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Thank you so much! I'm glad you're excited! I'm very happy with what we've prepared so far, so I look forward to hearing what people think! We're hoping to get a demo out later this year, so stay tuned.

(It's also always good to hear from people who enjoyed Born to Breed. Sales wise, it actually did quite well - it's more that it wasn't received that well in terms of player reviews, which is really more important to me.)

Thanks! We're looking forward to releasing a lot more cool stuff!

There'll be camera movements and greater shot variety, like you see in the Benefitship: The Hallowed Wiener demo, but we won't be doing Live2D for this game.

Aside from Live2D not being received super well last time, the cost and scope of this game is also significantly larger than our other titles. Well over two times - bordering on three. We're also trying a lot of other things to help make our games more engaging.

We do want to consider animation again for future projects where it might work better, but it's not really in our budget to do it for this game. That said, if this game does well, we'll have a lot more financial freedom to try more things going forward!

Sorry, we're not planning on doing any localizations aside from the Japanese one we already have. I believe someone on Steam made a fan translation, though I don't know how accurate it is, since I do not speak Spanish.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3293600457

Hey, thanks for reaching out! Unfortunately, I'm not sure a system like that exists - at least not to my knowledge. I guess you could refund it on Steam and buy it on Itch again? Though, I'm not sure it's worth your time, since Benefitship isn't super long. It's up to you.

We're glad you like it! Benefitship is pretty short, though - I'm pretty sure we'd be setting the expectations a little too high with a price tag like that, haha.

If you enjoyed it, I hope you'll try out the demo for the sequel as well!

You can get Born to Breed on Steam, if you like!

PC contains bug fixes specific to PC. The content is the same.

Thank you so much! We're really glad you liked it!

The full release will definitely have an android version. As for the demo, we'll try to prepare one, but it might take a little bit, since the UI is all different.

Well, we're aiming for late this year (hopefully around Halloween to match the theme), but we're very dependent on Sulcate's speed as an artist, so if major illustrations are incomplete by that time, we might need to push it a little. As much as I'd love to release it sooner, it simply isn't complete.

In about an hour, I think! I'm just waiting for it to align with the start of Steam Next Fest.

Don't worry, the demo will be available here as well! Steam does have features to make games private now, though, so that's always an option - I assume it works for demos as well, though I haven't checked.

I'm located in Denmark (GMT+1), so it'll probably be released some time mid/late-day for me, once I've done final checks. Probably early morning for most Americans.

The demo's coming out February 23rd to line up with Steam's Next Fest. The actual game is slated to come out late this year, though, to make sure we have enough time to complete all the assets.

Thank you so much! I really considered making a joke about "taking your first" here lmao

Seriously, though, I'm always happy to see people enjoying Benefitship. I'm quite proud of the sequel so far, so I hope everybody's looking forward to the demo this February.

Haha, thanks! We're really glad you liked it! The demo for the sequel is coming out in about a month, so maybe keep an eye on that.

As for your question, buying the game on Itch gives us a little more money than Steam, but Itch doesn't show NSFW games on its searches at all anymore, so reviewing us on Steam is arguably the best way to support us. Or even just giving us feedback on what you did/didn't like and what you think could've been done better. That way we can make better things in the future. That goes for everybody, really!

We used to have a Patreon, but have since removed it. I just didn't have a lot to post (and the things I did felt weird to paywall, since they were just WIP sketches from Sulcate and behind-the-scenes stuff - I'd rather just show that stuff publically). It also didn't get a lot of traction, and I'd rather spend my time on game development to begin with, so it just didn't really make sense to me.

That's alright, I can see that you've purchased Benefitship here. Seems like it was back in the very start of October of last year, though, so I'm unsure why you'd wait until now to make the request for a Steam key. That said, if you can send us an email at benefitshipgame@gmail.com, we can probably share a key with you.

Hey, thanks for reaching out. Unfortunately, I'm not sure we're able to do that, in part for safety reasons (resale of Steam keys is very common) and because I get a feeling Steam wouldn't allow it. It probably wouldn't be available in your region at all. The game is the same on both, though, and the Steam version doesn't have achievements or anything like that.

Thank you so much for your feedback! We really appreciate it!

A lot of it are already things I've noted myself, and we're doing our best to implement them in Benefitship 2: The Hallowed Wiener.

We hope you enjoy the Japanese dub of Benefitship and the demo for Benefitship 2 coming this February!

I'll keep that in mind, thanks!

Thank you so much! Benefitship has a demo, so by all means, give it a go! Benefitship 2 does also introduce an additional character, so the cast does expand a bit, if variety is your concern. But whether you decide to buy Benefitship and/or Sci-Futa or neither, I hope you enjoy the rest of Born to Breed. By all means, let me know what you think if/when you finish it!

The idea of shortening pregnancy terms via in-universe lore isn't a bad idea! I'll definitely make a note of that for if/when I'm looking to develop something after Benefitship 2. More impregnation/pregnancy-heavy content definitely isn't something I'd mind exploring, though I tend to let the basis for my stories and characters come naturally, since that tends to make for things I can enjoy sticking with for longer. Anyway, as before, no guarantees, but I will absolutely add it to my list of concept ideas.

I'm always happy to hear thoughts, so by all means, go right ahead! Do note that I can't make any guarantees. though!

