Alright, I'm giving this game a full review, and in the hopes of the developers possibly reviving the game in its entirety, as I see a shitload of potential here.
Now, since the game is a demo, but abandoned, I'm treating technically as a full release.
Goal:
The goal of the game is to make a farm, grow erotic plants, sell them, buy seeds, and eventually, get enough money to buy parts for your broken down truck, once it's fixed, the game ends.
Gameplay:
The game play is fun! The unique aspect of erotic looking male and female plants with an emphasis on the gender of the plant is an interesting mechanic, and offers an interesting view of how the mechanics work.
But it's still the same as a basic farming simulator (which is not bad in any regard). Dig, Plant, water, wait. And sometimes you need to fertilize them. They are simple mechanics. But it's still fun to do (I like farming games personally, as well as other automated things).
The different mechanics like; day and night, water tolerance, fertilizer, as well as the male and female aspects make it a lewd and interesting farming simulator. Overall the gameplay loop is nice, and I think could have definitely some improvements.
Visual:
Ok, so, lets talk about the elephant in the room. The jiggle physics. In my honest opinion, the jiggle physics are very well made, probably the best I've seen so far out of an indie game, male and female character counterparts both have jiggle physics, as well as the only threat in the game, so which I'm refering to as "mal0" as they look incredibly similar to them.
(I don't know if that was the intention or not, but I'm sticking with that name.)
The visuals, while it is a demo, are pretty good atmospheric wise. However, my PC is not powerful enough to handle higher than "medium" but, with it set to "very high" I bet it looks very good, but so far. The designs and direction of all the lewd plants are all unique in their own way, each one has their own color, as well as their own unique shape. The items/props look good as well, I personally like the watering can, as it looks like it has had the most effort put in. But the pussy plant looks like it was the most worked on, and it looks great!
The design for mal0 looks very good as well, and infact, I think the model for them is quite unique in itself, sorta chubby, and voluptuous. Aswell as a nice ol canine dick~ which I'm glad the devs decided to use instead of the standard human penis.
The main character looks great as well, both male and female counterparts, the outfits look wonderful as well. The only issue I have with it is that on the "cheat" version of the game, it unlocks the patreon outfit, as well as allow extra customization for the face, which makes them look even better.
Now, there are three ways to lose the game:
The first being, not meeting your quota. Every day you are tasked with growing a randomized amount of lewd plants, the amount and variation of lewd plants your need are random. So you may get x4 boobberries, and 2x peaches. Or you'll get something harder like 2x plumpussy and 3x dicus max.
The main issue of this is that if you don't plant and grow specific types of plants beforehand, sometimes you'll just lose the quota and the day will end before you can grow it. Thus ending your run.
The second threat in the game is when it's night time, when you hear a howl, your given around 10 seconds to get inside your house, close the door, and Malo will run up to your window, you need to close the blinds and shut off the light, and when you hear her run away, then it's safe after awhile. If you don't do this, you will get caught, and mal0 will initiate a sex scene wherever you stand, and I mean literally anywhere. First time I got caught was behind the house, thinking I could avoid her by hiding.
Now, the game does tell you how to avoid her thankfully, but it does takes some times getting used to. But when you get caught by her, your run is over, entirely.
Now, here's the third way of losing... If you keep your light off inside the hut, eventually, the "monster under the bed" will just kill you instantly. No "press E to struggle" it's an instant game over.
Criticism I have:
While the game is fun, and can be quite enjoyable(especially the jiggle physics). There are a ton of issues that make the game Abit hard to enjoy.
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First off:
the instant gameover mechanics are frustrating to say the least. I've had multiple times where I'm able to JUST get into the porch of the hut and mal0 gets me right before I can close the door, and my entire run ends.
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Second:
the limited Inventory size makes it very hard to actually get a lot of things done without dropping and picking stuff up. Not only that, but sometimes I need to fully empty my inventory so that I can fulfill only half the quota.
