I know I'm kind of late to this discussion and I don't want to bring it up again. But I just read all the comment pages from the beginning (reread some actually, since I've been following the game since the first release) and wanted to comment on some things that bothered me and others that made my eyes sweat
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The big issue here is not "ONE affair with ONE married man", but how this man humiliated (may not be the most correct word here) and how she was horny for suffering these humiliations and the "other guys" that this ONE man quotes in the blackmail movies with these "men fucking her" (gangbang/orgy). So yeah, she was a slut who was passed around the office for all the men who were into slut-slinging and weren't afraid of getting an STD and all that "grown woman" stuff maybe she doesn't even know who the biological father of her child is.
And this is from a guy who has as his favorite MILF LI's (I guess all moms have a little baggage, right?), I don't mind "baggage" one bit, baggage is good, it shows us a lot about a person and gives a "depth". A good example is June of the game Artemis, she has a dark past, frequented wheels of conversations (not remember the name, more places where people with trauma or addiction usually vent) about an abusive relationship, and still has problems hooking a relationship serious and this is one of the factors that went wrong before the mind as the MC of the game mentioned. Actually, almost every LI in that game has "baggage" and it's one of my favorite games. So once again, the problem is not the luggage, but the size and content of that luggage.
I understand that you were annoyed because you invested your money and your favorite LI was ruined for you. But by your definition I believe you picked the wrong type of game (romance), usually, NTR/swing games (inevitable and avoidable) have plenty of those "attractive adult women" who fuck or have fucked 80% of the male population (and female too, who knows?) that she came in contact with, without caring about anything, marital status, how many at once, DP, gangbang.
And I was fine with Grace from V1.1 (when she had ONE married guy). The first Grace?
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Leaving that behind since Dev will do as he originally envisioned before someone stuck it in his head that he should "endure" I think it's a good idea to have your characters ruined by a distorted vision of people with tastes different from those of the STORY'S OWN CREATOR and probably of this VN's target audience.
I want to wish you strength and positive energy
Knight_BP . You were the only one who until you prove otherwise did not err in all development of this work. Because art is beautiful. We probably share similar tastes and I understand you when you say you get upset about the criticism, as I also go through depressive problems (in the last 6 months I faced together with my father in a fight against cancer, and about a month ago he passed away) and it pained me to read all the criticism you had to face, even though you agreed with it. Using this as an escape is something we do, so I avoid games of genres like NTR, real life is painful enough to face, so I prefer softer games, with humor, romance, especially if I do not have to choose a girl in the end, I understand that it is not realistic and such, so I like fantasy genres too. And as many like to remind us when we complain about an "NTR", "that's a game, it's pixels" the same goes for justifying "harem", that's a game, not real.
Okay, I'm getting away from what I wanted to say. Finally, I wanted to thank you for your effort and care with this project, I have great faith that it will be something giant, hoping that you achieve all your goals.
About facing the creation of your game alone, find some "revisions" with similar tastes to yours, so they can help you with a more "decentralized" vision. R.R. Martin talks in the acknowledgments of his book about the devils and angels of writing something. The devils in the details and the angel are your editors/reviewers.
I want to apologize for the extensive text and a little out of time, as I said I was a little busy recently. Good luck and all the best.