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Maxine could have been me when her age, though I am a decade older and was a teen in the 90's. I didn't have a Taylor though, or even an Avery. I grew up in a small rural town. Like Maxine I knew I didn't fit. I was a sweet innocent child and for some reason assumed kids got to pick their gender eventually while growing up. Other kids starting puberty and the conversations around how that worked made me realize that wasn't a thing.

Puberty is when everyone seemed to decide I was gay for me. Just like Maxine relentless waves of bullying came from that. I even once did gymnastics (and was the only 'boy' there), but there were no teachers beyond the basics where I was. The only other sports I liked were soccer and volleyball and both only had women's teams in school and since I was considered a boy I couldn't play them.

From 12 or 13 to 16 or 17 I prayed every night I could just wake up and be a girl. At some point I started keeping a list of potential ways to end myself and researched them and the chance of successfully doing it without messing up and making things even worse if I survived. It was either 16 or 17 when I begged my parents to send me to a therapist. I couldn't handle suffering 24/7 anymore and not start trying my list. I didn't have words to communicate the whole gender thing. The only thing I got across was that I was depressed and my mom said "Everyone gets depressed. Suck it up and get over it. What do you even have to be depressed about?" With those words my brain realized their was no help coming and it took all those thoughts I'd had over the years and locked them away. I could still feel them, but I wouldn't know why I felt them.

I spent the next 3 decades as the shell of a person. I tried to date women, I even fell in love at least a few times. The only women interested in me where bisexual women and every single one of them told me "Dating you is like dating a lesbian" quickly followed by "If I wanted to date a lesbian I wouldn't date a guy" and broke up with me. I gave up dating eventually after hearing those words so many times. What was the point when I'd just hear it again and again? I obviously was 'broken' and there was no fixing that. Whenever they would get a sense of the real me they didn't want me. It's been 16 years since I last dated anyone.

I first heard the term 'transgender' referring to kids around the time I was 30. I would break down in tears for all of them when I'd hear their stories and had literally no idea why. It wouldn't be until 2 years ago when my brain snapped, not able to keep holding back everything in that box any more and I'd know positively and unquestionably why. Because I was one of those kids to once and no one had ever been there to help me. I saw myself in them. It's been 2 years now for me since I finally started to transition and I'm 48 now. I lost so very much of my life to bigots like Maxine's mom.

I so need to see Maxine get some sort of happy ending, because she feels like a mirror of myself. Sort of a 'what if' about what it would have been like if someone had ever just cared.

Strangely I can't seem to actually buy the laptop... It just tells me 'I don't have at least $1000' even though I have like $1200...

I have really enjoyed this game currently. I really liked some of the subtle motion usage, like when Annie looks side to side as she's trying to dodge questions. Also some scenes were extremely hot... Like the Nova as Jinx scene. I look forward to more!

I like what's in the demo. Alexis reminds me of a younger and much less kinky version of a friend of mine. I'd say Kayla who is maybe closer personality-wise, but my friend loves to wear her hair in pigtails to make herself look younger. So it's been quite a trip for me. ^_^

Anyways... Some specific sets of renders are gold visually. I shivered during a very specific kissing scene. Always a good thing to inspire in the player. I did have some issues with the frame pacing, parts of several scenes going way to quickly though (and the frame counter I run for other games dinged 120 fps as opposed to just under 60 fps at other times). Also still a few references in the female MC route that use the wrong pronouns (scene meeting Ava for instance) and a lot of day 1 strongly hints your male.

I know this is super early to ask, the demo is all of 10% of the total if it does in fact last 30 days after all, but will their be guys not the male MC at some point in the story? As a bisexual girl playing a female MC, I'd personally like some option for it.

I really wanted to like this game. I love female MC adult games, but the graphics put me off... And I hate to say that. I really do. I tried to play, but the guys are ugly and even the MC often has really bad lighting and angles (even the banner image makes her look like she was abused with the shadowed face) for what appears to be static images layered over the scene. I really am so sorry to say that, but I felt I can't be the only one to think it.

I rather enjoyed most of this game or at least what there currently is of it... However, Olivia's actions in the garden seem... Unrealistic... A BJ would make more sense than that. Though it was hilarious, which may be the point? Not sure.

lol, they are a nicely realistic set of sizes... Natalie's breasts are likely close to wear she would have to special order bras if they were any larger.

And back for another day!

Violet and Rita don't seem to get much time together. This feels like a consistent problem. From when she is on the list for 'I want to have sex' to into Act 2. They really need to spend way more time together. Maybe it's because I chose the boys on the 'have sex' question, but it feels like Violet doesn't even get many scenes on her own anymore. She appears only slightly more than Sara in Act 2.

My only other note is that Luna's nipples often look weirdly placed on her bobs. They feel like the are high and to the outer side almost every time she's nude.

Also in general it often feels like there isn't a lot of girl talk going on... Maybe it's just women I know (& ones from certain TV shows), but when we get together we talk about sex. But it feels like these girls barely do. Heck Rita & Violet have never talked about the alley, but if a friend caught me doing that in an alley we'd definitely have a conversation about it. Especially if we had had sex.

Also of note the stats didn't update right when the guy at the hot springs took Rita's anal virginity. The 'Anal virgin' went away, but the 'anal sec count' says 0.

*Giggles* And that marks where version 0.16 ends. At least for one play through. 'Rita' feels super like me when I was that age, so I really enjoy the game. Though I may really want her to get super kinky and visit that 'bed of roses' society. But then in this run I pretty much teased and slept with everyone just for the fun of it.

I hope you don't mind, but I figure I'll make some comments here as I play. I do really like the game, but there are a few things I wanted to note. ^_^

The scene with Violet & her BF at the start is probably out of place... It feels like it belongs after we meet Violet.

I think Act 1 could use a narrator. Scenes begin and end abruptly and the transition is rough, but a narration might help to make things flow better. If possible the 'X days later' messages should probably be done as a transition scene. Like a calendar advancing through the days.

Some of the text tends suggest you've had sex with a guy "I have had sex before, so I've seen a cock before", which seems awkward if you selected having a lesbian sexual experience before.

In the pool locker room the game suggests 'Rita' has never enjoyed female attention before... But she slept with a female friend in HS.

In the kiss scene with Haruka it suggests Rita hasn't kissed another girl... But that's only true if she's a 'virgin'.

Just came across this, it oddly has a lot of parallels with my own life. It's so rare I get to play a Half-Japanese bisexual girl... xD

I know this is still in development there are a number of bugs. Events in the park and slums that cannot be done as clicking on their options does nothing. Also combat regularly has _this is a bug_ displayed in it at various parts. Also in both my attempts at playing through it none of the sex skills showed anything.
I like several aspects of the game, but it definitely needs more cooking.

Hi, I've tried running this a few times with the Windows version and every time the game gets to rendering a window and then simply closes. I have no idea why. I do run Windows 11, but even running it in compatibility mode didn't help. Any help would be welcome.

I don't recall ever turning it on, but I did click on it and it did change my stats for the better... But I still don't recall having ever turned it on... Maybe it needs some way to mark it as enabled?

I think I encountered a bug. My ATK stat plummeted to 6-7, and no matter if I sharpen my sword or enhance my gear this number doesn't go up. Since I was just before festival day, this means all my physical and martial attacks hit like wet noodles. I'm not sure what caused this as I did several things before I realized that no matter what I did the stat wouldn't change. My AGI stat also seems to have lowered itself below 13 (I can no longer jump over obstacles I used to be able to). And in case your wondering I don't have any Curse active to reduce my stats.