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There are a few people on here that would probably tell you how big a headache I am having editing the code to work around everything but I have been removing a lot of the options where you see the LI's have sex.

Melissa is having a serious rework to explain her actions or be more sympathetic. She still has sex in the kitchen but your character is smart enough to realise what is happening and can avoid it if they choose.
I have also changed it so that she does not have a threesome. This is less to do with removing something players dislike and more to correct her behaviour. Melissa is acting too much like Riley. I added that she had set up a sexual encounter with Abella but I did not want the player or the MC to believe Abella. The cafe scene however makes it seem as though Melissa does it a lot. Rewriting those scenes is putting it back on track.

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The changes to your imagination were simple. I changed it so that you are imagining yourself having sex with Abella (or other characters) and honestly I can't remember why I made it that your picturing other men. For the scene with more than one man I added that it is you and your friend. I liked the image and imagining that she is sucking you and a friend off is I think a good compromise to save my scene.

Original:
"Trying hard not to touch yourself you imagine that Abella is gaming on the XStation while sucking on two large cocks. She needs to keep both pleasured while she competes in a multiplayer deathmatch. Failure to rank in the top three will mean she loses her right to have an orgasm for the next week.

New:
"Trying hard not to touch yourself you imagine that Abella is gaming on the XStation while playing with two large cocks. Your own is deep in her throat while, her free hand is stroking your friends dick. She needs to keep both of you pleasured while she competes in a multiplayer deathmatch. Failure to rank in the top three will mean she loses her right to have an orgasm for the next week.

After editing though I noticed that I need to edit it again later to include the Gender Path, where you do not imagine yourself as a male.




I've said somewhere in the thread that I am working on the Dom path and I am unable to change the Tags on my topic. I think I am waiting for my Dev request to go through.

The next update should remove a lot of NTR. The player will choose if they want to watch.
I have said to a few people that I am not sure whether I can remove all NTR as people keep changing what it means from conversation to conversation but I am running on a rule that another Dev gave me.

1. If an LI know that what they're doing is hurting someone else, that's NTR.
2. If I as the narrator force a player to endure scenes where the MC is being hurt by the LI's actions, that is NTR.

Doing so for the Female MC is too difficult, I have plans that revolve around the Female MC knowing, imagining and sometimes seeing LI's like Melissa have sex.

The change I am working on atm is:
1.On the Skipped Ember Path, Melissa is having sex in the kitchen with her BF. You can watch or ignore but the player is aware that she is having a sexual relationship and I want it to hurt the MC a little. This is so he will realise that he can't wait around for Melissa to notice him.

2.On the Signed Contract Path, Melissa tells you she had sex with her BF. I want to keep this scene and for the MC to know that he is in the house. For the same reason as number 1, I want the MC to wake up to the fact that Melissa is unavailable and he needs to talk to her or move on.
(For female players she would tell her friend in gossip.)

Thank you again for answering. I really appreciate you putting efforts and actually changing dialogues according to various feedbacks. I can understand that managing 2 genders and that too with 2 different personalities (dom or sub) is very hard. I'm really excited for the future versions. Good luck

 

[J1215]

It would be great if there was an MC page!
It would show: what MC looks like (can use a photo when choosing external data at the beginning of the game) - (photo of hair, physique, etc.);
Also there can show what is happening with MC and how MC changes

 

[TheFamilyDog]

I sort of like just picking the varies parts of the MC (body shape, hair color, etc), then just using my own imagination for the final form (be it a actor, model, etc). Then I'm not pigeonholed into what someone else thinks is attractive like in some CYOA games I've seen.

 

[Oliz82]

Hello.

I was attracted by the samples and the summary but also worried due to some tags and comments. I wanted to give it a try before the next update (I waited for a bug fix but you decided to do a full update). I'm still not sure if this game is for me or not though.

The worldbuilding, though limited to the city, is already varied enough.
The characters are numerous and different.
The story is just starting but it's interesting.
The art is really well chosen. And the configuration is original and practical.

