Just finished the last update yesterday (V7.0.20). Fantastic work as usual.
I had a weird bug with the FIRST fight against the two dancers, the special one before you unlock them as common enemies. First they would be positioned before Stella and Akari, with noone in front of Gina.
Then after the first turn the male dancer moves in front of Gina, but Gina's and Stella's attacks would be skipped and when the dancers attack the sprites of the girls are shown instead of their, misaligned and with the wrong scale.
After beating one dancer all the attacks are skipped, fortunately the Mp bar was building up one point per turn and I could finish the fight using AG&DG magic attack.
The bug is repeatable, so I might be able to fill more information, especially if I can be pointed towards what to do to help. I play on a Debian linux Distro.
Bug report is out, so now I can gush, very very spoilerrific gushing, so beware!
The music is nice, maybe giving the choice to the player on the genre might mean that it is more difficult to use it to further empower the game personality.
Gina level 5 is massive, the glimpse at the end of the last update really didn't make me realize just how much she grew!
Aline look absolutely gorgeous after her stay with Diane, doubly so in her black dress that now is practically painted on her!
I wished she had a bigger part during the assault to the Velvet Touch, as shy as she is I think she would not hesitate to put her new muscles to use to protect the other girls, but maybe there was just not the space to put extra scenes on a scene that was mostly about Cath and Emi.
Rose's growth is also great and the scene with her husband absolutely steamy.
I'm still amazed at the writing quality, it seriously can trade blows with mainstream, non fetish titles. Hell one of the reasons I was so late in playing this update was because i replayed Fire Emblem Engage this winter and Gina's Gym has definitely the better plot progression and character writing between the two!
I really liked the handling of Jade's inner turmoil after hurting the thugs, it really felt in character and neatly tied to the overarching narrative.
Another highlight for me was the encounter between Gina and Xici. The white haired gremlin is definitely one of my favorite characters (it helps that the nemesis with a deeply buried good side that might be uncovered by the power of friendship is a trope that really hits me) and I loved that she is still recognizably herself, with her deeply rooted pride, even while in the process of critically reassessing her worldview and beliefs.
I really want her to find her happy ending and firmly believe that it means reconciling with Jade, Greg and Gina, the direction the story is going showed to me that the writing not only can get there, but has the chops to keep Xici unique charm points through her character development.
Now that she can't use the fact that she is the boss daughter to shift the consequences of the missteps on others I hope that she can step up her game big time. I really hope to se a future where the syndicate is in disarray for the chaos she brought from within using her guile and cunning. Maybe she can even weaponize the fact that Tanya suspects her to put a wedge between the Executioner and the Don.
Finally I'm intrigued by the introduction of Opal, as much as I despise her for hurting Emi and Cath, a good story can be elevated by despicable villains and having one of them with on the same growth shake and with the same growth mechanic of the Army of Amazons is surely a narrative setup ripe for opportunity.
Big thanks to the Don and all the team, I'm looking forward to the new update and I'm already on edge for the trial, I can't afford to fail my favorite little white haired demon while she is in search for redemption!
