Zaggy Norse

Build 0.12: "Slurry of Consonants"

Here we go :) This month's build, with the most fun title yet, imo.

I had planned to add the other Umzansi option in here as well (Flax running the lecture) but midway through the month I had a much better idea for how to execute on it, inspired by how the Painted Dog section plays out in this build, so I'll add it next month instead.

Changelog:

• Added rest of Painted Dog visit and relevant sex scenes.
• Completed Boerewors option for Umzansi ope...
  2024-02-29 18:36:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Progress Update: February 2024

Helloooooooo. Hi. Hi. Let's chat.

It's been a pretty standard month for writing. I'm focused on completing the scenes I added last month (they all end in porn; surprise). It's surprisingly tiresome writing five sex scenes one after the other, it turns out. It's just difficult making them all feel distinct. But anyway, that's my problem, not yours.

Beyond that, work continues on the new UI, but much more excitingly, Tanu and I have worked out a roadmap for the art for this year. It...

Eshu Character Design

One of the final character designs left, this is Eshu! We've not seen him yet at all, of course, because his first CG is only going to appear in his very latest content, but now you can put a face to the name :)

Patrons on Footman+ can look out for the voting poll I'll post next to let you vote on which final design wins :)

Build 0.11: "Professor Horse"

Somewhat smaller build this month, thanks to a week of illness, but next month will see the extension of both of the stories I've started in this build, so that'll be fun :)

Changelog

• Added new CG for Babbelas.
• New content for Umzansi and the Painted Dog.

Progress Update: January 2024

Happy new year, everyone. I don't know everything that the next twelve months might hold, except for one thing: a lot of horny Paardenrust action.

As mentioned on Discord, this month is the first of several where I'm taking a break from the complex main characters to work on a few fun side stories. I want these to be shorter and largely self-contained (though some will inevitably become multi-part stories in time), letting Flax meet up with other characters and do what he does best (or ...

Public Build: 0.5.5

This is the same build that is available to download on my Itch page for people looking to try out the game before subscribing. This build lets you enjoy the entire prologue of Lord of the Manor, some 250,000 words, get to know all the characters, and discover several salacious sex scenes.

Then you can subscribe and continue your savegame into the latest content, including:

• Sixteen (and counting) very horny CGs.
• Gallery and Encounter features to revisit your favour...
  2024-01-04 18:04:35 +0000 UTC View Post

Build 0.10.1 (Bugfix)

This build update addresses a couple state issues, and updates the precompiler to check for state issues up-front.

Build 0.10: "Horny Holidays"

Some fresh horny cheer to wrap up your year! This build adds six new CGs (I had hoped to make it seven, but one didn't quite make it in time) and overhauls the internal state system to something much more flexible for my needs. It also fixes a bug blocking one of the encounters.

Apart from that, just a big thank you to you all for your continued support this year. Hitting 0.5 and wrapping up the character intros as well as adding the Porn Director was a huge milestone for me for the pro...

Build 0.9: "A Stoat in Gravy"

Here we go! The new build, with over 17,000 new words (counting the DLC). The bulk of it for Werner's route opening, which is the most complex one I've done yet. A good benchmark for the sort of effort I'm aiming for with the main routes.

Unfortunately I had some PC issues tonight that cut into my final editing pass, so the absolute end of Werner's route is perhaps not as tight in parts as I'd like. No major changes, just wording and expression. I'll handle those for next month's build ...

Progress Update: November 2023

Heita.

Been a while, what with my holiday and all, but back in the saddle! Here's what's what.

Build 0.9 is looking good, with a full chapter of the Family DLC as well as the kickoff of Werner's routes due in that. That'll be at the end of this month. At the same time, work will kick off this month on the revised UI for the game. This is going to be the proper official UI, if you were unsure, and it's being done in combination with Eddio, who is very well-known in the VN world (h...

Build 0.8: "Rosewater Sheets"

Hello! Here we go with build 0.8, adding the entirety of Ta'kom's route openings, plus the completion of one of Suri's from last month. It also adds a new CG, and a few other small changes. I think it's around 6k words in total.

Changelog

• Added CG for Boerewors.
• Finished up Suri's route opening.
• Added first part of Ta'kom's routes.
• Updated nomenclature for certain in-universe phenomena; "hybirds" are now "chimaeras", and half-antel...
  2023-09-30 14:20:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Progress Update: September 2023

So dry. So dry. Where is the rain?

My dehydration aside, things are going well. I'm deep into Ta'kom's story, I have ordered several new CGs, and the character designs are on the verge of being done. I haven't discussed the art for a while, so maybe a brief dive into what my thinking is around all that.

Using multiple different artists for the CGs has been a real boon. While in a perfect world, part of me would always prefer a universal style for all the art in a project, the real...

