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Does this mean DwL is close to completion or is this planned as a shorter game compared to Loona?

I don't think it should be a priority, as the ambiguously human male figures work fine (and I even enjoy and prefer it) and the girls+animation should take priority, but I'm just thinking about future. MC customization, however that turns out would be good too (even if I'd just make myself, lol.)

Will we be able to toggle the species of customers as a preference thing?

I don't want to be too critical to an early release like this, but there definitely needs to be a bit more material in the writing. Right now it's basically just the characters saying what they're doing and that they're happy about X/Y, and there's almost no pacing at all.

IMO the biggest offender was the lewd scenes. I'm sorry but a CG alone is not able to carry those. It needs a bare minimum of prose and dialogue. The romance/sex itself also had no real lead in. Lina and the player really needed some more interactions before I could believe anyway.

It's also strange that the dialogue head sprite reactions appears early on and then disappears suddenly. Was there a reason you chose to do that?

Not a bad concept! Really like the palette/art in general. A lot of these service games have a habit of just making all the dudes basically the same guy. Didn't quite get that from this, but something to keep in mind. Might need longer/multi-screen levels in a wider version of this.

I'm gonna take a further look at this, but I found the "Sex simulation" aspect to really slow down the experience. I've never been fond of the turn-based sex system games like Throne of Lilith used as I find it makes situations feels extremely similar, and there's only so many ways to say "you thrust fast". For what it's worth, it seems you gave a decent number of dialogue/word variations. Definitely prefer just reading through a sexual encounter. Not quite sure if there IS a grander story that gets revealed through different encounters as I did not get too far into the demo, nor how long the demo is.

I won't lie, I am more into the medieval period for the fantasy elements, which this game does not have beyond the existence of potions. I'm kinda more into monster girls and girl monsters. I do not think that should be a takeaway from the dev/writer, as I imagine there are many people that enjoy it just being a normal experience. Still, it does detract from my own personal experience, so I might as well mention it.

If there were one feature I would suggest, it would be a way to increase the text speed.

Hello. I know you do not get a lot of verbal feedback, but there is an issue I notice where the choices pop up multiple times. Not exactly sure what the cause of that is. More of a visual bug than a game-breaking one. 

Thank you for clearing that up, I was worried!

Sorry to hear that. Even if there were minor things I didn't "love" about Love Rocket, I still thought the gameplay premise itself was interesting.

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Is stealing your games and uploading them himself

Wouldn't mind a non-Nick version but yeah

Alrighty, so I'm not sure if I should view this as a complete proof of concept, or a teaser for more. I'll try to judge it as both.

Art: I can tell you've done MLP in the past (ignoring your PFP, lol). The only real complaint I can say is that some of the CGs don't mesh with the others. Some look like they were rendered in much more detail. There is also some light off-modelling. Did you update some of the CGs, or do them in batches a few weeks/months apart?

Writing: One thing that confuses me is she's called Isabelle in the previews, but in-game she's called Easybelle? I guess this is done to keep a certain sue-happy company at bay.

Here's the part where my review varies depending on whether this is a preview or a proof of concept. Having 2 options is fine if this is just a fuck around thing, but an entire VN only having a "advance the plot" route, or "hear a joke and get a game over" is kinda not good.

Gonna sound a bit harsh, but the jokes right now are just a copypasta (which irked me in hindsight when I got to the actual sex, I'll explain by the end) and a Anchorman meme. The "actually I just wanted to drink coffee" game over could be viewed as homophobic if you looked at it too hard "Oh, you DIDN'T want to immediately have sex with your secretary? Well, you must be gay then" I do NOT think it was really meant to be that, but yeah.

Overall: Perfectly fine as a proof of concept. Needs work if this is intended to be a teaser of an updated version, with a major focus on writing.

Dumb thing that only I take gripe with: I didn't like that the mayor was an anthro. I think him being a human is a big selling point to Animal Crossing.

If this is made into a longer project, an option for this would be much appreciated.

Is this a remaster/re-upload, seeing as you posted it in 2025 on twitter?

Hey, I might as well ask, but is any kind of MC TF avoidable in this game? I don't mind if it "happens" still, but I wouldn't want to see it.

That's cool. Thanks for answering quickly.
I've seen a few games with human and anthro characters where they segregated the anthros into only having anthro male/cock options and vice versa for the humans. I'm never a fan of that option.

