Editor's Rating
Story - The premise of **30 Days** leans intriguingly towards a *Hunger Games* vibe, offering a setting ripe for tension and player choice. However, the execution falls short of its potential. The narrative feels overly controlled by the developer, resulting in a kinetic novel experience where the player's agency is minimal. While the basic plot hints at intrigue, the dialogue often feels cringeworthy. - 66%
Visual - When it comes to visuals, **30 Days** finds itself in a both familiar and worn territory. The character models are a hit or miss—some stand out while others fall flat, skewing toward the "fugly" side, which is a significant drawback in a genre often dependent on aesthetic appeal. While the renders are passable, they don't push any boundaries, and the art direction occasionally feels outdated. - 60%
Engagement - Engagement in **30 Days** suffers from a distinct lack of meaningful choices. Many players express frustration about the rigid narrative, where decision-making feels more like a facade. The attempts at humor and sexuality often misfire, leading to awkward moments rather than genuine interactions. The protagonist's personality swings from indecisive to insufferable, making it challenging to invest in his journey. - 50%
Core Loop - The core loop of gameplay in **30 Days** revolves around choosing paths within a predominantly textual narrative. Unfortunately, with limited choices and a lack of engaging mechanics, it can feel like a chore rather than a captivating adventure. The desire for more lewd content is palpable among the player base, with many noting that the updates often lean heavily on story with insufficient payoff. - 55%
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This review is based on author's perspective and actual experience may differ on individual's own preferences.
Well, now that the troll seems to have tired, I decided to make my excuses and explain some things. I didn’t do it before only because of this character below and of whom I emphasize, I have not read almost anything. I’m going to talk about what the editor of this page commented…
– Story: The only relation of this with The Hunger Games is that both are futuristic stories in a Reality Show environment. And that’s where it ends. It’s like comparing China with Japan. For some people there may be no difference, but the truth is that they are as different as apples and pears.
– “The execution falls short of its potential”… I don’t know if you have realized that this is not a complete game, it’s in development. In fact there is no competition yet. The beginning is perhaps slow for some because it’s more than anything to introduce characters, some of their stories, some of the history of the world I am creating. I need to show people the characters because it’s the only way to create some kind of connection. So if anyone is used to skipping texts to just see the images, this is not for you. Character and world building, attempts to create connection with the viewer/player. Development of some of the characters… It’s basic stuff and I’m sorry people aren’t used to that. Hell, even in many Hollywood movies that’s not done and that’s why they fail.
– Of course the narrative feels controlled, because this is just beginning XD You’ll be able to experience “freedom” later on, when you have to make decisions regarding the competitions (which haven’t even started yet).
– How you perceive the dialogues is up to you and I can’t do anything about that.
– MC’s personality is variable and that’s your fault… Didn’t you notice? If you follow the main route you will see the same MC until almost the end, somewhat indecisive, not knowing what to do… If you follow the other path (and the deviation from the main branch is VERY NOTORIOUSLY announced) you will see that MC slowly changes, especially after suffering the effects of one of the new women he meets. These effects are the cause of the very noticeable change between the indecisive MC, an ordinary man, from the normal route and the more daring MC who has no problem doing and saying quite risqué things… That was because of a decision that YOU as a player made when you deviated from your path. In the same way that one of the girls dies or doesn’t die depending on your choice.
I think that you are honestly not used to games where the choices are really important. People are so used to blindly clicking on anything that when they see something really important they are not able to distinguish it and then they claim that there is nothing important and it’s all a facade…
First decision you make in this game, a woman dies or does not die, two totally different paths are created, MC’s personality is affected, all because of a choice you made.
– Nope, sorry… Even though this has a “Harem” tag, you can’t choose who can or can’t be part of it. I repeat, this is actually a game where competitions will play an important role. I can’t let the player choose their team because this would become something impossible to manage and I intend to finish what I started one day. I’m a single person in charge of writing, programming, creating the scenes and then rendering, as well as promotion, managing the Patreon page, the Discord, the Itch page… A single person with a real-life job, a single person and not a team of ten. I have to be able to maintain control and that would get out of hand if I turned this into another Harem management game, another one of many.
