relaxed dulrig is about messing around. I was looking forward to a dwarf orgy lol
Hidalgo Delrio
2024-05-01 20:23:09 +0000 UTCThat's what I thought π
Allisblue
2024-05-01 20:15:35 +0000 UTCWait a sec where are the dwarves?
Hidalgo Delrio
2024-05-01 20:13:59 +0000 UTCAgreed. Fuck Nameless. And why can't you give the orientation potions to people? They work on Tank, but no one else?
Hidalgo Delrio
2024-05-01 20:11:12 +0000 UTCActually, if you're referring to the stray in bareshade, its behavior depends on your reputation. I went through my last playthrough without building the lewd rating. When the dog shows up you just feed him a couple times and you can take him home.
Hidalgo Delrio
2024-05-01 20:06:58 +0000 UTCLove this game. I play it all of the time. My favorite ship is mc x logan. I'd like to see more moments for them in the future. As far as the combat system, maybe the mc can get some skills. When you're doing troubles in the den logan has a skill tab. Its random but the effects are cool. I like fighting with the npcs in the party. Tao's probably the most effective bc you can give him items and bombs and he' s not shy about using them. Idk if you've mentioned this already, or have it slated for a l8r update, but in country road after you deal with the slimes the mc says the source of the slimes is underground, and that he'll look into it later. Though i haven't ran into a mother slime type enemy. If you want more races to add you could flush out Sabal's tribe. I'd love to find a jungle cat tribe in the rainforest. Or maybe a dragon. It could be hidden in 1 of the caves along with a horde of gold and valuables and behave more like vicoria. Involved in the ztory, but only to zerve themselves. Is rose not a candidate for a relationship? I spend a lot of time over there and she's set up like she's starved for attention. Theres like 3 or 4 daily events to increase your relationship points with her so i figured she was an option... Are there mages in the world? I mean there's the witch who's suprisingly underdeveloped. I like her dual faceted nature and i expected her to become your mentor at some point but other than asking for small favors she's completely phased out after the curse of lust and the nameless thing. Love what u did with mythshore. I hope your planning on finishing that. The fact that wraith fever has already spread in Bareshade is a good place to start. I like the part with the ruins tao is exploring and the elemental stones used to unlock their buildings. Finding them in the different dungeons and using their effects to traverse through the map was fun. And i like the story your creating, so exploring the history of an ancient race of beings capable of creating such objects was fascinating. No one i have ran into so far has technology like the stones in the ruins. It'd be nice if mc could learn how to harness that power. Still looking for the old alchemist. I wonder what happened to him? Would the MC be able to stop himself from turning into a werewolf. Given that the alpha isn't immune to taunts i feel like the mc would slip up every once in awhile. Mercad's have an underwater colony somewhere. It be cool to see like atlantis type suken city. Or like the scrapyard but with suken ships instead. Haven't seen any elves yet despite the 2 huge forested areas. Not necessary but would be cool to see. Learning magic, not even necessarily for combat, seems like a good way to expand the potion brewing list. Like how xer is the only one who can give you angel leaf extract. Some ingredients could require more refining to produce results. I actually really enjoy the alchemy minigame. Adding more steps could revamp it.
Hidalgo Delrio
2024-05-01 19:51:57 +0000 UTCI'm pretty sure the votes for human would be higher if the races are split for the lizards, orcs, etc. instead of being under 1 banner.
Psye
2024-04-29 02:08:18 +0000 UTCdude all of the vns are wither bara or monster girls. the world doesnt need any more bara.
Dragon King Development
2024-04-27 03:12:21 +0000 UTC"I actually thought humans would have the highest number of votes. There are werewolves, lizards, and some furry races on the island, but I still assumed the main interest lies in the most common race in the fantasy world." To be fair, for a lot of us its also the orcs from Zoroj as well as the scalies and satyrs, you don't often see proper barafied versions of them in pretty much any other nsfw vn. And personally, because humans -are- common, they are also a lot less interesting.
Carnak
2024-04-27 02:34:30 +0000 UTCAbsolutely NOT less bara!
