i did not expect to find something _that_ addictive yet immersive and rewarding here at itch.io, even in the «for adults» section despite it being somewhat famous for all those slice of life visual novels. for me, «course of temptation» beats all of the titles i've tried by (i think) being a text-only interactive fiction (made me actually _read_ the story rather then click through) and bringing a meaningful subset of realistic routine activities in a sandbox'y, non-linear, «you decide'y» way that the player settles into and really «lives through». loved it from the very start even before all the lewd stuff became possible.
of course nothing is ever ideal (and it's a good thing too!) so i had zillion ideas about how things should or could have worked. not going to bother the author and other players with those, lol: i bet every player has tons of similar ideas and the discord forum is already brim full of them (sorry i hate that proprietary platform, i wish the discussion board lived on fediverse, matrix maybe, idn); i'll only mention the most persisting through my play:
1) i wish the cot society, both in the town and on the campus were not so uni-aged; there are adults but they behave very differently in-game with very few options; ex. i'd like for the professors to have phone numbers and be potentially available for chat, inviting out, harassment or stalking, be part of the gossip landscape, etc.;
2) past a certain point, everybody becomes very consensual, unrealistically so, the result being: the sex scenes become mostly repetitive and uninteresting, suddenly the pc practically doesn't have to persuade, beg for a certain activity or pose, there's no more feeling of life and human interaction and after that part of the game just becomes pornographic;
3) there's practically no emotional landscape: spending more time with the partner's friends or even rivals and agressors doesn't seem change the partner's response and doesn't create the tension that's so much part of real life interactions (humans _are_ possessive that way no matter how civilized we want to believe ourselves);
4) the town should be much, much larger =)
lastly, the one real grudge i have against the author: for me, you've made all the other visual novels out there look linear and shallow so now i just can't find anything to move to from cot! how am i supposed to put the game aside and wait for those new releases with more content? you've ruined my gaming experience, although in a painfully good way =)
thank you.