As for point #1, this is actually also one of the reasons why I originally considered Born to Breed a good fit for pregnancy/impregnation content, as you might see later in the story.
The main reasons why it wasn't as prevalent in the end was due to the overall length of development for it, the fact that the artist stopped doing art full-time (which would've slowed development further), and the overall structure of the story and the characters' relationships, which made it surprisingly hard to fit in any actual pregnancies, since anything noteworthy there would have required an in-universe timeline of several months to see "results," so to speak.

I hope you give Benefitship a go, if you haven't. It's my personal favorite (although some of my writing decisions weren't perfect) and I think the sequel is the best we're producing so far. There's a demo for that coming out this February.

Well, right now, we're putting most of our focus into Benefitship: The Hallowed Wiener, the sequel to Benefitship.
I'm honestly not opposed to doing something more pregnancy themed, but there are some difficulties.

1. I always try to make our games more than just porn, which might seem a little silly, but I do try to have genuinely likeable characters and relationships, and some sort of story. As you might expect, making something where multiple people are actively pregnant (especially if it's done by 1 central protagonist) requires some leaps in logic and some rather unusual relationships or situations, which makes it a bit harder to create characters that feel genuine, to some degree.

2. Outside of NSFW visual novels, I'm also working on a small SFW game (plus I have a full-time job), so I have to be kinda careful about how I manage my time.

3. Finding a stable artist. This is arguably the most difficult of the 3, actually. You'd be surprised how difficult it is to find not just a skilled artist, but also one that can stick with a longer project and deliver at reasonable speeds.


I'll definitely put something pregnancy-themed down as a thought, but unless I happen to come up with a good set of characters and an interesting scenario to put them in, there's no guarantee it'll go anywhere. Maybe if I end up with more time on my hands than expected?

Also, a quick side note: It's actually one VA. All the characters are voiced by KittenVox/KittNevada.

Glad you're enjoying it!

Hey! Unfortunately, Born to Breed doesn't really have any proper pregnancy art, though it does have quite a few mentions and implications later on.

I did intend for the NSFW focus to be more on impregnation, pregnancy, etc. but development took some unexpected turns, and we ended up not being able to fit it into the game's story.

I hope you enjoy Born to Breed regardless, though. I'm always happy to hear what people think, so by all means, let me know!

Thank you! We hope you'll enjoy the demo this February!

Hey! I'm afraid the demo doesn't have an Android version; That's only for the full version. The demo is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac, though.

Nope, there should be no difference.

I don't think the demo is going to be before the end of the year, unfortunately. We're still missing too much art for it. I'm aiming for February to take part in Steam Next Fest there, but it ultimately depends on the artist.

Hm, that's strange. I haven't heard of anybody having issues running the Mac version. Do you get any warnings or notifications about it at all? Does the game open and crash or does nothing happen at all?

Version 1.2.2 of Benefitship just addressed some minor bugs. There's no need to download it again unless you encounter issues with 1.2.0.

As for the criticisms we're addressing for the sequel, it's mainly things like the abrupt ending, some of the sex scenes lacking passion, the big timeskips, and a lack of unique CGs. If all goes well, the sequel won't have those issues.

Benefitship: The Hallowed Wiener is a fully-fletched sequel, so it wouldn't make much sense to make her smaller. That being said, there were a few times in the first game where she was a lot thicker than intended, which made certain scenes look off. We're hoping to keep that more consistent in the sequel here.

Happy to hear it! Yeah, it'll be a little bit, but we're hoping to get a demo out for people to enjoy early.

Glad you like it! I'm quite fond of it myself.

Glad you're excited!

There's still a while until Benefitship: The Hallowed Wiener releases, but we're now in a state where we have enough to show off to start gathering wishlists on Steam and collections here on Itch; We're currently working on a demo to come out in a few months.

The script is fully complete, though I'm always going back and polishing here and there. We've also brought on a skilled editor to help us improve it further, so I'm all but certain it'll be even more enjoyable than the first game.

Hope you enjoy!

Hi! We actually don't control the links directly - we just provide the files to Itch.

"javascript (void)" is actually a browser term that means the link basically functions as a button. If you're trying to control-click on the link, that's probably why it doesn't work. "javascript (void)" links generally only work when clicked normally.

Alternatively, you may have something blocking popups, like anti-malware or a browser extension.

Hope that helps!

No, the Android version is up to date. It's simply that the most recent updates have been patches for issues that were really only present on desktop. Updating the Android version with a new build would've changed nothing.

It should also be said that Benefitship is complete, so any updates are merely bug fixes or minor improvements.

That's strange. I haven't heard of the demo running fine, but the main game failing. Can you try updating all of your drivers? Including the graphics drivers, such as via NVIDIA Experience. If they're out of date, we've had reports of some people crashing.

Hm, you'll probably be better off searching Rule34 (or similar) for that, since you can there specify exactly what you do and don't want to see.

Making alternate versions of a bunch of art would be both very time consuming and very expensive, so it's not something we're likely to do. I won't say that we'll never make games without those aspects, but it's not something we specifically have planned.

I'm afraid we don't have options like that. It would cost extra for us to redo the art and it'd interfere a bit with the writing as well, which points out some of these aspects.

Our other game, Benefitship, also has a little bit of it, and while Born to Breed (yet another game by us) doesn't have cumflation, it does have a scene with a fairy, which includes some belly bulging.

I wouldn't say it's super extreme in any of these games - it usually just makes the characters look late-term pregnant or thereabouts. The belly bulges (such as the one in the fairy scene of Born to Breed, which you can see on its store page) are quite blatant, though.