Hey DMech,
An embracing scene would require new artwork for every species, it's possible, but unlikely that I will put it in.
Tames will not be able to be sold like that soon (beta), there will be tame vendors (basically slave traders), that come to town, and there will be a process to sell to them.
There is an affinity stat system coming (beta), but I don't want to go into it too much at this stage.
The team consists of me, and I commission art from Cyndybell and writing from Laura Laplace to meet the games needs. They both do an amazing job, and hopefully one day, I can get them a much more hands on role, as well as get an animator to sort my terrible animations out.
*beta will be the next major update after the rollout of 0.0.7 (which is the current stage)
Thanks for playing!