>>89754 me again. that was quick lol

>>89757 I'm a bit of a hawk when it comes to this board lol. I got my start here and all.

>>89754 This might be very demanding or very difficult but I want a tickle system where you use the pointer to tickle the victim. Instead of click hands then click to the spot, I want something where you can drag the pointer around the soles of the victim.

>>89769 I considered that when I was designing the core implementation, and decided against it. There's a few reasons. You're right, it would add a lot of overhead for managing transitioning between shots. It would make it more difficult to play one handed (:^)), and it doesn't add that much to the overall intent of the game. Sorry man! I'll try to make it up to you by giving the user as much control as possible within the click tool -> click spot system.

>>89770 Maybe if you can, you can have different parts of the sole does different animations. Like different animations when you click between the toes, or click the arches or heels.

Was the name 'Featherbound' inspired by the incredible masterpiece of vapourware that is Heartbound? Made by infamous mana gem less ferret loving nepo baby man? (I'm rooting for this game btw)

>>89754 Are you planning to make the game free or paid? While I'm personally happy to pay for stuff if doing that encourages people to make content I like, you should probably not expect to be able to make much (if any) money if you're launching the project on /tk/ of all places. If you're just doing this for fun or practice, that's great, but if you expect to sell it here, you're in for some disappointment. I'm saying all this so you can set your expectations accordingly and pace yourself to avoid getting burned out by the project. Don't stress over it, just go at your own pace.

>>89772 You're pulling the thoughts from my head, that's absolutely going to be what I'm doing. I want each tool, each spot, each *intensity* even to have its own animations. This is going to be a project I work on for a while, and I want to give you guys as much control as possible. >>89782 Oh don't tell me that!!! I chose it because it had a fun vibe and a double meaning lmao. But you're right, it's pretty similar to PirateSoftware's game... Might have to change it. Also thank you!!! >>89790 Good news! This is going to release for free on my DA, but be accompanied by a patreon! My expectations are grounded, don't worry. Don't think that just because my returns will be modest that I'm going to burn myself out, or worse, abandon the project. Also... I don't have a *massive* following, but I'm just crossing 450 followers on DA after 3 months on the scene. I'm trying to stay humble, but I can't help but feel that's some wild growth. I'm blasting this across all available channels, so don't worry. I'm not just counting on /tkr/ to come through for me here. Thanks for being chill, anons.

Gameplay update: This is what things look like now. I've developed a pretty interesting dialogue system. Might be a bit overengineered, but it allows for Eliza to know a bunch of information about the scene, letting me implement a BUNCH of dialogue options using my rules system. Each option will have its weight calculated to generate unique dialogue sequences. Like, if you tickle her with magic items for two minutes straight, then change to mundane tools, then switch back to magic items, she'll know that, and I could have her respond with something like "What?! How do you still have mana?!" or something similar. I'm currently writing dialogue to fill the pool of options, then after that? It should just be testing... And then I've achieved the MVP I've been working towards! Then I just have to make a title screen, a short intro sequence... And I'll have the rest of the week to work on additional content that I'm not sure if I'm going to announce before launch.

>>89833 Writing finished. System implemented. Ended up at a whopping 54 dialogue options, grouped into different situations that Eliza will find herself in. Man I'm tired lmao. I ended up developing this all night. I'll be heading to bed, but hit me with any commentary you guys have!

>>89833 A rules engine is the way to go, in my opinion, for any sufficiently complex interactions. At a certain point, there are too many variables to properly track with plain old conditionals. I don't know if this is what inspired you, but left for dead (i think) did a similar thing where when they had multiple rules fire, there was a weighted algorithm for deciding which one to actually kick off. You probably didn't need it so early, but It's not overengineered because you need a complex system to back dynamic dialogue. >>89849 yaaaaaaay

>>89782 Jfc, do zoomers really not know what earthbound is?

Can you tickle any part of her body or just her feet?

>>89908 I can only guarantee soles will be available as a target at launch. You won't have to wait long for there to be more spots available though! I plan on working in two-week 'sprints', pushing out new features twice a month based on polls I run for players. Also, for those of you interested, I've launched a patreon! Don't worry about subbing if you're not really motivated to help me out with development. I think I have a bit to prove before I would ask anyone support me. patreon.com/Thrafec

>>89849 What program do you use to create games like these? I really like to know!

