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Sorry friend, this game is not for me. I don't really like the tone and aesthetic I suppose? The story is pretty good tbh but the characters just don't appeal to me.

The MC is weird and his character just feels off? I know you try to make it psychological what with his conscience appearing in his dream and whatnot but it's just feels off. Hard to describe but I think the best way to make an example is the scene after you finally managed to unlock the ability to hand out punishment yourself.

The scene where two teachers visit the school and the MC demonstrated and punished the hell out of the girl. Prior to this, I haven't completed a lot of events, only Debbie's. So it's off seeing him punish the girls and the girls just mention stuff about events I haven't trigger yet. Mya giving her MC blowjob under the table despite I've only just unlock the ability to punish myself is.. off. Might be my own fault for not playing the game enough and focusing only on Debbie lol.

I go through the game never getting any event with Priti except Mr Wilson's request and suddenly, the MC punish the heck out of her during that one event. It feels disconnected from my playthrough lol.

The theme of BDSM also doesn't appeal to me so yeah. Sorry lol but this one is not for me. Maybe I will be back because the story and world-building really interests me.

Not trying to sounds smart, but maybe you can try making the writing more light-hearted and add some humors. The story takes itself too seriously and it make the tone darker than it have any right to be. As of now, the character are not that memorable. Quirks and humors are keys to making memorable characters. Tone down the serious tone and give choices and routes that allow player to be either good or bad. Even if you did, the tone of the story is too serious making neither choice memorable lol.

In any case, amazing game, very innovative. But it's just not for me. I wish you luck and hey, maybe I will replay this game. You're doing an amazing job and I sincerely hope it will be better in the future. Kudos!

altosandherdone3 years ago(+4)

No apology necessary, my friend, I learned long ago that you can't please everyone. I would also have to value your opinion to be offended.

So you got all the way to chapter 2 only punishing Debbie? I suppose that's possible, although you've basically skipped out a majority of the game. Yes, I've assumed players have had some interactions with the other characters by the time you get to Chapter 2, would be more strange if I didn't tbh. Amy, for example, is very promiscuous and the blowjob under the table was entirely in character for her. Even punishing her once would have provided you with enough context for that. I'm not going to leave that out of the scene for 0.1% of players who played through the game in such a specific way.

It sounds to me like you've only followed the main storyline and skipped all the fun stuff. The game also doesn't take itself seriously at all, and is full of comedy, not sure how you managed to miss that either.

Dreamavoider3 years ago (3 edits) (+2)

Althos don't need someone to defend him, and he already did it for himself. But please allow me to add my own two cents.

For me this is the best adult game I have played so far and it's not even close.

First of all the world and its surroundings feel realistic. A lot of games of this kind describe fantasy worlds or young studs who make their first steps into sexual freeedom or things like that.
In this game I can value and apppreciate almost everything that happens:
- There are dumb reality TV shows (which are not dark at all)
- There are social media accounts and online roleplaying games (Rachel).
- There is a stage play about greek mythology, the rehearsal is very funny, by the way.
- There are movie nights or D&D meetings
- And there are these water pistol fights on two sundays. If this is not hilarious for you, nothing that happen in this game will ever be.

All these events fits very well together and you are able to learn more and more about the girls, their characters and their weaknesses, if you just try. I am almost shocked that you only concentrate on Debbie and than, with the end of chapter 1, you realize that you don't know the other girls at all. Well, no wonder.

Secondly this detailed spanking system that you described is maybe not for all, but it's unique and almost a game within a game. Every girl who is spanked needs a different approach, you can't always do the same.

You have to spy on them to learn their kinks (Debbie: Lesbian. Amy: Masochist, to describe just two of them) and than alter your strategy to be able to affect their behaviour. This is, after all, the ultimate goal of the game: Change the girls into some better versions of themself.

I don't want a game that is like all this other stuff out there. I want something which I can take seriously. And this game fulfilled my needs and wishes so perfectly that I am still amazed that something like this even exist.

A sideeffect of this is that I am always in constant fear that Althos and Herdone change their approach, that they feel the need to give in to the pressure of the majority. But after seeing the patreons constantly rising for the last two years I think we are a bit on the safe side in this case. And hopefully this game continues to florish in just the same satisfying style as it did in the past.

puppylover3693 years ago (2 edits) (+2)

Honestly, same. I agree with everything on this post. I, too, am afraid of the creators changing their approach on this game, because it's just so head-on for me.

I would also like to mention that the majority of the stuff in this game is, honestly, not super ethical (unless the whole thing is a consensual roleplaying scenario). It comes off as dark at times because it is. Like Game of Thrones minus the whole "let's put in a random rape scene and pretend it's not a rape scene." Looking at something dark and having the ability to ignore the darkness is much worse than making something realistic and appreciating the darkness for what it is.

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