HTML - Head Boy [v0.1] [Head Boy]

To be honest, I don't share the rave reviews about this game. It's pretty... average, and primarily because of the gameplay.

What I liked:
✔ Good dialogues and a clear plot
✔ Fairly high-quality images and porn videos
✔ Pleasant interface (stands out favorably from other HTML games)

What disappointed:
1) Monotonous gameplay. In fact, this is an endless repetition of the same actions for a set of characteristics (corruption, trust, etc.). For example, the author explicitly states in the quest bar: "You need 20 corruption" - and you have to click the same options dozens of times to get +1 to the desired parameter. It gets boring and annoying quickly.
2) Lack of content. The problem with repetitive actions could be mitigated by adding more various sex scenes. But there is little content, and it quickly loops.
3) Empty locations. The game is positioned as a mini-sandbox, but in fact almost all locations, except for the "main path", are empty. If you try to take a different route, you'll just run into the absence of events.
4) Linearity. There are no real forks or alternative scenarios — just strict adherence to the author's idea. For modern text-based games (especially in HTML format) That's not enough: many projects offer both a good story and a more diverse gameplay.
5) Lack of sound. Even a simple ambient could add atmosphere, but there is no audio accompaniment in the game, nor are there any sounds in the video.

Bottom line:
The project is executed more accurately than many novice games, but there is no outstanding "highlight" in it. So far, this is a fairly linear and monotonous experience with a minimum of variability. If the developer improves the gameplay and fills the world, perhaps the game will play in a new way. But in its current state, it does not justify high ratings.

It has a very promising start for a porn game.

It's story and dialouges are immesive and want me to play again after 6 months.

Altough, I can not think how to add other teacher where one teacher and mother's dialogs are drive story to a point.

Lastly, please darken the background photos.

Since I seemingly can't use spoilers, here:
SPOILERS AHEAD
I really liked it, I'm very tempted to take 2 stars off due to the annoying "free roam" navigation system (whoever came up with that only for it to become a standard should burn at the stake) but I'll keep it at 1.

Great amount of content for a first release, generally well written dialogue and realistic interactions(within the context of the game's universe), while someone could generalize the game as "perv boy meets world", it felt quite unique, and definitely not a gif dump, which is greatly appreciated.

Things I enjoyed more than I thought I would:

• The dynamic between mc and his mom, their complicity and her acting as his perverted wing woman is quite refreshing and an interesting spin
• The sister storyline, when it started with the bbc trope I was ready to tune out, but some of the scenes of pure intimacy as they forget the porn they were watching made me remember why I used to love the incest kink before it was burnt out
• Another positive is there isn't that much grinding, you do have to grind stats but it's not one of those "go to work 9 to 5 daily for the next month to get the next scene with x"

Things I'd like to see done differently:

• Naming conventions: I kinda get what it's going for, since pornstars are referenced withing the game's universe, they get rights to use the stage names, while characters have different ones, but I can't look at Jasmine Jae and think "oh yeah, that's Michelle", or Kendra being called Syren, I think there's a sweet spot where you change some names but keep others' first names, or at least some hint at their "real" name.
• This is more of a design choice, but I'd appreciate a slight steer to a vn style with at least some choices present, rather than strictly a discovery style "sandbox". I don't think the experience is at all elevated by unlocking the scenes one by one, even in it's current state, if you were to put the scenes lined up one after the other in any arbitrary order, it'd be just as enjoyable.
• This one is non-negiotable, if you're keeping the "sandbox" / navigation system in place, please make it better, give us easier ways to move around, maybe highlight the spaces where there are scenes / repeatable scenes available and a way to skip through time easier (possibly doing it anywhere instead of just in the bedroom), while I was stuck on the charlotte bug having to navigate through every "room" in the game, go back to the bedroon, nap to do it all again is quite frustrating.
• Another design choice, but a nameable mc doesn't sound like a huge compromise, even if just to get a break from the britishness for a bit

  "fancy a cheeky cup of tea mum? It's bloody good, innit?"

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I'll be keeping an eye on the game as it updates, best of luck!

My rating is for V0.1 and therefore a bit more lenient. The game has quite a bit of content, but currently it is spread about a lot of in-game time. This is to be expected of a first version and I would therefore not deduct any stars for it.

While the setup isnt new, it is well executed in this game and has a fun twist to it. The progress of corruption feels great because the pacing is neither to long nor too short and you don't have to click through the same events to often. In fact, most event events seem to be either unique (new videos/text for every single step) or at least somewhat random (for the videos).

Right now (again v0.1) the focus seems to be more on the MILFs than the Teens, but both have plenty "representation".

Slow start, but actually pretty good writing!

Bit of a spoiler: the fact that you're not actually the protagonist but still have the illusion of choice is very well done. I liked that a lot.

There's a decent amount of content too for v0.1. Can't wait for the next release!