>>89922 Oh hell yeah, for sure! So I use Aseprite to make the assets I use in the game. It's a pixel art software you can get on steam. Really robust and easy to use. For actually turning the assets into the game, I use a program called Unity. It's the only engine I've used, so I can't really judge how easy it is to get into, but it has a massive community that has encountered almost every problem you could run into as well as having a pretty comprehensive documentation set. I'd say it didn't take me long to figure it out, but I've been a software developer for about seven years now, so... You might find it a bit daunting if you're considering picking it up yourself.

>>89924 I see anyways still good btw! Hope you have a great day or night!!

Hey there! Couldn't help but throw in my own perverted two cents as far as game development goes. But one thing I absolutely love and dont see enough of in these tickling games is clothing removal, especially footwear. Since you have a dialogue system I think it could add some spicy anticipation dialogue/dread when you chose to pull off a shoe or sock etc. The other thing is, while I enjoy tickle tools I also enjoy a variety of "status effects" so to speak. Some games have toe ties and oil and even pleasure meters. But for me as a personal kink of mine id love some heat play/sweat. From the increased sensitivity due to flustering the lee by making them sweat, or the fact that the warmth and moisture makes ticklish spots softer and easier to attack. And with your dialogue system all that could be combined, take their boots off, make them flustered about being sweaty etc etc. It all combines together.

>>89966 Ahahahaha, you're my kinda guy! I actually already have clothing removal coded into the architecture of the game. It'll be via a spell, so the clothing will fade in / fade out, which I understand can be a bummer... But hopefully I'll make it up to you by saying that when she has her boots on, you'll be able to use your tools on her boots to tease her with what's coming, 'tickling' her boots to invoke specific anticipation dialogue. Heat is an interesting idea... I'll have to consider that. I've developed my mood system so that I can easily add a bunch of different status effects, so technically it wouldn't be too hard to add... I should be able to add a new 'clothing' layer for when she's sweating too...Hm. I'll probably throw that in the list of features for the community to vote on! Thanks for the input, great ideas!

>>89973 Haha thanks for the positive response! As a kink writer myself I was immediately more interested when you said you were working on some more dynamic sounding dialogue! The clothing removal being a toggle of sorts is totally fine! Especially if later on down the line you add extra outfits or something for new reactions. Nylons, socks, stirrups etc etc. The heat/sweat kink is definitely a personal addiction for me lol. I just see it in so many pics, lees with their footwear tossed to the side, their feet steamy and exposed. It just gets those pervy neurons cooking.

>>89975 It's hard not being obnoxious about it, because I'm really so proud of how the dialogue system turned out. It's hella scalable. I'll be able to hook it into a bunch of different things in the scene as I develop it out. You bet your ass stirrups, nylons, and socks will be making an appearance! Socked feet make my monke brain go BOOM

>>89981 Hey man I appreciate that a LOT. Dialogue can be so dead in a lot of these tickle games so I appreciate any kind of focus on it. Hot tickle dialoogue is just as good to me as the art itself. Also hell yeah back to you on the socks. For me nylons and boots make my monkey brain go boom. And this is where I will be obnoxious and speak about how nice it would be to press your hands into some vulnerable steamy socked feet right?

>>89911 >two-week 'sprints', Damn son, you coulda done anything but you chose agile. XD >>89981 >dialogue system Mind describing it at a high level for the technical minded folks?

>>90015 Ahahahaha tell me it isn't a perfect use case! And it's pretty straightforward, but I feel it strikes a good balance between sophistication and simplicity while still being extendable. So basically, it's a weighted random selection system with a bunch of flags for different parts of the gameplay context. I set the base weight, integrate it to the mood system (A simple climbing value based on time spent tickling for now) via a 'fear' curve, and then configure it for novelty via weight penalties. It's already got some intense overhead for adding new dialogue options, but it isn't too crazy? In either case, it lets me build a pool of rules instead of setting up a bunch of conditional branching. The more hooks I put into the mood system, the more the mood system develops, the smarter it will seem.

