All NSFW games on Itch are now hidden by default.

[liade]

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These of course are WIP !! but i would share my hype with you!

We're working hard to quickly bring back at least a basic level of service so that creators like myself and many of you don’t feel alone in this situation.

Right now, it's just me and a tech friend building a minimum viable product, with no payment features at first. Just enough for a good community to find, share, and support games again. It's a small start, but it's something. If any of you want to join the discussion, you're absolutely welcome!

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[YukitoNakamura]

only 49 games are shown under 'adult' tag, it's over

There are a few searchbanned.

If you want a really resilient platform, use the Nostr protocol like Degmods has been doing.

 

[Anteron]

TBH anything with RPGmaker SHOULD be banned.

 

[YukitoNakamura]

TBH anything with RPGmaker SHOULD be banned.

Why, though? Those are the tags for my game.

 

[Anteron]

Why, though? Those are the tags for my game.

RPGmaker is a horrible engine. Spend half the time wandering around a map with graphics bad by 1980s standards. RPGs and adult games are 2 things that should never cross anyway.

 

[rampagedwayne]

No idea how much it helps, but I'm glad to see that enough people are motivated enough to at least clog up the call center lines for these payment processors.

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[YukitoNakamura]

RPGmaker is a horrible engine. Spend half the time wandering around a map with graphics bad by 1980s standards. RPGs and adult games are 2 things that should never cross anyway.

When you don't have anything better to use. I do have Godot, but it's way more complex to do the same thing I have with RPG Maker, not including on the fly, status-based battler sprite changes. I'd have to rebuild the game from the ground up for Godot/ReDot.
I could also go Renpy and continue the Visual Novel that I showed a few renders from in a thread, but who can guarantee it would get the same reception as Bluestorm? Bluestorm got a SURGE of views, peaking at 400 per day during the first days before the searchban.
And I do think any genre can cross, like adult and RPG, adult and VN, etc. A VN can be puritan(non-adult) and adult.

 

[DarkEnchanter]

RPGmaker is a horrible engine. Spend half the time wandering around a map with graphics bad by 1980s standards. RPGs and adult games are 2 things that should never cross anyway.

Never played Claire´s Quest or Downfall: A Story of Corruption?, those are good RPGMaker Games IMO

 

[YukitoNakamura]

Never played Claire´s Quest or Downfall: A Story of Corruption?, those are good RPGMaker Games IMO

There are LOTS of good games made in RPG Maker, Curious Case of the Missing Nurses being one.

 

[beerpig]

Gonna be blunt here. I have over 4000 hours in RPGM alone. The monetization of these games is perfectly justified.

How dare people try to make money from their thousands of hours of work. How dare people make a living in a way you deem unacceptable.

You should understand that creating games takes time and resources. Without funding game devs would stop making new ones and look for other jobs. Bills won't pay themselves and fridge won't fill by itself.

I agree with you guys: a creator invests time and effort in their creation, people enjoy the creation, so it's only fair the creator is paid for their time and effort. No issue with this.

In fact, I did buy a few porn games, exactly for this reason: sure, I could download the game for free here, but I felt like I was able to reward the creators, so I should do it.

But I get where whatmi is coming from, when he says he's "sick and tired of everything being monetised and money focused": the internet used to be way freer some years ago.

You barely saw any paywall, or some discussion about demonetisation; it was a place where people would share things because they wanted others to enjoy them, as hobbyists, and if they got no money from that it wasn't a big deal.

Sure, they wouldn't pour 4k hours of work into a hobby, like Insomnimaniac is doing; even then, it was... refreshing, you know? And when I felt like paying back, I always asked myself how to make things others would enjoy. (By then I wasn't a programmer, but I had good grasp of HTML [this was before CSS times], so I made blog layouts for the others. For free.)

In an ideal world, creators would be paid but people would still get things for free. Sadly I don't see this happening.

TL;DR: yes, you guys are right that creators deserve to be paid, but try to understand whatmi too.

 

[Bob69]

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The following is a non-exhaustive list of prohibited themes present in card processing networks. We are unable to support the sale of any works containing these topics:

• Non-consensual content (real or implied)
• Underage or “barely legal” themes
• Incest or pseudo-incest content
• Bestiality or animal-related
• Rape, coercion, or force-related
• Sex trafficking implications
• Revenge porn / voyeur / hidden cam
• Fetish involving bodily waste or extreme harm (e.g., “scat,” “vomit”)

"Animal-related". Welp there goes 50% of the games.
And obviously its written so vague that they can just ban anything the payment processors want.

 

[shadowkitsune]

This is getting out of hand and there goes the majority of the customer base

 

[DarkEnchanter]

You must be registered to see the links

The following is a non-exhaustive list of prohibited themes present in card processing networks. We are unable to support the sale of any works containing these topics:

• Non-consensual content (real or implied)
• Underage or “barely legal” themes
• Incest or pseudo-incest content
• Bestiality or animal-related
• Rape, coercion, or force-related
• Sex trafficking implications
• Revenge porn / voyeur / hidden cam
• Fetish involving bodily waste or extreme harm (e.g., “scat,” “vomit”)

"Animal-related". Welp there goes 50% of the games.
And obviously its written so vague that they can just ban anything the payment processors want.

Voyeur and Hidden Cam ? Really?, they are made by satan? WTF

 

[YukitoNakamura]

I agree with you guys: a creator invests time and effort in their creation, people enjoy the creation, so it's only fair the creator is paid for their time and effort. No issue with this.

In fact, I did buy a few porn games, exactly for this reason: sure, I could download the game for free here, but I felt like I was able to reward the creators, so I should do it.

But I get where whatmi is coming from, when he says he's "sick and tired of everything being monetised and money focused": the internet used to be way freer some years ago.

