Zaggy Norse

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 m...

Character adjustment: Boerewors

Hey guys!

So if you've played build 0.2.5, you may have met Boerewors already, the equitaur at the manor. An equitaur has the upper body of an anthro horse, and the lower body of a regular one.

Due to some internal character shuffling, I decided I would rather he not be equine in both halves. The purpose of his character is better served by making his hybridity extra-apparent, and so I've decided to rather make his upper half an antelope - specifically, an oryx (gemsbok).

Bu...

Build 0.2.5: "Lord of Leisure"

Access for Coachman, Valet, Butler tiers: Immediate.

Access for Footman tier: 4 July 2021.

Access for Hallboy tier: 11 July 2021.

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Hello! Here is this month's build, "Lord of Leisure". This takes the total word count to a smidge under 60,000.

This is a "tock" build according to my "tick-tock" cadence (except that unlike Intel, I'll actually maintain it). "Tock" builds are rougher ...

Character Name Pronunciation Guide

Sewri? Flaks? Rhoeuv? Am I writing a porn game or a sequel to Jupiter Ascending?

Well, now you can say the names wrong with confidence, by learning how they're all actually pronounced! This is a recording of me reading out all the game's characters in alphabetical order. I have a simple headset mic, so the quality is far from perfect, but I did my best to edit out all the noise. Enjoy :)

• Babbelas
• Bakgat
• Boerewors
• Dalarius
• Eshu
• Fan...
  2021-06-19 14:47:31 +0000 UTC View Post

Build 0.2: "Furious Bird"

And here it is! The next playable build. This one ups the word count by thirty thousand words, which is right on target for my goal of 15,000 words per month of work. It introduces several new characters, gives a bunch of worldbuilding, and advances us to the next phase of Flax's adventure :)

It also includes a few tracks of music as I begin experimenting with some CC music.

I will begin working on the next build directly. I'm still mulling over whether to stick to 2-monthly cycle...

Writing the meat

Hello all! So, the upcoming 0.2 build advances the story to a point where some character branches are going to become available quite soon. I'm not going to go into detail yet about how that will all play out, but there is an important decision that needs to be made about that: how the meat of the game will be written.

Basically, I see two options. One is to work on things in lockstep: working on all events and characters that trigger during a given slice of time until they are all comp...

Game credits

Hey guys. Just a heads up: the next build (landing this Sundayor Monday) will start crediting all current and past patrons at the end of the game. I will pull a dump of all patrons directly from Patreon to do this.

If you would like a specific name to reflect in the game for you, please ensure your Patreon name corresponds to that before Saturday. If you cannot or do not want to change your Patreon name for a specific reason, but also want a different name to reflect in the game, then p...

Further reward modification

After a bit of thought after my last post, I realised it's a little unfair to have the Hallboy tier only get the new builds at the same time as the public, given the length of time I wait before publishing builds publicly. I originally intended the Hallboy tier as a way for people to support the project without the larger financial commitment of the higher tiers, but the fact remains: it is support nonetheless. That you guys support me at *all* is greatly appreciated, and given that the game ...

Minor reward clarification

Hey guys! Just wanted to mention a small tweak I made to clarify the reward tiers. Previously, they all mentioned "access to early game builds" which was slightly confusing, since it wasn't clear what they were early in relation to. Plus, with the addition of the weekly beta builds I now do for the upper tiers, it was even more confusing.

So, I've just tweaked the language a bit. The Footman tier now clearly states "Access to new builds two months before the public"; by "the public", I ...

Simple update

Hey all. Just a small update to say I'm still alive, I guess :P Churning out words for the next build, which will land end of this month. 20-30k new words.  Butler and Valet tiers have had access to weekly beta builds for a while, and the feedback has been great. I think you're gonna love it :)

Once that's out, I'll get straight to work on the next build to get back to a monthly release cadence. Art is also still happening; Tanu's designing the klipspringer and wild dog characters ...

Wagon time again!

With another month of irritating but necessary real work behind me, it's just about time to focus back on LOTM. This should be the last of these annoying interruptions to the important work of Making The Porns, but if they do recur, I'll make sure to suspend payments for the month as I did this month.

I spent some of my off-time working on bits of the game needing work, such as fine-tuning character motivations and choosing the final five major characters. In no particular order, they a...

New names!

Though I'm not writing on the game this month, I have been using bits of time to do some creative admin-work, like cleaning up character goals and names. I want the names to represent a good spread of all the cultures here, as well as acting as lodestones for what their personalities are like.

You may recall the Bokkie character, for whom "Bokkie" was just a nickname. I've taken that idea further now and given almost all characters a nickname which will function as the name you know the...

Slang?

So I avoided a lot of slang in the text I've written so far, but as I begin to write multiple characters and get into the meat of the story, the different personalities begin to form, and slang is a great way to give them a little colour.

So how would you all feel about South African slang being added to the text? This would be all forms of local slang, including words from our many languages, local words with no overseas analogues, and that sort of thing.

Since I don't want anyon...

Character Sketch: Aten-Ko

Aten-Ko has previously been detailed in a bio that you can read here, and now you can get a feel for how he'll look, too!

What do you think of the choice of chestnut friesian? Did you have a different mental image?