>>90019 nice nice, that's unfortunately the ups and downs of it (as you probably know), the more extensible it is, the more setup you usually have to do. But this way you don't have to write a separate conditional for every single variable, plus EVERY OTHER VARIABLE that could potentially affect the rule, FOR EACH CHARACTER or SCENARIO. The code would exponentially get messy.

I'm staying hush-hush to keep the surprise up for you guys, but I can proudly say that Featherbound will be launching with quite a bit more than just a single animation...

Featherbound is go for launch! Check it out, anons, and let me know what you think!!! https://www.deviantart.com/thrafec/art/Featherbound-Alpha-01-Link-Below-1235507308

>>90242 Good shit, impressive for just 2 weeks, aside from the obvious stuff like more characters and spells, it'd be cool if characters started reacting more desperately the longer you tickle them, sort of like tickle Kuri.

>>90276 Thanks man! Do you mean animation-wise? Because the dialogue system should have an intensifying progression... Maybe I didn't set the weights right...

>>90283 Oh i though that was just random dialogue, yeah a visual indication would be good.

>>90242 Everything is nice but the art knocks it down a bit. You need color theory, anatomy, and pixelart basics. Its why I passed on your old stuff.

>>90292 Then move along, buddy. All I can do is keep working at getting better. Braindead feedback.

>>90300 >ask for feedback >get feedback >butthurt Sorry, I didn't realize this was an echo chamber.

>>90301 "I don't like your shit because of this list of buzzwords" Yeah, you're the roger ebert of art man. Lots to take from that. Head back to the loli thread.

>>90292 no really, this is more ragebait than criticism. "I can't jerk off to this porn because muh color theory" I genuinely don't remember the last time I saw a post this autistic and gay on this board. If I had to give some actual criticism after playing around in the game a bit, I'd say I don't like the fact that I have to hold down the mouse button to keep tickling her. It is, of course, a pornographic fetish game. I want to be able to take my hand off the mouse, you know why. So personally I would love for an option to just click on her tickle spot once and then watch the animation play without needing to hold the button down.

>>90304 That's a planned setting, actually! Also, I intend to add tools that are toggle on/off, so that might help out with that issue too. I'll see if I can get that toggle implemented sooner, though!

>>90302 I've definitely given feedback in a shitty unhelpful way in the past and I try to do better these days, but I think I can unpack what 90292 was saying. Your visuals feel a little flat, not that I know how to fix that, but everything sorta blends into each other if that makes sense. The animations are nice, but some things feel a bit stiff. For example, her breasts look like they are being held to her chest by a sports bra when there is obviously nothing there to hold them. Also, is she pulling at her bonds? Is she stretched out taut? It almost seems like she's just sorta floating there. Again, I think it's fine overall, just specific things to improve on. I find your art simple and charming, but i could see why others dislike that.

>>90315 I appreciate that. I definitely need to keep up with my studies. At the risk of sounding defensive, I'm about four months into animation, so I'm about as green as you can get. But I'll keep up with my figure drawing, movement studies, and referencing! Thanks, anon.

>>90325 Doesn't sound defensive at all. I mean, take what people here say with a grain of salt. We're just fucking coomers and shit after all. Also, have the proper expectations for yourself. You're a coder right? if someone was 4 months into coding, you'd expect them to have a lot of areas for improving. That goes double for something like art.

Fleshing out the Mood System this cycle. When I cut the poll it was a tie, but votes afterward made adding tickling the spots the clear winner... I'll try to squeeze a spot or two in before the end of the cycle. But so far, I've added arousal to the mood system, as well as an interrogation system that will allow you to influence her mood by asking questions from different categories. I've got some plans to gamify the loop through the mood system. I.E, working towards breaking her, or making her a willing tickle toy. Generally speaking, this'll manifest by finding out what she likes and dislikes, and targeting specific moods to overflow, giving her status effects that will progress what information you can get out of her. It's all theory right now past the arousal system, but I'm spending the day updating existing dialogue, and crafting some more options to make her reactions more believable. Fingers crossed, anons, we'll have something solid for the next alpha build!

Just popping in to give you guys a little teaser of what's coming up in the next build! Got a few more spots, a reworked mood system, and an entire clothing system coming up!

