Hey Lockheart, Just played this lastest release, I've enjoyed your previous games immensely, you definitely have talent for avn. I hope this doesn't come off as rude, I just wanted to put some feedback.
Forcing the harem and making all the girls okay with open relationships and taking away any player choice feels wrong. I would have loved to decide who I wanted to romance and have them be solely focused on the player. anyways that's just my two cents. you're making quality work, I just feel it falls flat when being forced into these fetishes.
I completely agree that girls should be optional and up to the player to decide if they want to pursue them. Make that many paths as a single developer is incredibly ambitious, and I couldn't get releases out at a reasonable speed if I did that. I've made the difficult decision to make the game more of a story on rails so that I can get the story I want to tell out at a reasonable release interval.
If I had all the money and resources I needed, I'd definitely flesh out multiple paths for a more player friendly experience. Hopefully one day I'll be at that point. Thanks for playing, fladfisk. I appreciate your support.
While I agree with you and it takes way too much work, it is incredibly distressing the idea of the girls getting romantically involved with other people. I can get over a quick threesome and be done with it but, after playing Petal Among Thorns and getting so invested in the characters, it broke my heart when I realized Bliss was actually after Rose instead of the MC. It's incredibly distressing, so much so that I quit playing the game.
Please tag your games better so players like me know they shouldn't play the game, you could've spared me some heartbreak.