Update

Build is complete! Thank you all for all of your help, I used a ton of the information to figure out what to get ^^ In the end I went with the 1TB Seagate, i5-2500k cpu, Asus Z77 board, a 650W XFX PRO power supply, and a Radeon HD 6850 gfx card. Some of the decisions were based on power vs cost while some decisions were swayed by noise levels (mostly the gfx card). Also had to get some little things, like an IDE to SATA converter and a cheap DVD drive since IDE has been phased out, but they were quite cheap. Thanks again!

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Ok, so I'm starting to really think about what I should be getting and I'm a little outdated on the computer building world. I'll try to explain what I've figured out and since there's a lot of you who actually keep up with computers, I was hoping you could chime in and help me with the decisions ^^

Overall, I need a new motherboard. New motherboards don't have the same sockets as the stuff I have, so that means I'd need a new CPU and new memory as well. I am currently using Windows XP Pro 32-bit (I had a friend who had a disc with many installations so I went with that), but apparently that only uses 3.7 gb of RAM at max and would make 8 gb of ram (which is currently quite cheap in general) useless otherwise. So, I would need to upgrade my OS. If I'm upgrading my OS, I might as well get an new HDD, since my current one has already started to get bad sectors and I'm pretty cramped for space. On top of all that, I'd also need to get a new PSU as well, since I don't know if my current one is the reason my motherboard died and I shouldn't risk it.

So, basically, I'll probably be upgrading my computer. The only thing that isn't necessary to upgrade right now is the graphics card, which I might do anyways while I'm at it since they've been dying on me (but thank you XFX for replacing them, even 4-5 years after the original purchase).


CPU

I figure first and foremost I should choose the CPU, since it's the heart of the computer. I think quad-core would be the best choice, since dual-cores have become pretty standard and I tend to run multiple applications. So, in terms of AMD vs Intel in this regard, it seems to be Zambezi vs Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge in the "efficiency vs cost" range. However, the Zambezi seems to be pretty bad, not nearly as powerful as its numbers would suggest as its Intel counterparts. So with Intel there's first i5 vs i7. i7 seems to be special for its HyperThreading. But it costs $100 more to get one. Is Hyper Threading really that good, or is it just the "new technology that won't really be useful for another 5 years", like how Quad-Cores were when I built the original computer 6 years ago? Assuming I go with i5, what's the difference between Sandy Bridge and ? Ivy uses slightly less wattage, but I've read a few people having issues with heat and incompatibility with some motherboards. Also, does not having integrated graphics make it run better, or does it not matter either way?

RAM

This one is pretty simple. $40 for most 8 gb 240-pin DDR3 1600 dual-channel kits. Totally beating the 1 gb DDR dual channel I bought for $90 6 years ago XD

Motherboard

Unless I should change the choice in CPU or RAM, the motherboard search simplifies a ton. And with such a core part of the computer, I think I wanna stick to ASUS, because they have pretty good customer service and my other board lasted for 6 years without any problems. I also seem to need a PCI-E 3.0 for most graphics cards nowadays, even the cheaper ones. From there... I pretty much find either [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131835]this one with 1 PCI-E 3.0, or this one with 2 and a different north bridge chipset (which I know nothing about) and costs about $25 more after rebates and shipping.

Hard Drive

I pretty much want a 1TB drive so I don't have to worry about running out of space anymore XD So I'm looking at either this 1 TB Seagate or this 2 TB Samsung. I've only had experience with Seagate and Western Digital (my WD wasn't nice, but my Seagate is the one I'm still using), so I have no idea about the Samsung, in terms of life and dependability. But the benchmark for the Samsung seems higher and it has twice the capacity (not that I think I'd fill it) and 6gb/s doesn't matter vs 3gb/s.

Windows

I currently have XP Pro 32-bit. Apparently Pro 64-bit increases the RAM limit above 8, but I have no idea where I'd get it. I have Windows 7 on my laptop and it's nice, but I don't exactly use my laptop for gaming or other intense things, mostly for watching videos and browsing. Yet, it seems XP is getting phased out in terms of gaming and stuff, so it is probably worth doing. Now, the main question is: Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional? The "official" differences Microsoft shows doesn't matter to me, but people have told me to go with Professional, though not so much why. There was something about "emulating XP" but they got distracted before they could elaborate XD It's a $40 difference, so some help there would be nice ^^

Graphics Card

This one I haven't put too much thought into yet. I can still use my current ATI Radeon HD 4450 for a while longer if need be. But if I do upgrade, I'd probably go with ATI versus NVidia, because ATI is quieter and cooler, even if it isn't quite as powerful. Though, what is important in a graphics card now? Because I have no idea anymore XD Otherwise I think I'll go with XFX again, because they replaced mine twice over the past 6 years when a capacitor blew or there was an issue, even when it was way past the warranty :v

PSU

This will pretty much depend on everything else I'm getting. I think 550W will cover all my power needs pretty easily, and probably even 500W. This one that was suggested in a previous journal seems nice, but there's no listed MTBF, whereas this Rosewill is about the same with a nice MTBF. Does anybody know what the more reliable PSUs are? Like, ones that last a good while and aren't often known for frying mobos. And should 530W be enough for the things I listed above?


Any information you guys can give me on any of these subjects will be really helpful ^^ I plan on ordering tomorrow so it'll be processed on Monday and sent out asap.

First off, I would like to say Thank You! to everybody who donated. I really appreciate all the donations you sent in and there were a few surprisingly generous donations that made me stop and go "wow, really?!". It's great to know you enjoyed Nimin so much! ^^ Half were with requests and half weren't, and overall I ended up with more donations than I thought I would. I'm still going to be working on a couple other requests over the next few days while I order and wait for parts, but everything will be ready for 0.95 when it comes out in a week or two! ^^

Overall, it was rather successful. So successful, in fact, that I may be doing more such drives in the future. Not week-long things like this one that culminate in a release though, more like one or two days here and there where I take donation requests and wind up adding more to the game than I had planned for myself. There was a surprising amount of content added in just a single week, which is great, but I also have to take into account that I'm kinda burnt out from it and will be looking forward to a break of doing things at my own pace X3

I'm not sure what parts I'm going to order for my computer yet, but it looks like I'll be able to upgrade my computer to survive several more years ^^ (That and I don't think I have much of a choice otherwise XD). I'll be posting another journal later to consult you technophiles about the decisions, since things have progressed a bit since I last built a computer, though I'm gonna try to look around and get an idea first.

And for those of you who still want to get the early special build (a build that has all the new items already in your inventory and will be sent out 3 days in advance), you can still donate at least $2 to be put on the list, but I'm only going to do this until the end of Monday. I know some people missed out that wanted it, but I don't want to keep the list open forever either. Eh, you can still donate until I get my computer up, but after that the special build would be finished soon and sent out, so you wouldn't be able to get it then XD

Again, a great big thank you to everyone! ^^ I really appreciate all your generosity and assistance, it really means a lot!

These are the things that have been added to Nimin 0.95 thanks to the Donation Drive ^^ More will be added to this list as I finish them throughout the week =3

An extra Siz'Calit Prostitution scene.
A gay wolf enemy.
A Cuntboy body type.
A sneezy event in the forest.
Quad-nipples.
A female naga enemy.
A mouse transformation (with item).
A Fidoris nesting doll event.
A milky masturbation scene.
A birdy transformation (with item).
A dye shop with a few dyes.
A stuffed Lila event (with item). (halfway finished)
An udder experiment event. (halfway finished)
A snuggly item.
A piggy transformation (with item).
Some extra knottiness.
An item to increase fertility.


Items that will be given in the special build to those who have donated at least $2:
A stack of Cheese
A stack of Rocks
An Auburn Dye
A Brown Dye
A Grey Dye
A White Dye
An upgraded charm (in stash)
A Snuggle Ball
A stack of Mud
A stack of Gel

As mentioned in the previous journal, I will be attempting to do a Donation Drive throughout this week in hopes of raising some funds to fix my computer ^^

tl;dr

I do a streamy, many times this weeky. You may have thingy added to Niminy while in streamy. After emaily, you do a donaty with Paypal. Thingy get added to Niminy. New Niminy happens after all the streamys.

Donaty, with or without adding thingy, can get you special Niminy. Learn to ready rest of this thingy if you likey special Niminy.