There are first, too many conflicting ideas. The mutant thing comes out of left field and you screwed the MC with a “consequence” to his “powers” that the other two DON’T HAVE = and actively endangers the whole thing, by the premise you present. Wherein it might KILL him. Do. Not. Do. That… It’s pointlessly punitive, and more so for being that one-sided. (Better way to present it: He actually gets to KEEP the powers permanently, and what looks like a downside to him that might be lethal, is his body biologically adapting to the new power – it will NEVER actually kill him, he just feels like it’s hell = like getting through and over a particularly nasty case of Fever)
* The Aspergers thing: If you, yourself actually have it. Fuck you. Seriously – it’s not Autism. While some will say this is too personal; I was diagnosed at 30 years old by an expert in the field of Aspergers, as mid spectrum. He specifically told me that many like him were going to lose their jobs, just because some dipshits with the Big Book of Mental Illness’ decided it was easier to lump them into the same category. It’s NOT. I do not rock to myself; make noises, or see strange things in a TV. Or any of the other bullshit ways TV and movies have presented Autism. I can also fucking talk. Clearly. I have had social difficulties (look at every fucking response comment I get on this site… that’s all I’m saying, and I STILL don’t get how many of you say my responses are negative. Critical, is not negative, and that’s the point of calling it a Critique…) There are social behaviors and factors, and counter intutitive layerings I still do not understand entirely. However, it’s NOT the same thing as Autism. It NEVER will be. There are similarities on the surface level. Enough that some genius’ lumped them together. Because it was easier for them. Who DON’T have it. Also – it’s FAR less common in girls, because girls generally tend to get the social support and encouragement that men just don’t. Because of the way societally, the two genders have differently been raised. So even if they do have it, it can be harder to detect. Because they’ll get pushed to be much more social, whether they like it or not. Which means they’ll learn things, even if it’s the hard way, that allow them to compensate or cover up. Guys generally won’t. It’s not impossible that Rachael does have it; it’s a LOT less likely that two Mutants, also happen to share that bond, because HIS SISTER has it. [Make it the MC themselves, and I might believe you more] Frankly, it’s something you can pass genetically, so he’d likely have it to some level. Not necessarily, but it’s possible. It can skip generations. They still don’t know what actually causes it. There’s debate about a commonality being trauma at birth. More than not had difficult births. We have certain sensitivities, and we do tend to be fairly focused on what we like, to the exclusion of fairly much all else. For me, it’s fantasy. Anything and everything fantasy. And Writing. You all might’ve noted. I do invest easier in characters than I do with actual people. I also happen to be better with dogs, because of how genuine and unguarded they are. I freely admit that. It’s why the structure and the genre formula, and actual character development are so important to me. A lot more than to any of you I’d wager. I get it, you think I’m odd. You’ve all been VERY fucking clear on that. Which is also why, if you DON’T have Aspergers Dev: Double Fuck You. Rachael as a character is fine, but as a final point MOST people with Asperger’s tend to be highly logical minded. It’s one of the signs. Being more, to overly analytical is a part of it. It’s not an “on top of” thing. Mentioning it as a part of “autism spectrum disorder” may very well offend more than just me. And it did very dearly, set me off. Frankly, for that one sin, plus the fact you think the way you’ve structured this game can ever be a harem… I’m very tempted to just not download the game ever again. Harem = girls willingly choose to be loyal. To ONE man. Very technically, just by having 4 girls to 1 man; you have set up 4 INDIVIDUAL HAREMS. To start with. There is a problem with that, in that most men are at some level, possessive…
With how you structured this game to start – it can’t ever actually BE a harem game. Not without acknowledging severe amounts of NTR. If they’re ALL expected to FUCK. There did NOT need to be four guys – or those three guys would have to die within the first four to five days (and never have gotten anywhere with any of the females) * Just because we don’t see it, does not mean it isn’t happening – and yes. I am aware of the technical definition of NTR. It doesn’t matter, I will emphatically argue, that we haven’t built up a relationship with the women. YET. Note the key word; and you should, if you actually have Aspergers. Just to start. It DOES matter and it does count as NTR because we WILL be expected to enfold them into OUR Harem, as the game goes on. For a LOT of guys (myself included) knowing the girls have fucked other guys this clearly (I never assumed I would take my girlfriend or wife’s virginity for example; but that’s different than knowing the girl I’m gonna take into my group because she just lost her guy, had him balls deep for a creampie literally three hours ago!) is GOING TO BE A TURN OFF. You said it yourself; Jordan is very likely going to be the first to go down (and why, WHY… why??? did you include Karen. I get the joke – it’s not funny; and she should be DEAD alongside the guys for her character being absolutely opposed to men. Based on the premise, she literally signed up to commit suicide, or be constantly raped. NOT. OKAY) Also fuck you for probably the most physically attractive girl (in my opinion, feel free to disagree) being the most aggressive outright to the MC; she’s GOING to have to fuck him at some point. So there was no point in making her that hostile. Tsundere is a hard sell, and since you didn’t make this fucker Wolverine or Superman, she actually has the chance to fulfil her promise. That’s not a turn on either… As a personal prefrence, while at least you did give a nod to the reasoning in world canon: Fuck you for no pregnancy. You’re screwing with a kink that you don’t have to discount (and if they’re going to be inclined to see people die and fuck shamelessly, it would be another sick thrill to risk pregnancy as well, especially in the case of rapes, so your “logic” is backwards there buddy) It’s one thing if you include it as an ending slide for completing the game, but you could at the very least put it in brackets… or Oh, I don’t know, HAVE HIS POWERS FUCKING NEGATE THE DAMNED PILLS! * that way if the player WANTS to see scenes of impregnation or have that consequence, it can be there.
