After seeing some fanart of Alan, I thought I might give the game a try.
Alan is a nice guy, but you also realize relatively quickly that there's a little more to him. (I'd guess he has Yandere tendencies....Maybe???) I like his design, but he just hits my personal preference pretty accurately, that's why it didn't surprise me.
However, after reading a lot of other comments and somehow everyone being so enthusiastic, I wanted to leave a little criticism here and point out something that I think is absolutely obvious but doesn't seem to bother anyone.
What I just don't like are this many parallels to YourBoyfriend, Peter.
Not only his design....
- Alan is also (almost) the same height as Peter.
- They have the same zodiac sign.
- Both are very jealous. (Which the scene in the park implies).
- Neither likes to swim.
- And obviously both like to bite.
- sharp teeth (At this point,I was really waiting for him to have a long tongue XD").
- According to his wiki, Alan growls like a wolf? Well, Peter purrs and hisses. So they both have animalistic behavior.
- And, of course, both are pansexual.
- As well as ambidextrous!
- And the mention of Alan's high school skater phase reminded me a lot of Peter's goth phase.
That's already too many points to be considered a coincidence. That's why I had to compare Alan with Peter all the time and could hardly concentrate properly on following this story.
And I think that's a pity, because there's obviously a lot of love in your game. But because of this comparison I couldn't really acknowledge Alan as an independent character, but always only as a copy of Peter.
Probably most people will prefer Alan to Peter because he looks 'cuter' and is (perhaps) not quite such a pervert. Time will tell, of course, to what extent he really is that sweet guy.
I know the game is still in development and I'm sure there will be a lot more content, but ... *SPOILER
... That the two become intimate with each other so quickly, I find somehow too rushed. (certainly this is due to the chosen answers and you can also take it slowly, but I was curious if there really is an option >>for<< so early ^^)
I think that this scene had a lot of appeal to the fans, so that's probably just my personal feeling.
I really liked the backgrounds! (Hm, I often felt reminded of The Sims 4 when it comes to the decor though :))
And the music is also wonderfully chosen. It creates a very nice mood.
Nice were also the possibilities to choose the gender as well as the save function!
But as I said, Alan reminds me too much of Peter - with Ticci Toby's hairstyle ;)
That's why I probably won't continue playing here. But I wish you all the best in the development of this game!