Really enjoy the writing in this game, especially the nonstop Trek references. On the other hand, the overly clinical way you have to level up with Hadikay, Lizzy and Bar took me out of the game a bit. The semi-sandbox style works when encounters feel more random and unique, but here, it felt more like punch in, get through the session, go to sleep, and repeat.
If there was a way to better integrate the development of character relationships with the main story, that'd be great. At the moment, it feels like the game's vibe (on a mechanical level) changes on the fly, which leaves the player a little unsettled IMO. Might be tricky to get around, seeing how a lot of the subquests are left up to patreon votes, but hopefully there's a way to build an overall structure that can accommodate a modular design like this.
Glad you like it, and thank you for the feedback.
The reason why the mechanics of the game evolve each chapter is because I'm building the game one small bit at a time and testing it with the audience. So it's gradually evolving from simple Visual Novel (Chapter 1) to something more interactive. If things go well in a few years it'll be a full blown porn version of No Man's Sky!
But the priority is to deliver new chapters.
Chapter 4 was well received, but the grindy parts were a bit too repetitive. I'll try to make sex part of it (Hadikay) more varied in the future, but the non-sex part just kind of make sense (life on a starship). The end goal would be to find a game mechanic that makes sense for the "grindy" parts, that would happen when the ship is traveling between locations.
On the voting part, I give out 3 options that I already want to make, and follow these
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. The votes allow me to test out what the audience likes/dislikes, and is part of the reason why the game keeps getting better. Given what I'm learning from the current vote, Chapter 5 will be a clear improvement from everything that came before!
Let me know if you have more feedback, I'd love to hear it, especially which character you like best and what you'd like to see happen in future updates