Again thanks for the review
Nothing should be considered rebuttal but instead the rationale as to why I chose to do something a certain way.
-for the topic of earning money in the cafe being easily avoidable:
in short, that is intended.
I don't want to force players to have to use the cafe or the hentai minigames to earn money.
the uniqueness of each place comes from the dialogue scenes and random girl sex scenes you can find in each area.
I do plan to get rid of stacking up tons of money all at once though.
You will not be able to got to a place gets tons of money and be set for the rest of the game.
so you will need to go back and get more money and/or learn how to manage it.
on the topic of the hentai minigame.
Making the mini-game easier is directly tied to Maiko’s sexual performance increasing.
however in future titles I can make some level of sex exp come into play in other H parts of the game.
Not every person wants to grind out stats so inspiration and books are included.
-on the topic of boxing
you mention david is the only use for it. however you need it at the end of the game and for one of the quests where you help Zytra rescue Leyah.
you also suggest that things like boxing can change the way Maiko interacts with other characters. However you might note that having Maiko's entire personality change based on any variable is a non-trivial amount of coding and dialogue to include.
I think at best I could have unlocked options or dialogue for select characters you can talk to repeatedly.
But it would not change her overall personality when it comes to main story stuff.
You mention you'd like to see other characters react to Maiko's strength. however there is a dialogue scene with Jeni once you beat her in boxing where she acknowledges Maiko strength. There is even art displayed there made specifically for that scene.
the boxing minigame trick to hold down the button is not intended, however I purposely didn't fix it.
many people struggled with the boxing minigame and since that was a way to clear it more easily I left it in.
I know you are reviewing from your own perspective. However consider that I have to consider the gaming skills of everyone.
aside from the trick, you seem to like the boxing game, however some people don't like it at all and found it difficult to play.
having said that I plan to have various stats that can customize the fights. this is seen in UMCS.
-fitness
Unlike UMCC, in UMCH not every character is waiting to react to Maiko when she enters the room. At many times they are already midway in conversation about something else.
imo it makes the other characters more believable because they have their own conversations and may not even notice Maiko.
Also unlike in UMCC in UMCH Maiko is relatively in shape athletically. she just is unskilled at things like boxing, swimming, etc.
as far as getting reactions from characters. I want to have unlockable scenes/actions happen based on Maiko's recent actions.
-stress
iirc Maiko can still do things if she is stressed just not too much stressed.
some people's stress tolerance is pretty high but Maiko's is low.
for the sex stuff she will accept from pattie no matter the stress level, but not from random men at the cafe. Imo it seems more or less believable enoght while still letting players have a way to get rid of it all quickly.
-money
I plan to make money cap at 8. I am already using he system in umichan sentoryu. and things cost some value between 1 and 8.
also different date locations is nice idea.
-tasks
the character are not on earth. there are no AM/PM time systems. so I use the tasks.
-photos
photos will probably be in every umichan one way or another.
students asking for certain photos was added later kind of as bonus which is why it is not totally fleshed out here.
-Relationships
this will most likely be closest to how it works currently in UMCS.
I will expand on it a bit but the idea is to keep it simple.
-The Areas
yeah I think at the school i will just have a picture of the exterior building and you click where you want to go from there.
same for mall but maybe show the inside.
-Maiko’s boobs
while I agree the interaction is not needed, many find it amusing and it is also a mechanic to remove low levels of stress in UMCH.
I may or may not have interaction the next version. maybe just clicking on them but not a drag.
-Dialogue
i have no preference for the text window, so if the old on is liked more i can bring it back. I'll perhaps have a vote on it later.
-Hentai Scenes
UMCH is designed to be canon. not a sandbox like UMCC is. so in UMCH i wanted to go for more story driven hentai scenes as the majority of what the game consists of.
However in certain places like the cafe you can initiate hentai scenes as often as you like.