Dream locations reset. No save points.
Knowledge the player character possesses persists: formulas, console passwords, journal entries. Some of that information relies on the player memorizing rather than the character, but you are expected to discover it in game regardless.
i.e there’s a fake rock in the Woods. Once you gain True Sight and go through it, you won’t need True Sight anymore.
There’s currently no more story progress by earning money.
Check your diary at the computer desk where you save to see if there’s any more story content available.
Yuri’s in the basement.
If you’ve done the Nightmares with Yuri story event, she won’t be there anymore, since it sets her flag past the basement segment. Though I guess the diary will stop telling you to find her then, so you probably didn’t do the event.
This was set up this way because I was concerned people won’t find her and will miss out on the story event, but given my last poll on patreon, it looks like the community is fine with locking story content behind gameplay puzzles.
Milkroot only increases the size, not perfects “the maiden”.
Ok, this is intricate, but here’s how sizes work:
Both reset to the original size on waking up, plus(or minus) 1 point of difference. Prioritizes the largest difference delta. If the same, then hips are prioritized over bust. Real sizes are then saved over the dream sizes.
There are minimum and maximum size thresholds for both breasts and hips.
They trigger only upon waking up.
The total value consists of various flags you collect through the game. These flags are not stackable.
In general, maximum threshold is fairly easy to max out by just playing the game, while the minimum is more involved, and requires more complicated sets of actions.
Current list of flags will likely change as more content is added. Some of them are obviously temporary:
-Hips minimum threshold flags:
Finish intro sequence (free in freeplay) - 2 points
Genderswap route or Venus scene as male - 1 point
Spend 3 nights as Squidrabbit TF - 2 points
Complete Festival of Life ritual - 1 point
-Hips maximum threshold flags:
Finish intro sequence (free in freeplay) - 3 points
Genderswap route or Venus scene as male (free in freeplay) - 1 point
Squidrabbit TF - 1 point
Harbinger TF - 1 point
Broodmaiden scene - 1 point
Flesh Wall Nightmare - 1 point
-Breasts minimum threshold flags:
Finish intro sequence (free in freeplay) - 1 points
Genderswap route - 1 point
Max out milkroot usage - 1 point
Complete Festival of Life ritual - 1 point
-Breasts maximum threshold flags:
Finish intro sequence (free in freeplay) - 2 points
Genderswap route (free in freeplay) - 2 points
Use milkroot - 1 point
Drink coffee 5 times - 1 point
Mimic Chest - 1 point
Cursed Dress - 1 point
Jessica, Squidrabbit and Malice transformations function differently.
-Jessica: Swaps out the real version entirely, and disables all thresholds. Then it functions like normal. (Original version is “stored” for future use.)
-Squidrabbit: Forces second highest hip size at the start of a dream. Any body proportion changes that happen to PC while in this form are voided if removed.
-Malice: Forces original Malice look at the start of the dream.
“Also, I fear there may be a bug I created by duplicating the game folder. The door you pick to get the keycard- the door opens, but I can’t go through it.”
“And then my question: I encountered the squid bunny and of course got assimilated because curiosity got me, and I was wondering if there is a permanent way to remove the state to allow me to use bioscanners. I don’t need an explanation for how to do it I kinda just wanna know if that’s a thing and if so which map it’s in.”
There are 3 ways to remove it. 2 in the Lab, 1 in the Manor.
1 in the Lab if you didn’t read the research logs behind the scanner before encountering it.
You will have to tolerate the physical stat management. The game is still in development and will be rebalanced multiple times. i.e I’m working on a dream hub that would function as another home area. This will obviously alter the stat economy significantly.
Some of this isn’t really feedback and could use it’s own thread.
But, either way, Kari tells you to meet her at the Mall at dusk/sunset specifically. You can review what needs to be done to progress the story at the computer desk back home.
So I guess my take away is that there needs to be something that forces the player to use the desk for the first time.
You don’t have to use the tome to identify shrooms. Read the researcher pages and extract information from that. Making it rain is an involved sequence of puzzles that themselves have are sequences of puzzles. And guess what will happen when you make it rain? It’s also part of a puzzle. I’m not kidding that this is a difficult game. Some of the existing, seasoned players claim to have spent 7 hours on the Woods alone. The RNG is there only because you’re trying to brute force a solution.
I’ve had this in development for so long that I occasionally forget new players probably have no idea what the stats are. I’ll consider a legend or something.
Stamina(White) - Energy to spend on interacting with things and going to places when awake. Works in reverse when asleep. When completely refilled you wake up.
Body(Red) - sends you to the void on the next dream if it gets completely drained. At the moment it’s not particularly painful due negative feedback, so it’s fine to experience at least once.
Mind(Blue) - Some times used in dialogue and other interactions. If it goes to 0 in the dream world you will get a nightmare event. There are 5 events currently, only one is unlocked initially and the other 4 are added to the pool as you experience them by exploring the dream world.
Will(Green) - “Currency” stat that is used to force certain dialogue interactions or to perform extraordinary actions
Cohesion - restored by interacting with NPCs and selecting colored dialogue choice(that use up the stat of that color). Max 2 per NPC per day. Halved every day.
Dissonance - Increases by 1 point every day. Lewd acts have a 50% chance on lowering it. Resets to 0 after a nightmare event
Every time you sleep Mind decreases(or increases) by ( Dissonance - Cohesion ) * 5
Hunger and Thirst - self explanatory, but will start to drain stats if left in the red for a full period.
The day is split into Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, Dusk, Evening, Night (and a ??? state for dreams)
Each period has 5 Time Units that represented by dots next to the period. After all 5 are gone the period changes. These drain when you travel (usually 3 points) and when you do something (1-2 points).
I’m working on it. There will be an update right before the Steam release.
If you have suggestions leave them wherever. While I don’t respond to everything, I read all comments, across all platforms I maintain a presence on.
Potential answers to puzzles that require a word.
Before checking the spoilers, please keep in mind that puzzles are testing how well you’ve been paying attention rather than deductive reasoning.
Horsing Around:
Something Green
lingerie, underwear, panties
Magic Circle
uv, ultraviolet, torch, flashlight
It won't have xrays and the 3 birth animations will fade to black. Nudity covered up with underwear. It will come with a patch, or with DLC if Steam allows it. Depiction of birth seems to be a grey area for whatever reason. I would like to release it in time for the Halloween sale.
I don't think any of the routes focus on one character more than the others.
But no, I don't think there's room for a route that focuses solely on the PC. She is a conduit for the player to observe the story, as such she lacks any meaningful personality to play off of
