YES. stupid decisions indeed, but so what? Remember Ashley at the time she did it was a impulsive teenager making stupid decisions - that's why she landed in the Halfway House after all. That doesn't prevent her from becoming a likeable character in the story. This story is not about super heroes, much rather fallen individuals growing up and changing for the better.
Mod hasn't been updated, never play a new update with an old mod, that never works. Check the links in the OP for the mod.
"hardly any content" is subjective, as has been mentioned here and in many other threads, a trend in VN's is that they tend to build up a story before any lewd scenes which will come when it fits the story. Check Summers Gone and The Deluca Family for a hint how it should be done (didn't mean this game is doing it wrong, just those 2 does it perfectly).
Eh sure its subjective, but i'd like to hear the argument that it has plenty of content for something in development for almost 2 years. There are...what 5 total scenes? Across all characters. Building up story is fine, and encouraged but 2 years? Come on.
Development time is irrelevant to me as many of these devs do this in their spare time and I have no problem with a slow burn. Would I prefer that we got 2 big updates a month, of course but that is just wishful thinking.
Why? What on Earth makes you think that? For one thing, these 2 games are entirely different in many ways, most notably in the story and world-building. NMS was a fuck-em-all game with a very thin premise and very basic story, whereas HH is a much more story-driven game and puts that story ahead of the sex scenes which allow it to build real relationships between the characters as well giving the characters a lot more depth.
For one thing, this is a story-driven game, so sex scenes aren't the feature, they're the bonus, but mainly this is a game with what certainly looks like a relatively high production value given the quality of the renders and being produced by one person, so it's not going to be done quickly.
Maybe if all these devs were working in teams of 10 or more people it could be, but 99% are solo devs and I'd even say that about 90% are doing it in their spare time because they have full-time jobs or simply have other commitments in life besides developing an adult game 24/7.
You really didn't get my point though, I never said i didn't like her, i said i didn't sympathize with her...
The hell you talking bout my man? Course there is something there.
Clearly you have a very narrow view of "content" if all that means to you is sex scenes.
"I don't blame people for their mistakes, but I do ask that they pay for them." - John Hammond (Sir Richard Attenborough), Jurassic Park.
Hey, I'm sorry if I sound rude but, that's my PERSONAL OPINION, i'm far from being a good person, you can feel sympathy and empathy all you want, i didn't say you couldn't, even if find her actions AND her motives utterly stupids, i don't think she is a bad person, cause most of the bad things she cause was upon herself... I don't think she's beyond sympathy and empathy, but in my PERSONAL OPINION, underage prostitution is not just a "stupid mistake".
sorry if you read the previous incomplete comment, I pressed TAB instead o CAPS and then SPACE so it was something like: "Hey, that's my PERSONAL OPINION"... Pretty rude without a context, right? Gotta admit, most games try to be too expletive. You have a world at the ready, just flow with it. Those neighbourhood kids; smack 'em. That sis, use some playful banter if you gonna bang eventually. No need to try and question your own emotions when in you're "18". That should be locked by the time you're 12.
I have no objections regarding the main "cast"/ladies, though i would love to have some action with Sam and Ash obviously, I can understand slow burn there. Yet usually a way to bypass the slow burn/build up with the main characters is to introduce a few side-chicks which could have some hot-action quite easily, while still preserving slow/realistic main build-up.
I get that people want lots of sexy action in these games, but I think too many games pack in too many main girls/side girls/one-time-only girls that having a game with a minimal set of female characters can be much better and is a much needed breath of fresh air. It allows the game to be much more focused because the dev isn't having to juggle so many characters, all with their own individual fanbases constantly demanding more content with their favourite gals, and helps give it that more grounded realism feeling because having the MC suddenly be attractive to 10+ women is not only farfetched but also can get a bit too samey when it's done in several different game.
they're not though. writing and making the build up scenes is EXHAUSTING and boring, where as making the dirty stuff is what we'd all like to do every day all day. when you make build up you have to continuously fight the incredibly strong urge to go too far too early. you keep slipping, then deleting because it's ruining the tension you're trying to create so hard.
You have to push the camerabutton, when you first meet her, i guess.
I was more thinking about posing, animating when there's animation and stuff like that. But I believe you, and when I say building, I meant basic story dialogues and stuff
Writing is probably the hardest part, especially when you're trying to craft an actual story where both it and the characters have a lot of depth and realism to them. With most adult games, the writing is very basic and the characters one-dimensional, but you can tell with this game that a lot of effort has gone in to revealing both the personalities and personal stories of each character through the dialogue, both in the way they speak and what they say. That kind of thing takes a lot of effort, probably moreso than creating the renders and coding the game, because the story and dialogue being written is really what defines this game, and if the writing doesn't work, well then you have characters and stories that don't work, and that can bring down the game if you don't make people connect with the characters because what you've written is either inconsistent or lacks depth.
