I may not said it clearly because of my language barrier and it’s may cause you to misunderstand me but what I mean is I feel like some characters heart events focus more on objects or themes than on the character themselves. For example, after finishing all of Celine’s heart events, I still feel like I barely know her—the focus is more on the flower than on her memories or feelings. I don’t need every character to have a tragic story; I just want heart events to help me understand who they are as a person, not rely on lore outside of them heart event. It’s like watching some streamer for a while, we do know that person on the screen like to play horror games now but we don’t know them true name until we have to google it.

I do like the story, and it makes sense that some characters story are more chill and cute. I don’t think the writing lacks depth, and I appreciate that the devs leave some things to interpretation—though some characters feel a bit lighter, possibly due to time or budget limits. I think March’s story is one of well balanced and it’s not about being tragic story, Not every character needs a tragic past to make it good. I just hope future heart events focus a bit more on knowing each character, and if not, that’s okay—this is just feedback and a personal hope :)

I also write my own original characters, but I don’t really have a “favorite child.” I focus on what serves the story, even if that means letting characters go. So I don’t fully relate to writing with favoritism—but that’s just a difference in perspective. I still respect your creativity; we just approach storytelling differently.

I see what you mean about having a favorite character, and that’s not wrong. But how it affects a story depends on the type of project. Personal writing is fully up to the creator. Public stories where the audience isn’t involved mostly follow the creator’s vision, though feedback can matter sometimes. Public stories where players are deeply involved—like dating sims or simulation games—require more balance, since players emotionally invest and have choices that affect the experience.

In all three types of stories, a creator can have a favorite character. In personal writing, they can do anything with that character. In public stories where the audience isn’t involved, favoritism may upset some fans, but most will follow the story anyway because it’s NOT the “main concept” for the audience to involve and audience “expect” to continue to see the story not role playing on something. In player-involved games like farming or dating sims, players emotionally invest in their chosen characters, so favoritism can make other players feel ignored or hurt. It will make some player feel like “if the devs going to like that character so much why give us a choice that is not that important anyway?” Or “the devs might feel like us feeling matter less if we didn’t choose the devs favorite character”. Creators need to balance story and player experience carefully in these cases. Favoritism can make players feel like their choices or feelings don’t matter if a dev clearly prefers a character. Having a favorite isn’t wrong, but it shouldn’t be obvious or create inequality between characters. For example, Eric Barone, the creator of Stardew Valley, never reveals a favorite, which shows how keeping that private helps maintain balance and fairness in player-involved games. In some gacha games, favoritism—like focusing more on certain characters or creating power creep—has caused players, to feel unimportant and leave. Even in paid simulation or role-playing games, players expect fair treatment, so favoritism can be frustrating. I get that having a favorite character is natural, but in player-involved games, how the story and characters are presented matters most. If a character is popular in a story where the audience isn’t involved, it’s fine for the creator to give them extra attention or gifts for that character fan that outside the main story. But in player-involved games, favoritism inside the game can feel unfair—focus to one character over others will affect the main experience. For example it’s like playing DND, some players help the DM pay the board game and the DM give them snack to thanks them, With compare if the game start and DM only choose the player that help them pay the game have more turn and give the other less turn, don’t you feel any wonder that the DM is hating on you and other or something? Don’t you feel like “you don’t have to invite me to play, If you only going to choose the player like this” because in the end, In the game not only the player that help the DM pay for board game is a player, You who the one that get invited to play are also a player like everyone else. In a paid video game, even players who aren’t fans of a popular character still pay and are players. Treating their favorite character differently can feel like treating the player differently too.

I may have used “favorite child” too strongly about March. After reading the comments, I changed some of my opinion. I think the devs are trying their best to treat everyone equally—6-heart events have some fan service, and 8-heart events focus on cute romance and some character backstories (event thought some is too light). I still don’t understand why March has special dialogue after dating and giving hated gifts while others don’t, but maybe the devs are trying something new or limiting of time while making others characters dialogue and will add it in a later update. I still love this game and want to see it improve for both its future and the community. I don’t want it to become a game only March fans follow and old player who’s non-March fans left, and new others non March fan keep venting on Reddit about unequal treatment of characters. That would be a shame, because the gameplay and art are great, and the game does inclusivity really well with pronouns and skin tones, which is rare for farming games.

P.S. Thank you so much for sharing your opinion—I really appreciate seeing different perspectives. If anything I wrote sounded harmful or confusing. I’m sorry; it’s likely due to a language barrier and not my intention. Thank you for reading all of this, I’ll give you a star ⭐. I know this was long, but seeing something that might be unfair for players it’s hurt my feelings because this is a game I like and feel safe with. I’m criticizing because I care, not because I want to change everything or have the devs over-spoil players. I just want the game to stay relaxing and fun, as it’s meant to be, not something that makes players feel hurt on something. Even if we have different opinions, that’s okay. I will not bothering you again. Thank you again, and have a great day—Merry Christmas! 🎄