The scenario changes particularly depending what happens during the interview. I hope the characters specific to a scenario or a choice will still be available later for the other paths.
I was expecting worse for the family members. My only problem was the spanking scene since I'm not into hurting either myself or others if we chose to accept the blackmail (I'm not comfortable with it but your explanation made me think why not try). Fortunately, refusing it seems to work fine for now too. We're supposed to be friendly with the father but unfortunately we have no interaction with him at all.

I was surprised that we are railroaded most of the time. There are events that I would have liked to be the one deciding it (for example, masturbating or not and be caught by Ava, fantasizing about Melissa or not when she is changing).

In the roaming part, I felt like the time was passing too quickly. We are unable to visit each location. Or is it intended?

There should be more option to reduce arousal and change clothes (changing clothes before a meeting or going to the club to avoid the owner's remark about our lack of money).

You want to add MM and bi content. Is it on all paths or only on specific paths?

If we want to be more beautiful, we have to increase feminity. Does that mean we have no other choice than transforming?

In Characters, only the Moore family members are present.

Why adding quest knowing well it won't be possible to complete (For exemple, "Drive to the beat" shouldn't appear knowing well the car is bound to broke, unless it's to have a negative impact with Riley).

When we meet Johnny at the bar of the club, we should know his name since we saw him with Melissa in the kitchen. There may be other cases so be careful.

When we drink a coffee, it doesn't decrease stress by 1 like stated but by 2.
2 </div> when we sign, whenever we do it.


There are some spelling errors left if I want to nitpick.

If you're still looking for porn stars, there's Lance Hart and Dante Colle, though, I don't know if you'll have enough material.

Good continuation.

 

[GlitchDoll]

Hello.

I was attracted by the samples and the summary but also worried due to some tags and comments. I wanted to give it a try before the next update (I waited for a bug fix but you decided to do a full update). I'm still not sure if this game is for me or not though.

The worldbuilding, though limited to the city, is already varied enough.
The characters are numerous and different.
The story is just starting but it's interesting.
The art is really well chosen. And the configuration is original and practical.

The scenario changes particularly depending what happens during the interview. I hope the characters specific to a scenario or a choice will still be available later for the other paths.
I was expecting worse for the family members. My only problem was the spanking scene since I'm not into hurting either myself or others if we chose to accept the blackmail (I'm not comfortable with it but your explanation made me think why not try). Fortunately, refusing it seems to work fine for now too. We're supposed to be friendly with the father but unfortunately we have no interaction with him at all.

I was surprised that we are railroaded most of the time. There are events that I would have liked to be the one deciding it (for example, masturbating or not and be caught by Ava, fantasizing about Melissa or not when she is changing).

In the roaming part, I felt like the time was passing too quickly. We are unable to visit each location. Or is it intended?

There should be more option to reduce arousal and change clothes (changing clothes before a meeting or going to the club to avoid the owner's remark about our lack of money).

You want to add MM and bi content. Is it on all paths or only on specific paths?

If we want to be more beautiful, we have to increase feminity. Does that mean we have no other choice than transforming?

In Characters, only the Moore family members are present.

Why adding quest knowing well it won't be possible to complete (For exemple, "Drive to the beat" shouldn't appear knowing well the car is bound to broke, unless it's to have a negative impact with Riley).

When we meet Johnny at the bar of the club, we should know his name since we saw him with Melissa in the kitchen. There may be other cases so be careful.

When we drink a coffee, it doesn't decrease stress by 1 like stated but by 2.
2 </div> when we sign, whenever we do it.
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There are some spelling errors left if I want to nitpick.

If you're still looking for porn stars, there's Lance Hart and Dante Colle, though, I don't know if you'll have enough material.

Good continuation.

Hi and thank you. It is lovely to hear what people like and dislike. It really helps me work out where I am going wrong but also what I am doing right

They characters will be available on other paths but your relationship with them changes how they see you.
E.G. If you choose Gamer as your hobby then the people at the game store will know who you are and treat you as a valuable customer but if you choose Runner as your hobby then you meet them as a person who has not had time for games and so you start with nothing in common.

I have tried to make connections within the characters. Gina Valentina is Jynx Maze's sister and they are both Mercedes Carerras daughters. That way when characters discuss the world they reference things you may have seen on different path. E.G. During the runner hobby Mercedes will tell you that she wanted her daughter Jynx was going to work in the Gym in the afternoons but then she got a promotion. Mercedes is concerned that she never sees her daughter anymore.

