less a sugestion about mechanics but could we get a roadmap for what you planned to add? also inspired by packedrat eh? thats a name ive not heard in a long time, shame how that ended up. wishing you luck in the project.

Why not a zone based around packs where many of the enemies are tied together like all different kobolds with a kobold brood mother miniboss and a dragon final boss with many bad ends for them themed around the idea that you become part of the pack maybe a few where you end up as one of the normal enemies roaming about or being laid as an egg by a breeder to hatch latter. if you want to be extra could have them monster you interacting with the other enemies in different activities to really sell your part of the pack.

Since this is taking inspiration from Packedrat I have a few ideas based on what I think worked well for it that could also work here. Of course I have no idea where you intend on going with the story so many of these might not fit but here they are anyway.

- Being able to bait certain enemies into each other causing them to grapple and use each other like you could with the kobolds in Packedrat.

- Wide variety of enemy types, not just bipedal. I see you've already got a flower type thing which is a nice start. Some ideas for other enemy types could be Insects, Ghosts, Plants, Dragons, Corrupt Machines, living latex (Changed comes to mind) etc,

- Themed zones to house different enemy types. Cursed forest, Slime cave, Abandoned Factory, etc.

are genders fixed or will there be male, female and others as options

Some general feedback time!

-The content filters are appreciated, but feel a little half baked when you can't disable things like the dick sprites on the rat or bear and/or simply disable enemies focused on unwanted vore types entirely.

-Sandbox mode is really great to see in a fetish game, so people who want a quick fix can see all the things they're interested in and cherry pick. I wasn't able to figure out how to damage the bear or it had super high health, so it seemed like you're forced to return to the main menu to get him out of your sandbox? A clear enemies keybinding or button in the room might be handy for such things. 

-The charged attack doesn't seem very worth it vs just spamming. Maybe increase the range and knockback, or the damage, to make it feel more worth it?

-Wolf is my favorite.

Maybe you aren't looking to go this route due to work or your vision and the game won't ultimately be my cup of tea, but best of luck either way!

Please add an option to disable music. It overpowers everything else.

Are there plans to implement a map feature down the line? I would assume so, given the Metroidvania genre is applicable here.
Also the little fire collectables I've seen around, are those... well, collectables? Or like hidden powerups?

As for suggestions, well folks have already mentioned a lot. I guess maybe adding on to the object transformation I saw in the content settings, maybe there could be places where you can be turned into stuff that litters haunted house areas. Maybe either turned into a painting, or perhaps the painting can come alive and "eat" you to have a new portrait be displayed?
And perhaps some enemies with tails that can be used to eat could be like demons/succubus? I'm not really sure the range of enemies you plan to have for the game, but those are the first creatures to come into mind for tail vore.

Will we be seeing post vore animations for all enemies? If so whats curretnly in the game? and in terms of suggestion, maybe a submit button.

The movement system in your game feels really fluid! That's fairly uncommon for a lot of itch platformer games and is pretty exciting to see.

I noticed a blind-spot: would strongly suggest implementing coyote time and input queueing  mechanics to your jump, as it felt very hit-or-miss when running towards an edge  (especially noticeable in the sandbox). If you plan to have much platforming in your project it's going to be a source of frustration as-is.

Male/Female Predator/Intercourse Toggle. Like if someone wants AV on, just not for males. Or if they don't want female/female secks scenes in their gameplay. Instead of their grapple, maybe they just hit you? 

When you take the defeating blow, a nearby enemy of your preference has their fun with you instead. Or maybe if one of your preferences isn't nearby, they drag you off to them, or instead offscreen. Or maybe they throw you down to one of your preferences? Maybe they tie you up as an implied present for someone? If it's too much work, maybe just break the atmosphere with a toggle for individual enemies.

Some of these ideas look like a lot of extra unnecessary effort, but it would be a big QoL for players. 😭 

It's your game, of course. I just hope you enjoy the development process. I understand if it doesn't fit into your vision for the game. I am a big fan of your work.

I feel that this game still needs to iterate more on the vore aspect of the gameplay. Like Packedrat, this is a vore game where you have to avoid vore in order to progress. I suppose it fills a certain niche, but I'd like to see some new ideas in this space.

Here's some ideas:

• How about persistent vore. Like if you get digested, the enemy stays full, or at least for a while. Could be useful for puzzles, like you feed a wolf to make them lay down on a button.
• Or what if you can take control of an enemy when they swallow you, Mario Odyssey style, in order to use their unique abilities. Perhaps a digestion timer controls how long you can sustain this.
• What about more complex behavior or interactivity? Right now, the only interactivity the vore scenes have is pred dialogue based on whether you struggle or don't. There are quite a few vore flash animations with more interactivity than this game.