The Details:

-Every weekday this week (5/14 - 5/18), I will be attempting to do a live stream here: link, from around 6pm EST (GMT -5) to 1-2 am, with my laptop. I'll likely be interrupted, but hopefully not often, and I may start earlier or run later or stop early. I'll post a basic "I'm streaming" image for as long as I'm streaming, and you'll have a "New Submission" notification here on FA when I do (you can also have Livestream send you notification when I'm streaming).

-I will not have a mic or a webcam, and I'm not sure if I will be able to or want to play music at the same time, so if you want some noise I would suggest listening to your own music if you'd like ^^ The stream will be me coding Nimin, of course. Not exactly exciting, but people seem to have fun in Fenoxo's stream ^^

-During the streaming, you can potentially have me put something you want in the game by donating. First, I will ask who would like to be next and I will take a few at once. Then we will correspond via email (my email is xadera1@yahoo.com) to flesh out what will be added and "prices" will vary depending on what's being asked (see below). I'll do them in order of when the ideas get cemented, where we both agree on what's going in and how much would be donated.

-When I ask you to donate, that is when you will send the donation through Paypal (see below) and I will start coding in your idea.
----Any donations received before I ask you to send it will be counted as a general donation (as in, you did it out of kindness instead of wanting something and I will be thankful for it ^^), to prevent people from trying to cut in line or confusing me. If you do send a donation before I prompt you to, I'll make sure you meant to and if you didn't I'll scold you for not following the rules and then refund the donation until I get to you XP

-You can also freely donate without having something added and still get something (see next bullet).

-When the week is over, I'll see how much has been donated and I will order the parts I need for my desktop computer and fix it. Once fixed, I will build Nimin v0.95, which will include all of the things added from this donation drive. Anybody who donates at least $2 (USD) will receive an early special build that will grant all new characters a set of any items created by this drive (more info in "What you get").

-I reserve the right to decline or refund any donations if either they are not something I can/will do or if they turn out to be too much for me to accomplish within a decent timeframe.

What I will do

-Most items. Simple consumables and the like will probably be around $5, whereas complex ones like the Milker or Penis Pump will be around $15.

-Some racial transformations. Like the transformations in the game, I can add a new race which you can transform into. The transformation itself might be around $20-$30 depending on what it is, and might require more to put a method of achieving it into the game (though a super-simple item can be included in that cost). You tell me what you want the transformation to include (skin, tail, etc.; images could be helpful if it's not something well known) and I'll do it. I won't do a huge amount of these and there are some restrictions as to what I can do. For instance, I can't change the legs into a tail or taur due to other wordings in the game. Though, if somebody really wants, I can try to update the game to allow that (for a higher donation, of course). Any races added in this fashion won't be selectable starting races, though, since those require a whole town to start in. I'll also try to avoid having races overlap, like doing different breeds of canines or something.

-Simple events like cat-milk attack can be done for around $15-$40 or so, depending on how much there is to it.

-New enemies. They'll be around $25 or more, depending on how complex they are. You tell me what they are, what attacks they might have (I might add more to fill/balance them out), an idea of their stats (do they hurt, are they hard to hurt, are they sexual, are they easy to rape), what their sexual preferences are (male, female, both, none), and how you'd like the rape scenes (you rape, you get raped, etc.). They can also have "special endings" when they lose or win, like the octopus girl.

-"Special" masturbation scenes can be had for $10 or so. I don't think many have noticed, but if you meet certain "prerequisites" in 0.94, there's a random chance that when you masturbate you'll get a special scene that is different from the normal kind. There aren't many of them yet, so there's plenty of room to request more. If you need an example, try wearing something "open" down below while you have a penis and more than 45 lust when you masturbate a few times :P Okay, scratch the example, I forgot to change a number and they aren't showing up at the moment, and I can't build a fix at the moment XD

-Many other things that I can't think up off the top of my head. As long as they aren't listed under the "won'ts" below and wouldn't take me days to do, I'll likely be interested in doing them.

What I won't do

-Complex and long events with special characters, like Malon or Silandrias. Not that I don't want to do more, it's that they can take several days to complete and would cost a lot if I were going to spend that much time doing them for you.

-Scat, gore, fat, or overly aged people (the wrinkly kind). Scat also includes flatulence and urination, gore also includes vore (anybody being digested or "vanishing from existence" is a no-no). Fat isn't a huge no, since chubby is cute too, but I don't want to get into weight gain and that stuff with the game and I want to stay away from the rolls upon rolls. Old people, well... I think that's a given XD

-"Mary Sue" characters in events. "Mary Sue" means the characters are some sort of "special" with very little dimension or interest to anybody outside of that character's owner. If you need more info, look up "Mary Sue" in Wikipedia. So, if you want an event with a fallen angel that is depressed and has all these woes yet is somehow super-powerful and godlike, you may want to rethink it XD

-Anything that takes way too long for you to even explain it to me. If it's that complicated, it'll probably be too difficult for me to put in XD

How to Donate

-If you're looking to get something added to the game, you have to be in the stream and wait until I prompt you to send the donation in an email. You'll have to let me know which Paypal account you're sending it through, so I know you have sent the donation.

-If you just want to donate money without wanting to add something to the game, you can donate whenever you want ^^ If you donate at least $2, you'll still get a special build as below to the email you sent it from (unless you want it to go elsewhere, see below).

-Send the donation as a "Gift" via Paypal to xadera1@yahoo.com. Please do not put anything in the "note" section or whatever, unless otherwise as below. It'll highly help me from being confused XD

-Donations eligible for the special build, if the special build is happening, will have the special build sent back to the email the Paypal was sent from. If you do not want the build sent to your Paypal email, leave a note in the donation either indicating another email you would like it sent to with "Send to me@here.com" or if you don't want it at all, just say "Do not want".

What you get

-If you donated to have something added to the game, you'll have whatever it was added to the game. I may need to add an extra explorable area or find a way to sneak an item or whatever into a currently existing event to get everything in. However, I'll have a list of who added what and if you donated for the event, you can Note me here on FA and I will tell you exactly where and how to get/do whatever it is you wanted. Otherwise, I'll be secretive so that you and others can explore and discover it ^^

-Everything added from donations will be released to the public in Nimin v0.95. Of course, I'll have no idea how much will be added until the drive is over, and the version won't be released until my computer is fixed (up to 2 weeks after the drive, I think, with placing the order and shipping) and I can build the flash, plus a few days so the donators can play first.

-If you donate at least $2, I will be sending out a special build of v0.95 (probably labeled differently, like "Super Mega Fantastic Version", or something less atrocious) to you a few days in advance of the public release. In addition to being early, any characters you create with the build will have all items added from the donations (potentially a stack of certain items, depending if they're stackable and consumable). Granted, this version will be buggy as hell I'm sure, but since saves can now be loaded into newer versions since v0.94, you can still use the special build to create a character with the items, save it, then load them into the non-Super-Mega-Fantastic-Version bug fixed public release. However, there is a chance nobody will donate to add items to the game, and if there are no items added then there's no reason for the build, but you'll still get it early.

-All things added to Nimin from the donation drive will be listed in a soon-to-be-created journal (I'll be replacing that part with a link once it's started) so everybody will have a vague idea what will be added (minus the name of the donator who added it; for privacy sake I'll be keeping that to myself). The list won't be too descriptive, just a simple "A new consumable item has been added" or "A new racial transformation has been added". So, if you're unsure you want the special build above, you can wait to see what has been added to see if it's worth it.


The End

I think I covered most of what I wanted to cover XD Keep in mind, I have no idea how this will go. It could be fantastic or it could be a huge flop. I don't have any plans to do this sort of thing again anytime in the future, but if it works out better than I imagine then the chances of doing it again are more likely ^^

I'll hopefully see you in the stream =D

Well, I finally replaced the PSU in my computer with my brother's. The same result occurred, lights and drives and fans turned on, but there was no beep. I tried everything everybody suggested, but nothing has made a difference, so I'm going to assume that my motherboard is dead : / And thanks to what people said, I'll probably need to get a new PSU as well (the only way for me to test it is to put it in my brother's computer and see if it fries his mobo too... he wasn't too fond of that idea XD) since it's like that is the reason the mobo died. And since getting a mobo with a CPU slot that fits mine would be quite difficult, I might as well get a new CPU while I'm at it (that could have been the issue as well, for all I know).

