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So I finally met Vicky at the bar, and since I last played I decided to watch The Owl House... is it bad my brain auto read Vicky with Eda's voice?

Right?! Seriously though, it was genuinely subtle enough yet obvious enough, good reference all 'round.

Tbf I just got back to the game and had to remember how to do it on mobile... which is a lot more complicated. Gotta hold a finger on the screen and swipe with another finger. Iirc swipe right to get it to go back and up for history. And tap with all 3 to hide the UI. (For any other mobile users that see this comment)

I literally accidentally found these "controls" out while rapid tapping after reloading saves to read something I accidentally skipped over

When the character starts detailing off stuff about what they are "watching" and it all pieces together to be a reference you understand... man, shame Arc full reset CK and now we gotta hope he even continues updating it from the ground up again >_> also Aunt Cas isn't blood related afaik, it's been a hot minute since I played but I'm pretty sure she confirmed she just likes being called aunt because she was close friends with MC's mom... and she has a hyper maternal fixation lmao. But anyways, wild reference to make atm given the state of CK lmao.

Was literally about to post about that lmao

Alright, after a nearly 60 hour run timer, I definitely finished everything. I feel like I missed some stuff or it got removed, because I remember a few things that didn't pop up in my run.... and I went everywhere and talked to everyone lol. Dig the lil bits that act as a teaser to a possible sequel. If y'all ever do start something up, I hope I see it :D genuinely a good game for what it is. Better than a lot of others. And not many things I wish were changed (i.e. the combat not being auto rng). Good writing with few grammar or spelling issues, good art, and decent animation for most scenes. And above all, a proper story that didn't just plot hole left and right and actually made sense so it didn't lose the player. Hopefully y'all keep up the good work and keep making stuff and improving what you got ^^

I still need to try randel tales, how would you describe it?

Finally getting back to this after however long it's been (think the church construction and first few Maria events were brand new last I played) and gotta say I'm impressed by the changes. A fair bit was still the same, so I still sorta auto piloted through most of the start of the game, even the work minigames triggered my muscle memory lmao. Still have some more to go, just got Maddy again and will probably comment after I finish. But just wanted to say it's been nice having it smoothed out since I last played. There have only been a very few weird bugs that fixed themselves before they were even an issue, so that's a big improvement since I last played. Great work.

Yep

Will preface that I am playing on android using JoiPlay, but the game keeps having an issue whenever combat starts. And it seems entirely RNG if it happens. And it's tied to opacity for some reason? So even with the apple tutorial I have to restart a few times. Made it into the cave finally and the first slime encounter also did it. And due to there being no save option yet... gotta keep starting over entirely. Never really had this error happen before, usually it's sprite animations or strings that are to long for JoiPlay to read properly. Unsure why opacity is causing an issue at all.

Here's hoping it gets more positions and options lol

First three weeks is kinda insane lmao. I get being a useless moron but that still doesn't excuse how quickly it burns through stamina and how annoying it is to get stamina back when you get constantly bombarded by RNG events that skip chunks of the day on you.

Dig the femboy idea for something like this, I just wish he wasn't super subby lolz. I will admit I enjoy the small but hung femboy dominating the girl ideology xD

Neat idea

So I think I've roughly finished what's available, and it's pretty good. Reminds me of a much better version of something very similar but it was almost all AI generated. I am kinda curious if there's a way to get to some chests, like the one at the top of the mountain before the final act or the one in the fenced area in act 3. Got the arcane focus after a LOT of wandering to find the spot to progress it xD that was longer than it shoulda been... but kinda makes sense. I will have to try again from the beginning and see how things go if I choose to try and keep Sana pure the whole way.

now, I have a few thoughts and ideas so forgive me for how long the post will be. I've seen others ask about having MC get with the elves or other female characters, even as a revenge route for how often Sana sleeps around. It would be neat, especially given how Astrid and Chris constantly tease MC to do something with (or to) them. It would honestly be neat to go the playboy twist while Sana sleeps around you rack up experience for a pseudo wholesome ending since she kinda clearly won't be satisfied by MC by the end lol. I also, strangely, found myself wishing Astrid still offered those super OP items she does at the start... I kinda eventually had a lot of cash with nothing to really use it on.

Noticed there are some events that don't seem to progress when returning to act 3, namely Sana having a couple events up in the top left area and a couple others. Which made me wonder if they are planned for later or just there as small things. While wondering that, I also wondered if you could tie the progression of the lewd events to the dialogs for them on top of changing location? Some are kinda far away from a door or path to progress it while others require a few extra steps (like the minotaur in the bar, going back and forth multiple times per scene transition is neat for the lewd dialog but less neat because of running back n forth). There's a few events that I also can't figure out how to get, namely the adventurers trying to recruit Sana. Whenever they rarely show up, the dialogs make it clear she's down but like... going through a door just makes it go away? So the gallery hall says I still haven't found it even though I even set up a save for it specifically. Would probably also be fixed by the prior idea, progress the lewd events via their dialog and whatnot. There were some other thoughts I had but I'm sadly blanking on them atm lol.

