First of all I just want to say that this was one of the best dating sims I have ever played the characters are rounded and likable, they scenes are funny and hot as well ;) and overall its beautiful in every aspect!
My question is about downloading a new build, will it transfer the new data to the application with all of the old saves still there or will I have to do everything again? I am on mac os. Excited for the new update ^-^
It should hopefully work the same way as with PC and android builds, meaning that you unpack/update new build and you should have all of your old save files available.
Can't confirm for sure though because I don't have a mac. When you try, could you let me know so I know for sure? :)
hey i need some help on somthing i whant to play it but Could not execute C:\users\*****\*** is it missing? keeps poping up wenever i try to open the exe file im using winzip any help
No need to swear, mate. If Lucky is right, he's probably saying that when you open the open the zip file you should first drag and drop the whole content somewhere else, like on your Desktop, THEN run the exe.
If that doesn't work then ask a friend for help because that's some kind of an issue on your computer's end.
Woah! How did you get it so high? I was able to get it to 100 on my phone because of slower processing power but I wouldn't be able to go that high. Was it an autoclick soft or something?
And yeah, in the current public build this minigame does absolutely nothing. You cannot outstare the wolf. You can outluck him later though ;)
so in game it said that one dialogue option will be coming very soon after update 0.2.07 so i have been pretty much checking everyday to see if it's here but at this point im assuming it will just come with the monthly update like the rest. i find it quite funny how we went from 0.1.5 to 0.2.0 to 0.2.07. hopefully the dev has a general idea at least how the story should go and isn't just putting random numbers into the update. lol if you are let's make the next update 0.2.69
I really love Alon since the moment I saw him. I immediately knew what kind of dog he would be when i first played this. And Rune is really adorable! I like how playful he is towards everyone, though I am interested with his story before the shelter. I'm also interested with Thistle since he kinds of remind me of my perverted self whenever I write smut... I don't write them that anymore though, it's a bit embarrassing whenever I look back at the stuff I made.
With all of that said, thank you for making this game! I really enjoyed it! I look forward to future updates!
Okay, I'll help you with just the first one! He appears somewhere in the background in the "music box investigation" scenes.
It'll probably be slightly easier to track the hidden Alons starting next month because there will be a line in the Gallery about how many of them were spotted spotted already, so people will probably be more motivated to finding him and sharing that info with others ;P
I like to see Cooper beat up the bully Teak for mistreating Luke. I hope Cooper opens up to Luke and they start hanging out. Based on Cooper's reaction to Luke, he got a MAJOR crush on the human.
i mean in case you didnt take Teak's route, i think we are gonna see them together. but i reeeeeally want to date Cooper, that will be an interesting route. spicy mmmmmm...
I really enjoyed this update but yeah I saw a previous commenter have a long rant about Teak and I feel the same as him,I need that character development to hit soon,but I did like that Coop yelled at him in one scenario so yay for that.There are 2 issues have so far,one the sounds during coopers massage scene were extremely off-putting it just felt wrong and it made the whole thing incredibly unpleasant,two I really dont like Burry's disregard of Luke's concerns when it comes to Teak its a sour spot on an otherwise great chatracter.Idk if you'll ever read this but hey im just throwing my thought into the void here.Sorry if this coment seems negaive i assure you i love this game but you know nothing is perfect,can't wait for the hangout with the boys,keep up the great work :)
",one the sounds during coopers massage scene were extremely off-putting it just felt wrong and it made the whole thing incredibly unpleasant" it sounds extremely disgusting. its an actual dog's sounds.
[Minor Spoilers for v.0.2.07 ahead... And a Multi-Paragraph Rant About Teak.] [Continue at your own risk!]
I have only had Cooper for about a day but if anything (else) happened to him, I would kill Teak, then everyone else in Shelter, and then myself. It's great to see such an interesting new character join the fray, even if most of what we saw so far was just him trying to not be horny for humans. Leading with the thought that Cooper was like Teak, only to show us that flashback of Luke and Cooper's first interactions was nice bait-and-switch, which only got better when we actually met Cooper and heard Thistle's story (even though Luke was no less oblivious about everything)! Luke may be one of, if not the smartest lovable dumbass in Shelter, but he's nonetheless a dumbass; a issue that can (in part) be easily remedied in future!
Seeing Cooper's reactions to literally anything involving Luke or humans in general was honestly amazing! For some reason, my immediate thought when Cooper started reacting to Thistle's teasing was just, "Oh shit! Is he, like, a reverse furry?!" And honestly, that thought is kinda just hilarious to me! Now I'm totally expecting Cooper and Luke to just get to talking at some point, and we awkwardly get Cooper's side of the story about when he first came to Shelter and it get's revealed that he didn't hate or fear Luke so much as he had an instant MASSIVE crush on him and just didn't know what to do about it! Cooper having this big, tough-guy, top-energy persona, only to crumble into a stuttering, anxious, bottom-energy mess whenever Luke (and/or humans in general, for that matter) is around or brought up is just, *chef's kiss* perfection! He's like teenager suddenly realizing he might be gay and having The Panic™ for the first time! It's adorable! I just wish Teak wouldn't come in and ruin the moment every time it was getting good with his aggressive/hostile/bigoted attitude towards Luke. (In the words of a certain edge wolf, "What a mood killer!")
[Ahead is a very, very long rant about Teak and his present character. There is a "tl;dr" at the end that summarizes the main points for those who don't want to read the whole thing.]
