dnylive

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Great game so far, really enjoying it except for one (small) part...

Why are you sometimes writing "would/should/could of" instead of the correct "would/should/coulde've or "would/should/could have".

Probably just me but this shit is annoying af :LOL:
 
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jai_investigator

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Great game so far, really enjoying it except for one (small) part...

Why are you sometimes writing "would/should/could of" instead of the correct "would/should/coulde've or "would/should/could have".

Probably just me but this shit is annoying af :LOL:
Thank you for the feedback. No, its fair enough criticism. I know grammar/spelling mistakes can break the flow so sorry about that. For some reason that's a mistake I have constantly made since forever and I have no idea why my brain automatically does it....Anyway, sorry again and I will fix those errors next update.
 

NadaMucho

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Man this MC is a derp. I know that's deliberate but it's hard to enjoy as a reader who likes to assume the role of the MC. Plus... The unlocked bathroom door? Really? The most overused plot tool in AVN history along with "I forgot to charge my phone". On the plus side I love the art, the expressions and the cutesy vibe.
 

jai_investigator

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Man this MC is a derp. I know that's deliberate but it's hard to enjoy as a reader who likes to assume the role of the MC. Plus... The unlocked bathroom door? Really? The most overused plot tool in AVN history along with "I forgot to charge my phone". On the plus side I love the art, the expressions and the cutesy vibe.
Thank you for you feedback. Yeah, I won't argue the MC is a bit of derp but that you for recognizing the intentionality in it. I suppose I have always viewed the MC as primarily their own character. I envision them at the start as good hearted and passionate person but also socially awkward, socially clueless, and quite passive (with the goal that they progressively overcome these flaws). The custom name function and the choices are so the player can guide the character to some degree, so they are not completely static, but I'll admit the design was not so much for self insert players... Hopefully it's more bearable as the character develops but I understand if it doesn't jive to your play style.

For the unlocked bathroom and uncharged phone, I agree I've fallen trap to plot conveniences/cliches there... Moving forward I'm trying to avoid them where I can and I guess it's all about developing my skills as a writer. Unfortunately I'm also trying to limit the scope of the game so I can get it done (as my time to work on it is quite constrained as it's fully a hobby project). I have an idea of the scenes I need to do and I'm trying to stick to that because the most important thing to me is completing the game. The problem is that restraining myself on scope can sometimes conflict with better built up scenes/writing. Hopefully it's not to egrigous and, as said above, I'll work to try and avoid them as much as I can.

Finally, thanks for the positive feedback on the art and vibes, and for giving the game a go :)
 

leequiring

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Thank you for the feedback. No, its fair enough criticism. I know grammar/spelling mistakes can break the flow so sorry about that. For some reason that's a mistake I have constantly made since forever and I have no idea why my brain automatically does it....Anyway, sorry again and I will fix those errors next update.
People probably say "could of" because it's phonetic for "could've". A very common mistake.
 

Mellbear

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This game is one of the most amazing of it's kind and with the given AI art it actually works, I wish people would give this game a chance because to be honest it's one of the rare ones I love the story and the development of and I actually like the romance options too.
 
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YogSothoth1982

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Is it a harem game, or do you have to choose a Leader at some point? Is it possible to have all the LIs in a single playthrough? How easy is it to avoid bad endings?
 

jai_investigator

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Is there any scene with President Yamada?
Do you mean H-Scene or scene with a character sprite?

If you mean H-Scene then no. To (try to) limit myself I have made the MC a straight male as I am a straight male and it's the perspective I understand. As I'm still developing as a writing I am not confident that I could do a queer romance justice so I won't add them. That said I firmly believe once you put something out into the world it in a sense belongs to everyone, so if people want to say mod the game to have queer romances or something I'm happy for people to do so.

