Hello Zigmut. VERY nice to see you back working on the game, I loved the RAGS iteration and so far was quite happy with the QSP conversion. Great work, thank you!
Still I found a few points you might want to look into. (Note I checked those issues with your newest version and they are still there, but you did a good job fixing a lot of other stuff, good job!)
Translation Recommendations:
I put those first as I will refer to some of these during the other stuff I wanted to comment on, so I got them out of my system ;-)
-"Privacy" is perfectly understandable, but "Intimacy" would be a better choice to convey what that stat really is from the beginning
-"Cul" - Not an english word, and the literal translation "ass" is not used in the same way as in french (rather the contrary even if I think about it...) Again, one can infer the meaning, but changing it to "sex" would make things easier
-"Pretty pretty" in the description of Noelle (first line) and Sarah (third line) is not quite clear
-"Mrs La Vendeuse de jerseys" is not translated
-"Mme La Libraire" is not translated
-In the Settings Menu, "small" is still called "petite" in the english version
-The text of the "SMS of ass" (Literal translation that makes no sense in english, see below what I say about "sexy" and "cul") to Sarah says: " You always make me such an effect!" Which makes not much sense either. "You always make me so hot" would probably be better. Same goes for the player "SMS of ass" to Noelle: "You make me a crazy effect as always
" again ""You make me crazy hot as always" would be better.
-The "sexy" text message to Noelle says: "So you put underwear this morning?" which is not perfect. "Did you put on underwear this morning?" would be better.
-Generally: It would make sense to change "sexy" and "cul" in the english language version to "flirty" (instead of the sexy used now) and "sexy" (instead of cul) to make things clearer (for exaple when choosing talk topics or kinds of texts to send).
-In the Additional Desc. window, the Date is given in the form of "We are the Monday 31 May 2015" "It is Monday..." would be the better choice.
-In the second layer of the texting menue, "sms" is used instead of "text" which could confuse our american friends (eg. "Text with Sarah > Send a sexy sms")
Possible Bugs:
I say possible, because a few things that struck me as bugs worked themselfes out during longer play. I will adress them further down thogh as it might be a good idea to slightly redesign those points for a better and smoother game experience.
- I am currently on 341 Privacy with Noelle. When I talk "sexy" with her I get the line: "You feel you can talk frankly about ass with Noelle." which would also roughly be the same as with the old version when you could talk about sex/cul with her around 330. But I still get the "bad reaction" pop up and the loss of relationship points. But I CAN send her sextings (sms de cul) with her reacting positively. Maybe you did tweak the numbers there but still have some triggers on the old ones?
- I am at 500 relationship with Sarah and already have sex with her all the way. Still when I try to go for the "deep massage" I loose 2 points everytime, even though the event itself plays out ok all the way to her orgasm.
- Texts (sms) seem not to have any effect on privacy at all. Neither positive nor negative. Is this by design?
- I had the first "Kitchen" event scene with Noelle at 9 pm, but nothing since then, even after 10 days ingame time trying to get the teasing scenes (with LOADS of reloads ;-)). Maybe the loop is broken?
- After the Gala event and going all the way with Natalie, I get text messages from her every hour or so, going back all the way back to the start of the game. The texts are empty except the time stamp and I have no options to send texts of my own (which could be by design of course, but certainly not the spam).
- Sarah seems not to be able to be found in the University building after it becomes accessible after the Gala. I spent an entire day in her office twice without her showing up (Thank goodness for Save games! ;-))
- In the last version, the Computer Book for Dummies seems to have been buggy, as it did not advance time until the second read.
- Events like the drawing of the lottery numbers, interfere with whatever you do last before they are triggered. For example giving a massage or such. It would be good to move them to something like going to sleep instead to avoid problems.
Improved Gameplay:
These are points that I think could improve the gameplay experience, especially for people new to the game.
Make all locations visible, even if they are not yet accessible, so players know what to look out for later (or just to check again periodically). The Sex Shop (I guess its still there?) for example. I was surprised to find the "For Men" shop suddenly, having thought it was not yet in the game maybe. Also maybe add opening times to the descriptions. I had to reload and try a few times to find the appliance shop open to buy the coffee machine.
Flowers and Chocolate are useless at the moment. Adding just 1 and 2 Points is not worth the effort going out to buy them.
The energy penalty for a walk in the Park with Noelle and Peter is a bit too high in my opinion
Money for writing is a bit low, considering the price of stuff. More income balanced with weekly expenses would make the game a bit faster and more believable.
Having a starting Strength of 100 and the max at 1000 is a bit much considering that all sporty actions outside the gym only give 1 and you loose some every day you are idle. Considering the money you can make from writing is rather little, the 200 a week for the gym is very steep that way. 5 days of 5 h squats would net you 205 points, which is ok, but an hour Jogging or Swimming should get you more than just 1, especially as there is also the time you have to spend (and cannot flirt around ;-))
The University looks awfully big. I managed to get lost a couple of times. Maybe it would be wise to scale it down a bit to the essential areas?
Maybe consider an "easy" mode that gives you higher income and higher relationship rewards for players who cannot invest so m uch time but still would like to experience the whole game. (I have played 10 hours already and just started to get to the sexy stuff)
Please consider strongly to make a list with "Relationship-Thresholds" available (like the Walkthrough at page 30 in this thread did. E.g. "At 270 Noelle will start to flirt and accept being groped in the bathroom"). This makes it easier to test the game and also it makes it easier for novices to stay interested and willing to spend more hours on the game"
Ok this already got way too long, even though I am sure I forgot something that I will remember right after hitting submit ;-)
Thanks again for your great work and a very fun game!