All in all, great work. I am curious if the uh... father.... changes depending on some flags at the end. Like if it's time spent with ally or not. Because I got the caster from the start, probably because of how long I grinned Sana's lewd level at the beginning... looking forward to more, and especially if you have plans for more routes and branch options :D (as much as I like seeing Sana get corrupted, it still bothers me that MC is that much of a pathetic and oblivious cuck. Kinda want a happy end option to mix things up lmao)

Maybe, I wish I could post the error string but it sadly goes off screen for me :<

... so I typed this and was about to go take a sceen shot and post it to see if it would help at all and it just... skipped w/e sprite was supposed to happen and I can progress now??? I'm so confused I want to get the meme about coders coding something and being thoroughly horrified that it works somehow and they don't know how.

Well, seems I can't start act 3 lol. Tbf I am using JoiPlay on android, so it could be the cause. But when Sana goes to do her foxfire thing it hits a sprite read error. Can't figure out how to bipass it myself.

Alright, was just curious if the image overlay in town was bugged for me. I'm playing using the JoiPlay app and haven't had many issues, so was curious if the image not changing was due to that.

Edit: figured it out. Seems the warlock side quest had the scene progression locked lol. Also having to go in and out of places, was thinking it was auto progress. But the way it's set up is good, nice work

Genuine question, when Sana gets into a potential lewd event while in town what progresses the little png overlay? Seen her in the window a few times now and ran around town or looked at the dialog for it but she just sits on her knees. Meanwhile the gallery shows there's more to it. Am I missing something or is the "scene progression" just super slow?

Ya, noticed... like even hard focusing cash gen, I think I only got like 7k before the first rent deadline? Like it wouldn't be quite so bad if you had more time in the room vs the stamina cost... or if any of the basic upgrades and items weren't 3k+ off the bat lol. Even tried the level grind idea of save money, get book, use book to help level... but the books are 1 time use? For 3k each? Bruh xD

Ngl, this really feels entirely stacked against you from the start and it makes ut difficult to do much of anything... unsure if it's just me, but the time recording genuinely seems way to short for how much stamina gets used. Not to mention how many things you have to do to properly rack up points in the scant few seconds you get. I also, genuinely, cannot figure out how to put her clothes back unless it's just shifting them. The unshift button shows up for that. But simply undoing a couple buttons and you run out of time and it counts toward her coming to ask about it and losing points... there is no option that I'm seeing to put her shirt back on or even just redo the buttons. Am trying on mobile but like... with how many RNG checks get shotgunned at you right off the bat and how commonly they fail because you don't have the stats or even just irl luck for dice rolls... idk, it feels like this was geared with cheats in mind or just continually digging yourself into a deeper hole that *eventually* you can start getting out of after multiple weeks in game. Like I genuinely kept thinking to myself "after the first night you have basically no energy left over yet you can't even choose to rest and restore stamina until 3 or so days later because it just constantly forces you into some RNG check that can either lose relationship or stamina... how the hell are you meant to properly *start*?"

Finally got to try this, and gotta say it's pretty good. I do have a couple questions though, like how early on it's kinda established that the MC is actually pretty intelligent and even has moments here and there in later content... but after the initial tutoring stuff, she honestly just goes kinda brain dead? I get she was probably playing herself up, but she did claim to do better than the nerdy bro on tests and given how she obviously didn't fail her way into school she must be telling a bit of truth there lol. But then she just has numerous times where she's very clearly not smart... Just feels a bit odd to me. Tbf I think I just finished the netori path in 1 sitting... which brings my second question, during the "date" with Elysia the way it ended felt odd. I'm wondering if I just chose the wrong options along the path because after Elysia leaves it has a part where the MC messaged people but got not reply before going home. Is that how it is or is there a chance to call up Hana or Sophie or someone?

Looking forward to more updates, and hope the rest of the year goes better than whatever has been happening so far. Can relate on it being real rough lately.

With this page actually bringing up JoiPlay having its own site now made me look it up, and damn is it way easier than it way last I looked xD good on ye for actually outlining how to play this on mobile, even saying to get the plug-in needed. Now if only folks would read it ;P

It's explained on this page lol. Google JoiPlay.

Guessing aplove inspired this lmao, dig the look and hope it's a good starting point for something more.

Wew that's a lot of work lol. Been going along the VN auto play so far and have been enjoying it. Only a few spelling or wording issues too, which is nice. A few scenes have made me laugh while othera have made me cringe in disgust. Which shows the writing is fairly good :)

I do have to say, though, the VN auto play definitely feels a bit... disjointed at times. Some scenes have you get called to do something then it's not continued for a different scene or two. Some of which involve the time of day changing, which is mostly why they feel disjointed. Think it was getting called to the basement to deal with the electric then you get some night scene and don't deal with the electric till you almost forget about it a few events later :o so while the writing is fairly good, it's a bit undercut if you load up all the girls in one auto play because they don't mesh entirely as it currently is lol. But outside of just a few scenes like that, it still does well to progress the pseudo story along. Oh, also, I chose the full voiced option and some of the audio balance needs to be tuned a bit. I get Addison os meant to be quiet, but sometimes you can't hear the voice over the music only to then have someone loud talk next and blow your speakers xD also noticed after a while a lot of the voice over work kinda just stops. But I'm guessing that's just because it's a to do list thing, not the game breaking :o

