Actually 0.4 was originally scheduled for release in mid-September, 2020. It was then postponed to October, then to November, then to December, and we're now told to expect it in mid-to-late January. It now being mid-January, and no update being in evidence, I would say that late January is the soonest it will arrive. We'll have to wait and see whether late January brings an update or another postponement.
let's give him another six months
I'm not sure what this is supposed to mean, but I think you're trying to say that it's best not to give any money until a complete version of the game is released. Assuming that this is what you meant, I'll go ahead and point out that most adult games would never be completed if everyone thought that way, since most of the adult games we find here on F95 Zone and similar sites need financial support for development to continue. These aren't AAA games from major studios. It's usually one or two people working development on their days off from their regular job, and if they don't get enough support to pay the actual costs of development, or to pay for their time, then they might as well be playing games that someone else developed.
Based on what we can see of her so far, Kendra's likely to be the biggest source of NTR content for the main character, so while she's not going to be antagonistic in a supervillain way, later interactions with her will probably be quite tension-filled.
It's been a while, but the dev has said that the game will eventually branch into two paths, a hard NTR path (her preferred/canonical option) and a softer path with some NTR content. Of course this is all predicated on the game ever getting that far in development, so take it for what it's worth.
She's also likely to be the only source of forced content in the game, if such content is actually planned. It's been hinted at several times, but the only appearance of forced content in the game, so far, is in the context of a mutual fantasy between Mia and the MC during phone sex. If such content does appear in the game, that would also cast Kendra in an antagonistic light, though still not necessarily in a truly villainous light.
As you point out, it's a question of whether or not the game ever reaches that point in development, but what Alishia actually told us was that all possible NTR points will be obtained within the intro and first several in-game days of the story, though she didn't specify exactly how many in-game days. It might be the first week, or the first week plus a few days. After that, she states that the player's NTR score will be locked, and the player will be on either the full NTR path or the light NTR path.
Based on the jail scene (and the package she sends on the NTR path) I can't really read Kendra as anything but a villain, but YMMV. Depending on how it played out, the Red Room program managers might also take the part of antagonists in some situations, but probably not in the NTR sense.
Yeah, scores for the early game as a pipeline into distinct paths further on. We'll see how it plays out if/when it ever gets there.
Perhaps, but I'm inclined to think that Kendra's role will be that of an antagonistic rival, both in the Red Room competition, and in romantic/sexual relationships. So, certainly not a sympathetic character, but I'm not convinced that the authors mean for us to see her as evil or to be cheering for her downfall. I think that she's mostly supposed to be a foil to the MC, and the initial instigator and primary delivery system for the NTR content, and that she and the MC will eventually resolve into a love/hate relationship of sorts. But I guess we'll have to wait and see, if we get the chance.
That's an interesting idea. I don't know that "harsh taskmasters" could equate to antagonists, but if they were to try to tilt things in Kendra's favor, that would make them antagonists. I really hadn't considered them in an antagonistic role.
