Text Parser Progress and Story Ideas

I finally got around to hammer out some more code today. I think I figured out the Regular Expression stuff so it should be a bit easier writing the next bit of my text parser. So far my parser can read in specific functions with custom arguments in the XML files that will automatically grab relevant information from the game. This is a vital piece for my conditional logic for sorting events that can be activated at any one moment.

Pretty awesome, but its only 1/3 of a single function. Progress is progress though.

In non-code news, I've been thinking about the back story for the game while riding the train. In a forum thread I mentioned that I wanted to put the setting in an ambiguous modern day rural area. The kinda setting you get from My Neighbor Totoro. A place seemingly behind the times due to its rural nature and where strange magical things can happen.
As for the reason for cow girls, I was toying with the idea of a human breast milk craze becoming the natural order in this world, effectively replacing regular dairy over the span of a decade or so. To fill this demand, an ultra corporation effectively gets indentured servitude legalized for gathering "employees" that work full time as human cows. Something mysterious happens and the ultra corporation collapses completely creating a void for the supply of milk and leaves the twisted laws behind. Therefore "organic" farms pop up everywhere trying to fill in the supply while taking advantage of the new slog of workers that either sell themselves or are forced by debt.

Kind of a twisted situation to not have to call the cows slaves, but "indentured servants." I'll take any constructive criticism for this idea and try to improve on it.

Finally, I was thinking that it would be great as part of the player's origin to start with a default cow girl of their choosing which would set the initial theme of the game. The first character I've imagined is Matty, a young, cheerful girl that grew up in the nearby town. She always had a love for the farm life and repeatedly visited the farm you currently use before it was converted from using regular dairy cows. She has a fascination with cows and wants to try and become one herself with your help. The only thing is, that she has hardly anything to work with, being a tiny thing with no curves to speak of or any practical farm hand knowledge despite her love of farms. She offers herself to be your indentured servant with the potential to be a great cow girl for your farm.

More ideas to come.


Pic by Katou Hayabusa

Restarting Blog - New Game in the Works

I'd first like to apologize to those that enjoyed playing the Feeder Fantasy Game I've created. I must confirm your suspicions, but I have ceased all work on that project. It was a combo of personal loss of interest, awfully limited code, and too many other awesome text games to play. Check my side bar for some other projects I've discovered that are just terribly awesome.

But I know no one likes excuses, so on that note, I'd like to point to my new project which I will tentatively refer to as Cow Girl Farmer or something like that (name pending).  The basic premise of this game is that you are a farmer that specializes in raising Cow Girls.  You will raise them to help out around the farm and provide milk to sell to the nearby town.  Sexiness and potential transformations are all intended.  I know not all FAs are into anthros, and that's not necessarily the focus of the game, but the promising points to this will be raising cow girls to have big lactating boobs and widening bodies to aide at that end.

Now mind you this is all strictly in the pre-production phase and designs are being drawn up as soon as the ideas begin to flow.  I've started a few discussions on some forums to generate ideas for features and some ideas are looking pretty neat. If you'd like to participate you are more than welcome to reply here or check out the process forums.

Just a note for the current aims of this project.

• This is Text Based Flash game.
• I'm looking to add character images and perhaps other art assets.
• No combat system (An anti-feature I know D: )
• Easily mod-able with custom events and items 
• Ability to raise at least a few cow girls at a time
• Breast growth due to lactation, potions and/or food
• Other forms of body expansion, especially dealing with manageable weight and diets
• Relationship building with cow girls
• This will be a free and open game

Thanks for sticking around and I hope this one is fun for everyone.