Haha! At last! Okay, time to jot down my thoughts of the real first release.
First off, in furtherance to my thoughts from the leaked beta about the plot needing some sort of inciting incident, having the MC emotionally distance from the girls is actually a really elegant way of accomplishing that. It's the situational change needed to spark more changes in the rest of the cast without needing more unwieldy plot elements. Though I would like some acknowledgement on the part of the girls that they have noticed and are concerned about the MC's change in attitude, and thus why they are doing different things to try and reconnect with him. Gracie trying to make a garden with him and being more welcoming, in her own way (Nice save with the "You've never made a garden?" btw), Lillian trying to casually arouse him, Serra wanting to take him on imagination adventures, Celeste bugging him with minor shit... all things they might be doing to try and draw him back to them. I'm not sure if that was your intent, but I think it works really well. As I say though, just the odd line or thought that they've noticed there's something wrong with him lately and they're trying to figure out what to do about it would really ground that solidly. Particularly with the event where we comfort Serra after her bad day, we reassure her that we're there for her it could be pretty powerful to have her turn that around on us and tell us that she's there for us too so don't deal with stuff alone either.
I can't speak for anyone else, but the humour is really working for me. I laughed out loud more than once.
You even worked in handholding to the first release. What a promising sign of wholesome depravity.
I do hope all the girls get a variety of kinks. I wouldn't like Celeste to be the designated footjob girl, as I adore her but I'm not a foot guy. She's great enough they don't turn me off, but I also don't get much from them. Not every girl needs to do every thing, but variety. It's not something I'm worried about, but I felt I should mention it.
Gracie is definitely my favorite, the one I like the least is Celeste. I'm not really into the whole tsundere thing, I find it annoying.
Tsunderes can be really annoying. Tsunderes going tsungiri, when their facade breaks and they go all blushy and incoherent, can be
adorable.
I'll make them more westernized in the next update
Not necessary IMO. The fact the girls (less so Alex) all have pretty round (pretty and pretty round) faces and quite youthful appearances are Asian traits, I was thinking it was intentional.
In Sylphine I just wanted to focus more on the mystical aspect, instead of it being behind 5+ hours of gameplay. It's revealed much sooner because in V.02 I plan to delve into it and have the player already engulfed in the magical world, with it being a much larger part of the game.
I'll anticipate this with great interest. After establishing the setting of the overall game, this is the next biggest thing (that I'm aware of) to handle correctly. Good luck!