Ren'Py - Naughty Store Manager [v0.95] [eroverse]

Nearly unplqyable and slow
Majority of the game is tiny room and menus
Not lewd store action images promisse
I instantly run out of money and could not progress upgrade shelf 1/2
Not recommemded unless there is an update

The game was fine, cgs were really pretty and hit the spot, I wish there were more kinks but it is nice, vanilla I guess? minigames were neither crazy nor exciting, just some really easy to do without much brainpower, flappy bird was kinda laggy but not as much as some people say, but early game, this little part of the game was masochistic to say the least, buy and sell mechanic is terrible in early game, I would much appreciate making it maybe a bit easier, at the end I finished the game till the famous: To be continue...
I would say game was fine I jerked off so that is a big plus, I would give it 3 stars but I believe in this game that It will get 4 after few patches. Thanks for submiting the game!

the game is clearly not worth the money, it's good that I downloaded it here and didn't spend money ,there is no normal tutorial, it is done so-so, the interface is inconvenient, there are bugs , The only plus is the weight of the game and the 18+ scenes (18 scenes in total).

Cons:
- Nonsensical grinding that makes little to no difference to progress.
- Repetitive tasks you can technically assign but don't get done.
- Events randomly or not triggering? Not sure whether game's bugged tbh.
- AI "art" that tries to look like it's pixelated, Live2D(?) AI CGs sometimes.
- Awful writing, the MC's a moron, the girls have zero personality.
- Flappy bird and NES racing minigame to raise relationships with the girls.

Pros:
- I saw this on itch.io, wishlisted/followed it and looked here to try it.
Bullet dodged.

This game actively tries to waste your time, explains its mechanics but they don't work as stated, you barely make money to keep buying produce, and unlike the tutorial says the weather doesn't make a difference, when you buy new stock and it spoils you lose all of it and then some customer complains. Levelling up the store is an arbitrary random daily goal sometimes but does nothing else. The scenes are really dull and uninteresting. The only okay thing is the pixel portraits but that's AI generated anyway so it couldn't get more generic if it tried.

This is just plain bad, there's no two ways about it and there's nothing redeemable here. It's slop.

+ gameplay
+ story
+ hotty
+ humor

- broken mechanics
tedious, but there is an alternative.
- grind
- some bugs (more than some)

- linear
+ nobody promised otherwise.


initial release.
eventually -
good start!

The éart" is subpar. What is worse than AI art?
Pixelated AI art to hide the fact it's AI generated.
But it can get worse, with lack of consistency, sometimes it's pixelated, sometimes it's not.

The gameplay is boring. During the tutorial, you are told to watch the weather to know how customers will behave. it won't help you one bit actually, I had cold days when I sold all my wares, but also hot days, so... no difference.

Assigning a task to the two employees is useless, the game presents itself as being running against time, but you'll have done everything way before the employees do anything. Plus, working reduce their mood.

The events... huh... how do they trigger? Sometimes they even repeat themselves, and sometimes they are completely ignored and not triggered. They will be referred as having happened, but nope.

The events CG are not really great. They are not erotic, they are not hot, and they look like a child who finally learnt to draw characters.

And then, the drop that broke the vase, GRIND.

Most of the tasks (which I suspect are supposed to trigger events? Maybe not since it doesn't always happen) are easy to do. Then there are the upgrades tasks. Which require A LOT of money.

You almost don't make any money in the game, add to this spoilage, and sometimes you are even losing some. Plus, upgrading the store does absolutely nothing. It doesn't attract more customers, it doesn't let you stock and sell more wares (always limite to 3/family).

So a hard pass for me. I almost bought it when I saw it in a store recently, I'm glad I didn't.