I followed this game as it was being developed. I really enjoyed it. But when the went from 0.4.6 to 1.0 and put it behind a pay wall. I didn't think there was enough there to be considered complete. And I didn't think what was said that they were working on was going to complete the game. At best the game was 50% done. I decided to hold off on buying it because of that.
Recently the was free for a little while and I decided to check it out. They Implemented what they said they were working on. But the game is far from finished. Quest lines are abandoned, Images are missing or incomplete, and Parts of mechanics are present but not implemented.
I'm really glad that I downloaded it while it was free because otherwise I would have been really upset. I don't know if it being free was a mistake or not. But is what it is. I hope they pick up where they left off and finish the game. I know there are other breeding games that look better, have better gameplay, and are more complete. But I really liked the way this one was going. I think this could be a good game with just a little bit more, They don't have to add much more content. Just polish up what is already there. There are definitely stuff they could add. But if they are no longer feeling the project it's not needed.
Just out of curiosity. Will those of us who purchased the game here get a copy of the game when its released? Also how far off is it from being released?
I'm glad you brought this up because I've been curious about videogame pricing lately. Let's dive into it!
So a McDonalds Team Member makes $8.00 an hour by average, this means that currently you would have to fill chicken tendy orders for half an hour to afford this game, whereas in your proposal one would only have to fill tendy orders for fifteen minutes. I understand your side of this scenario because it cuts your required tendy production time in half, which is clearly desirable. However, how many minutes of tendy order fulfillment at McDonalds is this game really worth?
I'm reticent in my belief that you took the current game price valued in tendy production time and merely cut that number in half as this seems arbitrary given the lack of accompanying rigorous scientific data and no mention of tendies at all.
I do look forward to hearing a more detailed breakdown of your proposal and will consider it with half a tendy boxing hour worth of dedication.
Kindest regards
(legal team disclaimer: If poor-shaming is a thing we at Stormtasty do not support poor-shaming in any way and any representation of such is merely coincidence and non-intentional.)
While demanding to have a lower price is rather needy and also insulting to the hard work put into the game, I do also get the point. There is tons of free stuff around, so the average price of indie games is rather low.
For those people a simple line in the description might do, that the price is basically a one time payment instead of subscribing for one month on patreon.
As for me, a demo version would be good for customers like me. I do not know your stuff and not having a demo version discourages me from buying, because I wonder why this is so. This is not Steam where I can read tons of reviews and can give back a game shortly after purchase, if I have buyers remorse.
Very good points. I should probably do a lot of the things you mentioned I've just been focusing on improving as a game dev and haven't gotten to that side of things yet. Very good points for me to consider though and I appreciate the thought you put into it. I'll think about it and probably add some of the things you said when I can get to it. Thanks
I'm not the developer, nor am I a developer in any way. However, I have been following this game since its first release. The hours and months put into this game to get it to this point, when all previouse versions where free. I do believe he is offer a more than fair price for this game. Heck, using his own refrence, a 10 piece nuggy with fries and a soft drink cost more than twice the price of this game.
I think it's less about the $4 dollars and more about the fact that you're charging money for a game that should be free with the quality seen here.
I spent $4 dollars that I will never get back on something that is effectively jpgs of shittily drawn imps and catgirls with the occasional animated jpg.
On top of that, the idea is not even close to original and there are atleast 2 or 3 other games, namely Cloud Meadow or Breeding Season, that are they themselves not finished, and yet look and play 10x better.
The fact that you call this heap of code complete makes me laugh. $4 is robbery for this "product".
sounds like an overenthusiastic firewall or security software deleting all execs or you have an admin that doesn't allow installing new software. I can't really think what else might be causing that to happen
Those are likely the devs that sell an early version of their game and then "forget" to update it as they continue to work on it and give it out on Patreon for paying customers.
