TropecitaGames This update (v0.17 p2 ch 5.0) was great! Good size, lots of progress for the time passing. The renders were really good to begin with and just keep getting better! The animations can get a little jumpy/fast moving, but that could be because of the stuff I have running. I would love to see more, of course, but hey you can only pack so much into a day. You seem to be pumping out content at a good pace!
I would have liked to see the interaction with Olivia, MC, and Betty during the massage instruction. I was more than half expecting to see a repeat of the Dr. office in front of Betty! But I'm hoping you are setting up something even better!
The onion cutting ninja's really got a work-out for the Amanda dinner/meet and greet. I think all of the scene played out great! The lead-in, the body, and the bit at the base again with the Eva interaction! Oh h3ll! I almost forgot to mention the group scenes and the progression through them! WOW! Great job! I'm sure it's a bunch of work, so, Thanks!
The Zeus bit was funny and played along well within the Maddie scene. Like others have said Zeus' interaction during was a 3-pointer! I liked all the Maddie scenes. The different outfits were all good and I can understand why you decided to utilize different outfits for each of the routes. I do see a natural progression to the unified "Love" route. With or without being pregnant it just feels more natural for Mr. Marks...
The Megan scene was a good one and made good progress with her. I did notice something I'm not sure if it was intended or not.
Her breasts seem to be different sizes and then switch the side of the difference. The first (pic) her left(on the right) breast seems to be half the size of the other, then change positions(second pic) and the smaller breast looks to be the right(on the top/left) breast. I think she's a cutie but I feel like the renders aren't always fleshed out the best. Don't get me wrong here either, it's not her belly and usually they don't have anything to do with that area. I'm sure she is harder to draw/render since she isn't "perfect" and you are trying to convey that in a believable way. It just seems like some areas in different renders don't seem quite right. You are doing a great job! I'm trying to be constructive here not "critical" if you know what I mean. Great start with Eva for the Dinner/Dance! Can't wait for more.
Question: Did you remove the save naming from the game? I seem to lose that from time to time. I had it with the last update and don't now.
Thanks for the feedback!
I didn't show the interaction Betty/MC/Meemaw because it would be too soon for it. The last update was the first time the MC and Meemaw got "intimate" and repeating the scene with Betty there wouldn't advance anything. They need time alone for it. Showing it would also dilute the conversation between Betty and Olivia, and it was too important for both of them. They need to focus on their feelings about the MC behaving like his grandfather and not on the massage.
Eva and Amanda needed two updates focused on them. They were (jointly with Megan and Maddie) the less fleshed out characters, and it was great to write them a more specific personality. Eva and Amanda have been "sisters" and friends since forever, and they haven't had any conflict until now. Until they met the MC.
Zeus is the comical relief (Emma didn't have too many sentences in this update) so having him overseeing his mascots breeding was a plus. It also teased about the picture Maddie painted for Emma, which will be shown at the pool party. Maddie's progression for a unified Romance path made sense the moment I re-read the scenes. They are enjoying their interactions a lot more in the Romance path.
About Megan's boobs. That's a pose and light thing. Since I apply dforce to the boobs, depending on the pose they look different, and if you add to that the light, it's even more visible. In the side image it's even more visible, since her left boob is hanging and her right one is held by the MC.
I also want to add that you could improve the situation with saves. So that it is clearly visible which page of the saves I am on. This was mentioned some time ago and I was hoping for an improvement in this update. Maybe it will work in the next one.
Edit: And one more thing. A photo of Maddie in a cat suit could appear on her profile as a costume. She looks very sexy in it.
The page issue should be solved by RiamMar, but he has his hands full with other projects right now. I will remind him and ask him for a button I need for the main menu, so he can do it when he gets a bit of free time.
Maddie's profile pictures were tricky depending on the paths. For example, here is my Romance playthrough screen, with the red lingerie in the 8th position, Cat costume in the 12th (beyond 11th is for Special Renders, like Daphne's medieval one), and the black bodysuit in the 13th. It will change from player to player, having the 8th as her outfit in their canon playthrough and 12th and 13th for the other two.
Had this game on my watchlist a long time but thought i still wait for even more content especially if its a BIG Harem and im not a sucker for playing unfinished games because i am weak in waiting.
But now i started playing Part 1 (i am now at Meemaaws arrival day) And i love this game so much already this is again a good Love Family harem or harem in general. I like even the new girls especially Debbie.
I am also glad it doesn't have stupid annoying repetitive Sandbox gameplay.
Love your work Dev and im already hoping your next future game will be a sequel to this with your grown up daughters or just another Family Game
Thanks for your kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed the first 10 updates (yes, Meemaw arrived in v.0.10, a bit under a year ago). I hope you enjoy the next 8 (bigger ones) as much. You will be at 56% of the published game text-wise, and 34% render-wise, when you finish Meemaw's arrival day.
I always said My Dorm was the game I would like to play, and I don't like Sandboxes (in VNs, I love them in other kinds of games), so I won't add any grinding or repetitive things. I think that, when you have a clear goal with the story, both the players and the dev want to advance along that line, so adding "artificial playtime" by forcing the players to repeat once and again the same scenes is a bad choice.
The next game, already planned, will be a spin-off of My Dorm, but not a direct sequel because, as you know, there isn't a canon ending. It would be weird to add to the next game Eileen's daughters for the player who hasn't impregnated Eileen in My Dorm. I like the Family Harem genre, so the next game will be that genre too, and I thought of a way to avoid saying a definitive goodbye to our beloved girls once My Dorm finishes.