>>90693 Those pit tickles look fucking crazy, holy.

Hell yeah, looking forward to this.

>>90693 Based on what I see on this preview, the art itself could use some dark pixel borders around each toe (like what you have around the whole foot), as otherwise the toes look like a uniform mass of flesh.

>>90736 That doesn't look as good as you'd think. At this resolution, there isn't enough pixels to define each of the toes. It was something I tried, but couldn't get to work. Speaking personally, I think the dynamics of the shot imply the individual toes, but I can see where you're coming from. Higher resolution art works better for that kind of outline.

With your growing creative skills, will you ever think of a pixel art platformer/action game based on tickling like Kunoichi Momi-chan's Agonizing Tickle Action? https://www.dlsite.com/maniax/work/=/product_id/RJ268382.html

>>90755 Since this is something you're asking for, can you actually explain the appeal of games like this? In my opinion, they're generally shitty platformers that aren't fun to play while locking the actual lewd scenes behind said boring gameplay. I can understand making a game that's more of a story-focused simulation- or management-style game, but what's the point of adding grindy RPG battles, pointlessly simple platformer sections, or even worse, bullet hardcore unfair bullet hell sequences to a tickling game? I think some of Noircastle's newest works might be the only tickle games with genuinely interesting and somewhat innovative gameplay, and I still just found a full save instead of playing them. The last tickle game I remember genuinely playing (and enjoying) was the vampire curse slave capture/management one.

>>90755 One of the core aspects of my design philosophy is that for a tickling game to be really worth playing, the gameplay itself needs to be tickling. I'll admit, the idea of a conventional gaming experience set in my world really appeals to me, but kinda like >>90762 said, I really want to avoid making the kind of experience where people feel like skipping to the end of it. >>90762 I plan on having Featherbound separated into two modes, a sandbox mode and a scenario mode. Scenario mode will be how you unlock tools, but you'll progress through it by interrogating characters and ultimately getting them to the point where they'll rat out their fellow party members, unlocking new characters. That's kinda the balance I'm striking to put some story into the game. But man, I'd really like to come up with a concept that would allow me to have a proper story being told in my game, with more situations than just 'dungeon interrogation'. I'll keep thinking on it, but with how long I intend to work on Featherbound, I have loads of time.

>>90762 Simple: I am a fan of the Gameover Rape and Run or Rape (RoR) game, but also a fan of tickle torture. So I like the Idea of a Run or Tickle type of game.

>>90768 >But man, I'd really like to come up with a concept that would allow me to have a proper story being told in my game, with more situations than just 'dungeon interrogation'. There's nothing wrong with wanting to tell a story, even if the medium is more or less porn. Just to give an example, there was a batman porn movie where they got the original Adam West show's costume designer on staff, and the DVD supposedly had a track that you could watch to make it seem like a normal Batman episode. People get attached to characters, which makes the lewd scenes feel more impactful. That's why most fetish art is fanart rather than original characters. The main thing to consider here is that you're locking yourself into the framework of making a tickling game, which is not inherently bad, since art often thrives under constraints, but it's still something you have to take into account. Just to bring up the games I used as examples earlier: Noircastle's games use the explanation that monsters collect energy from making people laugh, so they tickle them. The vampire slave trader game used the implicit excuse that tickling doesn't 'damage the goods' while training them. You can either come up with some kind of excuse like that for why tickling is the go-to method of interrogation, but that gives you additional worldbuilding implications to think through. Alternatively, you could just not address how silly that is and just take it as a given, with no character in-universe ever questioning it. Unless you're really passionate about story, the latter is probably the way to go. Sorry if I'm stating the obvious or babbling nonsense here. Best I can do to help is be a sounding-board for ideas. Anyway, doing story is fine but my advice would be to focus on characters and their personality more than overarching plot, if you do go down that direction. >>90784 I already knew you were a fan because you asked for it. My questions were: Why are you a fan of it? What's so good about it?

