The big issue this dev keeps making with respect to the storyline is that they feel it's important that a character can't be missing from the game for too long before they need to make an appearance. So every update feels like this laundry list of speaking to x/y/z to get their one line in and by the time we get to some kind of story progression the update is over because so much time was spent "making the rounds" on all the other girls.
The number of women is on the ridiculous side but it actually wouldn't be a problem if the dev from the beginning went with the formula:
meet new girl > setup plot point to help/woo girl > resolve plot > relegate girl to backlog/collection > move onto next girl
This gives the freedom to have a meaningful interaction with each new person but then when that's done, move on and have them make cameo appearances for big harem orgies or if it makes sense to have them appear within another girl's plot for some reason. Just don't waste time having 30 women show their face just to effectively say "hi, I'm still here" or get stuck on making new sex scenes for girls we've already had many for unless you intend something significant to come out of it i.e. pregnancy.
Don't throw too many new women at once too. The introduction of that color coded group of girls during an already overburdened scene of new girls, it just gets boring.
Other devs who only have 5 or 6 women total can get away with dedicating every update to cover everyone in some way but when you have 50+ it's just not feasible without harming the narrative.
Also there is a fine line you have to walk along to avoid a harem turning "cringe" and for me that line was crossed when they had all the girls in bikini's lined up in a row and bent over just for the MC to enjoy. It takes a lot for me to feel embarrassed? in a virtual scene in a game...but that's how I felt when that happened.
Totally agree with everything here. It's too much in too little time. I mean, BD had to redo his entire game just to stretch it out into a week(s) and not a couple days because you're quite literally overrun with pussy in like 3 days.
I may get crucified for this, and I understand it's way harder to do, but I feel like if this were more of a sandbox (or partial sandbox) type game, where you can pursue most of the girls you choose at your own pace, this game would be way more manageable with the amount of love interests currently available, the stories for each of the characters would stand better on their own, and there wouldn't have to be a redo of the first week. Maybe keep Shauna and Jaime tied to a story line, and have everyone else as an option. That would be real freedom to have meaningful interactions with who you want. Otherwise, it's introduce new girl, spoon feed the player dialogue, girl falls for MC, they bang, then we never hear from them again until -like you said- they pop up again to say "I'm still here!" There were several updates, where I just skipped some of the dialogue completely because I was supposed to be on my way to one girl, got stopped by another, pulled off in another direction, and I just didn't care.
There's just too many girls to keep track of and I don't necessarily care about 1/3 of them. Either cut down on the harem, or just give us the smut, because the story for each character is way too thin now. And throwing in the whole "Stud for hire" side plot was ridiculous. I literally don't remember the names/faces of half the girls, so how am I supposed to care about them? Or their story? Or the overall narrative when there are 6 different plot points pulling me in 6 different directions?
Looking back it's kind of sad/funny to me, when I used to come into this thread, everyone was excited about their favorite girl, discussing plotlines, and working theories. It was one of the more positive game threads on this site. People loved this game and the dev. Over time it's slowly devolved into...this. BD wasted a lot of well earned goodwill. I don't claim to know what's going on with the dev, or what would work better for him workflow wise, but as it is now, he's going to need a miracle comeback to save the integrity of this game.