Greetings, I tested the game. Version 0.2.2
And I want to give my opinion and provide feedback.
I will split this in two separate posts. The first one is objective. The second will be subjective but with a reason.
Here is the standard sentence: "This game has Potential." -->But it needs work in the gameplay department.
You have the power of choice. And avoid or neglect certain fetishes or some of the girls completely. I haven't seen a story so far. But this power of choice is a good thing.
It has good renders and scene composition for the lewd content.
To get there, you have to work for it. Grind it. That's not the problem. The real problem is to get to the fun scenes, this games want you as frustrated as you can get. Normal grind in Sandboxes are annoying, this is frustrating. Why?
You require certain stats and money. Some stats require money to train these stats. Working add $100 to your inv.
To Train Charisma as an example you go to the club pay $50 for a chance to raise your charisma stat for 1 point. Yes, a chance. It looks like there is some diminishing return build in. Means yea higher the stat yea unlikely it levels up.
I raised my charisma to 6 and paid $2350. That's 24 in game days of work.
Which means I see 18 times this massage:
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Same with Items you have to gather in the forest. Same failure massage.
I am at day 116 and have seen or rejected all the girls.
This grind is a typical sandbox grind plus a very frustrating mechanic which adds nothing to the game except a great level of frustration.
On top of that. You are forced into fights you can't win. It is like these strange Dungeon crawler games where you have to lose to see the content. I don't know you, but I am a gamer, I play to win.
It is visible that the Dev put a lot of effort into this, and I respect that.
Again, potential is there, but some design decisions are questionable but fixable.
Hey, thanks for the feedback, is really much appreciated!
I'd like to say some things to this:
About the story so far:
I'm not really sure about 2.2.0 but, up to the new version there is a good amount of main story, a lot of explaining and so. I should have done this versions ago, but being this an adult game, I guess I just focused on the lewd/porn content to being with.
About the Grinding:
Ok, so far I had the "feeling", but you have just confirmed...Or Renpy "random" is really bugged, or I'm coding it wrong.
The actual code is 50% chance of leveling the stat if under 8 and 33% after that. I guess the random is not being that random, because you are not the only one facing this issue. I'll change the probability for future versions, I don't like this actual not real %. Besides all this, the idea is that stats will also raise doing different things (like advancing the girls), this is not yet implemented as much as I'd like to, but it will be. So far, only Ginny and Xenia events has it.
About the items in the forest, I didn't really noticed a real problem, but I'll look at this.
I'll change it to 70% and 50% success chance.
About Fights you can't win:
Actually there's only one fight that can't be "won", but end in a tie or lost, for plot things. Rest of the fights can be won. Some will be harder than others. If you are talking about Mikah's Sexfight, thing is Mikah is the PRO at sexfights, don't expect her to be easy.
Why didn't I start whit an easy one? Well, thing is, Mikah got there first in content release. If someone like IDK, Luna happen to be the first, she would be really easy. I tend to do 2 or 3 updates based on the player's choice, and then update the "not that voted girls".
One way or another, the first Sexfight vs Mikah, won't affect her branch, the 2nd fight will. (Which was complety reworked into sexfights 3.0, and it's now affected by the easy mode).
Now the second Part. My Opinion. And possible minor spoilers. Be Aware.
It ties in with my critique above.
This is a sandbox full of Anime Characters and the humor is special. It is often not my humor.
In general, this game wants you to lose, and the MC is the bottom of the jokes. Which is not funny. It makes the girls for me not likable.
It is like this expression from Kindergarten: "When she hits/or slaps you, it means she loves you." --> I always hit back.
MC gets hit a lot. You have 15 girls (one is actually 3): Out of my head Mikah, Ginny, Railey and Eve punching the MC. Without character building, this is not fun for me.
A warning sign appears which tells you which kinks await you ahead. That's good but. I believe 4 girls contain groupsex which is probably avoidable. Which means: It is? Or not? What means probably?
I found it very annoying to get into some quest and halfway through get presented which stats I need. So reloading grind the stat and do it again.
Forced into the Battle with Mikah only to lose without a chance is not a fun experience for me. Anime logic, she is too powerful.
If the story requires me to lose, then don't let me actively fight her. Just make it a scene. Same for Xenia.
I liked the content for Lilian and Trianna. I like Mikahs character, but most likely not her kinks.
Amelie's fight for dominance is as vanilla as it gets, and again you win, but you lose too. I found her character annoying. I break up with her, which give me a feeling of power.
The Characters need some build up. What's with Ginny? Being a Findom is not a character.
This is my feeling playing the Game, or as Mikah stated in her quest the MC achieved nothing. And the game is very prominent to show that. He is not a typical looser, but a guy who gets defeated a lot.
The lewd scenes are fun but the rest not so much. Again my Opinion. Take it with a grain of salt.
I tried everything to win against Mikah and come to the realization that it is impossible. (missed opportunity in my book)
I like Lilian arc except Ian. And I am intrigued by Xenia and Eve. I hope we can punish eve some more for her behavior.
About mc being the bottom of jokes and so:
I'll take a look at this, maybe It was too much and I didn't realize it, I'll keep this in mind from now on.
About avoidable content:
It is. Taking Mikah as an example: You can groupsex her, or do it alone.
If any content is not "Vanilla" or "MC vs girl/girls" It will probably be skippeable/avoidable. Player is in control of what he wants to see/play.
I will really keep this in my mind, I know I like the things hard, but again, this is not a game for me, but for you, so I will try to change some things from now on, or at least improve the "Easy mode". Maybe rewarding the ones playing it on normal/hard with some bonus scenes and so. I hope you can make another impression like this in 2.4.0, I'm now working on 2.3.0.
And again, thanks for the time to write this, this really helps me!