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No worries, to each their own, as you said. Thanks for your elaborate reply.

I know there's quite some people that don't like to spend effort in order to view the lewd in a game like this. It's something I never really understood, though. After all, there's so much lewd content out there that's easily accessible, in VN's, comics, regular pr0n, and whatnot. If that's what you're after, why bother playing a game in the first place? Isn't the whole point of a game that you're challenging yourself in some way or form?

My guess is that part of the answer to this conundrum lies in the fact that the majority of lewd developers cater to this particular crowd. After all, the vast majority of lewd "games'" suck *** from a gameplay perspective and simply require the user to do a bunch of mindless and repetitive menial tasks in exchange for lewd. So if you delve into the lewd game genre, this is what you come to expect.

Which means that people like me, who enjoy a lewd game with decent gameplay, interesting options are few and far between. That's a shame, because the success of games like Karryn's Prison show that there's definitely a market for it.

Now here, we have a developer who actually built an interesting and promising gameplay loop. Which is commendable in and by itself, because most other devs don't manage that (or even bother trying). I feel it would be a wasted opportunity to leave this gameplay only for the pure route. Why not also tie it into  the route that contains the majority of the content? That would make the game really stand out among its peers.

For people that prefer an easier experience, the dev could always add some shortcuts at the beginning, a story mode that ignores difficult choices, or simply the option to unlock the gallery (although it remains beyond me why anyone would want that :) ).

Very nice game! Will definitely buy it once it comes out. 

One thing: the game has promising mechanics and gameplay challenge, but (as often in this genre) it’s mostly tied to the pure route, which offers zero rewards. Meanwhile, all the content is in the slut route, which offers zero challenge. To me, that kinda beats the point of a lewd game. If you don’t need to solve the challenge to get the reward, why is the challenge there in the first place? Might as well make a clicker or a regular VN out of it then.

 A few suggestions (that may or may not already in the road map) to deal with that:

 - Maybe there could be love interest (or more) for the player to win over if they complete the pure route, with a few nice scenes as bonus. Could also be an opportunity to add in some NTR (although I don’t care for that myself).

 - Maybe the love interest could visit the bar every so often, requiring you to suddenly change your behaviour and tactics towards the other customers when they're there.

 - Maybe there could even be a third route: an option where you convince a (female?) friend/love interest to go along with some shenanigans in the bar, corrupting them as well – but only if you play it right and don’t scare them off too quickly.

 - Maybe you could tie Angels behavior options in the bar closer to her stress level/exhibitionism. After all, if you’re stressed out, it’s more difficult to do things that go against your nature. So, when her exhibitionism rate is low and her stress is high, she can’t be cute or even normal to customers, will automatically try to avoid groping, and refuse to sit down with customers. And if she becomes too stressed out, she might even leave work early. That would add in some challenge for the slut route, namely managing her stats so that she feels relaxed enough to let go a bit at work. 

(Right now, it's kinda strange that she can be totally flirty from the very first day. A mechanic like this would solve that too.)

 Another thing: I feel that narratively, the dystopian intro is a bit at odds with the story so far. In a world where there’s only one female for every ten males, a woman like Angel probably wouldn’t be living the rather mundane life she does now. Either men would be fighting for her attention all the time, or there would be some kind of weird system in place to make sure she’d be married off to the most influential man/serve as a breeder to society/some other creepy thing. 

 Maybe you could tie something like that into the main storyline – e.g. Angel could know/learn at some point that she has to find an influential partner to have a stable future or risk being sent off to the pens. Otherwise, toning down the intro a bit would make sense to me.