My intention for the scene with Casey spanking is that the punishment would be based on what you chose as your fetish, if you go the Sissy path you will see that you are not spanked, instead you are made to confess that you are a Sissy. I needed to press on and get the story out however and so have put it on the back burner but I might revisit it in a later update.

Being caught by Ava is a plot point in the story but I am curious what you mean about the Melissa fantasizing. Could I ask you for a little more detail.

The roaming was set so that yu couldn't see everything. I wanted to give the player the freedom of choice while also understanding that time moves forward. In previous versions there were a lot more shop events (most of which are now there for Sunday) but I changed it when I made it mandatory to see certain scenes like the cafe or to visit the Hotel/Hostel.

The one I regretted moving to Sunday was the Restaurant scene. It was a large scene and I need to make sure the player is able to see it during the weekend.

There are a lot of scenes ready now but I need the story to catch up.

Reducing arousal is coming in the next update.

Did you see that you can change clothes at your hostel room?
I am still working out a system for clothes. It knows what item of clothing (trousers or jeans) but if you take clothes off I have no system set for saved outfit yet and no way to put them back on. When I chose the clothes for day one that was easy but I need to be able to do the same for clothes the player has chosen.
The clothing system has been a headache but I will work it out.

Male Romance content is on all paths. It is based on how high your Male Attraction is.

Beauty is just a word I am using and I wwas worried it would be taken the wrong way. The stat system is there so that Male characters need to his a certain level to pass as Women, it increases by Gender stats but also by Makeup.
For both Male and Female characters Makeup is the goal of that bar. I wanted it to be that yu can put on enough and look like a goddess or too much and look like a clown.

Characters is still in progress. The Moore's are the only ones present atm. Theres a system in place for unlocking more and you will see that working in the next update.
That page is becoming full very quick however and I am already looking at another way around the problem for less important relationships. But then I am trying to work out who is important.

Don't quote me as I would have to check but I think that "Drive to the Beat" is the only quest that you cannot complete. The other depend on choices. I was messing with the player on that quest. I knew that the player couldn't complete that quest but I wanted the player to have no idea that there car was about to break down and that they could drive Riley home.

The scene with Johnny has changed now that he is a more important part of the game but thank you. I am trying to keep it so that you know who players are if you have met them. I think I am doing a good job but with addind and moving scenes a few slip through.

Same issue with all Male actors. It is rare to find them on their own or in a full set. I use a lot of MM galleries as they have Male actors in solo scenes. But like with Rupert in the Female route, he only had one set of images. It is the same for most of them. Cody Cummings is the exception it seems.

 

[GlitchDoll]

It would be great if there was an MC page!
It would show: what MC looks like (can use a photo when choosing external data at the beginning of the game) - (photo of hair, physique, etc.);
Also there can show what is happening with MC and how MC changes

I sort of like just picking the varies parts of the MC (body shape, hair color, etc), then just using my own imagination for the final form (be it a actor, model, etc). Then I'm not pigeonholed into what someone else thinks is attractive like in some CYOA games I've seen.

That is one of the reasons that I never try to show the MC. I want the player to have an idea of what he she looks like. You can check what your Body, Hair, Hair Colour, Eye Colour, Cock and Tits are set to in the mirror.
A few places have a better system than mine but I am both happy and proud of the set up I have made. It took a lot of work and I was very glad to see that people liked it.

I had thought a lot about adding skin colour but I would have had to photoshop every image of your cock to change it's colour for every choice.

I do need to add more body choices as your body transforms. I am on the hunt for the right images.

 

[Oliz82]

Hello.

Thanks for the explanations. I'm always glad when the devs precise their decision and better understand why and how they made it.

They characters will be available on other paths but your relationship with them changes how they see you.
E.G. If you choose Gamer as your hobby then the people at the game store will know who you are and treat you as a valuable customer but if you choose Runner as your hobby then you meet them as a person who has not had time for games and so you start with nothing in common.

