- Apr 19, 2019
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No-no-no,I'm not trying to attack you, but for all the people who aren't paying there is many like myself who sunk over $500 in a game just by keeping sub active, which is 10x more than I've spent on many triple A titles. Many of which I played to death like XCOM, but all I ever paid was $40. I've also been a dev and I know that no amount of community voices is going to override the vision you already have for your games. So my subs always go to the games for which I see the vision is something I'm looking forward to.
Gonna be honest here and say the dialogue is simply too descriptive and non-interactive. When I play this game I wait for a day off work, no headaches, and no distractions because I know that I have to go through hours of dialogue. I use an auto-clicker set to intervals of 0.3 seconds each event and I still was able to follow the story remarkably well because the characters keep repeating things.
On the flip side I absolutely love the diary entries as reading them is a nice novelty where you get a second person view into the other characters thoughts. That's why I'm unsure as to why there is so much explanation of feeling during the actual events. Porn stars say "I'm gonna cum" and do lots of vocalizations because pretending to enjoy sex for pay requires overacting or the audience will be just as disinterested as they are. In this game you could of wrote the diary entry from their perspective, giving the player a nice fantasy fulfillment/voyeuristic kick on top of the event.
Anyway don't let that detract from the quality of the event scenes themselves... Just food for thought.
Like I said before.
All of you know how incredibly thankful I am for the support.
Without any of you, I wouldn't be able to do what I love.
And I would have been able to produce a lot less content for Sweet Affection.
I am so incredibly thankful for all the support that you guys give me.
And I don't want you to get the feeling that I'm not.
I know that I could have done some things better with Sweet Affection.
That is sometimes I talk about openly frequently.
Something I need to do better in my next game, and something I WILL do better.
However, I am already so far along with Sweet Affection that it's too late to change things now.
1. Because it would divide the game into different parts, it would be different.
2. It would be a betrayal towards all the people that support me currently because they love how Sweet Affection is made currently.
Changing it would be simple, but it wouldn't be the right choice, i.m.h.o
Of course!JD,
I think there are a couple things to remember. First, there is a massive silent following of your game. From the downloads you can see, how many are there? I can tell you that the overwhelming majority (maybe even 99%) of those downloads are fans of your game. Most of us hardly ever speak up. My first post on here was June 2021 (level 7) and I've posted less than a dozen times. I've enjoyed this game immensely. In fact, it was my very first AVN I ever played (found it on a porn game site) and opened my eyes to all these wonderful games/stories.
Second, there will always be bad actors. Heck, there is a YT (possible twitch streamer, but I only watch on YT) who purposefully goes into other peoples streams and sends mean voice donations. Sometimes, people just want to see the world burn. While I would suggest ignoring it and moving on, that might be harder to do than it is to say.
You and your teams presence here on this forum is certainly a boon to us and reflects well on you. It shows you care about this project and you want to help us, even if we aren't your paying customers. Hopefully, your interaction has led to some people going from Pirate to Patron. =)
In the end, you need to do what you need to do. If you need to leave this site, then do it. We will miss having you here, but we will survive.
Anyways, thanks for you and your teams hard work.
In the end, I want as many people to enjoy my game as possible.
And knowing that there are so many peope that DO love it, that makes me so happy.
It truly makes my day whenever someone tells me something like that.
But, yes,.. there will also be those people that just want to see the world burn.
What always gets me is when people project their own ideas onto Sweet Affection and then tell me how it's wrong.
For example, I have told so many times that Sweet Affection is NOT a porn game.
If you go in expecting to have a quick wank, then you will be disappointed.
Sweet Affection is an adult story with a lot of adult content.
But the story will always come first, period.
And then I'm getting annoyed when people come here in the comments or reviews and complain about not being able to get any real H-content right away.
Getting annoyed for it NOT being a porn game despite me telling it's exactly that... not a porn game.
I get that some people don't like Sweet Affection.
There is a lot of dialogue and quite simply... most people on this website come for something else.
To each their own and I totally respect that.
But what those people don't understand is that there are a lot of people that DO enjoy it.
They come here and project what they want to see, the game that they think should be made.
Instead of quite simply taking the game as it is.
Don't judge a game on how you want it to be, judge on how it is.
You don't go playing Fortnite and expect there to be a story.
You don't go playing Last of Us and be surprised when there IS a story.
You don't go playing Final Fantasy and be surprised when there are a lot of cutscenes.
You take the game for what it is and don't expect it to be something it isn't.
That is kinda my main annoyance.
Again, I know that there are things that I could have done better.
I'm not perfect and there are things I need to improve on as a developer.
My next game might not be as dialogue heavy as Sweet Affection, I can assure you that there will still be a lot of dialogue.
Quite simply because that is who I am.
It's an illusion, I know.
But I wish that the haters could just... go away.
If you dislike a game so much, why take the time to hate on it.
Go and play something else and enjoy your day instead of lingering on a thread of a game that you don't enjoy
If you have constructive criticism or advice, please... by all means, let me know.
But if you are just here to shit on my work, just stay away.
(There are people on this thread for example that come back every 2/3 months just to say how bad the game is and have been doing that for years.)
These threads should be for people to discuss the games.
To talk about the characters, story-lines, direction of the game and fantasize about what they want to see.
It should be a fun place for everyone.
But instead the fun gets sucked away every single time by those types of people.
I am saying a lot of "you" in this message.
I don't mean "you" personally, just generally speaking.