True but they aren't used up to this point so who knows. Other than the friend/love variables for the LIs none of them are used with the exception of Els' trust. Amrit's confidence all of the interest in girls and all of Ines' specific variables never come in to play anywhere in the game. They're just there.
I suspect that will continue until at or near the end, when those variables will be critical as to which endings you can choose.
Yeah, it's all up in the air right now. Though you would think Amrit's confidence at least would have an effect on her fights or something. You can change it from the very start of the game but for now it's useless. Just seems odd to me.
The Els sex scene in question is from Part 6, so you're not in the latest update yet at that point in the game. The new Part 7 content begins once everyone arrives home from Mallorca.
And that non-use of those variables is a bit frustrating in games like this. I completely understand the decision to not close off routes, and to prevent multiple renders from being needed for every scene after a certain choice. So it's certainly not possible to use them in a lot of situations without a ton of extra effort. However, those scores could be used to alter some character personalities with minimal added work. For example, the "interest in girls" variable you mentioned. Let's consider Amrit for a minute, since she has the highest score possible for this particular attribute. And using that let's brainstorm a bit on the scene in the latest update where she's talking to Ines after Kana visits and then leaves with the MC. The way it is coded in the game is as follows:
i "They seem close."
i "..."
i "They ...?"
a "Not a clue."
a "I find it's safer not to think about that anymore."i "They seem close."
i "..."
i "They ...?"
a "Not a clue."
if amritinterestingirls >= 7:
a "I wouldn't blame him if he was though."
else:
a "I find it's safer not to think about that anymore."if amritinterestingirls >= 7:
a "Of course [mc]. Tell you what, I'll give Els' boobs an extra squeeze just for you."You don't absolutely need to, but I would recommend it.
Well, it has Aoife in it so I would say YES!
Per the dev on Discord:
I've focused primarily on the main LIs, but this has been consistent with my experience. So far, there's a few instances where you might lose a couple love points, but not serious repercussions.
Vi and Cal trauma is past history by now, I mean there are still some traumas about it but that was a long time ago. They have learned to live with it and moved on with their lives. Now they're discovering another layer to their relationship, sex and love.
It's worth noting that you don't have to have sex the first time it becomes available with the main LIs, so you have some control regarding how fast things get sexually intimate. For example, for Vi if you don't initiate sex in Mallorca she'll eventually initiate it herself after you get home. Only if you reject her then do you end up in the permanent friend zone. Similar branched paths are available for Amrit, Els, and Kana.
For me its less that its necessarily cheapens Valentina's character but it cheapens the LI's characters for me when they just go along with it without any jealousy or serious talks about it.