I can clear some of this up
- The game will not release in March on Steam, it is more likely we will see 1.9 in March/April on Itch (going by previous development cycles) The steam release (with an exclusive character and quest) will be published once 2.0 is complete and the game is considered Gold. So realistically late summer / early autumn of 2026.
- Per image it would take around 1 hour to edit the image to an acceptable game quality standard using Comfy UI and Photoshop, you then need to times this by the amount of Sprites and CGs within the game for every futa. Then you need to rewrite dialog and completely regen images where the futa is having sexual interactions with the MC or Other characters, this would take around 3 hours per image. Then there is all the code that would need to be written for this in Unity so that both the options (futa/vanilla) are applied and then make changes to so that automation tests are aligned for test cycle or significantly increase the time spent on manual testing. I am sure Kal would be more than open for someone creating a Mod for this, but for the developer to natively support this would mean we get another rework patch like 1.8 with significantly less new story content. It is also important to remember Starmaker is a side project and most of Kals love, time and effort is dedicated to Roundscape Ecplise. Personally I wish this was not the case, but at the end of the day it is what it is, nothing is going to change that.
- As the Doc has highlighted all futa content is like the rest of that of other characters completely optional. For example you can chose to bench press in the gym on your own, without the need for having a dick in your face. Using this example maybe a better request would be to have a random female arse/tits in your face when bench pressing?
- Agreed on the itch main page, it would be nice to have content tags back. They did use to be highlighted. As well as other changes like updated preview images (all the images are from old builds now not including the reworked sprites) there needs to be notes for things like "Saves are not always compatible or migrated from subsequent releases" and the game should not be marked as "Released" and should be marked as "In Development"
- The steam page is very old and will most likely be updated prior to release