MERCANOID is a lewd science-fantasy Text RPG about a cynical Android girl fighting through an overrun facility that manufactures canned tentacle Monsters. A thinking machine denied both proper maintenance and her rights as a sentient woman by her cruel owner, M10 'Mio' swiftly finds that this mission to the moon Vi-16 isn't going to go as smoothly as briefed. But opportunity lies in the strangest - and slimiest - of places, and perhaps she can walk away from this hedonistic hell with new friends and a new life...
If she can dodge the hive's horny hordes, that is!
A 6-8 hour adult Text RPG (Will vary with your reading speed!), MERCANOID is built upon a reusable framework that I improve with each release. That means if you want to get an idea of what one of my games is like, this is the place to start. A labour of love, it is my sincere hope that you enjoy it. Free to play on Itch.io and free to download (or pay what you want! ♥) - just extract the zip as-is and open the HTML!
A third-person narrative game with a female protagonist, MERCANOID contains an abundance of smut alongside an engaging story with an RPG framework designed to keep you engaged in more than just the porn.
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M10 - aka 'Mio' - is a cynical Android girl and mercenary who exhibits clear signs of self-awareness. By the laws of the Galaxy, she should be a free woman; and yet she knows from experience that her owner will reset her mind without a single beat of hesitation if she refuses his orders. Waking up after suffering catastrophic damage to complete her last assignment, Mio discovers that her body has been downgraded with cheap, non-combat parts, and that she's been sent straight onto another mission.
The living adult toy company 'TentaCo' has a research facility on the moon Vi-16, and it has gone dark. All signs point to a massive security breach of its lewd, biological research subjects. Mio's job isn't to save anyone trapped inside at the mercy of the perverted hordes, however. Her job is to breach the facility, locate a package of quarantined research materials, and launch them into space for retrieval before a Cleaner group sweeps the facility and melts down anything that shouldn't be out of its cage; including the package. Working against the clock - and against needy monsters who are eager to explore her 'upgrades' - Mio soon finds herself torn between her mission and the people she encounters. She has her orders... but can she fulfil them and help people regardless? In turn, can those people help her?
An excellent visual novel disugised quite cunningly as a pretty fully featured RPG. Combat is straightforward but well designed and the writing is top notch; I feel there's enough shout-outs to a previous title but also in such a way that it doesn't go over a new player's head. The only time I felt I needed to refer to the lore-codex was to understand that "Magic" is absolutely a thing despite the sci-fi setting, yet slots in quite well. There's ample ways to customise your playthrough for different builds and objectives and from what I can tell, there's no penalty for emphasising one stat / skill over another and that's fantastic.
Not all flagged TFs apply to the protagonist, but at the same time Mio is a lot of fun to play as and experience the world from. Her personality shines and the story is compelling enough to see me through to the end in an afternoon / evening. Also the sheer polish is impressive.
If you enjoyed Trials in Tainted Space (especially for the worldbuilding), or just really like space tentacles give MERCANOID a try!
Pretty good as a game - I like the overall UI(even if it is just glammed-up Sugarcube), difficulty has multiple settings but I found "normal" to be on the easy side(not a problem in my book), combats go quickly but aren't totally braindead, and the game itself is complete and of a short but decent length. On the downside, there's a few mechanics that are useable enough but could have been streamlined more - crafting is a big culprit here, since there's not much point in crafting most consumables & getting mats involves a lot of clicks for no apparent reason(the drops you turn into mats have no other use than selling).
As porn, this game is of the "most of the erotic content is for losing" type. This means you're not likely to "enjoy" much just playing the game normally, but that's less of an annoyance than is usually is with these games since beating an enemy unlocks their loss scenes in the Fantasize gallery. The scenes are varied, well-written, and based around a variety of tentacle/slime content.
I like the overall idea. I just wish that the framework worked better on Android. Right now, playing on a PC is a must.