There’s a final point here: You let the ONLY actual path currently rendered in this newest update, end. BEFORE. THE. SEX. SCENE. Because of that bullshit downside to his powers!!! Just to blue ball the audience you lazy ass. Then told us to go play the other route – which you admitted wasn’t even finished, at the point I did try it. I frankly do not care to see any other routes. At all. Most players will simply play through the once, and accept whatever ending they get. Here’s a tip: The game has ONE path. Harem. You are done. Why? Because the other three guys shouldn’t even fucking be there. Or again, clearly mark what the routes are in your coding, so that there doesn’t need to be a walkthrough telling me how to avoid shit I don’t want to see, and am trying not to by the choices presented. As much as that can be avoided – because again, this game is GOING to be NTR heavy in my opinion. Just by the way you’ve presented it thus far. If this is your introduction, I’m gonna call you Sisyphus from here on out.
Wow, I’m amazed you bothered to write such a long comment! I’m not going to read them all. But I must say that you have a point. I hope the developers read this.
I’m a person who is used to reading and writing, but even to a person who has patience your huge wall of text seems like too much. I quickly scrolled through everything and settled in to read… and I read for less than a minute and I won’t read any further because it’s pointless.
First, do you think I’m going to completely redo MC’s story because someone doesn’t like it? You’re crazy if you think anyone is going to pay attention to you. I can’t redo things every time someone doesn’t like something because I’d never finish the game… I think there’s something you’re missing and it’s called maintaining tension.
The idea of MC in possible danger is a tension factor. If you like it, fine, if not, fine…
Second and last. “If you have Asperger’s, fuck you”?… With that little mouth, do you kiss your mother?
I don’t care if you think it’s not autism. And the truth is I don’t care if it’s autism or not because it doesn’t affect me. It’s not a statement I’m making up. Asperger’s are considered to be on the autism spectrum. If you have problems with that, then that’s your problem. I refer to facts like what is stipulated in the DSM-5 and where even the diagnosis of Asperger’s was removed and now it is clearly treated as ASD.
I have Asperger’s and do you know how that affects me? As I said, ZERO, nothing. People can see me and think that I am a normal person when I speak, although quite reserved most of the time. On the other hand, the opinion of normal people does not matter much to me either. Living among them is not going to make me one of them anyway. That was quite clear to me in my school days.
And that was all I read (up to “it’s not autism”) and I didn’t continue because by looking at those first two points I can see that the rest will be useless to read. Due to your long wall of text I assume that you have some logical mentality… You should know that a discussion between two logical minds with different points of view leads nowhere, so goodbye.
My mother’s dead dipshit; so no. I haven’t kissed her in several years.
“And the truth is I don’t care if it’s autism or not because it doesn’t affect me. It’s not a statement I’m making up. Asperger’s are considered to be on the autism spectrum…”
First: The truth is I don’t care if it’s autism because it doesn’t affect me = your argument from this point is invalid. Second; it’s CONSIDERED to be on the autism spectrum. Which was my whole point.
Does not mean it actually IS autism. Or anything remotely close to it. I DID read your entire post; and you’re being an ass for no reason. A discussion between two logical minds who disagree does not “lead nowhere” – if one or both of those “logical” minds can agree that the other side may have a point. You’ve done nothing but state that you do have Aspegers, so good for you. You are like me. Which means you should know better. The fact that they call us something we’re not SHOULD offend you. It’s true that living among “normal” people won’t make us like them; but they don’t understand what it’s like to be us, so that’s why it’s important NOT to be categorized wrongly. If they’re going to categorize us at all. You’re willing to dismiss my coments after two sentences. So why bother fucking responding? It obviously meant enough to reply in the first place, did you dismiss my comment because I pointed out at least two areas where your premise doesn’t make sense in plot? At this point I suppose it should not matter. You don’t know me, and now I know all I need to about you. You’re right that we disagree, and you’re going to do whatever the fuck you want to about your game; but with an attitude like this – good luck getting supporters. You’ve certainly lost at least one with that post. I might have been willing to see if you’d correct anything I pointed out, or see where you went with things regardless, but now that’s absolutely done.
