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Hey, love the game and happy to support on Patreon!
I'm very glad to see the return of Glitch City as of 6.0, and I'm excited to see where the game goes in future updates. I just wanted to pop in with some (constructive) feedback, intended for the "polish" stage. Essentially, what I'd like to see down-the-line is a little more "granular control" over the content and customization options that currently exist within the game. I like the way the game is currently set up systems-wise, and I think there's a good amount of content to unlock that's fairly priced in terms of in-game currency. I assume that a few more body paints or hair parts might be added here-or-there, and that I haven't even unlocked everything that already exists yet (due to the rotating shop in both 4.0 and 6.0). I also really appreciate that you've gone the extra mile to include variant artworks for pretty much all the game's assets, to account for whether NSFW or "Large" toggles are On or Off. The self-censor option for streaming is likewise a very good idea. What I *want more of* in the future, is the ability to *choose* bust- and NSFW-related customizations on a case-by-case basis rather than a game-wide toggle. It was initially a bit jarring that all my old 4.0 customizations made the jump when booting up the game, but some of my old parts (like the eye-covering bangs) were not unlocked or available and all my characters had been re-sized to Size 1 (flat) busts. I had to "ruin" one of my characters in order to progress the in-game challenges, because I couldn't switch back to parts that either no longer exist (?) or are buried somewhere in the rotating store where I have to re-buy them. I otherwise really like the new 'tasks', because they provide direction and a sort of long-form tutorial. What's a little frustrating is that personally, I like the busts somewhere in the range of Sizes 1-3, with sizes 4/5 being a little... Hyper for my liking. It's not a huge deal in older versions, because I got to specify what my Dolls had, and everyone else's preferences for their Online Dolls (or the new 'glitched' Dolls) was their business. I don't want anyone to *not* have their preferred size (and it's your game so you get to decide how big things get); I'm really glad that you even choose to cater to such a wide variety of tastes as-is. If I don't want Hyper, I just *don't* turn on that toggle... to a point. There are artworks and characters that I really like the "Large" variant of, but there are Characters and Cards who are already on the bustier side of things that I don't necessarily prefer outside of their "default" size. Same with the Dolls. I like being able to use the Large toggle to bump all my Level 1 girls up to Level 2, but it looks like long-term my girls will all inevitably hit Level 4 from use in-game and there's no way to down-size or "lock" their size. Buying additional Dolls is simultaneously a good later-game money sink, a way to "downsize" by simply buying new Dolls, and a way to -if I understand correctly how it works- eventually fill up Glitch City with custom Dolls. I also like that it's theoretically possible to play a 4-kitty squad or whatever, later down the line (right?). It's just kind of frustrating that Level and Bust are tied together, when that means that all my current dolls are going to trend upwards, potentially more than I want, and I'll have to invest millions of money in buying new Level 1/2 Dolls in order to have Dolls in Glitch City that I'm pleased with aesthetically. That separates them into "gameplay Dolls" and "Dolls I like aesthetically", which is just kind of frustrating and spoils things a bit. I'll be begrudgingly taking the L4 dolls into matches with their big ridiculous busts I can't modify, because their skills are flatly better, while it's all in service of customizing *another* 4+ dolls whose only purpose is to stand around in the Glitch City. Also, the 4 L4 dolls I need for gameplay are just sort of hanging around, needing charging and trips to the (hopefully soon to be visit-able) Bath House. I want to send the ones I *like* to the Bath House, and Charge *them*, not the ones I'm only using because their skills/stats are better. In order to provide a workable plan, I'd suggest making the "Large" toggle work a bit more like the "Nudity" toggle. If I want the characters/art to go up a size across-the-board, I use the Passcode option. If I want a singular 2D character to go up from default or down from Large, I ask them via the Chat option. Dolls can use a Bust size equal to their level *or lower*, allowing players to grind for better skills and more bust options on their Dolls but not *forcing* one particular size. This has the added benefit of adding *more* long-term goals to "grind" for, since players could aim for 4x of each Doll type (for a total of 16), AND grind XP on the Dolls themselves in order to bring their maximum bust sizes up to the player's preference. Even if that's only say, Size 3, then that's still a TON of longevity for the game; it's exponentially more if someone wants 16x Size 4 (5 with code) girls OR MORE. Maybe in whatever section I most interact with cards (I don't have the Workshop yet but I assume that's where I upgrade/fiddle with cards), I can swap individual cards between their NSFW/Large variants on a per-card basis. I also want to point out that I *LOVE* the art throughout Glitch City and would like to inter-mix some of the variants so that I can see more of it at once. In that particular case, I'd like to still see some of the "SFW" variants scattered around even when I have the NSFW artworks available. The displays are clearly variants of one another, but since the Building Art is unique between the SFW and NSFW variants it's kind of a shame you don't get to see roughly half the artworks when you're playing with the NSFW setting on. Again, just someplace to further fine-tune the pool of existing artworks/assets that the game *already has and draws from* at any given time is all I'm asking for.