So, I'm pretty much stuck getting a new motherboard, cpu, and psu... Which will cost quite a bit ^^;

But, I think I've come up with a plan that many might enjoy. Throughout this week, I'm going to try doing Nimin donation drive streams. I'll be posting more details later, but essentially I'll be streaming my coding of Nimin (it won't be readable, though, since I'm restricted to my laptop and thus can't have terribly good quality). And while I'm streaming, I'll be taking Paypal donations to put what you want in Nimin. Nothing as complex as a whole character and stuff (those would cost a couple hundred if I did, since they take a few days XD), but I'll try to set something up where we quickly work something out and I create it for the game ^^ It's something Fenoxo kinda does every Sunday (I'm gonna pop into his tomorrow to see how it goes, since I haven't seen one in a while), so it'll be kinda like that =3

The donations will go towards rebuilding my computer and to give me some savings so I can be a bit more secure when I eventually move out. I'm not sure if I'll be doing more donation drives like this, since I don't like to mix business with pleasure too much, but if it works out better than I imagine I might just have to do it more often ^^ But again, I'll be posting more details later as to the "cost" to get certain things to happen and when I'll be doing the streams.


Also, completely unrelated, but when I have ponies in my dreams, why is it Pinkie Pie that's always the "sexual/kinky" one? Why not Fluttershy or Twilight, dammit? XD

So, here's what happened and the steps I took to test. If you can think of anything else I should do or if anything else might be borked, let me know:

1.) I was watching Soul Eater (again) on Hulu. Paused to get up and do something, when I came back the computer had completely froze, unable to ctrl+alt+del or anything. Forced shutdown, waited several seconds, turned back on. The fans and lights went on, but nothing appeared on my screen and I heard no beep.
2.) Opened up, checked all connections to make sure they were secured. Saw my sound card (which I got a couple months ago) was halfway out, assumed that was the issue. Reseated it, found a screw to secure it this time, then tried to turn on the computer. I got to it to POST, beep and all, and after BIOS I got "A disc read error occured".
3.) This is the second time I got the error. Before I just replaced the SATA cable and plugged it into another slot and it worked fine, so I did the same thing this time. On startup, I got the BIOS screen, checked the startup sequence, saw the drive was showing, continued, and I got the Windows load screen. After 3 minutes of sitting at the load screen, the computer had froze. Further attempts to restart resulted in the original problem: fans and lights went on, no beep.
4.) Opened back up, removed the sound card, gfx card, memory, and harddrive, and tried to start up. Still no beeps whatsoever. Plugged them all back in, still nothing. I'm sure I even hear my harddrive spinning with startup, so that should still be fine.

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So... I think my motherboard is dead. From what I've read, the inability to POST is either the motherboard, PSU, or CPU. The PSU seems fine (since the fans start and the harddrive spins) and I haven't done anything to the CPU and those apparently rarely go bad. I could be wrong though, they're all almost 6 years old now, so assistance would be appreciated.


Either way... fuck... Yet another thing to go wrong with very little going right.

I currently cannot build Nimin or play most games with my desktop out of commission. I forgot to backup the fla to Dropbox as well, so all the work with the layout is currently inaccessible. I'm assuming the harddrive should be alright though, so I will be able to access it later, possibly even putting it in my brother's computer if I really need to. The code itself, on the other hand, I did backup and can continue to still write code.

I don't know how much a new motherboard is going to cost yet, I haven't looked, and if it's the CPU instead that'll cost even more. I don't even know which I need to order yet. I still don't have that job I was hoping for yet, haven't heard back though I am told they might be interested, so this is just going to be a pain in the ass in all regards...

I'm wanting to expand Nimin's dimensions, possibly 1024x786 or 1280x960 (what do you think is a good size?), and with it I thought it would be a good idea to update Nimin's look.

However, I'm horrible at designing things like that (I'm sure it would end up pink and teal if I did XD), so I was wondering if anybody would be up to the task of giving Nimin a "look" ^^ Heck, if there's a couple good ones, I might make it able to toggle between them (I already plan on making things like font size and color toggleable).

I don't want to copy CoC's look, with the whole "fantasy map" thing, but I also have no idea what other theme to make it, which would be up to you. It would also mean designing the buttons images, the text fields backgrounds, even choosing which fonts you think would look best. You could even replace the little up and down arrows if you want XD

Quality would be essential, so please don't be put down if I don't accept some of your offers, and it would be completely voluntary. I'm not going to make this another failed contest, so the appeal would be you helped make some of Nimin (complete with special thanks in the credits =D) and everybody gets to see your work. And you'd get my thanks, of course ^^ XD

If nobody steps forward with something, it's no biggie, I can leave it with its current scheme. Would just be nice, is all ^^

Note: By "design", I mean graphical design, the graphical user interface. Take a look at CoC and you'll know what I mean.

Well, as I wait for word back from the job peoples about a potential interview, I took the time to work on Nimin. I have been working on it off and on ever since the last release. So much so that I've accumulated quite a few changes, to the point that I can't work on more things because I don't quite remember all the things I have changed >. >

So, I'm cutting things short and will be putting out a release within the next couple of days. As such, I wanted to give people a heads up over what will and what won't be in it.

As I have mentioned before, this update is more focused on gameplay and background code than content. I almost added more content (in fact I came up with even more that I had started but would take too long to finish appropriately), but I stopped a bunch of it off. As such, Jamie is still not available (though I did figure out what to do with him, since I was a bit stumped after the contest event kinda covered the same thing). I also was not able to finish the small things I wanted for Lila. There are also a couple whoring scenes that didn't make it in yet since they didn't go through the editors yet (I didn't push them for the release, I wanted to put out the release to show them Nimin is still going ^^).

There will be the contest event from the contest I held back in October-November. However, it is also not finished, but the creator made quite a bit already, and will be preparing more for the next release after this. Putting it into the game is actually the last thing I need to do to put out the release (and any subsequent debugging).

As for the gameplay changes... I changed the way a lot of things work, such as Lust and some experience gain and milking and stats. There's also some balancing factors, such as changes in Perks and HP, that will make the game feel more like a game by nerfing some of the "do this one thing over and over, get super powerful, and not worry anymore". I even introduced more stuff, though not all the things I had wanted to (I'm still stumped as to what Lust Spells I want to make...). Most of the gameplay changes will be outlined in the Nimin Tutorial/Guide when I update it.

Behind the scenes is mostly with the save system. I adjusted it to make more sense for myself, and I'm hoping that releases from this one on will share save files (ie, be backwards compatible without breaking things). This does not cover saves from previous versions and using such saves would likely break the game, so don't bother trying, sorry XD I also had prepared the ability to save to file on your computer, like CoC does (I actually used CoC's method as a guideline and adjusted the method to my own desires), but it turns out Adobe Flash CS3 does not cover it and it's a newer flash mechanic that CS5 handles, which I do not have. Oh well.

So yeah, this was the heads up to help diminish the number of people that will likely go "herp derp, I'm not milking like I used to". Now when they do, I could scold them for not reading these things, lol.

I'm sorry for the late-late release, but like I've said, I've been working towards getting a job (which I took more time to do than I had planned). The process is actually still going and the next release won't be right away either (though hopefully not this late again).

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A silly piece, and though they win by default and weren't really interested in the prize but rather the fun, they'll still be getting one of the games if at least for thanks for actually submitting ^^ Fun was the goal, so I'm glad there was at least a small amount =3


As for how the contest went as a whole... I'm sure you can take a guess :P I'll probably not be holding another contest, at least not for a while. I know a few people said "you should hold the contest closer to an update", but 1) the point was to produce some enjoyment since there wasn't a recent release to produce that enjoyment instead, and 2) I had a contest shortly after an update last time and that didn't fare much better than this. Maybe the prizes weren't good enough, maybe people aren't interested enough in competing and would rather do it on their own, maybe I flubbed the descriptions and made the contests sound more intimidating than they were. Whatever the case may be, it's obvious that I probably won't be able to ever hold a "successful" contest. Which is not a bad thing; if people don't find enjoyment out of them, then there's no reason in doing them anyways.


And before anybody asks: No, the next release won't be done soon. As I said in the State of the Nimin journal, I'm preparing to move (hopefully sooner rather than later), and in doing so I'm learning another programming language. Kinda hard to work on one language when trying to bolster another. I do get around to doing Nimin stuff every now and then, I've even come up with new ambitious content I'm sure many of you will like when it's finished, the work just isn't that fast.

