@UncleVT, I know... right!
Enough to send ripples of excited pleasure through you as you think about it... LOL
As you can see, I thought about it, even tried it in a few of those areas... but the results never matched close enough to what I saw in my head... oh, but if I could, if I could.... Mmmmmm!!!
I agree.
I am and have been a big collector (Otaku) of Japanese VN's since... man, the mid 90's and was always captivated by stories that were done by KEY (Clannad, Kanon, AIR, D.A. Cappo, etc...) complex adult storytelling that evoked emotion... quite unlike the "Leisure Suit Larry" adult "fluff" game attempts by others outside of Japan.
I knew that if I was ever to do games of my own, with my own stories, that I wanted them to be complex and meaningful stories that would capture people's imaginations, hearts and leave them wanting more... an adult game, with an adult story that didn't make a mockery of adult's intelligence.
As for adding additional images, man... I am already stretched pretty thin and my "graphic arts" ability in Photoshop is rather limited... as I said, I am more of a writer than I am an artist... and while I may've built 3D Websites for other artists, it was so that I could gather potential talent to help me in my storytelling abilities and save me from trying to do "graphic art"...
...still finding artists willing to work on adult projects other than their own, is difficult and really haven't made the sort of capital that I'd like yet to pay someone for those efforts yet (I don't like people to work for free...).
One of the reasons why we are hoping to add an artist to our staff.
When I mentioned Twilight and 50 Shade of Grey, I was more referring to the juvenile writing and storytelling of the authors... one was filled with whinny angst throughout the entire series and the other was mush-ridden drivel about a Dom/Sub relationship written by an individual who obviously had zero clue about the actual lifestyle... I tried to read it to find out what the hype was all about and couldn't stomach the poor writing ability of the author past the first or second chapter before setting the book down in disgust and revulsion.
Will there be romance in Wicked Choices... yes, I think there already is, between Lynara and Carina... how that relationship, of course is going to depend entirely on the players though... it will be there if desired, but other routes will also be available, as well.
Will it be sticky sweet, angst-ridden filth that sours one stomach and makes you want to club the characters face in with a meat tenderizer? No, hopefully not... but this game will be about forging complex, adult, relationships and maintaining them to achieve your goals.