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Content Warning

For Skin & Scale has content of M/M and anthro nature. Included is nudity, violence, and other 18+ content.

New Version 0.2 (Out Now!)

The most recent update added a slew of new characters, art, music, and more! If you've already played, consider checking it out! Info hereYou may see new versions being uploaded, like 0.2.1, 0.2.2, 0.2.3... these are mostly language patches for the most recent update.

About the Project

For Skin & Scale is a new fantasy-themed visual novel about two characters doing all they can to escape with a group of younglings, in search for a better life. Unfortunately, the baggage of their previous lives is more than ready to weigh them down, in more ways than one.

As the player, you will be in control of major decisions made by the two main characters, a human and an anthro dragon. As you swap between seeing the world through their eyes, you'll learn about them, their motives, and how they got here.

Just like the awesome VNs that first inspired me, this project will always be available for free. Your support through donations on Itch and memberships on Patreon keep this project alive.

To everyone who helps fund art commissions: Thank you!
Patrons get voting power that will directly influence where development goes.

Future versions will include chapters, where choices you make can end up saving the day or getting our main characters in quite the pickle (bad ends coming soon)!

Please report any bugs, errors, and typos in Discord (link below). Feedback is always appreciated and you can reach out to the development team here as well! Please report any bugs on the mobile versions.

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Languages:

For Skin and Scale is now available in the following languages:
English - Native Version written by KoboldCard
Spanish - Up to Prologue - Translation by @Pyrusk
Russian - Up to Prologue - Translation by @N4h0b1n0 (Twitter)
Italian - Up to Prologue -Translation by @redyoshi97 (Twitter), @redyoshi6 (Telegram)
Chinese - Up to Prologue - Translation by Vinfang (FA)

I am currently working with some translators from the community! Please report issues with translation in my Discord server, but be kind! These are volunteers that want the game to be more accessible.

Changing languages can now be done at any time via the preferences menu. You can also change font!

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Meet The Team

Artists:

Sprite Artist - @VividWither
CG Artists - @BiskyRisky, @ErupriorAxxon, HypoNova
Misc Art Assets - Vinfang (FA)
VN Cover - @just_a_lizord

Music:

OST - AvonDerg

Developers:

Writer, Project Manager - @KoboldCard
General Assistant, Tester - Kaiju

Contributors:

v0.1 Programming - Aly

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Updated 10 days ago
StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux, Android
Rating
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(124 total ratings)
AuthorKoboldCard
GenreVisual Novel
Made withRen'Py
TagsAdult, Bara, Dragons, Erotic, Fantasy, Furry, Gay, Ren'Py, Romance
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse, Touchscreen, Smartphone

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When choosing Chinese as the language, all the conversations in the game disappear.

Have you tried selecting different fonts?

I have selected all the fonts

The conversations will only appear at the beginning of the game, that is because it is not fully translated. Otherwise, I'm not sure why it wouldn't be appearing, as there is a font written in chinese to help guide readers. It's working on my end.

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I know it has likely been brought up multiple times, but I beleive xou can fix the "Foreskin" problem simply by rearranging the name to "For Scale & Skin". Just a suggestion ๐Ÿ˜‹

I'm enjoying the story's progress ๐Ÿ™‚ especially since there are some branching options, and the new background are great! They really do fit the theme well. I hope xou do this with all the stock images?

1ne last thing. Might I suggest adding more interactions with the clutchmates (children)? I think xour story would benefit from including them more, and it doesn't have to be in a big way, as I can see what xou're going for, but they kinda feel invisible most of the time. The scenes with them are always cute, but it's kinda hard to connect with the clutchmates when they get such little screen time.

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Hi! Honestly at this point, it would be a crime if I changed the name xd, I enjoy the joke anyway. But, yeah! I do plan on replacing all the stock backgrounds. There'll always be more of the trio, don't you worry :P

Thanks for the kind words!

I like this story so far, but I was looking at the gallery and saw that there was 5 scenes that I just couldn't seem to find in the prologue I guess and I think I found all 4 scenes in the chapter one part 1 section, but they didn't seem to be unlocked in the gallery. Is this meant to be happening, or is it a bug?

