Aphrodisiac 2

Thanks for your feedback!
I may revisit the fight in the future, but for now, here's a few tips:
- Offensive Spells (right click) can be super useful against dangerous enemies, as they are all some kind of ranged. 
- Try messing around with different Jewel combinations. Some work very well against the Lamia's wide sweeping attacks.
- Most importantly, the Dash ability gives very short immunity time. I don't think this is mentioned anywhere currently (other than the jewel which extends it), but I will make sure to include the note in the new update... reworking the tutorials in-game is on the to-do list. You can tell how long the I-frames last by paying attention to the sprite: if Flora's sprite is black, you can't get hit by enemies.

The game is meant to be challenging, but not "basically impossible". Even optional fights like the Lamia are not meant to be this hard. The next ecosystem's boss has a new approach to animations that gives me much more flexibility with timings of attacks. If this approach works well, I will probably go back to existing fights and update them, but it won't happen too soon.

Again, thanks for your feedback. It's hard for me to get "first impressions" on the fight after playing it 50 times while I tweak it, so these comments are super helpful.

Hope this helps, cheers!

The game is generally easy, actually, but you have progression limiters that means you should maximise before going elsewhere

New patch has reduced the difficulty of the Lamia quite a bit. the moves themselves haven't changed, but both HP and speed have been reduced

Everything that was free is still free! the demo version will be updated with any new feature that affects it, and will remain free.

Ecosystems beyond the first 3 are only accessible in the paid version. If you had donated any amount to the free version, you will have the paid version unlocked. Paid version will go up by 1$ for every new ecosystem I add, but if you already own it you won't have to pay more.

There's currently two kinds of scenes. The first 3 ecosystems (demo) have type A, the last one and the next update will have type B.

A. Loop: 8-12 frames of regular animation. There's no finish to the loop.

B. Slideshow: 20-30+ frames of slideshow, with second person narration. These have finishes.

Glad you enjoy the game! =D

Current intention is to do 1 ecosystem every 3 months, and that will saturate my schedule. Plan is to have 10 major ecosystems with ~3 lesser ones (tutorial, town, ???). If the game does well, I have 3 others that could get added as an expansion.

With optimal work conditions, it takes approximately 1 month for lewds, 1 month for core gameplay (level design, env, combat animations, jewels), and 1 month for polishing (sound, bgm, bugfixing, testing, and all the bits and bops that I left behind, like tutorials, NPCs, dialogues etc... and adding new features).

It is my intention to add NG+ to the game, but it's not really a grinding game, nor is it meant to be infinitely replayed. Reaching 100% completion requires 5 play-throughs, and each one unlocks a special perk. of course they are cherries-on-top, not really "core" elements, but they will be pretty cool nonetheless.

I would expect this game to be as grindy as a souls-like. you can do it, but you are better off just progressing the game/git gud.

See you in the next update (early next week I'll be adding the Lamiacle boss fight) ;)

Yup! It's not high on the priority right now, I want to get at least past the mid-game (3 more ecosystems) before I worry about it. There are 2 ways I could implemented:

• Current best: the gallery is unlocked upon beating the final boss, and remains unlocked for NG+
  • Pros: big reward for finishing the game, centralized, permanent.
  • Cons: not available for first playthough.
• Not-so-good alternative: the gallery for each ecosystem is unlocked after 100%-ing that ecosystem. 
  • Pros: available during first playthrough.
  • Cons: fragmented, locks lewds behind finding jewels instead of tentacles.

Your comment does raise an interesting point, and something that I should actually add is a lewd counter, that tells players if they met all tentacles in the current version. I used to have a message in the intro that said "there are X tentacles to find" but I got rid of it because it looked awful. I will see if I can include a functional "counter" of sorts that shows up in the pause screen or in the collection.

lmao

the Demo Is limited to the first 3 ecosystems. The full version currently has 4, and will end up with 10.

The game page has more details about the progress timeline and plan ^^

The first "Aphrodisiac" game was a very simple idle game, which I stopped working on because a. the time was bad and b. the art is... not very appropriate. It was an experiment and it lived its life.

This is my second game, named "Aphrodisiac 2" simply because it is set in the same "world" aka the Aphrodisiac Den. Pretty much all my games will be named "Aphrodisiac" followed by something fitting. If I had to name this game now, I'd probably go for something like "Adventure" or so, but its too late to change it, I don't want people getting confused over it. The "Aphrodisiac Spa", for example, is simply an interactive gif-viewer of sorts, with a bit of extra lore about the Den added in.

