This game...
This game is one of the greatest heartbreaks of all time, in that it is definitely ONE OF THE BEST GAMES EVER, but, very unfortunately, it seemingly has been abandoned.
When I first saw the page for Project Sage, I thought it was going to be some slapped-together, Japanese-theme-inspired cliche collection.
It instead turned out to be one of the most humorous, tantalizing, and just all-around well-written games I have ever played.
Seriously. The dialog is frequently ridiculously funny, very warmly human, and occasionally even thought-provoking, and the fun, ever-bubbly and positive, high energy main character is so interesting (and even believable, at times), that she is rather hard to not like.
Amazingly for a cartoon p0rn bimbo who's only real purpose in life is to ultimately be corrupted, assaulted, and humiliated, she's extremely likable, and might even induce you to feel a certain amount of *respect* for her, given how she (ahem) somewhat "sagely" chooses to pursue life.
Ofc... It doesn't hurt that some of the H-scenes she's in are.. (yeeeaeah). really, *REALLY* good.
The author does a very good job of bringing you right up to the edge (and occasionally over it), with some actually reasonable context for what someone of that background might actually do.
Tho oft not showing all that much out of the ordinary in sex scenes, the situations as set up are oft very titilating, and the internal monologue the MC has is oft what makes the scenes shine.
I find it especially amusing when she thinks things like "No, no! I shouldn't be doing this even though it feels good! I need to leave! I need to get back in control...later..."
Discipline only goes so far for her, apparently, when what is getting done to her feels good.
Of course, there are the usual over the top situations and tropes, and a fair bit of grinding (of the non pleasurable variety), but they are generally handled pretty well, navigated with some interesting outcomes from the MC actually thinking about what she's doing (and actually having some somewhat realistic responses to situations, albeit with the occasional bout of uncontrolled lust and/or exhibitionist tendencies), and balanced out with some surprisingly realistic, oft practical, and very frequently funny perspectives from the MC.
Despite some of the more questionable decisions and traits that you can cruelly force upon her by choosing her path, she's oft well aware of how some of the situations that she gets herself into would pan out in actuality, and some of her responses to negative situations, especially, are quite endearing, to the point where the character is actually quite likely to quickly get under your skin and make you smile.
It's especially amusing to repeatedly hear her think (when put into a few particularly compromising positions) something along the lines of: "What am I? Some stupid girl star in a p0rn game filled with men trying to get me into perverted situations?" Such a sweet summer child..
There are some hints in the game that the character is more than she appears to be, and more than even she is aware of, and that there was going to be quite a bit of development in that direction, although it now looks like we will never know.
Unfortunately, it looks like this is yet another abandoned project. There are any number of potential reasons why. In fact, it sounds like the author, Paperwork, may have had some very valid reasons for leaving, although no one apprently knows for sure, last I checked. A lot of it does seem to have been right after COVID first hit, and some posts that PW made indicate that was a particularly rough time for him or her.
All I can say is I wish Paperwork the best, and hope he or she succeeds in in whatever they do, and THANK YOU, Paperwork, for the game you've given us.
Of course, I also hold out a small glimmer of hope that maybe PW'll come back and finish this *GREAT* game, someday, but it's still awesome, as is.