Alternatively you can ask on the Discord to be entered into the Super Free Game Challenge for a chance to win the game for free. If you're up for a super challenge
When you load from the main menu it puts your money at 1000 until you buy or sell something. Then it remembers how much your supposed to have.
The Night and Day visual do not line up with the in game time. It seams to continue to spin regardless of whatever else is going on. If I save in the morning and play till night time, then load the morning save the visual doesn't move. So now my night time is my day time. At least that's what it looks like to me so far
1. The Breeders Guide in the shack only has information by scrolling down in the small window. You need to drag it down with your mouse. (This could be improved in future updates but works)
2. Stat gain by + on a monster maxes out at 30 and you increase the modifier by having two creatures with + having a kid. the kid should have the sum of the two. (Saw this behavior with human character's kids, wish guide explained that)
3. Get Monster training ASP. you can use it to max out monster potential very quickly. Most important stat to max is Stamina
4. Get Innocent or have a maxed out mon with low corruption on your monsters this makes leveling the main character significantly easier without losing the game.
5. Early game get stats for a mon up and sell it's byproduct to afford food and Ranch upgrades. Sell breedjects and obsolete parents after you have monster lab maxed out you will be flowing with money.
Potential Issues:
We seem to only have one quest and no "win" condition for the game. This stalls game play after the first hour as there is only grind with nothing new or innovative to do. I could just be failing to find any quests other than the bar curse quest but if they exist some type of hint that they exist would be welcomed.)
There is a glitch upon doing the quest noted above that you get stuck in the bar. You can exit it by saving and then loading the file. The potion shop only buys Pit hydra's time without allowing you to actually offer up pit hydras.
Yea having it reproduce with anything might make it overpowered compared to other monsters. I know there's other people that would like to see that too tho so maybe I'll put it in next build and see how it plays. Could be interesting
Maybe you could make their reproduction rate lower then the other monsters. And/or they don't show up at the Market as often
Make them cost more to buy. They are more valuable to you because they fill both Male and Female slots in one, and if they don't show up to in the Market as often then they are Rare monsters Justifying Increased price as well
Having a lower Reproduction rate would explain why they aren't in the Market as often
I'm glad I could help. Adding in lore like that could explain why the game works a certain way. You Have the "Monster Ranchin for Dummies" In the Barn. Maybe you could put next to it a "Bestiary". Have a Pic of the monster with name, What role it plays in breeding, and a paragraph about it. Right now each monster has only one gender. So the roles would be Male, Female. If you come out with Male and Female versions of the monsters you can remove that piece. If you do make Male and Female of each monsters maybe cross breeding is harder. And Hybrids are an idea as well
For the longest time I thought that the Lobos was Futa and could Breed with the Bunnys or Imps, then I got the Monster Training building and it says MALE. Too Bad
After you get the Goblin Stamina For Roomie's Sister and go back to the tavern. There is no way to leave other than save and load. Then the potions shop asks for more monsters but wont accept any
in that version of the game you need to upgrade the pens at the workshop. then at the lake(pithydra) and market(lobos). the newest version doesnt have pen upgrades anymore you can just go and get them but the version here I think you still have to upgrade pens first
Thanks glad you're enjoying it! Lots of things coming, more quests, monsters, lore, and a competition in a monster festival which visits the town. Also more and better art. With the pen, for now you can have as many monsters in it as you want (which is probably a bad idea...) I should cap that and I can look at optimizing it as well
uhm idk i deleted a bunch of monster's to the point were i only had 4 it still dropped the fps badly.. but i think it was my character bc when i maxed her out i started having the issue but im not 100% sure?
is there no save system in the game yet? had my game freeze and lost all progress i had made and before that i was not able to find a way to manually save
Oh, a certain game is back ! ... Or at least that's what I feel. The drawing are not top tier, but they are still nice and that doesn't make that demo any less fun !
So, first, suggestions : 1. The Minotaur are rather annoying if they decide to come too often. Having a "cooldown" between each visit would be nice ! (if there is one, I missed it)
2. Knowing how much you have to pay them (would be nice : it's not that fun when they spawn the day you're low on money... (yes, not everyone enjoy some big minotaurs).
