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A month after release and with hopefully few, if any, spoilers, I think putting this v.06.5 review here is okay.

v.06.5 was so good!

Cassie's story gave some real nice character and story development for Cassie and even some for character information for Brandy. In the first call I liked Brandy's drifting eyes, and for the second, I liked the dramatic irony as the two characters faced each other (figuratively and on screen) and supported each other's chance at happiness. Great setup for the future.

The Gates girls had some really long sequences of story and even an intermission/moment to save, but it makes total sense to keep a certain story element contained. (Can't have its effects splattering all over the other stories!) Most of the X.5 stories naturally have this slowly shifting balance between resistance and acceptance. With this, both Ashley and Leslie slide another notch towards acceptance, as the player would predict (and Lilith would plan), but the fun is, of course, in seeing it and seeing how it occurs. Things with Ashley could have escalated very quickly, but the story was held in check by the writer's hand, and didn't shoot its load too quickly. It gave nice character background for Ashley, great character growth for MC and Leslie, a talking to for a shared for, and Lilith getting a taste of what she's wrought. Though, Lilith quiet enjoys what she's wrought. I missed Ashley at dinner, but get it. It's random, but I also like the camera placement (on the floor?) as the first effects hit MC.

Brandy's story backs up the character background given for her in Cassie's story. Has Lilith "nudged" Brandy at all or is what we're seeing all Brandy alone? Because I don't think I've ever seen a character with a route be such a good match for the MC's interests! Their desires align so well! With MC mentioning certain things he had noticed even before his powers, it fully feels like in a different world without any supernatural interference, Brandy and MC might still join forces to bed the Gates and Mather's ladies.

I like how MC also notices how a good visual really works for Brandy. When MC says, "If you could see what I'm seeing," I almost expected him to video call her right then and make let her watch it!

Between what Ashley deduces (smart girl) and what Brandy sees two trios are heavily foreshadowed. But with Brandy's previous video call, I'm holding out some hope for all six potential MC based trios!

Thanks for all the hard work, the continuous progress, and quality communication!!

Edit: This update has been so amazingly realized! I'm addition to everything I said above, the key thing I can attest to now that I've played throu it is, that the player can feel the results of the effort put into the update. The amount to time put in feels right for the content that resulted. While there are plenty of reasons why this could not be true for an update, it's always nice when it is!

Thanks. I appreciate the update. Here's hoping the fix stays in place because it was updating properly before I til it suddenly wasn't. Thanks again!

Any solution to this yet? We're on 0.48 and I'm still on 0.42 hoping there will be a way to connect my old saves to an updated file.

It'll be about 9 months between v.06 and v.06.5, but the weekly updates and incremental progress really make a huge difference to those anticipating the results of all your hard work! Thank you for continuing to make this great project and for communicating with the fans of your work as you do! It's a little early, but congrats on another update on the books!!

Thanks for your consistent hard work!

Question: Are these scenes required to maintain the status quo in terms of dynamic between characters? Like Naomi is mostly in control in scenes with MC. Getting him to act and speak the way she wants him to. (Even the last scene between is because she chooses the words to get his response.) Is there room to flip that over and have MC take the lead and have Naomi a little less in control/manipulative? Or does that dynamic need to stay since it might have its own fans that would feel betrayed by the change?

I see. Sorry to hear that. I hope for his safety and an end to the war.

I'm sure there is a lot to do to wrap things up. Is there timeline for completion, yet?

This makes sense to me. The player progresses through the route with the desire for the scene but the character's resistance is completely at odds with the player's goal. At least if Susan had a design that most players would find unappealing and as a result also not want to engage with her, but she has a attractive design, wants to engage with the player, and has a husband the game has made the player hate. The progression points towards one thing, but the "payoff" is something very different. (Her actions might be her unattractive aspect, but they're not strong enough to make the player not want a willing sex scene with her.)

Thank you. I'll see how I can manage as android is actually keeping me out of the file location where the saves are. I'll keep this in mind for future updates.

I'm coming from 0.42 and the APK is installing as a separate app rather than updating the previous one. Is that expected behavior for coming from 0.42 or is something going wrong?

Perks, particularly, hidden perks with cool/unique unlock requirements seems like a great addition, a great way to get people exploring and clicking around the game even more. Have you decided if perks will be temporary or permanent? Or if a certain perk can only be unlocked in 1 certain way vs many?

I'm sure devs won't want to have too many of the scenes they labor to create locked behind a perk's acquisition, but it would be pretty cool if at least one wor two were. Like if the give Linda enough massages, they get a 'Strong Hands' perk that opens up a scene with a completely different character.

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Is rule 2 for each 3-month round or lifetime?  

Naturally, more characters are more work. Is there a character limit in a scene? 2 characters+MC?

Will the price increase with every couple of updates?   

When you purchase, is it just that 1 update?

Hey, Bread.

Who are your favorite 3 characters, but with the caveat that your decision has to be based on the content you already have out for them? No amazing future scene or planned character arcs.

Has anyone else had save files disappearing on Android? I usually save a new file after significant events and cycle through some available slots, but all but the last 2 are gone now. It's fine since it's kept the most recent, but I could see it being problematic if it's not an issue specific to me.

I thought the sign in the closet was to replay scenes, but realize that might just be me mixing things up with other games. If that's not what it's for, is there another way to replay scenes?

Lol at the way I was here within minutes for this.

Thanks for all your efforts on this ever-improving game!

Thanks! Because it was just the holidays and the updates mentioned being busy with family, I thought Bread was saying he was going to be busy taking care of some IRL stuff with them. Appreciate the clarification!

Since it's possible to get them in the same place at the same time, any chance something can happen with Brittany and Molly? It'll be awkward for a second but once they realize they're in the same boat so they can trust each other and appreciate the other's biggest assets...

(Then many updates in the future Linda can catch all three together or, better yet, have Molly and Brittany catch Linda and MC one weekend afternoon in his room.)

"getting into family stuff again soon." How do I interpret that when discussing this game??

"This game looks interesting. Let's check the comment section."

Comment Section: *Pure and detailed Spoilers!*

Based on what you listed it looks like the vast majority of noteworthy scenes are in act 2 which actually fits the characterization of there not being anything good for a long time, depending on how long act 1 takes to complete.

Mia's color matching minigame is bugged on Android, because the lines don't trace out the path, but you can still do the paths and finish the game. (Albeit, relatively blind.) For me I knew when colors were connected when they created a random line to the bottom corner of my screen