I know in the process of the contest, and in many other places, people say I should update more often/spread things out across smaller updates, but: No. That's not how I work. I work on a big update and do a major release that makes replaying the game from scratch worthwhile. If I did frequent updates, like Fenoxo, I'd be getting bugged by dozens of people (dozens more than I already get) about what will be in the next update and when I'll do this or that or whatever. Putting large gaps in between updates actually reduces the amount of clamor I get in return and I find it rather pleasant. I didn't make the game to be popular, I did it out of my own enjoyment. I do appreciate the fanbase I've gotten and I'm glad I could make people happy, I'll even work in my own way to make people happier with it. But, I do not feel obliged to make people happy just to maintain my popularity, so when you try to say "people leave when you don't update as frequently", my response is simple: I don't care :P

Whew, now that the database change is done, I can post this without worrying about nobody seeing it XD

As explained in the previous journal, I had some prizes and was looking to do a contest ^^ Considered doing the suggestion of having a Nimin Cover Page contest, but that wouldn't look too good until I get the rest of the graphics updated in a later release. So, instead I figured this would be nice ^^

The Contest

Draw your journey through Nimin =3 It can be a comic from start to end, a single-page depiction of change over a small event, or even a single scene of your character focusing on how they've changed ^^

I figure people enjoy depicting their journeys anyways and this would simply be incentive to do more =3 Even if you don't win, all submissions will be automatically inducted to the Nimin Fanart page, for all to see and relate and enjoy ^^


The Prizes

As mentioned in the previous journal, I have extra copies of a couple games. Upon asking SumigakiFox for permission to allow Silandrias in submissions, he also submitted a couple more games to the contest =D At the moment, there are 3 places worth of prizes. In order of winning, each winner gets to choose from the following list of Steam games, looping back around (so 1st will get 1 game of choice first + 1 game leftover after others choose).

Update: Thanks again to Sumigaki for another prize, there is now a 4th place if at least 10 people submit to the contest, and I will add another game as well.

-Space Marine
-Fear 3
-Plants vs Zombies
-Space Pirates and Zombies
-One Steam game of your choice (up to $60) - If there is at least 10 people participating.
-Zombie Driver - If there is at least 10 people participating.

The game titles also link to their Steam pages, if you want to know what they are ^^ Also, if desired, for the "expensive games" I can probably trade them for other games of lesser value for you (such as Fear 3 for Sonic Generations), within reason.

I may potentially increase the number of places based on how well the contest goes and if the prize pool expands.

Judging

Judging will be based upon how well you illustrate your journey or section of your journey. Quality of the actual artwork is a factor, but a larger factor is how well you represent what you're trying to show. Trying to show a single transformation scene? Make sure the transformation is clearly obvious and your character's reaction suits them. Trying to show an extended journey through multiple frames? Make sure it can be easily followed and related to such events within the game itself.

All in-game characters are allowed to be included (Silandrias' owner gave permission) and including one or more will be beneficial, but not dramatically-so over those who don't include them.

Quantity will be balanced vs Quality. If you do a 5-page comic that's really sketchy and hard to follow, it might lose to the single-page scene that is done really well. If you do a 5-page comic that's quite nice, it would have a better chance over the single page scenes.

If you want to submit something you've already done - Out of fairness, I will allow artists who have already made such fanart be able to submit said art into the contest. However, they won't be regarded as highly as new submissions, since half the point of the contest is to encourage new works XD

When it comes down to deciding who wins, I will likely be recruiting a few friends to help judge the submissions, with Fenoxo being a prime option (since he probably won't be submitting anything himself XD).


Other Rules

-All submissions must be entered by midnight of Feb 29th, est. That gives everybody 2 weeks to work with, and should prevent people from doing gigantic comics that leave everybody else in the dust (though such comics would be cool eventually, I won't deny it XD).
-Submitted artwork must be your own.
-You can include text with the image, though it won't affect judging much (unless the text covers the good stuff, in which case it would be a detriment :P).
-Remember: Have fun ^^ Though this is a contest, it's also to spread the enjoyment you've had with Nimin =3

-Oh, I also reserve the right to change the due date or judging rules or whatnot, primarily for sensible cases such as me forgetting something or because 2 weeks is too short for like half the participants or whatnot.

I do some trading on Steam every now and then for a little enjoyment (and to occasionally get some things I'd like to play :P), and I wound up with an extra copy of FEAR 3 and Plants vs Zombies. I looked at them and thought "Gee, I don't really have time to play Fear 3 and I already have PvZ, and I'm kinda feeling lazy about trading anymore" and then I realized "Hey, these look like good 1st and 2nd prizes for some sort of contest. And since I'm probably not going to get the next Nimin release out soon, maybe I could churn up some fun with a related contest?"

So, I think I'd like to do another Nimin-related contest. However, I'm not entirely sure what kind of contest XD

Not going to have another event or writing contest, because the last one turned out to be a bit... unsuccessful. The winner is still working on finishing their event (which I should check on, now that I think about it), so they haven't even gotten their prize yet. So this time I'd like a contest with more "immediate" results for giving back a prize and also doesn't directly affect Nimin itself.

I was thinking maybe an art contest? Though if so, I'm not entirely sure what the judging criteria would be XD All art submitted would be featured in the Nimin Fanart journal, of course. But how many people would be interested and does anybody have a better idea?

Well, it's been over 3 months since the last update and it'll probably be a bit more since the next one, so I'd figure I'd make an announcement before the "are you deads" start coming (which I'm pleased to find they haven't yet).

Like I have said before, the next update won't have much in terms of new explorable content. I have mostly been working on the background code and game format, updating and balancing a lot of things. I'm sure you'll notice much of it quite quickly when you play, but there's not much arousing content.

The new explorable content will mostly be the contest winner's entry from back in November. They have quite an ambitious scene they're working on and probably won't have it all finished for the next release, leaving more to come in the release after that, like I have done with Lila and Jamie before. Beyond that there's some new prostitution scenes that didn't make it into the last release, and I'll hopefully finish up what's left of Lila and figure out what to do with Jamie (I had a plan, but the contest winner's event covers a similar topic and does it better, so I'll have to figure out something new, which is probably for the best anyways).

All that being said, Nimin might be going slower than usual. Between certain disappointing events and then the holidays, my motivation has been pushed aside a lot. I'm also hoping to finally get a job, which will require me to move across the country and will likely interfere with how much time I have to code. However, though the process of uprooting my life and actually making progress in it after 3 years of stagnation has made me a little anxious, the thought of actually having a life again has kinda excited me and actually sparked some desire to code more of Nimin and even draw some more. So, this change could potentially make the Nimin releases speed up without being bogged down by depression, instead of being put on hold to account for the job.

So, to summarize the above paragraph: Nimin is going slower than usual, might take longer due to major change in life (might get next release out before then), might also go faster thanks to the major change in life.

If Nimin ever was going to stop, I'd definitely make an announcement concerning so (unless I actually died in an accident and didn't have a chance to post so, but I think such a disappearance would be obvious :P). I have no intention of stopping anytime soon, I'm just taking it in stride. I don't have the hundreds of dollars of donations to complete things like Fenoxo does, nor do I have the motivation to do so atm. I might some day, but not now. I make the game for my own creative outlet (just like I've been writing and drawing over the past 4-5 years), not as a service to everyone else. I love how so many have enjoyed it and even been inspired to draw/write about their experiences, but I take my time so I can enjoy it as well ^^

It has been nearly 2 months since I last heard from one of my editors, with no idea what's going on with them, so, unfortunately, I suppose it's time to find another to take their place.

This is for editing prostitution scenes that are submitted by the players. All of the older scenes have already been completed, leaving only the newer uncoded ones to be edited, which means you won't have to worry about reading around code anymore. The goal is to fix any spelling and grammar issues, as well as changing/writing in things to make the scene read better/make more sense.

If you're interested, post a comment below with a link to something you have written. By looking at something you yourself have written, I can more easily tell if you have the ability to do this kind of editing. If you're one of the few that seem plausible as an editor, I'll send out a sample scene for you (and the other possibles) to edit and whoever does best gets the position, basically.

