Sidechicks are a quick way for devs to stretch out the content early, but they are a double-edged sword, because, naturally, after their integration, they become the favorites of some people, and are the reason for some people to look forward to future updates. So once the relationship with the main girls do pick up pace you still have to include these sidechicks and give them the time of day, because people have been expecting them. The same is happening right now in "No more money", where you too many sidechicks left over from the early stage of the game and they are now bloating in an unhealthy way (imo).I understand why Devs(not just Naughty Fox) put sidechicks in, put some action in while not rushing the development of the important relationships.
And i used to think like that too, "if you are gonna keep things slow at least toss in some side sluts to keep things from getting boring".
But as i played more AVNs i kinda changed on how i think about these.
I'm waiting for this release because i wanna see what's next for Bree, Sophie, Kate, Mia, Eve... not if there's gonna be sex with a random, so i hope he focus on "what's important".
And honestly, i'll get a bigger chub for a relatively tame teasing scene with a main girl than from sex with a random stripper
And of course if updates came faster and more often i'd probably have a more friendly, harmless fun, view on sidechicks.
Not a clue about on what the dev gets up to besides making this, maybe someone else knows...
In my opinion, the best way is to make the progress with the main girls slow, but steady, the steps meaningful and "realistic" all the while keeping the tension with every step in tact. Having sex scenes too early ruins it a bit for me, but I also understand that the devs put them mainly in to get a broader audience quicker. But there are also games like "A wife and mother" and "Jessica O'Neil's Hard News" who managed to keep an excellent pace for years and have been wildly succesful, without ever the need to resort to sidechicks.