Seriously, Teak is honestly my BIGGEST complaint about Shelter; probably my only true complaint about the entire game as of yet! I just wish that Rune or Burry or Max or someone would give that daft tossa a good dressing-down and discipline him rather than just ignoring and enabling his very blatant aggression and disrespect towards Luke. Heck, the fact that Burry of all dogs was somehow completely unaware of Teak's attitude towards and treatment of Luke is, quite frankly, mind boggling, considering how much Burry seems/claims to care for Luke. If anyone other than Luke would at least acknowledge Teak's behavior in some way, it'd be one thing, but everyone claims to be Luke's friend and that they care for him only to completely disregard when Teak blatantly threatens and antagonizes Luke even when it happens right in front of them!
I get that there's a reason for Teak to act the way he does that'll be revealed at some point or another and that figuring out what it is, why he acts that way and getting through those issues are (most likely) gonna be major parts of his route whenever that gets going, but his attitude comes off as so exaggerated to the point that, at times, he's honestly more of an archetype than a character- more akin to one of those stereotypical, shallow, cartoonishly evil and otherwise devoid-of-personality bullies in literally every low-budget teen "coming of age" movie than a character with any actual depth or personality; meanwhile everyone else is just sitting idly by like "Oh that pup! What a little scamp he is!" while Teak is glaring daggers into Luke and talking about how much he hates humans! I'd just like to see some kind of recognition and repercussion for his behavior.
I mean, before the start of the game, Teak's actions and behavior had nearly gotten Copper killed out on an expedition and all things considered, even if this was the worst he's caused, it's definitely not the first time he's put the other dogs in his pack in danger like that. Sure, he feels bad about it and goes about trying to make amends with Cooper for what he did, and it's mentioned that Teak's behavior and socialization with the other dogs in Shelter are much better than he was when he first arrived, but "he feels bad about what happened" doesn't mean that he should just be forgiven without otherwise being held accountable for his actions, and "his behavior isn't as bad as it was before" isn't a valid justification to just let him be a complete jackass - to anyone!
If either Teak's behavior could be toned down a bit or the other dogs in the group would actually acknowledge his behavior, it wouldn't be so bad, honestly. Like, if Teak toned it down around Rune and Max and whoever else because the tell him off over acting like an ass or even if Rune or someone would reprimand Teak for his actions and behavior towards Luke only for the tossa to disregard the scolding and keep acting the way he does, it would add at least something to the dynamic and Teak's character (at least on the surface) other than Teak's personality traits of being bigoted around non-canines and hiding his doubts and fears behind impulse and arrogance only to get him and others into trouble. There's really a lot of potential with Teak as a character, but compared to the rest of the main cast, Cooper included, he just hasn't been given much to make us interested or invested in him;
- Max was raised by felines and has a passion for music as well as a deep respect and affection for Luke as one of his best friends. - Rune was a "follow orders and nothing else" soldier type sometime before the start of the game despite being the horny and lovable goof he is now. - Burry is very attached to Luke ever since he saved him before they discovered and founded Shelter, but it hasn't been explained how he found Luke or why he was on an expedition in the tundra. - Alon is chuunibyou edge lord with a mysterious past and a lot of knives... and a complex about his dong, which may or may not be a route cause for his aforementioned chuunibyou. - Cooper is, in spite of his typically masculine, tough-guy persona, squeamish about intimacy of any kind - especially when it comes to humans - and might have a massive crush on Luke (this statement is yet unconfirmed). - Thistle is your typical horny old pervert and acts incredibly immature at times, but he's very intuitive and observant of those around him, often playing up that pervy persona to feign ignorance while he teases people about their preferences. Also a former soldier. - Then we have Teak, who's is presented as being rather arrogant and bigoted; especially towards humans, or at least Luke. He seems to (partly) use aggression and arrogance to mask his insecurities and rather dim intellect, having difficulty expressing his true emotions to others. He also possesses an unidentified artifact (found by Burry in the tavern with Teak's scent on it) in the form of a small, smooth stone-like object (that closely resembles a glass eye). Has a HUGE crush on Max.
Sure, there's plenty that can be said about Teak thus far, but it's all the same things that could be said about any other generic bully-type character; a lot of loosely assembled character traits and defects without much apparent depth or backstory to hold them together. There are some bits and pieces of an interesting character here and a lot of yet untapped potential for a compelling character ark, but Teak's character just hasn't gotten the same sort of exposure as the other characters. In the case of just about all the other dogs, we would get some sizable tidbit(s) about their backstory (from one source or another) and/or a glimpse or two into the less apparent/conventional aspects and quirks of their personalities; i.e. details that lend to the idea of a deeper, more three-dimensional character than what we see on the surface. And in the cases (outside of Teak) where we didn't get much in the way of direct glimpses into a character's past or deeper personality - let's take Thistle as an example - it was made up for by way of their interactions with the other characters and demonstrations of how they fit into the dynamics. In all these respect's, Teak has yet been coming up short as a character. There's clearly some attempt at trying to convey the idea of a "tough and jaded on the outside, soft and vulnerable on the inside" sort of character in Teak, but the execution doesn't really demonstrate much of the more endearing "soft and vulnerable" aspect of the character.
[Tl;dr] - Teak has the potential to be just as interesting a character as the rest of the cast, but the forefront of what we see from him as a character is how much he hates and distrusts Luke and not much else. He comes off as your typical, one note, barely two-dimensional bully character more than anything, and the rest of the cast is somehow just oblivious to his blatant aggression and disrespect. To add more depth to either Teak as a character (i.e. directly fleshing out his character) and/or to his place in the dynamic with the rest of the cast (i.e. indirectly fleshing out his character), it would be good to either show him deliberately toning it down around certain characters and/or having some of the characters acknowledge and reprimand (or at least negatively comment on) Teak's behavior, respectively.
