So I've now played around on this current patch and I think you may still be making a good deal too little money from dances. I went through a couple of pregnancies (I think like 4?) and focusing on min-maxing milk production I'm already at $1414 per click but dancing even when confident roughly $800. Which is good money don't get me wrong and I LOVE the little icons you've added they help so much... but I can just mindlessly spam click milk yourself and get more money with less effort and thought.
That being said, it feels a lot more... "fair" this time around. I'm not sure the numbers need to be tweaked much and I'm not sure how many people are maximising things like me. I'm mostly doing it now for stress testing purposes I guess.
Also should eneregy drinks scale in price? I can buy an infinite amount for $15 and I make way more than that either dancing or getting milked so I can just extend the day for as long as I want with no trouble. The Extend drink still works as expected and scales.
Out of curiosity, are you adjusting your dance prices in the lounge at all? I think milking will be the highest form of income since that's the only thing you can really buff, for now, so it's natural after putting in a lot of money it comes out on top. I think I may make it so that you can only milk when at or near capacity then add a buff you can buy like perfume or something that'll make it so you make 2x from dances. I don't want to limit playstyles so it's tough deciding to scale something back like that.
I'm glad you like the icons, I was iffy on them but seems like I may keep them in after all.
For the energy drinks, I could limit them to like three a day (it would be realistic after all since your heart would explode after drinking 20... plus I don't think you're supposed to drink those while pregnant). You've definitely given me a lot to think about and your feedback has been greatly appreciated!
Right I've done some quick testing... and yeah if you've got good confidence and a max size belly you can charge a lot. The feature that lets you get slightly less but still a major amount is nice in some ways and annoying in others.
So two things I guess. First, there needs to be a more clear way to set dance prices or see what your dance price is because I had to go looking, and even when I found it I wasn't sure it was a thing you "should" do because of the "admin console" in another similar menu.
Secondly, I have no idea when the optimum time is to up my prices or what a good price actually is. This goes back to what I was saying about the milking being efficient and painless. You just get large amounts of capacity and production then click the button. You don't need to think too hard about it. Just push the button, or push it when you have a milk icon if you want to be a bit more efficient about it but that's all the decision making you need.
Doing the dances well requires "balancing a few plates" and there will be resistance to that. My current recomendation? Find some way to give people a pricing chart either based on belly size or how many kids you are having. Perhaps integrate it into the social system where you can ask other dancers what there pay per dance is to get some idea of what you should be charging.
Though also note. I have no idea how the dance prices are meant to work anymore. I set my price to 20,000 which seemed like a decent amount... but I actually get a differing number in the millions. (One dance got me about 2.8, but another just got me like 4.2) So... not sure how that's working. Like at all.