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Third:
the game lacks visual indicators on some items. And some times are tedious to use. the watering can has 4 (way to little) uses before it needs to be filled again. And the spray bottles have 3 (waaaay tooo little) uses before they expire. This makes it frustrating when I'm planting and need to constantly refill or switch out bottles.
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Fourth:
The movement is quite fast, the running speed is exceptionally fast, but the stamina bar is annoying when it accidentally runs out, making the character move at half the speed.
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Fifth:
The hitboxes can be janky at times, it's hard to put my cursor on objects especially if they overlap with each other, like seeds and plot. Or if plants fall into the plot.
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Sixth:
Now, I know it's a demo, but the map is very small, but with a map revamp, it could be way better.
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Now, how would an update fix this game, and what would i fix first?:
First: id revamp the map, make the hut bigger, and give more plots for planting, as well as 2 wells. I would make a dedicated hut for the trader so that they are static and stay in one place, with the map revamp I'd make the map bigger, more farmland, so that it can actually feel like a big farm, instead of just a garden.
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Second:
Id remove the "instant gameover mechanics" and instead replace them with a new mechanic. Which I'm calling "the cumflation system". Basically, if you fail the quota, you get fucked, to "pay" for your daily quota, when this happens, you get cumflated, reducing your movement speed by 10% and inventory size by 1, now, this will add a "stack" of cumflated permanently, unless you use the new item called "the jug" which will... To put it simply... Will allow you to empty yourself, and remove all cumflated stacks, but, this item is Abit pricy, at around 200$(may change) but it's permanent.
The maximum amount of cumflation stacks, or, CF stacks, is 6. You'd get these stacks from not meeting quota, getting fucked by mal0, or by giving in to the creature under the bed.
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Third(optional):
I'd add an exp system. Everytime you dig, plant, water, harvest, and sell, you earn small amounts of exp, but the amounts of exp you get depend on the plants you choose.
Example: a peach plant in total, would give around:
1 exp for digging.
1 exp for planting.
4 exp for watering.
1 exp for harvesting.
1 exp for selling.
All in all, 9 exp for everything.
Now these values can increase depending on what lewd plants you use and harvest.
Now what would an exp system do?: well, I think a stat screen would be lovely to have, increased move speed, work speed, extra charges on your items (fertilizer, watering can) and be more resistant to CF stacks, decreasing their effects. Maybe a stat where you have a chance at harvesting double on a single crop.
This exp idea is just a minor idea, but it could be implemented if you want.
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Fourth:
Extra character customization. Now his could be an update on its own, but extra character customization and a character body revamp would be wonderful to add, maybe a better coloring system as well. Piercings, more clothing options, possibly custom top bottom, legs, arms, and hat clothing that could all be colorable!
Extra species would be nice as well, with new tails, heads and feet.
Also update the feet so that they don't look like clay.
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Fifth: a ui and overhaul to inventory. A ui would be nice. Here's what the ui could look like:
Bottom middle of the screen could have your inventory, 5 slots at the start, above that could have your stamina bar.
Top left could have your exp counter.
Top right could have the time of day as well as the moon alignment! (So that you can grow specific plants in certain phases of the moon).
Bottom right could have your money, as well as your CF stacks.
On the middle right side of the screen, it would show you the growth status's of your plants, so you can monitor which ones to harvest.
As for inventory, I think having 5 slots at the start could be nice, and as you play, you could possibly buy more slots with your exp or money! Or trade in specific plants for upgrades!
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Sixth: some new plants would be ideal for extra gameplay, I have a few ideas:
Horsecock plant: (seed is 40$, sells for $110)
male, high water tolerance, grows in the day, requires 2 fertilizer sprays, and maximum water.
Canine plant: (seed is $30, sells for $175)
Male, little water tolerance, grows ONLY in full moonlight, no fertilizer. Needs 2 water.
Donut plant: (seed is $40, sells for $200 )
no gender, medium water tolerance, needs to grow in the day, finishes in the evening. Requires both fertilizer sprays (1 spray). 1 water.
