Hi! I'm glad you enjoyed the game, and I'm sorry you weren't a fan of that section! It wasn't meant to be a kink, but rather a fun little part of the story where MC gets to experience Oakridge as an Anthro. I can understand why you might have not been a fan, and the reason its non-optional is because it's quite a lot of content + it's meant to be fun, not a kink.
Besides, it's temporary :)
I am aware that the segment is temporary, and i will apologise, kink was probably the wrong word to use, i just couldnt think of anything else at that time, my opinion is the same on transformation in general be it in sex or out of it. My main point was that the game does an amazing job of expressing consent and its implementation is fantastic, only to go into a part with no consent whatsoever and have my charecter forceably changed against my will. Im also aware its a lot of content which i unfortunately had to skip all of due to said transformation, which was gutting to do but I was so out of it due to the events I just had to avoid all of it, which is a shame.
Im not asking the game to be changed at all, fundamentally its your project and the story goes how you want, but a disclaimer or warning before it happens could be the least that is done.