I don't agree with this line of thinking. I believe NTR to be in the concept and actions the story takes, not in the actions the player is given. I stand by saying what you have seen isn't NTR, as NTR would only be if Alice/Leah becomes a competition of sorts to see which of you can get Alice. That's not what is happening here, and you will see that in the next (and future) updates. NTR is having your love interest taken from you, and that hasn't happened. You're not even being 'Cucked' because Alice is just your step-sister/sister/roommate. She is not your girlfriend or your wife. Alice is, in the world that this game takes place in, a real person with real motivations and desires, with her own mind, her own life to live. At this point, her relation to you, or the Main Character, is developing, but she's not tied down to anyone, and she's making that clear in what she says and how she acts. Also, one of the genres tagged on this game from v01 was voyeur, so it's a given that you will peek in on stuff, and if this person is doing sexual things, that's exactly what you'd peek on.
I can't change minds on what Cucking or NTR is, probably, and I don't know if I want to. I hope people play this and see what is about to happen and where things go, and I of course hope you all enjoy it too, but I can't write something that pleases 100% of the people who play. I do hope, however, that this thread relaxes a little bit, as it looks like people are getting a little heated in this debate. I don't want to see insults flying or people getting bans because you start calling each other names.
Keep the discussion going, but try to keep it mostly peaceful, that's all I ask. And to play the next update to see what happens. I ask that too.
NTR apparently has multiple definitions and multiple ways to think about it. NTR is not based on any competition or even loss. Since there are multiple definitions I decided to show the one that I know as NTR.
About
Netorare (寝取られ, most commonly abbreviated as
NTR) is a notoriously controversial genre of
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(an act of adultery). As a fetish, NTR hentai are designed to provoke jealousy in the audience by proxy by having a character indulge in sexual activity with someone other than the protagonist. This has given NTR a highly infamous reputation amongst hentai fans, who frequently express their displeasure over the genre.
Origin
Netora as a Japanese term for cuckoldry literally translates to “taken away by sleeping with.” In typical NTR stories, a heroine will be introduced as having a significant other, be it a husband, a boyfriend, or even just a close friend; who is introduced as the male protagonist. The story will then show the aforementioned heroine being intimate with another man, thus provoking jealousy in the audience by proxy. The nature of these affairs vary per story, as will the outcome.
Now as you can see there is no statement here about a needed competition or even that Protagonist and Heroine have to be intimate before hand, they can be just friends (for example: just a brother/step brother). It is all about how the reader feels reading it. And although you may not have meant it to be, it is the way the story is written. And it also indicates that you are a good writer, since you were able to arouse those feelings of jealousy in your audience. But it is also the reason it should be tagged differently.
Now as for a you stating it is voyeurism, I have to disagree there as well.
By definition:
vo·yeur·ism
vwäˈərizəm/
noun
- the practice of gaining sexual pleasure from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity.
Now I guess, for the few seconds, the MC gets to stand there before he is made to shut the door, you may consider that to be it. Of course he didn't seem to get much pleasure from it. But for the rest of the NTR complaint it being voyeurism just doesn't hold true.
As for Alice being her own person, that is fine and dandy. The way you wrote the story it states that she wants more time with the MC, but her actions speak otherwise. Now I do not know if it happened the same way for all,, but for me the "NTR" came the day of them laying in bed together and agreeing it felt good. And it appeared that they would continue on that path once they got home. Instead as soon as she knew he wouldn't call mommy on her, she drops him and runs to Leah's crotch like a dog in heat. And even toys with his emotions by calling to him when she is being tickled so he would get a view of what he is not getting. So much for her wanting to spend time with MC, when given a choice, she choices someone else. At best it makes her a liar, who preys on the MC's emotions to get what she wants. Since this is a game of choices, you wrote it to have two paths to chose. Then this is one of the times a choice was needed to make the game fluid and keep all players interested not just those who enjoy the sub/pacifist path.
If the game is to have a true dom/sub path in it, then there has to be the option/options given to the player/MC. Either in the bathroom with Leah like has been stated before or the option to not be forced to be sub and not to pursue those two ladies at all. (As at this point, I see no redeeming qualities in either of them.)
Of course it is your story to tell. But as for me now, with how it is written with no choices, I do not see it being a story worth reading anymore. And for that I am saddened.