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Saw it on steam, really cool!! I'm very excited, and I'd definitely re-buy it as an upgrade too. And yes, I think the main "maze" room was what made me stop, the puzzles around it weren't that bad (it varied but some actually were pretty fun). So I am looking forward to this fix a lot.

Personally, I bought Knight Bewitched 1 precisely because it didn't go that route of looking like it wants to sell me on "horny women" or something, but rather on a possibly properly written romance. I don't really care if there are steamier parts in the game, as long as that's not an excuse to not bother with good writing which sadly seems to be a common occurrence. But I guess gender plays into this, I can only speak for myself and not e.g. your male audience

Thanks for responding, and for not being upset. I was a bit worried pointing out so openly that I think one area is troublesome, after all you put lots of time into that game which I really respect and I'm thankful you made it.

Financially, for what it's worth, I suspect it would likely give you more buyers for Knight Bewitched 2, because many like me might be more likely to buy and play it if they actually finish the first one (which is pretty fun up to when that map happens, I even got through the dragon's caves fine without a guide or anything). Like, right now I'm really not sure I'll complete Knight Bewitched even though I really liked the plot, and that is a bit of an obstacle regarding me continuing further with sequels.

Also some other feedback related to Knight Bewitched 2 that I haven't played yet, which hopefully you'll find helpful:

I found the pool screenshot in particular gives off an odd impression for Knight Bewitched 2's marketing. I don't necessarily mind if sexually suggestive content or even nudity is in the game since I assume it'll be like Knight Bewitched 1 or Bioware Games which actually integrate it well at least as far as up to now, and that you actually put effort into the plot and not just made a random dating "sim" game where all the money is in naked women artwork, with otherwise low effort all around. (Which sadly seems to be a common model.) The pool scene just tips it over from somewhat scantily clad armor screenshots as possibly debatable art choice (but then again what can't be debated these days, so that's fine) into "looks like it may not have much else to sell," if you get what I mean.

(As for comparison, I assume Dragon Age Origins or Mass Effect 1/2 would likely have been received very differently if they had been marketed with underwear shots from the romance conclusion scenes as part of their main promo, despite that definitely being an interesting aspect of the game.)

(And please note again that I haven't played the game yet, so this is really just feedback on the marketing.)

I loved this game quite a bit, especially setting, character arcs, plot, the mapping was at least serviceable for the most part -

But then came Morgoth's Cave on the island, and I wrote more about this on the Steam forums but since I'm not sure you check there, I thought I'd ask here: I think this area does a disservice to the game as a whole, so I wondered if you'd ever consider updating/improving that one? I find it hard to continue and that seems like such a shame, the game didn't really deserve that. It would be really cool if you decided to possibly look into this! (Edit: I'm mostly referring to the maze, to me it just seems like overstepping what is still potentially fun to most players and I think it'd be worth fixing. The puzzle rooms can be kind of fun, at least some of those I've seen, although the one with the invisible spikes also borders on what felt like unfair, sadly)