- Ok I just played the Web Demo and I definitely have some feedback, like a bunch of it really. So far I think it's a good start: The art is cute, the sex is hot and well animated, the gameplay is rough but not so terrible it can't be improved upon. Visually, I think Max moves too slow and what is supposed to be a "chase" is more like a leisurely stroll, I understand that if he actually moves too fast then the levels will be much shorter and easier, but I'm not convinced Max is really trying to set a good pace, Basically if his animation had a bit more "hustle" to it that'd feel way better.
Gameplay-wise there are a few things that make the game more difficult than I feel it was intended for. First off his punch and his slide: The punch has just a bit too much time before you can punch again meaning if there is an enemy ahead that takes two or three hits, it's increasingly hard to deal with if there are other threats on the screen. The slide is also the only way to deal with certain enemies and sometimes it simply wouldn't activate, like there seemed to be a LONG cooldown between the ability to slide then slide again but there would also be times when I needed to slide but the slide didn't happen despite not having slid in a while... Additionally there seems to be no way of defending Max from an attack from behind aside from burning a special attack, the punch only goes forward and so does the slide, not to mention you don't have much time to react anyways. Breaking out of grapples also feels very clunky and slow, after hitting a button the player has to wait for the animation before the next one shows up and can be pressed. On the surface this may not seem like an issue but the amount of waiting means no matter how quickly you can accurately press the buttons to "mash out" of it, you are forced to take on a certain level of corruption. Again, I understand that it's supposed to be a challenge and an obstacle but it feels sluggish slow and unresponsive and even unfair.
Now the Sphynx's riddles were.... definitely unfair. I had to brute force my way past that, thankfully you made it checkpoint right before so the player didn't have to replay all of level 2, so good job. I'm gonna discuss each question in order:
1. Never saw a cactuar cause I was busy dodging all the horny enemies, I guessed it right first try tho and it might've been my fault so I can't really say anything about it.
2. Ok I'm forgetting which question was which now but I think the second was about how many elves were on the starting image, I remembered 3 so I was wrong for a while. I went back and saw another elf inside through a window and it took me a while to find the fifth..... the fifth elf was BEHIND the TEXT BOX on the roof. incredibly hard to see. Kinda unfair but whatever, moving on.
3. This gave me trouble as I didn't remember seeing any animal at the start, like ever. I went back to the beginning and there was a bird on the first screen but it was nowhere near Max and it wasn't the answer. Turns out the "Pony" was a stuffed pony in the tent at the start of the first level... not really an animal and arguably not really the beginning either, so maybe the question coulda been more clear.
4. Ok this one was absolute bullshit (pardon my language here but it's true), The question itself was difficult to understand but I think it was asking what color the "Bee" enemies were from the first level. Instead of options like "Orange" or "Blue" you seemed to put in these really obscure color names to choose from. It was like it was in another language, how is a player supposed to know that? It's not even a case of "I don't know so I felt stupid", it felt more like you expected players to have a catalogue of paint samples with fancy color names they could consult. That information was in no way available to the player!
5. The final actual question also confused me as I had never seen Max have writing on his shirt.... Ever.... I can't go back up to replay and check to see if his shirt magically changes in sex scenes, but if it does then you seriously underestimate change-blindness which is a real psychological phenomenon.... Anyways, I guessed it right first try, but wow did this one also feel like unfair bullshit again...
Anyways, If you read this I want you to know I enjoyed the game despite all the problems I found. I think with a bit of fine-tuneing here and there (and obviously more content filled in, but you already know that I imagine) you've got a fun and sexy little game here. I'm not even usually into femboys but most of the enemies are Futa so I still quite enjoyed it in that reguard. Sorry if this feedback is a bit of a ramble but I felt like it could be used to improve maybe. I'll be coming back from time to time to see how this project moves forward. Peace.