Kincaid [2024.03 Hotfix 1] [Cookiedraggy]

Hi Space Adventurer!

There is trouble galore in the jungle and Kincaid needs your help more than ever!

Tenby needs your help! The Brethren Bellow System (short: BBS) is down again and his brother bears are going on a rampage!

Can you help Tenby get the system up and running again? He has a big juicy reward ready for any helping hands!

This wonderful set of illustrations is brought to you by Reydam!

Kaha has been up to no good and it is finally time for her first intermezzo with Kincaid.

Can you stop Kaha and her goons?

Grab it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/101721266

Hi Space Adventurer!

WHEW! Just made it in the nick of time! We were super determined to pull this build together before January turns around. xD

Reydam joined us to make illustrations and this build features his first set of CGs.

He’s an amazing artist and you should check out his Twitter: https://twitter.com/Reydam9

Yup! He’s finally getting his turn! xD

Just walk up to him and strike up a conversation. Later on this scene will be tied to an optional boss fight, so enjoy it “for free” until then. ^w~

This is the first scene done by Reydam! To watch it, talk to the smaller kobold on top of the hut with the white flowers and then follow them inside!

As with the champion, this scene will later be tied to a short quest related to the story.

For now, please enjoy Rey’s magnificent work! n_n

This build also introduces the kobold-driven fast travel system: The Flapper Network!

From now on, on this planet, you’ll be finding flag posts with either a red or a pink flag. Pink means that it has been captured. If you ring the bell, it will activate and you can use it.

If it has a red flag, it needs to be captured first! Ringing the bell is going to start a fight. Protect the friendly kobold while waves of enemies spawn.

After the red flag has been replaced with a pink one, the outpost is yours and can be used!

This little stinker is definitely a step up from the kobolds. They are fast and dangerous! We are still tweaking these, but keep in mind that you will face these enemies on the second planet where the learning curve has gone up a little bit. You’ll also have more upgrades by the time you meet them.

But for now, we hope you have fun pummeling them and getting your, uh, revenge! ^w~

We have expanded a great deal on this area! We hope you have as much fun exploring it and finding the secrets as we had building it.

Can you find all the Rift Crystals and discover what this new Rift is all about!?

(HINT: To make it a bit easier, we have hidden more Rift Crystals in the area than you actually need to open the portal! But if you’re up for a challenge, try to find all 18 of them!)

The map screen has been completely recreated from the ground up! It is heavily inspired by the map style of games like Ori and Hollow Knight. We think it makes navigating maps easier, as the shape of the area gives you more information than a bunch of colored squares.

You can also set your own pins now! Click a pin again to cycle through images.

A smaller but interesting change is the way deflected projectiles behave now. We want to expand on this mechanic and make it more fun. Try hitting kobold bombs and other stuff and see what happens! This should make fighting enemies that use projectiles and throwables way more fun and rewarding!

Our lovely kobold shaman finally has a name and a more flavorful job description! She’s also very curious about Kinny’s soft fur. Luckily, Kincaid is more than happy to give her a thorough demonstration and Tiaki has some tricks up her sleeve, too!

Explore the Old City Ruins

The first half of a new area has been added. You can access it via the stone mason’s elevator! Compared to the starting area, this section of the game will feature tighter platforming and more challenges.

New Foes

Some new enemies have appeared in the jungle!

And before anyone asks, these creatures won’t be getting a lewd animation, sorry! ^w~

Gameplay Preview

We know the overhaul took some time, but we hope playing these new sections you’ll find it was the right move for the game. More challenging platforming sections like this wouldn’t have been possible or fun in the old resolution.

Hotfix 1 Released!

Hi everyone!

Yay, it was a close one, but we still made it!

A lot of stuff happened IRL that got in the way, but we were determined to get a new build out, or at least the new animation for you guys, and here it is!

I might talk more about our horrible December in an upcoming roundup. For now we just want to release this for you to enjoy and take some rest.

Thank you for your support and as always, we hope you like what we made for you! We wish all of you a wonderful start into the New Year! ^w^

Level-design wise we didn’t get around to making more levels and adding more polish as we had initially planned to. Some things happened IRL that ate more of our time (as I said earlier, may write more on that later, not sure yet, as it is sad and personal). We decided to focus on the animation since it’s about time the game got some more lewds! I even had Null help me with some of the pixel stuff this time so we could finish it on time.

