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Thank you so much for telling me.

How do you do BOTH the best friend and step sister quest on Day 1?

If you subscribe to the Patreon, you can play the 0.2.0 and 0.2.1 updates, but there is no news for F2Ps. He usually keeps us an update apart but now I'm not sure.  

This game is a GREAT mix of sexy, serious, and funny. I don't know if it's my style of humor or the execution, but almost every meme has made me crack tf up. Sometimes I even scroll back just to see the scene play again. The best part is none of it is overdone. The mood of the game is so chill and casual that when they happen, you just laugh. And so few and far between that you appreciate them.

"10/10. Came for the girls, stayed for the Grimm reference." -me probably.

EDIT: There is one issue. When you get your phone. It seems like your surname changes to "Smith". Really ruins the immersion.

I can't progress past the Festival? The age 6 summer event. There are a lot of broken/missing pages. Cannot progress the story past Alberich bringing you to Sieg and your friends.

I feel the same way about the dom/sub elements. Feels like theres more sub content than dom. 

Also the dom/sub stat feels a bit sensitive? Like if I'm casually nice, my sub level with that character goes up? I'm not even sure what exactly is increasing it, but I'm definitely not letting people walk all over/control me.

Great game, but the History Feature has white text and a white BG.

Cool game, but visually really dark. I can barely see anything the game is talking about, especially at night. Like the bear in the beginning in the cave.

A very nice start! What attracted me in the first place were the original-looking models. Very refreshing to see. The animations are great and don't kill my low-end PC. And the story seems like fun!

If I had any criticisms so far, it'd just be the few spelling mistakes I saw, but nothing major. Can't wait to see more!

Great update! Noticed a couple of things though.

• A recap feature of some kind wouldn't be a bad idea: This game is amazingly well-written, which is a good thing, but it also requires some attention to detail. When Gaius was asking you questions over dinner about who Cerberus is and what my theories were, I had NO IDEA what he was talking about, or who the characters he was talking about were. I just picked the choice that made me not sound dumb. I also didn't even remember that there was even a dog in this game so the opening scene for Chapter 5 was confusing as hell. The game probably flows better all at once, but it might get frustrating if you're playing update-to-update or taking your time playing it.
• Some sort of relationship tracker for the characters: At first, I didn't pay it much mind and just picked whatever options I wanted, but when you give me options like "Save Girl 1 or Girl 2" without repercussions, that basically means you're giving me a free point to put to a character, but without the exact number, how am I supposed to know which is better for my playthrough? Unless I'm dumb and blind and there already is a place where I can see my points with a character.

Ah! Thx. Jill looked sad when I said no so I let her take me lol. Jill is cute so she's one of my favorites atm.

Great game, but there's an image on the side for a scene with Dixie? I couldn't find that in the game. Is it in the first 4 episodes?

I just played the game and I love it. I'm sure Kyo meant it as a joke. Your MC isn't evil, he just goes along with kinks and whatnot. He's very well-written!

And for anyone reading/concerned, no he does not take advantage of anyone he lives with... Unless you want him to... Then it's that's on you lol

I was a bit scared at first but then I kinda laughed at the beginning when I remembered the plot. I made that comment about AVNs with bad writing and this reminded me of those games. A douchey guy being douchey and getting all the girls - that's it. That would be the game. And I'd get sick of it so fast.

So I can see no greater person to put in a time loop than this one to learn a lesson. lol

Part of me wants to replay this version multiple times to see all the possible outcomes, if any others exist, but another part of me wants to wait til the game is complete to experiment with stuff like that.

I'm interested to see where this goes!

I pretty much just use itch to exclusively play Twine and Ren'py games and so when I was cleaning out my computer a couple of months ago I went "Wait, what happened to Courtship?" and tried to see if there was a newer update I missed. I was heartbroken to see it was deleted/de-listed. I later found out from F95 or your Patreon that you had things going on and put Courtship on hold for a smaller project.

First I just wanna say, I hope whatever is going on gets better soon. It's not any of our business exactly what it is, but I have a lot of respect for devs who are transparent about these things and at least let us know that something IS going on.

Second, I wanted to tell you that Courtship is a great game. I've learned from playing dozens of AVNs that good graphics and sex scenes do not make a good AVN. They're important, but so is good writing. And good writing is surprisingly RARE in the community. Courtship didn't get far but it was definitely a gem that had it.

So this is pretty much a thank you letter. I can't support you financially as my own life is in shambles as it is. But I do want to say that I appreciate and love your game as it was something I looked forward to seeing develop. Even if making games is just a hobby for you, the experience you bring means a lot! So thanks! Can't wait to try out The Loop.

"Traits" section doesn't show when I make a new character. I've tried deleting saves and reinstalling but nothing works. Was the feature removed?

I hate Discord, but I'll say here that this update is amazing. I've said it before, but I'm very immersed in the story you're trying to tell. I also love games where I'm given choices that mean something. It's such a satisfying and underappreciated experience.  I can't wait for Chapter 5 to see where everything goes!

Glad you're okay and doing alright! Can't wait to try the update.

I decided to check out this game at your recommendation and I enjoyed it.  I'm impressed by your voice work. It's very sultry and fitting for an adult game!

But I'm not big on "wife sharing" so this game was a bit of a mixed bag for me, but that doesn't make it any less impressive!

Though I will admit there were points where I found reading it myself faster, I think having a VN read to you is still a cool touch, but probably best reserved for special moments or things of important plot relevance.

