The Monster I Mean to Be [v0.1.4] [ShadowEnby]

AI CG, Male Protagonist, Female Protagonist, Futa/Trans Protagonist, Text Based, Furry, Gay, Handjob, Lesbian, Oral Sex, Teasing, Transformation, Trap, Vaginal Sex, Adventure, Fantasy, Monster, Monster Girl, Sandbox

1. Extract and run.

-Resized most of the images in the game’s folder, this doesn’t impact the image quality in-game but it does make the game 95mb smaller, if you play online the images should also load a lot faster now.

-Changed the Leveling Up in the game, you now gain EXP by defeating enemies and can use it to level up instead of Essence.

-Added a new Patreon-exclusive cheat code that gives you 696969 EXP.

-You can now offer Essence as tributes to Gressil to help them regain their power, doing so will allow you to open previously locked rooms in the Castle Cave. Offering tributes will also lead to different lewd scenes with Gressil depending on the amount offered at once (Only one tribute option available for now, the scene changes depending on your current form and body parts, with multiple variations to the text. Images for the scene are still a work in progress).

-Added the first unlockable room in the Castle Cave: The Bath House! After unlocking this room by offering enough tributes to Gressil, you’ll be able to take nice hot showers and steamy baths that can help you relax and give you some stat bonus! (Every race and gender has multiple image variations for both shower and bath sequences, with the Human Female form having the most of all with futa and dark skin variations, while the Goblin Male form has the least amount of variations since I wasn’t able to find many suitable images online).

-Rewrote part of the “Help” sections to reflect changes made to the in-game systems + Added new help sections regarding the new systems.

-Changed Cobalt’s text color to a lighter tone, it should be easier to read it now. (Thanks to outlinedlizzard on F95 for the feedback!)

-Added an Discord invite button to the game’s sidebar. Come join us!

-Fixed a bug where changing your body with the Pocket Mirror would sometimes teleport you to the main Mirror in the Castle Cave.

-Fixed a bug where going from one menu passage to another (like from “Help” to “Journal” or from the “Pocket Mirror” to “Equipment”) would softlock you from going back to the main game using the “return” button, since it would just go back between the two menus indefinitely. (Thanks to Carnan1999 and kiev98 on F95 for the feedback!)

-Added new lewd interactions in the Tavern for both Waiter and Waitress jobs, now after accepting the customer’s first lewd request they might ask for something more. You can accept this new request at lewdity level 15, with an aditional option at level 20.

-Added a “Help” button to the sidebar menu, you can use it to read explanations on game mechanics and tips for story progression and available activities.

-Added dark skinned variants to all human form mirror images, they’ll automatically replace the default body pictures if you choose a dark skinned character picture in the mirror.

-Added an autosave feature, the game now saves automatically every time you go to sleep.

-Took the “X-Change Potion” out of the Alchemist’s shop, this feature is not in the game yet so there’s no real point for it to be purchasable.

-Fixed a bug where trying to forge the Noble Sword would consume your materials and money but not give you the sword (Thanks to Garbo_the_Bonza on Itch.io for the feedback!).

-Fixed a few text and formatting errors in the equipment screen.

-Fixed the “Small Boobs” mirror image for the Humanoid Slime form not showing up (Thanks to Alwiane on Itch.Io for the feedback!).

-Fixed a few typos.

-Revamped the transformation system, now aside from changing into different forms you can also see and change the size of your body parts (Chest/Ass/Genitals). Each form has it’s own saved sizes so you can have multiple body types between forms.

-Added a new item to the General Shop: Pocket Mirror. With this item you unlock the ability to transform at will mostly anywhere.

-Added some clarifications about certain elements in the game.

-Added the relationship level to romanceable characters’ Journal entries.

-Removed the “typewriter effect” at the start of the game.

-Fixed a bug where as a human if you tried using the quick-change option to visit Cobalt you were teleported to the Goblin Village instead (Thanks to duskdawnuwu on Itch.io for the feedback!)

-Set up a few hidden variables to prepare for future updates.

PS.: It’s reccomended to start a new save for this update, the new transformation system will most definitely break older saves. I’m currently learning how to make older saves compatible with new updates so hopefully this is the last time this happens.

Some quality of life fixes based on player feedback.

-The starting character creation now goes faster and the typing effect can be skipped by clicking the game. Thanks to Bob69(F95) for the feedback!.

-Now your unlocked transformations stay unlocked even after changing forms (Be careful, being defeated in combat will make you forget your current transformation and you’ll have to use Essence to relearn it). Thanks to Hafiel(F95) for the feedback!

-Added a quick-change option when you try to enter form specific areas, like the Human Town and the Goblin Village.

-Fixed some text errors. Thanks to master4desaster(F95) for the feedback!

Initial Release

This is my first game, please be patient with any errors or bugs you find.

If you play it and enjoy it/hate it please don’t hesitate to leave a reply on the thread! My main goal with this initial release is to see what people think and improve the game based on it so any constructive feedback is greatly appreciated. Just please don’t be mean.