EvaKiss isn't done answering the questions on her most recent Q&A, but I figured I'd summarize the more interesting responses so far.
EvaKiss Sept 2023 Q&A Notes #1
1) She is changing her first estimate of 20 chapters for the whole game down to 16 chapters, but this is not fixed. She doesn’t have a clear end goal in mind for the game but knows the general direction she wants to take the storylines.
2) She would like to give Patreons what they want (see Polls), and will make some smaller suggestions happen, but she is going to follow her own vision. Her vision is what keeps her motivated.
3) She was inspired by Mass Effect and Dragon Age. The porn VN that made her realize she could make games like this was "Katie's corruption".
4) She has experimented with AI to create backgrounds to speed things up in production, but the standard of quality is not there yet.
5) Hard to pick a favorite character or story arc since different characters/stories are appealing in different ways. Lena and Ian are fun to write in different ways. Some storylines are easier and more fun than others.
6) GGGB was a porn trope sandbox generating “wildly different” outcomes to player choices, and Eva is really interested in player actions leading to consequences, lacking in most games. For ORS, she wanted inspiration from real-world stories (along with the occasional porn trope) to make the characters more grounded and player choices to have stronger emotional impact.
7) Adding cosmetic options (like tanning Lena) is a pain, but she'd like to add a beard for Ian at some point.
8) There will be more threesomes ahead. More unprotected sex and possible pregnancies ahead as well.
9) She knew having a double protagonist was risky, but she didn’t want to make another GGGB. She wanted new creative challenges to keep her motivated. She will take on new risky challenges in her next game when it comes.
10) Some major plot points and big scenes are expected in Chapter 12 that have been on the backburner for a while.
11) She hasn't totally discarded the idea of something sexy involving Ed and Lena in some way, but it remains to be seen if she'll have time to add it.