Babbelas and Bakgat

The second-last tier of Patreon lets you place your fursona into the game as a minor character. I'm extremely fortunate that two friends have independently gone for this, and--knowing them as well as I do--I've been able to find a wonderful fit for them that I'm absolutely gagging to get to write :) Please meet: Babbelas and Bakgat!

That's their stage names, of course; their real names are Arktisk and Dustafyer. You'll find them hanging around The Painted Wolf most evenings until eleven...

Character Design - Nabo

Nabo the bratty rhino, in the flesh :)

As you can see, there's several options for hair and nose configuration, but the one that I think stands out is the top knot one. And while African rhinos do have two horns, the second one only grows in later, so I see his single horn as a visual mark of his immaturity (plus the second one takes up too much space on the face and would obscure expressiveness).

What do you think?

Species switch: Rav <-> Aonyx

After getting started on the Aonyx route, I almost instantly realised I was missing an opportunity by having him be an otter. While there are African otters, they're not different from European ones in a way that anyone would care about. Meanwhile, I "used up" a meerkat in the intro and he's not even fuckable! The damn cocktease. SO.

I'm gonna swap them around. Rav will be a clawless otter (and let's be honest, otter suits his predilections perfectly) while Aonyx will become a meerkat. ...

Writing style

My writing style, where possible, enjoys going on little detours to think about things--for want of a better term. Given the voice of the game, that's bits like you see in the current build if you take the non-party path, where the character spends quite some time mulling over his goals for life, and what to do, as well as his introspection about malefics. I like doing it, and it can give a lot of insight into characters and the world, but I wonder if it's as interesting for the players to re...

Additional rewards for the Coachman tier

Hello everyone! Just wanted to draw your attention to a change coming to the 25€ tier. I wanted to add a reward that better reflected the jump of this tier from the previous one, and I think I've got something fitting.

Paardenrust manor, being a classic old manor house, includes an extensive library. You will be able to visit the library for story reasons, but that will barely scrape the surface of the books within. I originally had an idea to populate it with some of my past stories,...

Build 0.1: "Crump Method"

And here it is! The first fully playable build. A smidgeon over twelve thousand words, two very different paths, and a lot of setup for what comes next. Not to mention all the lusty bits.

Comments are *extremely* appreciated. Here are some questions I'm especially curious about to give you some ideas:

• Are the characters interesting?
• Were the sexy bits enjoyable?
• Does the writing style make playing the game enjoyable?
• Are the bits of backstory and w...
  2021-01-30 20:34:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Build 0.1 next weekend

Hello everyone. As the title says, the first properly playable build, v0.1, will land next weekend. This is the full intro to the game, with two paths and various minor decisions, coming to about 10,000 words. This build does not yet have any spritework and only placeholder backgrounds, so don't expect many visuals. Tanutanuki is currently designing several more characters, and that process will continue until the cast has been fully designed. If all goes well, that'll take another 4-5 months...

Grys the Kudu: concept

Oooooh~ What's going on with him?

Family options

I have to be careful how I phrase this to avoid running afoul of Patreon's rules :P But basically I have an externally-toggleable option to add, uh, family romance options to some of the choices. Obviously it's more work, but it's also something I enjoy, so I want to see how many people would be interested before I go ahead with it :)

Grys: sketch concept

This initial sketch came in for Grys, a character you've not yet read about. He's a kudu and a doctor -a kudoctor, if you will. Or a docudu.

Anyway, which of these two views do you think the artist should focus on?

(Oops, something went weird and Patreon didn't add the image. Should be attached now.)

Bek & Stert concept sketch

I love how playful they look here, like they're about to drag you off to have a good time. Probably one that involves getting rid of all those clothes.

Protagonist Horsey: Flax the Norwegian Stallion

I don't need to say anything here. Please enjoy this finalised concept for Flax, the horse you will play as in LOTM.

Nabo the Rhino

You may remember Nabo, the young character frustrated at being stuck in a dead-end town like Paardenrust. He's a bad boy...or that's what he wants you to think, anyway. And what better way than getting a tattoo of a charging rhino on his arm? Oooh, BaD BoY.

Character bio #10: Aten-Ko the Equitaur

Bio

There are many species in the world, of every shape and sort imaginable, and after millennia of sometimes awkward, sometimes violent coexistence, they have spread across the full face of the globe. In the modern enlightened age, most would agree that all people are equal, no matter how they look or sound, and should be limited only by their circumstances and drive. So today, a horse is no longer considered only capable of physical labour, and otters can be found doing jobs that ha...

Dicks, dicks, dicks!

So there's a lot of species in the game, and they've each got a distinct penis. But *how* distinct? Using the above chart, let me know what dicks you'd pick for each character (or just your favourites).

Happy New Year

Enough's been said about the last 12 months. Please enjoy this short piece (unrelated to LOTM) that I whipped up to flush my mind of bad memories. May it do the same for you.

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He wakes before the sun, slipping out of bed with practised stillness, pausing only to tuck the blankets in around me so that I will wake warm and coddled as a babe in soft clouds of cotton. I often wake with him, truth be told, but I let him believe he’s allowed me to sleep a little longer. It is my...