Ok, on the actual game part of this game. I understand that this is only the first beta release, but I have some thoughts.

• Right now, most of the enemies sort of just walk toward and instantly grab you. I think they need more variety in their behavior and attacks. The rat sort of goes into a run, which is a start. You could add a lunge attack to the wolf, or maybe have the squirrel try to jump on you.
• Currently there isn't any reason to fight enemies other than defense, and given they won't chase you through any doors, platforms or other obstacles, its really easy to avoid combat. Consider improving enemy AI and adding some enemy drops.
• I feel that certain content settings should adjust the level scenery.
• I cannot smash the boxes, coins do not spray out like blood from a fresh wound. This is a clear error.

Overall, any game where my character can run around topless is a good game. You have a very great start here.

Hi, the game is already at this stage awesome. It would be really cool if enemies could interact with more than just the player, maybe there could be random characters that can be caught by predators. For example a wolf girl could catch someone else and lie down to digest it, and the player could jump on her stomach, it would also be cool if at some point she could open her mouth and the player could accidentally fall there and be swallowed. Anywat, the game is amazing and has a lot of potential.

Do you plan to add "size changing" mechanics? For example shrinking yourself to get a puzzle done or getting vored in the proccess. And yeah, I got inspired by packedrat, but I personally would like to see how it fits with this awesome game, as it was incredibly fun back at that time.

Been following this for a bit on FA and thought the first build was pretty great. It looks like everyone else has already touched on most of these topics, but I'll reiterate over them anyways.

• Player movement was predictable and wonderfully smooth. Seriously, no complaints here. 
• The combat definitely has a good base, but enemy movements and attack patterns make the game a little too easy, especially with the knock back. Beyond the boss, every enemy could be defeated by mashing the attack button. Giving enemies a way to respond to player attacks would help create more engaging combat.
• There's currently no incentive to fight the non-boss enemies, and also easy to get around them. After the first encounter or two of a given species, I found myself skipping battles frequently since walking past enemies took less time than fighting. Given how early on things are, I'm sure this will get addressed later on though.

Onto more suggestion like feedback...

• One tap escape from grapples makes them seem a little pointless. I think it would be better if you took normal damage until an attack incapacitates the player.  Or perhaps require several button presses to escape, and maybe let the player get devoured if they don't escape in time, making escaping even harder or completely preventing it.

I wasn't going to mention bugs since I played on a non-target OS (MacOS via Crossover) which can cause bugs not actually present in the game, but I'll drop them just in case.

• In sandbox, if you respawn after the harpy files off, the harpy sprite remains hidden until defeated. The harpy can still attack and grapple the player when its sprite is hidden.
• Sometimes after breaking free from a grapple, you can stand where the enemy is and become unreachable by the enemy. The enemy will rapidly switch which direction it's looking, but will not move away.

Great job so far, can't wait to see where this goes!

Is adding struggling system a good suggestion? (I know some people didn't like mashing button so, maybe adding in as an option?)

i have two suggestions, though idk if they where suggested
1, alt scenes for some enemys,  mainly the super common ones and ones with niche scenarios. for example with the four enemys in game, the wolf should probably some variantion since shes in every room, while the rat is alot less common and probably doesnt need a second animation, though a cv scene with them would be fun, and im alittle bias since harpys are some of my favorite speices, but a stanard vore game over for them would be nice.
2, permavore mode, or just a hard mode with 1 life, could be as simple as that, but having cgs or art work for loosing in this mode could be fun, 

Hopefully you have an area for foxes and the rats because it would be a shame if niether had areas for themselves maybe some lore as to why you are in a prison in the first place?

1. Small, low-effort sprite variations for each individual enemy, so each time you fight another one, they look a tiny bit different.
2.  Instead of adding moderately-difficult enemies who have a few different attack patterns later in the game, like how some platformers do, I think you should make easy enemies with lots of attack pattern variants closer to the start of the game and so on. It's always fun progressing further into the expanse of the map with the promise of finding a new enemy, but adding some unpredictability to the same enemies we face every time spices the game up. 
3. Put a lock on the gallery you haven't already defeated or been defeated by :P

Add vore animations into the grapples based on % of HP. Full HP, just a grapple. 75% HP, maw teasing. 50%, head in maw. 25% Swallowed. 0%, full finisher. It would make the game more engaging and, overall, add more enjoyable gameplay for an undeniably vorny audience, as the only current way to get the content we want is to die. 

Give more control over digestion speed, as it happens woefully fast and is hard to enjoy. One moment, you're fully swallowed, then 3 seconds later, everything's already ended. Just letting players press Space to move on the stages of digestion allows for far more enjoyability from the players, and actually lets people see the work that's already been done. Win win. 

