I heard about Bliss through an article on wired.com which reviewed it positively. Not quite fully understanding the concept, I downloaded the demo version and ran thru a quick game to see how the game played and what kind of actions came up. I was so impressed that I bought the game.
Then there was the minor problem of introducing it to me wife...
A quick demo of a game (on very fast progress) didn't convince her, so I let it drop.
Luckily that night, there was absolutely nothing to watch on TV and she didn't feel like concentrating on a DVD, so I suggested we 'adjourn upstairs and try the game'.
Though skeptical, she went along with it, so we gathered all the stuff we had lying around, set up the toys, the clothes etc, and got playing.
The game started slowly and I thought she was going to give up as I repeatedly got the hold hands and tell her something actions. But then almost without warning, I was down to my briefs while she was fully clothed...
That kinda perked her up a bit...
From that point things progressed quite quickly and soon she was begging for me not to do the full times for her actions because she was so close but didn't want to come yet.
The highlight for me was the action PelvicMuscle2. The highlight for my wife... the whole thing...
Suggestions:
A Taboo screen
Profiles are great for describing what you do and do not like, but on a per game basis you might not feel like doing certain things. Rather than having to set up profiles ofr each possible mood, how about a taboo screen to say what you don't fancy doing this game. For us it was dancing and oral, but other nights we probably want to do this
Alternative Action
Several times we got very similar actions in a row. An option to choose a different action, even if it was a $50 penalty would be great
In built playlist editor
Having since read the help file I now know we could have changed the music, but it would be nice if this is a built in feature.
Orgasm button
We were both at passion level 9 and both ready to come. My wife finally got an action that drove her over the edge, but subsequent actions were a bit too much for her, whereas it took a bit longer to make me come. Some kind of button to say either you're ready to orgasm or have had an orgasm would let the system know who to concentrate on. Maybe it could also add in a bunch of actions for that post-orgasmic buzz
New Properties
Off the top of my head:
Clothes Shop, where you could buy back clothes, sell clothes, or even buy (and wear) your partners clothes.
Strip Club (this might be covered by dance hall/cabaret since we didn't build those) but a strip club to add actions for stripping and teasing the other partner.
Cafe, could be used for food and drink related actions, as well as under the table shenanigans
Ability to Specify Durations
Rather than have the durations coded into the actions, you could specify durations for short, medium and long actions, and let the user customise these themselves. Anything for 2 minutes for example, we only did for a minute.
Bugs:
All in all, we were really impressed with the software, and being a programmer myself, I know how difficult it is to write decent bug free software in .Net.
A couple of things did crop up though...
Drawing on bums/breasts dispite not having anything ticked to do this
Oil massages followed by oral stimulation on the same areaon the next action...
Briefs... For a while (around passion level 6 or 7 I think) I kept been told to remove my briefs, then a few actions later being told I could put them back on, then the next action remove them and so on...
Taking a Shower... Sure its nice to get rid of the oil etc, but it was a bit random. Surely a toy option to say you can shower or bathe would make sense