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Okay, finally got Mindi to dance. I should note she has an infinite amount of times you can dance with her, the option doesn't go away if she accepts.

> "Never have I ever blacked out at a party"
> "Drink"
> *Blacks out*

Nice

Alright! So strip Roadtrip USA seems even more broken. Just tried it again and eventually the cards weren't showing up after I landed on red squares. So I couldn't lose. And when I won, the dice continued rolling because it started my turn again. And the sound of the dice keeps rolling back into Grace and Emmy's apartment... for the rest of the episode. And into the main menu again.

Edit: Actually, never seemed to be able to draw cards at all in the strip version. But I quit out and forgot if I had gas or not. I don't think I did.

Alright! So I played a bit of 1.13 (though just one session, since I've been catching up on chores and errands the past two days.) And I think the beach needs a good amount of TLC. There's some dialogue with Grace but it really feels like everything ends abruptly. This may be a consequence of being too ambitious for Grace Episode 2. It's really the only location/activity that hardly has anything going on. You do get the secrets option, but it really doesn't feel worthwhile without there being any event taking place. (And so much can happen! Would love to see this expanded on a tad in a future update. You can try and help Hope spot fish, watch the ocean and chat, go seashell hunting, maybe someone gets stung by a jellyfish and you have to act, or someone decides to go skinny dipping!)

Obviously Episode 2 has a TON to tackle, and now I'm really seeing the benefit of having a more condensed episode style. Because areas of the game are unbalanced in terms of what's available to do. In particular I love the club and strip roadtrip USA as well, but even the fast food trip felt worthwhile because we got some good story elements and were introduced to a new character. So the fast food trip really shows it doesn't need to have a lot to be worthwhile, it just needs something meaningful to the player.

I'll try and play more, but I'll likely spend most time grinding stats to try and get Mindi up. She's a bit of a perplexing one, but I think I figured out how to get her friendship level consistently higher. In fact, I think I'll sneak in one more playthrough before bed. >:)

Yeah... that would be pretty confusing to have swimming clothes and dry clothes under the same category. I had on the long green swim shorts then? I thought they were just boxers and the shorter ones were like, boxer-briefs haha. Maybe redesign them a bit and add string? That's the only visual indicator other than text I can see working to separate them, unless they have text or are in their own category.

Look on the bright side, at least we didn't discover any more game-breaking bugs! They're all tolerable atm.

In addition!! It looks like on the second round of the sped-up strip Roadtrip USA, my car won't advance past the start position. Like, it will once, but not after. I did manage to lose all my clothes though, so I think my car's position kept advancing but the token on the map stayed in the same spot.

I managed to repeat the beginning section with Emmy again! I did a few clicks relatively quickly, like I was just skimming through the next button to continue, and it repeated once again. It wasn't *super* fast but a steady quick pace. Hard to explain the timing without recording audio and saying it out loud. xD

Can I just say I adore the artwork on the installer?? I think sharing your art on Twitter (and maybe other sites) would be a great way to draw attention to your game!

Also, if you want more updates and still large episodes, you could release certain paths at a time. Like hypothetically a club path, how old was I path, alt Roadtrip USA path, etc. Just more options to consider!

And honestly, I kinda love being your unofficial game tester haha. Feels like I'm a part of the team. :)

For Emmy's line, it was the whole introductory section before you can click on a girl, Grace's lines included. This section repeating a second time was weird, as it was a one-time error. I really have no idea how it happened lol. It was some bizarre accident.

If you don't want people to farm stats, maybe a quit out warning where progress will not be saved? Not sure how difficult that would be.

Don't be too harsh on yourself! You did a lot of great work. Making games is hard! I've wanted to make one for ages but lack the skills necessary. I know some devs make beta/alpha testing as a patreon reward, you could always use that as an incentive. If you do an open release, I recommend having multiple versions of the download available (Such as if 1.2 comes out, make it like 1.2 alpha/beta along with a 1.12 version which was already tested). There's all sorts of options!!

After a full day I had a chance to play some more! So Feedback for the 1.11 version!!

- Roadtrip USA really needs to go by faster. It's fun the first time around but when wanting to explore the club it's the only option, and it takes like 10 minutes to get through. I'd recommend a skip option and randomly selecting a winner after the first time playing, but if you don't want that I'd *at least* recommend making the game use two dice instead of a single die.

- Never have I ever Wonder World? (I assume you meant "been to Wonder World")

- Pat's eyes are cute af. Love them in the pics!