Edit: Alright, I think I've got somebody now. Thanks to everyone who applied, it was appreciated! ^^

 rutofteaching is the winner for the Nimin contest ^^ You'll be seeing their event in the next release =3 And no, I'm not giving any hints as to what's in it, you'll have to wait :P

Thanks to the other two submissions for their time and effort ^^ I appreciate the thought you put into your submissions and hope you'll continue writing for yourselves =3

So for the past couple weeks, when I've been bored and wanted to watch something while I coded/played games, I took Tora's advice and started watching this stream ^^

http://www.twitch.tv/fytstyx_gaming

It's often silly and mostly just about relaxing and chatting and having fun, but there's also some nice games to watch as well =3 General Cupcake (hitomaru) and his girlfriend Missus Cupcake are the ones that generally play, though there with more of the FYTSTYX crew playing on other streams as well ^^ Currently Hito has been playing Dark Souls (a game I don't think I'd ever have the patience to play myself XD) and Skyrim (which I've been wondering if I should get and OMG IT'S SO PRETTY!). There's other games too, like the new Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom and stuff, and they'll often take requests to what play next ^^

So, if you're bored, wanna hang out with nice peoples, or even wanna check out a game because you'll never play it yourself, just hop on and enjoy ^^

Oh, and btw, they're usually on in the evening to late at night, in case you're having trouble catching them.

Thanks to a generous donation by  admiralapollo to both the game and the contest, there is now a monetary prize for the winner of the contest ^^ In addition to having their event in the game, the winner will also get $15 via Paypal. If there are two winners, they instead each get $10 ^^

If you don't have access to Paypal, I could also use the money to buy a Steam game of your choice of the appropriate value =3 If you don't have Steam, well... get it? :P XD

As mentioned in the Aftermath journal, I won't be doing much in terms of new events myself for the next release, however you, the players, will get the chance to do a full event!

Synopsis - Instead of only being able to make prostitution scenes, one or two of you will be able to have your own full event (including button options, multiple paths, and even item rewards) in the game. I will be choosing the "best" (and maybe "second best") events to go into the game for everybody else to play. This is your chance to exercise your creativity in a game that many people seem to love!


Details

What and Where
You would be completely writing a full event. The event would be for Tieden (in Tieden, as a random exploration). It would be a "big" event, like Lila and Malon, where it can potentially have a unique character or two (but it doesn't necessarily have to, if you can come up with something else). It should also involve knots somehow, as that is a key lupan feature.

How an event works
Essentially, it's modular based on variables.

For instance, with Lila, I have a lilaRep variable (Lila Reputation) that progresses based on certain actions, and what you see is based on what your lilaRep is. So, you start out at 0 lilaRep, you'll see the introduction encounter, and it can go to 1 or 2 based on what path you choose. At lilaRep 1 you have different buttons and text than lilaRep 2, and those can lead to even other reputation values and even more options. It's the way it tracks the "choose your own path" kinda things, like those books for children.

Also with Lila, she has lilaVulva and lilaMilk variables to account for the "changing" portions. These I use to output different descriptions of her based on what those different variables are, such as "if lilaVulva is between 2 and 5, say X". There's also a lilaPreg to track her pregnancy.

As for how the event actually proceeds, it's a lot like how the prostitution events function, except for one main difference: buttons. You can specify what each button says and what happens when they're selected, leading to far more branching and progression than you can get with just a prostitution scene. You can have the buttons change as the event progresses, or you can have the buttons remain the same and have their results change as the event progresses, or any possible combination you can think of.

You just have to say "if this variable is this much, do that" (if exRep < 2, do this) and "if button 1, do that" and specify which buttons have which text.

What you need to do
The event must be accessible by all genders (male, female, herm, genderless), but it may have prerequisites to start the "quest line" and can have gender-specific prerequisites to progress the quest line. However, progressions of the quest line, even if they had gender-specific prerequisites, still have to account for all genders. Even though it could require a cock to progress the quest, the player may have lost the cock later and the quest has to be able to handle it. This means giving me different text for each of the possible genders if that gender can access the selection (for example, if everybody can have sex, you have to account for cocks, vaginas, or the lack thereof). I'm sure you can glean what I mean by the events already in the game.

You need to have a complete event. You cannot just give me an idea and expect me to write it for you, or finish half the event yourself and leave the rest to me. I will read through it and convert it to code, that's all.

What you can do
You can track up to 10 variables for your event. I ask that you try to keep it efficient, not having a variable that is used once for one single line and is unused otherwise. You can also have up to 3 of those variables being tracked outside of the event. For instance, the lilaPreg variable changes based on how much time has passed, and is thus tracked outside of the event with other time-based variables.

You can have up to 6 items as rewards for your event. These do not have to be available for all paths of the event (for instance, if you go down one path you might not be able to access certain items anymore). You also have to clearly state what they do and write out the text that would be shown when you use them.

You can essentially create the Tieden lifestyle and environment in your event, since I have not gone into it myself.

What you can't do
You are not allowed to use a non-lupan race in your event, unless you make a unique race available in Tieden that's not available to players (and even then it's iffy). You also cannot have any racial transformations for the player outside of lupan transformations. You may potentially change the race of an NPC within the quest, however.

You can't include gore, scat, fat, or sex with old people. This is a personal preference that I maintain within the game.

How to submit your event

You may submit your event via note to me. However, since I'm sure it would be quite massive, you would probably be better off sending the .txt/.rtf/.doc file to me via email at xadera1[at]yahoo.com . Please no pdfs or docx or other filetypes.

If you want to send me a rough outline in advance, or general idea, to see if I would accept it before you start writing it all out, you're free to send it to me via note or email, or even in a comment below if it's short enough to fit.


How they will be judged

Since not all of the events will be used, I will be judging them to determine which would be best in the game. Creativity, originality, and innovation are all big pluses. If I don't think it would fit well in the game or it takes too many liberties (giant robot monsters battling in space, wat?), I probably won't take it. But, most importantly think about and read your own work. I will probably toss any submissions that are too hard to read to bother fixing, filled with too many typos and grammatical errors, has impossibly complicated logic (code wise), and/or reads like an immature ill-conceived fanfic.

Deadline

You have 1 month to submit the fully completed event! That means you have until November 15th, 2011. If you are interested in submitting, trust me, you'll probably need the whole month.

After the 15th, I will notify potentially decent events about changes they could make for a better chance. You will have a week to make those or any other changes you see fit. After that week, I will choose one or two winners, finish up whatever fixing needs to be done, and have it ready for the next release, whenever that is.

Reward

You have your own idea in the game? Idk, this contest is for you guys, not me. If there are no usable events by the time the deadline is up, I'll just create one myself later down the road.

UPDATE: Thanks to a generous donation, there is now a monetary prize as well! If you win, you get $15 via paypal! Or, if 2 submissions are accepted, each person gets $10 ^^ If you don't have Paypal, I could also transfer the money to Steam to buy you an appropriately valued game instead =3


Things I forgot to mention

I don't know yet, I just made this journal!

Okay, now that the flood of bugs seem to have been taken care of, time to regard some things.

The pregnancy-vagina bug - I spent 2 hours staring into vaginas to find any possible reasons this may happen. I did find a couple, but they did not relate to some accounts. What I think was happening was that Flash is bad at math. It happened before with the appearance sizes (I'm sure you remember the .00000001 etc. kind of things) and I believe it was happening when simply dividing an integer by 5, resulting in a comparison tipping the wrong way and making the game believe you were missing a vagina, which would then continue on ad nauseum. This would only happen once in a while, which is why the bug would pop up with completely unrelated accounts. The egg laying cannot cause it, it simply checks to see if there's an empty womb and just drops an egg, but it probably alerted people to the fact it was happening more obviously than before. I'm hoping that by "softening" the comparison, it won't matter if Flash is horrible at math, it wouldn't be able to mess up that badly.

Prostitution Scenes - The editing team are just about done with the past scenes, only a couple left, and are starting to get into new scenes. I might just continue to leave the new scenes out until the next release, especially since I am expecting fans will start sending in more. If you haven't noticed, Oviasis only has a "generic" scene which I will use whenever there aren't enough scenes to cover all possibilities. Which, in this case, there are no scenes for Oviasis, so you'll only see the generic one until people send in scenes for it ^^ Remember, prostitution is otherwise populated solely by you, the players!

Next Release - For the next release, I don't plan on adding much in terms of new events. Instead, I will be focusing on getting the game up to date in other regards. For instance, I want to re-do Masturbation with a lot more focus (which includes fixing the cheat people use to level, sorry :P). It also means filling out Sleep a little more, finishing Lila and Jamie, and probably messing around with the data itself a whole bunch so I don't have to add certain things later.