I understand it's easier to interact with someone you have something in common with. But that doesn't mean something can't happen with a chance encounter. And as it's said, opposites attract.
What I wanted to know was if the paths were exclusive. Like becoming a spy for the journalist if you signed the contract or having a romance with Tom even if you're not into video games or simply having access to the gym even if you're a nerd (because a healthy life can contribute to beauty). The same between 2 dom, 2 sub, 2 crossdressers, 2 sissies...
Because a relationhip is built from the first encounter. So my idea was interacting with who we want without constraint. For example, I'm interested in Tom as an individual even if I chose runner (and more if it's possible).

Being caught by Ava is a plot point in the story but I am curious what you mean about the Melissa fantasizing. Could I ask you for a little more detail.

I know that this is just an introduction and so we go through most of it with the choices you made (like a spectator, outside character creation and the interview). Those were just some examples of events I would like to take control as a player. Meaning : do I want to be caught masturbating and have my relationship with x character being damaged or do I want to resist and do it later when I'm in the shower alone. Because that's how the relationship is supposed to evolve (by the choice of the player).
For the fantasizing of Melissa, it's when we are awoken from the nightmare by her and she is changing in blue lingerie : at some point, you have "Imagine her naked" and it increases the relationship but makes her angry (here, as a player, do I want to fantasize and ignore her or do I want to be attentive and help her).

The roaming was set so that yu couldn't see everything. I wanted to give the player the freedom of choice while also understanding that time moves forward. In previous versions there were a lot more shop events (most of which are now there for Sunday) but I changed it when I made it mandatory to see certain scenes like the cafe or to visit the Hotel/Hostel.

Ok, that's what I thought but I wanted to ask to be sure.
The gym isn't there for those that didn't chose runner while the "Geeks, Games and Gadgets" shop is available for everyone.
Speaking of the hobbies, there's a quest for the gym but not for the games shop. And it's strange that you can have the choice of runner with a small body or gamer if you chose athletic. In reality, there are plenty of athletes that play video games or nerds that have a healthy life doing some sport but it seems contradictory for the game.

Did you see that you can change clothes at your hostel room?
I am still working out a system for clothes. It knows what item of clothing (trousers or jeans) but if you take clothes off I have no system set for saved outfit yet and no way to put them back on. When I chose the clothes for day one that was easy but I need to be able to do the same for clothes the player has chosen.
The clothing system has been a headache but I will work it out.

Yeah, we can change just before leaving the house and before going to sleep at the right hostel (and not at the park). I wanted to wear the clothes I bought in the meantime before meeting Franklyn to try to have another dialog with him.
The only problem I had with the wardrobe was that it rolls up when we select something.
Also having the name of the items on the right when we have the curser of the mouse on them could become useful in the future (like what are the keys I have, to go search for the ones we need and forgot or what type of shoes I'm wearing, like sport shoes if I want to go to the gym, to change beforehand).

Male Romance content is on all paths. It is based on how high your Male Attraction is.

Beauty is just a word I am using and I wwas worried it would be taken the wrong way. The stat system is there so that Male characters need to his a certain level to pass as Women, it increases by Gender stats but also by Makeup.
For both Male and Female characters Makeup is the goal of that bar. I wanted it to be that yu can put on enough and look like a goddess or too much and look like a clown.

Ok, thanks. I just hope it'll versatile since it opens more possibilities than top or bottom only.

Beauty in itself isn't a problem. There's a masculine beauty and a feminine beauty.
What bothered me was that beauty depended on the feminine stat. I can understand it for women and crossdressers/sissies. And that means the more feminine we are, the more beautiful we are. So masculine men are bound to be ugly. And unless a male character is ready to become girly, he will never be attractive and be able to have sex with most of the other characters. Well, that's what the feminity stat means to me.

Characters is still in progress. The Moore's are the only ones present atm. Theres a system in place for unlocking more and you will see that working in the next update.
That page is becoming full very quick however and I am already looking at another way around the problem for less important relationships. But then I am trying to work out who is important.

It wasn't a reproach, just a report in case you forgot.
As for your problem, your should make a general page with links to many categories (family/relatives, close friends, friends, simple acquaintances, profesionals, coworkers, important people...), making each page less filled. Well, something like that.

