- Nov 15, 2020
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Yeah. I do think substance abuse is a better angle than prostitution.That could definitely work, or something like it. I didn't want to make my post too long by going deeply into her too, but yeah just like him she's a little bit too perfect of an innocent street flower too. Narratively (or at least for the narrative I'm creating in my head out of short demo), she definitely needs a 'I can fix her' thing too, something to make her flawed and work as a basis for an arc. Substance abuse specifically would be a good mirror to his drinking problems and could work well as a justification for why she's not allowed or doesn't want to stay in a shelter, and/or another possibility is prostitution which would create a strong justification for the game's core premise of her thinking the solution to all his problems is getting laid. Another that builds out of what's already there is maybe her not at all being honest about just stealing out of hunger too.
Any option may have to find a careful balance though, full damaged goods might make a good story but it is an H-game with user appeal concerns and people generally prefer girls more pure. Fine line between 'I can fix her' and a whore/corruption sim (..unless that is the dev's intended arc?). There's also player choice concerns depending on if dev is going more for blank slate versus an established character too. Having her be more near the early gateway stages of a decent into whatever bad thing may be optimal.
Up to dev ultimately though, we're extrapolating on an extremely short demo and maybe they intend something way different, but yeah there does need to be something imo, a MC needs an arc.
I also think it's attractive if a person manages to keep at least part of their personality pure even though the world around them is anything but pure.
Whatever it will be, I fully agree the MC needs an arc which seems to be missing at the moment.