I understand and agree wholeheartedly with everything you said, especially as far as incest being common in games is concerned. Its not a genre I would normally go for. I asked because I felt that there are times when Nova's character development appears awkward...as if she doesn't fit the narrative. I think that this may be due to a lack of a proper backstory to her. It may also be due to the fact that I have played Farmer's Dreams and the dev simply removed characters from that game and inserted Nova and others into this one without actually changing much of the characters that were left.It will work with the latest version. Will need to be updated for future versions because it requires substantial rewriting of content to fit in something that was not intended.
Disclaimer: if you want to play the game this way, go ahead. If you want as many games as possible to have incest, that's your thing. For me, incest is so common in games now that I find it refreshing to have Nova and Nina not related to the MC (but with an additional emotional aspect because Nova and the MC grew up like family.) I'm not down on the patch - and even enjoy the incest aspect of some games - but find it interesting how this demonstrates Nova is not supposed to be the MC's sister and Nina is not supposed to be the MC's cousin.
See this bit:
Original
mc "Nina."
nov "Pull the other one."
mc "What?"
nov "If you were interested in her... no way you would admit it."
mc "Why?"
nov "Because then you'd be admitting you fucked up when she got with Trevor."
nov "Plus, she's more like a sister to you, right?"
mc "YOU'RE like a sister to me."
nov "Exactly."
Patched
mc "Nina."
nov "Pull the other one."
mc "What?"
nov "If you were interested in her... no way you would admit it."
mc "Why?"
nov "First, she's our cousin you weirdo. Also because then you'd be admitting you fucked up when she got with Trevor."
nov "Plus, she's more like a sister to you, right?"
mc "YOU'RE like a sister to me."
nov "Exactly."
See how the reference to Nina being a cousin is new dialogue. And how's that weird moment when the MC tells his sister "You're like a sister to me"? That's normal /s.
Something written as incest but modified to get around Patreon rules would be more easily patched than this.
I also agree that the dialogue will be awkward...not a fan of Nina being the MC's cousin. Makes little sense (to me) and is too contrived.
Wish we could get more of Nina's grandmother though. She's hilarious in Farmer's Dreams and could be a GILF.