Even with the slow and sloppy development (way too suspicious now I must say, missing deadlines like that considering how Patreon works is not right), I liked the game. I don't think rushing sexual content is the answer as people here are suggesting. The problem I see is a little more subtle.
I think he is overplaying the dark thematic. Removing agency from the female characters through overplayed and unexplained depression is no different than the usual games which rely on magic pills to take advantage of women.
Contrary to people here, I loved the cousin character because she seemed like an independent woman who was very open to anything. Now it seems she is being coerced by her mother and that she has tons of issues. Same with the daughter, who seems to be always sad. Marriage issues are not that dark, the emo undertones this game is pushing are unrealistic and seem forced to justify unnecessary long winded and "deep" conversations.
The game has way too many emo conversations that feel out of place. People don't usually spend all their time grieving over common issues like the characters in this game. The game made it appear as if all the characters were informed that they are gonna die in 2 weeks. They are all angry at each other for stupid reasons (why is the mother so fucking angry at the aunt? why is the daugher so angry at the cousin? why is the mother randomly rejecting the son and playing the emo card? why is the father always describing his niece as if she was a ghoul? why is the cousin so cheerful in the first episodes and now she is literally crying as she gives a blowjob?).
I think emotional conflicts are fine. That is what I liked about the game in the first place. But the game is going too far with it. Worst of all, it is making me not enjoy the few sexual interactions. They all feel as if one party is being taken advantage of.
For example, the scene with the cousin blabbering the usual emotional mess while giving a blowjob drunk is not satisfying at all. It feels like non consensual sex. I think it would have been perfect if your shitty decisions lead to that, but he is railroading that gloomy angle too hard on all characters. Something similar happens with the father route, where he is always extremely reluctant to sex with anyone. That should be up to your own decisions, in some cases at least. It seems he is now pushing for the father to only have sex with the cousin while he is asleep. That's not satisfying at all either. He should have left that up to decisions, and let a more organic relation be allowed, where the cousin and father could interact without one being asleep and extremely reluctant.
The game right now feels as if you hardcoded all the bad and dark decisions in a japanese VN and released that as a game. Either leave that up to decisions, or tone down the emo undertones.
Finally, I think people on this site in general have very unrealistic expectations over what can be achieved in 1 month. They are always complaining about slow progress without realizing how much work it is to put it all together. Happened with Big Brother too. This is compounded in this game by having two stories. If you only like one story that is your problem, the game is meant to be played wholly. This is like going to the Teacher's Pets thread and complaining that there was no progress on the only one character that I like, and throwing a tantrum every single update about it. That's silly. If you only want mother/son interaction go get another game dedicated to that only. Don't try to make every game as generic as possible by spamming threads of unique games like this one.