It's a bug, the gallery implementation is imperfect at the moment.

Alright, Thank you for letting me know!

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Iโ€™m disappointed by this update. I hoped the rewriting of the prologue would remove all of that exposition, but nope, still there.

This new chapter also makes my worries about the primary focus of the story being the porn much worse. Bummer.

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Funny, I was just thinking there is not nearly enough porn in this game and the new chapter only helps a bit with that.

Sounds to me you're looking at the wrong genre if you want less porn.

Oh, I have no problem with stories containing porn, I just donโ€™t usually like the ones that I feel revolve around the porn. I find thereโ€™s plenty of both in the โ€œBara Furry Gay Romance Visual Novelsโ€ genre, this comment made me think it would have been the former. The latest chapter simply made me question that.

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Among the ones I've played at least, this is very much on the low end of revolving around porn.

I mean, so far on that front Iโ€™d place it in the upper quarter of FVNs I keep up with. Like, below Sileo but above Temptationโ€™s Ballad, I guess.

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I haven't played either of those in a long time, but I mean... as of when I last played them... Sileo certainly has some plot threads that are largely about sexual encounters, but not in a pornographic manner. Temptation's Ballad had exactly one mention of an actual sexual encounter by the time I stopped playing. Maybe it ramped up though, I have no idea.

So like... yeah, if you're including either of those with mere mentions of sexual activity as pornographic, I guess this is high on the scale? But I wouldn't consider either of them to be. Basically, our scales of what porn is seem to be sufficiently differently defined that something like Chord Progressions would be at the top of yours and the bottom of mine...

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im confused. I've clicked download after every update but there is never any more then the last i played. it only gos to the inn sceen and that's it. it says 5 new characters but it still ended at the in. do i have to get this somewhere else?

i realy liked it the first time. and i keep seeing it says new things but i can seem to get any more story. am i doing something wrong. do i have to pay for the new content?

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Hey! The majority of previous updates have been language patches. The next actual content update does not become public for another two days. Patrons get early access. Sorry for the confusion!

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thank you. i look forward for more. you're doing a great job

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You guys really need to stop rushing people on VN's, they take time to build from the ground up, including adding new content. It just takes time, just be patient guys, sheesh.

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The amazingly well made story and awesome art with some astronomically high cuteness levels, makes the updates well worth the wait.

On a side note, it is also always good to have more kobold cuteness and awesome VNs. The cuteness is so vital to have that if you look at other planets in the galaxy, the one thing the barren ones all have in common, is a complete lack of kobold cuteness, and no access to awesome VNs like this.

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It genuinely sucks that the only reason why you can't update is because the people behind the art aren't doing what they need to do

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Hi! I'm glad you're excited for the update, but I'm unsure where you've gotten this idea. I might have mentioned inefficient commission times in the past on my Discord or elsewhere, but I take full blame for the update taking this long.

I am a full time student and work a few part times jobs outside of this VN. Add in other hobbies and a touch of poor time management and we're here. However, I am most of the way done with Chapter 1 and it contains ~5 new characters, a slew of art, and there will be 3-4x readable content compared to now.

Hope this clears some stuff up for everyone I've kept waiting!

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When's the next real update? I get so excited every time I see an update just to see its just additional languages-_-

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When is the next update ?

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Heyo! I was recently on hiatus for the last month, and I've just gotten back into it. A significant portion of work on my end is done, but I'm not sure how long art is going to take, so I cannot throw any definite dates out.

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Bit too bara for my tastes, but it's nice to see a VN that doesn't put a humanoid penis on the male anthros. That's rare, especially when it comes to buff anthros for whatever reason.

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too bara? oooo downloading ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ’ฆ

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That's... not a description I expected for this game. I mean, nothing is too bara for me, but also... this game isn't very bara? Sure, it does technically belong in that category, but there are hundreds of games that are far more bara. Maybe you just haven't seen them because it isn't something you look for?

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That was WONDERFUL!!! I'm just sad about how quickly it was over.

