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Release v0.46

Just miscellaneous fixes this time:

  • The Sanctum page will now tell you if replacing a body part will also replace connected body parts. e.g. The option to grow a pair of balls will now mention that it replaces a pussy and lists anything you’ve attached to the pussy. (tentacles, piercings, etc.)
  • On the visit surface page, the difficulty of each NPC is listed instead of just appearing without any explanation.
  • Fixed second difficulty level of NPCs so that it no longer produces apprentices with a zero bonus to research.
  • Fixed formatting of word-wrapped headings.
  • Hopefully Googling for ‘Fleshcult’ should allow you to find the game now. Previously googlebot couldn’t make it past the age warning page, which wouldn’t have helped.
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Mutant Minx Meltdown

Recently I played Mutant Minx Meltdown. It’s a pretty entertaining freeware erotic RPG (for Windows, Mac and Linux) aimed at straight men. You explore a locale infested with monstergirls and lust-crazed women, most of whom are illustrated. It hews closely to RPG conventions (random battles, attack/special move/wait combat and so on), and while the combat is fairly perfunctory, at least it doesn’t overstay its welcome.

Too many porn games get bogged down in their own lore, but it doesn’t take itself too seriously, which is a refreshing change. For instance, the Attack button is labelled ‘Shove’ and you can upgrade it to ‘Lightning Shove’. It’s good to know I’m not hurting all those over-friendly nymphos.

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Release v0.45

This release brings an entirely new screen: the Building screen. You can add housing and traps to your lair. You now start out with space for 6 minions, and have to build structures to house more than that. Traps thin out the ranks of any intruders in your lair.

Other changes:

  • The mana production of a concubine and beast pair is now limited to 60 per day at maximum. This is a stopgap fix for astronomical mana production in the end-game, until I figure out a classier way to approach the problem.
  • You have a chance to find tomes after you’ve successfully recruited a minion. I had the stupid idea that tomes might make a nice consolation prize (and close the gap between the most and least successful players), but it just means that people who really have the game figured out never get to see any variety because they never lose. So I’ve corrected that.

Bug fixes:

  • Moved a cock enlargement transformation into the default tome so that when beginners recruit a male concubine, and they don’t have any scavenged tomes, there are options that aren’t all feminising.
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Release v0.41

Bug fixes:

  • Changing breast size now no longer causes lactation to vanish.
  • Players with multiple save slots now have the option to delete games.
  • Put a note on the infestation tome that it’s incomplete.
  • Hermaphrodite tome no longer offers you genitalia that you already have.

Next release:

  • Lair upgrades.
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Release v0.40

This one’s mostly just bug fixes for account-related issues that are causing people grief:

  • Your e-mail address is now case insensitive. Log in with any capitalisation you like, it doesn’t matter. E-mail me (jack@youcanguess.com) if you see any account related weirdness as a result of this.
  • Activation links now work even if you accidentally leave the ‘~’ off the end.
  • Oh, I’ve pushed lair invasions slightly later into the game so people don’t get crushed before they can build up. I’m planning to revise how the invasions actually work later on when things are less hectic.
  • Further server performance tweaks.

Next update:

  • Fix vanishing lactating nipples.
  • Fix tome of hermaphrodites offering you genitalia that you already have.
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Many-Eyed Hydra’s fiction

One of the donation rewards in the Fleshcult crowdfunding drive is a selection of eBooks by Many-Eyed Hydra. Applying new twists to the succubus myth is his speciality, so I figure that guys who enjoy Fleshcult are likely to enjoy these too.

The bundle includes:
– The full-length novel: Succubus Summoning 101.
– The short story collection: A Succubus for Halloween.
– And another short story collection: A Succubus for Valentine’s Day.

If you’d like a taste, he’s written lots of freely available short stories here.

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It’s on!

I’m really excited to announce that the Fleshcult crowdfunding campaign is open. This is the moment of truth: it’s where I find out how many of you folks want to play the game and how badly. I could elaborate on the prototype a lot, but it all hinges on how long I can afford to work on it full time, so the outcome of this drive determines not just whether it’ll be completed, but also how rich, varied and polished I can make it.

I’m running the campaign on OffBeatr.com. It’s like KickStarter, but porn focused. Every OffBeatr project has to accrue a certain number of votes before it can collect pledged donations (the clock doesn’t start ticking until voting ends). So, if you’d like to help, go vote!

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Release v0.39

Just a handful of minor fixes this time.

Fixes:

  • Trial accounts are now limited by the number of game turns rather than a time limit.
  • Updated list of testers in credits.
  • Fixed a nasty bug in browser version detection.
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Release v0.38

Fixes:

  • Fixed lots of layout problems at low screen resolutions. Should be playable on phones now.
  • Some fixes for race conditions that cropped up when I pointed the blitz.io load tester at the server.
  • Better e-mail address validation.
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Stress Test Open!

For the week of 3 December only:

I need to see how Fleshcult copes under load, so I’m doing a little public beta ahead of the actual public release/crowdfunding launch. Fleshcult is wide-open to you and your friends, so get in there and deflower it!

Play!