UnzippedGames - constructive feedback
- Congrats on the release. That's a huge milestone of itself.
- Most excellent job on replicating a phone experience. One of the best if not *the* best I've tried out so far: The settings experience & settings choices, battery indicator, keeping all within "Whapp" closed garden app (like a real one), having scroll back (I wish it was a complete scrollback), NPC insight, Setting your background pic, highlighting decisions (!), etc.
- UX "bug" - when viewing a picture from chat, you can click the square "home" button and navigate back with the viewed picture still open. I think the view picture should be a full screen modal to prevent that.
- UX "bug" - while in the save/load screen after a scene, time passing would appear over the Save/Load. Might that lead to Save file issue if trying to save while a scene transitions?
- RFE - in chat, please consider having the option to tap a previous / historical message and resume from there. If you don't have a previous save to revert to, the player is locked in. There's times when I've accidentally clicked the wrong one. Considering there isn't a full historical scrollback, having such a "rewind, repeat" would be super helpful.
- RFE - auto-save - If I didn't save before exiting, all my progress was lost. With these kinds of games, players assume there's autosave used to restore to your last location.
- RFE - More save slots. I had to commit my top slot to "current" not having an auto-save. That leaves me 8 left. As the game gets longer, folks will want to save at key decision points.
- RFE - maybe I missed it but knowing when a chapter changes would be helpful, particularly with saves.
- RFE - the word bubbles for the NPCs have a "speech bubble tail" to the left while the MC texts have no "speech bubble tail". All messages should have "tails"
If doing heading towards NTR, It would be worthwhile for a NTS as well between MC & Chloe. If there's a "corruption" towards an open relationship, Chloe has already put that premise out there. Don't just have Chloe be the best friend who gets off on corrupting as that's shallow and immature (easy route).
At the same time, it can be tricky to navigate the NTR (cuck) / NTS (cuckquean) / cheating. If not being open in communication, that would move more towards the cheating.
In that regard, not only could Chloe be Melany's gym coach, but helps both Melany and MC transition to an open lifestyle. Where Chloe is openly sleeping with both and helping them navigate their feelings, sense of sense & each other in a positive light as Chloe has that experience.
And reminding them to stay healthy "together" as fuck buddies may come & go over time, but having a committed partner is an important & health life choice for life's journey. IRL, there's medical issues, family & friends dying, etc. Fuck buddies do not offer that depth of emotional commitment.
And if they get bold enough, Melany as cuckquean could help make Ben by watching or assisting Chloe (or other women) sex him up. Same for MC helping Chloe sex up Melany. Chloe help guide both MC & Melany to try new fetishes as their sex coach.
It's your game. And programming is a grind. You'll make what you want to put out there. It may be worthwhile to look at other "mobile" styled NTR games happening over the last year or so, to identify trends to avoid & developing a good story so it feels more realistic/genuine vs "watch it for the plot".