ok here are my thoughts of the new game:
i think the system is really good. the addition of music is great, and it definitely doesn't feel as much as a grind as before. i like that you also get a better feel of the characters this time around. in the last update the daughter was a bit of a bitch and the mom just felt like some aloof trophy wife. i think with a visual novel set up you can definitely build a way better story. i feel like the daughter is more innocence this time around, and the mom more arrogant. it wasn't really conveyed that well in the first version.
but here are the bad things. with it turning into a visual novel, the concept of time is completely useless. there's no way to proceed time that doesn't move the story forward, and there's no point in not doing all the events prior to the time being over because it doesn't change. you lose a lot of the sense of control over the mc, because you're allowed to do everything in that time slot and have no repercussion, only reward(in the past it would be a situation where do i want to increase daughter lr or mom lr). the fear of missing something, or choosing something over something is gone without the time management (making work always 4 hours, where do you place it? placing it too early skips breakfast, in the afternoon you would miss mom interactions, and at night you would lose mom and daughter interactions) made the game kind of fun in the first version. i think a lot of these things would change though once you add lr to the mix and make decisions worthwhile.
looking forward to the next update! i was really looking forward to seeing the new renders :'(
i think the system is really good. the addition of music is great, and it definitely doesn't feel as much as a grind as before. i like that you also get a better feel of the characters this time around. in the last update the daughter was a bit of a bitch and the mom just felt like some aloof trophy wife. i think with a visual novel set up you can definitely build a way better story. i feel like the daughter is more innocence this time around, and the mom more arrogant. it wasn't really conveyed that well in the first version.
but here are the bad things. with it turning into a visual novel, the concept of time is completely useless. there's no way to proceed time that doesn't move the story forward, and there's no point in not doing all the events prior to the time being over because it doesn't change. you lose a lot of the sense of control over the mc, because you're allowed to do everything in that time slot and have no repercussion, only reward(in the past it would be a situation where do i want to increase daughter lr or mom lr). the fear of missing something, or choosing something over something is gone without the time management (making work always 4 hours, where do you place it? placing it too early skips breakfast, in the afternoon you would miss mom interactions, and at night you would lose mom and daughter interactions) made the game kind of fun in the first version. i think a lot of these things would change though once you add lr to the mix and make decisions worthwhile.
looking forward to the next update! i was really looking forward to seeing the new renders :'(