So I won't lie and say that the obvious declining interest in the game isn't discouraging. However I also won't lie and say that I don't realize the reason for it.
Since the first release I've received a lot of great feedback and constructive criticism. Patch 0.7 will be the final update to the game, as such I have made a few notes of areas I'd like to change and/or improve upon for my next game.
- More focus on the girls. Until now I've tended to put more focus on the MC and his story.
- While some people like the larger eyes, I realize that it's alienated a lot of people as well. In the end I don't think it was a good design choice.
- Sandbox be gone.
- Give the girls continuous roles throughout the story, rather than giving them one storyline each and then almost forgetting about them.
- More dialogue choices and player input.
- Spend more time on designing the characters.
- Don't create more work for myself by working on game elements that people don't care about. This may not directly improve the game, but I'll be able to work more effectively which I think will indirectly improve it.
Things that I believe have seen improvements later in the game, but are executed poorly enough at the start to deter a lot of people:
- Render quality. Early renders both have bad quality and poor lighting, I also had a tendency to keep the player on the same static image for way too long.
- Dialogue. Stop overexplaining and talking about pointless things. It's boring. Make dialogue less stale, let it flow more naturally.
Suggestions or comments are welcome. I can be reached by DM as well.
Edit: I made it sound like I'm abandoning the game. That's not the case. Next patch would've been the last one regardless of how it went.
So, i'll start by saying that I didn't have time to play the game yet, but it is downloaded and ready to go when i have more time(i like to have a few hours of free time when i start a new game).
That being said, from the comments and the rating of the game i have high hopes, even tho the character models are not my favourite.
As you can see I have been a member on this site for quite some time, even tho i rarely comment, i have played so many games, i can't even remember most of them(happened multiple times that i downloaded the same game 2-3 times years apart because I forgot I played it until I got to one particular scene that triggered the supressed memories), and very few of the ones that are worth it got finished, or like one particular example which i shall not name, is about 5-6 years away from being finished (if ever) at the pace the development is going.
If you can listen to the contructive criticism (and ignore the trolls) and try to implement even some of the things you mentioned in your next game, and stick with it, with regular updates and avoid the "remake" trend going on and just finish what you start consistantly, I have no doubt you will get into the hall of fame of this site.
P.S. sorry for any "engrish", english is my 3rd language