Potential Player Event - As you have noticed, each city or its surroundings has at least one "Big" event, like Malon, Lila, etc. Except Tieden. And while I have another "big" event in mind for Softlik already, I have hardly thought about what I would want to do for Tieden. Quite frankly, big events are quite exhausting and it takes a lot to do them, so I have kinda dreaded Tieden since I don't even have an idea there. While I'm sure I could come up with something that would do well when I got around to it, I thought that, with the next release not having much in terms of events, "maybe the players would want to make one."

So, would people be interested in a contest to have their own event in the game? Since I don't generally accept content outside of prostitution scenes, this could be the chance to actually go all out with an actual event. It also means I would be picking the "best" (and may even use the second best, if it's good), so there is a bit of competition. Don't know if there would be a prize besides having your event in the game though XD (I could give the "winner" a copy of Portal 1 or something? :P)

What making a "big" event means is having an event with multiple levels/paths that can go far more in depth than a prostitution scene. It would have different scenes based on different variables, can potentially change a character different ways, can build a loving relationship, lead to "unique" children, or many other things, within the scope of the town. In the case of Tieden, it should exemplify the Lupan attributes (in this case, it should probably have some focus on knots and thus have some degree of penis in it) and maybe build a little of how life in Tieden works. Since I haven't really said much about Tieden, that means your event could essentially build the qualities of Tieden (though I would have some leeway over it, like not having them be a bunch of butchers with blood everywhere or whatnot :P).

If people are actually interested in this, I will make another journal going into more detail about how to build an event and what requirements there are (such as you have to be able to write without it sounding like immature slop filled with typos and bad grammar). Just be sure to let me know if you are, I would need at least 3 people saying yes to continue with it ^^

Well, Fenoxo told me that people have been asking him about Nimin's progress and I'm getting more of those "are you dead?" comments again (edit: plus being nagged to do so by Arly :P (edit2: which she's thoroughly reminding me now :P)). So, I'll do something different and... *gasp!* give everybody an update on the progress towards the next release. Don't expect this to become commonplace, I just need to scrounge for motivation :P

So, as you all know, I was without a laptop for a month, so that was pretty much a month of no progress (since I code on my laptop). Since I've gotten my laptop, I've spent some time getting used to it, but I've had some good progress with coding.

I've done a few events, some items, some changes to the engine (one took me hoooouurs to get right...), but it's looking good. I'm currently in the middle of Sumigaki's event, which will probably be relatively big. After that I'm going to need to do at least 3-4 more events on top of that, mostly small-ish, before the next release. Jamie is going to be left for another future release, because with the whole laptop thing I've had other things to work on instead. Though I'm sure people won't mind. Between job-searching and general bleh, it'll still be a bit before the next release, though I'm not stating when specifically, because I have no idea (things always come up anyways).

As for the prostitution editors, we have a new editor! Welcome  omegaokami to the group ^^ Also  clydedale will be sticking around still as well, but at a reduced capacity due to life-issues. But, between the two of them and  torakazu there should be plenty of editing to be had ^^ So far about 1/4 of the pre-existing scenes have been edited, with a few more submitted for the next release (sorry to the owners of those scenes for not having responded to them yet, I'm waiting until the editors catch up before I look at new scenes).


So... yeah, hopefully that's good enough for you vultures :P


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As a followup to the last journal, I now have some good news ^^

Welcome  torakazu and  clydedale as my new editors for prostitution scenes!

Of those who applied (and of those who responded thereafter), these two came out to be the best ^^ Once the holidays are over, I'll start sending out scenes to them to look over and I'll also be checking out the prostitution scenes that people have sent in (sorry to those who I haven't responded to yet, I've been waiting to get editors first before I even looked at another scene).

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After the death of my laptop, Nimin kinda came to a halt because I simply can't write well on my desktop (it's uncomfortable and I can think more erotically in a reclined position). I did manage to do some coding, but without a laptop I simply can't do the long scenes.

However, many thanks to  sumigakifox for sending me an extra laptop he had laying around in exchange for an event of his own in the game! ^^

And since this new laptop (which should be on its way now and may even be here in time for my birthday on Friday =D) means the continuation of Nimin, I am glad to be doing it for him =3 I won't say what the event will entail, but I'm sure some of you can surmise what he may have wanted ;P

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So yeah, some good news to be had =D

Okies, I figure I should probably start doing this. It's quite obvious that the prostitution scenes in Nimin lack a bit of finesse, judging by the amount of typos and grammar issues people have reported. However, it's too much work for myself (I have difficulty reading other people's works when I'm trying to get into the creative mood), so I'm looking for some help.

Basically, I need 1-2 editors to proofread and edit the prostitution scenes people submit to me. I'll still read through the scenes to see which ones I'd be putting in, and then I'll send them over to the editors to fix up before I put it in the code (I've still got a couple scenes in my inbox I've hardly looked at, since I've been meaning to get editors first). I'd also like to have the editors go through the scenes that are already in the game and spruce them up a bit, although they're all coded and you'll have to look "past the code".

A few people have offered up their services, so to be fair I'll give as many people a chance as I can. Though I don't wanna sift through hundreds of people either XD Post here and give me a sample of something you've written/edited via a link. I'll check it over real quick and if it looks good I'll put you into consideration. If there's still a lot of worthwhile editors, then I'll send out scenes that have already been inputted into the game to see how you'll fix them up. Hopefully after all that I'll have about 2 editors that I'd like to keep around.

Don't take offense if you're not chosen. In some cases I might choose somebody because I know them better and thus feel more apt to rely on them more. I don't know, it depends on how this turns out. For those that do become editors, you won't really get anything except for credit on the opening screen and maybe a special journal, similar to what the people who originally wrote the scenes get. If you want more, I possibly can, within reason, though don't expect much, considering I don't get much myself XD

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In other news, when I woke up today, it took forever for my laptop to load up, as well as every subsequent restart thereafter. A few days ago I had a problem where one of the startup files got borked because the sector on the hard-drive went bad. I spent most of the day fixing it just to get it to start up again and scanning it thoroughly. I also seemed to have obtained a Firefox search hijacking thing, though after 3 different malware scanners and configuration file adjusting, nothing has come up as the culprit, and I don't go anywhere to obtain such a thing with my laptop. Upon trying to do another full system scan today, the hard-drive went kaput and the computer froze. The hard-drive also makes horrible sounds as it takes forever to find something, and really scared me when it made the same sound as well as a horrible error beep as I was running a checkdisk.

To put it short - after 7 years of having this laptop, it seems the hard-drive is failing. I can't seem to find any other reason for it's recent decent into death.

This... is really disheartening. I've been a bit prepared for this, as I've only been using my laptop for light web-browsing, a messenger program, and dvds (since the dvd rom is fine). However, I also do most of my writing on my laptop. I can be far more productive when I'm comfortably sitting on my bed typing away than sitting at my desktop doing it. It's how I coded more than 4/5 of Nimin. With it dying, I don't think I can code with it anymore (I'm not sure if it'll even survive another week...), which will put a huge dampener on any progress. I also cannot afford a new laptop, even something small just to perform the same capabilities, since I have pretty much no income still.

So... expect a slowdown on Nimin (even slower than usual XD), unless something finally goes right, which I doubt will happen.

I'm sure there was a better idea to finish the title, but I'm not going to worry about it. I thought this dream was just particularly interesting in its "variety" and thought it'd be worth jotting down ^^ Be warned, if you're gonna read it, it's a tad long :P

I was in "my house" playing some hand-held game system, like a Game Boy, with some game cartridge in. I recall a sort of character selection screen, though it was far more graphic than what you would expect from such a game, with pictures of "real" people. I selected one of the first girls that look pretty (there was a lot of characters to choose from), and something weird happens. She appears in the house with me. I pull the cartridge out and turn the power off and on to make sure she doesn't disappear and no matter what, the game continues to play. I quickly realize the game summoned this girl.

So, I get to know this girl. There's some semblance of her being from another world, trapped there or something, and now that's she's free she's... pretty horny. The thought "succubus" comes to mind at some point, because the girl seemed to get quite horny quite often. She wears a skimpy dress that barely goes halfway down her thighs and she gets so wet when aroused (which is often, mind you), that the milky fluid slowly flows out past the hemline. I recall someone else that was summoned making fun of her for making a scene in public with the slime shimmering off her leg. She was a lot of fun though and was probably my favorite out of all that were summoned.