Character Design Poll: Zef

Alright, here we go again. As always, choose as many options as you like. The poll will be open for one week. And if you have additional ideas for what you'd change that I haven't listed, let me know in the comments :)

Fanayo

The cat with the att(itude). Leather gloves are a bold choice for that climate, is all I'll say.

Build 0.7: "Mr. Meerkat"

Here is this month's build :) The first build to step into a post-Event world. Exciting!

There's about 5,000 new words in this (plus a new CG), because the extra 5,000 this month went half into my novel (which I need to send off for editing relatively soon) and half into the Family DLC, which I want to wrap up next month with v0.2. You'll also see that the Porn Director transitions are a bit rough still; I need to figure out exactly how I want to handle that in future. Other good sugges...

September Content Poll

Last month's winner was Suri, so he's out for this month. Pick the character you want me to focus on for September! As a reminder, my focus means at least 5k words for that character in the next build, possibly more. You may vote for more than one option, and details of the named DLCs may be found on Discord.

The poll will be open until Sunday.

Progress Update: August 2023

I packed away all my warm clothes this week. Summer is finally here, and with it, renewed motivation.

Simple goals for this month: write. You voted for Suri to be my focus, so naturally he has been. My plan is to do at least 5,000 words for him and another 5,000 on whatever else catches my fancy. I'm pleased with how the meerkat's shaping up, and my explorations of the other content has yielded some good results too. Plus some new CGs came in so I'll put those in the game too. Expect al...

Zef the Giraffe

I'll bet you didn't imagine this for Zef :) And he'll probably get a few more decorations after his design poll. But it's a hell of a start :) "Giraffe Svadil" was my two-word brief, and I'll be fucked if he isn't exactly that~

August Content Poll

Hello hello, what's going on here? Well, with the code behind me, the writing begins again, and now that I am free to pursue various routes independently, I thought it would be nice to let you get some more value for your money and decide which route will get my focus for the month!

I shall likely work on more than just the poll winner, but this will give me a focus to fixate on, which is helpful for motivation. (For more information on what's in the named DLCs, please check the relevan...

Build 0.6.2 (Bugfix)

• Fix for having to restart the game to make unlocked CGs appear in the gallery.
• Fix for error with "Personalities" type.

Using the Porn Director

The Porn Director (PD) is a feature introduced in build 0.6 to enable dynamic content delivery in Lord of the Manor. It also allows people - you! - to create your own content to run inside the game for others to enjoy, with some limitations. The PD can only serve up content from after the end of the game as it stands in build 0.5; you cannot use it to create an entirely standalone experience. It may also have some bugs currently; it has a lot of options, and I have not used all of them fully ...

Build 0.6: "The Rise of Rav"

And here we go! After a tremendous amount of exciting work, 0.6 is out. There's barely a thousand new words, but as you know, that wasn't the primary goal. The new Gallery and Encounter options will let you start enjkoying the game's CGs and replaying your favourite erotic scenes, while the DLC option means you can even start making your own fan stories in this world. For more information on what DLC there is to enjoy, or how to make your own, please check Discord :)

To unlock any CGs o...

Babbelas and Chill

Hornomancy is the science of interpreting personality from horn curvature, and those horns say "sluuuuuuuut".

Progress Update: July 2023

July already. Another year more than half-consigned to the dusty drawer of memory. Wasn't it 2002 the other day? Bah humbug.

So as detailed in the lengthy post last month, my focus lately has been on tech improvements. This has ended up being more work than expected (quelle surprise) but only in a "oh there's this edge case I need to handle" or "oh let me add this useful additional feature" way. I've also had to work around some very annoying limitations of Ren'Py (you can pass a dict f...

Enounter Gallery

So as mentioned in my last post, one of the new features in 0.6 is a way to replay past sex encounters. The question, though, is what exactly defines an "encounter" in a game with as much latent horniness as this one. Obviously any actual sex scenes count, but what about dreams or fantasies?

Vote now to decide what will be replayable!

Jags Design Poll

This time, with multiple choice!

Choose whatever options you'd like :)

Jags

Baby? Baby.

Progress update: June 2023

Hello from an unpleasantly cold winter. Covid-be-gone. This is going to be a more technical post, so if you're not interested in some of the nitty-gritty of Ren'Py development, feel free to pass it over. I just wanted to make it clear that lots of stuff is still happening on the game :)

So with 0.5 wrapped, my focus has shifted to making the technical improvements needed to implement the remainder of the game. This has focused on three major areas: game state improvements, dynamic conte...

[CG] Hot Day, Hot Time

Flax and Werner, sitting in a dam
Something something something BAM

[CG] Tsotsi Time

He just vibin'.