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Tales of Androgyny

A game about birds, bees, flowers and trees. · By Majalis

Various Suggestions and Feedback

A topic by Renara created Oct 19, 2018 Views: 860
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Apologies for what will be a long post, but many of these suggestions are minor so it didn't seem worth posting separate topics. Also, I'd like to stress that I really love this game, I just want to put forward some suggested tweaks and improvements and feedback; I'm trying to avoid anything too drastic, as it's important to me that the creators are making the game that they want to make!


Combat Sex Changes

So I've been playing a slutty character, Enchanter class, thinking to use seduction to help win fights. Now, it works great for enemies that can be rendered non-hostile this way, but for other enemies that don't do this I find that seduction during a fight just isn't all that useful. I know it confers stat penalties, and downs enemies, but it also does the same to the player so there's no real advantage to it.

What I'd like to propose is that the grapple indicator be used in sex to indicate who has the "advantage", some actions will advance it in your favour, or counter an enemy's advantage. If sex continues to completion, then whichever partner is at a disadvantage is placed into an "Exhausted" state for at least one round before they can go into a normal prone state and then stand up. The idea here is to give the "winner" a head-start on recovery once sex ends, allowing them to use items, cast spells or attack for a round or two.

I'm thinking the number of rounds Exhausted would be based on the number of points of disadvantage on the grapple gauge, modified by Endurance. The max would be three rounds if a character has Endurance 4 or less, max two rounds with say 6 or less, and max one round if any higher. Something along those lines.

In terms of mechanics I'd see it working something like this:

  • Relax/Take-It: Recover stamina.
  • Struggle: Medium stamina cost, chance to break free.
  • Push Back: +1 advantage to bottom, low stamina cost.
  • Spread Cheeks: +1 advantage to bottom, medium stamina cost. Extra +1 advantage if top uses neutral move.
  • Spank Self: Increases chance that enemy will use Ass Blast or Prostate Grind next round.
  • Ass Blast: +1 advantage to top, medium stamina cost.
  • Prostate Grind: +1 advantage to top, high stamina cost. Extra +1 advantage if bottom uses neutral move (Relax, Struggle, Spank Self).

Sorry if I'm giving too much detail, I just want to be clear on what my thought process is on this.

Edit: Actually I just realised that is sort of how it works already, but I think the issue may just be balance; I'm only able to really reliably do it now as a level 30 enchanter with perks to minimise Stamina drain. Earlier in the game it was basically impossible to use receptive sex to my advantage except against enemies that could be satisfied by it. So it seems maybe all that's needed are some tweaks to make it more likely an enemy will stay down for a round or two after?


Spend Extra Willpower to Prevent Gameover

There are currently a few scenes that can result in a game over, but the player is given no chance to spend willpower to avoid it. Specifically the Gadgeteer, the Foraging failure (where you just fuck beasts for the rest of your life), and the Ogre.

I'd like to propose that the player be given the opportunity to spend 1 Willpower to prevent these from progressing (e.g- to avoid gaining a level in Size Queen), or 2 (or even 3) Willpower to block a game over.


Equestrian Game Over

In contrast to the above, there are a few places where I found it odd that there wasn't a possible Game Over. The one that stood out was the Centaurs, despite it having a Willpower check. I'd like to propose that the Centaur camp event be tweaked to something like:

  • <3 Equestrian:
    • Spend 1 Willpower: Player shares a hearty meal. Can't do this if Anal Addict is too high.
      • Slut: Meal is implied to be of the high in protein and salty variety, +1 Equestrian.
    • Fail: Orgy, +1 Equestrian.
  • 3+ Equestrian: Orgy with possible outcomes:
    • Spend 2-3 Willpower: Orgy plays out, player is free to leave.
    • Fail: One of the Centaurs takes the player as a mate for life and they spend the rest of their days as a "mare". Game Over.

I feel like there was another encounter that I felt should have a game over option in a similar fashion, but I can't remember which one it was.


Brothel Mistress Sequence

During the second quest for the Brothel Mistress the player is asked to retrieve some Wreslut semen, and the mistress hints that when they do they'll get some kind of bonus on top of their pay. However upon returning she ends up fucking a Wereslut and collecting semen herself, which made no sense to me at all.

