Randomly referencing political shit. Way too many devs try to pass off dumping political takes as either jokes or "realism" and it's always just cringe. I don't even care if I agree with the take. If I wanted to see culture war bullshit I'd go on twitter
It entirely depends on how long the dev plans on making the game and how it's structured. On average 6-8 girls is optimal. It's manageable and can still have good character development with the girls beyond surface level within a reasonable update time-frame
Not everyone was meant to be an artist and create things. There was already saturation when it took actual skill and effort to make real art (ai art isn't art btw). Now every dipshit can churn out the most low effort slop you can imagine and bury real art under a sea of dogshit
For me it depends on what the game aims to be and how it presents itself. If it's upfront about being a more slowburn story focused game and the lewd content is more of a cherry on top, I'm cool with it. On the other hand if a game presents itself to be a fuck fest and it takes ages for lewd...
Sharing. Preferably the more "wholesome" casual kind in games like Secret Care Cafe, Solvalley and the first 3 chapters of Max's life. Not an easy thing to find, because the more humiliation based stuff seems to be more popular.
Character writing. Some of the most popular and highest earning VNs barely have any lewd content, and people are ok with that, because they like the characters.
I like both equally, but 3d is better for these games. 2D just takes too long and unless you're an established artist, won't have the initial support to continue developing the game in most cases. Sometimes it works out, but yeah.
I play most games as soon as an update drops, so the plot is still fresh in my mind and I don't have time to forget the important details. Unless it's a game like BaD that take over a year for each update. In that case I just do a fresh run
I don't really care mostly. That said there is a point where it either becomes cartoonishly big and looks dumb or small enough to where it takes me out of the game