Considering how much of my time and energy I've used on this game for the past year, seeing posts like the one you just made is frustrating and certainly not appreciated.
I hope you don't let thoughtless comments discourage you. I think the majority of us appreciate the work you put into this game. While the spectacle of the updates may vary on occasion, the quality never wavers. As someone who does code diving, I am greatly impressed by your work. Having a non-linear, multiple path game with copious variables that actually do things in the code is quite impressive. Many games are linear, which just require the author to keep adding to the end of the work, and any branches quickly reunite. I've even seen games where their are traits, such as love and lust, that are prominently displayed on the screen but never actually do anything. All of that, and there is still a minimum of bugs after a significant overhaul of the code. You should take pride in your work, and I'm sorry not all of the players provide the praise you are due. Well, I can't apologize for others, but I'll apologize myself. I certainly don't say it as often as I should.
I was thinking about the thresholds currently in the game. My original thought was that love and perverted seemed good, but like and, especially, that negative pushy seemed too high, but then I realized what resulted in that stat. While I do first try to play each update blind and find everything on my own, I'll invariably go to the code and "optimize" my playthough. I thought it might be a good idea if players provided you with their save files, which I'll do below. Mine is a clean playthrough of version 0.12.0 following the walkthrough. If people with clean playthroughs of the latest version who didn't follow the walkthrough would be willing to share their saves, it might provide a good data set to see if any of those variables need tweaking. I'm also including my persistent file for those asking for a file with all scenes unlocked.
For me this a very refreshing game. Finally a game where the English is impeccable, almost 100%. I've seen posts that this is a grinder. Not even close. There will always be some grind and this game has very little. I have no idea how much new content there was in this update because this is my first play through so I had to start at the beginning. I found it to be challenging but not to difficult. The graphics are great and there is some animation which is also well done. I found the 4 UI's to be easy to learn although it took a little while to get the hang of them. I really like the clues but they were the hardest to get through. A lot of save/load to find the right order to use the clues but it was a real joy to play. It was interesting that I was able to find the large secret before I found the simple secret on at least 2 characters. One of those was Primrose and she was the last one I solved. For me she was the hardest one. Story really kept my interest with very little frustration. So keep up the great work belle.
One of the most unique and clever aspects of this game is that it's the "grinding" that provides much of the content and is itself its own reward. You aren't just raising agility so that you're better at molesting girls in their sleep, you're raising agility to experience scenes with Nell and Samarra. That's one reason I find it funny people keep asking for cheats to raise their stats. They're only depriving themselves by doing so.
Also, as per my above comment about saves, you sound like a great candidate. Would you be willing to share your save in the interests of data mining.
Well, that is possible, but why then Primrose is saying "Father taught [...]" instead of "Parents taught [...]" almost all the time?
During blowjob she said: "Father taught me better" instead of "I saw how my mom sucked dad's dick".
I do not think he used chalkboard, draw a dick with balls and said to her "Now, my little girl it is time for you to learn how to do a perfect blowjob. This is dick, you have to suck it. But do not forget about balls. Suck them too, from time to time. Now watch your mommy. She will show you how to do it.", but more like "Come're sweetheart. I will now teach you how to do a perfect blowjob. Now suck my dick."
And you as why I think that? Well, maybe because of game with "sexual content" in it. Or maybe my mind is just broken and coruptted... or maybe I am just fucked up.
Also, as you wrote, Belle do not plan on including others than Thaddeus and Evelyn. Ok, sure but plans can change. Just look at Samra... Sarama... Argh! THE DARK KNIGHT! At first she was like cavewoman.
On the other hand, the picture Primrose paints is not one of someone who's molested by her father. She absolutely adores her father, and her deceased mother. Yet, when he started looking at her with interest after her mother passed, she got him erotic literature precisely to divert his attention away from her, and she has no sexual interest in him. I suppose it's possible he is molesting her, but it just doesn't feel right given the game's structure and how it's presented. If it was the case, it feels like it would be a big reveal, but evidence points to Primrose's dark secret being connected to Merek and the Reading Room. That would leave a Primrose molestation revelation as just there, not really impacting the game too much. While more Primrose content is coming, her romance path is done. Unless there is a completely different path intended for her, I'm just not sure how it fits. I'm probably just overthinking it. While there are certainly something abnormal about the dynamic between Primrose and Ahab, I just don't think him molesting her is a certainty.
As for Samarra, that was more a case of something not coming across as intended than a reimagining of her character. Her accent was supposed to be just that: a foreign accent. It was supposed to convey that she came from a distant land. She was always intended to be adroit, clever, and intelligent. I and, judging from comments, many others enjoyed the accent, but many found it difficult to understand, and Belle found it tedious to write, so it was removed. While her speech patterns were altered, nothing about the character herself changed; however, the way players perceived her may have changed.
Edit: While it's allowing me to upload my save file, it won't allow me to upload my persistent file. Anyone know a way around this? Is it even necessary for the gallery unlock?