After her, I summoned a few more girls. I don't remember who they all were or what their purpose was, but I do recall trying to take care of and care for them, kinda like Pokemon, I guess, except kinkier.

Of the ones I did purposefully summon, one of the first was a couple of skinny girls with straight short medium-length (past head, above shoulders) hair, one blonde and one brunette. The blonde was definitely a lesbian and especially enjoyed the company of the brunette, making them a sort of pair. The brunette, on the other hand, was bi and also had a dress that made her fully pregnant when she wore it (thank you Oblivion mods). The two would appear in a later dream, with the brunette complaining about how much bigger her breasts were when she was pregnant like that, but the blonde and I corrected her thinking by taking off the dress (which made her not pregnant but left her with the large boobage), where she suddenly had a cock, and we curled her up until she was forced to stick the cock through her cleavage and suck at the tip. But again, that part was another dream.

Another one of note was the "forgotten" girl. She showed up multiple times throughout the dream and for some reason I kept forgetting it was her and asked her who she was. She even commented saying things like "you already know who I am" and "you forgot again?". At one point I even mistook her for a 14-year old girl just because of the angle I was looking at her from, even though she was 25-ish. She was kinda on the ugly side though and quite short and fairly bitchy, and in the end I didn't pay her much attention anyways XD

Then there was the "wet" girl. I liked her kinda like the "succubus". She was a bit skinnier than the succubus and may have been taller, but gosh was she moist. I remember carrying her on my back and there was a steady trickle from her loins as she grew more and more aroused while I carried her. She was really sensitive too, climaxing quite easily with the with quite a mess.

Then things started to get out of control.

The first instance was the mistake of summoning "Nannette". I had intended to summon some really busty girl (who would later show up in the later dream with the blonde and brunette, with breasts that were so large they rest upon her hips (and I scolded a friend for being so obvious as she kept shining a light on the large orbs because it was night)). Instead, however, I accidentally summoned this hulking ugly caretaker (damn those tiny game screens being hard to look at in a dream...). There was something to do with diapers and kitty litter spawning randomly because she was around, which was supposedly related to the messes all the other characters make (see the "wet" girl above). Overall she was meant to take care of and clean up after all the others, though, so it wasn't so bad.

But after that I must have reached critical overload with the game and all of the characters were beginning to spawn within the house, without me summoning them. I didn't mind though, since it was nice to free them all, though it was a bit awkward when the older men in the game were being spawned on the couches and chairs in the living when I looked away for just a second. There were quite a few people as well, but the house turned out to be large with lots of rooms for them all live in.

One of the first "surprises" to be spawned was the "witch". I guess I have been playing too much L4D2 lately XD She was a really pale girl, though quite attractive, but her irises and pupils were white and she was quite angry. I don't remember what someone else instructed, but something was said about if you looked at her, it would calm her down/infuriate her, and if you looked her directly in the eyes, it would have the opposite effect and her irises and pupils would slowly turn black until you looked away. So, I was very cautious with her. It also turned out that if you snuck up behind her and hugged her, she'd melt like butter in your embrace and would become desperate to be driven to orgasm, so she was nice in the end XD

Then there was the "loving" girl. She was... very hot XD And she was sooooo nice and cuddly and basically loving (hence the nickname, durr). I carried her on my back for a bit (I like giving piggy-back rides ^^) and as I was about to go downstairs to greet a lot more of my new "guests", I slipped a hand into her denim jeans. Her clit was quite large and erect; easily grabbable from my awkward angle. And as I began to stroke it to pleasure her, she kinda batted me away and said she wasn't in sex or anything like it. Which I thought was odd, considering she was obviously aroused, but I shrugged and let her go once we got to the bottom of the stairs.

I forgot the inhabitant of the first room downstairs. Either he/she wasn't that interesting or the inhabitant of the next room was so awkward that I forgot about the previous one... The girl in the next room was just a head on feet, with no body in between. The floor was covered in growing grass, which she seemed to really enjoy walking around in. She was so... odd though, and my feelings of remorse for her situation must have reflected in her because she always sounded kinda down when she spoke. However, a "normal" girl joined her in the room, so she would have been well taken care of.

The next room had the "toy master". I didn't get to know her too well because when I walked into her room she had already passed out on her bed, propped up against the wall, with one vibrating dildo in her hand, another still whirring away between her legs, and a whole bunch more strewn about the bed. There was also a vibrating dildo being pumped back and forth on a miniature "fuck machine" that seemed like it had gotten some use, considering the stuff that dripped from it. I just wound up giggling and mentioning to a friend that she should visit the "toy master" later.

Then the next room, the last room that I visited before the end of the dream, had two girls. They both had antennae atop their head. One girl had thick, long, fuzzy antennae that felt really nice to touch, even softer and nicer than velvet. But as I rubbed them, she started to blush and squirm and nearly climaxed within seconds... Her antennae were obviously quite sensitive :P I liked her, she was shy and cute and pretty ^^ The other girl, on the other hand, had long thin insectile chitinous antennae. They weren't things you rubbed, as they seemed to transform into other things. I don't remember what the left antennae transformed into (a paddle?), but the right one turned into a small sawblade on an extend-able maneuverable arm. She was kinda a sado, getting pleasure in cutting people a little, something I was not a fan of. I even explicitly told her "No cutting in the house!". She was way too dangerous otherwise...

Anyways, the dream eventually ended with me looking for the "succubus" again, since I liked her so much. She had been going around "introducing" herself to all her "sisters" and stuff, and when I found her she even had her dress a tad sliced up from that one antennae girl. I was about to bring her into the bathroom to get her washed up and stuff, but it wasn't going right and I eventually forced myself awake.

When I managed to get back to sleep about an hour later, I wanted to go back to the house, but I wound up somewhere else and met up with the blonde, brunette, and miss busty, as well as a girl that could turn into a bird, but that dream wasn't as interesting outside of what I already mentioned.



Sooo... yeah. Fun stuff XD And holy crap this journal is long XD I also avoided much of the "specific" details, because I'm sure your imagination can fill it in, but I was mostly impressed by the variety of people that was in this dream and still managed to stay coherent ^^

Here's a collection art that people have made with regards to their experiences in Nimin. Check them out, it's some cool stuff! If you see anybody else make some Nimin art, or if you've made some, lemme know so I can list them here ^^

 adjatha's time with the Mistress was quite humorous XD

 gravid_inc had a rather silly experience.

 fortune_fox's shemale horse got a bit big...

 chichi's Arly OD'd on DairE Pills (and some other things, by the looks of it XP) and then she and Malon reaches 10k! Liters!

 webster's time in Nimin

 Glowing_frenulum's wolf herm got a little tied up and he also drew a cow with multiball bonus for  eekee

 shardshatter seems to have had a rather milky experience.

This is how Invader at Futanari Palace imagined the Milk Creeper scene

 wolfforhire became a 'living condom' for all the big boys.

 frager007 got a tad on the long side, not that I'm complaining ;P

Eligitine had a very sexy conceptualization of the little big bunny girl from the old cave~


 1dimensional seems to have gotten a taaaad on the big side XD and also apparently has a difficult time fitting through doors as well ;P

 rinatar seemed to have some fun being a pantiless bunny-girl ^^

 blyzzarde has had quite the milky journal from their Softlik origins and seems to be mooving along quite nicely ;P And there's more! 8, 9. They also seem to have enjoyed Malon's company a bit as well.

 luckster seems to be starting quite an amusing Nimin comic! Page: 1, 2,

 supernaut has an interesting take on the multi-vag situation.

 stx70 went adventuring with a latex-clothed, well-hung bunny.

 atlas21's Sebastian made for a unique equan-lizan hybrid.

 coconutcow56's cowgirl Lucy had some fun in Nimin:, 2, 3, 4, 5

ChuckManX (over on DA, will require a DA account with mature settings to view) seems to have gone a tad overboard with the milking machine.

 storyfighter903 had a take on the Drunken Equan.

 dicekitty made a rather adorable girl ^^ Though we'll see how long she stays that way :P

 lysargente had some eggy pregnancy time with a lizan.