At this game's inception, I considered which gender to give Flora. I ended up going for regular female, idk if I made a poll or asked on discord, and I honestly can't remember the ultimate reason, but I have a feeling it was either for ease of animation or because I wanted to make the "futa" state a gameplay mechanic.

Next game will likely have guys, both effeminate and manly, subs and doms. I want to include all personalities and identities in my work eventually, but for now I wanna focus on Flora ;)

I did, the main issue is testing and compatibility. IOS is excluded by default because I have no devices to try it, and I know it can have issues that aren't easily fixable. Mobile is a goddamn nightmare to publish and resolution ratio is an issue in a game like this (it messes with the background, solvable but VERY time consuming). The only platform that I could potentially build for is linux, but I will only do that once the game is finished or almost, for now I'd rather focus on making the game good ^^

As for consoles, I don't think they'd like porn games on their stores, but i'm willing if they are ahahah

I finished working on the SFW mobile game I've been making, so now I'm back in full swing. Probably a little while still (2 months?), but a lot depends on what I decide to include. Next major update will add a small price tag to the game though, and as I develop the game the price will go up. The current content (aka the first 3 major ecosystems) will always remain f2p, as a demo for the game, and this demo will also be updated regularly to keep up with any fundamental game changes or additions

Re-binds and controller support will come in at some point, because I realize people like to customize their buttons, they aren't very high on priority.

Jump is on "w" because "w" is "up". If you wish to go up, you press up. The idea is to not require complex hand position on the keyboard, and since "space" is for dash, and that's a lot more frequent, jump makes sense on W more than any other odd key. Mouse only has two buttons, and they are used for the 2 attacks.

On a controller, there's 4 easily accessible buttons on the sides and... yes, jump would most likely be on Left shoulder button (and dash on trigger), leaving the two attacks on the right. As the game is currently, using a twin-stick control scheme, it would be clunky and impractical to use face buttons such as A to jump, because that requires you to stop aiming to jump, and that's uncomfortable in the thick of combat.

It's worth mentioning that I'm not satisfied with the flow of combat as it is. The second stick may not be such a good idea after all, and if that goes away, than controls would shift to using two-handed keyboard rather than mouse and keyboard. I would probably still use "up" as the jump button (or "w" in the WASD scheme).

Another worthy mention is that the basic Jump may not even survive development. with the Dash being so much faster and versatile, it does beg the question of whether a default jump is needed at all. More testing and more work is needed, but I figured I'd share the thought process fully.

Thanks for the feedback, cheers! =D

Yup, it's planned and unlocked after beating the game ^^

there's an "Install guide" section near the end of the page ^^

That's the plan ;)

Difficulty is never going to be as high as hollow knight's hardest content, but it's going to be much harder than it is now. It's important to me that the earlier segment of the game is simple enough to get players accustomed to the controls and mechanics

boss room entrance is down a hole in room 4 of the maw, open the map with M, the boss room is the lowest of the ecosystem

Ty! I'll check it asap!

Oh snap! I forgot to disable the WIP spell from the hotfix ahahahah
Welp, enjoy it while it lasts, can't drop a hotfix right now =P

Next patch is behind the corner and will bring in the resources to manage that, even though the spell systems probably won't be fully done yet. I'm pushing hard to make this happen by the end of the week.

Hollow knight is the best game ever made, I am indeed taking a lot of inspiration from it, and adding my own twists where possible. The main problem i'm having is that, they really nailed it (ba dum tss), there's not much that can be improved without making crazy complicated systems. So it's great to hear this feedback from players!

Ty and enjoy =D

Wow thanks for the extensive feedback! <3

So, most of the things you pointed out I agree with 100%, and they are either in-progress (spikes), in the current patches (map and save system), or planned for the future (dash-attacks). To address some points specifically:

baddies:

• Jump was indeed lowered in height, from 7 to 5 units. Top falling speed was reduced considerably, and jump-interruption was quickened. All the areas that now require the dash are meant to, but I may change it later on, depending on what items I put in there.
• Attacks are meant to be risky and short ranged, but there's 2 big features missing right now: spells and upgrades. Once those are introduced, you will be able to customize your fighting style enough to not feel as limited as you are right now.
• A form of Dash attack is planned, as well as an update to all attacks. I really want to make this game mouse-and-keyboard friendly, and not have to put the "use controller lol" note, and that means tailoring the systems to the hardware. In the coming weeks, a lot of this stuff is going to get consolidated.
• A good rule of thumb: if it requires high cursor accuracy mid-movement, it's not the intended solution. I'm aware of certain areas that may be causing unnecessary frustration and will be trying to fix them where possible, but I'd rather it be possible to solve it the "wrong" way, than just forcing the "right" way. Cardinal dashes may happen eventually if the current system just isn't enough after its fully implemented.
• Map hotkey is in the most recent patch ^^ both Tab and M open and close it.
• The save system is in game since version 0.3.0. from now on, you should be able to just play the new content. if that's not the case, let me know, because it's essential that it works.