Carnak
2024-04-27 02:31:33 +0000 UTCPersonally, I think the beast stuff fills a paricular niche of desperation and degradation/dehumanization. It's less to do with the monsters themselves (at least for me) and more to do with the fact that the MC is such a depraved slut that they'll take it from anything, even debasing themselves by letting a beast use them. Though as an aside, idk how much we can really bring consent into this discussion considering a lot of the lewd stuff is very noncon-esque.
Viridianscape
2024-04-26 21:46:21 +0000 UTCmore enemy encounters, grapple attacks, feral monsters and furries, less npcs and humans/humanoids. less bara.
Dragon King Development
2024-04-25 23:45:20 +0000 UTCTo be honest, I don't hate dungeons BUT as I dont have my keyboard on QWERTY (I'm in AZERTY), navigating through the dungeons is a bit painful. I didn't mention it before because I think it may be kinda hard to add an option for that, but it would make my (and all people with AZERTY keyboards) life way easier. Maybe it could be done by letting player use directionnal arrows? Anyway, I think you nailed the poll. Thank you for asking us!
LightFenec
2024-04-25 11:39:46 +0000 UTCNo thank you. The furry fandom already has a problem with actual animal diddlers, we really don't need to feed into it more. I've gone into depth on a solution to this without removing beasts entirely in a different post, but tl;dr we should work corruption into the lore of the game (past 5-10 years or past 100 years) where normal animals have been turning into savage and cunning beasts with the ability to talk (and communicate consent). They still talk in growls or whatnot, but the dynamic is that a hero MC can capture, study and cure corrupted enemies and animals to becoming normal animals (who you can't grape anymore), while a corrupted MC can encourage their sentience at the cost of corrupting them. They get to speak to beasts much sooner than Hero MCs as well. Same goes for the stray dog. It ties into the MC's apothecary vocation, it improves and deepens home base gameplay, it introduces corruption earlier into the game and most importantly it pisses off the zoe files who get off of taking advantage of those who are weaker than them and who can't say no. A good change to the game overall imo.
Parfait
2024-04-25 02:19:54 +0000 UTC@Jacean I apologise in advance, I'm spelling certain words dumb on purpose in case there's robot cleaners on patreon. I dunno. Good kink is all about mutual exchange of power and the ability for adults to meaningfully communicate consent. It gets the first half down in beast fights by adhering to the "winner gets to top" dynamic of the rest of the game, not so much with the second half. At best it's just bad kink, and at worst it's Zoe feelia content in a time where we have ACTUAL FUCKING Zoe file rings in the furry fandom (looking at what you do to your poor dog). This right here is my major issue with beast content. I just don't want some of our worst to be able to use this game to recruit people to their cult that's already far bigger than it should be. Also I think you're overestimating the appeal of beast content. A large chunk of the voters aren't there for the risky Zoe para file play, they only want it because it's simply more porn content in their fantasy porn game. If it were taken away, or replaced by anthro or tentacle analogues, people might complain for a bit and we'll get rid of some awful people from this community, but people would move on and adapt. Again people are here for the fantasy porn scenarios and not for beasts specifically. Don't get me wrong, I get the appeal of the beasts for most people. They're like tentacles or slimes, they're essentially living dildoes for the player to feel ravaged by something savage and beastial (iirc you can't ever top the beasts which is GOOD). I don't want to take that away, even if it's not for me but we have to acknowledge that the inability to for the beasts to meaningfully communicate consent makes this a terrible kink. I've gotta make it clear here that I don't have an issue with stuff like therians or dragons, basically any quadruped with minds and agency of their own who can properly verbalise consent is completely fine with me. So yeah my workaround? Make it so that corruption has changed the behaviours of the beasts into something unnatural and savage, with an uncanny intelligence that rivals humans. It can be something that's a part of the lore for the last 100 years, or a recent development of the past 5-10. It lets corruption be introduced nice and early into the game instead of being some vague mechanic that only comes into play later on if you know what you're doing. It gives corrupted players a nice little bonus as they get to talk to beasts much sooner and on hero playthroughs it ties into our MC's apothecary vocation, as he works to cure the corruption illness in animals. I can see the MC curing the stray dog's corruption, turning it into a normal animal (you're locked out of grape ing it). Or you encourage it's sentience at the cost of letting the corruption in it fester (and you getting topped by it). It also gives you a motive to imprison enemies in your dungeon, to either study and cure or encourage their corruption. Most importantly, it'll piss off the zoe files. They're specifically attracted to being able to take advantage of something weaker than them that can't consent. They'll HATE this change.
