And what is up with all the people here so riled up about sex scenes? There are other AVN's on this site where you can find sexual scenes in like the first 10-20 minutes. Instead of trying to get a dev(that's doing everything right might I add) to conform to how you believe their AVN should be, why not play another AVN altogether?
I will never understand how people fail to acknowledge the harm this view has on VNs. These forums are not a microcosm of the average VN consumer, its a bubble. Do you want the developer to have the funding to work on this VN full time? Do you want the dev to have the funding to upgrade their rig for increased quality & speed? Do you want the dev to have the finding to potentially grow a team?
If you answered yes to any of those questions and still believe lewds should be sidelined youre either hopelessly optimistic or unfortunately delusional/misinformed.
I feel like ive been having to repeat this a lot, but your favorite slow burn VN likely has not cracked at minimum 2K patrons and its a near certainty it never will. The bubble that is F95 does not represent the majority of the VN community.
Look at games like DeLuca Family and Summer's Gone, the most popular slow burns with millions of hits in their threads...... But an extremely small number of patrons even with years on the market.
All this to say, youre basically telling the dev to go out of their way to leave food off of their plate to the detriment of us all, yourself included, for the exact reason I stated---your average VN consumer will not open their wallets for a slow burn. You can literally confirm this yourself right now.
If you want the VN you enjoy to take off it needs good lewds. This is not a debate, it is the objective reality.
The updates are on time, the story is flowing and coherent, and the characters are well-written.
Like I said, im not trying to shit on the dev at all. I want this game to be great otherwise I wouldnt even bother, id ignore the thread and move on.
Although im not a fan of this chapter there is a lot of content in this beta which proves this dev can work very efficiently. One would be a fool to deny the outstanding effort theyve put in so their productivity isnt an issue at all.
Your stance on the characters and story though? Ehh... Only if you pretend chapter 1 never happened, I guess.