F*ck, that was longer than I intended it to be! I'd wanted to just gush about Cooper and make a brief mention of Teak's character and my thoughts on his development so far... and then, before I knew it, I'd written a (very opinionated and only loosely coherent) character analysis in the form of an essay. I've never been good a being concise... -_-
Regardless, I honestly am enjoying Shelter so far, despite the rant/short-form essay above. I'm really looking forward to future builds of Shelter! There're so many interesting plot-lines and subplots going on and it'll be great as we start learning even more about the world!
I'm liking the game pretty much so far. The characters don't appear to be one sided and the wordbuild is beyond what i first expected when i started playing the game. I'm still playing the game but i think i've seen enough to say i liked very much Burry, Rune and Max, they seem so nice and "dog like" that i really felt like i was among dogs. Burry seems like a pain at first but i expect him to be one of the most complex characters, i'm going to appreciate his interactions, they all seem to recall so much of the outside world it's amazing. I'm not gonna lie Luke really seems to be clumsy, i understand that he's supposed to be really insecure but i've felt at times, like he was too much like a damsel in distress, the onion scene seemed a bit too much i say, the kitchen scene as a whole was great tho. Otherwise the game is coming along very well, and if my programmer knowledge is correct, you mannaged very well at making a multiple route game which doesn't make you feel like you're losing a ton of content by selecting this or that choice in dialogue. The dialogue trees that doesn't necessarily make a difference in the great scheme of things are a welcomed addition, it really makes you feel like you're part of the game, and congratulations on the minigames thus far. I hope to see more of them in the future.
Spoilers So i wanna talk here about Alon specifically. Look, Alon holds a great potential but sometimes i don't really know what to think about him, and not in a good way. Sometimes he really seem to be a scheming outsider and all (and that's good) and sometimes he seems like a bit of a displaced guy who tries to be all tough and all (which is also good). But, while this mix of atitudes could work very well, i'm feeling like he is, as a character overall, just a 14 year old otaku who watched too much Death Note and now squatch over chairs e polishes the CS knives he bought online. It was bearable, specially when he letted this facade down like in the eyepatch scene. But when there was the blowjob scene and by saying that his p was p and he just slited your neck, it didn't just caught me as a "this thing is too meaningful for him and you fucked up" vibe, it was just that, an anticlimatic ending that doesn't even make total sense. Having a character with this kind of actitude, after all the build up feeling of "yeah you seem cool let's be friends" didn't sit right. I understand that you needed, for plot reasons, for this secret not to be revealed this way, but theres got to be better ways for handling it. Or no? Is this all the morals that we can expect from Alon?
Great update as always. Sad that Cooper won't be a pick as a romantic character for the MC. One more question, does Cooper like the MC ( that way) bc his face blushes a lot when the MC stares at him directly.😂
Ok, i have 2 questions concerning Alon. My first is i need help finding the 3rd hidden Alon. :SPOILER:
I've found the one at the start of the game behind the pillar and the one when there's the huge mech where he's up on the ledge. Any help or hints would be greatly appreciated and 2. How long to i have to stare Alon in the eye ? I did it for 100 sec and got nothing, is there some sort of secret or is it just a red herring. In Alon's case a pink one :3
About the staring, you're right, it's still a pointless pink herring for now. Eventually I'll add some kind of a small reward to it but for now it's nothing at all.
About the 3rd hidden Alon... that one is kinda tricky even though his clickable area is the biggest and the most in your face of them all. I'll only give you light hints for now. He is the last one to show up, appears only for like five lines and you cannot miss him on your first playthrough no matter what routes you take.
Cooper looks super good! I'm happy he defended Luke when Teak lost his shit... I want to find out why does Teak hates Luke and humans so much... And I wonder, will Teak and Luke ever get along?
well, it's true that it's been a while since last time we saw Teak... But... Uhh... No offense but I kinda dislike him for treating Luke like trash so I didn't really miss him... If in a future he acts nice I'll surely like him but not for now... I hope that doesn't offend you
Oh also! That where's Alon feature, is it available on Android too? Because I've been looking for him everywhere and I can't find him
And one more thing, please tell me Cooper will be Dateable
Oh no, that doesn't offend me at all! He's supposed to be disliked by you at this point in the story so it's good you feel that way.
"Where's Alon" works on Android too, yes! I tested on my small phone screen and it was fine for me. If you don't find him, don't worry about that. He doesn't give you anything at this moment but just the satisfaction of finding him :D Although right now I'm coding in that finding him unlocks some stuff in the gallery so you may want to go and track him down next month ;)
Cooper will unfortunately not be dateable. :( He is already taken... by his devotion to his duty!
WHAT?! Cooper will NOT be dateable?! but why? For the bit of story he seems to have a weird cute crush on Luke! You could take advantage of the whole situation to make a super cute route :(
Well, at least not in the Skies Ablaze, because he's kinda disabled for the day and I have other plans for him... but once we're done with Skies Ablaze and if people want a continuation, who knows!
The first ilustrated anal sex scene is from Thistle's story for Cooper? Or it's on another route and I missed it? By the way how do I get Burry Shirtless/without his armor?
