I only just started playing, and I know you just got the Android port, but still I’d like to suggest a few things I’ve seen other games do:
- Make it possible to temporarily hide the text area. I’ve seen it done with a
hidebutton at the bottom, as well as with a downward swipe gesture. - Alternatively (and personally I prefer this option), make the text area opacity configurable in the settings with a slider.
The motivation of the above 2 is that on Android with the limited screen space, the text area can cover a substantial part of the artwork. As I said, I just started, so I don’t know if you might be hiding the text area at critical points, but either way, a user may wish to be able to see better what is behind it, even if it’s just the background, so would be a very appreciated feature to have.
- Add a configuration to go back when tapping on the left side of the screen instead of the bottom button.
- Make it possible to open the save menu by swiping up.
The motivation of those 2 are that using the buttons are a bit annoying on Android.
Those features are just nice to have so don’t feel pressured to implement them immediately, or at all if it seems to difficult.
With Android out of the way, on to the actual gameplay:
- In the introduction, the text is displayed and changed (to the next) automatically. Honestly, as a non native speaker I would’ve prefered it a bit slower, I missed a few things at the end of some sentences. Ideally, it should either be controlled by user taps, like the rest of it, or configurable through settings. I tried changing the Auto-Forward Time both ways and starting new games but that didn’t change the transition speed. Edit: Jesse and Jane intro too, had to go through it a few times :P
Typos:
- “Now, let’s keep this out little secret.”, “our” instead of “out”.
Requests:
- Being able to brows old messages, or at least images, like the one Peter sent you, and being able to zoom/expand images by tapping them, including in the messaging screen as you receive them.
Questions:
- “This game will always be free”, have you considered the “name your price” model? I don’t mind supporting a bit, but I’m not interested in subscriptions and Patreon 🙅
- Besides room customization, are there any plans for character customization? Like, clothes, hair color and style, maybe even piercings and tattoos too? Might be too much work, though at least some customization would be nice.
- Any thoughts on some exhibitionism? I can see one of the characters having that kink secretly and making MC shoot them with the camera in public while no one’s watching. Could be a tun event and secret/quest for one of the characters.