[Important] Overhauling the story (and the MC) (Patreon)
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Hey everyone,
I've been listening to your reviews and opinions, and I've decided to make some big changes to the game.
Recently, I played through the beginning part of the game while sober, and it opened my eyes. Especially the scene where the MC meets the queen for the first time, she slaps him and then immediately starts fucking him. It felt REALLY jarring. I get that this is a "porn game" at the end of the day, but come on... I understand now why some people were turned off by that.
After going through a bunch of negative reviews and replies on F95 and other sites, I've grouped most of the criticism into three main issues:
The MC is apathetic and bland. (This one showed up the most.)
Lack of character development. Sex scenes often happen right after meeting a character.
Pacing problems.
I’ll be addressing these in the next update by adding more in between scenes to help with pacing. I doubt it'll ever be truly fixed, because I personally prefer when events move quickly (blame my fried brain for that), but it should be a noticeable improvement.
Characters will be introduced earlier and given more time to interact with MC so players can get to know them, maybe even help them with something before the sex happens. For example, I've already moved the queen's sex scene much later in the story, after the MC has done some favors for her.
As for the MC, my original intention was to make him a blank canvas so players could easily self insert. I guess I went too far. Recently, I played yakuza 7 (amazing game btw you should check it out) and loved the energy that Ichiban has, so I want to give the MC a bit of that liveliness going forward.
Regarding new content in the next update, I'm not entirely sure yet, we'll see. I'll also do my best not to fuck around with variables so players who don't want to start a newgame can continue from where they left off at the end of update 0.3.1.
Existing scenes will have updated dialogue to better match the new tone of the game. Others will stay the same, and a few might be removed entirely.
Any opinions or suggestions is highly appreciated. :D