After reading all these complaints about a game I worked countless hours on (well over 1000 hours) I think I would have been better off just making a game with only the sex scenes and no gameplay at all. Maybe in the next update I will add a skip to sex scenes option for all the people who only want to play the game for that. Why even play a game for that reason? Just go watch porn if you want only sex scenes. I promises It is much better than any video game will ever be. I was really going for a more story driven dating simulator but It seems like maybe that's not a popular game idea. I can't believe there are so many haters here that got a game for free and still hate it. I think maybe y'all really just hate yourselves and use bashing a video game to express your anger.
That's not what people are saying, nor is it what (at least for me) the complaints are about. Games that are open-world and able to be explored are just fine. The issues are with execution? It is missing a lot of features that would make it more enjoyable, like a map or an inventory screen. Any perceived anger would be more about the sheer amount of time-wasting that happens. Swimming around a massive, weirdly shaped lake, hunting for a key, is not game-play. It is a fetch-quest, not a puzzle. It is a time-sink, not exciting or interesting. No one is going to enjoy shit like that. It isn't a grind, it is BORING.
Also, like it or not when you put content into the public space you open yourself up to criticism. It is up to you as the creator to choose how to take the criticism; you can lash out at the people who are being critical and refuse to listen to the complaints, or you can choose to be open to seeing the deficiencies in your product and attempt to change or fix them. I think it is far more telling that multiple people had the same issues and problems with the game.
I appreciate what you were striving for, and I wasn't attacking you on a personal level, because I don't know you. This isn't personal at all. But yes, I am being critical of your game. I am not saying it is an awful game, but it is lacking in certain areas, at least in my opinion.
1. It needs a map of some kind. Quest markers would be a huge plus.
2. Show me what I am looking for, especially with the key. I swear so many times i thought I saw it but it only ended up being a yellowed leaf or something. I had no idea what kind of key I was looking for. I swear I spent 40 minutes swimming around the water looking for it, only to realize later I already had it but HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING THIS because...
3. It needs an inventory screen of some kind, and I reject your comment about it not needing one. It absolutely needs an inventory screen to save me and anyone else from wasting so much time. It would be hugely helpful if I could reference what I had on me vs. what I still needed to find. Because I didn't get a clear indicator telling me I had already retrieved the key, I spent way more time than I should have swimming around the water. Thankfully you apparently don't have to breathe, I would have given up a lot sooner if I had to constantly come up for air.
4. Get rid of the fixed camera positions during the sex scenes. Seriously, why are the cameras fixed like that?
I won't critique the overall look of the game; while I think it is ugly in some areas, it is serviceable in others. I will say that the textures on the girls could be better, especially the goth chick in the run-down church. When I first walked up to her I thought she had body hair all over her.
All of this is to say... I appreciate you putting content out, but don't close yourself off to criticism, because taking what other people say and feel about something you made and using it to improve things will only result in a better game.
Or you can whine about what people are saying and stick your head in the sand. Honestly I don't really care, it isn't my game. Do what you want.