(Now, these are optional plants, I only put them in because I wanna cover all the bases)
Cookie plant (canine fun bits):
(Seed is $25, sells for $150)
Female, Grows at night, finishes in the morning. Low water tolerance. Needs max water, needs 2 fertilizer sprays.
Horse plumussy:
(Seed is $30, sells for $120)
Female, grows in the morning, grows throughout the day, and finishes in the evening, high water tolerance, needs max water.
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Theze plants could be unlocked by finding them around the map, or just bought, this coul spice up gameplay and make it more fun, plus you could have a greatly expanded farm!
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Other updates:
In the future, if this game does get an update, and doesn't stay abandoned, what I'd like to see is all of these fixes, plus new plants, new parts of the acres, maybe even a fishing minigame! Or maybe there's a mineshaft nearby where you can take a pickaxe and mine lewd shaped gems! Adding onto the current game.
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I'd say increase the day and night cycle time, so that they are waaaay longer, so you can grow more plants, and possibly meet your quota easier.
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Speaking of, I think the quota should be at least 2-3 days long to achieve, as to not screw over the player by giving them a plant they cannot harvest at the time being.
Other threats! Plus a threat adjustment. Mal0 is frequent, so I'd like to limit her to at least 1 or 2 times times a night, as to not overwhelm the player, plus, decrease her move speed by 20% so that she's slower than the players sprint speed, but faster than walking speed, so you can possibly get away at the last second.
Second, Id like to give more threats, possibly a mountain lion or snake, idk what their mechanics would be, but in the end, the mountain lion would cumflate you, and the snake would drain you(with your boobs or your cock) (maybe the cf stacks are exhaustion stacks possibly?)
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Add a proper ending, and intro, so the player can be more immersed. Maybe in the intro, they are driving to their grandparents farm after they heard they "mysteriously disappeared" as they drive, they see mal0 on the road, get distracted, and crash. Right next to the hut.
As for the ending, I think it should have 2 endings, one if you wanna leave, and another if you wanna stay (both outcomes would take you back to the farm to continue your lewd farming adventure!)
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Sex scenes with the plants! And they'd each have unique male and female counterparts!
What's the point of growing em if ya can't use em! ;3
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Future updates:
A way to tame mal0 so that she can be used on the farm.
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A fishing minigame that allows you to fish lewd things out of a lake, or lewd fishes.
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A mineshaft where your able to mine lewd gems/crystals.
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Possibly multiplayer?
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an updated trading system.
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Mixing fruits to make new ones, or combing them so that they can create special fertilizer/potions for your plants and character.
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Tons of sex scenes, I bet that trader would be the first start to new scenes.
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Dick and boob sliders, maybe possibly new genders like c-boy or futa. Or even possibly busty boy(if that's even possible).
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New species! Possibly a rabbit, cat, mouse, cow, horse, chicken, and crows. All farm animals.
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My final thoughts:
So, my only hope is that the dev comes back to the game, OR, gives the IP to a new dev team so that they can continue it. I'd personally would love to be on the creative direction/modeling team to make new things for it! I personally am new to modeling, but I think I could crank out some new plants for an update!
If the dev wants to keep the IP, I totally understand...but... If they wanna give it to someone else, I bet there are at least 3 or 4 game studios that would probably take in a project like this.
Overall, the game has good bones, and a very lewd premise, but if I had to give it a rating so far, it would be a 4.3/10, but that's only the CURRENT game, with more updates, my rating would obviously shoot up, but as it stands, there's not a whole lot, yes I know it's a demo, but it's abandoned, so technically it's a full release as there's no other updates.
All in all, it's a great game, needs alot of work, but onc
e it gets that work, I can absolutely see it becoming a game that many people would enjoy to play.
This has been my review. hopefully you take this as a semi serious post, because I'd genuinely wanna play this game more.
Much love~ Zane~ 馃挏