3. Adding a way to know what do each stats and trait without having to consult the book would be nice, something like a pop up on click.
4. The "tease" and "angry" traits seems to be downside more than anything else. I do think these traits should not increase the monster's price (in their current state)
5. Having a "menu" button may be nice for tablet users... (or one hand play, but don't say that)
6. Being able to see the value & max value of the stat could be somewhat useful ; especially since said value are also shown to the quest requirement.
7. The "tease" trait may use another name ; I would have assumed/hoped it was the kinky kind of tease ; when the actual trait is more being picky with their mates. (it would have been pretty fun to either let the partner tired after a teasing session, or pent up and wanting for more... but I digress)
8. The UI may use some improvement. Being able to gather all would be one. The buy/sell button town is also a bit awkward (I clicked multiple time on "buy" to try to buy a monster instead of "ok")
And then,since I'm curious to what the game will be in the future, question time !
9. Will some monster have genders ? (for example, wolf girl & wolf boy)
10. Is there any futanari trait planned for monsters ?
11. Will a couple or female ; or male monster could "breed" together ? (not as in making children, but as in increasing each other stats. Since the breeder have + in all stats it could be useful if she could give a fun time to the female monster)
12. Is there a male or futa breeder planned ? (my personal preference are female breeder, or futa if it's the only way to interact with monsters,
13. Have you planned to add more mechanics to the game outside of breeding and stat raising ? Including things like compatibility between monster, and how they are willing to breed to each other ?
14. Any idea of the scope of the game, and how much you plan to add ? If yes, how big will it be ?
That being said, I'm looking forward to the next version of your game ! This first version was enjoyable to play, and now I'm left waiting for more content, and eventually a more polished UI.
Wow thanks for such a detailed breakdown lot's of good stuff in there. I'll go over it on the Discord in the suggestions channel if you don't mind going over there for the response, it will probably be pretty long...
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Can we get an android version?
this was a flaming dumpster fire i feel sorry for anyone who bought this unfinished game :(
the price has been updated but what about the game?
I followed this game as it was being developed. I really enjoyed it. But when the went from 0.4.6 to 1.0 and put it behind a pay wall. I didn't think there was enough there to be considered complete. And I didn't think what was said that they were working on was going to complete the game. At best the game was 50% done. I decided to hold off on buying it because of that.
Recently the was free for a little while and I decided to check it out. They Implemented what they said they were working on. But the game is far from finished. Quest lines are abandoned, Images are missing or incomplete, and Parts of mechanics are present but not implemented.
I'm really glad that I downloaded it while it was free because otherwise I would have been really upset. I don't know if it being free was a mistake or not. But is what it is. I hope they pick up where they left off and finish the game. I know there are other breeding games that look better, have better gameplay, and are more complete. But I really liked the way this one was going. I think this could be a good game with just a little bit more, They don't have to add much more content. Just polish up what is already there. There are definitely stuff they could add. But if they are no longer feeling the project it's not needed.
honestly dev idk if you watch comments on your old games but this game is far from done
lacking animations
patreon cheats instead of released cheats
and lacking in features
on top of that you could do much better in buildings
idk if you ended this project from lacking funds or something else
but it looks bad on you to leave a project half done and still include patreon cheats instead of releasing them
a full project should always release their cheats
Why there's no update I really love this game
I believe the creator consideres it completed. See "Final Version released"
maybe but game lacks many thing to be completed new monsters new buildings could done. Or some new breeding results.
Mac?
Just out of curiosity. Will those of us who purchased the game here get a copy of the game when its released? Also how far off is it from being released?
Thank you.
The game is not worth 4$, reduce it to at least 2$
I'm glad you brought this up because I've been curious about videogame pricing lately. Let's dive into it!