Now if you mean is there any dialogue scenes with President Yamada where he has a sprite, then that's also no and it's funny you brought it up because I was thinking I might write about that on my Dev thread. As Yamada has had more dialogue I considered whether I should give him sprites but, for now, I've decided not to because I kind of like it as a narrative device. By not having sprites I think it gives Yamada an authority that the other characters don't have. To explain what I mean when you give a character a sprite you are defining that character visually. You can see what they look like and make judgements about that and it's easier to see them as a character. But in a VN if you don't give a character a sprite you can't define them as easily so in a way it's almost more like the game itself is talking to the audience. To me Yamada can more effectively function as an advice character, he is not as defined, and what he says help explore the themes of the game. Now I'm aware that might sound pretentious as fuck :ROFLMAO: and I can understand if people don't agree but just wanted to give my thinking on it.

Anyway hopefully one of those it the answer to your question.
 

jai_investigator

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Is it a harem game, or do you have to choose a Leader at some point? Is it possible to have all the LIs in a single playthrough? How easy is it to avoid bad endings?
It's shapping up to be that you cam only date one LI (given the romance nature of the game that is just what makes narrative sense to me) so I'd say it's not a harem game and I asked the uploader to remove the harem tag.

Unfortunately this means you can't have all LIs in a single playthrough. I'd say the key choice point is the multiple options when the phone is out of charge. That being said even after you pick a girl I plan to have multiple endings you can reach and some where you don't need to stay with that girl. Also these won't be ranked endings like "good ending", "best ending" etc. all the endings will be good just different.

The bad endings that exist in the game are very easy to avoid. You have to be a really ass in the game to get one. And even if you do get one they are easy to roll back from. I have put them in more as a choice to NOT do something if that makes sense... Like tge MC could be a massive dick to the girl but honestly given the circumstances should they be? But yeah they are very easy to avoid by design so hopefully you won't have an issue there.
 
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Mellbear

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It's shapping up to be that you cam only date one LI (given the romance nature of the game that is just what makes narrative sense to me) so I'd say it's not a harem game and I asked the uploader to remove the harem tag.

Unfortunately this means you can't have all LIs in a single playthrough. I'd say the key choice point is the multiple options when the phone is out of charge. That being said even after you pick a girl I plan to have multiple endings you can reach and some where you don't need to stay with that girl. Also these won't be ranked endings like "good ending", "best ending" etc. all the endings will be good just different.

The bad endings that exist in the game are very easy to avoid. You have to be a really ass in the game to get one. And even if you do get one they are easy to roll back from. I have put them in more as a choice to NOT do something if that makes sense... Like tge MC could be a massive dick to the girl but honestly given the circumstances should they be? But yeah they are very easy to avoid by design so hopefully you won't have an issue there.
Rosa is top girl but i'd be remiss if I didn't ask with the new update, will there be a threesome involving rosa and her supervisor?
 

stubzy123

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is there a guide or anything, there is no way of knowing what scenes ive missed/missing. Played the latest update and got the scene with ???? in the office but thats it
 

Mr.d00M

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Surprisingly very good game indeed with a real story. Only thing is you need to play for a girl and go back to your save and load and play for every girl again but it was worth it.

Thanks for sharing and good luck with the game!
 

YogSothoth1982

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It's shapping up to be that you cam only date one LI (given the romance nature of the game that is just what makes narrative sense to me) so I'd say it's not a harem game and I asked the uploader to remove the harem tag.
It's good to know this before starting the game.

Unfortunately this means you can't have all LIs in a single playthrough. I'd say the key choice point is the multiple options when the phone is out of charge. That being said even after you pick a girl I plan to have multiple endings you can reach and some where you don't need to stay with that girl. Also these won't be ranked endings like "good ending", "best ending" etc. all the endings will be good just different.
The only ending I'm interested in is a harem ending where the MC is in a consensual romantic relationship with all the LIs I like.

The bad endings that exist in the game are very easy to avoid. You have to be a really ass in the game to get one. And even if you do get one they are easy to roll back from. I have put them in more as a choice to NOT do something if that makes sense... Like tge MC could be a massive dick to the girl but honestly given the circumstances should they be? But yeah they are very easy to avoid by design so hopefully you won't have an issue there.
I'm not really interested in the game, so I'm not worried about the bad endings.
 
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