@MrZed
So, I just played the demo. Hope you don't mind my analysis of the game.
First thing's first, I think this game is pretty erotic. I like that there's buildup to the sex with the undressing, and I like that it's shaped like a battle so both sides are enjoying the actions.
My issues with the game from a design perspective is how defense works. Battles take a while to finish because of the ability to reduce arousal, and cum meter. There needs to be exponential advantages that help clinch battles, like the higher your arousal the lower the reduction is or something. Or maybe no way to actual reduce Arousal but only extasy. I also think the game severely needs a gallery.
Now from a technical perspective.
- I don't like the fact that the arrow keys are not used in the escape sequence. You SHOW arrow keys when it comes to certain actions like Dominate and what not, but you're really expecting WSAD. Those quicktime events also need progress indicators. To see if you correctly hit a button or not. You can also press TOO MANY arrows and fail the QTE. That makes no sense.
- I also don't like the fact that the mouse isn't visible in the main menu.
- It seems like some abilities are on cooldown as well but there's no way to tell visually. You just have to "try" and counter and then for the counter to fail before trying something else. Not knowing what your cooldowns are really sucks.
- I also really hate the fact that the selection doesn't reset correctly after choosing an action. After I choose an action I have no idea what I'm selecting until I move the selection a bit. Since the game's ATB that's a bad waste of time in my opinion.
- The ESCAPE menu has the lit up option and the darkened option reversed as well.
- I can't seem to change the resolution or any of the other settings in options either. When i tried to change the difficulty both normal and hardcore mode were checked when I went back in so there's something wrong going on there.
- When you win you can't click back to menu at the bottom left. It's inaccessible.
Now for what I want to see in the future.
I think the game would be super fun if you had a dynamic camera. This is challenging so I understand why you didn't do it, but I think I have to move around the camera a bit often to see the action in a good way. Most actions you don't want much focus on the guy so I think a moving camera would be cool. Let's say you start a cunnilingus pose. The game camera should move above and look down on the scene. Maybe at a bit of an angle to show how much the girl is enjoying it. If it's a fondling pose, the camera should move down and CLOSE to the heroine being fondled so you can see the motion of the breats more and because the fondler doesn't matter much in that case. Some scenes can have the camera come down to around ground level and slowly rotate around the scene to show the action.
I feel like the camera is underutilized and if you handle that aspect better the game would be MUCH more fun.
Regarding sexual animations I don't think it's bad.
Some are better than others but personally I don't think it's aggressive enough in general and there's not much boob motion. Like for instance, in the doggystyle position, if the guy goes in he shouldn't just stop when he gets to the girl and go back. He should get to the girl, push a little farther and push the girl more forward before going back. The female assertive positions are also tame in that way. While she's bouncing on him, it doesn't feel like their bodies are really colliding. Even if he has to clip with the ground a bit more, he should be pushed down a bit after she lands on him before she goes back up again. Both bodies should move and react to each other.
I also think the motions are a bit too slow, and that the dick should be a bit bigger so there's more overall motion going on. When it comes to realistic proportions it's good, but the player is experiencing the scene at a distance. It makes sense to want to exaggerate the motions more.
I also don't think the domination system works well with certain scenes. How is male ecstasy going up in the spanking scene? How is she able to dominate that scene? It doesn't make any sense.
EDIT: Also regarding the menu, man it would be AWESOME if I could use my mouse in the main menu, but I already complained about that. You don't need to ask people what "style" they like in the end imho. I think it's better if you just stick to the style you're most confident in. The "Comic" look looks the best, and I think that's the one you're most confident in yourself.
OH there's a newer demo out? .3c? I'll try that out later and give my impressions on that one too.