I haven't discovered a way to make 250'000 credits in a reasonable amount of time, it seems like there's nothing to do but make a scene with Harley, make a scene with Morticia, and comb the beach to make money, repeat that like crazy, then repair a room to progress the story.
Unlocking new characters before fixing rooms is possible. I know that you haven’t played more than 3 in-game days (let alone made a scene with Morticia 25x) based on your question. There’s not much strategy in this game as it is meant to be funny, laid back and sexy. As a spoiler, a character is unlocked if you’ve done a scene with Morticia 3x and that’s approximately 3 in-game days. There’s best way to play this game is to enjoy the story and follow where it takes you and enjoy the sex scenes. Spend more in-game days and eventually you will encounter new characters.
That's true, I'm very reluctant to repeat scenes in most games unless the game makes it very obvious that results will be different, because it feels like I'm doing the same wrong thing multiple times. A friend of mine who made RPG Maker games once had to tell me I had to talk to each NPC 10 times (!) to advance the plot, and she was so proud of how she wrote 10 lines of dialogue for each NPC in her game.
Maybe have the game tell the player that doing Morticia 3 times will unlock the next event.
I cand definitely relate. Writing takes a good dose of inspiration and a lot of effort to produce, just like any other form of art. Make sure to talk to all her NPC's 10x or you're missing out for sure!
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