ok, thing is, I liked the routes but the ending just made me feel really uncomfortable. I mean it acts like it gives you a choice but it really seems like its pushing you towards a poly relationship when I really only wanted to romance one person. Even when I actively avoided it, the ending it gave me was "It seemed like they were all on the edge of something but wouldn't be there for a long time" And bruh, it just made it feel like my choices didn't matter in the end, I was going to be in a poly relationship whether I liked it or not.
Not sure what to say except for-- yep! That's how this game is!
We wanted to make a polyam game, so we made a polyam game. It's not for everyone, and that's fine!
There's plenty of games where you can be mono and you're FORCED to be mono so I'd recommend checking those out! (In fact, quite a few of my other games are like that; so check those out!)
Thanks for playing regardless!
I know theres not a lot of poly games, but I just really would have liked it if it was specified so I wouldn't spend hours trying to get the perfect end where I could balance out how my time was spent to get one person. I get now that I wasn't the demographic it was appealing to, but I don't know how I was supposed to know that. I genuinely thought it was a choice to be poly or not. But yeah, nothing I can do about this but put this away and go play something else, but again, really would have appreciated if it was specified so peeps don't have to through the same confusion and frustration of trying to get an end they want and running into a wall every time.
The game never specifically says it's mono or that you can date either Burdoc OR Malik exclusively anywhere-- in fact; it doesn't state it's a dating sim anywhere on this page, actually!
I don't feel like the game being polyam is something it needs to have plastered over every part of the game page to make it appealing; and I don't want it to be such a wild concept that suddenly "it's the hook" or that it needs warning of -- if that makes sense? I even debated for a long time including polyamorous in the tags, because I didn't want people assuming that was all the game had to offer. (Ultimately I decided it was better to include than not to. People who do relate to and need this content in their lives need an easier way to find it, and thus I included it in the tags.)
Again, I appreciate your feedback so much and I do try to do my best to let people know the content of my games/comics here on Itchio very directly -- which is super evident if you've seen any of other games/comics. But again, I don't feel like Tomai is a game that needs to or wants to shout out loud how much of a polyam game it is.
Apologies if you felt you wasted your time on Tomai, that does suck to hear since I know how difficult it can be to find content like this online right now-- but hey, at least it was free? 🤷
If somehow you did buy any of the extra content or donated to the game, I'd be more than happy to refund you! Thanks for your time!