Ren'Py - Kamogawa Island [v0.1.2.1] [Fragolina Studio]

definitely an above average 3dcg sandbox game, though there's not that much content at the moment and that its biggest flaw. A lot of empty space, some galleries not working, classic sandbox grinding but I believe it can become a really good game with some time.
The girls are good looking and some of the scenes are really hot too, some ideas like taking photos of the girls with different costumes and the livestreams are well implemented

i'll be checking future updates for sure, and i'd recommend you do the same.

this is... good. really good even. there's a dozen 3dcg sandbox/visual novel games with a dozen characters and they all have their "unique quirks" yadda yadda but here, these characters feel like people, that lived their lives before you showed up, even if they're a little desperate but it's porn it's a bit of a prerequisite and despite that, they're still fun to be around. i also like the character the MC gets, a man of few words that likes making people happy, but he still gets caught off guard every once in a while. I know it sounds like pretty basic characterization but holy shit so many games have little to no MC personalities or god forbid, they're actively poorly written and actively detract from the writing (scarlet law suffers immensely from this post-rewrite). and this isn't just subtext that i made up, others know him and call attention to his behavior, which makes him feel like a human being and not just a vessel for waiting for the next choice to pop up.
speaking of writing, this is solid stuff, the back and forth everyone has is pretty good, barring Zoe and Vanessa, who's dialogue between them so far is two 12-year olds calling each other stinky, the teasing is top notch, i just hate that so far that's basically it. having a girl strip naked in front of you and then going "alright let's leave" and your character just goes "yeah ok" is painful. having a girl dress in a uniform made to be slutty, show the hell off and then just go back like nothing happened feels insulting, if this stuff doesn't get continuations on i will riot
i have to make a correction because i didn't know this was a thing. so apparently there's a full-on management system with vanessa after the bath shoot? haven't touched it much but this is so much more effort than other games that not mentioning it would feel criminal. wonder if the main 3 are gonna get mini managements like this, Jessie with the resort, Vannie with her socials and Zoe with her streaming. it'd be fun, which isn't something i think about when playing these games, and if the rewards are numerous then hell yeah i'll do a little managing on the side while doing events, that's a great way to kill time instead of just going to bed and waiting it out

sadly, there are negatives. this isn't a 5 star rating. the map is a little confusing to traverse. you click out of your room and get dropped facing the girls rooms and the kitchen and an arrow to go back. clicking it turns you around to face your door, the one across it that you cannot interact with, and the bathroom, which are all useless. you never need to go to the bathroom, even for events, you have a button to tp to your room, so you never need to click into it from an extra menu, and it'd make my brain not get confused when i click back into my room and then i remember i need to do an extra click. it's tiny but it's something that happens enough to be annoying. i'd also like to pick between the kitchen and living room to not have to scroll through both every time i wanna get to the balcony or something. minimizing clicks is important in a sandbox game like this, makes going around to look for things less tedious.
also, the other locations need more stuff in them, right now, the beach is just for starting 1 girl's events and the same girl has 1 event later there, and that's it. the office could be replaced with 1 button to work barring the single event tied to going there. either these places need more flavor or just find a way to make the game work without them, which is kinda dumb, so just make more stuff happen there.
finally, just the standard "not a lot of content" stuff, but it's early, that's expected, it just kinda sucks that everyone gets stuff but Zoe, rip

I will keep an eye on this and see how it develops

It feels like the game is making fun of me, I understand that the genre is “sandbox”, but I have never seen such a slow game.
You follow “hints”, events are not triggered, you just click on everything that is clicked every day

I see a milf, gyaru and busty neet... I gotta play it

Reviewing as of 0.1b

Pros:

• Hint system and biographies in place which are helpful
• Easy grind, not much to it which is nice
• The girls have their own quirks and personalities
• The models are made very well
• The H-scenes are decent, animations can use some work but it's good overall
• Around 1 hour to complete

Cons:

• Little amount of content but that's to be expected in an early build
• No gallery
• Some "quests" could use some work
• Even the home map feels empty. Again, early build but still something to point out

Conclusion:

There's not a lot here right now but I do recommend playing this. You may appreciate the effort put in thus far and even just like playing the game. I can't wait for future updates!