Here's a basic tutorial/guide on how to play the game:


Hotkeys: (Only function when appropriate button is visible)

Save Game = F2
Load Game = F4
New Game = Backspace
Appearance = U

Font Size Up = Up
Font Size Down = Down
Toggle Theme = Left
Toggle Color = Right

Reset Font Size = Ctrl
Toggle Font Bold = /?
Toggle Side Window = Shift

The choice buttons (the 12 that change) are mapped to match both sets of following buttons:

QWER _______ 789-
ASDF ________ 456+
ZXCV ________ 123Enter

And for the side window they correspond in the same manner:
UIOP
HJKL

A button whose box is shown but doesn't have any text means it's an option that's available to you but you don't meet the prerequisites for. Except in the case of Shops, where I just like the open box to give an "inventory" kind of feel.

Stats

Str - Strength: The higher your strength, the more damage you do in combat and increases your chance to rape your opponent. It also increases how much you can carry (for those of you who have found you've gotten stuck with a cock that was too big) and half of it counts towards your maximum HP. However, due to the solidity of muscles, the stronger you are the harder it is for your body to learn from more... "sensitive" matters, reducing the amount of SexP you get from sex and masturbation.

Ment - Mentality: Mentality reinforces your will and desires. Against "threatening" lust (such as from enemies), a higher mentality holds your ground and resists some percentage of the lust. With lust loss from "sexual release", mentality can increase the amount you lose even more as it helps you enjoy the experience more. However, sometimes it can work against your libido in events.

Lib - Libido: Libido determines how much lust you gain whenever something "arouses" you. A higher libido also increases the natural rate of lust-gain over time. It sometimes can work against mentality in events.

Sen - Sensitivity: The higher your sensitivity, the more damage you'll take from physical attacks. However, sensitivity also determines how much lust you lose when you achieve "sexual release", and thus can increase your experience gain in such situations.

Other Stats

Lust - Lust is how horny you are. Being horny can be good, it allows you to experience many things. However, when you get "too horny", it can impede your actions and sometimes be dangerous.

SexP - When you gain enough SexP, you can get a Level Up which can be spent to do gain special perks. You gain SexP from many events and from winning battles. You also gain SexP from having powerful orgasms. SexP from sexual release requires you to have enough lust, gained from libido, and lose a large amount of that lust, depending on your sensitivity and mentality, and the learning process can be slightly impeded by a high strength.

Fetishes - Fetishes are your character's "preferences" when it comes to sex and multiplies the amount of lust lost or gained in any situations relevant to those fetishes. Major fetishes cover many lust changes, moderate fetishes cover a good amount, and minor fetishes are infrequent. If a fetish becomes low enough that it's a "turn off" (negative), you won't gain any lust in relevant situations where you normally would and if you would lose lust from "sexual release", you instead take damage and lose no lust, since it isn't a pleasant experience for you.

Town Actions

Stash - You can put items in your stash to give your bag more space. The stash is the same wherever you go and anything placed in there won't have any "passive" effect on you until you remove them once more.

Prostitute - You sell your body/abilities for money. Since this is more of a desparation move, you don't get to be choosy, you have to take whatever comes along. You success/how much you're paid is dependant on a few factors, namely how good you are at doing your job.

Appearance - You can get a full description of what you look like, as well as access to more detailed statistics about your character.


Combat Actions

Rape: A combat attack that performs a check of your enemy's strength against yours (to see if you can force them to submit). However, the more lust an enemy has, the weaker it will be and the easier it is to rape it. This will not work if you have no genitals to rape with, or if your opponent has no genitals to rape.

Entice: A combat attack that attempts to increase your enemy's lust. Some enemies prefer some genders more than others. If your enemy prefers woman but you're only male, it will only be turned off by your efforts. Some enemies might prefer all genders whereas others might prefer none (if you can't entice it, your attempt at rape has to be purely strength).

Run: A combat action that has a random chance of running away. Certain items increase/decrease this chance.

Submit: If your opponent and yourself are aroused enough, you can submit to being raped rather than go on with the fight (if the enemy would want to rape you, that is).

If you get 100 lust in mid-battle, you will automatically lose the battle and possibly be raped!


Other things

Carrying capacity is determined by your strength, body type, and height. There is also an carrying capacity modifier that can also increase it, as gained by some things like the Hyper Happy perk. If certain things surpass this capacity, you might find yourself stuck.

Each town has their own shops, though they might share some goods.

Each race has its own special 'feature', except humans. For example, horse's have twice the cock-size of most other races, and anything that increases you cock-size will also be doubled. This doubling will retroactively be removed if you're not horse-enough...

1 inch of bust circumference = 1 cup size in real life! That means 1 inch = A cups, 2 inches = B cups, 3 inches = C cups, etc. It's easier to use, especially when you're getting into the obscene amounts that don't correlate well to real life at all!

Lactating breasts store milk over time until they are milked, based on your lactation rate and milk modifier. The amount they can store is based on how large they are and how tall you are, plus a "milk cap" modifier that can be gained through outside means. So, a 6"-tall flat-chested fairy-thing can't store gallons upon gallons of milk, without some "special" assistance. You also can't milk nonstop, since you now need to let them "fill up" to get any significant amount.

I am almost always open to including more Prostitution scenes. Prostitution is entirely populated by scenes from you guys! (Except for the generic filler I put in because I need to cover certain bases)

If there's something you'd like to see in the game, this is where you can make it happen, to an extent. If you want to contribute, this is also the way you can. Don't push yourself to just get something in; if it's badly written I won't accept it anyways.

Read through the following rules if you're interested in submitting something ^^ Don't read and I won't listen to you =D

Rules:

1.) Try to maintain good grammar, punctuation, and overall sentence structure. If it would take more work for me to fix it up to put it in than for me to write a scene myself, I'm not putting it in :P

1.5) Be sure to proofread your submission at least twice before submitting, getting rid of all the typos! I am not going to proofread them much for you.

2.) I reserve the right to reject any submissions, though I'll usually tell you why. There's a certain feel I wanna maintain for the game, so some submissions won't be appropriate (like sometimes I'll think it's too gross or whatever). I also don't wanna deal with things that defy rule 1, and possibly others (though I'll say why if I do).

3.) I reserve the right to modify your submission if I think it needs to be tweaked a little to fit in the game or could be used differently. You'll still get credit for the submission, though.

3.) You can submit as many as you want. I might not use them all, but if they're diverse enough and can fill in a lot of gaps then I'll take as much as I can ^^

4.) Also keep the scenes "open" to allow for them to make sense with overburdened characters as well (so no sneaking off into some small corner to make love or whatnot, though a little bit of movement would be fine). This means making scenes viable for BOTH overburdened and non-overburdened characters!

5.) Submissions cannot have button choices; they will all be a single "scene". However, you can make the scene diverge as much as you like with different requirements. For instance, you can have "say this if the player has X, or say this if they have Y, or this if they don't have Y", even multiple times for a very complex/diverse scene.

6.) Keep in mind the environment. If the scene should go in Siz'Calit, then the prostitution should involve felins and be in the jungle/canopy (if you mention the environment at all). DO NOT INCLUDE OUTSIDE RACES. Remember, towns are generally isolated. Plus many races will have their own towns, and thus will have their own whoring scenes in those towns. However, feel free to modify the town's race within reason, to account for possible mishaps (somebody who has been transformed a bit because they encountered something).

7.) Don't create personalized characters. That is, don't give them a name, don't build a relationship, don't make them particularly "unique" in a way that won't make sense with random whoring.

8.) Please try not to put too many "special cases" in the middle of sentences. For instance, if you have a single word in the middle of a sentence that should only be inputted if the player has a vagina, that means I'd have to split that sentence into three lines of code, just for that single word. If you do want special cases, please clump them together to reduce the amount of splits I have to make.

9.) If you want a scene to be available to all males or whatever, you have to take into account males might have a dozen cocks. Not that you have to put in special cases for a dozen cocks, but just put in a "(/s)" or something when you're submitting so that I know you're taking into account the possibility of more cocks (and thus make it sound appropriate for one or many). If you don't, then I'll restrict the scene to only males with a single cock.

10.) Send submissions via PM! This way it won't spoil it for everyone else :P

11.) If you ignore these rules, I'm probably not going to respond :P (If you can't read, how can I rely on you to write?)

Also:

Please try to break scenes into decent paragraphs. Try to keep things in present tense unless noted otherwise.