The biggest piece of content is a new lewd animation with Kincaid and the kobold boss! Yep, the one you can’t fight quite yet in the recent builds. xD If you’re new here, check out Build 2022.07 ( https://www.patreon.com/posts/69384646 ) If you want to fight him! This animation would be the reward for defeating him. Once the level design of the overhaul has caught up to the Temple of Trials we’ll connect everything correctly of course!

Null made a new save system which should be way more robust than the previous one. The new build doesn’t make much use of it quite yet, but the foundation is here.

A new movement option has been implemented: Ziplines! You’ll find a few of them throughout the current levels but we’ll make much more use of them in later levels.

Hi Space Adventurer!

You can now download and play the newest release of Kincaid! ^w^

Also, I made the last experimental build, Glitchcaid 2, available for all $5 patrons. Please check it out and let me know what you think! Glitchcaid 2 is an overhaul based on our learnings from developing Kincaid. I’ll post more about it down below. But first, let’s look at what’s new in 2022.06!

Find him in the spooky forest behind the rift in the tree top palace!

Please note that some of the graphics are still placeholders or unfinished. I wasn’t able to complete all the animation work before my LARP event, but I will get back to work next Monday and the completed sprites will make it into the Quality of Life update we’ll work on next! ^w^

Same goes for all the sound effects! The voice actor has sent us a batch of recordings, but we didn’t get around to processing them and adding them to the game. ^^

In this build we’re introducing a new way to have fun with the enemies! We’ve shown this a while back in the “Domcaid” Experimental Build ( https://www.patreon.com/posts/61582560 ) a few months ago.

To trigger a scene, just walk up to the defeated enemy. If there are no other enemies closeby, the game will offer you the option to have some fun!

Do note that the threesome isn’t possible to trigger in this version. We’ll add that back into the game in the Quality of Life update.

Similarly the CGs used to be for game overs. Going forward we’re going to find a new way to integrate them. For now you’re able to enjoy them from the gallery!

I hope you like the changes! Please let us know what you think! ^w^

But this isn’t all we’ve been working on! As we’ve mentioned in our roadmap post ( https://www.patreon.com/posts/66500973 ), Null is currently hard at work on an overhaul featuring a bigger moveset, a higher resolution and some other things.

I’ll just copy and post the release post from earlier. ^w~

As the previous Glitchcaid, this build is meant to gather feedback on new abilities and movement options we have been working on.

Since none of the actual in-game content is built around these abilities we made a few raw levels and packaged them into their own little mini adventure for you to enjoy! ^w~

The levels in this build aren’t big but they are challenging. We made them a bit harder on purpose so you’re forced to really play with them and not just mess around a little bit.

Rest assured: The difficulty in this build is not reflective of what the desired difficulty in the actual Kincaid game is going to be.

Here’s the list of new abilities that you’ll find in this build:

Ledge Grab – We felt like the basic platformer was missing something. Barely missing a platform and falling down felt bad. We went back and forth on introducing walljumping that works everywhere and other options to help with that. In the end we decided to go with ledge grabbing/climbing. We thought it fits the type of levels we want to build a bit better.

Crawling – Only ducking felt a bit too slow and limiting so we decided to introduce crawling. It won’t be super slow tho, as not to interrupt the smooth flow of running & jumping. Together with the ledge grab it allows for far more interesting level design.

These mechanics only exist in code now, I haven’t done animations for any of them yet, so the footage looks a bit silly. xD

Reintroduced & reworked Hookshot – First introduced in our “Glitchcaid” demo but deemed unusable because of how little of the surrounding area the player can see. But since we’ve increased the resolution of the game it has become a viable option again!

Gliding – Kincaid’s boots can emit a powerful impulse that allows her to double jump. Now she can emit the energy continuously to allow her to glide down gently!

Rail Grinding – Kincaid can now use the forcefield of her boots to grind along rails at high speed! Cookie made the sprites for this over a year ago but like the hookshot, this mechanic also wasn’t feasible in the old resolution.

Reintroduced Downsmash – Another ability that was first introduced in the Glitchcaid demo. It used to be a charged melee attack. We made it easier to launch and brought it back into the overhaul version.

Reworked Dash & Dodge Roll – The dodge roll felt too sluggish compared to the dash. We brought both abilities closer together and made the roll feel more dynamic.

More Platforming Forgiveness – We added more small forgiveness tweaks like allowing Kincaid to jump up a platform if only a few pixels are missing for her to reach it! Nothing huge or groundbreaking, but makes the platforming experience even smoother overall.

Higher Resolution – We also changed the game’s resolution to better support faster movement speeds and more involved platforming.

