Obviously she has lied with her age, but from there to being Maya's mother it is more difficult to link
It's not that difficult, to be honest. Admittedly I'm having difficulty recalling if Maya's Mom has been mentioned, but whilst you would think that having an uber-religious, likely conservative husband would mean she is the same, she could simply be just putting up with it if she's somewhat "trapped" in the marriage. But she's not totally subserviant in that she has her own life, friends, etc, and goes out occasionally, like to MacAllen's bar to drink away her sorrows at having a terrible husband and sexless marriage. So she gets on Swyper to satisfy her itch and she does so with the MC who she might meet later if the MC does pretend to be Maya's boyfriend and he's invited to "meet the folks".
However, that is sadly too straightforward and farcical for DPC who prefers darker subplots, so this probably won't be the case, but could have been.
DPC is good at these games, he's only made two and they are utter standouts in the genre and he's pulling 26K - 66K per month (I don't know what his outlay is). Why would he stop, unless he's pushing himself too hard and he burns out.
They are good with the renders, animations, and creating compelling character that you grow to care about, but they rely too much on heavy drama and their pacing is too quick. This game could go to 12-16 episodes easily had the plot developed more gradually over the course of a few in-game months rather than 3 weeks. Everything piles on the MC and the player very quickly in this game and (pardon the pun) before you can get a handle one fire, 4 more spring up.
Ideally, he would continue to produce BaDIK and keep the story going as long as possible since it's a big earner, but if they have an idea right now for another game, then they'll want to get on it ASAP, so spending the next 3-5 years on this wouldn't be ideal for them if they're keen to get on with the next game.
Has anyone thought that maybe just maybe (read that as hopefully) Mona was not leaving but just moving into the HOT's house?
I know it's a long shot... but lets keep a little hope!
I thought so too for a moment, but when you look at the general context of that scene - the rain, Mona cloaked in darkess with her hood up, Burke in a dark room with only the light of the computer screen illuminating him - it's got a much darker and more depressing than you'd expect if she was just moving from the dorm to the HOT house.
Plus, her leaving will further facilitate Quinn's downfall as the HOTs will likely be in shock, most notably Camila and Riona, so it's an unfortunately necessary evil in this story thread.