Hey Raus, will the blowjob we gave to Alon affect somehow Luke's relationship with Burry in a future? I mean because if it does I'll start from the very begging and avoid Alon (even though I absolutely love him)
There is always a possibility that it may but I'd say that about any choices. I can't tell you anything for certain. For now you don't need to worry about that :)
Im always hesitant to download when i see a rather small file size cause i dont wanna be disappointed right after the intro with a to be continued screen but i have to say, there is alot of content to be read here! I will look forward to the next update!
And btw wooow either it is intended that way or im reaaaally good at avoiding nsfw scenes here xD- i had to practically search for those "dongs" and i only stumbled into the napping scene with burry after after going again and alot later i ran into Alons table, im not sure if there are currently any more scenes but i would love to know ^^
Aaand is there a way to review the scenes again? Like a gallary of sorts? I noticed it said that the scenes have been added or smth but i cant seem to locate them ^^"
Thanks mate! I use all the tricks I can to keep the game light in size, because I want to keep putting more assets :D
The only way to see the scenes is to play the game. There is one more big porny scene you haven't seen yet (+1 alternative to it). In the morning when Rune bothers you when you go into mana vision for the first time, do NOT whack him. If you're patient enough, you will unlock a big scene for the mid-day ;)
Will the dogs have human dongs like with the situation with Rune (the little shit)? Also Burry REALLY has it BAD for Luke, it's cute. Can't wait to see more of Teak and Burry (didn't thought I'd like Burry as much as I did, I was greatly surprised) Do you have an approximated idea when will be the next update?
I made a poll asking if people wanted me to put time into making the alternative Human Dongs mode for the game but the "that's knot necessary" option won by a landslide. That doesn't mean it will never happen, though. I'll definitely redo that poll in the future, just not for now.
If you're curious about the release dates, follow me on Twitter. It's very soon from now ;)
I have One question about alon is he a dog or a wolf, i mean this vn is all about dog like what you said in your description up there?, but i always think he is a wolf since you use lone wolf to project alon lol but then i read your description again about this vn only about medieval fantasy dog and human and got little confused, welp one thing that I'm sure he is a canine and he is a good boi lol.
Beautiful artstyle, Bury and Teak looks are my fav! The music, colors, sound effects are all great. Knowing that thre are updates to come...awesome. Simply fantastic job, *gives head pats to the creator(s) as if they were doggos from their own game*
Hey mate! What system are you on? On Windows you should be able to just unpack the new build and the game would find your old saves if you have them. On android, you download the new build and install it (the phone will ask you if you want to "update" the app)
So will each of the dogs with a route be available as an afternoon option? because as it is I only ever get the option of Alon or Bury, even though the text beforehand mentions Rune and Max.
On a related note, are all the dogs shown in the banner (Alon, Rune, Teak, Thistle, Max, and Burry) going to have a route, or are some of them side characters to another's route? (I ask because I struggle to see how Teak would be an option since he's so clearly into Max and so against the human)
Yes, some are side characters. Even the side characters get whole scenes dedicate just to them, though, so I don't stick to the idea of routes super strictly. But yeah, the "routes" that I can confirm for certain for now are Burry, Rune and Max.
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Starting to shake already. I need my cute dog fix maaaan. Just a couple of days now... HOOK IT TO MY VEEEEINS.
First of all I just want to say that this was one of the best dating sims I have ever played the characters are rounded and likable, they scenes are funny and hot as well ;) and overall its beautiful in every aspect!
My question is about downloading a new build, will it transfer the new data to the application with all of the old saves still there or will I have to do everything again? I am on mac os. Excited for the new update ^-^
It should hopefully work the same way as with PC and android builds, meaning that you unpack/update new build and you should have all of your old save files available.
Can't confirm for sure though because I don't have a mac. When you try, could you let me know so I know for sure? :)
Unless anyone else could confirm?
Renpy Save game data is stored outside of the game folder - so yes it does
hey i need some help on somthing i whant to play it but Could not execute C:\users\*****\*** is it missing? keeps poping up wenever i try to open the exe file im using winzip any help
You have to extract the file, then run it.
i dont fucking know how i whant to play this game so baddly
No need to swear, mate. If Lucky is right, he's probably saying that when you open the open the zip file you should first drag and drop the whole content somewhere else, like on your Desktop, THEN run the exe.
If that doesn't work then ask a friend for help because that's some kind of an issue on your computer's end.
ya i found out fucking finally amzing game 10/10 would bang
I can help u!
i soo want to see Burry's chest, omg just spread those arms already! >=)
simply amazing storyline... keep it up ^•^
Thank you! I will!
Alon is my fav 😍😍😍😍 i hope he don't stay in his shadow ahah
That's kind of his thing lol.
But yeah, in the next build you can kinda get him out of the shadow for a while!
You did great work 💪 ( sorry if my english suck , i'm french )
Here I was, thinking there was actually something that was supposed to happen, if you kept your eyes open long enough...
After 287.5 seconds, I can say that absolutely nothing happens if you keep your eyes open.
And... meat trees? That's honestly terrifying.
Woah! How did you get it so high? I was able to get it to 100 on my phone because of slower processing power but I wouldn't be able to go that high. Was it an autoclick soft or something?
And yeah, in the current public build this minigame does absolutely nothing. You cannot outstare the wolf. You can outluck him later though ;)
Yes, autoclick software. But, eventually, the multiplier was low enough to even surpass my 1ms click speed.