Wasn't expecting anything at least until tomorrow! Tysm!

Hello! Just stumbled across this game and thought I'd share a few thoughts.

1. Was surprised by the voice-acted intro. Pleasantly of course.
2. I noticed some spelling/grammar mistakes but only a couple. For AVNs, I always recommend putting them through some sort of spell/grammar check for quality.
3. I enjoyed the animations as well. I'm not sure what magic you used, but I was able to play this on my low-specs laptop without lagging or crashing from them! Whatever it is, keep doing it lol.

Other than that, this seems like a really cool project! I guess my only fear or concern is the game becoming too femdom-centric? Respect to the fetish, but I'm much more interested in getting to know the characters and developing a relationship that way.

Thanks for the reply! Shows that you care and are listening. Hope I didn't come off as too critical, just wanted to give my honest feedback. Thank you for your hand work. Can't wait for the next part!

Amazing game! I came to be horny but this came kept me engaged all of the way through. The models are great and so is the writing. I was so sad when I reached the end of the current version!

Every character is charming or interesting; even the cliche ones have layers that I can't wait to see flesh out! Very excited to see the next chapter of New Antioch and its world and characters!

Seems like a very cool project! I can see all the effort you're putting in, and I appreciate it.  I just have a couple of notes.

You have a report button for grammar and spelling mistakes, and this isn't really a mistake, but I see that the game translates "*laugh*" to "lol"? "lol" isn't really something people say out loud and idk why it changes to lol when *laugh* is just fine. Not a big deal, it's just a bit immersion-breaking. Some bits of dialogue also had "\insert text here"\ weird slashes in them? I had thought this was a mistake, but there were so many, I was beginning to think it was intentional? I sent feedback on some of them just in case they weren't. 

There are also "jokes"(?) that I don't understand? When you get your room, there's a random remark about F95 players not understanding the plot? And a few other jokes like that. I don't mind 4th wall jokes or meta humor, but some of them seem out of nowhere and don't fit the mood.

Other than that, I really enjoyed what I played so far even though my laptop couldn't handle much of it. lol. In the future, I hope you add things optional to do between the days? I know it's early, but I found myself skipping through days just to get to the next event.

I can't download the archive.rpa file, I keep getting the 0x8000x4005 error and can't play.

Love the game so far, but the new characters feel a bit too similar to the last ones personality-wise. I'm hoping that will change in the future, but if not, I'll at least put my faith in the "customization of scenarios" aspect of the game.

Honestly, I am getting a little antsy for the next update, but that's why I love these progress reports. This is shaping up to be one of my favorite VNs, and watching it grow and hearing how hard you're working on it is actually really satisfying.

Not many VN authors are... how do I say... "transparent"(?) about how far along they are. Just saying "It'll be done when it's done" can quickly alienate fans or just leave them straight up forgetting about your project, especially if you are taking longer than originally said. So I really appreciate these updates, because you don't have to do them, but it comes across as really thoughtful to your fans. Thanks!

Love the game! I've been playing for 12ish hours so far, exploring and testing different things out. I can see how much effort you put into it and I am really impressed! I can't wait to follow along and see how it develops.

If I had any feedback, it'd maybe be limiting the number of generated characters? Unless there's an option I missed. You rarely see any of the same characters outside of classmates and your dormmates. As for the ones you see outside, like at the bar or arcade, there doesn't seem to be a way to call on those characters aside from randomly seeing them again. You also automatically acquire the number of people you befriend which can really clog up your phone. On one saved file, I think I had 5 pages of "friends"? Limiting who gets your number might be a good idea too. I really can't tell but it almost feels like the game is constantly making new characters which would lower the chances of meeting previous characters you have rapport with. Unless, again, the number of generated characters is just that high.

I know the game is still young, but it's kind of crazy how far and how few story/character events are, given how much time we have in a given day. After a month or two in-game, I couldn't tell if there was anything left to do, or if progressing was just spaced out THAT much. I know you're working on adding more content, but it's just something that becomes quite noticeable with the current version.

I'm still messing around with the dating system, but it becomes harder(?) to do anything sexual after becoming romantic with a character? Maybe I'm just doing something wrong or picking the wrong options, haha.

I stopped at the Casino because I was just intially curious as to what kind of game you made. Not sure how long or short it is. I'll probably finish at a later time to give my proper thoughts. But I did catch a couple of errors.

When picking a contestant from the Game Show level I received:

Error: cannot execute macro <<include>>: Story.has title parameter cannot be undefined

<<include $floor1ZombieMapW>>

Also, the music reaching the Casino from the elevator sounds weird. I'm not sure if it's one song or two songs playing at once, but definitely sounds weird.

Sorry, I'm confused by all these versions. What's the difference between this and the Standalone version...?

I'd lie if I said I wasn't disappointed in your decision. I wasn't interested in the gay content, but I was interested in the Futa stuff. Even then, I still liked how you did include gay content as an option; it felt inclusive. There aren't many games like this that have gay/futa scenes.

I'll still follow the game for the story, but in the future, I really hope you double down on your decision if you make another game that has gay, futa, or whatever you want in it. There will always be people who aren't into something, and if so, just make it skippable. Then, there's nothing to complain about.

Not sure why this is downvoted when it's true.

Here, we only have version 0.6, but version 0.9 is available to his patrons. Forget the public release updates being available a month or two after the early release. We're missing almost 1 year's worth of updates.

For anyone who was really into this game, I recommend checking the Discord to see what's up, but I don't Discords.

So, f**k me, I guess.