So a McDonalds Team Member makes $8.00 an hour by average, this means that currently you would have to fill chicken tendy orders for half an hour to afford this game, whereas in your proposal one would only have to fill tendy orders for fifteen minutes. I understand your side of this scenario because it cuts your required tendy production time in half, which is clearly desirable. However, how many minutes of tendy order fulfillment at McDonalds is this game really worth?
I'm reticent in my belief that you took the current game price valued in tendy production time and merely cut that number in half as this seems arbitrary given the lack of accompanying rigorous scientific data and no mention of tendies at all.
I do look forward to hearing a more detailed breakdown of your proposal and will consider it with half a tendy boxing hour worth of dedication.
Kindest regards
(legal team disclaimer: If poor-shaming is a thing we at Stormtasty do not support poor-shaming in any way and any representation of such is merely coincidence and non-intentional.)
While demanding to have a lower price is rather needy and also insulting to the hard work put into the game, I do also get the point. There is tons of free stuff around, so the average price of indie games is rather low.
For those people a simple line in the description might do, that the price is basically a one time payment instead of subscribing for one month on patreon.
As for me, a demo version would be good for customers like me. I do not know your stuff and not having a demo version discourages me from buying, because I wonder why this is so. This is not Steam where I can read tons of reviews and can give back a game shortly after purchase, if I have buyers remorse.
Very good points. I should probably do a lot of the things you mentioned I've just been focusing on improving as a game dev and haven't gotten to that side of things yet. Very good points for me to consider though and I appreciate the thought you put into it. I'll think about it and probably add some of the things you said when I can get to it. Thanks
I'm not the developer, nor am I a developer in any way. However, I have been following this game since its first release. The hours and months put into this game to get it to this point, when all previouse versions where free. I do believe he is offer a more than fair price for this game. Heck, using his own refrence, a 10 piece nuggy with fries and a soft drink cost more than twice the price of this game.
Wasn't gonna buy it because not my type of jam, BUT that reply?.. that's worth the $4. I will look forward to your future endeavors.
I think it's less about the $4 dollars and more about the fact that you're charging money for a game that should be free with the quality seen here.
I spent $4 dollars that I will never get back on something that is effectively jpgs of shittily drawn imps and catgirls with the occasional animated jpg.
On top of that, the idea is not even close to original and there are atleast 2 or 3 other games, namely Cloud Meadow or Breeding Season, that are they themselves not finished, and yet look and play 10x better.
The fact that you call this heap of code complete makes me laugh. $4 is robbery for this "product".
nice, just don't tell getjinxed about that.
The gameplay is great but the art could use some improvements
thanks, and yea I'm still studying art trying to get better. hopefully it will improve more
i hope the Frog quest gets fixed soo
I'm not really sure where the frog went...
Really like the zombie images!
thanks glad you like it :)
For some reason my computer keeps auto deleting the game file can you help me out
sounds like an overenthusiastic firewall or security software deleting all execs or you have an admin that doesn't allow installing new software. I can't really think what else might be causing that to happen
Am I paying for one version or for every version to come?
i think every to come
As getjinxed mentioned when you pay once on Itch.io you should have access to any new versions/updates on itch
I've seen games where the owners claim to charge money for every new version instead of paying once
Those are likely the devs that sell an early version of their game and then "forget" to update it as they continue to work on it and give it out on Patreon for paying customers.
will 1.0.0 be free soon?
1.0.0 is the final (only bug fixes and maybe small updates are planned at the moment like 1.0.1) so no more free versions unfortunately.
Alternatively you can ask on the Discord to be entered into the Super Free Game Challenge for a chance to win the game for free. If you're up for a super challenge
can monster girl get pregnant too?
yes
Any plans for the future?
