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hyfka
Writing a game that pleases everyone is very difficult. I understand your frustrations with the game. I really do. You spelled it out very clearly the second time.
The events and stories in the game were largely meant to be rewards for succeeding in the game. That is why most of them are mid to late game. Some players complain that there should be events and stories throughout the game which I can understand also. This complaint made up an entire review in fact.
I wish we could have done better and please more players.
hyfka, I'm sorry that the events and stories in the game are just "being shown a story" for you. With the Family Trouble story especially, I attempted to make it as immersive as possible. Rescuing your family (mostly Phoebe and Anna) from a crime lord who was hunting them. You get to meet and interact with your family. Yes, the story was low on choices but felt that it was a heartfelt and touching story. I know I'm a poor writer but I didn't realize I was that bad.
Evil 2 suffers from the same core problem that Girl Life has - volunteer developers. Why is this a problem? Because volunteer developers implement the features they are interested in working on (mostly but not always). Some of the core problems with Evil 2 still exist simply because all four developers for the game had no interest in working on it.
That is one benefit I guess for developers who ask for donations or publish their games on Steam. They have to pay more attention to what players want in order to keep the money coming in. None of the four developers for Evil 2 tried to profit off of it. Some have suggested doing this but we really can't from an integrity standpoint. If I went and asked for donations, I would be asking players for work that was done by three different developers. Agree or disagree, skybarbie and I don't feel good about taking that route.
In my defense, I did implement plenty of player suggested features. Just look at the Changelog on the OP and click on the author's name (it will take you to the release post). When skybarbie first started, bug fixes were the main priority. skybarbie really helped clean up the game in addition to writing stories/events later on.
Have fun and happy gaming!