I was enjoying this game, but I encountered the first hangout scene with the first main heroine character "Kathryn" and it implies that she has intercourse with other male prisoners. I then came to fact check it and from a reply I read by the creator, it appears so. This is not directly NTR because it's not cheating however, the girls do have intercourse with other men , which heavily gives off NTR vibes. I don't like that kind of stuff which is a shame because I was really enjoying this but I don't think I can enjoy the game with the realization that the main heroines are going to be with other men so I will be dropping this game. I could deal with maybe one or two characters to just avoid, but the creator stated his plans to make it a sort of sharing girls game in the future makes me feel like I will not be returning to this game sadly. (More accurately, he said he was going to make a lot of male characters love interests of the female characters so basically, sharing the female characters, rather than a harem game, where they are dedicated or loyal to the protagonist.)
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In my opinion -
Character design - 10/10. Wide variety of characters. Age wise, body shape wise, personality wise and design in general. I love the whole design of it and I enjoy each of the characters independently. I especially dig Katheryn's character design.
Game lore - 5/10. There is a big plot to this that I feel like if it was expanded too much, it would be more reading than anything, but I feel like I am missing a lot of information here. I would definitely have liked to have heard more information about the lore to the game.
Art style - 8/10. It is early release so it is not polished, but I definitely think has some nice potential. It suits the characters and the aesthetic of the characters.
Sex Scenes - NA/10. If I were to give this a rating at the moment, It would be maybe 7 - 8/10. But I haven't seen a sex scene yet because I am dropping the game early. I heard that one of the characters has/had a husband (I can't recall) which means they have had sex with other men than the protagonist. Then I stumbled across the first Katheryne hangout scenes which implies she had sex with other men and I am heavily turned off by such stuff. Seeing characters I am so fond of in such a context meant I couldn't enjoy the game anymore. The scenes were good rating from what I had experienced in the couple hours I had played.
Lighting - 8/10. Apart from a couple exceptions, the lighting was done pretty well and shows the scenes quite beautifully despite it being based in a prison.
Overall - 7/10. It would be a 8/10, but my interests don't align with the creators, as the creator wants to push it to be a more sharing the girls approach, where I prefer a typical Harem genre, where the main girls are not having sex with other men.
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What would make me come back to this game?
I still believe that this game has huge potential. I would love to come back to it and maybe even support the creator. However it would be 2 big asks that go completely against the creator's plans.
1) Making Zinnia a romance-able character. Zinnia is the main character we are introduced to and tasked with raising to become strong at the beginning. In the timeline, she is 19 almost 20. I love her personality and I think it would be interesting to see romance scenes between them. I also think it would suit her, showing as time goes one and she trust the protagonist and his friends more, she should be more open to things between him and the girls. She always talks about his "harem", more girls to (flirt with). It would be awesome for us to see a turn around where eventually she joins the harem and she even sarcastically mentioned about the protagonist wanting a threesome with her and "Katheryne" at the start. Shortly after the beginning, it even feels the need to clarify that she is a virgin, we wouldn't need to know that information unless she was romance-able. It feels like she was made to be romance-able.
2) Making a non-NTR/"Girl sharing" version of the game as a selectable option. While it is not NTR exactly, it has the same premise and vibe to one. The girls don't just do it with the protagonist. They do it with the other male inmates too. Usually, games will have an option, where you are prompted with a question at the start which says "Would you like to see NTR content?" If you selected No, they would start the game with certain lines changed and certain scenes removed such as the very first scene, where a random girl is scene having sex with a completely random rich man. This would appeal to a large amount of the player base and would be sure to keep everyone happy because it would mean that people could enjoy the original story, or the alternative which is what more people are accustomed to, which is not sharing the girls.
Just making number 2 a feature would make me come back to playing the game, but number 1 in addition would make it far more enjoyable.
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SCRIPT SPOILERS AHEAD DON'T READ UNLESS YOU ARE OKAY WITH THAT.>>>
Of course I probably had a few mistakes while writing my original comment so please feel free to point out any mistakes for me to edit if you feel like it isn't true! The Kathryn scene in specific, the conversation goes as follows.
Sora: "I have to say, Kath, I'm a bit envious of your constant motivation and energy."
Kath: "All thanks to a good sleep and hearty breakfast."
Kath: "Breakfast is crucial, it's our main source of energy"
Sora: "Beer must be part of that energy boost, too, right?"
Kath: "And sex. A woman needs a passionate night every so often to truly shine"
Sora: "Haha. No wonder you're so vibrant."
It implies that Kath, had sex the night before, giving her the energy she shows and that Sora was not aware, saying "Haha No wonder you're so vibrant" implying he was not aware that she was having sex which means it wasn't him. If this wasn't the case then she would have no reason to bring it up unless she was trying to flirt with him, to which she could have followed up with "So what do ya say?" or something along those lines with Sora laughing in return. But the topic shifts immediately after showing it was her genuinely saying, she gets her energy boost from sex, sleep, breakfast and beer.
MORE SPOILERS>>> One more thing. I believe you said in a devlog that we could download the version with the pre updated Zinnia to enjoy the original version, then she would undergo her metamorphosis making her aged up at quest 12 aligning with the story. I wanted to enjoy the original character for how they were originally designed but I can't find any link to download the patch for it in the discord. I'm assuming it's the reward for patron/subscriberstar supporters?