1) The game was designed as a survival game, so don't cry if it is too difficult and if you don't understand something! I already made the game easier than it was!
2) QTE may be annoying, but there only a few of it in the game.
3) The game won't lend you a guiding hand throughout the story!
4) Explore the world, look for other girls, defeat bosses, take over territories!
You probably didn't understand the game, or maybe you don't wanted to understand it, instead you decided to scold the game for how bad it is!
Woah. Okay. First things first. That reply oozes scorn, and gives a sense of you looking down on people, who dare say anything, any thing, negative about the game. I had to double back and go over the thread again, because I thought I saw replies when you are being helpful to people asking questions. Which indeed turned out to be true.
So I am going to assume that is not intended. Though some of it can be understandable, people often are not being reasonable and driving Developers mad with their bullshit.
Now, in general and this was supposed to be evident by the initial opening of my first Comment. I find the game appealing in many ways. That is why I said I want to like it. But again I find the elements I mentioned Incredibly Frustrating, so much so they detract from my ability to enjoy the game.
To adress your points Directly:
1) It is blatantly obvious this is a survival game from sheer fact that it has Energy and Hunger Mechanics. And the Curse too. And believe it or not, I think I am aware that you made it easier, I have downloaded the game a Couple times now. And I do recall it being harder. As stated in the beginning of this reply I do not believe you intended anything by it, but nearly the first thing in the response being what amounts to telling the person to - shut up, and stop being dumb and not understanding the game. Or at least that is what I thought immediately as I was reading the post. Is not a really good idea. Simply stating that the game is Intended to be Hard, would have done a far better job.
2) This is a bit of a Bias on my part. Most common use of QTE's is usually in Larger Games during Cutscenes and the like, and I abhor their usage in general, because I would like to actually Enjoy the Cutscene, instead of focusing all of my attention on a Quick Time Event. In this particular case however, this is more to do with two things. One - usually Games on this site are far from Extremely Hard, due to their nature as Porn Games, so that is an inherent expectation that just happened to clash with the seeming Developer Intent. Which would be far from the first time this happens on this Site or with Porn Games in general. Second - the way the QTE seems to be designed, and I dont think you could have at all anticipated that in any way, but clicking more than once automatically fails the QTE. Couple that with me specifically having a Faulty Mouse, and not being in a position to replace it. And you hopefully can see how that could be Extra Frustrating, especially when even if just barely but I could keep up with the timer. Of course you have already stated you intend to make them easier, I believe. Unless the QTE timings in v0.30 are already nerfed. I could suggest changing the Fail Pass conditions on the QTE to specifically the Timer on the Circles running out. So that any false input is ignored and does not stop people like me from doing them outright. One other suggestion I could give for this is maybe make the QTE timers Dynamic, based on how much Agility Stat the MC has. So that the people that chose to level it up more can have an easier time, without outright nerfing the challenge for everybody?
3) This is going to be a bit more contentious. But there is a difference between Not Holding people's hands and deliberately giving them Zero Information on how to even Begin Making Progress. Which is what I referred to originally. Out of all the Quests that I can see whenever I begin, only the Necromancer girl tells you where to go. And while I understand you may not want to straight up tell people Exactly Where to go for the others. Specifically stating that the other quests ought to be handled by Exploring the Map might go a long way. Giving the Player at least Something to Work With. Instead of Just saying "find this period". I genuinely believe it is an actual Design Flaw of the game. And this wouldnt be the first game that does it like so. This could be an entire debate in and of itself. But let me point you to the fact that tons of Actually Good Games, even give you hints to finding their Secrets, something that should be inherently hard to find, given the name Secret.
4) I am not sure what to say here. This isnt really much of a point to anything as far as I can tell. Just a general description of what can be done in the game, all of which I already saw from gameplay. The map, the girls in the Towers and their Guardian Bosses, the settlements that require you to defeat an Army in open battle.
Before I move on to the final point I would like to address something, you seemingly have not, at least not directly. Which is this part of my original post:
" Your Only Sex Partner Refusing to have Sex with you "cuz mah pussy is too loose now from doing it so many times" which means the whole game is on a Flat Timer. If you cant find more people to fuck fast enough you are done. But you have absolutely no idea for where to go for msot of it."
It might be a good idea, to have Ishet saying something early on about how if the MC keeps fucking her, she'l get loose. Perhaps a joke during an early conversation. That way, the player would at least be Put on Notice about what is for all practical intents and purposes is a Hidden Timer. Also, on a side note to this, it does not make any bloody sense. Because what about Anal? Is her being pounded into oblivion not good enough to stave of the curse? Perhaps another thing that could be addressed in-game during dialogue.
Now I hope all of the above in and of itself a good demonstration of how well or not, I understand Your game. But assuming that somebody is malicious, why else would I not understand the game and yet scold it for being bad. Just because they have not went into excruciating detail, and then bashing them for it. Is not a good idea in my Opinion.
That being said. I would like to reiterate, that I find the game appealing and interesting, and that is particularly why I have chosen to speak about it in the first place. I do hope you can continue working on it until you have fulfilled your vision to the best of your means and ability.