goodies:

• What you are describing with the dashes is indeed awesome ahahah messing around with 10+ dashes is even more fun than it might sound, especially mid-combat. Traditional platforming is more a thing of the early-game, later sections of the game are a lot more streamlined (as the caverns hopefully prove). New hazards are also not as punishing as the current ones, so once those are in it should feel a lot better to zip around levels.
• Glad you enjoyed the fight! with each fight I improve my skills, learn from my mistakes and evolve my designs. Already the Burrower feels outdated :0
• current plan is to not have any "hard" gates beyond 3 dashes. Meaning: after you beat the current areas, you should have everything you need to get to the final boss. I want the metroidvania feeling to be driven by the mad search for power, not some arbitrary hook-shot upgrade. If none of the ecosystems entice you, and you're good enough to just need 3 dashes, so be it. Speedruns are going to be rather fast lol

Thanks again for the feedback! hope you enjoy what I have planned next ^^

Thank you! yes, hollow knight is indeed an inspiration for this one, I love that game :3

A-ha, the Burrows boss! check the map ("ESC" -> Map), he's in the top left of the Burrows ^^

Thank you! Glad you're enjoying it =D

I'm considering it as an option to add later on =D

Cheers!
There's going to be some explicit urethral in the ecosystems beyond the Burrows, but not much I'm afraid. Female urethral isn't one of my kinks, so the contexts in which it would happen are quite limited

Thanks for the feedback! In general, I'm planning a pass for all physics behaviors and overall platforming soon enough, as part of the 4th ecosystem probably, but let's see if I can shed some light on the issues you pointed out:

- Ceiling hover: This actually already happens, but the maximum jump time is really quite short (0.25s). You can test out the difference on a really low ceiling, but it's very small. Much of the "highest jump" duration is simply due to the speed not getting reduced artificially, which gives it an extra bit of arc while physics runs its course. In the presence of a ceiling, Flora's upwards velocity is effectively 0, so as soon as the jump time is up and physics takes over, she falls. I don't see a practical issue with it currently, but it may change as I explore more responsive alternatives.

- Drop speed cap: This is a fairly arbitrary choice. Drop speed cap would make falling much more controllable, but in exchange Flora would be even more floaty than she is currently. There's a lot more that goes into this than you would guess: size, drag, camera behaviors, gravity and much more all play a part. It's on my list of things to try out, we'll see how it goes when I get around to it.

- Edge grace: Has been pointed out before, and I'm still opposed to it. a big part of why flora seems to "slip" off edges is because the running animation is a placeholder and her feet aren't aligned to anything. New animations will help. Outside of that, there's nothing I will do; if you wait for the very last moment before jumping, that's either a personal choice or an especially hard platforming challenge: both of which are fine and need not get corrected.

- Spikes: Yup, there's a lot of em lol. Most certainly the amount will get reduced as I implement new and more interesting hazards. The "warp" mechanic isn't a 1-hit-kill, it deals some damage and warps you back to the previous checkpoint; by comparison, dying reloads the room. The difference will become more meaningful once the rest of the systems are added. These kind of warping hazards are essential to create challenges that can't simply be endured through, but there's currently no other hazard so I can see why they can get so annoying.

- Warp time: I get the feeling that this feels bothersome simply because every hazard warps you. The warp time, other than allowing animations and fades to play out, is a useful break in the pacing, effectively forcing some degree of "rethink your strategy". The longer the delay, the more effective it is, but also more frustrating. Again, this is an arbitrary decision, and I think the warp animation will probably end up being what determines it.

Thanks again for taking the time to post your feedback, it's super useful and always a pleasure to hear! The game is currently in its infancy, so a lot of systems are missing or lacking, and getting this feedback helps me understand what's going right and what isn't.

Cheers <3

I will be making mobile games too at some point, but this isn't one of them. It may look simple enough right now, but it would be a nightmare to play on phone once all the features are implemented

Cheers!

I will be making mobile games too at some point, but this isn't one of them. It may look simple enough right now, but it would be a nightmare to play on phone once all the features are implemented

Cheers!

I'll be introducing "status effects" like inflation, infested, corrupted, etc, much later, but you can definitely expect gameplay changes tied to them =P

The cum globe in the HUD serves a different purpose which will be revealed alongside the second Ecosystem release, probably at least 2 months away still