I believe that I am now qualified to have my own vague opinion of your work Runey (around 30 or so hours in, barely scratched the surface compared to some it seems!) but I am thus far very, very sincerely impressed! I've barely touched the tail end of the Lin arc or much with the Sanctuary residents (
Lin's tail-end, however, has received a significant amount of attention for some strange, unknown, reason) and where I saw Ashley as purely a route to unlock Maria (and a somewhat terrifying one at that - pointy things around exposed nipples is something that is
guaranteed to make me flinch and cover protectively) her story and character development is something I see as being made of win, far better written than the majority of what many professional authors produce, both self published and publishing house backed. As an avid consumer of the written word in myriad forms I've read a lot of trash, a lesser amount of decent and even less really well written stuff, I'm putting you high up on my list of favourite authors that cover harem topics but still allow each character to develop on their own. That and the fact that I
literally cannot think of a "best girl". There isn't just 1, there are 7 so far and that's without me putting much time in to Autumn. It's a very small list and of no import to anyone other than me but thought you might like to know
Side note, after going through around 40 or 50 pages of this thread I get Vanessa better. Just the introduction came across very typically "underinformed radical because it's the thing to do" preachy without any vocal tone set me to "do not like this one" by default and I was therefore rather startled by what followed. I definitely noticed the interesting pattern of tan lines later on
Now for the negatives which there always will be as every silver lining has a cloud. The Dungeon is nice, just seems to be lacking in aftercare, aka post session cuddle time which I see as being really bloody important. I appreciate that it's a lesser, optional aspect of your game but sofa snuggle time is somewhat lacking as it's one of the best things in my opinion. You've built a more safe, consensual environment within your world, which I certainly appreciate, but just sending them off with a "That is all for now" doesn't sit well with me. It is, however, more work. Even without conversational aspects (did it go well or poorly? Was there a chance for it to go better? Whole, new logic tree there based on optimal, sub-optimal or FUBAR result multiplied by number of participants. Yeah, no. Probably not worth it) it would require images at the very least and as a not artistic person I have no clue how long that would take. Probably about as long as it takes me to settle on an OS image - many iterations beyond what's absolutely necessary based on anyone's opinion except my own so significantly more than the "Eh, she'll do" approach.
The traits seem a little odd. Might be planned for later implementations but some of them seem to have no benefit other than you like the animation and text? I mean, getting "Face Sitter" for Android or Maria (see it's on the list for Kali, not seen a way to get there yet but you bet your arse I'm willing to work at it!) should mean the MC gets some of that, yes? Outside of one particular scene that seems not to be a thing yet. I totally don't focus on this particular one for any reason. Not like I think of a line from a song by a certain Mr Wilson of "Well I've got a tongue that's 10 inches long and I'm learning to breathe through my ears". Ever. Oh and there's the Buttslut, Foot Fetish et al. I may, possibly, have focussed on the Face Sitter and Nympho traits for reasons. And frustrated Ashley is best Ashley. With the outfit from the all day event? Oooh boy, gonna need a moment...
TL,DR: Not apologising for the whole wall o' text thing. Would be disrespectful and rude to try and sum things up with "Is good. I like" so I won't. I'm very appreciative of your work, I adore the story and character development going on. Digging in to each arc would involve a) spoilers and b) many, many unnecessary words. There are sexy times galore, there's more character development and story. I love it, there are bits I think could be better but that's just me picking faults as overwhelmingly positive responses are usually a lie.
