I understand what Fooxied wants to achieve with Riley, I'm not going to fight with a Dev's view because this is their game, and they have to see come to fruition the product that they envisioned, not what we or other players want.
I agree to disagree, bc one doesnt mean the other can't be. I mean that's why paths exist. That's why some games have multiple endings. There is always 1 ending that is the one that the dev originally envisioned for the game. Then there are others, maybe requested by the fanbase (who support the dev let's mention it again, like you who originally enjoyed the game and bought it on steam bc you liked the Ivy path/possible lesbian path. A bit like me I remember being able to refuse whatever advances came to us up'till 0.3.1).
The game's called Steps of debauchery, why can't I stop at the step I want? Why do I have to go down all the way, even moreso why do I have to go down the steps with Elijah or the old man. Why not by being a mistress, exploring bdsm, exploring her exhibitionism kink to the fullest, her lesbianism... ANyway, you got me plenty of ways to explore "debauchery" without needing to necessarily involve certain characters.
I mean yeah making paths require more work, organization and professionalism. But it's certainly worth it bc more get to enjoy your work and maybe even support it.
ANyway, that's how I see things, for me renpy AVNs are specialy they are not like kinetic story. In renpy AVNs the community rly matters and the project is often not only the dev's baby but also the community's. It's smt they share. I alrdy find that all the artist, animators... who have sub sources of incomes are close to their community but renpy AVN are another lvl due to their adptable capability. OFC, devs have the biggest say in it but I doubt many of them would be capabable of providing high quality work if not for their supporters.
Anyway, my game's downloaded, gotta go, enjoy
THX