- I'd recommend a warning before a player starts an episode that they're naked. And maybe a reminder that they can change in their room or on the phone app in an episode. I might even suggest having the game stop you from going to the club unless you're clothed.

- The "Do nothing card" in Roadtrip USA is hilarious btw.

- Thought it was funny, Georgia took part of Florida's land loool


- Male character doesn't want pants and underwear to be selected. Pants only available if you go commando. If you select undies, the pants get unselected. Turns out I've been rocking it in boxers this whole time. xD



- (Game breaking bug) In "How Old Was I" if you get Allie's question wrong, the "next" button will be unselectable and you'll have to close out of the game.



- Speaking of, there should probably be a way to quit out of the episode early and go back to the main menu.

- At one point Emmy's line at the door repeated in the beginning after finishing the first time. Only happened once. Can't seem to re-create it. Might've been the pace I clicked it or something.

oh, also I think Mindi's dot doesn't go over her head, it's like off to the side below her

Just finished my first playthrough of 1.1! Here's some initial feedback.

- Encountered highlight dots on Roadtrip USA when hovering mouse over areas

- If no card or gas, feel like getting a low roll like a "1 or 2" should generate a disappointed or "meh" response, maybe different dialogue for 1st and last place as well

- Colors on roadtrip USA should be easier to distinguish, maybe an indicator or a square/circle background behind the faces

- Commentary from other girls on players' rolls would be a nice addition like "Nice job" or "Too bad"

- (Game breaking bug) After rejecting Grace's offer to dance with her and Emmy at the nightclub, dialogue options stayed on the screen. This progressively got worse throughout the rest of the episode. I couldn't see dialogue options so I just clicked randomly to end the episode. Will attach screenshots. In addition, when dealing with the unwanted guy, Pat said both dialogue options for the guy and girl player character. (Oh it's my boyfriend, then oh it's my girlfriend.)

Haha sweet. I won't hold you to it though, don't want to rush you if it's not ready. But I'll def jump at the chance to play the next update!!

Ok so this is very rare, but I did just come across a duplicate of the movie options in Filmstream. Might want that to be patched!

Haha awesome. I just finished playing a second time around and finally got my stats up to the S Rank! It's amazing how much more you have packed in here. It was cool finally getting to hear all their stories. Took a lot of playthroughs of chapter 1 but it felt very earned to make that progress!! This game turned out to be such a hidden gem, even with only one chapter out. Had a hell of a time.

Actually, I just realized, it'd be super helpful to get an alert if a dialogue option or action made a character's friendship level or romance level with you go up. And maybe "favorite food revealed" for the other stats as well. Obv you can view them after the episode but I think having alerts that something changed would help guide the player.

Hey! I absolutely adore this game. Admittedly I came here to get my rocks off, only to stumble upon a really fun dating sim. I actually find your art style really charming in its simplicity, it brings me back to playing old-school dating sims on Newgrounds from my tween/teen years.

I was a little disappointed to only see one episode available, and I was kinda hoping for some sort of mechanic where you could get phone numbers and send them a message at home or something. The clothing also seemed a bit unclear, I didn't realize replacing Slot 1 meant my old clothes would disappear. And tbf, even though I read the guide, I have no idea what the items do. Are they to aid in conversations? And I'm guessing clothes up your stats in other ways besides style? I noticed my character's confidence went from one bar to two. Not really sure how that happened.

Another feature I'd love to see is since some of the girls are close friends, maybe dialogue options can be unlocked from talking to other girls. Like, maybe you want to get to know Kat better but she's closed off, but if you get to know Naomi better she'll help you get Kat talking more (telling you what gets her going or what to bring up). I don't know if this is more complicated than you're imagining, but I think it'd really make their friendships feel more whole.

Regardless, I had a great time playing and I'm a little obsessed with the game now. Even though I see a huge library of girls I hope you'll take the time to go into depth with them and explore their personalities and quirks deeper. It felt like I was getting introduced to a real friend group. Felt super cool.

Would rather you guys take your time than rush the process! No shortage of patience here. :)

Dude I love this. Like, love everything about it. It's amazing to see my childhood crushes all together, having the hots for one another, and having this fun story with each of these characters taking on their own personalities in an AU. And the way that some characters are pictured, like Samis for example, I adore. Love seeing a variety of body types for all the gals with each of their own background stories. And dialogue choices impacting who likes you more. I'm kinda obsessed! Really looking forward to seeing where this all goes.