Can we toggle only human dicks for Judy?

That seems reasonable!
One thing I would like to see is some form of couple customization. Maybe not every detail, but at least being able to change body types (like skinny or fat) would be really cool imo compared to a lot of other games like this.

Is this gonna be strictly contemporary, or will there be something like Monster girls in later? 

I really do hope there's a way to stay human and stay with her.

Just give an announcement when you're back into production, and I'll be sure to re-support!

Glad you liked it! It was a fun idea to put together.

I don't expect you to read or comment on this, but as a guy who follows these games, but usual waits a while to play them, do you think it might be possible to have some way of documenting what changed in the writing of the character? Usually these writing updates are for the best, but it leaves this feeling in the back of my head on what actually changed in the story/motives of the characters. I also find it fun to see writers document their writing like this.  It would be kind of hard to document these changes in character profiles in the game, but maybe a Blog-like post on here or Patreon might work?

I guess it's a little rude to ask, but I'd personally love an option to toggle Issac to be a kemomini like Maria.

This game seems the right type of silly. The only issue is I'm like 99% there aren't any female capybaras and that feels like a massive misstep.

Overall good story/lore update but was a little disappointed the player didn't get a scene on the main route. I'll check out the 2 side-routes and see if those are the case as well.

That's interesting. So something like "Oriana and You are long-term friends, but you haven't visited in a long time" will have her more positive. I have assumed that would work, but still interesting to hear. 

Camera definitely needs to be lower. It's impossible to see the bottom of the screen with even a sight jump.

It definitely works much better with the OpenRouter models, lol.

The slime range attacks should be negated/nullified if you have armor points over a certain amount IMO.

I really dislike how separated the gameplay itself is from the AI component. Even a Weapon/Armor crafting system that uses the LLM would be a step in the right direction.

Though, to be positive. I DO think that interact-able NPCs outside of town is a good idea overall.

I got it working. Thanks!

It works on *every* sentient NPC, not just Acacia. Definitely a fun RP tool.

"The LLM service has encounter an error. HTTP/1.1 404 not found" when using Openrouter

I switched from using the server because it seemed not to be working today, and tried switching to OpenRouter. But it's been giving me that all day now.

Thalassar likely won't ever get added since it requires waay too many NPCs, but I like the idea of a "Thalassar Border" Region on the east side of the map with a few new mechanics, like some hostile anthro NPCS (Bandits/Highwaymen). Isolde could roam around this area and visit Silverpine on a Weekly/Bi-Weekly basis. There could also be two Border Guard NPCs that switch out every week that can take certain goods for market trades (They take different items than the crate, to keep the crate relevant.)

A community topic could be made with the purpose of posting custom characters. At least I think it could?

I feel like NPC accuracy when it comes to dialogue trades is at the worst state it's been in a while, though it might just be the default low rate. I'll give it a try with the OpenRouter models on medium.

One thing that'd be nice with new editions is stating exactly how much of the game is available/to expect. I assume the full game will be at least 2 weeks, given the email.

I won't say anything about the cable game, since you self-admitted it's broken on the main page, but I'd suggest toning down the shock punishment, as it's very much overkill right now IMO.

Balance wise (time vs money earned) I do not think you made Sponges or Bagging garbage as very worthwhile activities in their current state.

The Power Wash really needs a better way of spotting areas that haven't been cleaned yet.

I don't want to be too harsh on the writing, since it's self-described as being weird, but I think 6 month is an absurdly short time frame for events to play out like that. They'd probably still be trying to work out what happened, not mass-manufacturing pills and companies selling claw manicure products! Look at Hurricane Katrina as an example. Sure, they'd need workers if they intended to keep everything functional, but I could realistically still see hospitalization in places.

Less critical and arguably not in need of explanation, but what exactly does "merged" mean? Did they draw in an animal like a magnet and literally fused together? It would explain why it's mostly people-located animals like cats and dogs, but wouldn't that require the pigeon family to have been very lucky in all being located right next to a pigeon? Do people not miss their pets that merged with them? I'd definitely miss my cat if I merged with him and "killed" him in the process. 

Couldn't you technically merge with another person, given that humans are also animals? 

The lack of any kind of curative or restoration to the affected being mentioned can be viewed as an answer in itself, but again, the time frame is counter to that, since 6 months is really nothing when it comes to unknown phenomena.

I would ask about the pills more, but I think a better question would be if more than one ending is planned?