Posted September 26, 2019 by Minoh Workshop
#call for input #major announcement
Today we are opening a call for input on what ways you'd like to customize Asterion in the game.
You are welcome to send your input by whatever means available -- but preferably as comments to this post. If a comment in this post contains a suggestion you agree with it would be good if you upvoted it so we can assess interest. Commenting requires an Itch account -- since we know not everyone has one you can send your contribution through this anonymous form.
More information about the process is available below.
The call for input is: CLOSED. Results forthcoming.
An idea we had early on when planning the story and game is that we want to give customization options on how Asterion looks. The backend for it is largely implemented by now and some options were available in the 0.1 build -- you can have Asterion wear his old clothes (dress pants and shirt) or a v-neck shirt which depends on the player character's background. It's also important to note that, as of build 0.1, Asterion hasn't finished his healing process -- you can see how he'll end up in the pictures above.
But it goes a bit further than that. For example you'll be able to choose his fur color among three options (white, brown and red). You can see a few examples above.
Right now, it's confirmed we are implementing the following options:
Fur color: White, brown and red.
Clothes: Dress shirt and pants, six modern shirts, a toga.
Horns: There will be more than one style of horn you can pick from.
Naughty Stuff: Regular Asterion junk, plus options for bigger balls and horse junk.
Nose ring: With or without nose ring.
We are accepting suggestions on how to expand this roster of already available options. Those suggestions can include but are not limited to: requesting other naughty options relating to Asterion's junk, or sending us a picture/link for a kind of horn you'd like to have available, and so on. Don't feel restricted by those two examples we offered -- tell us what you want, don't worry about the details.
Beyond that, there are a few suggestions we already received and aren't implemented in the code. We are also accepting suggestions regarding novel ways to customize Asterion. We have already received a few of them, which we are making available below.
Nipple rings: Self-explanatory.
Necklace: During the game you can find a nice necklace you can give to Asterion.
Ear tag: Ear tag, like cows/bulls often have in farms.
Musk: No musk, some musk, very musky bull. This won't have an effect on his sprites but may affect scenes.
Horn caps: Self-explanatory.
Don't be afraid of proposing your ideas even if you think they are silly or complicated. We will consider them all, even if we know we probably won't be able to insert all of them.
Q: How will those options be integrated in the story? Would Asterion even like being physically modified like that?
A: The Labyrinth's magic allows the Master to set some of Asterion's appearance. Asterion may react in specific ways to each modification.
Q: Will you insert all the options we are requesting?
A: We will pick a number of options. We can't guarantee how many will be picked.
That is all. Remember: preferably respond to this post with your comment but you can also use this anonymous form.