You don't have to be a developer to know when certain things are being drawn out. We're on Chapter 3 with Chapter 4 being the conclusion as per MrDots. We've explored no kinks, no fetishes, and stuck with vanilla sex through and through. NTR and sharing gets teased but they don't follow through on it, and if they do they keep it safe by making it girl on girl. Showing D being dicked down by other dudes might hurt some egos so they stay away, at least for now. Even the sex scenes with D are more or less boring and vanilla. We get it, she's getting super freaky. Now show me how freaky. Chains and whips freaky? Cuz anal isn't freaky...it's pretty tame for me. Let's get medieval here!
Yes the story is very good. The mother coming back into the picture is very soap opera and the story moving forward has the possibility of being very scintillating, but don't forget this is also an adult sex game. This update (v0.26) felt very much like a quick rehash of the last update (v0.25). We maybe got a little freaky with Elena. NTR with Martin was teased. Maybe a threesome scene. And Rachel finally made it to town. Vanilla sex with D thrown in between each story point. The update itself felt a little short, I got through it in about 30-45 mins. (I read fast). Of course a payoff for certain aspects like NTR or sharing will be delivered, one would hope, but it would be nicer if we didn't progress at what feels like a snail's pace.
Is it possible this update suffered because they wanted to launch Sunshine Love? Very much so. I've never been a fan of developers doing more than one game at a time because sooner or later one will suffer. DMD suffered when Melody took center stage, but that was forgivable given the circumstances with Patreon. But now things seem to be looking up for MrDots and team and yet it seems like DMD is taking another backseat to Sunshine Love. My personal preference would be for the team to devote all their effort to DMD and then move onto another game, but they'll do as they please. Given that, they can't expect fans and patrons to not be upset when we feel there's been a quality drop in their games or if some aspects are not being delivered, or in this case taking too long to appease a softer group of people.