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Penlight

A visual novel where you hypnotize cute girls and feel bad about it (in development) 路 By Angela DeMille

Thoughts on the game

A topic by Latios12 created Feb 10, 2020 Views: 713 Replies: 4
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Just played the public release, and I got to say, for what there is, its pretty good so far. There was an earlier post mentioned how the endings didnt feel complete, and most of them still dont, but you are obviously working on that, with the addition of new routes, completeing of starting ones and such and with active development, so im looking foward to that in coming months, esp the Nozomi routes and the alternate Sayuri route

However, when I was playing through the game, there was one instance that just completely killed the mood for me, that of which in the Nozomi route, where she gets naked, the Protag basically has her almost kill herself.  (by not breathing) It almost begged the question of why would that even be an option. Idk, just it felt like the build up was so good and then that happened.

Thus, I would like to request an alternative option/dialog. You are the main person creating this story, so it is up to you whether you even accept this or not, but if you were to ask me; it felt like it was building up to caressing her body/boob grabs/kissing/pussy and/or panty play, etc those sort of build ups (NOT full blown sex mind you), but really any alternative as an option to holding your breath would be really grateful. By extension, any chance of other sexual tensions to the other girls in further development (Again, not asking for full blown sex if you dont want to go too into it, just minor sexual things). Other options could be the obvious harem route as an alt option to the sudden Nozomi breakup (everything about it was really sudden, from start to finish)

Thank you for taking the time to read this post and my requests, regardless of your decisions. 

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Thanks for your comments! Nozomi's route is the one I'm least happy with because the game's expanded so much since it was written and it doesn't really do what it needs to anymore. So, there's a major rewrite in the works and the "Kyou nearly kills his dream girl because he let his curiosity get the better of him" scene might not even survive. I know you're not the only reader who had a problem with it. But anyway, although there won't be anything too explicit (Penlight kinda set out its stall as being not that type of game) I'm expecting to add a lot more to Kyou and Nozomi's story as they explore their needs amidst the growing realization of the penlight's true abilities~

Working sexual tension into the other girl's routes is more difficult (the interplay with Sayori's alter may be as good as it gets), but it might come up in one of the many variations of both of their routes. I still have a lot to do before this game is finished!

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I second that I'd like an alternative to the breath-holding at that point. I see on the path map that you've made a note to add an escape option at that point, and I'm very curious to see where that leads.

That said, I feel like "Kyou nearly kills his dream girl because he let his curiosity get the better of him" is 100% on-theme for Penlight. I do want to see chances to indulge, but I personally enjoy the "...and feel guilty about it" side of the game too. The moments when "reality ensues" add something to it, though I am having trouble describing what that exactly is right now.

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A big part of Nozomi's character (at least for me, as I understand her), is her fear of her proclivities being exposed, her perceived obstacles to enjoying her mind and body as she wishes, and her uncertainty surrounding her desires, and the nature of her fetish (being Erotic Hypnosis.)

This is a topic that hits home for me, personally, having grown up in a home having to suppress my own desires, and fearing what others would say or do, if they knew about this side of me. I think that, through her experiences with it, and her own interest/horror over what the MC does with it, is part of what makes her "best girl" in my mind, and I'm super pumped to see what other adventures/fetishes are written in the coming months.

Fingers crossed for more hypnosis-to-hypnotize others! love that stuff. btw the robot route in this project was absolutely 馃憣馃憣