The DSM-5 has been reworked more than once; and will likely be re-worked a hundred more times. There are over 6 billion minds in the world. They all BREAK. In very specifically different ways. Treating them will NEVER be as simple as prescribing meds, of any sort; or labeling X group as any given thing. Removing a diagnosis doesn’t make it cease to exist. Calling it something else doesn’t make it less what it was to start with. It. Doesn’t. Make. Their. Decision. Correct! That was my only hard fought point – other than the pregnancy excuse because you’re too fucking lazy to code pregnant scenes in a HAREM game – but you go ahead and discount it. That’s just one more good reason to never bother downloading your game again. Because even if you have the same diagnosis as me, you aren’t at all like me. Don’t bother responding to this. Frankly, there was no reason to respond to my first post if you were going to be this much of a dick.
Again, a lot of text and I’ve only read up to “Ass for no reason” because with that statement it’s more than clear to me what kind of person you are. You’re insane and I’m definitely not going to put myself on par with such a troll. Did you forget that you said FUCK YOU and that was the last thing I read?… You’re either a lunatic or a troll because no one in their right mind tells someone “fuck you” and then expects to be treated normally. Go fuck yourself and stop trolling.
The point that you put this group of people in an enclosed location; for X given days, with a huge monetary prize on the line in a televised competition, builds tension. The fact you have giant AI who will kill anyone who disobeys, builds tension. The idea that if their male lead dies; they all die – builds tension. The notion that the MC has a mutant power that is openly punitive and even MIGHT kill him, when you set out the notion that if he dies, all of his females go out with him… is not building tension. That’s just needlessly punitive.
I write novels and series as my profession. I did not actually miss a damned thing about your attempt to “build tension” – but because you read no farther than two sentences by your own admission, I’m going to point out as my final say on the matter I literally gave you a way to make it plausibly build tension (be in the longrun, benefitial to the player – thus to the group in general) and take away the punitive aspect. While making logical sense. I did that because I’m actually very good at my job. But you can’t be bothered to read more than the two sentences.
Which is why I feel justified once again, telling you to fuck right off. I also never asked you to alter the MC’s entire backstory. You could (if YOU were genuinely skilled as a writer) explain in brackets or Italics when he wakes up in the next update, after introspection that he now understands exactly what happened when he went down and how his powers really work. Since he didn’t really seem to have a solid handle on the specifics beforehand. As a logical assumption based on his vetrinarian skills applied as his studies in biological process’ versus the fact he did not die. You’re done. No real re-writing need apply. You would simply better explain to your audience what ACTUALLY happened, as a slight revision, that doesn’t change a damned thing about the MC’s current story, but makes more sense going forward.
First of all it’s too dystopian. I have it IRL already. Then it’s such a waste when two sexy girls basically jumping on your cock but stupid Dev discard them for some reason and instead force bitchy redhead on you. I do not like her besides it was her fault!
30 seconds skipping. 1 or 2 choices. No reason to read the boring story.
Boring blue balls game.
Premise for the story is good and gives hope that there will be lots of interesting sexual situations. Story does move with good pace and is engaging. Sadly the writing is really weird. Characters don’t act like normal humans. But only some parts of the writing is retarded, so it is really confusing what the writer is trying to accomplish. Main story is interesting, but social interactions are ruined by disjointed conversations.
Visually game is good enough. Women have pretty much same average android body. Not bad, but nothing to get excited. 3/5
Well-written review! I couldn’t agree more. With better writing and more varied details in the game, it has the potential to be a great AVN game.
It would be useful if you could read what the characters are saying in the android port rather than have the characters face over the wording.
I’m sorry but I didn’t make any port for Android. The game was made for PC and MAC. Any problems with other versions are not my fault.
The worst thing is when a developer tries to replace his lack of experience in development with a stupid plot, they all have to be naked and why because he does not know how to draw clothes and the world around him is one green line out of focus why is the answer already obvious! Instead of doing any nonsense, the developer needs to study and go to normal courses!
There are a lot of people with clothes on. And those who take them off, first had them on. I don’t know what game you’re watching.