Rivalhearts

Saw someone playing this at Supercon, great game so far! Can't wait for new content

I have a lot of concerns with this game. Dialogue was rather weak, no actual decision making outside of one silly little guessing game which is pointless if you read the character bio, and uninteresting female characters. It's hard to make a choice on what girl to choose when we've barely met them and expected to just follow that one route for the whole game. Erika was the hottest character in my opinion but seemed like a total pervert and falls for our character way too easily (which is also interesting because in the dev notes with the bird, in one of the blogs they talk about how she's valves maturity, connection, and things that aren't just sex but seems to be the heaviest sexualized character). Amber is interesting. I like the concept of an introvert and nerdy character like the MC with a tomboyish girl who loves the outdoors. People seem to like Brooklyn for some reason but I found her to be the weakest. What should of happened was Brooklyn should of have rejected the character and the MC (Noah) would try to make amends and apologize like the next day or something. This is why I like Katawa Shoujo. You don't just jump straight into a pursue right after just meeting the cast for a brief second. You spend a fair amount of time with all the girls in that game over an extended period of a few days, on top of that Katawa Shoujo always has the intro that leads into the game where we as the player get to learn more insight into our MC and how he thinks and feels. I know nothing pretty much about Noah expect he had a bad relationship and that's it. Honestly, the biggest crime the game has is not making Katherine romancible. Katherine would have made a nice fourth option and would have made more sense than someone like Erika. A story where love was staring right in the face of the protag through his best friend who obviously cares a lot for him, even if she doesn't always show it. Instead they focused more on the age of the characters with Amber being more about navigating and exploring the world together, Brooklyn being slightly older but young enough to still be naive and as clueless as Noah, and Erika being basically a milf. But I think my biggest concern has to be the lack of updates and response from the team. Just a quick glance of their twitter and steam, they haven't posted since 03/26/2025 and 2026 is right around the corner. They made some small changes to the game 03/04/2025, mainly being dialogue and adding the pointless interaction with Amber. Unfortunately, first impressions matter most with not only people but games as well, I can't in good faith recommend this game. I would honestly scrap the whole first episode and redo it entirely which I know sucks, but it needs more. Maybe not scrap per se but it needs more content and a massive overhaul with the dialogue. I'll keep following this game but as it stands I don't see it getting finished. The Devs themselves admitted in their subreddit that between the three of them, it took one year alone to make just this short intro and they're planning to have 12 episodes in total. Realistically, at the rate they're going currently, the game will be in development for 12-13 years at this speed unless they recruit help or get more funding. But with how weak the first section seems to be, I fear they may not get that help which is unfortunate because I want to like the game and actually play it. I wish the best for the devs and I honestly hope that I get proven wrong here. Because I really do want these guys to succeed.

bueno el juego estuvo muy entretenido, me encanta el diseño de los personajes y las voces, bueno solo me gusta todo y la idea de que va a hacer gratuito es aun mejor, yo si lo recomiendo sobre todo por la historia por que me parece interesante

Amber is the most beautiful woman I've ever laid my eyes upon. and I CAN say ts

i found some of the dialogue towards the end of episode one to be too strange. some other dialogues were too realistic. seems promising at the beginning, then it goes downhill.

What a charming work. Applaud the developer's enthusiasm and look forward to their ongoing effort. But, the only thing I feel is unrealistic is how easily women are drawn to the protagonist, Noah, although it shows an interesting plot. I almost forgot, so let me add one more thing. How could Noah not have fallen for Kathy, an adorable girl like this, so long ago?