The game on STEAM (and most ALL adult titles) is outlawed in Germany. I commented on this to @g0ldenrabbit if you scroll down in these comments to 5 months ago.
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If you're on Germany, you can't even buy on STEAM.
If you're anywhere else in the world, STEAM version is fine, just missing the one CG.
itch.io takes less of a cut of the profits versus STEAM, and includes all intended CGs. Plus buying on itch.io also includes an extra STEAM key, so its what I'd recommend.
STEAM in Germany basically outlawed all adult material, including our game. STEAM doesn't allow the 'breastfeeding' because in their eyes its child-material in an adult-based game, which is a no-no. So rather than try and fight that for a simple ending scene CG, we just removed that bit from the STEAM version altogether.
They locked all the mature games there. And Germany was pretty big with sales! So was sad to lose that support, but I should at least be happy that I got the help that I did from such great people when the game was on sale there for the month or so that it lasted. Still, I believe Germans can find it here on itch.io without any problems. :)
I will say that telling/not telling Umeko and trusting/not trusting Takako are two of the "bigger" decisions in the game. However, it is possible to get Ending 8 while not trusting Takako. Glad you're enjoying finding the different endings! And seems like you might've been close to Ending 18, which is one of my favorites.
We do have a guide if you decide to end up needing help and want to consult it (over on STEAM).
I'd highly recommend reading Jamey Stegmaier's book on Amazon about crowdfunding. Some lessons there are invaluable and easily overlooked by many people (Example: Try and pledge to at least 10 other campaigns on Kickstarter before launching your own). If you don't want to buy the book, many of his lessons are freely available on his website/blog. Lastly, while you might wonder why I'm suggesting someone who specializes in board games - his knowledge and lessons are easily applicable to anything.
Pa Zong and Sarana were backer-funded characters, designed to have specific routes so as to keep the budget in terms of writing and CGs for them, under control. The same goes for all the other backer maids in the game - their "screen time" was limited, because they were designed to be in the game only as supporting characters or simply brief cameos.
As of right now, there are no plans for DLC for the game, as we technically didn't even hit Miyuki's goal from the Kickstarter after one large dropped pledge and a couple others brought it down. The total shown there is not the total raised as it was more like 13.6k when all was said and done (as stated in my update on December 28th 2016).
There are actually 22 endings as seen in the (mild spoiler) guide we have posted here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/562350/guides/
You can even check your game CG gallery and probably see that there's still a lot of CG scenes left for you to unlock.
All good points overall. And with my next game, I'm actually hoping to attempt to write it myself, so I will definitely try to have more of the script devoted to giving people more time with each lady in the main cast. In fact, I actually had 9 character sprites completely done for my next game, but I think I might remove 2 of them from cast so it'll be easier for me to manage.
I also plan to have less endings - with more dyanamic endings so that you technically don't end up with just one girl. Maid Mansion really only had one of these types of endings. I would try to aim for maybe 3 in my next game.
This is all theorizing right now though. I only have the beginning part of the story outlined out, so I'll try and share more as time goes by.
As for an expansion, if I ever did return to this type of setting, I'd probably want to do a new cast and it would be a full-blown sequel. Not like a Part II thing.
For the Pa Zong STEAM card... can't help you there. XD
38 or 39 of the CGs have h-content. There are 59 total CGs in Maid Mansion. Some other CGs have mild content, not full-blown h-scenes. Each of the six main cast has at least 4 CGs, sometimes 5. There are endings with 8 of the characters, 6 of the mains cast (in logo) and 2 of the backer ladies. The 3 other backer maids have 1 h-scene CG each.
Probably as bad as I feel for making them wait so long. But hopefully this release will be one good thing to come out of the end of 2020.
Also, on https://store.steampowered.com/app/562350/Maid_Mansion/ our trailer is up and ready now! (+18...obviously)
Just as a reminder to all of you here on itch.io -- Maid Mansion will be releasing on November 13th, 2020. For those of you looking to purchase the full game, you may do so here on itch.io, or on other platforms where the game is available, such as STEAM at: https://store.steampowered.com/app/562350/Maid_Mansion/ The game will be available there first at 9pm EST / 6pm PST, then on other platforms during that evening and into the following day. If you do have the chance to add us to your WISHLIST on STEAM, it will keep you updated for when launch has happened.
I do! At: https://www.patreon.com/crazycactus Though I should warn you I haven't updated that in some time (1+ year). I might do a couple posts soon though, in the lead-up to full release of Maid Mansion. Can't promise that though.