Simple Days

nice analysis but this is a porn game or AVN or whatever but your overthinking things just enjoy it for what it is . all n all i liked the game myself.

Suggestions for going forward based off this current update:

First – the war with the madame needs to be finished as an arc before it should even been an option to see. You should be able to bend her over the desk she likes so much regardless of whether you accept her deal; or do things your way. Also, Secret should just straight belong to the MC – especially since you can use the red syringe on her if you don’t point it out at the first visit. She should come to work for you freely, on the non war path, or be your BDSM secretary if you take the brothel over. Desire should be romanceable as well, but those three would be as far as I’d go with the “kept” girls on the dark side. You should also warn that you can lose friends (implied for now) and potential LI – if you’re ever actually going to reintroduce Vicki? – if you jump the gun on facing down the big boss with your solid snake. Put in brackets when you present the option that it may be best to hold off on the war and deal events until you’re certain you have the power to pull it off either way you’ll choose, and it’d probably unbork a lot of save files.

Next – If you choose to take the deal; you are effectively at this moment cut off from a continued supply of greater revenue. That’s not realistic with the imposed costs in this update. If you choose to breed multiple times, and with all given expenses (the FIRST new house costs you 5 mil for cripes sake) there needs to be an option to gain more financing. I would recommend living off interest. Going by an investment calculator the Madame offers 500k a month. I took the deal in one playthrough, thinking unlimited access to the Club means I get to keep my Secret. Pun intended. I also wasn’t that keen to do criminal stuff *** But I do keep multiple save files. I probably will war with her too just to see what comes of it. The investment calculator says the interest for 1 year of $30 mil is $600k That by itself should be able to finance whatever familial ideas the MC has for the rest of the game. So long as you’re smart about setting price range for items in game. Otherwise I’d suggest the MC contacts his original boss and offers to buy the Spa free and clear. To keep ALL the profits it makes for himself and his family. She can be hesitant, as it means to her losing connection with him [I’d say not really; as I haven’t forgotten about her myself] BUT she will sell it. At the same time offering him a better position in a bigger company, since what she wants to run is a conglomerate. It can be done that you have financial ability increases that aren’t tied to crime. Sexual or otherwise. Just an idea.

There is a bit of a problem with criss crossed ovulation days screwed over by certain events. Like giving birth for example. Why exactly does the MC have to skip a day, when he wasn’t the one physically taxed? I’d say he should be able to be there long enough to see the kid since they can’t go in anyway, and vamoose to whatever else the player wants to do that day. Or whoever, as the case may be. Seeing new people come in should also not steal a day. James and Ema; the parents of either MC or Ana, etc if anyone else gets added.

As to the problem with ovulation: Warn players somewhere that doing the gang event to meet the madam before learning all her secrets, will screw certain choices. I’m willing to bet I could have bent her over the table to breed if I’d been more patient and that’s fine. Except that jumping the gun before the arc was coded properly, probably cost me Secret at least. It’s a harem. NONE of the girls should not somehow be able to be with the MC. And ONLY the MC. You did not label this game “Reverse Harem,” and I’m willing to bet for a specific reason. They are much harder to manage, or keep going if any guys are involved. Some of the events that are important in this game can be entirely missed because a player will not know how to activate them. For example, and this applies to earlier updates; Naomi. On the first day she’s ovulating, you have to sleep alone to get Moko to show. Like with Ema that should be a guaranteed fertilization. Actually I’d argue the point of adding the red syringe was means to make certain the system did not matter. Because to play into that “fetish” you have to have the characters just accept it. Period, and no that wasn’t a pun. This time. Otherwise you’re probably going to peeve someone off, somehow, trying to please everyone to varied levels. It’s easier to just ask in the beginning “Do You Want Pregnancy Content: Yes/No?” If yes, the scenes get seen, and girls like Elena would become available. If no, girls like Vicki would still help you out, but for a deeper cut of the money so she can get IVF. Rebecca and as mentioned, Elena would be locked content. Really I am not a developer, so I know it’s not a perfect answer, but something needs to be hammered out in detail.

I’d remove the strippers or spend a few updates focusing on their arcs. They don’t all have to join the harem, but I’d recommend at least Abby. There’s also the new girl sasha for no reason. Maria taking a business course was at least a thought out excuse for need to add her, but the vegetarian thing took me several weeks to figure out I should challenge her with “Meat” to get anything sexual. The maid character looks to be intriguing too; but I’d be wary of adding too many characters. Zara specifically has been a PITA to get to the point she wants to be pregnant by me. There should be an option to skip a time block without having to go back to your office three times over.

I do like that you’ve added more Ema content; I’d still say Elena’s not necessary except as a wedge… but then I’d also say Ema never really needed to be married. Theodora shouldn’t be so willing to stick with Ronald at all, since you get her pregnant (she was willing to take that risk, and consider more as it stands) so why she and Julia do the Stand By Your Man act while being stuffed by MC’s footlong is a bit confusing to me. They aren’t those female’s men. MC is. I’d also personally avoid mention that females can have more than one male. Yes, it’s a double standard, but it’s tied to societal value structures sexually that are based in the genders. There’s a reason we chase, and women are chased. If she’s allowed by X fantasy country law to have more than one man; she’s GOING to be less valuable to most men with any sense of masculinity at all. For Ema: Do not even think to tell me that she didn’t sense something was different about that one day MC fucks her. She knows damned well who the father is; because James’ behavior with Elena points out his tastes. His size difference. A woman does know. Admission of what she wants is another thing. Coming to terms with that, could be an interesting arc. By the time MC confesses what was done, she should be pregnant by him willingly in the “cheating” game they’re playing at least once. She should also be willing to admit that she liked MC better than James from the start – but couldn’t at the prologue of the game accept her true heart since James was then better off. Looked like the better choice.

I’d also say that IF you do keep Elena it should be able to come to the point she will see MC as her best investment, since James can’t keep her in the life she really wants. It’s not his kid, it’s never going to be, and unless the player agrees to keep a threeway sharing thing going (which I would agree should cost him a longer period to convince Ema to join the harem – but not a complete loss of the character if MC has been chasing Ema at all to start with) Elena is effectively his girl first. Foremost. This kind of thing is exactly why most Harem anime never give the male best friend and actual LI. It peeves off most of the audience and or dents the fantasy of it.

I’m glad for progress with the game. It is honestly one of the most consistently well thought out, and erotically charged games of it’s type. Because the dev does seem willing to listen to constructive criticism and implement it. Because they’ll play to, and stick with a viable fetish. In vein of understanding it. Would I have wanted Ema from the start – hell yes. I’m very okay with earning her heart, and Maria’s. All of the main and major girls have points that make you want to invest the time to woo them. That in itself is highly commendable. The art is more often than not, stellar. I’d like perhaps a little more in naughty sound bites, but that’s a personal taste issue. With some finer tuning, this game will be a harem masterpiece. It’s not there yet, but it’s close enough that I’m going to stick it out to the end to see whether it becomes a gorgeous souffle, or a busted omlette. What? I’m hungry right now…