[ FEATURE REQUEST ] - "Be right back" options

[VendixDilan]

Overview:

I think it would be a nice addition for JNC to let Natsuki know what you're up to! It would help letting Natsuki know what you're doing while you're idle and also would serve as a "pausing the game" option.

Also, Natsuki barely knows what the player is doing while hanging out with her. There are the Windows reactions and you can tell her if you're heading off to work or sleep. But activities like "reading a book", "workout", "watching a series" or "taking a shower" aren't a option yet. So a option to tell Natsuki that you're busy doing something - preferably under a new "Be right back" or "I'm going to..." option.

I also had the idea to include some extra dialogue for special requirements. A example would be something like: If you tell Natsuki you're going to read 10 times, a special dialogue will occur, where she'll call you a book worm and make fun of you in a friendly way for reading so much.

Must haves:

a new category named something like "Be right back".
dialogue for when selecting one of the new options.

Could haves:

extra dialogue for said special events and requirements.

[Blizzardsev]

I'm not against this, but my concern is going to be overlap with the farewell system: if this is something we're going to be adding, we're going to need to have a well defined option list to begin with while taking care to ensure the options themselves aren't too specific: for example, a generic "reading" option over "reading some manga" + "reading a magazine" + "reading an article".

I'd also note that this will have to be a low priority for the time being: each option for content in the style (like farewells/admissions/compliments) is essentially a mini topic that will only cater for a small set of players (not everyone goes off to do drawing, for example) - and if we're going to invest a lot of time in something like this (adding special scenarios like as you describe, different variations based on affinity and so on), we'd prefer to invest that in topics that cater more widely first.

[Blizzardsev]

@RaionArt @Obsidian-Knife Anything to add?

[RZed01]

I think this is a good feature to add. I also think that choosing this option should immediately make Natsuki go into one of her idle animations as well. Kind of like reality- no one is just going to sit there and stare while waiting (adds immersion).