Yes, the balance definitely needs to be reworked. It's quite a challenge to make the game fun, engaging, and somewhat realistic all at once.
At the moment, there are 144 belly stages (images), but theoretically, you could keep playing forever. ^.~ The limitation through contracts is intentional by design. In the future, I plan to implement a 'Reputation' system, where your decisions and actions will influence both the quantity and quality of available contracts (trips to the hospital reduce your Reputation for example).
This was my first attempt at making a game. During the game jam, I came up with lots of ideas that I'd love to add in the future, and I built the game's system with that in mind.
Hopefully, it will one day evolve into a fun and comprehensive simulation/management game :)
The main character is between 21-23 years old. I used real word values from young adult woman to do some of the calculation (belly volume) even though for the art style i used more anime/comic proportions.
Your best friend gives you a few hints at the beginning, but I’ll add a proper tutorial once I’m sure which additions will become part of the main gameplay loop.
I will look into it. They should all use the same system.
Expected behavior: you can buy as many as you have money for. Currently you should be able to still click the button if you can not afford it but you should not get benefits.
When the bug happens does the value update to the right number when hitting next?
Do you still get the benefits from the items you can not afford?
Nice! At the moment, there are 144 belly stages (images), which roughly equals the size of about 16 full-term babies. After the first balance patch, it should be much harder to reach that number. Future updates will also introduce a lot more to do before players can even get close to the maximum.
