I don't feel a strong need to support most games on patreon, since they're just not very good. This, Four Elements Trainer, and a couple of other on the other hand are a head above the rest and deserve the attention they receive, possibly even more.
That out of the way, I kinda have to agree with RT567. The very slow progress, persistent bugs and ESPECIALLY the abandonment of old girls just turn me off. Don't get me wrong, I have fell in love with Galatea; Starfire and Blackfire have always been some of my favorites; also raven. But I'm also head over heels for Mercy who
really isn't getting any love.
I'm completely willing, and planning, to get the $20 pack, non recurring, because the game deserves that. But getting even the $10 reward, recurring, for the two years the game would presumably be ready (that's ~$240) is a lot of money - in my humble opinion.
I'd still be completely willing to do that (essentially buy the game for over $200, even though that could buy me 10-20 great games on gog), but only if things change. First of all, bugs ... bugs that are not system specific, or user specific, no they're 100% repeatable. Second of all, abandoning old girls is also not acceptable. Adding more and more is not a solution, except for reeling in more
suckers patrons.
Sorry if this sounds too negative, but it comes from a place of love.
EDIT: I'd just like to say one thing, my favorite part of the game - this won't apply to everyone else, but hey, I'd still like to express this thought - is the dialog. Call me crazy, but if I want to get off, I can find better ways. I'd love if the game just had more talking bits, way more in fact. Doesn't even need new art unless you want to make a special moment.
Another idea: More story progression on the same animations. I could watch Roulette's sex animation many - many more times (it's the best thing in the game), but without new text, it's just stale porn. NOTE - if you do go this direction, you need more feedback on "will this progress the story?", "Can the story even progress any more at all?", "Can it still progress, but not as of yet because maybe I need to progress in other areas?".
EDIT2: Actually, now that I've thought about this for a bit, I'd like to add a couple of thoughts.
This game is essentially a visual novel. Sure, it has more you can do, it's not the usual japanese type (text for hours -> decision -> text for hours), but the erotic sections are just [ text over art ].
From the above mentioned PoV, japanese VNs have mastered this form of game. The art is very
very very important, but it's not everything. It's the dialogue, it's the story, it's the moment and how it progresses, it's the characters, it's the relationships.
I personally, as of now, am in love with: Roulette, Galatea, Mercy, Batgirl, Star Girl, Miss Martian, Blackfire.
Out of the above, only one stands out. Batgirl! Why? She has barely any story and she has no real personality. But she has the private room. That shit is amazing! But, it requires a lot of art and let's be honest, that's the bottle-neck.
Compared to Batgirl - Star Gril and Miss Martian have way less content, yet they are absolutely oozing personality. Just more story with them, more of their personality, more interactions, getting to know them better, tease them more. It doesn't require art. What does Star Gril have? 3 dance scenes? I also dislike dances the most, or rather like them the least. Yet I still love Star Gril.
Back to my favorites, Galatea is just purely amazing, her story and how you get to know her. The fact that this is in no way an incest game, but the taboo / kinkyness of her calling you "Daddy" despite no biological ties at all. Her friendship with Harley and her animosity with Super Girl. It's gold, all gold.
Roulette starts of as a money hungry whore who will go to any lengths to get her way, but later you see that she might just actually be a deep character. Just trough in a "she actually has a reason for wanting money", like being sold in slavery, or dirt poor, give her a reason to believe that money will fix all her problems, throw in some teasing or a few lines that might suggest she's kinda in love with lex, and we have another pure gold character.
Mercy is clearly in love with Lex, but it's a really complex relationship. She is amazing, she has personality, she has likes and dislikes, she gets jealous ... she is a real character, a person - if you will. If I could get anything I wanted from this game, I'd also make some love routs of sorts with your henchwomen and roulette. Not the heroes or the villains, but with the "important" ones. A love route with Mercy, and a hatefuck / cumdump with her, where she loves you but you just use her.
Oh man, this game has potential, but it's not used. I will say it one more time: More character, more personality, more text.
I'm not saying less art, but I'm willing to say this would be a route to loads of more
quality content with not a lot of effort. Just, you know, put effort in the writing.
EDIT 3: I just can't stop it seems.
When Galatea comes to taunt Supergirl, or when Ceshire taunts her sister, adding some dialogue in case the taunters are naked would be an awesome interaction, no new art required. Just my 2¢
Wilko does some nice Raven/Starfire/Jinx/Argent art.