Don't quote me as I would have to check but I think that "Drive to the Beat" is the only quest that you cannot complete. The other depend on choices. I was messing with the player on that quest. I knew that the player couldn't complete that quest but I wanted the player to have no idea that there car was about to break down and that they could drive Riley home.

I don't mind quests we are unable to complete as long as there's no consequences (positive or negative) in game.

Same issue with all Male actors. It is rare to find them on their own or in a full set. I use a lot of MM galleries as they have Male actors in solo scenes. But like with Rupert in the Female route, he only had one set of images. It is the same for most of them. Cody Cummings is the exception it seems.

I usually have a hard time playing as a female protagonist so I didn't try.
You can do that as long as you don't envisage something sexual with that character.

Those are just my thoughts and what I felt, hoping to help even a little.

Good continuation.

 

[TheFamilyDog]

I change my clothing at the hostel by exiting it, then reentering and going to one's room. Then you get the screen with shower, masturbate, wardrobe, make-up, and leave room as your choices. Then off to the club and say "I spent all that money on make-up for a room full of naked drunk people."

 

[GlitchDoll]

It wasn't a reproach, just a report in case you forgot.

I didn't take it as a reproach and please accept my apologies if I offended or upset you. I am honestly just trying to answer questions here as quickly as I can to get back to writing the game. I have a deadline coming up but I am trying not to ignore questions in the forums.

I understand it's easier to interact with someone you have something in common with. But that doesn't mean something can't happen with a chance encounter. And as it's said, opposites attract.
What I wanted to know was if the paths were exclusive. Like becoming a spy for the journalist if you signed the contract or having a romance with Tom even if you're not into video games or simply having access to the gym even if you're a nerd (because a healthy life can contribute to beauty). The same between 2 dom, 2 sub, 2 crossdressers, 2 sissies...
Because a relationhip is built from the first encounter. So my idea was interacting with who we want without constraint. For example, I'm interested in Tom as an individual even if I chose runner (and more if it's possible).

Sorry, I should have been more clear. I didn't mean this to sound like you can't romance them. I meant that you start further forward on the romance path if you choose their hobby. Or sometimes further back as is the case with female players and Jynx Maze.
If you chose the Gamer Hobby, the staff have a reason to speak with you when you enter the store. They start with an increase on their Like Tracker and you are able to start conversations with them easier.
To do so on the Runner Hobby you need to find a reason to start a conversation with them which I am working on atm. Exmple Jynx will go to the gym and so you can speak with her there.
Characters like Tom are the issue, again I have a Pornstar with such a limited amount of images.

For the fantasizing of Melissa, it's when we are awoken from the nightmare by her and she is changing in blue lingerie : at some point, you have "Imagine her naked" and it increases the relationship but makes her angry (here, as a player, do I want to fantasize and ignore her or do I want to be attentive and help her).

Thank you. There are a few scenes of fantasizing but because we were discussing the intro I was trying to find it there.

I have just changed that scene so that you do not have to imagine her naked and can instead listen to her. I would love to give you the credit for the idea but you are not the only person to complain about not having a choice in that scene.

I have defended it a lot in the past, mostly because some choices have to be made for the player to keep a story advancing. A good writer hides that he/she has done this.

I no longer remember why I wanted the scene to play out that way anymore or why I wanted Melissa to be mad at you.

Ok, that's what I thought but I wanted to ask to be sure.
The gym isn't there for those that didn't chose runner while the "Geeks, Games and Gadgets" shop is available for everyone.

The gym will be ther for all players. The building is still closed until the grand opening but all players will be able to go there. Being trained by Mercedes Carerra is only available to the Runner Hobby.

Speaking of the hobbies, there's a quest for the gym but not for the games shop. And it's strange that you can have the choice of runner with a small body or gamer if you chose athletic. In reality, there are plenty of athletes that play video games or nerds that have a healthy life doing some sport but it seems contradictory for the game.

I once had a fitness tracker on the left hand side of the bar but a player pointed out that a runner could be small and thin. I was already worried about insulting players when I set that overweight players couldn't be runners. I could see that the discussion could easily escalate and become an argument and so I removed the Fitness tracker.

