Refined Exo and Transformation Design

First, I wanted to say thank you to everyone who sent me feedback (or just "research materials"). It really helped me to refine the next patch. Since then, I've been doing a lot of thinking and experimenting, and I think I have a final design for how the new content will work. Overall, I'm planning on adding about 21 new species, each with levels of transformation.

Design Changes:

Slave Market Changes

The Exo Market was getting a bit too broad, so many species are moving to the new Transhuman Market, a place where scientists and engineers from around the galaxy sell their creations. All in all, the goal is to have about 11 new species in this market, ranging from rabbit girls to succubi. This is in addition to the Canis, Felis, Dolls, and Bova, which will be moving here as well. The current (not necessarily final) list of engineered species is:

• Rabbit
• Horse
• Unicorn
• Dog (Canis)
• Cat (Felis)
• Fox
• Deer
• Cow (Bova)
• Mouse
• Bat
• Dragon
• Angel
• Succubus
• Reanimated
• Doll (Unchanged)

Aliens will remain in the Exo Market, and there will be around 10 new species of "true aliens" as well, including reptilians, sea creatures, and giants (8-foot, not 80-foot).

Transition and Interview Settings

Species transition will be on a continuum, and follow the following basic stages. It can be frozen either by stopping the serum or by global settings from the fetish interview. Each stage will also have a chance of kicking off an event that lets you see the slaves' reactions to their new features.

Level 1: Accessories only: This includes stuff like horns and ears, but will leave the skin and face structure unchanged. Depending on your answers to the fetish interview, this could be as far as it goes.

Level 2: Partial Transformation: The character's new skin gradually expands inwards from the extremities to the core over this stage. Any shape changes to the character's head or body will also happen here (for applicable species). This can be stopped mid-way to create creatures with non-human limbs but human torsos and heads, and there will be an option on the fetish interview to stop all species transition there as well.

Level 3: Full Transformation: The character's head is entirely replaced with the creature's (if applicable), and the body is fully converted to the new skin. New heads will appear somewhat suddenly, and slaves may react unpredictably to seeing their new faces in the mirror.

Note that these screenshots all amount to rough sketches. I'm currently rewriting a lot of the low-level graphics code and making extensive tweaks to the models, so the final version should look a lot better in every respect. I'm targeting an alpha release on 1/26, but that's subject to change.

As always, if I'm missing the point, or if there's a change that would make the system more appealing to you, please let me know. I want this to be as good as it can be, and detailed feedback is the best way to make that happen.