HTML - Completed - The Time of Cherries [Build 17] [obsessionau]

The sort of game i generally like. Well made. Mostly good interface. You unlock softcore photos of various models you recruit. There's some relationship buiding there and you get a couple of minor sex events (hardcore) with at least some of them. You can upgrade stuff to be able to have more models and make more money. And so it goes. I think the potential is great, when (or if) the mid to late game systems get more fleshed out.

Lots of content, I wouldn't recomment adding a mod with more girls initially, you'll just be drowning in girls and the interface kind of breaks down once you pass the 15-20 mark and the whole who's who just became soup in my brain.

The game is grindy, but in the right way. That is to say, the grind generally involves unlocking more photos so there's a reward element the whole way. That being said, it gets very monotonous after a while. There's also a point where you can't progress until the game hands you enough contracts for someone. This goes back to the "once you have too many models" thing. And then you just have to wait for the RNG, which sucks.

I personally hated the card game. Just frustrating (more RNG) at times. I also didn't enjoy the modeling competition thing. Checking whatever the fuck generic agent #4's criteria is requires moving to a different screen (unless you actually remember them).. Just show it on the same screen, or something, geez.

So, this is a sandbox with a lot of girls, and the ability to mod and add more. In those circumstances, I understand it can be hard to have a tight feeling of story, pace, gameplay but...

this just kind of has *no* feeling of any of those.

It is just click through and get softcore porn of whichever model the game happens to throw at you. I see a lot of positive reviews so, maybe it opens up to something better later on. But I couldn't get excited at all to get through the early game.

Good implementation, but not much gameplay.

A small, cute game.
Many real girls, photos are good.
Easy to play.

On the other hand, there is very little gameplay involved.
Click same things over and over, check out new photos, then keep clicking...
There are some events, but they are really generic.

I'd say its at most - 5/10.
Overall, it is not much more than a gallery. Cannot really compare it to any good games out there.

(Game is in 'Build 17' during this review)

Brilliant light management game based on running a photography studio. The UI is very polished and well presented, game is modular and updated with mod support. Very easy to add content.

Recommended *****

Good game, would be excellent with some corruption elements that would be so easy to do. Really hoping for a version two! Or perhaps some user could bring this dream of mine to reality. Here is to hoping !

The Time of Cherries [Build 17] [obsessionau]
There's not much to say. The player will have to choose an ending, hire girls and take pictures and improve their studio.
Very repetitive, but a repetitive that works at least initially, it takes some time to start boring.
The hired girls will have events, but the events are all identical, copycat events, so I don't recommend the game.

build 17

it's an alright game. not making any waves but entertaining enough to justify playing.

the no sexual content tag this site currently has is, as per usual with tags on this site recently, total bullhooks as after 15mins play i was watching a girl get boned. a dick going in and out of a pussy is considered sex on all other game feeds, odd the feed holder considers it not

it is still pretty buggy as i had errors galore and without a password to debug, makes this a bit tedious. i even triggered part 2 before part 1 by some days with regards to the storyline quest.
also, buying upgrades does seem to do little as moving is supposed to lower stress, yet the next day stress was back up again and i was failing shoots due to stress when it was lower than when i had previously succeeded. no idea why

otherwise it is a pretty solid game management wise and a couple of the endings seem doable while we wait for bugs to get crushed

worth a go to see if it draws you in

A decent story, good game mechanics, and (importantly) lots, and lots of sexy imagery. A very solid effort, for mine.

Particularly liked: The dinner guest game: Attention to detail (e.g. for the model contests, what each judge would be looking for): The progression of career/home as you advanced.

A bit lacking: Would benefit from more random images thrown in (more gifs would be nice): Not being able to get a large image of a photo straight after it was taken was disappointing: Once a model is a concubine, I felt I should've been able to click on her image to access some sexy options.

Definitely one worth playing several times. I look forward to delving into it again!

It's a lot of fun to manage a selection of characters slowly unlocking more and more of their pictures. There isn't any direct sex, but the pictures are plenty on their own. It's cool that there are a few different endings to go for, although the women ending is substantially grindier than all the others. If you're playing for the first time definitely go for one of the other endings.

An HTML game where you collect photos of girls and grind your way through a tree of upgrades, trying to collect all the photos, get all the upgrades, and meet the victory conditions you selected based on your goal (wealth or women or defeating your nemesis, etc.) It's okay and I like the photo collection aspect, but couldn't figure out some mechanics of the game (how do you lower stress? how the hell do I close this minigame I accidentally opened) and found occasional data issues like a girl being described as having black hair when the photos are clearly a redhead. Might be a randomized thing. Anyway the gameplay is mainly just clicking over and over to have a photoshoot with a model and getting awarded a random handful of photos. It gets kind of repetitive.