This dragon needs more dragon, damn it! >_<

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Great vn! Looking forward to seeing what you can create with the characters and how the story will unfold with it's world building. Im supporting / wishing you good luck on the production of this vn :P

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Thanks! The next build is mostly done and I'm enjoying making it plenty, I hope it finds you well too :)

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Proud to support horny queer game development in whatever way I can! <3

Thank you for making this, truly.

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Hey, it's very much appreciated :]

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please donโ€™t write another generic dumb horny human protagonist T_T

giving the option to name the characters already gives off huge โ€˜audience self-insertโ€™ vibes, please have them be interesting instead of character archetype cardboard cutouts

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๐Ÿค”I didn't think I wrote the human MC super stoopid, maybe I'll take another look.

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oh Iโ€™m not saying that heโ€™s a moron, itโ€™s just that the humanโ€™s reaction to meeting the dragon and blunt writing style make me worry for future builds, you know?

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Oh alright, I gotcha. Yeah this VN has horny, but it's not JUST a horny VN.

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I think he meant that it has vibes of wish-fullfillment fantasy because one of MC is dreaming about a better life with hot dragon and then it's suddenly happened. 

The main character seems pretty well rounded so far, good back story along with assertions of various goals. I finds it to be the best of both worlds when great character development is taking place while also allowing for renaming of the character.

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I donโ€™t know what you count as well rounded but so far to me it just reads as having the bare minimum to make the story work and instert porn in it, which is not bad, donโ€™t get me wrong, but not โ€œwell roundedโ€.

Like, of course he cares about the children, is not bigoted, wants to see the wider world and is horny, the story hinges on that being the case. The one thing I can think of that I would not have known is that he draws, which so far seems more like additional flavour than substance.

Donโ€™t get me wrong, weโ€™re super early in the story so it wouldnโ€™t be fair to make a judgement about it now, but that goes both ways. Thereโ€™s way too little available now to go as far as to describe them as well rounded.

I care about the name choice because the only real reason I can see that inclusion making sense is if youโ€™re meant to be able to roleplay as them, but that usually comes with the characters being as โ€˜blank slateโ€™ as possible to avoid conflicting with the readerโ€™s own interpretation of, basically, โ€˜their own characterโ€™.

Thatโ€™s where my worries about this come from, especially since a lot of those human archetypes in gay furry 18+ vns are dumb/incompetent as hell to make the rescuer manly furry bf have lots of opportunities to do their thing. Which again, is not necessarily bad, but something Iโ€™m very tired of reading again and again and would be disappointed by finding yet another time.

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In terms of character development I see it more in terms of how smooth the world building and establishing the lives of the characters in that world.

I have seen some VNs that will try to establish a deep back story for a character, where the more interesting and entertaining aspects of the story takes a back seat, in those cases, people can find themselves rapidly skipping through the text without really reading it. The video game equivalent of that would be taking a game like skyrim, and making the first part of the game reading through all of the lore books found scattered in the game world before you get to start your first quest. That method will make many people in that game a lot more well rounded, but it would also mean that 90% of users will never make it to the first quest before dropping the game.

There are also some games where the main campaign seemingly has no story because all of the world building was done in random books and notes that are easy to overlook. 

Usually the best overall are the ones that manage to strike a balance of developing the characters while also moving the main story forward. For me, since I see elements of a balance, the indicators are pointing in the direction of a well rounded character, even if that rounding is not yet complete. Given the length of the first release, if the character ended up well rounded already, then the first build would have been more of a fictional biography textbook and less of a VN.

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I dislike exposition as much as the next guy, no disagreements there, but Iโ€™m concerned if you think thatโ€™s the only way to develop characters.

Hell, I found the writing so far has been fairly exposition heavy in my opinion. The same tendency to be โ€˜utilitarianโ€™ and very direct in the writing when it comes to character development seemed to happen with worldbuilding too.

The same way the writing made very obvious that the human cared about the children, that he is horny for dragons and that he is unhappy with his place in life was also applied to the worldbuilding. The internal monologues of the mcs mostly tell you everything straight. Itโ€™s not like the scene of the dragon mc walking down the street was particularly subtle in demonstrating the townโ€™s bigotry towards dragons, and it wasnโ€™t the first nor last one to be like that.

