The trans character isn't even THE MAIN it's just one option of LI's in a sea of them!
She is not the main one, yes but the most popular one I think, hence the most content in the game so far.
Not the main by the original setup, things changed to make Nea the main focus.
Most popular based on what? A vocal minority? The dev's recent obsession with trans characters? (he even shoe horned one very late into his more infamous incest game).
The character cant be that huge a hit if he's having to return to his bigger title again despite it being well and truly dubbed as complete (and now this one is dubbed abandoned lol). That's the roll of the dice if you want to push a niche interest character as the majority who don't like Trans stuff will simply skip the content and if they ain't getting much else to retain their interest then the game isn't gonna blow up like the first one did. As for main one status the only one that really fits the bill is the smol sister - the older one has barely had a look in, the mom even less - Millie has gotten far more love than those two. All in all its hard to really say there IS a main character as the games been disjointed from the offset with characters coming in randomly and content for any of them is beyond prediction.
Maybe it really is as simple as the Dev wanted to do something different with this one vs Parental Love after spending so long on it but its not had the success he would have liked. He has the token taboo characters sure but theyve been so underdeveloped and rushed pace wise no one really cares about them as hes not given them nearly enough of a storyline to invest in them (the smol sister is from offset super horny, the mom off the bat is an in the know cuckqueen trying to get her kids to breed and the older sister who is actually amongst the few better written is unfortunately a tsundere... tsundere sisters are a dime a dozen in these types of games)
Vocal minority? Not sure where you got that, but most players like Nea. The vocal minority are the ones celebrating the suicide. It also is not a recent obsession, Luxee had a trans character in Parental Love.
Luxee returned to Parental Love because he was not satisfied with the amount of work put into it already, he wanted to add more content. A work is only truly complete, contrary to the complete tag here, when the developer says it is and Luxee said he wanted to add more.
This game only got the abandoned tag by a technicality, the site only looks in certain places for activity, places where Luxee was not being active for over three months, so the game got the abandoned tag. The game is still on hold and Luxee was active, just not on his Patreon.
I haven't read anyone demanding anything. But I haven't read all the comments on the thread either.
I'm not going to say if she's the most popular (I'm not interested in her as a romance character, but this doesn't say anything), what is true is that she's the one with the most content.
I think he means the people upset by the suicide, that's not a demand, that's people voicing their opposition, which is not the same.
Nea is, by far, the most popular character in the game and for good reason despite Nea's terrible development so far.
For people that know the background, they know Nea is the unofficial main love interest. Without her I don't think Luxee would have made this game. Although I don't think people expected her to be so central and to get so much focus early on. The game itself is presented as having many love interests, with a good range of characters and kinks like Incest and Loli. For someone just playing the game without context, Nea seems like no more or no less than another love interest, which makes the focus on her more confusing for them.
I don't know if we have anyway to know how popular Nea is. Certainly there are a lot of fans of her who are very vocal. In a poll, she might win because she wins the vote of the trans fans, while the rest of the vote would probably be split for other characters. Most people don't seem to go around and announce their favorite character in a game either unless it's a loli, trans character, or something out of the norm. At least that's been my experience. I have favorite characters in other games, and will mention them if the subject comes up, but people will just randomly post their love for Nea or one of the lolis in this game. As for me, I don't really know enough about most characters, even six updates in, to say that I have a favorite, although I do have some, like Alicia that I can say will likely never be popular with me.
No, I can at least say that I did not expect it, the original setup was more generalized like a usual sandbox and the mother is central on most out of game materials even today.
We do, just look at the amount of pro-Nea talk that goes on, and it isn't just a select few going on and on about Nea, either.
Luxee or any other dev can make the game they want, within certain limits. If they've promised a game where Nea or incest or loli is optional, but it isn't, then they need to deal with that. Any promises they made to paying supporters either need to be met, or at least the dev needs to explain why the promises weren't kept and deal with the circumstances. Let's say that Luxee says "You know what, screw it. This Nea thing is too much trouble. She dies in every version of the game in this next update."
Some people would cheer. Let's ignore them. A good number would go "that's kind of extreme. At least give her a happy exit from the story or something." And of course some would just lose their shit and you'd see some of Luxee's biggest fans turn into his biggest detractors.
And I can say she's the main love interest based on the preponderance of evidence and the fact that so much of the game has to pass through her. I don't see stuff that Luxee adds later changing that.
I'll fully agree on this. My favorites have changed in other games after an update if they suddenly changed the character's backstory on me, of if she did something awful to the MC or someone else, or any number of other reasons. Right now there isn't much content for other characters, and I don't really see Luxee lavishing too much attention on the other characters. Nea is their favorite and focus, and I think they want to power through Nea's story as much as possible because that's what interests them. But then they'll look back at the work they still have to do with the other characters they never really cared about and try to find inspiration. I kind of suspect they don't want to make any of the other character too interesting, because in their mind Nea must be the hands-down best girl in the game.
Exactly, if Luxee says he will do something, he has to do it. This is not the same as just simply doing what the players want, at that point he has committed to something and he has to follow through. The point at which he does not have to do it is before committing, when he can just say no outright instead.
Quite frankly, killing Nea off means the haters won, they WANTED Nea to have a bad end, that was their whole point in pestering the game and its developer so much with hateful comments, to get a reaction out of Luxee that would hurt Nea's development as a character, and that is exactly what they got. A happy exit would have prevented them from getting something to celebrate, a happy exit would have meant no victory for them.
I have to agree on that third point, there is way too much reliance requirement wise for other characters and way too much development going into Nea for Nea to NOT be the main.
I can say I am very different with favorite characters. I am an extreme loyalist, my favorites don't change, I have been a fan of the same characters in every game I play throughout development. Even characters that do something bad, I don't like them any less, it actually proves to strengthen them as a favorite because any reaction I give is proof of how well they are written.
The problem always seems to be with people's expectations with what a dev's responsibilities may be. The idea with Patreon or SS is that people seek out creations that interest them and help fund further creations. The creator makes what they want, and if you don't like it, don't give them money. There are gray areas where the creator is less than honest about what they're working on or how much they're working on it, and I totally get supporters being upset about that since they were paying for something based on a false premise. Aside from that, though, creators aren't beholden to their patrons any more than a street musician is beholden to the demands of people tossing change into their guitar case.
Not in this case, this case is a matter of a clash between what Luxee said and what Luxee did. Luxee said there would be a friendship route, we got a death route in its place and there has been nothing to say this death route was not implemented in place of the friendship route, as opposed to being an entirely separate third route, or that the friendship route is still in the works.
A developer can make whatever they want, but only until they commit to something like Luxee did, then they either have to do it or they have to take the inevitable upset and outright say they changed their mind, the best time for which is before the content comes out.
(RIP Paul Harvey)