The game is pretty good and relaxing. Passes the time while not being overly difficult. Not much of a story tbh. Basically, you just try to bring down your nemesis, using a confusing card game. A lot of the card game appears to be luck of the draw as well. Even when you figure the card game out you are still reliant on your luck of getting a matching card to win. What I don't like about the game is it doesn't reward you for getting to the finishing area. The whole idea for a company, even a soft porn company that just deals in pictures and solo girls, is growth. The game kind of destroys itself later game by minimizing your growth. The max number of girls you can have is 30. If you play by luck of the draw, then you'll lose and gain girls as you play. I played by spamming that save button and repeating my draws till they were decent and in my favor. This maximized my chances of getting all cards for each girl and allowed me to get all girls, if I so chose, in one play-through. I'd just have to let the girls I was finished with, get stressed enough to leave. But here's the big problem, You yourself have a stress meter, and that number goes up with every girl you got. Stress makes your pictures worse and ultimately means your making less profit. And there are precious few ways to get stress down in the game without paying an arm and a leg to do it. Ex. concubines help with your stress level but they also cost 1000 dollars each week to maintain. That adds up the more you have. So realistically the game is defeating itself the farther you play by capping the girls, having a stress meter, and having no way to expand or grow your company past a certain point. Even having just a dozen girls can be infuriating to manage. I don't know how anyone could manage 30 without saving constantly. It would be a great game if say after you bought your mansion, your stress level went down completely and once you bought the best photo studio you could get as many girls as you want. Instead, the game doesn't even reward you for buying a mansion other than a small stress reduction, and the best studio in the game only adds a few girls and a small profit bonus. The maker of the game had a great opportunity here and fell short in my opinion. He even could have done it so we could buy multiple mansions or studios to allow for us to keep expanding if he wanted to keep the stress meter a thing. But instead, the game basically forces you to restart the game after so often to get every girl possible. And with all the girls with the base game, plus modded-in girls from Plonkers, the game is just too long with no end in sight when you consider having to replay it over and over again Hoping you get new girls each time. All that being said I enjoyed my first play through and I loved the High-quality images. I guess when it comes down to it I'd prefer High-quality images over shitty animations and gifs any day of the week. Anyways as always, thank You developer for your time and effort on this pretty good game.

a nice relaxing card collector with some gorgeous models you dont see in other real porn games the main focus seems to be on non-hardcore content so if youre not into that this is probably not for you although hardcore porn stuff can be modded

main gameplay loop is fairly simple and plays like a management game i love trying to collect all of the cards although im not a fan of the minigame as its pretty confusing

story is ok but i dont really play these sort of games for the story

there is an achievement system for completeing card collections which persists with repeat playthroughs which is great for completionists like me

completing collections isnt too grindy but theres some rng involved which can be lower via upgrades

lastly while the game has a ton of models already the game supports modding for extra models and events including hardcore porn theres a modpack that nearly doubles the number of models with tons of events already

Easily understandable and straightforward gameplay, if a bit grindy at times to manage your RNG, but i don't think that's a minus, it just prolongs the longevity of the game. It would work great as a mobile game you play in shorter bursts and then put down to play again another day as the actions you are making are repetitive yet with enough enjoyable unlocks to keep on going until the end.

The Story or what there is of it, is basically the usual rags to riches story with a lot of sexy photos put in.

Personally i enjoyed my time with this game and would easily recommend it to others.

It's good. I like it. The basic loop is done, the goals are set. Lacks random events, though. Feels a bit grindy without them. Also lacks a bit endgame. Or explanations, perhaps. I can build Mansion and Manor but why do I have to do it?

The mechanics are fresh and the images are of high quality and sexy. There are some bugs but nothing game breaking and the dev has a list of them.

I'm looking forward to more individuality for the girls (individual / unique events, events with more impact, (side-)quests).

It feel like a bit of a tech demo, its very solid and has good UI but there are too many girls and nothing much to differentiate them by. Its gets very stale very quickly and lacks any kind of engagement with the girls.

The dev quotes photographers lives as an inspiration but that game is story first, the modelling part is a minor distraction to the main game.

There are ton of games on here that fail as they might have a good premise or great art but miss out the bit where its supposed to be an enjoyable game.

Very interesting topic and a promising implementation.
The short story elements with choices have potential, but I hope that choices will have more far-reaching consequences. Especially when it comes to the topic of "yes sexual content". Here I would also be happy if the initial gender number were also taken into account.

Where I see potential for improvement:
Shorten the grind a bit. I often have the feeling that I have a much higher error rate in the pictures of certain girls with increasingly better equipment. That costs time and money.

Better preview of the models when holding an audition to be able to specifically fill in gaps. For example, body measurements should definitely be given, but you have to get to know the character first.

Option for interviews/gifts to be able to specifically poach models from other agencies.

Better interaction with the employees, for example to be able to set certain criteria for an audition.

I give it 4 stars because despite the advertised "non-sexual content", the game has kept me glued to the screen for some time, but there is still room for improvement.
The game definitely remains on my watch list.