Have to say the Hailey route broke my immersion a bit. The other LI progressions felt quite organic according to their individual personalities combined with the MC choices of where his head was currently at/what he was currently comfortable with - the option of turning down Sarah the first time as an example.
Hailey just felt...rushed? Fine as far as other VNs typically treat this kind of thing, but it felt out of place in TMP largely because of how realistically everything else is portrayed. But in this case you have not only the MC's baggage but a large amount on Hailey's end as well; the kind you can't just flip a switch or make a choice to get over. Plus the enormous age gap and maturity disparity - Hailey is extremely mature in some aspects, but is certainly portrayed as having a giggly little girl side in a number of scenes as well.
The baggage of both combined with the age disparity made the "long evening" feel out of place to me as extremely rushed and frankly exploitative. A lot more communication to work out those issues together, followed by a slow burn progression to build trust feels like the only realistic path for someone like Hailey. Might be alone in thinking that, but my 2 cents.
Hailey just felt...rushed? Fine as far as other VNs typically treat this kind of thing, but it felt out of place in TMP largely because of how realistically everything else is portrayed. But in this case you have not only the MC's baggage but a large amount on Hailey's end as well; the kind you can't just flip a switch or make a choice to get over. Plus the enormous age gap and maturity disparity - Hailey is extremely mature in some aspects, but is certainly portrayed as having a giggly little girl side in a number of scenes as well.
The baggage of both combined with the age disparity made the "long evening" feel out of place to me as extremely rushed and frankly exploitative. A lot more communication to work out those issues together, followed by a slow burn progression to build trust feels like the only realistic path for someone like Hailey. Might be alone in thinking that, but my 2 cents.
Not alone. Hailey doesn't fit the MC. And her roommate makes it worse.
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Chapter 4 - Progress update #12
Today's mood render unfortunately had to be slightly censored. For those who aren't already there, I also post all my mood renders on Discord. If you want an uncompressed version, since Discord compresses them slightly, just message me.
Label 4 is finished, and now it’s time to start on the longest label. Since Lisa entered the scene, the rendering time has spiked by 10 minutes per image. She's just that classy. The Label 2 bar will not be filled for another two to two and a half weeks, so progress will feel slow for the remainder of Chapter 4's development. I finished the music completely, including that for the remaining Label 2 and 3, so at least that’s finally out of the way.
I also finished the script for Chapter 5 because Chapter 4 sets up in certain places for the next chapter, so I had to make sure everything fit together. I also searched for and purchased everything for Chapter 5 (smaller items always pop up when I start working on a chapter, so it's "nearly" everything).
One slightly bad piece of news I received at the end of last week was a call from my local tax office. I had hoped to avoid this, but I was forced to create a small business to develop this game. The most annoying part is not setting everything up, but rather the mandatory work I now must do on the side: quarterly income reports and specific bookkeeping for all income and spending. I have some time to finish this, so it won't affect the development time for this chapter. However, it will take two to three weeks away from the next chapter.
I'm suffering through this so you can play the game, so maybe leave a nice comment.
That's it for this time. Until next week.
Dessolos
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I can't tell but is that a nose boop NTR I see .... first I get headpat NTR from another game and now maybe nose boop NTR!
BobTheDuck
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Please remember that these two are related, therefore it's a non-sexual noseboop. If all noseboops were sexual, this would also nerf the game for other reasons.
It also can't be noseboop NTR as neither of these are LI's or have any sexual activity with the MC.
Dessolos
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here is the thing about nose boops and headpats .... I want to be one to do all the boops and pats no matter the relationship status. Just think of me as a headpat and nose boop slut
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For a family whose parents are obsessed with wealth, fame, and status, it is quite strange that they would send John to a public school where he would have the chance to meet Ella and Ben
Thats kinda depending on the country, it may be like that in the usa and parts of europe (like france) but not in the most parts of europe (germany and so on) where this really only happens at university if at all.
No clue how its in other parts of the world
Wouldn't want you to live with that uncertainty, would I?
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BobTheDuck
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I get that, but neither of them are LI's (and per this forum's rules, one cannot be) so there can be no claim of NTR, because these are non-sexual screenshots.
Interpretation otherwise is at your own discretion, of course.
....and ALL the boops? No waifu to boop you? What if jPk wrote all future headpats and boops to be done TO the MC?
Dessolos
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lol I know it's my way to fuck / joke around when i see a nose boop or headpat by someone else
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My God, the render quality is improving! This game development always surprise me.
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Can anyone help me better understand the last part of chapter 3? I don't know if I missed something or if it's because my main language is Spanish and I didn't understand it well, but I understood that Lisa's mother wants to know the MC's weakness and for what purpose?
Charlotte wants to know the weakness of John's father, who kicked John out of the house, didn't give him a single dime, yet went on to invest $10 million non-refundable into the company belonging to John and Ben. What does John know that Charlotte doesn't, and she is desperate to find out.
The girl who was with Charlotte in the MC's mother's office, is she the same girl he was going on a date with in the prologue?