All in all, I dig the art style and characters (even if I wanna slap Jessie or Clarissa upside the head here n there) and the actual attempt at freedom of choice to experience the game in a number of different ways. As someone who is typically an overly nice dom usually, I can vibe with the nice dom options. Even having small bro moments with Darian. It's really nice, overall. And I look forward to how it continues as I keep playing and as you keep updating

so I have it downloaded from a long while back (v 0.08.01.00 alpha) and am curious how far along this has gotten since then. Does it have enough substance to fill more than a short time? And barring any spoilers for whoever else may read this (I do not mind spoilers, but I know others do) how far along would this be towards finishing?

Just tried the android version, saw mention of the visual bugs so I already expected something... the flickering images isn't that bad, a bit annoying. But the save system seems a bit broken lmao. I went to start over, even deleted the auto save, and if I create any new saves from the main menu it just drops me at the end where you recommend the patreon button lmao. Oh well, guess I will have to hold off to see the other scenes I missed.

I will readily admit, as stated before, that it is a decent premise. If it got some proper work done for it, it would probably do just as well or better than now. It's why I kept stressing if the coding side is being done by hand instead of just a chatgpt type prompt. Because overall it is not bad. The use of AI to *assist* actual work is a good and proper use of it. But using it to fully generate everything in what is technically a niche hobby like making a lewd game? Especially with how so many businesses have been trying to stamp out lewd genre options from things? This sadly isn't big enough to warrant the excuse of AI assistance to cover or expedite work flow. This is someone throwing together their ideas for a hobby option. And if it's entirely generated, what really would be the point then? That it exists? With how little there currently is after being on itchio since the end of last year? Regardless, that's my point. It is a decent concept, and I can look past the AI generated images and shoddy ai animations if it is at least being put together with some motivation and effort. And it's the only way I could see this taking as long as it has for how little it currently is. So I do genuinely hope they keep at it, improve what they have, and maybe look into getting actual artists with any extra income they get from this hobby work lol

Nah, entirely valid opinion due to how many AI generated slop games have been flooding itchio and other sites. And even with all the down votes I get, you cannot tell me over half a year of "work" that heavily relies on AI Gen yet there's only the 1 option in a harem game is valid for your "indie devs take a while" statement. If it was hand drawn and crudely animated, sure. A month or 3 per scene would make sense. There are hundreds of games that show this. But this has only 1 proper sex scene that typically always strips the older lady out of w/e outfit she's wearing and a handful of other scenes for oral, tits, and grinding. It's why I'm hoping it's at least coded with effort instead of using a chatgpt option. Because then it can make sense as to why there is so little after how many months? Seriously, it's constructive criticism about work load and not just me bashing the whole thing for being what it is, an AI slop "game" lol.

Separate post to just say the models and world are really neat, don't think I've seen a game done in w/e engine/maker was used for this :o also... I gotta admit the male MC looks very much like a buff version of someone I used to know irl so it was really strange at times xD

Noticed one of the right side paths for Ashley is broken, at least on android. It's where you tell Drew to fuck off, and guess it's supposed to lead into a Brooke message but no message happens. Fills the chart but doesn't give anything else.

It's by choosing the worst options on the Val route. It is literally her rage quit ending.

Doesn't always work, some games aren't in a joiplay format and other folks don't know how to set it up in the first place. Joiplay was also like... not available for a long time until they posted it again elsewhere. So some people might not even know where to get access to joiplay

Wish I knew a way to suggest fixing it, but coding the games has always been my weak point... good luck, at least the game is still playable on android it's just weirdly cut off

Gotcha, that kinda sucks for me as my PC is attached to the TV in the living room and I don't live alone lmao. So I typically give these types of games a try on my phone if they have the options.

Roger roger, thanks for the reply and hope work progresses smoothly :D

Gonna ask before giving it a go, but how much is actually available atm? I ask because v0.1.4a is usually fairly new and thus only early into options with no proper substance. But some games (Eternum is my easiest example that comes to mind) do their update format differently with little chunks per 0.0.1 type update :o I also don't mind spoilers, but if you feel that answering would be spoilers for those that care, feel free to cover it up and I will read it when I get the chance :D

Go figure :o hopefully it's an easy fix in the coding :D

So, as someone who honestly wishes people wouldn't use AI generated garbage for things like this... it's a neat premise. The AI slop already had my expectations in the ground, but overall it is a neat concept. As for how much of this is made with AI slop, I will choose to believe the coding is at least done with effort which would be the only excuse for how little there currently is. So if it is actually being coded through effort and not just asking some chatgpt option... good luck, and I hope it improves with time. If even the coding is done with AI and how many months it's been out now... having what is essentially only 1 character properly available in a harem game is kinda... lacking.