it probably is, my thing with the avn format is it's really hard to have high quality animation when there's a lot of content. for example, i tried playing a game called headmaster (you can find it in itch.io as well) and while the dialogue is very well written and there's a lot of content for it, the animation is very cheaply made. for a mostly solo (afaik) developer like Caribdis, high quality animation and the amount of writing it would take for all the characters to be able to shine that much is probably more work than is feasible without jeopardizing timely releases or quality oversight. Ideally of course, i'd like it to be possible, but i dont see how it would be done well.
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caribdis might change mc types in next game, but i really doubt he'd change it mid way this game. smart and commanding mc's typically don't leave a lot of room for competence to be shown by the harem girls unless the game is really fucking long, and these types of games typically don't have that kind of longevity.
[0.7] - Changelog & Release Dates comments · Replied to xshadd in [0.7] - Changelog & Release Dates comments
1) language evolves daily. fatphobia, homophobia, transphobia, are terms that describe the bias or repelling, repulsive against those particular groups, and are not to be confused with the medical use of the term phobia. for example, a piece of cloth that is "hydrophobic" does not mean that the material is scared of water, merely that water is repelled by it. the repelling nature is the focus, not the "fear".
2) in the context of the scene, there is a difference with "not acknowledging" the remark and "not engaging" on the remark. the MC could have acknowledged that the homophobia was bad by saying to himself "wow this guy is homophobic" without actually confronting the person. but the fact that neither the mc nor the writer makes known their distaste of the statement implies that they themselves agree to those statements. I believe Caribdis does make an effort to make it known that they arent homophobic in their new game, so i felt comfortable addressing that here in this public forum to just bring light to this singular thing i have an issue with in this older game.
3) There's a difference between "doesn't care for gay people" to "agrees with gay conversion therapy"
4) Gay people's existence isn't political, homophobic people want to make it political so they can go against it without feeling the moral decay set in themselves.
5) I don't really have a problem with the devs. I'm just pointing out a scene that I didn't appreciate in a game I appreciate for the most part, which i feel like is a healthy relationship between dev and consumer.
6) nobody is asking the devs to turn this game into "games with big girls and gay or trans people in them"
You're literally just making valid criticisms. I don't understand how someone could get so close to the right mindset, and still not see the point.
Also just because people had criticisms about the game doesn't mean that it immediately isn't amazing. I personally had a great time with this game, even with my opinions about its occasionally unintended problematic tones.
1) Preference is fine. But the game did actually make fat jack into a caricature, which IS fat-phobic.
2) yarow was not saying the game is homophobic because the mc was straight. I challenge you to scour through his comment multiple times, you will not find that to be his reason that he thinks the game has been homophobic. What he actually meant by his comment was that the lack of acknowledgement that the doctor's comment was homophobic makes it seem like homosexuality is something that should be "manage(d)" by doctors, ie. something to be fixed.
A friend of mine invited me to watch him play this cool new VN he found. The MC looked a bit weird, but the writing was so funny, it almost added to his charm how ridiculous he looked at the same time as being so serious about slutting up his harem. We didn't finish the game together because life had other plans and it got a bit too steamy for both of us to continue and look at each other the same way. I kept playing, he forgot about it, and I've been a fan of you since then, Caribdis. The game, of course, was Once in a Lifetime.
Whenever I thought of "porn games" images of old flash games come to mind. I thought it was simply a means to an end: something to help a person finish off a wank. Once in a Lifetime was the first ever game to make me think of it as a whole other means to tell a story. The age old saying of "I'm (playing) this for the plot" finally won't be a self delusion to many horny people. This led me down the path of looking for games with actual content beside the sex scenes. I found Ripples, The Headmaster, Being a Δik, Leap of Faith, and finally, Eternum.
I thought to myself, "the creator of Once in a Lifetime made this game. This must be as good!". This has been better than Once in a Lifetime was at its peak.
ps. I can't wait for update 0.6 <3
-J.J. Hitchcock