How are you liking the new abilities? Please send us your thoughts and notes!

This build is based on the overhaul version I have mentioned in my previous roundup ( https://www.patreon.com/posts/66500973 ) so a few things are broken or not yet finished.

For example, we’ve switched to a new input manager to better support all kinds of controllers. The conversion is not yet complete, so rebinding keys doesn’t work as of yet.

Here’s the default control scheme for playing this build:

Thanks for playing!

Hi Space Adventurer! ^w^

I’m excited to present you with the newest installment of Kincaid!

This one started out as a Quality of Life build, but as life would have it, Null’s coding efforts took a little longer than he had anticipated and we decided to roll it together with a bunch of new content to make one bigger release.

The new CG set contains 8 variations and the story that goes along with it is almost 2800 words long (2798 to be exact)!

I also mentioned earlier that the build would release without sound effects for her, but our sound designer is a super star and he managed to deliver the new sounds way ahead of schedule!

The only thing missing still is Kincaid’s climax – The sound effect got uploaded just as I started uploading the build to Patreon. xD

Another big chunk of work in this build is the new combat system. Null wrote it completely from scratch for a variety of reasons. We also added a bunch of extra polish to combat to make it feel better:

Let us know what you think of the changes!

The Glitchcaid Rift in the chambers of the Kobold Queen has reopened! It now leads to a little preview area to showcase some of the art for the next planet we’ve been working on!

There’s also a new song added for this area as well!

Be sure to check it out!

In earlier builds of the game, when you hit your head it sent Kincaid flying down, making some jumps unnecessarily difficult.

Now, if you hit your head, Kincaid sticks to the ceiling for just a little bit, before starting to fall.

It’s a subtle change but it makes managing some areas much easier and it just feels nicer.

That’s the biggest changes so far! Be sure to check out the changelog for some minor things as well.

Have fun with the game!

Cookie & Bunny

Head to the village and talk to the mason in the lower left corner. He will give you a quest and you’ll be able to access the new area with his elevator. Have fun exploring!

6 new sex animations (for Kobold NPCs)

Lots of new player animations

Sunken Temple area (accessible shortly after defeating the wolf)

New water system

Underwater mechanics and hazards

Air attack now has a dedicated animation with a hitbox that reaches above Kincaid’s head, making it easier to hit flying enemies.

Energy system and Glove blaster have been completely redesigned. Energy now works with charges. Healing and shooting require one charge. Blaster does a lot of damage.

Glitchcaid Rift has been removed.

Dash ability can be found in the Sunken Temple area

Metroid-Critter-Crawlies have a more forgiving hitbox

Metroid-Critter-Crawlies can’t be used to get unlimited energy anymore.

Even though there is no new lewd content, there is still a lot of new things to discover! I made two new tilesets and redid the whole starting area. The whole area spans the size of the temple.

There is a new piece of music, which is playing in the illustrated game over screens. A bunch of new sounds have been added, including some environmental sound effects and sounds for the slime enemy. The wolf enemy will be voiced next!

We also fixed the controller issues! So you can finally play again with a controller. ^-^

Aside from that there have been a bunch of bug fixes and tweaks. Going forward we will try to be more organized so we can have a proper changelog. ^^;

The wolf sprite has a total of 444 frames of animation (100 frames for combat and 344 for sex act), 8 high-resolution CG illustrations and 10 high-res overlays for the CG sequence (cutouts of her face, the woof and internal shots). The encounter story that comes with it has 1260 words for the script!

The world itself has not grown or changed much, since we are reaching the point where we are going to restructure the world soon anyway.

The game now autosaves at the various checkpoints within the game. It is still unclear where they exactly are, but we tried to space them out in a fair manner. With the next update we will introduce proper save spots in the game.

I’m happy to present you the newest build of Kincaid, exclusive to patrons!

Before I dive into the build and what the focus is, let me just get it out there: The slime is not in it yet! But no worries, I will be releasing a second build later this month, which will have the new sex content. ^w^

This build is focused on new moves Kincaid can do to navigate the world and evade enemies. We introduced double jump, dodge rolling, ducking and sliding.

Ducking is pretty self explanatory. Dodge rolling and sliding evades enemies and projectiles, but it does not protect you from environmental hazards like spike traps. So be careful where you roll that big juicy tushy!

In the final game, these abilities might be unlockables that you don’t have from the start.

In order to play the new rooms, choose “Temple of Trials” from the main menu. The old levels are still there and have been changed slightly to address some issues players were having with them.