More dialogue would be great. Love the direction of each character having their own flare for things, so having more teasing/demeaning dialogue would be yet another boon for this game. Especially if given the addition of the character not instantaneously digesting. 

Don't put a lock on the gallery. Having immediate access to that is not only unfathomably based, but also lets people see the sheer volume of work put into a rather misleading v0.1 file name. I certainly didn't expect there to be as much content present as there already is, and being proven otherwise made for a delightful realization. 

Absolutely fantastic first iteration, and one I sincerely hope gets even more love put into it! The quality from even the very first version is astounding!

it would be nice to have some kind of map in the pause menu

Are You planning linux compatibility anytime soon? Just asking because the game runs at average of 4fps using wine :D

I love the endosoma, and the unique quotes for it, really appreciate the detail.  a couple things I think would go great with immersion is graphite saying quotes when she loses, which can be digestion/endosoma specific for every mob or boss he loses to. also with endosoma the portrait model isn't changed in surroundings like it is for digestion. honestly this game has great potential, I'm excited to see where you take it, my favorite part is the cock vore scene.

     Hello! First of all, given it's the first time I see your game and is in its early stages, you got a very solid work already done! Congrats!
Very excited of how it's looking and to know the future of this game, it called my attention a bit when I read it was going to be inspired by Packetrat's game.
     Upon reading just how much I typed on this.... sorry for typing the entire Bible, lol.

____Feedback
     The general movement and animations of the character feels nice, nothing to really say there. Jumping currently has a fixed height, I'd say it feels better when it scales up depending on how long you hold 'Space'. The character struggles to jump down from platforms when moving, stopping you in place as if the game tries to move and stop you at the same time, and holding 'Down' doesn't let you jump off of all platforms you stand on (As in, if theres two platforms ontop of eachother, you cant just hold the button to pass through both).
     

     Very nice aesthetic/visual style. Specially for a solo dev project, this looks pretty neat and should not cause you much trouble compared to other games, you could even make slight variations on the tileables and some objects for depth, subtle guides for the player (we are yellow tape HATERS here) or to identify different areas. I've read about your level roadmap from another post, and I'd be careful to see how each area links together. No idea on what the lore or script is for the game, but never hurts to point that out.

     Basic attacks seem to not do much damage, sticks you in place for a long bit and are spammable, enemies are flung off from the attacks, its sound effect isn't very pleasant to listen to after a while (sounds like shattering glass), and I find no reason to hold my attacks. Making combat a bit faster and "free" could benefit you in the long run, specially if you are planning on adding new mechanics afterwards.  It can grow a very toxic/unsatisfying behavior of just standing around smashing your attack button, which will be an issue in boss fights. I recommend checking other metroidvanias and side scrollers, if you are scared of the controls getting too difficult for keyboard users... using the mouse buttons for combat doesn't feel bad at all in games.

     Very nice menus, there's already a lot of accesibility (If we can call vore fetish tags as such lol) and is completely functional. Given how -Sharp- all the graphics in the game are, seeing the font be slightly blurry feels off, like I suddenly changed my screen resolution. I would recommend having one/few tags for certain sounds like screaming, bone crunching, crying, etc. (if you ever plan to add those in the first place)

     The game feedback when interacting with enemies is a bit too little in my opinion. Perhaps this is probably because of this being an early demo, but it's still nice to mention. A hurt/stunned stance for enemies would be great, specially whenever you jump/struggle away from a grab (Currently, enemies either switch between walk/idle animations, or just stand still).  The player could have more sounds, like landing on the floor, jump, footsteps...

I'd be careful with the "Metroidvania" side of the game, the backtracking. The area with the elevators/sliding platforms forces you to wait for them to come down every time you wanna go up, which is slightly annoying with how slow it is compared to going down, which is simply jumping off the platforms. Either make the platforms appear already at the bottom when you activate them, or make it so you can easily toggle the elevator position while laying the map out... basically make it feel nice to go back and forth. Speaking of maps, one would be nice but I've seen you have one in the elevators area, so making sure there's a few around as quality of life would be great!

____Bugs (Or seemingly so)
     Player is capable of landing hits on enemies behind doors, and I imagine walls too (though this is impossible with the current level design).
     Boss fight music won't stop after beating them (very minor since you can simply leave the area or reload save, but still).

     After escaping from struggling, you have invincibility for a few moments against that enemy. That doesn't happen when you are close to another. You can easily end up locked between two of them.

     The plant enemy can be escaped from without receiving damage. Might not be a bug, but careful in case you want to make a platforming area with a bunch of plants below, players could potentially just jump from plant to plant without loosing hp at all.

