Porn Game Tropes: The good, the bad, and the fugly

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Hey guys. At some point I want to fix up the OT, and add a bunch of the new tropes we've posted since then to it, assuming it will all fit in one post. So the question I have is, do you guys who have posted tropes mind if I add yours as well? The plan will be to link to the original post, and credit everyone of course.

I'll likely do it around the time I fix the Stairway to Heaven and Genteman tropes in the OP.
 

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Hey guys. At some point I want to fix up the OT, and add a bunch of the new tropes we've posted since then to it, assuming it will all fit in one post. So the question I have is, do you guys who have posted tropes mind if I add yours as well? The plan will be to link to the original post, and credit everyone of course.

I'll likely do it around the time I fix the Stairway to Heaven and Genteman tropes in the OP.
using Spoilers for the tropes and include their titles, is suggest?
 
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Hey guys. At some point I want to fix up the OT, and add a bunch of the new tropes we've posted since then to it, assuming it will all fit in one post. So the question I have is, do you guys who have posted tropes mind if I add yours as well? The plan will be to link to the original post, and credit everyone of course.

I'll likely do it around the time I fix the Stairway to Heaven and Genteman tropes in the OP.
I'd actually suggest approaching TVTropes itself and ask if you can add a series of "porn game tropes" - They have lots of sex tropes already and I'm not sure what level of explicit they allow.

I keep thinking of additional examples for some of the tropes but they can't be added to the posts and much less the posts of others. We can still use the thread to post new tropes and ask for comments / rewrites.
 

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Almost every single incest themed game have one as the MC, you play as some kid trying to fuck his mom, sisters, stepsisters, aunt, grandmother, the only sacred hole in that house is the one of the father.
Examples; Most of the incest market.
 

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Excellent tropes already, and a wonderful thread.

Just one thing that everyone seems to have glossed over....

Almost all of the females are completely disproportionate. HUGE breasts and butts. Massive.
 
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TROPE:
1) YOGA:

At least one female character in most games practises it - and, as a bonus, will convince other female characters to join in.

The main male character (MC)/you will hate/be unaware of this activity in the beginning, but will notice that it is an ideal way to be in the same game-frame as the female character(s) without being labelled as a 'pervert' or any other derogatory term that you would have always otherwise been addressed with.

You can opt to or ask to participate in it, obviously for reasons of 'good health' or similar high-falutin concepts!

This opens the door to the initial or continued corruption of the female character(s) by the MC.

ICE-QUEEN MOM, SMARMY/SNOBBY ELDER SISTER and VIRGINAL/INNOCENT YOUNG SISTER are also more approachable and comfortable in and with your presence. They are also, all, gathered at one game location at the same time.

As an aside: THE BREAKFAST TABLE trope offers this opportunity for you to be in the same frame as the entire female cast too ... but there is a TABLE there between you and your potential harem members! Worse, an ERIC could also be present!

CORRUPTING AGENT AUNT will also find fertile ground on the yoga mat to highlight to the female character(s) your dominant 'attribute' and your [largely fictitious, if not actually non-existent] good character.

Further, you can finally ogle at those wonderful bodies to your heart's (and fetish's) content. Here, the trope of CANNED ONE-LINERS/MIND CONTROL can also be used more effectively than in other game-related locations/situations.

This ogling will first be done surreptitiously, with wary sideward glances. Any obvious sussing out of the feminine assets during this phase will result in a massive drop in your positive game statistics or even a dreaded 'Game Over'.

A few game-days/-weeks later, such leching can be done openly, where your eyes can be glued onto the sizeable attributes of the female character(s) without any major harm to the MC's reputation, besides a gentle chastisement.

Much later, this could also see a more provocative/revealing pose being adopted by the female character(s) for the MC's delectation.

Normally impossible physical contortions further exposing salient body parts and 'lip-biting' may also come into the picture - as could a sexual tryst (sadly, the last-mentioned will not be available for the forseeable future in the GRIND; and for posterity, in the RUSSIAN GRIND or the DUKE MILK'EM GRIND).

Meanwhile, this yogic activity also offers the opportunity for:
a) the female character(s) to view and assess the MC's 'truncheon', become aware of it, then become addicted to it. This could be attributed to all the adrenaline and estrogen that is surely being released individually by such strenuous physical, ocular and mental activity;
b) a planned or an inadvertent nip-slip, cameltoe, pussy-peek [depending on the amount of corruption of the female character(s) and the costume favoured by her/them];
c) a planned cock-slip - mostly appearing to be inadvertent; therefore forgiven [independent of the costume worn]; and, most importantly,
d) physical groping of the female character(s); with casual, feathery touches at innocent locations at first, advancing to furtive touches with thumbs or even finger-nails, and then full-blown groping of the lady's erogenous zones.

NOTE: The physical intimacy intimated in 'd)' above could and often does open the doors (and bath-towels) to the MASSAGE trope, provided you have undergone the ONLINE GRIND trope or SHIFT-O'd your way to Massage Mastery [applicable to Ren'Py].

BONUS: No 'ERIC' can feature in this activity; an 'ERICA' can, however, fortuitously.

Examples abound. Take your pick.

This can largely also apply to a couple of other tropes:
2) THE SWIMMING POOL; and
3) THE GYM.
 
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I wouldn't worry about it too much. These tropes exist for a reason. The goal should be too not make a bad version of it, one that distracts you from the rest of the game.

But then the game I'm working on has pretty much all the F/D tropes. I use them because I enjoyed them elsewhere and they push the right fetish buttons for me.
 

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Yeah but if you are using the same tools over and over and over and, you know what...and over.
It is boring and it might break aswell.
 
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Yeah but if you are using the same tools over and over and over and, you know what...and over.
It is boring and it might break aswell.
Like words, and pictures? Or the trope of people having lots of sex in porn games?

In the meantime, there's , , , and . . There's and . That's why this thread is called " ", because sometimes, they're .

There's nothing wrong with having a .
 

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Pretty much, sometimes the use of tropes is bad. Many times it isn't. Some of them are pretty much hell though, and some can work because, hey it's porn. A few of them are easy to spot and kind of annoying to me personally, and those are usually the ones that I'm snarkiest with.

My least favorite ones are probably the "No Life Dad", "The Creeper", and "The Gentleman" probably because they are usually ones that you cannot escape from while playing the game. And honestly, I doubt many people like "The Grind" and I doubt anyone likes "The Russian Grind" even Russians.

It's still kinda useful to know these tropes so you can subvert them, or throw a bit of a twist to keep your audience involved. It can be something simple like maybe let your MC have a life outside of the ladies in the game, or let the older sister be the virginal one, while the younger one is the slut. Or have the main girl be the Slutty Friend, while her best friend is the shy one.
 

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Ya btw I understand not all tropes are bad, we have just been putting up mostly the bad ones. Sometimes a trope is a good thing because it gives the player/viewer/reader something familiar to latch onto. Typically it's put in a bad light because you don't notice them if they are done well but bad ones. Oh you notice them.
 
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