The gallery is needed asap because of how many scenes and paths there are but also include repeatable scenes. Possibly making sex scenes animated and changing the border from a polaroid to a film strip. Taking photos of Anna for Starmaker would stay as they are but having sex with her and other characters would have maybe something like a loop animation.
When you finish a playthrough and start another, you could have an option to choose how you want to play:
- Normal playthrough (no changes)
- Guided playthrough (you now see how the dialogue options with Anna affect her) < having the Anna icons that normally indicate changes in the dialogue boxes
- Most likely a supporter option or after unlocking a certain percentage of the gallery - Cheats (start with max money / option on the PC to add a certain amount of money / Mario and work gives a lot more, set encounters, skip days without sleeping, [if the cafe minigame stays] Speed up time / add coins and health
A change to make taking photos more 'interactive', something like adding a camera overlay where you can move to a point of Anna to give a specific photo instead of just giving a random one every time.
Navigation system could be a little better. Personally I'm not a fan of VNs having a bar with places to move around. Map system feels a bit counter-intuitive. I don't understand why I need to go back to the map to move to a different location in the same area, for example going from Chloe's mansion to Gabriel. I think it would be better to have the ability to move from one place to another in the same area or just have the places separated with some just being locked at the start until you unlock them via quest lines.
Also with the change to saving a nice option would be something like the RenPy VNs use where you get a lot of save slots and not limiting a playthrough to one save file like it is now in version 1.3B so you can load the save and not have to restart the game to complete a different path. Sleeping could also act as an autosave incase something happens like a crash where you would lose a lot of progress because you didn't save in a while.
Last thing, I know a lot of other people mentioned this already but more paths with other characters would be great. Some ideas:
- BDSM / slave option with Anna once you reach the second slut state.
- After taking the Anna sharing route with Josef, you could join them in their bedroom when they have sex.
- Expansion to Kate's route as she mentions that you attended the same school. Maybe something like catching up and spending time with her.
- Random encounters around the map with more characters.
- Random scenes with Zuri at the mall after you help Joey or steal her like her offering to go to the restroom with her or finding her with Joey.
- Maybe an option to invite characters on a date once you progress far enough with them.
- When choosing a path to be with other characters like Amelia or Kate could have an option to introduce them to the family.
Other than that the game is amazing and definietly one of my favorite VNs that I played. Looking forward to future updates and seeing the game improve over time.