Great game, I really like the look of the characters, and the ui looks clean, like the concept of the game alot hopefully it's stays more on the vanilla or slightly kinky side and don't step into ntr, besides that the game looks very solid and I like the introduction

Version tested : V 0.1b

Honnestly, pretty well done for a start. Dialogues are logical, i feel like this game was not made by a 16 years old boy and that's nice. The girls are nice, it's not those default koikatsu characters but maybe more variations would be nice (like flat girls, some more thick ones or whatever). The "only" bad point for me is the animations. It's nice for a start as I said and it needs improvement. The sex scenes can be smoother, and the "penetration" scene can be more precise. But yes, this is a good start and I can't wait to see how it will go. Nicely done developer, continue on the same way !

Tl;Dr: Good start, but not much here at all. Come back later.

The game has great presentation from the start. The typical horrid, same faced anime Koikatsu models actually look unique and appealing. The concept is interesting and sets the stage for fast lewd content to the side of a slow burn harem set up. Writing is actually decent for once, at least for character dialogue.

What is currently rough about the project is the lack of stuff in general. Outside of their scripted affection gaining parts, the girls don't really do anything. Plus, there's barely any scenes with said girls. I think, not counting the twitch streamer, there's 2 sexual scenes. The only penetration we can watch is a couple banging at the gym. Plus, one of the girls lacks much content at all, which you discover very quickly. Because of that, the rest of the experience is dampened as you realize that there's not going to be much exciting to work towards.

This game can very easily become a 5/5 masterpiece, and it can easily become abandoned. I feel like it's been shipped far too quickly. Despite creating this interesting world that should have sex around every corner, besides a few screens it feels barren. I'll eagerly keep my eye on this one, but I won't hold my breath.

Also, there's not enough content to justify a 3 gig download at all. If this game becomes big, the dev better learn to compress. Again, probably another sign this was shipped too early. Best of luck to you, dev.

[v0.1a]
Arguably I really haven't played enough to warrant a review but that's kind of my critique.

I'm stuck by how empty the game is? After being dropped into it you're skipping through days to get the next interaction with a girl that's barely been introduced. I'm sure people are often annoyed by these long introductions in VNs but the point is to make you actually invested in the characters and showcase some lewdness to get you hooked.

Right now I'm really not feeling any strong desire to keep playing. The character designs are good (for Koikatsu), I don't have any real complains about dialogue or personalities but it's also just generic harem VN stuff. The promotion and setting really emphasises the sex aspect but the game is surprisingly coy about it.

TL;DR: why should I keep playing this game in particular when there's either better written translated japanese eroges, or the other hundreds of koikatsu VNs that gives you the porn from the start?

My advice would be to have a proper introduction of the girls with the usual breast smothering and walking in on your sister childhood friend showering. Actually give me a reason to care about these people.

Personally I'd also recommend redoing the house navigation. With how much dead space and vague hints the constant clicking around really got to me. I really don't think there's any gameplay reason for why going from the bedroom to living room should take more than one or two clicks. I think it's better to implement a minimap or pop-up menu.

I'm so used to games releasing their demos with like 1 scene and "tadaaah give us money now thank you"

This review is made for the [v0.1a] , but this game really feels like a v0.1 you know what I mean?
There was 2-3 solid hours (for me) of content which shows a really cool foundation for any new update.
Also after playing it I saw the creator comment "This is my first game btw", I was really surprised! Didn't feel amateurish at all

What I really liked what the dialogue! My god there were time where I was actually blushing, there's some real passion behind the lines, feels really human! There's a lot of teasing and I feel like it's taking it's sweet time (in a good way) to give us what we want, it's really well done and would love to see more of it!

Not sure if it's RNG or if it's predetermined, but some events like "go see X at Y at the evening" don't happen every day, at first it seemed a bit grindy or tedious but by trying to get the event I've seen random ones I could've missed otherwise. There's a 4th main girl that's easily missable if you don't get her event at the beach in the morning

One small detail that really helped was that hovering over interactable stuff changes the sprite so you can easily tell, the chair moving to show you can go to the kitchen was really cute to see

There is some graphical bugs if you click or go to the wrong place that can overwrite other sprites.
The developer said they are going to work on it but since it can be easily bypassed by rolling back, it wasn't that much of an issue for me

I'm really hoping this project works out! Good luck for the devs, hope you people don't burn yourselves out