New species!

Hello all. Those on the Footman tier and up will have seen the poll I posted about a tweak to the design of Boerewors, making him an antelope/horse hybrid instead of a horse/horse hybrid. It ended up being a slight win for the regular oryx, so look forward to that design :) I'll be adjusting the writing already present in 0.2.5 for Boerewors to reflect his change in looks in the upcoming 0.3 build.

I mentioned in that poll that it was part of a small internal character shuffle: what I meant by that was that as I reached certain characters, it quickly became apparent whether my concept for them "worked" or not. I can make any character work if I *have* to, but I don't see any point to making things difficult for myself and boring for you to achieve that :P 

Things are still early enough in the project that I can tweak fundamentals like species, if the character in question either hasn't shown up yet or hasn't had too many words. Thus, I'm pleased to announce two species changes:

• Zef the cocky klipspringer is now...a femboy giraffe. I'm sure this might seem like quite a massive change, but as you get to know him more, I think you'll find that it works extremely well :) We've only seen a little of Zef, but if you've played that path, you'll know that he makes quite an impression. Apart from rescuing you from a very long walk, he wastes no time in eyefucking you and even openly inviting you to have a good time. Becoming a femboy instead of a muscled little stud will not change this part of his character at all--and once Flax sees the ass he's packing, I'm sure he won't mind either. Beyond simply being a fun fuck, Zef plays an intriguing part in the story which will only be enhanced by his switch to a more canonically submissive character. I originally made Zef a klipspringer as part of my goal to use more interesting species, and at the time he was one of only two antelope. Since then I've managed to fit a couple others in, and his being an antelope is less critical. Giraffes are hardly unknown, but they aren't very common as sonas, so I'm comfortable adding one as a minor character.
• Jags the boerboel is now...an aardwolf. This one was more of a side effect of the above change; I figured I'd review all the characters and see if any others felt off, and only Jags hit my radar. Jags is a main character, which means I need to feel I can extract a lot more from him than a minor. I have an intriguing story plotted for him already, and being a canine (or, more specifically, a carnivore) was folded into it to make it feel like it really fit him. However, at the end of the day, a boerboel is still just a dog: the most common and least interesting species I could possibly choose. He was added originally because I wanted to have one "off the shelf" species in, in case people didn't find any of the others interesting. I've changed this view slightly since to worry less about that, though: if people are put off by the lack of a species they instantly recognise, then I'm willing to accept that in exchange for making an even more distinctive product. I picked aardwolf because that's a species I had in originally, before I pruned the character count down. They're cool-looking semi-hyenas, and--if you had designs on Jags' body and are feeling disappointed--he will have all the knot a horny deer could hope for. Looking at you, Arktisk.

So that's that :) What do you think? Are you excited for the new species, or did you prefer the old ones (and why)? Let me know in the comments :)