Since I played the first version of the game I knew it is very complex and it will take time to show it's real potential. So I let it "grow" for almost a year and played it again now, version 0.4.3. Now it is really an amazing game. Awesome renders and models, clean and beautiful UI and a pretty good balance between porn and non-porn stuff.
The VIP customers thing removed most of the horrible grinding of the first versions. And Amanda's addition is also crucial to that end.
The game did crash to desktop a few times but I can't complain since it allows me to play while my GPU is mining.
So having played 2 playthgoughs (one with the cheat mod and one without ANY cheat), after around 10 months I'd like to share some points/ideas.
1. The amount of XP points awarded to the girls by the sessions with Amanda seem like a complete mystery. I've seen from 15 to 368 points. Does anyone know how are they calculated? Also, it seems that
The Librarian doesn't work with Amanda's sessions and
The Wicked half-works (reduces lost energy to 25). I wish they worked. Especially
The Librarian.
2. It would be great if somehow you could control Amanda's session subject. Either but choosing it or by forbidding certain jobs/subjects in a girl's profile.
3. The cards' management interface is quite difficult to use. Especially moving cards from one girl to another is a pretty ugly process. It would be great if, for example, from one girl's profile you could "grab" the card assigned to another.
4. It seems that fast forwarding with CTLR key is enabled at some points (e.g Isabella) and disabled in most other points. Having CTRL enabled is essential for multiple playthroughs so I hope Faerin will eventually enable it everywhere.
5. I don't know how easy or difficult it is to utilize right click with Unity. But it would be a great addition to this game's UI. For example, you could right click on an item/card to unassign it from the selected girl. Or, on the planning screen, right click a girl to cancel her assignment and send her back to the bottom.
6. Finally, a minor error: Hana's event "Inked" can be triggered without having renovated the pool. No big deal though.
Overall, the game's progress is great until now and I'm positive that the final product will be awesome!
PS: I saw some people in previous posts discussing about the cheat mod getting the girls to lvl 5 and that you have to use the debug console for it. That edition has a glitch in the UI that makes the girls' level indicator to start "spinning" from their real experience level to the end of lvl 5. It's only a visual problem (the actual girls' level is correct) but it can easily confuse someone.