Posted August 17, 2023 by CBHail
Greetings! Game Development continues at it's original pace; slower than some would like, but at a speed to keep my sanity.
One of our fellow beta testers asked me a good question the other day; why cows? Why make a game focused on bovine aspects of transformation, lactation and breeding?
It turned into a really good discussion, and some of those key points I'd like to share with the rest of you who have decided to beta test (or, down the road, those of you who decide to give this game a spin!) While I have always been invested in a certain type of game (one that grows from narrated to CYOA to open), there were several initial concepts that I started with, to include time travel, bovine infection and bimbofication.
Bovines won out for a couple reason. Simply, the top reason was it ticked a lot of adult content check blocks I was personally after, and thus would be most passionate about seeing come to fruition. But it also came with a challenge I readily accepted; concepts that would be hard both to conceptualize in graphics (the reason for the AI Generation) but also in systems and processes. Completely new systems had to be developed; the pregnancy system is the one I am most excited to fully implement, and while the player doesn't appear to see this system in use in Chapter 1, will find a surprise in Chapter 2.
Bovine TF/TG is the first of my game releases because it provides a challenge that will grow my development skills but also keep me inclined to continue forward, ever eager to push the dial just a little further in an effort to bring content that excites but also intrigues through back-end systems and front-end imagery.
Lastly, I'd like to share some of the games on Itch.io that I drew inspiration from for Bovine-Specific content:
The Cattle Castle Series, fun short games that push the player to complete before total bovine transformation. I personally wish I had the artistic talent to create my own artwork such as FungalDragon!
https://fungaldragon.itch.io/cattle-castle
https://fungaldragon.itch.io/cattle-castle-2
HuCow Apocalypse, a game that never saw completion, but the system of survival against a bovine infection sparked interest in me.
https://squeaky-doelly.itch.io/cowgirlhucow-apocalpyse
Thank you for reading; Version 0.1.7 should be out very soon!