Parfait
2024-04-25 01:55:24 +0000 UTC@Viridianscape Is it though? I don't think it's optional to see Logan's wife be beset upon by beast wolves, that just something you're roped into early game. Nor do I remember if engaging with beasts is required for you to groom your dog into topping you (THIS is one of the parts of the game that goes beyond the "winner gets to top" dynamic and is just zoe feelia lol). But yeah it being hidden behind a wall isn't the issue here, so much as it being there in the first place. I've gotta remember to come back and give a proper feedback on this. Also sorry for spelling that one word dumb, I dunno if it'll set off robot cleaners on this patreon.
Parfait
2024-04-25 01:01:15 +0000 UTCLet me romance the skeleton π
Bat9000
2024-04-24 21:06:50 +0000 UTCTo be very specific with the dungeon poll results, I don't think the vast majority of people answered the way they did because of disliking dungeons. I genuinely love and enjoy the dungeons that you put so much effort into creating. Exploring them is very fun, and I love seeing all the hidden secrets in them! However, I think the proportionate amount of balance with dungeons and other content you have right now is perfect. That's why I didn't select it in the survey: the game already has the perfect percentage of dungeon content. I really think it's just a wording thing with your survey. Please please please continue to make dungeons, I love them, just don't feel like you have to prioritize them over other content!
Ellard Kain
2024-04-24 20:25:08 +0000 UTCIt already is optional; you only see that stuff if you tease/lewd the beast-type enemies multiple times.
Viridianscape
2024-04-24 19:32:08 +0000 UTCI'm really glad to see you aren't abandoning the dungeons cause they are a lot of fun. Obviously it gets tiring to go back and forth through Munbury for such a large part of the story, but I do hope we get to see more dungeons in the future! (obviously as long as you enjoy making them)
Pina
2024-04-24 12:20:44 +0000 UTCMaybe it needs an option to toggle on or off because demonstrably a sizeable amount of subscribers want more. Also 'bad' lol, it's not real it's fantasy kink in text form, cmon
Jacean
2024-04-24 08:26:13 +0000 UTCI've played this game since 0.2x, your audience being primarily bottom isn't a surprise cause early on most of the content were leaning towards being a bottom.
Dan
2024-04-24 06:53:33 +0000 UTCI like dungeons TwT, but maybe adding more special event with the monsters inside and small side quest could improve the experience. Also, adding like a quick explore (skip) option for dungeons you already explored ccan help reduce the frustration that can come from being repetitive. For example, going to the orc tribe or zombieland (srry me no good remembering names).
AL
2024-04-24 06:17:07 +0000 UTCmore beast content and situations/options to *enjoy* your mounts
Jacean
2024-04-24 05:37:37 +0000 UTCI find myself agreeing with pretty much all of this well execept for the position thing lol. I do like to see a verity of content so I'm happy with whatever. Keep up the amazing work Hyao
K9point5
2024-04-24 04:56:22 +0000 UTCI do like the dungeons but going through the same ones over and over again (especially for the orc camp and mythshore) became very tedious.
Bob
2024-04-24 04:42:42 +0000 UTCFrom my view, I'd still be happy as long as you're doing well and just doing as much as you want to. Use the results if you're feeling like you're needing ideas, but mostly do what you want to. I joined because of your vision of the game, so just keep doing what you want!
bigfootgolem
2024-04-24 04:05:59 +0000 UTCTo be sincere I'm a Green options all the way but I had to pick mixed because of Bottom Logan! π
RPL
2024-04-24 02:31:13 +0000 UTCI'd imagine there's big overlap between verse players and top players. Verse players would be more comfortable doing multiple playthroughs as top and bottom, even if they lean top. They might get to feel like they're topping twice, with either the MC or the various NPCs. While me as a sub bottom I'm like I'm good with the one playthrough lol.
Parfait
2024-04-24 02:15:44 +0000 UTCOh uh I didn't mean beastman races if that's what you meant, I meant the bad kind of beasts... But yeah I wouldn't mind if future updates were dedicated towards finishing off and polishing the current storylines either.