I'd like to propose that that scene be moved to later, as there seems no point in sending the player to collect a sample if the mistress is just going to get her own Wereslut. Instead the player should return, get their pay and whatever bonus the mistress was hinting at.

If the player returns after the quest, then the Wereslut scene can then play out, either as a bonus, or as the start of another quest (if there's going to be one?), i.e- the supply ran out and the mistress needs more.


Urka Second Encounter

I'm not sure how Urka's first encounter plays out if you defeat her, so maybe the second encounter makes more sense in that case, but during the first encounter if you either move to interrupt and then just let her finish anyway, or you fight her and lose (or let her fuck you during the fight) then she doesn't introduce herself, she just finishes and leaves.

This means that the second encounter doesn't make much sense as you seem to know her name and be on friendly terms. I'd like to suggest that either the second encounter should play out differently in these cases, or there should be an extra encounter squeezed in first so they make sense, e.g- you just encounter her in the wild, and if you let her fuck you at that point then she'll make the same offer to camp nearby.

On a related note, it'd be nice if there were a shortened form of her camp-side scene; currently it plays out in full every time like it's the first time you've invited her over. It would make sense if there were a shortened form after the first time in which she just gets straight to business.


Witch and the Gem

I know this probably isn't finished yet, but if you hand over the Gem to the witch she gives you the Goddess' Blessing for free but hints that you and the stranger who gave the Gem will pay somehow, but the player character doesn't really react to this. Since there's no indication that handing over the Gem is the wrong thing to do I feel like either the player should get a chance to apologise (not knowing what the Gem signifies) or else the player character should try to apologise and the witch should refuse to accept the apology.

I know there's probably a bunch of stuff still to be done with the witch so it's a bit premature, but for the scenes that exist this just struck me as odd so I thought I'd mention it as something that could be tweaked to feel a bit more natural.


Dallahan Single Spawn

It seems odd to me that the Dallahan has multiple spawn locations, it feels a lot more like it should have a single fixed Bridge location like the Mermaid, with tweaks to the scene if the player returns. The Palladin suggests they're rare, yet the countryside seems to be littered with randomly shifted Dallahan guarded bridges :D


Golem Options

I'm a little confused as to what advantage there is from using the Dominate Her (Magic 7) option on a Golem; all the options and rewards seem the same as for the Soothe Her (Magic 5) option, except that you don't have to ask about her to unlock the sex scene.

I was hoping Dominate Her might allow a mage to recruit her as an ally and think that would be a better option; this would allow the player to speak to her whenever they like at camp in order to use the help, fuck or fight options. Help should probably be limited to giving a Mana Crystal only once every few days (so you're burning food and/or gold to try to farm her). She could also maybe give a free Focus Energy during fights that are going poorly, similar to Trudy with Titan Strength.


Slime and Beastmistress Recognition

Currently the Slime (Tea?) doesn't recognise the player if they encounter her again, the scene plays through the whole introduction every time, however I think it should mostly work as-is for later encounters just by replacing the intro with a brief welcome before skipping to the options.

This also applies to the Drow Beastmistress, who has quite a long intro before giving her choice to be fucked or to flee. It also seems like the "Snake" option should require Slut?


Tavern Orgy

Would it be possible to do a variant of the Tavern Orgy without the fairy? I love the orgy scene except for the fairy, but unfortunately she dominates a lot of the scene. It would be great if there were a choice that determined whether she joins in or not, skipping the dialogue and removing her from the artwork (I assume she's on a layer in the source art?), preferably with a bit more text on the other participants.

I also think it would be a good cautionary tale if the orgy was un-skippable if you drink too much, e.g- if you drink enough to pass out then you should wake up being carried to the table and are too drunk to refuse the fairy in that case. Drink responsibly kids!


Breastfeeding

So this last one isn't a tweak, it's 100% a selfish request, but Tales of Androgyny hits just about every androgyny related kink of mine except for one, which is the fantasy of breastfeeding a shemale character, preferably while fucking (or getting fucked by) her at the same time. It's one of the few things that the game doesn't seem to feature at all (unless I'm missing a scene, which is possible as I'm still only around 50%).

Edit: Just noticed that there's a possible upcoming Minotauress character, which seems like she might be ideal for something like this, given she's part cow?

Purely selfish maybe, but this is a fetish that may appeal to others and I thought I'd throw it out there if any scenes are in development or upcoming where it could be a good fit.