Hello.
Thanks to everybody who checked it out and giving me your feedback.
I'd like to address some of the points being made and hopefully answer any questions.
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- I removed the Dating Sim and Kinetic Novel tags because of the confusion. Because it's the first episode, there aren't many variables to take into effect and choices don't seem to matter. As the episodes go on, the story will change in terms of how you approach it and what type of personality you have.
For example, [spoilers] dealing with the guy in the alley. As the game goes on, a more aggressive personality will be branched off into more aggressive results and a more diplomatic approach will be branched into more diplomatic paths. This is all way in the future though.
The same goes for the women. The different responses you pick will affect how they see you. If you keep trying to be funny, they'll eventually notice it. If you keep trying to flirt, they'll eventually point that out, too.
My goal isn't as much to change the situations you're in but to allow you, since you're the MC, the decision of how to react to it. That's where the choices would be.
- This is not a forced harem game.
In terms of romance, every girl will be OPTIONAL to romance. You can sleep with all of them. You can sleep with three of them. You can sleep with one of them. You can sleep with none of them at all, if that's what you want to do.
The situations pushing into the direction of each girl is created as a gateway to different branching story paths. Consider Kate, for example. She will always be a part of the story and you'll have to talk to her because of school. But whether or not you want to romance her is up to you.
So while you're 'forced' down a story path with a girl you might not be interested in, you will not be forced into a romance with her.
Going forward, I'll do my best to implement more neutral choices, that don't affect a romantic relationship. I play VNs the same as you guys. I don't like it when I'm forced into a romance/sex scene with a character I'm not interested in. You might have to deal with a character you don't like in the in the storyline, but the romance will be a separate entity.
- You have to agree to be Vanessa's assistant because it's a part of the story, not because you're being forced into her arms and have to sleep with her. Without getting into specifics, every girl's story will branch out. For Vanessa, I'm hoping Episode 2 will makes things a little clearer with her and what her purpose in the story will be.
- The MC's thesis project is just a channel for him to meet more people. It will become more refined as the story progresses into something more.
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Again, sorry about the confusion about what might be going on. I hope this answers some of your questions. I'm working on Episode 2 right now and hope by then, more interesting things will happen.
Thanks for this. You'll have to give me some leeway, because this is going to be a silly visual novel where the priority is the guy hooking up, so some aspects are going to be nonsensical and unrealistic.
But I'll do me best to keep it grounded and take that into consideration. As far as the MC's thesis goes, nothing is concrete at the moment and it will become more refined and professional as the game goes on.