____Suggestions

     Given how big areas are, I assume there would be upgrades like double jumps and other possible movement mechanics. Perhaps enemies that could attempt to vore you from a distance could be cool in these cases: A frog sticking its tongue on you and having a struggle mechanic to pull away while it drags you, a spider lasoing you in the air, a suspicious jackalope doing voodoo doll vore on you if you stay in their line of sight for too long... I've read you dont want a struggle system, but the current one is a bit too forgiving, perhaps you can make something more similar to the game Echidna Wars DX, or just quicken the struggle system (Eg. Movement button appears on screen, press the right one quickly enough or you are getting caught)

     Speaking of enemies, you could even make certain ones that can appear in any area just to mess around with people. Slime mimics that hide as objects from the map, additional ghost enemies appear in areas you die a lot... (though these kind of enemies can do for a whole area/level of their own).

     Zoom out the camera a little bit, or make it adjustable by the player. Not only this means some can zoom in to see all the    d e t a i l    but so it doesn't feel too claustrophobic. Specially helps if you are planning on adding ranged enemies, can mess with the level design though, up to you if to adjust it at all or make it a slider for the player to mess with.

     If you need more ideas, I honestly think you can take inspiration from SCP and the game Prey. Its gimmicky type of creatures make for great inspiration for enemy concepts, and you can see it in multiple games already (Enemy that approaches only when you dont see them, slow but unstoppable enemy , sound based hound,  hacker placing traps around...)

     Dont forget to give some love and care to the sound design, it can really give the punch to a lot of things, and be the reason why some elements might fall flat or not feel as impactful... for example, ambience music.

     I am a huge fan of modding tools, but I haven't seen a single project try make mod tools for Godot games, so this isn't much of a suggestion but rather a thought. If you are able to find anything about it, or even create it, that'd be sick as f**k.

     Repeating myself a bit here since I do talk about this in the feedback section, but using the mouse for stuff like attacks feels way better than having everything on the keyboard. You might not use it to move a cursor around, but it's more comfortable in my opinion.

Will there be any sort of 'struggle' system when you get grabbed or is it always intended to just jump out with space bar whenever?

I would like there to be a dash like Megaman to make the gameplay more frenetic, I would also like the enemies to have charges and more attacks

I like the boss to have ranged attacks that leave you stuck and hits at short distances.

and also that you could read the posters because the lore, I'm sorry, will be very good

along with an npc appearing at the beginning to help you escape and this explains the tutorial

I wonder if there will be safe vore in the game. 

Looks great so far! I would probably suggest changing the sound of your attack. It feels very weird and unrewarding. Very good game so far I look forward to see what you add!

Loving the game so far, and I'm always happy to see another metroidvania vore game. Only thing I could really suggest that hasn't already been mentioned would be a way to see the vore animations for longer without having to be in endosoma mode. Currently, the only way to see the digestion/struggle animations for longer than 5-10 seconds is to turn all digestion off. And while that's fine, I personally think it would be nice to see them for longer without having to turn the stomach sounds off.

First of all, I would like to say that I really love what you're doing here. Very few games go so in-depth about content toggles. Endosoma being an option is an instant win from me, and disabling things you don't like is always nice! I will look forward to seeing how your project evolves. Basing it on PackedRat with dialogues from the foes is a very nice touch, too!

The game didn't seem too difficult, but that is to be expected - it's the tutorial area, after all. Everything seemed straightforward and backtracking to save wasn't all that difficult to do, either. Judging by the previous replies, you do not intend to switch away from the one-tap struggle, which is alright, I respect that.

However, I do have to ask, do you plan to let the enemies swallow Graphite before all their health is depleted and they're incapacitated? Having them just hang from a grab with no progression is a little bit of a bummer - but if not, I can probably live with that.

Other than that, you have a nice game on your hands! The platforming is solid, the combat isn't clunky, and  goodness does the bunny feel nice to control...

This may seem pretty basic compared to other people here but just wanted to give you a simple idea.

How about a robed monk/priest style of enemy? My initial idea was a hooded crow (flightless) that only wears a long robe and hood with the front exposed. There main attacks possibly being sudden dashes towards the player that you have to dodge or counter, and if you want them to be harder they could counter direct player attacks unless they do something to get around that. If they could fit in any style of area you already have planned, could have them as a cock vore enemy with a large sack, bonus is you could just close up the robe if you wanted different models for SFW. 

This is just an idea I'm posting cause I loved seeing the demo you have already. I really liked packedrat and I'm very happy to see someone making a game like it. ^v^

For the browser version, do you think that you could add mobile controls? Packedrat and other games have it, and it shouldn't be too hard.

Any CV or UB would be grand

I want to play this great game on my MAC.

（This is machine translation）May I ask if there are any plans to develop a mobile version of this game? (For example, for the Android system)

Would love to see Graphite have reaction quotes to getting vored.  Like different quotes for enemy type, vore type, and even endo/fatal type. Would definitely be an interesting addition.