*Category: Website

I have been told the login and other things aren’t working. I will fix it at some point, no worries.

I know it makes us look bad, but come one. Not finishing this game is making us look much worse. And I know how silly it seems to post a tech demo, maybe once you see the full game it will seem more neat.

Getting there! I do appreciate all the support and understanding, and for not burning me alive. No matter what anyone else says, I think you’re great, respectable, mature.

So, just letting you know. Am still your pal.

Whoa, almost an ENTIRE YEAR without posting. Can’t let that happen :/

Am still here. Some big personal stuff hit, and I mean huge in a bad way. But, it should be more or less over with and

I
will
finish
this game

This is going to be my life again, more so than before. Only way I know to make things right is to finish more games, so that’s the broad overview. Sorry in advance, but I really don’t want to talk about personal life. I wish it was as mundane as losing a hard drive or something.

New office is set up and I’m ready to work! me and the maid gonna do this, hard to contain my excitement

—secret website talk—
did you know hardly anyone clicks or looks at sliders? the moving banners found on front pages. or at least this is what internet studies tell me. is why i made it stop moving, but now that i’ve switched to https (the last ‘s’ stands for secure?) is no longer loading the thumbnails for the slider and i’m just like, whatever. will redo it without any slider. i mean, honestly, when’s the last time you’ve EVER clicked a slider anything??

Hi!

Took a break from game making and updated the site.

It should display in mobile devices rather nicely now. It also should be broken on older browsers, especially Internet Explorer. Don’t have time for that (sorry to whomever it concerns). I like taking advantage of all the modern html/css standards. It allows for…

NEW WEBSITE STUFF

Furry Porn Game Master List added, finally!

Was sitting around, put some finishing touches on it and added 10 games to start off from the list we’ve been making together in the forums. Special thanks to everyone who has contributed and helped! Would appreciate any feedback. Will go through what’s on the waiting list when i need additional game making breaks.

Forums: changed the look and added emotes/smilies from Common Grounds you can use.

Out with the big button top menu and in with the blinking links. I have been told no one should ever use blinking text on the web. Call the Internet police-i dont care, haha! (It’s supposed to give that retro arcade feel.)

Not-so-secret easter egg stuff: hover over the fupoco logo up top or at the bottom in the footer. New web standards allow for animation. Had to try it out.

I think that’s it. Oh! Click the House of Tail slider up top to see some character sketches I’ve been drawing. Main cast is drawn, working on additional supporting crew. Not kidding when I think we can hit over 100 characters.

Took a little longer than expected (had some issues with the display on mobile devices.)

• User registration seems to be working, emails should not appear in spam folders anymore
• Rewrote and updated a lot of the text in places like the about us and team pages
• Streamlined photo safari to a single page, given better context
• Made pretty all the forum layouts
• ‘Enter / exit’ warning only appears on the main index**

Probably more, but you get the idea. If you see anything off, please leave a comment.

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** interesting obscure trivia / research:
US Senate document on porn front pages (google books link)

This is it legally, so far as I could find. A tiny paragraph at the bottom of the page. It’s entirely voluntary. Strictly the front page only, and more about not putting up material than warning anyone. Only specifies commercial adult entertainment. Also, the wording on the child stuff is really weird if you think about what it implies you can do otherwise. Not going any further than that. I know a pit trap when I see one.

Always researching`

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Also took some time to catch up on the furry game development scene. Found out about some projects being either canceled or put on hiatus. It’s always sobering to see, regardless the details and drama. I can imagine what things might look like for us in particular. Sorry it’s taking so long. Wish everyone the best.

Warning: Updating the site, things might look weird.

In looking into the user registration issue, discovered a mess behind the scenes. Spent the past few days redoing everything.

The last time we updated the site like this was in 2011. Been putting it off and it sure caught up with us. Learned a lot since then.

This should fix everything. Will post again when finished~

***About Forum Registration***
We’re aware of issues with registering and apologize about any inconvenience. We’ve been hit pretty hard by spammers and have had to put in some rough measures that seem to prevent real honest people from registering. Will let you know once we have a handle on it, but it’s taking a backseat to getting the next HoT update finished, sorry 🙁

Comparison of the New vs Old menu design and size in House of Tail

The game is in an unplayable state at present due to the change in base resolution. Once we get that fixed, we would like to get back on a regular series of updates like when it was first released, except here the updates will have new content instead of bug fixes only.

I think we are finally through the holiday season. It seemed like this year it was a time for family, friends, travel to see family, travel to funerals for family, travel to visit friends. Feels like we’ve all spent the past few months sitting in a car. It is nice to take time and visit those close to you, but it’s also nice to be back making ‘special games’ :3

Hi! How’s it going?! Good, good. Us? ho ho ho…

We’re finishing up writing House of Tail’s story. It’s… pretty long. Let’s not take this long again, okay? Okay!

The next character preview will contain the ‘main 4’ and I’ll post it once we’re happy with the main character’s costume. It’s been tricky, as we’ve been ‘cheating’ a lot by not even bothering with costumes for most characters.

Until then, take a peek at this: secret preview image to show we really are doing something with that list of games you helped us with a while ago.

Can sort it, filter results by gender, completion, a host of things. Can click the images to show/hide info. It moves around like some fancy iPhone app. Can’t wait to show you.

What remains is to go through each game and fill out the details. The tags will be very fluid and up-for-change, and I’m sure we might miss some, or could better word it. Looking forward to your input when it goes live~

Just found out our contact form hasn’t been forwarding some emails since March 🙁

It should be fixed now. Just in case, I’ve changed the wording: if you don’t receive a reply, please email us at “support@fupoco.com” directly.

I’ll be going through the ones we missed. It’s one of the things I enjoy about fupoco and want us to get right. We know it’s not fun when you email someone and never get a reply.

Again, very sorry about this. Will keep an eye on it.

Busy busy busy

Hi! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Here’s what we’ve been up to:

House of Tail

Been working on this pretty much everyday…

Our focus has been implementing the story mode. There are a lot of characters and scenes, much more than Common Grounds.

Sometimes it feels like this is going way overboard, but it should make for a much better experience and elevate the genre into something more than naughty pictures. We can only hope…

I’ve picked up some new coding tricks in the way of shaders, which should give the game that clean modern look that makes newer 2d games seem… well, modern. Because of this and time constraints, we’re not worrying with the online version of the game currently. We’d rather focus on making one good-looking version than juggling two. We might come back to it when things are finished. Was cool to see it was possible at least, right?

Game List

We’re working on a game list page for all those furry porn games mentioned in the forums. The code is in place, can filter/sort things, just need to put in the actual entries. Can already tell what tags to use will be tricky. And things like, should we put a date of release? Would be hard to gather that info.

We’d like to help promote and give these kind of games more attention. Maybe have some fun with silly reviews of them too. But our priority is to finish House of Tail.

Lack of Updates

We would love to update more. It’s just a tricky thing. We don’t plan to make HoT one of those games that gets all these updates where we work on it for the next ten years. We also do not want to bore you with all the silly things that don’t translate into good screenshots or don’t spoil the story.

All of that is lame excuses, I know. Next up, let’s begin introducing the main characters of HoT!!

Kit (inkbunny.net/Kitsune18/) has drawn more Common Grounds fanart! You can view them here.

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Also, Len Grey (weasyl.com/profile/lengrey) is offering a special deal on commissions that include a Common Grounds character! You can check out the details here.