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Apparently I didn't post the first part of this comment when I though I did but it's still sitting here a few days later... But it's still true so here it is too:

I was pleasantly surprised when I was thinking I was nearing the end only to be presented with entering chapter two.

My only gripe so far is that I wish there was a way near the start to set Gina's sexuality (or at least the content that the player sees). Kinda ruins the feeling for me when trying to get to some muscle girl yuri and having to spam click through some slog about her fantasizing about some scrawny guy.

Also some banger tunes, is there somewhere with more info about them like who made them and links to buy/download?

Anyway, on to the new part from this weekend:

This is a complement, but I'm very annoyed at chapter 2. I had saved and went to bed for the night before the climax of the chapter (thanks for the "hey, big shit gonna happen, you should save here" btw) and I realized I was so invested in the story I had trouble sleeping. I haven't been this invested in a story in a long time, and definitely not from a free fetish VN.

I will say I was a bitt idk annoyed? worried? about chapter 2, but that seems fair given the themes of that one. Everyone getting bigger but not being able to puts a bit of a damper on the feeling. Though I think that is mostly because I sort of managed to get myself into a hate hole with losing access to the dojo but needing to train up my skill since strength growth was story blocked and needing to win a fight to progress. So I likely spent more time there then normal.

I just made it to chapter 3 and am super looking forward to seeing how it goes, now with our MC back on top of the power chart. lol

Would be nice to have some scenes of Gina stuffing her face. My favorite trope of Muscle Growth and Big Muscle Girls is them bulking/carbo loading or whatever you want to call it having them eat a ton to pack on more muscle.

The_Don149 days ago(+1)

Stuffing her face? I got you, fam. Will be part of Update 7.

Ok, let me respond to a few topics. It's my first game and I love getting feedback. How else would I improve after all?

- Yeah, Gina is bi. Doesn't matter what's between the legs, as long as they're cute. No changing that 😓The optional displays are a good idea, but I'd have to see how much effort it would be to implement a concept like this, especially since it would mainly influence old content before act 3. So this won't be a priority for now.

- Music was mainly created by Nyx and myself. We use a AI generation site called "Suno", which allows for a good amount of free songs daily. There is a music gallery in the main menu, but I could also upload a playlist to Youtube to listen to them outside of the game.

- Glad you liked our story. Me and my co-authors put a lot of thought into our story and characters, so hearing this makes my day. And if you felt frustrated about getting left behind Stella, well, that was the intention. Sorry, not sorry 😁

- I think locking yourself out prematurely is not possible. Jade only leaves once Gina has reached Skill-Lvl 4, which is also the cap for Act 2. So fighting both the Yakuzas and Susan had to be done with Gina strength and skill on 4.

YurriiTheShark146 days ago

Good to hear. I will admit I'm bad at video games lol. I imagine the getting left behind by Stella hurt more when she was still missing like half her attacks and me forgetting to save made it not worth reloading. Definitely not locked out, just in that situation I would go grind out a level or two but was story locked to needing to power through.

I will say I was trying not to use hints at the time so I was thinking that I could rescue Jade and get the dojo back as an option. Not realizing it was locked behind boss two for a while.

Definitely all minor gripes, I think it's going great. I don't really have any other issues and I'm only at chapter 3, which made the pain of before worth it right away. I think you're hitting a great level of meta humor too, playing with it without bashing the player over the head. That said AG is right about that harem ending! lol

Looking forward to the weekend to keep playing!

The_Don146 days ago(+1)

"Only at chapter 3" 😅 You're not too far away from the end of current content then

YurriiTheShark143 days ago

Now I'm upset, I confused the chapters with another game or the update numbers and thought there were 5! Just finished 3 today and was still plenty more (the hints for the other girls growth locks helped too. Definitely finishes the chapter in a nice place, even with the unfortunate karma dealt to a certain someone.

Super looking forward to the next update. I am overdue for moving around some Patreon stuff so I'll have to give some donations where it's due.

2 Questions:

1) As someone who has never play Phoenix Wright, how close is the parody gameplay to the real game? Had me pretty interested.

2) How binding do you think the choice on the ring during the trial will be? Granted it's not too far back to change it if it is, but it honestly was a pretty hard choice.

The_Don143 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

1) Rather close within the limitations of Renpy. The core game concept of "press for info, find contradiction over evidence" is pretty much directly taken from Phoenix Wright. Depending on which game, you have some more options when analysing evidence, or to explore the world and gather evidence before the trials happen. Haven't played all Wright games, but a lot and I enjoyed most of them.

2) Probably not super binding. The affection bonus can be gathered otherwise over repeating events probably and the harem option might not be binding, since so many players missed it or wouldn't want the most important decision to be hidden in an "analyse evidence" submenu.

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