Yeah, we can change just before leaving the house and before going to sleep at the right hostel (and not at the park). I wanted to wear the clothes I bought in the meantime before meeting Franklyn to try to have another dialog with him.

As TheFamilyDog said above, you can exit the room and go back in to change. Most endings in the Hostel end with you having a shower and being allowed to change there before you head back out. I am guessing that you got a negative ending with Kagney or left when you found you were sharing a room with her.

It doesn't change the dialogue with Franklyn. Not because I don't want it to but because I am trying to work out how to make him know what quality your clothes are. I am thinking maybe a star rating on the clothes but I don't know atm.

The only problem I had with the wardrobe was that it rolls up when we select something.

It is refreshing the page every time you select an item of clothing. I am talking with other Dev's about how to work around the issue.

Ok, thanks. I just hope it'll versatile since it opens more possibilities than top or bottom only.

Beauty in itself isn't a problem. There's a masculine beauty and a feminine beauty.
What bothered me was that beauty depended on the feminine stat. I can understand it for women and crossdressers/sissies. And that means the more feminine we are, the more beautiful we are. So masculine men are bound to be ugly. And unless a male character is ready to become girly, he will never be attractive and be able to have sex with most of the other characters. Well, that's what the feminity stat means to me.

It demonstrates that point I made about the word Beauty. The Feminine stat has nothing to do with how Handsome/Beautiful you are. As I said it is not there for the purpose of how attractive the MC is.
If you have noticed, no matter how turned on/off a player is by physical attributes (Casey not liking you being overweight because she is obsessed with Fitness) they all find the player attractive.
I need another word but for the life of me can't think of anything. I was going to go wit makeup but the point of the stat bar is that it is Gender + Makeup = X

As for your problem, your should make a general page with links to many categories (family/relatives, close friends, friends, simple acquaintances, profesionals, coworkers, important people...), making each page less filled. Well, something like that.

The return button is the issue. I need to work out how you get back to the game after you start going through a menu system. You can already max out your stats by jumping in and out of the Stat, Character and Quests page. I have to fix that for the next release.

Those are just my thoughts and what I felt, hoping to help even a little.

It does a lot

 

[Oliz82]

Hello.

I didn't take it as a reproach and please accept my apologies if I offended or upset you. I am honestly just trying to answer questions here as quickly as I can to get back to writing the game. I have a deadline coming up but I am trying not to ignore questions in the forums.

No offense one way or another. I just wanted to apologize because I felt my observation was unnecessary after learning you knew and even had problems with it.

Sorry, I should have been more clear. I didn't mean this to sound like you can't romance them. I meant that you start further forward on the romance path if you choose their hobby. Or sometimes further back as is the case with female players and Jynx Maze.
If you chose the Gamer Hobby, the staff have a reason to speak with you when you enter the store. They start with an increase on their Like Tracker and you are able to start conversations with them easier.
To do so on the Runner Hobby you need to find a reason to start a conversation with them which I am working on atm. Exmple Jynx will go to the gym and so you can speak with her there.
Characters like Tom are the issue, again I have a Pornstar with such a limited amount of images.

That's what I thought but the conversation with Tom felt like "What are you doing here if you're not a geek", not in a bad way but more cold. And I supposed that was meaning relationships are linked to some choices we make. So it's a good thing you cleared things up.
As for Tom, outside finding another similar model, I don't know what to say.

The gym will be ther for all players. The building is still closed until the grand opening but all players will be able to go there. Being trained by Mercedes Carerra is only available to the Runner Hobby.

I think that's a good compromise as long as she can take an interest in us if we start making efforts or another way (thanks to her daughters, when accomplanying Riley or ...).

I once had a fitness tracker on the left hand side of the bar but a player pointed out that a runner could be small and thin. I was already worried about insulting players when I set that overweight players couldn't be runners. I could see that the discussion could easily escalate and become an argument and so I removed the Fitness tracker.

I think the fitness tracker could make sense to increase beauty.
I'm aware of that, but for the game, the body selection felt like the athletic was too athletic to be playing games and the small body was more for someone that don't exercise at all. In reality, boxers or tennis players have small but athletic build and sumo wrestlers have an overweight body with an athletic build too. People can have various hobbies too. And after saying all that, I didn't find a way to solve this, sorry.