3D
can't wait
If you need help with assets(Not to be mistaken with ASSets) I provide mediocre creations at low prices.
cool! I'll let you know if an ASSet position opens up
Cool. If it so happens we'll find a way to exchange contact info.
yea message me on the Discord. It might take me a bit to get to it but I'll make a new channel and we can talk about it
so sad its not free to play
:( I'll ask itch.io if we're allowed to offer payment plans
I can't use the book in the barn anymore
When you load from the main menu it puts your money at 1000 until you buy or sell something. Then it remembers how much your supposed to have.
The Night and Day visual do not line up with the in game time. It seams to continue to spin regardless of whatever else is going on. If I save in the morning and play till night time, then load the morning save the visual doesn't move. So now my night time is my day time. At least that's what it looks like to me so far
thanks for letting me know I'll look into it.
is there any new scenes in update 0.4.6
mostly art. bug fixes and some dialogue in hotel. next update has pregnancies, futa, base festival competition and some other stuff
cant wait sounds so good
Okay so here are some tips I have picked up.
1. The Breeders Guide in the shack only has information by scrolling down in the small window. You need to drag it down with your mouse. (This could be improved in future updates but works)
2. Stat gain by + on a monster maxes out at 30 and you increase the modifier by having two creatures with + having a kid. the kid should have the sum of the two. (Saw this behavior with human character's kids, wish guide explained that)
3. Get Monster training ASP. you can use it to max out monster potential very quickly. Most important stat to max is Stamina
4. Get Innocent or have a maxed out mon with low corruption on your monsters this makes leveling the main character significantly easier without losing the game.
5. Early game get stats for a mon up and sell it's byproduct to afford food and Ranch upgrades. Sell breedjects and obsolete parents after you have monster lab maxed out you will be flowing with money.
Potential Issues:
We seem to only have one quest and no "win" condition for the game. This stalls game play after the first hour as there is only grind with nothing new or innovative to do. I could just be failing to find any quests other than the bar curse quest but if they exist some type of hint that they exist would be welcomed.)
There is a glitch upon doing the quest noted above that you get stuck in the bar. You can exit it by saving and then loading the file. The potion shop only buys Pit hydra's time without allowing you to actually offer up pit hydras.
what is in the 0.4.4 update
added it here: https://stormtasty.itch.io/corruption-ranch/devlog/418994/044-changelog
Yea having it reproduce with anything might make it overpowered compared to other monsters. I know there's other people that would like to see that too tho so maybe I'll put it in next build and see how it plays. Could be interesting
Maybe you could make their reproduction rate lower then the other monsters. And/or they don't show up at the Market as often
Make them cost more to buy. They are more valuable to you because they fill both Male and Female slots in one, and if they don't show up to in the Market as often then they are Rare monsters Justifying Increased price as well
Having a lower Reproduction rate would explain why they aren't in the Market as often
Perfect I'll add that in too
I'm glad I could help. Adding in lore like that could explain why the game works a certain way. You Have the "Monster Ranchin for Dummies" In the Barn. Maybe you could put next to it a "Bestiary". Have a Pic of the monster with name, What role it plays in breeding, and a paragraph about it. Right now each monster has only one gender. So the roles would be Male, Female. If you come out with Male and Female versions of the monsters you can remove that piece. If you do make Male and Female of each monsters maybe cross breeding is harder. And Hybrids are an idea as well
when is the 0.4.5 for free
0.4.4 just released here so the 0.4.5 one is next
v4.3 was posted here 25 days ago here. v4.4 was posted 1 day ago here. I'm guessing v4.5 will be about a month from now.
i love this game its the best
Thanks! <3
For the longest time I thought that the Lobos was Futa and could Breed with the Bunnys or Imps, then I got the Monster Training building and it says MALE. Too Bad
After you get the Goblin Stamina For Roomie's Sister and go back to the tavern. There is no way to leave other than save and load. Then the potions shop asks for more monsters but wont accept any
thanks I'll look into fixing it
Hot noodles or cold noodles?
hot and hot saki
in that version of the game you need to upgrade the pens at the workshop. then at the lake(pithydra) and market(lobos). the newest version doesnt have pen upgrades anymore you can just go and get them but the version here I think you still have to upgrade pens first
Android???
will there ever a option to play as a male?
no plans for male MC at the moment
Really amazing game i cant wait for future updates!
