Final Chimera

Nice! Though the tiny in-game avatars of the chimera make it look like a trench coat flasher. I like to think this is intentional and raised more than a few giggles in the team Cheers!

I'm just over here ecstatic that this is the closest to trans this appears to be getting.

As a pansexual, I support everything you guys do. I think a lot of people think too much into gender/sexuality. In the end it comes down to the fact that straight sex has to be the most represented aspect for breeding reasons. Everything else is an awesome bonus. I do love my androgynous creatures and traps though.

There's a lot of discussion we've noticed on gender issues and some statements made on the picarto that were based around miscommunications both internally and externally. In our lore, Chimera were made to be the ultimate breeding machines by ancient Wizards, to repopulate devastated monster groups. However, their transformations have far more to do with getting a partner to accept and like them, than making babies. The advantage of making babies is a happy side effect. Equally important is the difference between Feral and Domestic Monsters. Feral Monsters, those you meet in the wild for example, are saturated with magic and driven mad by it. They are not sapient, though they are sentient. Those chimeras are entirely driven by instinct, and with that, they can't control their gender transformation. Domestic Chimera change to best suit their chosen partner, so a Chimera that has chosen a lesbian as a partner is probably going to take on a female form, unless by some disaster they're oversaturated with magic and goes feral. In this case, they're more likely to kill than mate with their partner as ferals see all other creatures besides their own species as threats. We hope this clears any confusion. ~JH

The only thing that really bothers me with this, is that it appears that there won't be a 50/50 split anymore. Or at least not until genderbent and alternative scenes are added. Of course I'm not going to stop supporting, as I don't know exactly what the plans are, may be surprised later, and want to see this game succeed. However, this is one of the only games that would appeal to both sides of my sexuality, and this is making me somewhat cautious about future scenes. I appreciate the hard work going into the game though, and look forward to the future development plans, both for the adult content, and the gameplay content.

Something to bring up, if you guys see something stated anywhere except actually in the game? Then it's not fully decided upon. Anything tagged "Art" is preliminary thoughts, not final canon, and anything stated in the stream chats should be considered full on fuzzy-canon until it's actually made actionable in the game. A lot of stuff is going to change between now and the final launch.

So excited for the chimera! I had some questions that I've been itching to ask since folks started talking about it a lot on the HWYM blog. If possible, I would love to get an answer on these! (I wanted to ask on the stream, but I always worry about derailing if I go on there and ask questions about something that isn't currently being drawn.) So, it was mentioned earlier that chimera was created to be the best possible breeder, and that there aren't same-sex scenes because the chimera is concentrated on fertility and "wouldn't allow that". (So the chimera will transform in order to make a heterosexual match with their partner.) This led me to wonder, is this transformation a conscious decision? Or is it instinctive? If it's conscious, then do chimera not have sex for pleasure? Like, if it's a conscious choice, you would think they would be able to choose to have non-reproductive sex just because it feels good, to please their partner, or whatever reason. If they *can't* or *won't* choose this, my question is why? Like, are they just really turned on by the concept of pregnancy, like a fetish, and aren't interested if there is no reproduction involved? If it's instinctive, what triggers that change? Is it triggered by their partner's sex hormones, or do they have some mystical/handwaved scientific way of "sensing* the other person's fertility? In either of these cases, penis-penis and vagina-vagina sex scenes could totally be possible, especially if you take trans people into consideration. For example, if the chimera were with a trans guy who was on HRT and the shapeshifting is hormonally triggered, then the chimera would shift to having a vagina. (And if the trans guy hasn't modified his genitals, he would have one too, creating a vagina-vagina sex scene.) (Which actually leads me to an entirely different question, about if there are physical transition options for trans people in this world different from our own? Like if a trans guy could get a penis through some kind of magic instead of surgery. But that's an aside.) If it was fertility based, and the trans guy still had his original plumbing, and his eggs were still viable, then the chimera would shift to have a penis. But the fertility-based instincutal transformation leads to another set of questions... First, what would happen if the chimera ran into a sexual partner who was infertile for whatever reason? Would their body just not react? Also, let's say there was a monster race with only one sex, and each individual has both eggs and sperm, similar to slugs. Would the chimera shift to have similar physiology with them, to maximize fertility and go for a double pregnancy?

Cool. Alright face but I bet that black ass with big tits will look fucking sexy!

It's a good thing I can see that post via E-mail. When I said that lesbians lost this round, I was purely speaking about the animations. As a gay man I am quite aware that we lost more overall if more monster content is not added. The reason I'm not a fan of adding 'gay' Chimera content is because I can only see it giving minimum benefits while causing complaints. It also makes Team Nimbus look lazy because, as you said, it's only requires them to make 2 additional animations whereas all the other gender-bends actually requires the creation of battle animations and such. I also don't agree with the notion that you had to show the genitals for the scenes to work. Heck, had Chimera's male animation looked a little less vaginal I'd have had no issues with it. Tail peg would have worked with for the female animations as well.

Awesome!

So basically a monster purely for straight players. Not like I didn't see this coming.

woah that is quite beautiful.. handsome? eh whatever its both lol