As TheFamilyDog said above, you can exit the room and go back in to change. Most endings in the Hostel end with you having a shower and being allowed to change there before you head back out. I am guessing that you got a negative ending with Kagney or left when you found you were sharing a room with her.

It doesn't change the dialogue with Franklyn. Not because I don't want it to but because I am trying to work out how to make him know what quality your clothes are. I am thinking maybe a star rating on the clothes but I don't know atm.

Thanks for the tip. I tried both endings with Kagney but thought it was better to leave her alone either way and didn't come back before going to bed. Also, once the club was open, I didn't want to leave it just to change my clothes (outside an unfortunate event like having wine on my shirt).

It demonstrates that point I made about the word Beauty. The Feminine stat has nothing to do with how Handsome/Beautiful you are. As I said it is not there for the purpose of how attractive the MC is.
If you have noticed, no matter how turned on/off a player is by physical attributes (Casey not liking you being overweight because she is obsessed with Fitness) they all find the player attractive.
I need another word but for the life of me can't think of anything. I was going to go wit makeup but the point of the stat bar is that it is Gender + Makeup = X

"Beauty on the other hand is a little different. This trait is first filled by how feminine you are and then can be added to with makeup or some other procedures.

Going into the red with this statistic means that you are putting on too much makeup and you can soon go from beautiful to ugly if you go overboard."
That's what is written at that start of the game to explain the beauty stat. So what I understood from that is we have to maximize feminity to increase beauty.
Your explaination is indead really clear but the name of the stat is clearly the problem (I thought you could name it attractiveness but i'm not sure) and it could divert players not interested in that.

It does a lot

Then, I'm glad.

Good continuation.

 

[Darklord1234]

I wanted to play a dominant male character. I feel like the game fought me on that every step of the way. Was not fun.

 

[DD0]

I wanted to play a dominant male character. I feel like the game fought me on that every step of the way. Was not fun.

I feel ya brotha. Im gonna give it another go or two, try some different decisions. Like, for example, I got kicked out of the drug trials for reading the contract because I know this game has gay and sissy shit and was afraid that would be a transformation route. I'll sign on this next go around and hope it doesnt turn into some tfgamesite shit. But acting like a regular ass man got me jack but seeing a bunch of other dudes fuck the possible LIs. Best I got was licking some bimbo pussy but that got interrupted. Frustratingly, if you ignore the bimbo a different dude gets his rocks off with her. It's like you can't act like a legit man and get laid.

Edit: So yeah. It's definitely all about watching others get theirs. Even when you get some, it's a prelude to other dudes swooping in. There's no real "dominance." Maybe that happens in future updates but I'm not likely to come back to this. Having said that, while the game is definitely not for me, I'll wish the dev well and note that he should be VERY CLEAR about what is actually happening on these so-called "multiple paths."

 

[ZackAttack0208]

I wanted to play a dominant male character. I feel like the game fought me on that every step of the way. Was not fun.

i knew something was wrong,there is no straight "dominance" in the game, was not very fun

 

[Terakahn]

Found it weird that they made a real porn game with still images instead of animated gifs/videos.

 

[Koyuki_Shiina]

This one actually pretty good.
I hope dev finish it and not abandon it

 

[Space_Cow99]

Boring game ends shortly...hah I don't get why the game fails where she tries find work and fails at so many quests. Is there way that female character can trade her car for scooter? food delivery driver?

 

[TheFamilyDog]

Boring game ends shortly...hah I don't get why the game fails where she tries find work and fails at so many quests. Is there way that female character can trade her car for scooter? food delivery driver?

So you're asking why our MP isn't treating the hurdles in their life like speed bumps instead of major challenges with his/her best friend and secret crush being the only bright spot in their life. Maybe because there are some times in one's life when there are no easy fixes no matter what the billionaires tell you.

"You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering." ~ Ernest Hemingway.

 

[Skyor One-Eye]

Hoping there can be a basic Walkthrough/outline of what Characters and Storylines play to what Path's right now it's a guessing game. Personally, I'm interested in where the Band story is going to go and what characters incorporate pet play.