Also what do u plan on adding in the future?
Plus there's a bug about when i open the pen my fps drops horribly
Thanks glad you're enjoying it! Lots of things coming, more quests, monsters, lore, and a competition in a monster festival which visits the town. Also more and better art. With the pen, for now you can have as many monsters in it as you want (which is probably a bad idea...) I should cap that and I can look at optimizing it as well
uhm idk i deleted a bunch of monster's to the point were i only had 4 it still dropped the fps badly.. but i think it was my character bc when i maxed her out i started having the issue but im not 100% sure?
Don't forget to drink a lot before playing !
drink some water
pls make it so that we can skip the diolog by pressing enter i cant hide the tash bar
Thanks I'll add that
where update?
Should be out in the next couple of days. Hope you're having a good Christmas!
edit: merry christmas
very cool
amazing
is there no save system in the game yet? had my game freeze and lost all progress i had made and before that i was not able to find a way to manually save
hit escape key and you should see the save button. I'm adding a icon soon so you can click that too
alrighty I had tried that and nothing had popped up but i will give it another shot. Thank you for the assistance
No problem! If it's a bug or something weird is happening let me know and I'll see if I can fix it for you
Will there be a shower upgrade in the future, also how frequent will the updates be?
I'm aiming for a good size update once a month. Idk if it will be shower upgrade or upgrading to get a new and better way to remove corruption
Oh, a certain game is back ! ... Or at least that's what I feel.
The drawing are not top tier, but they are still nice and that doesn't make that demo any less fun !
So, first, suggestions :
1. The Minotaur are rather annoying if they decide to come too often. Having a "cooldown" between each visit would be nice ! (if there is one, I missed it)
2. Knowing how much you have to pay them (would be nice : it's not that fun when they spawn the day you're low on money... (yes, not everyone enjoy some big minotaurs).
3. Adding a way to know what do each stats and trait without having to consult the book would be nice, something like a pop up on click.
4. The "tease" and "angry" traits seems to be downside more than anything else. I do think these traits should not increase the monster's price (in their current state)
5. Having a "menu" button may be nice for tablet users... (or one hand play, but don't say that)
6. Being able to see the value & max value of the stat could be somewhat useful ; especially since said value are also shown to the quest requirement.
7. The "tease" trait may use another name ; I would have assumed/hoped it was the kinky kind of tease ; when the actual trait is more being picky with their mates.
(it would have been pretty fun to either let the partner tired after a teasing session, or pent up and wanting for more... but I digress)
8. The UI may use some improvement. Being able to gather all would be one.
The buy/sell button town is also a bit awkward (I clicked multiple time on "buy" to try to buy a monster instead of "ok")
And then,since I'm curious to what the game will be in the future, question time !
9. Will some monster have genders ? (for example, wolf girl & wolf boy)
10. Is there any futanari trait planned for monsters ?
11. Will a couple or female ; or male monster could "breed" together ?
(not as in making children, but as in increasing each other stats. Since the breeder have + in all stats it could be useful if she could give a fun time to the female monster)
12. Is there a male or futa breeder planned ? (my personal preference are female breeder, or futa if it's the only way to interact with monsters,
13. Have you planned to add more mechanics to the game outside of breeding and stat raising ?
Including things like compatibility between monster, and how they are willing to breed to each other ?
14. Any idea of the scope of the game, and how much you plan to add ? If yes, how big will it be ?
That being said, I'm looking forward to the next version of your game ! This first version was enjoyable to play, and now I'm left waiting for more content, and eventually a more polished UI.
Wow thanks for such a detailed breakdown lot's of good stuff in there. I'll go over it on the Discord in the suggestions channel if you don't mind going over there for the response, it will probably be pretty long...