0.33's Final Devlog: Garden
Added 2025-12-26 08:03:53 +0000 UTCComments
Great game! Happy NY
Peter Äniz
2025-12-31 11:00:49 +0000 UTCnice catch, more of a storytelling and artist kind of guy than a coding kind of guy. Writing is as much of a favourite aspect as drawing the scenes are. I guess ultimately I just don't want to write something boring
zed225
2025-12-26 23:59:09 +0000 UTCThis was a nice inside dev though post, I do enjoy knowing your ideas and pretended aspects in your game. I do wonder something tho, is the writing your favorite aspect in developing the game? Looking at this post there seems to be a lot of thought going into the writing part, or am I just delusional and coding and making the scenes is something you enjoy more? Anyways enjoy the holidays and rest a lot!
Solanum
2025-12-26 14:44:53 +0000 UTCBIG 33 MENTIONED! EXPEDITION 33 FOR THOSE WHO COME AFTER! ... I really appreciate the long dev log, it was an insightful read and seeing a lot of explanatory detail in context of my review really shows how much care was put in this update. As for Shion's fiery attitude I thought it was implemented in the more pure version of the PG route (low love meter), and it does feel a shame she's a lot less rebellious to the antagonists' advances; Damien's introduction does feel a lot more extended and looking forward in seeing what you cook for that. My POV of Jinnie is that she is just a flawed human being as Jords (finally remembered his name); they seem to be doing what needs to be done in the circumstances given so even if she turns out evil or not, I think for me after a well introduced character her logical reasoning to commit certain things under certain circumstances is important. I think the highlight or the section where I felt a bit iffy is definitely the volume of side characters introduced. I really like how they appeal to Shion in varying ways and knowing they have progression going forward; however, with the spriteless/faceless npcs and art its does feel like its a one-off character, and with the amount of people corrupting Shion, there's a lack of interest in either one since your attention is shared among Jords, Drex, and Damien. Maybe as MC recognises these NPCs more and more as they keep visiting Shion, their face art becomes more clearer...and degenerate? In hindsight, I would've recommended a free roam before the PG to lighten the character building of the side characters and you needed to complete a minimum of # side quests before you can enter PG which involves the separate intro of some characters there (e.g Drunk man, Troy, even Bob) like you see in most RPGM games, which can be easily progressed in however way you wish both in PG or outside. However I do lack the future vision so, it's better to be surprised, or go up to Investors tier. I liked the Riley surprise. Big B / Shivers to me have been great characters to break out of that deep dark immersion in the game and their comedic relief for me is always welcome. I look forward in what their role is in the future. Maybe a collab with Bob 😂? The minigames...yeah I for sure agree with you and I think the lack of idea of what's going to happen ahead also contributes to my lack of ideas too. I had the idea that of contesting Drex using the Beach Bar and going on these PG and side quests which gives MC/Shion ideas on improving the Bar e.g live entertainment, certain cocktails, VVIP area, precooked meals which builds up the CCTV minigame / makes it easier and gives MC time to move around to view Shion. As you can see, the main objective now is to follow Drex's orders...I wish you good luck.😂 You might want to reuse any from Masaru's route if you feel like they shouldn't be played starting with Masaru's route. I think all in all, the update had a lot of depth and character building with some good scenes in there, I would say job mostly done! People will replay it again since you've added the split dialogue tree, and I hope we end PG soon! Regardless, stay well!❤️🔥
ZMFINGA
2025-12-26 10:40:29 +0000 UTCAfter playing through the update I must say I am REALLY excited for what happens in the peach garden in the future. I must say one thing first off, and I already thought this earlier into the route: Jinnie really is a very interesting side character. From her dialogue it is easy to recognize that her words and the way she talks almost feels like a parody of her actual thoughts. When she talks to Shion it feels like she is often trying to let Shion know that she is tired of her "good girl" act (like when Shion found out about her side gig and she mocks her about being the oh so perfect idol) but what really caught me by surprise is how evil she can be if her mask starts to slip like with the girl we meet early on or with the guy that helped us during the mansion stuff. I think she is written very nicely and makes me more invested to see more about her backstory because she seemed so sweet and innocent in the flashbacks. Besides that, the peach garden is truly a direct counterpart to how the masaru route played out and so far I really dig it: there are multiple antagonists that all try to corrupt Shion and get a piece of her. At first I wasn't sure how this route was going to play out and I thought it was going to be more in the direction of Jordan whoring her out to others but seeing that Drex is the actual culprit and Jordan doesn't even seem willing to let Shion do it (since he wanted her to stay with him at the beach bar instead of joining Dan) was quite a pleasent surprise for me. I can already see this going multiple ways in the future but I'd rather let myself get surprised because I simply loved the turn this took. As for the minigames: I was personally a very big advocate for them ever since you started introducing them in the bakery route (where the minigame mechanic truly shined the first time) and I really don't mind for it to still take a while till we get an actual one. I felt like the beach bar minigame was already really good and I personally would rather see more progression on that one in the future but adding an entirely new one, while feeling rewarding might increase the workload for this route tenfold (which you are probably used to at this point either way ;) ). So far I do like the corruption mechanic of the peach garden and I would am excited for what it holds in the future, reminds me of Shion getting corrupted by Masaru in the bar in a way just with multiple protagonists this time. Anyway long yap short: Very good update and I am excited to see more in the future!
FakerFan73
2025-12-26 09:55:03 +0000 UTC