 

[f96zonetrooper]

I just started with the game and tried a straight male mc with some fetishes until I reached end-of-content, then started a new game with lesbian female mc.

Technically this game shows a very high quality.

However I soon encountered some "problems" with the story :
- As the straight male mc I had a dream where the mc is suddenly a submissive female and has to suck the cock of another male. Since the mc is still a male, this scene is gay. I rejected the dream but later when I choose the hostel, I got a shemale (trap) as room mate and there were more opportunities to have gay sex. If gay (MM) content is a main theme, please indicate it in the genre and add the tag. I would prefer to have non-gay paths for the featured fetishes.
- As a lesbian female mc I had an unpleasant encounter with Mr. Moore in the shower. Later I got the same dream as above where she got to suck a cock. When Mr Moore later picked her up and touched her, the lesbian female mc got aroused and felt attached to Mr Moore. Her female friend Melissa seems to be focused on males. Her conversation in the cafe hints that she wants to give a BBC (big black cock) party for her girl friends. In the hostel is a black male (BBC) as room mate. If the player can choose a lesbian mc, please don't overwrite it with the next automatic events and offer enough lesbian events.

I am mostly interested in games where the male/female mc can sexually interact with females, so I usually play straight males and lesbian females. I don't mind femdom, bdsm and other fetishes, but I am not a fan of other cocks. If this is just another TF game where the male/female mc is turned to suck cocks, please add a warning in the OP.

Please consider that players have different tastes and there are different combinations for sexual interests :
male mc : F, F+M (bi), M (gay)
female mc : M, M+F (bi), F (lesbian)
Add TS partners and it gets even more complex.
Even if a male mc is transformed into a female body, the player may still be sexually focused on female partners.

Since there is no mind control tag, the player should be able to fully control the mc's sexual orientation. If the sexual orientation is determined at start of the game, (e.g. by checking preferences for M, F, TS each) the game could offer variations of scenes to better suit the player's taste, e.g. the dream sequence could come in variations where the mc services a male or female character depending on sexual orientation. Otherwise the player may spend a lot of time rejecting sexual events for other sexual orientations instead of experiencing an interesting story.

 

[f96zonetrooper]

It takes a while to go through all the options at game start. You put a lot of effort into this.


sex : male, female
education : A+, C, F
trait : gamer, runner
path : Bondage, Service, CrossDress (only male), Punishment, PetPlay
trait : Dominant, Submissive, Sissy (only male), Gender sure (only male CD), Gender question (only male CD)

porn :
Vanilla : all
Lesbian : all except Sissy
Cum Eating : Sissy
Anal : Male
Pegging/Strapon : Female Dominant
Bondage : Bondage Path (Quest)
Service : Service Path (Quest)
Gangbang : Male Gender Sure, Female Submissive
Masturbation : Male Gender Question
Punishment : Punishment Path (Quest)
PetPlay : PetPlay Path (Quest)
Sissy Hypno : Sissy

Since the player can only choose one porn, a female mc for example has to choose between Lesbian on one side and her path (Bondage, Service, Punishment, PetPlay) including Path Quest on the other side. Or between Lesbian and Pegging/Strapon. Female mcs cannot choose Anal or Cum Eating or Masturbation.
While Lesbian (or Bisexuality) is a sexual orientation, the other porn options like Bondage or Punishment are rather kinks. Only for bisexual persons it probably doesn't matter if they have sex with males or females or both.

A male mc with Sissy trait cannot pick Lesbian, so he seems to be railroaded towards bisexual / gay content. Sissy also cannot take Masturbation.
For (non-gay) submissive male mcs the Anal porn is probably better labeled Pegging.

When choosing the submissive punishment path, the shown punishment porn is always maledom, not femdom or lezdom.
Shown Anal porn for male mc is always male fucking female, even for submissive or sissy males.

To better respect sexual orientation and sub/dom selection, the porn selection should e.g. differentiate between maledom, femdom and lezdom.

Submission and Dominance in real life are actually not exclusive, they are more like different roles that can be played depending on circumstances and kinks. Otherwise it would not be possible to have Switches. So having only one stat for Submission and Dominance is a strong simplification.