Itโ€™s not bad, mind you, just not for everyoneโ€™s taste. That and itโ€™s just something that in my experience very often came with the aforementioned โ€˜carboard cutoutโ€™ characters I also personally dislike, which is why I made these comments: haing read the story so far I worry the mc will turn into the archetypal โ€˜dumb horny human in a gay furry storyโ€™.

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I think I need Chinese patch language to me to play this game.

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One is actually in the works already, I hope it finds its way here soon!

Hi! I know it's been a long time coming, but there will be a Chinese patch with the next update. The first section will be playable for you.

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Patch notes?

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v0.1.2 is just a Russian patch for v0.1.1! (Also some code updates and a new font)

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ahh okei! ^^

I saw that it had an updoot on my feed and i was  wondering if i should play it again. I guess ill just play it next time you update it, since im a little hyped about this game. :p

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Just so it's known, Chapter 1 will appear as v0.2!

Heads up, there's likely to be another language patch or two for Italian and Chinese before Chapter 1 is out. I don't want to get your hopes up too high when those become available :3

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I like this a lot. Gimme more please. At your own pace of course but hurry I'm impatient already.

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Just out of curiosity, when you say bad ends, do you mean lewd NSFW "bad ends"?

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Correct! I'm a fan of games that let the player imagine and play through scenarios that aren't considered the cannon ending. Given the horny nature, most or all of these will be NSFW.

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I just pushed an update for android to hopefully fix crashes caused by making a language selection on some devices. Also, the app icon was not appearing correctly (looked like default Ren'py). Please let me know under this comment if you still see these issues.

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Sorry is this nsfw or ?

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Right now it's mostly just lewd, but in the future it will be quite quite NSFW.

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Thanks mate For letting me know

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That was fun. Looking forward to the next chapter.

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I like how Reidruss looks and how he speaks. Sexy and goofy. About the lore: I really like it so far. There's nothing really bothering me and making me want to stop reading it.

Nicely made. Please keep up the good work.

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Thanks! C:
And will do :D

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i really like the premise and how we are given some background of the characters and the world without it all feeling heavy to read. i didn't immediately think of Hakan (referring to your latest post), even if i can totally see the similarities lol, but both are likable so far (especially him, for obvious reasons~). I do agree there could be more, i totally expected something like the human doing chores, talking to the kids and some dialogue with the director, while the derg could have some trouble on his way to the tavern (tied to the previous vegetable cart accident?) or while renting the room.

there are some typos, mostly "wont", "cant" and one "its" instead of "it's" once, a few inverted letters or doubles, but not much. I did also notice some good situations where having a choice could be fun, like replying in a slightly different way or daring to hug the derg before leaving him to the orphans or not, but i take it those will come (can't wait to hunt for juicy bad ends~).

But yeah, i like the setting, chars and story so far, the artstyle is great and the, uh, "cutscene" was an adorably welcome surprise.

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Aww, thanks! Much appreciated! And I have a feeling the prologue extension will satisfy a few of your recommendations :)

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Just a minor bug, there are a couple moments after the dragonkin leaves the orphanage that the game uses his default name even if you've changed it.

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Oh! Will fix, thanks for saying something.
Edit: I went thru and fixed other, similar bugs.

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Another amazing project to follow and enter in my collection!

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for the story so far it's 10/10

art style 10/10 and i love how different they are

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this is a great start, very short, but still ๐Ÿ‘ i enjoyed it, looking forward to the next update

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Hello, love it so far. How often will you be updating?

It depends on a lot of things. I am not going to commit to a 'one big update per month' goal that I see other VN creators struggle with, at least starting out.

However, there should be an update coming relatively soon that expands on the prologue and fixes some issues on mobile :3

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Okay sorry to ask about updates, I just really enjoyed the prologue 

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Will this have romance?

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Yes, the two main characters will bond more and more over time in a way beyond sexual attraction. However, most of the lewd scenes involving other characters will be the opposite.

Thanks for asking :)