Parfait
2024-04-24 02:09:48 +0000 UTCWill you update the prisonοΌ
Hastur51811
2024-04-24 00:02:13 +0000 UTCWas a little surprised about it too since there's already so many groups/types compared to amount of humans. If anything I'd be fine with continuing the stories of the groups we already have since they'll be continued anyways, but I feel like adding in even more new types....would be a lot.
False Name
2024-04-23 22:35:38 +0000 UTCGenuinely surprised at some of the poll results. So many were either pretty split or had a few front runners. Also, as one of the many bottom boys I absolutely wouldn't mind seeing other positions more represented. The last update with the prisoners was really well done (plus I don't need to pretend to be the MC all the time so if it helps draw in more people all for it) And for the path I can't remember what I picked, but I might've said mixed simply because I have multiple saves and have played all the paths...but primarily I'm a lil green boy. Also I loved the extra comments about all the poll participants. Made me laugh out loud a few times.
False Name
2024-04-23 22:28:21 +0000 UTCNgl kinda disappointing to see a large chunk of the survey participants want more beast content. That's one part of the game I can do without.
Parfait
2024-04-23 19:54:44 +0000 UTCThreats are a good use of using the battle mechanic properly as with non-threat battles I'm kinda not... battling
Fuzen
2024-04-23 19:09:19 +0000 UTCMaybe that's the reason so many people love Gunnar and I'm like "good riddance he is gone"
Fuzen
2024-04-23 19:07:43 +0000 UTCI think the dungeons are a nice change of just clicking around, but it's really Tao's trip through the ruins that I like most because of the little puzzles needed to progress
Fuzen
2024-04-23 19:06:24 +0000 UTCI didn't expect over 50% of players to be sub bottoms. As someone who prefers playing a dom top MC, I just hope the bottom content doesn't overshadow the top content by too much. My soul needs an option to top Nameless. I live for the day that I can do that.
Cid
2024-04-23 18:49:46 +0000 UTCServing Nameless could never be a red decision, he's the goat and it would be an honor.
Cid
2024-04-23 18:44:53 +0000 UTCAnd i love my personal dungeon, but as it stays completely textual and no visual, the whole thing will stay on the sideline.
Frank Weber
2024-04-23 17:55:37 +0000 UTCMore knots!!
Lurkybot3k
2024-04-23 17:54:37 +0000 UTCTo the severe lack in interest towards threat creature: I took it, that my 'love'interest was in question and i harbor fairly little attraction for dry bones. But i would love the crypt to expand and be added some events and quests. To me, this turned out to be more of a miscommunication.
Frank Weber
2024-04-23 17:51:08 +0000 UTCI'd say, don't be too discouraged with the poll regarding dungeons. They are fine as an alternate gameplay mechanic. They can be a bit daunting on android though, as the interface can be pretty small and tricky to use. Plus android being a bit slower just means each step comes with a delay to the actions, so they feel slow at times. Maybe if they were bigger, towards the middle of the screen, and you had the options on the side (and the map hid when in a scene or something) they would feel better, but idk
Mersio
2024-04-23 17:49:30 +0000 UTCTruly i love this game! I've told so many people about it. Im like YES ITS SLUTTY AF but I actuslly a super cool rpg too! Probably got like 10 people on it and they all love It!
Fangorn
2024-04-23 17:44:21 +0000 UTCI similarly kept Tao for muself. he didn't seem to mind too much...
Arcus Caelestis
2024-04-23 17:42:32 +0000 UTCMore knots
Pan-Zi Κβ’ο»β’Κ
2024-04-23 17:38:28 +0000 UTCI can't believe nobody loves the cavesπ, I always think that eventually you will add a City of dwarfs down there, (also is horny goblins or hobgoblins ever going to be a thing? π) anyways thank you so much for your hard work!!!
Allisblue
2024-04-23 17:34:27 +0000 UTCThis might be a hot take to some, but I primarily play the android version. Just based on the coding aspects, I'm always aware it will take a little bit longer for the updates to come out on Android and just expect it to come out within the next week. I have no problem with this and would also like to take the time to appreciate Ren for doing their part to make the android build possible.
AsahiZuru
2024-04-23 17:33:50 +0000 UTCThe red path I chose was serve the squid guy and make TAO a slave.
Ryan & Sean Leone
2024-04-23 17:22:20 +0000 UTC
