diapers vs pull-ups (continued poll, round 2!) (Patreon)

[One vote per person! Use it wisely!]

If you missed the first poll, you can check it out below.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/diapers-vs-pull-55749636

So our previous poll had plenty of discussion and votes weighing in on the topic about possibly introducing the concept of having pull-ups added into MA. Of course if we add them into the game, our biggest concern is making sure we add them in a fitting way that works with the world setting of the academy and also isn't seen as too complex by the rule book of the academy.

The other main important thing is making sure that if we add this, we want to do it in a way that benefits everyone. We don't want to upset anyone over it or feel like it's this massive change to the game that affects the already set in place interest of normal diapers by the fans.

I think we have some more concept ideas to role with and see what sounds good. Below are some note worthy mentions.

-Toggle on/off features to let players display normal diapers vs pull-ups seems like the go to easily solution for this sort of thing. Sadly as of right now we're struggling to pull this sort of feature off with even other visuals, let alone just this one. The main issue is that from our perspective with the engine handling, this is easier said than it is done. It would require a lot of work with every release and one toggle on/off option leading to another would only cause further complex problems with this concept. (Unless we find a better way of going about implementing this feature, we sadly have to rule this out for now.)

-The mention of making pull-ups being part of sporty activities. (i.e: Gym class periods, sporty club functions.) A example of a existing moment would be seeing Nova show up to kickboxing practice in episode 2 with a pull-up on under her gym bloomers instead of her normal diaper. This helps make sense of functionality of movement as I can only imagine kickboxing being harder in more bulky normal diapers vs pull-ups. This seems like a good balance where we could make sure that even a more sporty character like Nova isn't always seen in pull-ups, watching what events we lay out for her to keep her feeling balanced.

To add to the above, rules wise with the already existing setup of the academy story rules set. The use of pull-ups during gym class would be something easily monitored by a teacher before/after class, making sure students change back to their normal diapers afterwards for the rest of their day. For club sporty activities on the other hand, there isn't supervision, so we'd have to think on how to explain why students wouldn't just try to sneak it past staff/teachers.

-One thing to note with the whole pull-up debate is that, yes, this doesn't change the existing rules about potty use. Students don't gain access to the restrooms still, so if they do need to go potty badly enough. They'll be finding themselves using their pull-up, but ideally most students would try to hold out until their sporty activities to change back to normal diapers before using.

-One mention is that we could have pull-ups replace underwear for certain events, but this idea kind of goes against the academy story in place. The reason the academy allows underwear use on family holiday visit periods or academy events opened up to the public, is because the academy would rather have less risk with chances of panty sightings seen vs having eyebrows raised if outsiders took notice that more than one student had diapers peeking out, making them question what's going on.

-A mention about cloth diapers popped up and I'll just say that right now we'll keep it simple with normal diapers vs pull-ups, as this is already a topic that'll take some time in finding a middle ground or possibly things won't pan out to introduce pull-ups after all.

-Another mention gives us the idea of possibly making new characters wear pull-ups, which doesn't quite seem like it'd work out. I can think of two setups for this, one being "new characters" as in new students who show up at the academy, but realistically this would be the guy characters early on in the game. The other setup being "new characters" as in new characters introduced, supporting characters or side characters, etc. That is a little too late in development though, as we're about done with support characters added. (Just have 2-3 character sprites remaining to unveil.)

[With these mentions above in mind, let's get some more discussion going if we can for suggestions or ideas. Otherwise voting on some new choices below to see if maybe we've reached a middle ground that works for everyone or if it's not quite there yet.]