Cooper is just so cute with his tsundere trait
The edgelord break the 4th wall is mind blowing too, remind me of Flowey in Undertale
Can u give the mega link?
so in game it said that one dialogue option will be coming very soon after update 0.2.07 so i have been pretty much checking everyday to see if it's here but at this point im assuming it will just come with the monthly update like the rest. i find it quite funny how we went from 0.1.5 to 0.2.0 to 0.2.07. hopefully the dev has a general idea at least how the story should go and isn't just putting random numbers into the update. lol if you are let's make the next update 0.2.69
i do enjoy the game :)
Cooper and Burry are the best.
Teak is dumb meanie who I cannot find after automating the cannons.
I really love Alon since the moment I saw him. I immediately knew what kind of dog he would be when i first played this. And Rune is really adorable! I like how playful he is towards everyone, though I am interested with his story before the shelter. I'm also interested with Thistle since he kinds of remind me of my perverted self whenever I write smut... I don't write them that anymore though, it's a bit embarrassing whenever I look back at the stuff I made.
With all of that said, thank you for making this game! I really enjoyed it! I look forward to future updates!
I. require. help. with. finding...ALON!!! I'm literally in the verge of going insane at this point......
Okay, I'll help you with just the first one! He appears somewhere in the background in the "music box investigation" scenes.
It'll probably be slightly easier to track the hidden Alons starting next month because there will be a line in the Gallery about how many of them were spotted spotted already, so people will probably be more motivated to finding him and sharing that info with others ;P
Thanks, but here's the thing. I've found the first 2, but i can't find the last one...
Okay, this one is hard so I'll give you a big hint.
It's visible only for like five lines of text... during one of the Mana Vision segments >.>
No more tips from me!
Mana-vision......Much appreciated i think i should be good finding this one.
Never mind, i can't find it...
Am I the only one hoping Cooper has his own route?
Definitely you're not the only one! I'm surprised how much he blew up in popularity despite being kind of a last minute addition side character!
I'll tell you straight on that you won't see too much of his for Skies Ablaze... but who knows what the future holds after that!
Is my daddy Thistle gonna have a route for his own ?
his routes have been in the polls on Patreon since the beginning iirc but I believe he's the lowest one. idk about recent polls though
Well, you'll have at least one more scene with him before the day ends! He asked to see you later :)
I like to see Cooper beat up the bully Teak for mistreating Luke. I hope Cooper opens up to Luke and they start hanging out. Based on Cooper's reaction to Luke, he got a MAJOR crush on the human.
idk, but i guess Cooper and Teak will end up together
Nah Teak obviously will be with Max
i mean in case you didnt take Teak's route, i think we are gonna see them together. but i reeeeeally want to date Cooper, that will be an interesting route. spicy mmmmmm...
Same lol..wanna see what happens if we date Cooper
is it patreon?
I really enjoyed this update but yeah I saw a previous commenter have a long rant about Teak and I feel the same as him,I need that character development to hit soon,but I did like that Coop yelled at him in one scenario so yay for that.There are 2 issues have so far,one the sounds during coopers massage scene were extremely off-putting it just felt wrong and it made the whole thing incredibly unpleasant,two I really dont like Burry's disregard of Luke's concerns when it comes to Teak its a sour spot on an otherwise great chatracter.Idk if you'll ever read this but hey im just throwing my thought into the void here.Sorry if this coment seems negaive i assure you i love this game but you know nothing is perfect,can't wait for the hangout with the boys,keep up the great work :)
",one the sounds during coopers massage scene were extremely off-putting it just felt wrong and it made the whole thing incredibly unpleasant" it sounds extremely disgusting. its an actual dog's sounds.
Damn, i saw right through Cooper even before Thistle's fanfic. Will we get more cooper? The ship is reallyyyyyy interesting!
[Minor Spoilers for v.0.2.07 ahead... And a Multi-Paragraph Rant About Teak.]
[Continue at your own risk!]
I have only had Cooper for about a day but if anything
(else)happened to him, I would kill Teak, then everyone else in Shelter, and then myself. It's great to see such an interesting new character join the fray, even if most of what we saw so far was just him trying to not be horny for humans. Leading with the thought that Cooper was like Teak, only to show us that flashback of Luke and Cooper's first interactions was nice bait-and-switch, which only got better when we actually met Cooper and heard Thistle's story (even though Luke was no less oblivious about everything)! Luke may be one of, if not the smartest lovable dumbass in Shelter, but he's nonetheless a dumbass; a issue that can (in part) be easily remedied in future!Seeing Cooper's reactions to literally anything involving Luke or humans in general was honestly amazing! For some reason, my immediate thought when Cooper started reacting to Thistle's teasing was just, "Oh shit! Is he, like, a reverse furry?!" And honestly, that thought is kinda just hilarious to me! Now I'm totally expecting Cooper and Luke to just get to talking at some point, and we awkwardly get Cooper's side of the story about when he first came to Shelter and it get's revealed that he didn't hate or fear Luke so much as he had an instant MASSIVE crush on him and just didn't know what to do about it! Cooper having this big, tough-guy, top-energy persona, only to crumble into a stuttering, anxious, bottom-energy mess whenever Luke (and/or humans in general, for that matter) is around or brought up is just, *chef's kiss* perfection! He's like teenager suddenly realizing he might be gay and having The Panic™ for the first time! It's adorable! I just wish Teak wouldn't come in and ruin the moment every time it was getting good with his aggressive/hostile/bigoted attitude towards Luke. (In the words of a certain edge wolf, "What a mood killer!")
