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No I haven't.

I thought I was supposed to "run" between cover. I was always 1 hop away from the cover so I thought that was what I was supposed to do.

With how close the next wall of cover was and the mini walls in between having noticeable holes, it lead me to believe that running by was the solution to the room.

I'll try the demo again with this knowledge and I'll edit my alpha 3.0 feedback comment based on the rest od the demo. But I still think that in the ice turret section it should be made clear, from the mechanical point of view, how to beat it.

Some kind of indicator or a sign on the wall indicating that the way of dealing with turrets is crouching would go a long way in this and future puzzles.

Alpha Demo 3.0 Feedback 

*Edited after beating the demo

Issues/Personal gripes:

-*A few more save points could be present in the demo

-Lives system. If the ice turret section with the lack of checkpoints was annoying, the lives system is the annoying cherry on top. Dear Developer, whilst I do not see a need for a lives system in a hentai game of all genres, at least make it so that whenever you collect an extra life, that it's a "full" extra life. As of now, when you collect red orbs, they only fill the meter by half. with a maximum of 3. If you do stick with the system, at least make it so that 1 red orb fully fills 1 bar of your extra lives. If you want it to be more balanced, make red orbs rarer on the main payh and include some extra ones in "secret" areas. 

*I had 2 and a half lives but when I died, instead of being left with either 2 or 1.5 lives, I was left with exactly 1. Meaning that when it comes to the lives meter, a single death can cost 1.5 lives. Not sure if this is a bug or not, but it doesn't feel right.

-Making noise as of seems to be more of a detriment than boon. In the cat girl section I thought if I made some noise and hopped away I could collected the orbs while the cat girl is investigating the area I made the noise at. But no, she just b-lines towards your position until you are caught. 

-The long jump is too inconsistent. A visual indicator or meter showing the long jump charging up/being active would go a long way.

-Overall, I am not sure what the game is trying to be anymore. If it's trying to be a puzzle game, then there are a lot of unnecessary systems working in its detriment. The main issues being the stamina and life meters. If the game is trying to be more of a stealth game now, then the mechanics just aren't there. Such as movement and your level of interaction with the environment/enemies.

*The scarab section was more annoying than fun. Sure, it introduces tension. But in moments where there are no enemies, it just feels like an annoyance. Mostly due to the need to either wait for it to go back to 0 again or sit through the squirming animation. Didn't help that I got a bit lost going back to the turret part so I had spend more time slowly backtracking to the scarab door.

*The Scarab puzzle, it is doable in a minute, but as a person for whom numbers aren't their strong suit; I think it could use some trimming. Maybe reduce the the amount from 10 buttons to press to 5 buttons. 

Personal opinions:

Other than hoping you consider the points above, I do have some things in mind that I think would be interesting.

-For example, let's say that each girl has their own "boss" stage. Like a hard puzzle culminating in all the mechanics the player learned up until then in which each of the bosses, if defeated, would get a punishment ending. For example, Selma. When she catches you she uses you as her own gym equipment. Maybe if you defeat her, her punishment could be she either gets stuck in one of her gym machines or a general fuck machine. (Point being that it would be satisfying for each of the main villains to get a dose of their own medicine) I think this would lead to a feeling of building up to confronting Tiahna.

-When it comes to unlockable bondage costumes, I think more variation would go a long way. Maybe a different customization tab where we can choose which gags to put on or even nipple clamps. (A bit off topic, but having played Resident Evil 4 Remake, I wanted to ask about potential "cheats" in the game. For example, in RE4 in order to have infinite ammo your character wears cat ears. So I thought, wouldn't it be neat to have, for example, a infnite stamina cheat which manifests as a sex to on the character. Like a vibrator or dildo sticking out of Yui's bandages/whatever's the name of what she's wrapped in. No need to be animated, just there vissually.)

-As for the wax doll enemies, I think instead of having a literal red light on their head; depening if they've seen you or not, I think a question mark and then exclamation mark showing over their head sort of like in Metal Gear games would be a bit more immersive.

-I think a zoom-out/zoom/in feature would be useful. Either to get a more general look of the room or to zoom in on a interesting/important part of the level.

*A clearer indicator that you can rotate the camera. It took me until this 4th playthrough to notice the small icon near the minimap.

Conclusion: I may have sounded too negative, which was not my intention. Other than feeling like the game is being a bit pulled in 2 different directions, the rest of the issues I believe can be fixed in future builds and with a deeper consideration of how mechanics interact with each other.

The only reason I didn't talk about more the things I liked is because, other than the negatives mentioned above, I still liked the rest of the game. As I mentioned in my previous comment, Alpha 2.1 felt really solid and that feeling is still here. 

I'm still looking forward to the full release as this still seems to be a more unique spin on the hentai games genre. 

I am confident that by the time of the release, this game will turn into something interesting/special.

*Okay, after finishing the demo, I walked off mostly with the same opinions as before. (But thank you for telling me how to do the turret section, which does make sense once you know what to do.)

*All in all after beating the alpha 3.0, whilst still conflicted, I feel a bit more confident in the direction of the game than last time.

AlphaDemo 2.1 Feedback

Well, seems like a lot changed since I last played the demo

This demo certantly felt more polished, in a way that I can see game slowly but surely solidifying.

Issues I encountered:

-When the game tells you to hide, I stepped out of the bug room door only to get captured before the screen transitioned to the next room.

-After that, I went up to the closet where the MC said she could hide from the catgirl, but I couldn't interact with it.

-The audio, even with everything on max, is way too low. I can barely hear any of it. Voice lines especially feel like someone is barely whispering in my ears.

Personal opinions:

-The stamina meter doesn't really feel necessary in this type of game. Since the platforming is fixed (hopping from tile to tile) the stamina meter doesn't feel like it's adding to the game in a meaningful way. 

-I'm not sure if the Sanity Mirages are supposed to work in the demo or not and I'm not sure if this is part of your plan or not, but collecting orbs/treasure like that could be implemented to let you buy images from the gallery.

The depth of being able to move away/towards the screen demonstrated in some of these environments seems like it will help make some interesting puzzles.

-Seeing how the slave girls are used as save points, I think it would be cool if there were a variant of them that actually worked "against you" by setting up traps/trying to capture you for the pharoh. I think it could create some interesting scenes/scenarios.

-I think that maybe there could also be items/upgrades the player can find by doing main stroy/optional puzzles. Like, sex toys that could affect your stats like stamina or affect the MC in some way.

The last thing I would like to suggest is looking into making the game Steam Deck verified for when it launches. Personally in case the game suppors achievements, I can see myself just cleaning them out on the deck. While not completely crucial for a game like this, I believe that having it play nicely on the deck would be a really nice thing.

Other than things said above, I've got the game wishlisted on Steam and am looking forward to it's release.

I just bought the game and it lags a bit in menu, and a lot when you play it.