The Temple of Trials is a set of rooms that will test your skills in using the new abilities and exploring some level design concepts for them.

And just to reiterate: This is not the way we will be presenting levels in the final game. While the game is still in development and we’re playing around with different ideas and concepts, we will be making rooms specific for each version for you guys to try things out.

Once Kincaid’s abilities and the way you get them are decided upon, we will move to production and create the actual game world her.

After seeing how people like the new moves and squashing any bugs surrounding it, we will tackle the combat system next. Right now combat is very simple. For the new combat we will introduce combo attacks, dedicated air attacks and experiment with (charged) ranged attacks.

I hope you’ll have fun with the new level set!

Warm regards,

Cookie & Null

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Initial Release

Hi everyone!

It’s finally here! But before I go into the meat and potatoes of the release post I want to say…

Bunny and I want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support and encouraging words during the past couple of weeks. Things have been very rough for us, but the encouragement from the community has helped us remain sane during this stressful time.

Without you I would have never dared to make a game of this scope! We love you! <3

Before you ask, this build does not contain new lewd content! If you just want to see new lewds, wait until the next one, because I just started working on the next scene. ^w~

But if you want to see the new art & levels and the overall direction we’re taking Kincaid, check this one out!

… and is in the process of changing.

We’re in the process of switching gears from pre-production to production and a lot of the work involves incorporating the new environment art and all the changes we’ve introduced in the recent Experimental Builds into the main game branch.

New resolution – Old resolution was too limiting and we got frustrated as we tried to introduce new enemies and mechanics. The bomb throwing and flying kobolds made this painfully obvious. We bit the bullet, knowing we’d have to rework a lot of the levels but we’re glad we did it!

All new environment art – Fabian did an amazing job! Styles are different but they work well together, resulting in more readable characters in the world. It was a big project and Fabian did an amazing job. The new tilesets look gorgeous and he touched up all of the Kobold Village to fit into the new style he is bringing to the table.

Reworking the world – Big art update and higher resolution/more visible area means that it’s finally time to rework the world from the ground up – and in this build we kicked off this process! I’ve talked about it in the past:

In the beginning of development we just kind of built the world around what we were making content and feature wise at the moment. But we’ve now reached a point where the foundation is there and we can look at it critically, take it apart and turn it into a game experience that makes more sense. This includes enemy placements, cutscenes and story beats and the order in which you acquire new abilities.

There was also a big imbalance in area sizes – the jungle was so tiny compared to the temple and even the caves/mines!

We took a step back, looked at our story and planned a world map for the planet.

Combat changes – Kincaid can do full air combos that give you some amount of air time. We want to introduce more flying enemies and this change should make it more fun to fight them. Also the combo has been made a little bit longer and faster.

We put a big focus on making moving around the environment more fluid and fun!

Inputs are shown in the upper right corner for a moment. Going to the pause menu brings them back up.

Options for lewd sound effects – None, only plaps and stuff, Kincaid, Kincaid+Partner(s)

CGs – Since Kincaid initiates now they aren’t suitable for “Game Over” situations anymore. We’re going to find new homes for them and rewrite the intros to fit the new context.

Enemy placements are temporary still as the world is still getting expanded on and new minor enemies, critters and traps will be introduced in the coming builds!

Not all rooms have been fully decorated yet – so over the next 1-2 builds we are going to cement in the visual art style of the environments and biomes, including ambient sound effects and particles, etc. – Fabian’s art is so pretty and we want to make it shine!

Not all areas are done yet – You can play up to the village and enter the rift to see wolf and bear but all the quests have been marked completed for now.

Water pass – Old water doesn’t fit anymore and we’re working on a style that will work on all planets!

Rebindable input – Temporarily broken as we moved from GameMaker’s standard input system to a new, more robust one made by a third party. It’s more robust and supports a wider range of input devices from the get go and is kept up to date!

Save Games – Save system is not in this release yet as there are only 2 areas. Instead the main menu temporarily offers you different, convenient starting points. Don’t worry, your old saves remain and are playable with older builds still!

Fast Travel – The world has gotten very big and is only going to grow, so we’re going to introduce a fast travel system very soon.

No minimap yet – we’re going to completely redo the whole UI and part of that is the minimap. We’re moving away from a square based minimap to an area-based one.

No collectible abilities – They’ll get reintroduced of course – At the right spot, in the right order. For now we’ve given the player dash ability and blaster just to have some fun with it.