DOZEN'S PROFILE

Please. If that's all you need...

First, our statistics and implications thereof. To date, Heartache 101 is

- the 26th most known of
- rated 24th among

Dating Simulations ever released as per consensus of the Visual Novel Database, and the 11th most popular game on RMN. While sizable(and encouraging), our target audience isn't defined and clearly not limited to any one area, group, or social standing, thus focus groups and testers would likely skew results. We are therefore limited to relying on word of mouth.

According to polls, previous requests, complaints and reviews on various sites and social media(Excluding RMN, since you already read those), the game has been praised by the overwhelming majority for:

-outstanding character development
-fluff
-characterization(of Riho's and the Chocolate Lady's, especially; we should probably deal with that), including but not limited to expressions, speech style and acting in accordance to oneself
-unique approach, apparently better than the usual pattern for Dating Sims
-good mix of the main genre with two others
-pacing
-personalities, motivations, etc. (Excluding the Player)
-support of Disbelief Suspension

On the flipside the audience criticized the lack of or have requested(barring the ones fixed in new releases, the unreasonable or the overly opinionated):

1. Technical and Convenience
-Backlogs.
-Event library.

2. Artistic and related
-Continuity(mostly related to conversations in light of the relation meter)
-Event CGs
-Drawn tachies
-Broader theme selection
-Consistent, not gradually weakening personality of the Player and/or explanations to changes to the aforementioned, leaving less to the imagination
- And the all time winner: Personalized Endings.
The latter complaint deserves extra attention due to it's prevalence. I find Miki's and Tsubasa's epilogue phone conversation is accepted(almost praised, in fact) for being the first endings most people encounter due to ease and thus more fresh, as well as fitting the respective female characters involved. In contrast, all other good endings are referred to as, quote word to word, 'disappointing', 'lackluster', 'half-assed', 'silly', bashed for being cloth cutouts of each other, especially the generic ending(note the lack of plurality, here), and reducing the player to a(n even more) two-dimensional, forgettable plot excuse.

I recommend dealing with the technical requests and the ending complaints first and foremost, the former being easy and the latter being responsible for the bulk of our negative press. An idea pool for new epilogues could prove to be a considerable asset.

That would be it!^^ Overseer off!

author=laureenrabbit
Girlz can play ?

You don't need our permission. Go ahead^^

Changes today:

-added Yoshimura Noriko to the ID list.
-Dewelar is promoted to custom content developer and given rating rights.
-Fixed typo in line of ID 43(Hasegawa Kanon).

I hope you guys are going fine without me. I don't feel very well. Will read everything properly once I recovered.

author=Neo22
Game crashes as soon as I open the game. What do I do? I'm playing it on Windows 7.

So does everyone else. Any one software can refuse to work or any one system for thousands of reasons. A little more specific? Error messages, installed custom content, log, etcetera?