I really love getting feedback like this, because it helps to take the game to the next level, but also because I enjoy a good argument/conversation
So thanks
@Skylaroo!
Not a problem at all. I think the bigger thank you is definitely to you for creating a good game and then still be willing to be open-minded about certain aspect of the game. I think sometimes people in general (including myself) often forget that a lot of these games are not completed yet and essentially still beta versions, and that people should actually expect things to be changed here and there before finally completed and gone 1.0.
I'm definitely looking forward to see what the changes will be like in the next version.
While I have you here, I have a few questions about the direction of the game if you don't mind me asking (not sure if these have been asked before or not since I'm new to the game)
1. Is the main character only going to get involved with the 3 women in the family (thus, true to the title "Man of the House") or is he going to be pursuing non-family members too (e.g.: the policewoman, the girl at the gym, Ashley's friend, etc) to the point where he's actually going for all female characters in the game? I don't really have anything against one or the other for the time being, just mainly curious on what to expect in the future.
2. What is your thought process on deciding what part would be included in the next update and how much of it would be included? An example is the addition of yoga on Saturday morning with the 3 women. Not trying to be rude, but the current content for that is essentially just go to the rooftop, continue dialogue, stare at them a few times, and then auto give-up (until next update). This is basically one continuous scene (though with plenty of images, not saying that you don't put work into it) and that's it. You start and end the current quest in one go.
While I don't expect a new quest would be completed in one version right away, I thought it might be better if the new content is a bit more meaty and not as straight forward by adding breaks in-between. For example, just random idea I had in mind:
a. Find out about family yoga (from Saturday family breakfast)
b. Joining the next week but with normal attire (t-shirt and pants)
c. Only after 2 poses and then being told that MC doesn't have appropriate attire and need to buy gym clothes first (let's say normal pants are too restrictive, or make MC's pants ripped while doing the pose)
d. Going shopping to buy gym clothes (if ambitious when developing, can give options to choose who accompany you)
e. Try yoga again with new attire (let's say singlets and shorts)
f. One extra pose compared to before and then cramp and give up for now
So while it's the same concept of "join yoga and then fail" with the same starting point and ending, I feel that the gym clothes shopping event could be a break that would make the new content feel more meaty.
Again, I'm new to the game and I've only gone from 0.5.3 to 0.5.4 so I can't really say much about others, but what I saw from 0.5.4 is that the new content that is for future content seem to be one scene for "start and end" (if I'm not mistaken, similarly with the peeping at mom's door, and previously with the mom's foot massage). And it's just personal preference anyway, but I think it feels better when the new quest doesn't end in one shot.