[Ahead is a very, very long rant about Teak and his present character. There is a "tl;dr" at the end that summarizes the main points for those who don't want to read the whole thing.]
Seriously, Teak is honestly my BIGGEST complaint about Shelter; probably my only true complaint about the entire game as of yet! I just wish that Rune or Burry or Max or someone would give that daft tossa a good dressing-down and discipline him rather than just ignoring and enabling his very blatant aggression and disrespect towards Luke. Heck, the fact that Burry of all dogs was somehow completely unaware of Teak's attitude towards and treatment of Luke is, quite frankly, mind boggling, considering how much Burry seems/claims to care for Luke. If anyone other than Luke would at least acknowledge Teak's behavior in some way, it'd be one thing, but everyone claims to be Luke's friend and that they care for him only to completely disregard when Teak blatantly threatens and antagonizes Luke even when it happens right in front of them!
I get that there's a reason for Teak to act the way he does that'll be revealed at some point or another and that figuring out what it is, why he acts that way and getting through those issues are (most likely) gonna be major parts of his route whenever that gets going, but his attitude comes off as so exaggerated to the point that, at times, he's honestly more of an archetype than a character- more akin to one of those stereotypical, shallow, cartoonishly evil and otherwise devoid-of-personality bullies in literally every low-budget teen "coming of age" movie than a character with any actual depth or personality; meanwhile everyone else is just sitting idly by like "Oh that pup! What a little scamp he is!" while Teak is glaring daggers into Luke and talking about how much he hates humans! I'd just like to see some kind of recognition and repercussion for his behavior.
I mean, before the start of the game, Teak's actions and behavior had nearly gotten Copper killed out on an expedition and all things considered, even if this was the worst he's caused, it's definitely not the first time he's put the other dogs in his pack in danger like that. Sure, he feels bad about it and goes about trying to make amends with Cooper for what he did, and it's mentioned that Teak's behavior and socialization with the other dogs in Shelter are much better than he was when he first arrived, but "he feels bad about what happened" doesn't mean that he should just be forgiven without otherwise being held accountable for his actions, and "his behavior isn't as bad as it was before" isn't a valid justification to just let him be a complete jackass - to anyone!
If either Teak's behavior could be toned down a bit or the other dogs in the group would actually acknowledge his behavior, it wouldn't be so bad, honestly. Like, if Teak toned it down around Rune and Max and whoever else because the tell him off over acting like an ass or even if Rune or someone would reprimand Teak for his actions and behavior towards Luke only for the tossa to disregard the scolding and keep acting the way he does, it would add at least something to the dynamic and Teak's character (at least on the surface) other than Teak's personality traits of being bigoted around non-canines and hiding his doubts and fears behind impulse and arrogance only to get him and others into trouble. There's really a lot of potential with Teak as a character, but compared to the rest of the main cast, Cooper included, he just hasn't been given much to make us interested or invested in him;
- Max was raised by felines and has a passion for music as well as a deep respect and affection for Luke as one of his best friends.
- Rune was a "follow orders and nothing else" soldier type sometime before the start of the game despite being the horny and lovable goof he is now.
- Burry is very attached to Luke ever since he saved him before they discovered and founded Shelter, but it hasn't been explained how he found Luke or why he was on an expedition in the tundra.
- Alon is chuunibyou edge lord with a mysterious past and a lot of knives... and a complex about his dong, which may or may not be a route cause for his aforementioned chuunibyou.
- Cooper is, in spite of his typically masculine, tough-guy persona, squeamish about intimacy of any kind - especially when it comes to humans - and might have a massive crush on Luke (this statement is yet unconfirmed).
- Thistle is your typical horny old pervert and acts incredibly immature at times, but he's very intuitive and observant of those around him, often playing up that pervy persona to feign ignorance while he teases people about their preferences. Also a former soldier.
- Then we have Teak, who's is presented as being rather arrogant and bigoted; especially towards humans, or at least Luke. He seems to (partly) use aggression and arrogance to mask his insecurities and rather dim intellect, having difficulty expressing his true emotions to others. He also possesses an unidentified artifact (found by Burry in the tavern with Teak's scent on it) in the form of a small, smooth stone-like object (that closely resembles a glass eye). Has a HUGE crush on Max.
Sure, there's plenty that can be said about Teak thus far, but it's all the same things that could be said about any other generic bully-type character; a lot of loosely assembled character traits and defects without much apparent depth or backstory to hold them together. There are some bits and pieces of an interesting character here and a lot of yet untapped potential for a compelling character ark, but Teak's character just hasn't gotten the same sort of exposure as the other characters. In the case of just about all the other dogs, we would get some sizable tidbit(s) about their backstory (from one source or another) and/or a glimpse or two into the less apparent/conventional aspects and quirks of their personalities; i.e. details that lend to the idea of a deeper, more three-dimensional character than what we see on the surface. And in the cases (outside of Teak) where we didn't get much in the way of direct glimpses into a character's past or deeper personality - let's take Thistle as an example - it was made up for by way of their interactions with the other characters and demonstrations of how they fit into the dynamics. In all these respect's, Teak has yet been coming up short as a character. There's clearly some attempt at trying to convey the idea of a "tough and jaded on the outside, soft and vulnerable on the inside" sort of character in Teak, but the execution doesn't really demonstrate much of the more endearing "soft and vulnerable" aspect of the character.
