For Housemates to be like Lovelust, I would have to write a story section specifically for that activity (Nora's work for example) in order for the talk to sex structure to work and the context to make sense.
I know you are writing this as an example but I don't need Housemates to be like Lovelust. Also you can't make a game for everybody. There will always be sections that players will skip or just don't pay attention to.
I appreciate people who tell devs to go for their vision and make their game the way they want, but I also recognize that my vision is not perfect and could use some or even a lot of refinement. That's why I read feedback, while also being selective about it
For sure no idea or vision is perfect. The only thing I could add to this would not to get tunnelvision. If you get feedback from several people that adds up about the same thing, just as an example, this should tell you something is wrong.
I also haven't seen many players complain about the game structure and context for scenes so, it's like, are you guys the vocal minority or just really dedicated players? It's hard to figure that out.
To be honest and fair here I haven't played Housemates yet and all my opinions can be thrown out the window (will give it a try this weekend though) but just by reading what the game is about, how Plastic Soul played out and your recent posts I think the structure you are going for will be similar like Plastic Soul. Do stuff and gather points > Upgrade yourself to unlock sex scenes > Do a story bit > Rinse and repeat.
And this is what I tried getting at. In Plastic Soul it got old really fast because no sexual encounter has been taken into consideration that it even happened storywise and it took the motivation out of grinding the scenes out. I noticed skipping days and sex scenes just because I knew whatever I do it won't be reflected. The android doesn't comment on anything or gets more naughtier. It felt you like you wanted to tell a lovestory with a twist first and foremost and shoehorned the porn in it as a seperate instance or a scene collector. Like collectibles.
For a porngame to work, both the story and porn need to work together. Especially for VN styled games. That sounded way cringier after reading it out loud but I hope you get what I mean xD
Dumb and loose example. You managed to get a scene and gave oral to one of the girls. This encounter need to be reflected going forward even in the story like talking about it or mentioning that it can be tried again and expand and escalate on it. The girls should talk or act more open/sluttier mid to endgame.
Having the aforementioned scene and just continue the story as if it did not happen looses me real quick and I can't be the only one with this.
As for your other question I would see myself as a dedicated player who....spends too much time here on F95 and playing porn games
But because of this I think I can talk about stuff like this and provide feedback.
Whew...sorry for the long post. Didn't wanted it to be actually but I love your art and I want to have the best for your games going forward. So yeah. I said my piece and and go lurk again ,)
