First of all, again, I apologise for putting such long pauses in-between scenes. I was experimenting with combining ambience and SFX with the majority of the scenes, and I felt that some level of pause is needed to make sure that it transitioned correctly. With no pause, some of the transitions didn't feel right(Sudden changes in ambience will be strange), and I extended the pauses due to that. I won't remove the pauses completely in the future, but all of those will be skip-able via a left click.
My work had always been very divisive for the people who have experienced it. Everyone had their own tastes and expectations of what an adult game should be, and I think mine happened to sit on a very specific niche that it's either you liked it, or you hated it. And it's completely fair for either of those group. I don't think it's fair to blame anyone on each side, and it's best to simply choose what you want to do with my game on your own will.
My main goal of this project is to tell a story about Ethan's life, the dangers he faced, and the people he fell in love with. It's clear and simple. If I feel that a sex scene is needed to
emphasize their relationships, or to set up what a character's motivations are, I'll do just that. But I won't do sex scenes just because it's an adult game. I find that doing so cheapens the character's relationships, making sex as a reward, a goal, not as a tool to deepen each character's feelings towards each other. It makes each character a sexual being, instead of someone you consider as a good company.
I wanted to do this with the original Ethan's legacy, but I was inexperienced and nervous about making something that might not sit well with some people. The moment people said "Hey, where are the sex scenes?", I immediately panicked and put one on in the next release, at the cost of my original goal. I knew better now, but I didn't before.
Now, I didn't say that I was good at it. I'm just someone who tried to do what I set out to achieve, and whether it's good or not is up for you to decide. I'm also not saying that people who wanted sex are bad people, it's just a matter of taste.
If you're willing to put up with some of my quirks of storytelling, then it might be a good experience for you. If you're not, then it's completely fine.
In regards to the "incest" part, I don't think Gina's sole interest in Ethan's legacy is to be your loving sister. She's likeable because she's Gina, not because she's your sister. She's clingy, jealous, and can be annoying with her constant pestering at times, but she's incredibly loyal and loved you more than anything else in the world. She's not perfect, but those flaws made her charming and endearing. It's just that in Ethan's legacy, this character happened to be your sister. That's all there is to it.
It's my failure if I failed to make that point across, not the fault of the story or patreon, for that matter.
Thanks for your feedback, it's a quick wake up call to me that the pauses are too much to handle.
Edit :
This game, in exception to the characters, had nothing to do with EL. It takes inspiration from it, but that's about it.