[Tl;dr] - Teak has the potential to be just as interesting a character as the rest of the cast, but the forefront of what we see from him as a character is how much he hates and distrusts Luke and not much else. He comes off as your typical, one note, barely two-dimensional bully character more than anything, and the rest of the cast is somehow just oblivious to his blatant aggression and disrespect. To add more depth to either Teak as a character (i.e. directly fleshing out his character) and/or to his place in the dynamic with the rest of the cast (i.e. indirectly fleshing out his character), it would be good to either show him deliberately toning it down around certain characters and/or having some of the characters acknowledge and reprimand (or at least negatively comment on) Teak's behavior, respectively.
F*ck, that was longer than I intended it to be! I'd wanted to just gush about Cooper and make a brief mention of Teak's character and my thoughts on his development so far... and then, before I knew it, I'd written a (very opinionated and only loosely coherent) character analysis in the form of an essay. I've never been good a being concise... -_-
Regardless, I honestly am enjoying Shelter so far, despite the rant/short-form essay above. I'm really looking forward to future builds of Shelter! There're so many interesting plot-lines and subplots going on and it'll be great as we start learning even more about the world!
I can't wait for the next update already! I wander, what will it be about? If you don't mind me asking such questions.
I'm liking the game pretty much so far. The characters don't appear to be one sided and the wordbuild is beyond what i first expected when i started playing the game.
I'm still playing the game but i think i've seen enough to say i liked very much Burry, Rune and Max, they seem so nice and "dog like" that i really felt like i was among dogs. Burry seems like a pain at first but i expect him to be one of the most complex characters, i'm going to appreciate his interactions, they all seem to recall so much of the outside world it's amazing.
I'm not gonna lie Luke really seems to be clumsy, i understand that he's supposed to be really insecure but i've felt at times, like he was too much like a damsel in distress, the onion scene seemed a bit too much i say, the kitchen scene as a whole was great tho.
Otherwise the game is coming along very well, and if my programmer knowledge is correct, you mannaged very well at making a multiple route game which doesn't make you feel like you're losing a ton of content by selecting this or that choice in dialogue. The dialogue trees that doesn't necessarily make a difference in the great scheme of things are a welcomed addition, it really makes you feel like you're part of the game, and congratulations on the minigames thus far. I hope to see more of them in the future.
Spoilers
So i wanna talk here about Alon specifically. Look, Alon holds a great potential but sometimes i don't really know what to think about him, and not in a good way. Sometimes he really seem to be a scheming outsider and all (and that's good) and sometimes he seems like a bit of a displaced guy who tries to be all tough and all (which is also good). But, while this mix of atitudes could work very well, i'm feeling like he is, as a character overall, just a 14 year old otaku who watched too much Death Note and now squatch over chairs e polishes the CS knives he bought online. It was bearable, specially when he letted this facade down like in the eyepatch scene. But when there was the blowjob scene and by saying that his p was p and he just slited your neck, it didn't just caught me as a "this thing is too meaningful for him and you fucked up" vibe, it was just that, an anticlimatic ending that doesn't even make total sense. Having a character with this kind of actitude, after all the build up feeling of "yeah you seem cool let's be friends" didn't sit right. I understand that you needed, for plot reasons, for this secret not to be revealed this way, but theres got to be better ways for handling it. Or no? Is this all the morals that we can expect from Alon?
Please make cooper a romantic choice for the M.C.!!!
Omg coop is a tsundere
P.S when's your book coming out Thistle
Great update as always. Sad that Cooper won't be a pick as a romantic character for the MC. One more question, does Cooper like the MC ( that way) bc his face blushes a lot when the MC stares at him directly.😂
That should be more obvious if you go the "eavesdropping" route in that scene ;)
Ok, i have 2 questions concerning Alon. My first is i need help finding the 3rd hidden Alon. :SPOILER:
I've found the one at the start of the game behind the pillar and the one when there's the huge mech where he's up on the ledge. Any help or hints would be greatly appreciated and 2. How long to i have to stare Alon in the eye ? I did it for 100 sec and got nothing, is there some sort of secret or is it just a red herring. In Alon's case a pink one :3
About the staring, you're right, it's still a pointless pink herring for now. Eventually I'll add some kind of a small reward to it but for now it's nothing at all.
About the 3rd hidden Alon... that one is kinda tricky even though his clickable area is the biggest and the most in your face of them all. I'll only give you light hints for now. He is the last one to show up, appears only for like five lines and you cannot miss him on your first playthrough no matter what routes you take.
Thanks for the reply and. Ahh, yes. Very useful light hint i know i'll get it now,
(lol). And also, i somehow missed it on a new run so....yeah.I still can't fine the 3rd Alon, please help me before i go chronically insane haha......hah.......heh
i still cant find the 3rd alon! the hint makes sense but i cant see him... can you maybe go a teeny bit more in depth?
SPOILER ALERT
Cooper looks super good! I'm happy he defended Luke when Teak lost his shit... I want to find out why does Teak hates Luke and humans so much... And I wonder, will Teak and Luke ever get along?
Awesome update as always!
Thank you, mate! Cooper is an exceptionally good boy! And I thought that people would like to see more Teak. You'll see him again at Rune's training!
well, it's true that it's been a while since last time we saw Teak... But... Uhh... No offense but I kinda dislike him for treating Luke like trash so I didn't really miss him... If in a future he acts nice I'll surely like him but not for now... I hope that doesn't offend you
Oh also! That where's Alon feature, is it available on Android too? Because I've been looking for him everywhere and I can't find him
And one more thing, please tell me Cooper will be Dateable
Oh no, that doesn't offend me at all! He's supposed to be disliked by you at this point in the story so it's good you feel that way.