>>90768 >>90787 By the way, you don't even really have to think too hard about a good excuse if you're going for a medieval/fantasy feel with female knights and princesses and such. I'm pretty confident that between the 11th and 15th centuries in Europe, it was customary to hold nobles for ransom or prisoner swaps instead of executing and/or torturing them, so there's your excuse right there. Maybe the player is just an enterprising person who decides to get some information out of the prisoners in a way that "totally does not qualify as torture" or something like that. Even if you just want to make this a generic medieval fantasy thing, there's plenty of room for feudal politics shenanigans, if that's something that actually interests you and you want to go that direction, like a girl who became a knight to escape a political marriage, only to end up a prisoner of war and getting tickled. Or maybe she's being coerced into signing some kind of contract or surrender deal, who knows? There's countless stories you could tell in a setting like this, if you're keen on it.

>>90787 >>90789 I totally agree, the personalities of the characters are the lifeblood of building a fun context for tickling scenarios. But *mechanically*, I struggle to think of a mechanical context that I can build a game around that isn't just Featherbound. RPG combat isn't tickling, even though an RPG would be a perfect way for me to have a bunch of different scenarios for tickling that my characters could get into. I want some kind of mechanical context where I could, say, gamify a scene where two of my characters have an intimate moment of playful tickling lakeside. A scene where they interrogate an orc for information. A scene where my knight character gets attacked by a slime, and it gets under her armor! All these scenes that I can depict with my art, but no mechanics to tie them together. Maybe after Featherbound is complete, I'll have earned a following that wouldn't mind seeing my spin on a tickling RPG. I really don't want to just make a visual novel with tickling minigames, but that kinda sounds like what I'm looking for, doesn't it?

>>90793 >I really don't want to just make a visual novel with tickling minigames, but that kinda sounds like what I'm looking for, doesn't it? Kind of, but like you said, you've still got time to think about it. Talking about things you plan on doing when you're nowhere near doing them if the bane of productivity, or at least that's my personal experience. Probably best to focus on Featherbound and set aside those toughts for later, or maybe keep a document with notes about ideas that pop into your head and you want to expand on in a later game.

>>90787 The idea of ​​failure with serious consequences for the protagonist excites me. There's not much else to say: I have a kink for both sexual and tickling CNC.

Featherbound Alpha 2 Launch Day!!! https://www.deviantart.com/thrafec/art/Featherbound-Alpha-2-Launch-1240762761 - Change Log - * Clothing system added for all animations * Thigh zone implemented * Dialogue System V3 rollout * 84 Dialogue options added * Arousal mood V1 rollout * Arousal progression balance pass 1 * Narrator voice added * Sorceress voice added * Interrogation proof of concept added * Many, many bug fixes * Tickling toggles on after holding for 5 seconds

>>90921 Hope you'll do Violet soon. You're animation of her was probably your best work yet. Watching her slowly break was getting my loins fired up.

>>90922 Little bit of behind the screens lore here, I actually chose Eliza as the first character of the game *specifically* so I could get a bunch of practice animating in this resolution in order to do Violet justice. I'm very, very much looking forward to adding her as a character in the coming months. Also, thanks man! It's gonna be fun exploring her character with all the systems in the game currently.

>>90925 I would also love it if you add more tickle parts on the Feet specifically for Violet and a resistance system where the longer you tickle her the more she'll break like the part from the story where the Witches were exploring different parts of her sole trying to find her most ticklish spot was so effing hot.

>>90926 Like say... Arches? :^) Will is an intended mechanic as well. It's already in the backend, I just haven't started implementing it yet. Arches, toes, and soles will be zones in the game, guaranteed.

>>90927 Nice! Excited for that one. You can also add a zoom in camera for the face where you can add more details for the facial expression.

>>90921 Nice work! I enjoyed teasing her lightly til she was nearly begging for it. I'd hoped that I could push her over the edge either with the softer touch or the savage approach but I wasn't able to find a way to do so. Do I need to keep trying different patterns, or is that about as far as the system goes in the current build? Again, great work, really.

>>90991 Aha! So happy to hear you dove so deep into the mood system. As of right now, you can only push Eliza to 80% lust in the first of multiple planned tiers. So, there will be more, but right now the build only has gentle feet -> gentle thighs in order to max her at 80% tier 1. I was afraid I was putting a bunch of work into a system no one would engage with, so this is is just great to hear.