I wasn't impressed at all when I first started playing, probably due to the bad luck choosing girls that didn't have any pictures ready. The whole game looked to me like a big work in progress with artificially high number version that didn't match the content. I also started without good combat skills, which didn't help because as it turns out a good ranged combat skill is absolutely essential to make significant progress. Sure the writing looks polished, it's clear some work was put into the lore and the story, but it's not what is most important in a sex game.
After some time I started again with Lovisa and I began slowly warming up to the game, having nice images to go with the text is a huge game changer. I can imagine a lot more people would be interested in the game if all the girls had at least basic images for simple sex interactions and morning bjs as good as Lovisa. Not to mention completely different style 2d images of other women like that bookstore shopkeeper or the bondage shop lady should have no place in the game. After all visuals is what really makes or breaks sex games.
If I wanted this game to get a lot more support I'd put on hold all other ideas and really work on missing images before anything else. It would make the game far better than let's say balancing the academy job that was mentioned few posts earlier in the dev notes. I mean it requires a specific set of starting traits, basically crippling your early game combat capabilities and income, possibly slave management too and it's not even that interesting to start with. And it's the girls that primarily make this game interesting.
Already being worked on. Some of the merchant placeholders have already been replaced as of 7.9.2.1.
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Redesigned Academy professorships
The dwindling numbers of professors (damn those prowler cults!) have forced The Academy to reconsider how they handle their assignments.
• You can no longer get thrown out from the Academy. Failing to work your 15 days during a 30 day period will result in an Influence drop instead.
• You're now paid per held lecture instead of a daily sum. The base earning is $100 once you've finished the lecture, but this sum increases as your skill gets higher and if your Influence is above 1000, 1500, 3000, 5000 or 10,000. A famous professor (Influence above 10k) with Academics 130, will net $400+ per day.
• Added an Academy Disposition/Affection score that increases after each held class. This should be considered as an Influence attribute, but strictly inside the Academic world of Ikaanos. The Academy score will get more attention in the Historical Society/Explorer's Guild and grant you certain benefits in future quests/events.
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Art
• Added 5 sex scenes for Juno (missionary).
• Added 3 sex scenes for Piper (interaction).
• Added 16 bondage scenes for Juno (the rack).
• Added 7 wardrobe scenes for New Eden dress.
