Ren'Py - Backwater College Doctor [v0.15] [JackSoft]

Game version: 0.15

The game is obviously in a very early stage of development, so reviewing it now seems a bit unfair to me, tbh.
Nevertheless, the current content/ programming already show big issues, mainly the stpd day-skipping-grind to unlock new content.
After the first examinations, you will literally have to skip weeks until something new should unlock. "Should", because I still haven't unlocked anything new and am already at day 60+ atm!
The concept of this game is nothing new or extraordinary either. Haven't seen a single scene yet, so I can't review the animation quality.
I stopped skipping and playing at around day 70 and still no triggers for advancing the story.
At its current state, it's a complete failure, but there IS room for improvement. Much room.

Version Reviewed: v0.15

Overview: Lets play doctor

Story: You are a disgraced doctor who gets hired by a school for girls built on a military base for for some reason. You are the campus physician which is good because you have medical knowledge and are are an unrepentant pervert.

Gameplay: Pretty linear. There is a bit of branching but you have to complete all content to unlock the next story beat so it's really just a question of what order do you read the chapters in. This game is still quite early in development so you don't go beyond the introductory examination of some girl before the content runs out. There are a couple of followup events that are nice, but don't expect too much yet.

The biggest problem IMHO is that the game has several "wait 4 days" or "wait 7 days" roadblocks in place in a game with almost no side content. You can call girls back in to re-take exams and there is a shower peeping event that locks itself out for a couple of days at a time regularly and that's it. At lesst you can spam the "advance time" button to wait them out, there is no "go home, manually shower, move to kitchen and manually eat, move to bedroom and take a nap" nonsense like so many similar games. No stats to decay or anything like that. The game does sometimes ask you if you want to be nicer or more pervy but it doesn't seem to affect much yet.

Sex content: Peeping, a bit of spanking, and leering.

Conclusion: This game has a lot of potential, but it is a bit too bare bones at the moment to really reccomend.

I really enjoyed the hour or two? I spent trying to unlock everything. The UI isn't perfect and some methods of progression aren't too clear. After figuring out a few quirks though the only big thing I have to say about the game is that there isn't enough content. I will be looking forward to trying it again when there are some new school rules and more character progression. (hopefully punishments too). Best of luck to the dev and anyone who tries it.

Dev seems to prefer white over black which is really blinding when the whole screen goes that color. "Let's check your eyes *BLINDING WHITE SCREEN* If they were okay, they're not"
Map has no indications on what can be selected until you mouse over. I'd rather it looks stupid than not know it's there.
It would be helpful if unlocked characters were indicated in the medical records.

There's a morning/evening system but you can't seemingly do anything in the evening...which is annoying.

UI is pretty clunky. There's not a lot of content currently. I might be missing some.

The general plot is fine. It needs real content to evaluate, and to stop blinding me, and maybe make the UI less wasted clicks.