"Where's Alon" works on Android too, yes! I tested on my small phone screen and it was fine for me. If you don't find him, don't worry about that. He doesn't give you anything at this moment but just the satisfaction of finding him :D Although right now I'm coding in that finding him unlocks some stuff in the gallery so you may want to go and track him down next month ;)
Cooper will unfortunately not be dateable. :( He is already taken... by his devotion to his duty!
WHAT?! Cooper will NOT be dateable?! but why? For the bit of story he seems to have a weird cute crush on Luke! You could take advantage of the whole situation to make a super cute route :(
Well, at least not in the Skies Ablaze, because he's kinda disabled for the day and I have other plans for him... but once we're done with Skies Ablaze and if people want a continuation, who knows!
Why this update called the legendary seventh devlog lol😂.
I was thinking about Dragon Ball at the time and its seven legendary balls. Don't mind that :P
The first ilustrated anal sex scene is from Thistle's story for Cooper? Or it's on another route and I missed it? By the way how do I get Burry Shirtless/without his armor?
Hey Raus, will the blowjob we gave to Alon affect somehow Luke's relationship with Burry in a future? I mean because if it does I'll start from the very begging and avoid Alon (even though I absolutely love him)
There is always a possibility that it may but I'd say that about any choices. I can't tell you anything for certain. For now you don't need to worry about that :)
*Spoiler for a bomb code*
OMG, if you enter 6969, Alon will tell you "good job"
You're right, I should add something special there :P
Just started playing and I've already witnessed a musical (bomb?) And a gun-cane (it's just a gun lol) I am so ready for the cuteness and horror lol!
Imagine if they ever find out what the "cane" does XDXD
Who's the new dog in the banner?
Wdym?
Pretty sure it's the squad leader that got injured during Teaks mission
Someone didn't read the story very well. What a shame!
Ohhhh i liked this one very much!!
Im always hesitant to download when i see a rather small file size cause i dont wanna be disappointed right after the intro with a to be continued screen but i have to say, there is alot of content to be read here! I will look forward to the next update!
And btw wooow either it is intended that way or im reaaaally good at avoiding nsfw scenes here xD- i had to practically search for those "dongs" and i only stumbled into the napping scene with burry after after going again and alot later i ran into Alons table, im not sure if there are currently any more scenes but i would love to know ^^
Aaand is there a way to review the scenes again? Like a gallary of sorts? I noticed it said that the scenes have been added or smth but i cant seem to locate them ^^"
Keep it up!~
Thanks mate! I use all the tricks I can to keep the game light in size, because I want to keep putting more assets :D
The only way to see the scenes is to play the game. There is one more big porny scene you haven't seen yet (+1 alternative to it). In the morning when Rune bothers you when you go into mana vision for the first time, do NOT whack him. If you're patient enough, you will unlock a big scene for the mid-day ;)
Will the dogs have human dongs like with the situation with Rune (the little shit)? Also Burry REALLY has it BAD for Luke, it's cute. Can't wait to see more of Teak and Burry (didn't thought I'd like Burry as much as I did, I was greatly surprised) Do you have an approximated idea when will be the next update?
I made a poll asking if people wanted me to put time into making the alternative Human Dongs mode for the game but the "that's knot necessary" option won by a landslide. That doesn't mean it will never happen, though. I'll definitely redo that poll in the future, just not for now.
If you're curious about the release dates, follow me on Twitter. It's very soon from now ;)
Oh lord, When Burry asks Luke how old he thinks he is, I typed 69 and the outcome made me laugh xD
I knew people would try that! :D
OMG I LAUGHED SO HARD AT THAT ENDING
I have One question about alon is he a dog or a wolf, i mean this vn is all about dog like what you said in your description up there?, but i always think he is a wolf since you use lone wolf to project alon lol but then i read your description again about this vn only about medieval fantasy dog and human and got little confused, welp one thing that I'm sure he is a canine and he is a good boi lol.
Yup, he's a wolf among dogs! A lone wolf...
Play through his scene and you'll have an option to talk about him with Burry at the cooking afternoon ;)
Beautiful artstyle, Bury and Teak looks are my fav! The music, colors, sound effects are all great. Knowing that thre are updates to come...awesome. Simply fantastic job, *gives head pats to the creator(s) as if they were doggos from their own game*
It's just one me. I'll take all the pats! :D *gets patted*
Thank you! If you like Burry and Teak, I think you'll like Cooper in the incoming update :)
Well that's awesome that it's just you! You got a great imagination. And now I'm SUPER excited for the update. ^-^
How do I update the game, but keeping the saves and everything?
Hey mate! What system are you on? On Windows you should be able to just unpack the new build and the game would find your old saves if you have them. On android, you download the new build and install it (the phone will ask you if you want to "update" the app)
What about on mac os
So will each of the dogs with a route be available as an afternoon option? because as it is I only ever get the option of Alon or Bury, even though the text beforehand mentions Rune and Max.
On a related note, are all the dogs shown in the banner (Alon, Rune, Teak, Thistle, Max, and Burry) going to have a route, or are some of them side characters to another's route? (I ask because I struggle to see how Teak would be an option since he's so clearly into Max and so against the human)
Yes, some are side characters. Even the side characters get whole scenes dedicate just to them, though, so I don't stick to the idea of routes super strictly. But yeah, the "routes" that I can confirm for certain for now are Burry, Rune and Max.
Max is too cute, should be illegal