Gameplay

This article will focus on important aspects of the gameplay in Monster Girl Dreams.

Core Gameplay
Monster Girl Dreams (MGD) is a single-player turn-based roleplaying game where the player must proceed through the continent of Lucidia by defeating various monster girls in battle. To do so, the player does not use conventional combat, as violence is impossible in the continent; rather, conflict is resolved through sexual battles, with the combatants sexually pleasuring one another until their enemy climaxes. This leads the game being referred to as a "battle-fuck RPG".

Arousal
Arousal is the game's equivalent of a health bar. As the fighting does not involve any violence, rather it is determined by how sexually aroused you are. It starts at zero and, when full, you lose 1 Spirit.

Energy
Energy is the game's equivalent of a mana/magic bar. Most skills need Energy to use.

Spirit
Spirit represents the player's life energy, as well as how many times they can ejaculate. If the player runs out of Spirit, they are defeated and the battle ends.

Stats
There are five primary stats in MGD: Power, Technique, Willpower, Allure and Luck.


 * Power represents the player character's physical strength, allows them to break free of restrains and helps stay or get out of sexual stances.
 * Technique represents the player's dexterity, influencing their initiative, evading blows, escaping combat and their sexual finesse.
 * Willpower represents your magical potential, as well as your resistance to temptation and stats effects.
 * Allure represents your ability to seduce and charm foes, increasing all damage delivered and recoil damage from enemy actions.
 * Luck adds benefits across the board, increasing the chance for critical hits and to find rarer items.

Skills
Skills are your means of combat in MGD. They come in a wide variety of forms, including caressing your enemy's breasts, spanking their butts, whipping them, debuffing them with status effects or penetrative sex. Expert use of your skills is key to progress, as all enemies possess resistances and weaknesses to certain kinds of attacks.

Items
MGD possesses four types of items. They come as consumables, which are used during combat for a variety of effects, as well as equipment, which take the form of equippable runes and accessories, for a total of four equipped items in total. There are also various key items which symbolize your progress or allow you to explore entire new portions of the game's content.

Eros
Eros serve as the game's currency, being virtually identical to "gold" from other RPGs and having the same functions. It is used for purchasing items or services and can be obtained as post-battle loot or through various activities.

Sensitivities
Both your skills and those of the monster girls you are fighting affect your sensitivities. These are damage multipliers which affect how much damage you take when a certain body part is affected by an attack. For the sake of progressing through the game, you want all of them as to be as low as possible. There are a total of seven:


 * Cock sensitivity is the most important, signifying how sensitive your penis is. Most monster girls will target here. Such is its importance that it takes 2 level-up points to lower it, unlike the others.
 * Ass sensitivity shows how vulnerable you are to attacks aimed at both your anus and your buttocks. Monster girls who target this area are rare.
 * Nipple sensitivity affects damage received when the breasts are the target. Very few monster girls target the player's nipples, but many are vulnerable to you targeting theirs.
 * Mouth sensitivity affects oral attacks, including kissing and oral sex. Many monster girls are hungry for your cock, and some might sit on your face too.
 * Seduction sensitivity shows how vulnerable you are to being teased or swayed by honeyed words.
 * Magic sensitivity affects damage taken from spells. Spellcasting is mostly focused on buffs and debuffs, and monster girls who use offensive spells are few and in-between.
 * Pain sensitivity play on the fact pain is converted into pleasure in this world. It affects skills with sadomasochistic inclinations.

Sensitivity is increased by being defeated in battle or through certain sex scenes.

Fetishes
Fetishes represent how much you are into certain types of moves. Like sensitivities, the higher your fetish, the more damage you will take from certain attacks. Additionally, having too high of a fetish may cause you to automatically lose certain skill checks due to being unable to resist the enemy's advances. There are a total of seven:


 * Sex fetish, for how much you like vaginas.
 * Oral fetish, for how much you appreciate oral sex.
 * Breasts fetish, for how much you are into titties.
 * Ass fetish, for how much you like butts.
 * Kissing fetish, for how much you like making out.
 * Feet fetish, for how much you are into feet.
 * Monstrous fetish, for how much you appreciate the inhuman physiology of monster girls; this includes the likes of wings, tails, tentacles and tails.

Day and Night Cycle
MGD possess a limited day and night cycle. Enemies become stronger at night, but also give more experience points, eros and items when defeated. Certain characters and scenes can also only be found at night.