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Sharing my thoughts after a few hours with the new Nightclub mode:

Conceptually I think it is great and the gameplay is pretty solid as well.  The mode makes the game feel way more unique instead of the FNAF spinoff that it was before.  The gameplay is also pretty solid, there is a enough layers to assigning the girls out that keeps it engaging; needing to manage their lust meters, assigning the right girls for the tips, trying not to have too many blue guests go off at once stalling you out etc.  I can definitely see even more depth added to this system which is great.

Visually things are a little rough, the new outfits for the girls are great but the animations feel a little stiff to me.  Not to mention the clipping through the girls vaginas when they jump you.  The lighting feels a little flat as well and some of the visual elements in the actual admin room are pretty bland.  But I expect all of that to improve over time, the focus I'm sure was on getting the gameplay down pat which I think you guys have done a pretty good job on.

My one major critique is the roam bot.  The bot moves way to god damn slow and rotates even slower.  Heaven forbid you turn the wrong way when trying to find the trash can girl or go to the wrong room as you will waste an insane amount of time.  There should be punishment for going the wrong way for sure but it feels waaaay to punishing at this time.  Even when you choose right it still feels like it takes way to long to get where you need to go.

Also I feel the whole door mechanic either needs a better explanation or needs a better tell on which side and when the girls are going to jump you.  As far as I could figure out the girls will first appear on the sofa's outside of your office on either side and when they show up there they will then jump you if you don't close the right door on time.  However I swear I've been jumped without them showing up on either sofa, if that even is the signal.  It's entirely possible I just don't understand how this mechanic works exactly but I can never exactly pinpoint when the girls are going to show up and when to shut the door.  I think I figured out what was happening, the girls can sit very close to the door making them hard to see if you are just quickly jumping from camera to camera.  You have to pan down a bit to see them if they're sitting there.  Still don't know if there is a clear way to tell when they will appear so you're left jumping back and forth between the cameras.  Might be fine as is would need to play more with this discovery.

The above issue leads into my next one which is that it is way to easy to get snowballed if even one girl gets into your room.  I do want to say that I absolutely LOVE that the girls jumping you is a punishment and not a game over and don't want that going away.  However currently it feels like if you mess up and a single girl gets in get ready to have every single one of the lining up to run a train on you.  I'm not 100% on how to stop this effect other than putting a cap on how full the other girls meters can get while you are getting jumped.

Lastly on some of the later nights it feels like the influx of customers does not keep up with the girls lust gain rate.  I'm currently on night 8 and finding that I am running out of customers and having to wait for pretty lengthy periods before more show up making it very difficult to keep all the girls from wanting to get in your loins.  While I found this was true on later nights I was usually able to manage it so only one girl would max their meter so it wasn't terrible.  Actually I do kind of like it this way as it does force you to interact with the door mechanic.

Oh also I don't know if I just can't find the settings but the girls feel a little quiet to me, turning them up a smidge would be nice.  I can barely hear what they say which is a shame cause some of the voice lines I've heard are funny.

Overall I would say the update is a 6/10, I think the direction you guys have is excellent and is definitely where you should take the game.  Gameplay has its issues currently but a lot of that I think is easy fixes (improving the bot would easily bump my score up to a 7/10).  Visuals is something that I think definitely needs improved on but that will come with time so I'm also not worried about that either.  Adding on that I got through the ending and I must say I am quite curious as to what exactly is going on with the girls.  Seeing it explored more in future updates is something I look forward too.