You barely saw any paywall, or some discussion about demonetisation; it was a place where people would share things because they wanted others to enjoy them, as hobbyists, and if they got no money from that it wasn't a big deal.

Sure, they wouldn't pour 4k hours of work into a hobby, like Insomnimaniac is doing; even then, it was... refreshing, you know? And when I felt like paying back, I always asked myself how to make things others would enjoy. (By then I wasn't a programmer, but I had good grasp of HTML [this was before CSS times], so I made blog layouts for the others. For free.)

In an ideal world, creators would be paid but people would still get things for free. Sadly I don't see this happening.

TL;DR: yes, you guys are right that creators deserve to be paid, but try to understand whatmi too.

Back when I used to do streaming, Bluestorm was simply a personal project, something for myself to enjoy, so I took a long time to do things for it. But now, I got people interested when I showed a specific mechanic, hence why it became my main work. Not even the adult art I was doing was covering what I needed, and the game sure gave me some breathing room.

So, with the money coming in, I'm motivated to finish it. Within one year, I've reached 40% completion with custom sprites.
That would be unimaginable to do when it was simply a hobby/personal project.

Daz was another thing that triggered my wish to really finish it and bring out a good story along with the mechanics I showed in some videos.

Creators could be paid for free work if the platforms weren't so stingy. YouTube, for example, requires a HUGE community to get the first cents.

We could have ads, ad links and things like that. I use a non-intrusive ad system in my website to get some extra(supporters don't see or go through it).

I had a ex-sub saying that my stuff isn't really expensive to purchase.

 

[ippotimmo]

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The following is a non-exhaustive list of prohibited themes present in card processing networks. We are unable to support the sale of any works containing these topics:

• Non-consensual content (real or implied)
• Underage or “barely legal” themes
• Incest or pseudo-incest content
• Bestiality or animal-related
• Rape, coercion, or force-related
• Sex trafficking implications
• Revenge porn / voyeur / hidden cam
• Fetish involving bodily waste or extreme harm (e.g., “scat,” “vomit”)

"Animal-related". Welp there goes 50% of the games.
And obviously its written so vague that they can just ban anything the payment processors want.

well well well... on instagram and tiktok there are very hot photos and videos on underage profiles... photos and videos that until 10-15 years ago were illegal, now it's ok, but strong themes in videogames for adults aren't allowed... well well well

 

[Bob69]

well well well... on instagram and tiktok there are very hot photos and videos on underage profiles... photos and videos that until 10-15 years old were illegal, now it's ok, but strong themes in videogames for adults aren't allowed... well well well

Think about all the Shooter games on Itch, where the bullets penetrate people without consent

 

[beerpig]

So, with the money coming in, I'm motivated to finish it. Within one year, I've reached 40% completion with custom sprites.
That would be unimaginable to do when it was simply a hobby/personal project.

Plus you'd probably not have the time to do so, as you'd likely need to keep your main work.

Creators could be paid for free work if the platforms weren't so stingy. YouTube, for example, requires a HUGE community to get the first cents.

We could have ads, ad links and things like that. I use a non-intrusive ad system in my website to get some extra(supporters don't see or go through it).

I had a ex-sub saying that my stuff isn't really expensive to purchase.

Or even if we had some system to directly reward creators of things we enjoy; the digital equivalent of sending you money in a snail mail. With no middleman like Patreon, no need for Visa or Mastercard. Plenty people are surprisingly grateful, if they know who makes their enjoyment possible.

 

[YukitoNakamura]

Plus you'd probably not have the time to do so, as you'd likely need to keep your main work.


Or even if we had some system to directly reward creators of things we enjoy; the digital equivalent of sending you money in a snail mail. With no middleman like Patreon, no need for Visa or Mastercard. Plenty people are surprisingly grateful, if they know who makes their enjoyment possible.

The "main work" wasn't really doing anything regarding finances. Twitch is a POS to get any money, and YT is another trash. I only began earning money when I started writing and doing art using Daz, along with story commissions.

So, I don't feel bad for dropping streaming, I was basically streaming for free, hoping to earn some money. Bluestorm and my art became my main work.

 

[MGGEDev]

I agree with you guys: a creator invests time and effort in their creation, people enjoy the creation, so it's only fair the creator is paid for their time and effort. No issue with this.

In fact, I did buy a few porn games, exactly for this reason: sure, I could download the game for free here, but I felt like I was able to reward the creators, so I should do it.

But I get where whatmi is coming from, when he says he's "sick and tired of everything being monetised and money focused": the internet used to be way freer some years ago.

You barely saw any paywall, or some discussion about demonetisation; it was a place where people would share things because they wanted others to enjoy them, as hobbyists, and if they got no money from that it wasn't a big deal.

Sure, they wouldn't pour 4k hours of work into a hobby, like Insomnimaniac is doing; even then, it was... refreshing, you know? And when I felt like paying back, I always asked myself how to make things others would enjoy. (By then I wasn't a programmer, but I had good grasp of HTML [this was before CSS times], so I made blog layouts for the others. For free.)

In an ideal world, creators would be paid but people would still get things for free. Sadly I don't see this happening.

TL;DR: yes, you guys are right that creators deserve to be paid, but try to understand whatmi too.

Obviously people who can't/won't pay for games should be able to play them too and I don't mind if my games are pirated, otherwise I wouldn't be here. Most important thing to me is that people get to play my creation and my work of passion. As long as there's the understanding that it is how I make my living

In an ideal world there would be other avenues to bring the money in instead of needing to directly sell but due to prudes and stingy companies there's not many options

 

[YukitoNakamura]

Obviously people who can't/won't pay for games should be able to play them too and I don't mind if my games are pirated, otherwise I wouldn't be here. Most important thing to me is that people get to play my creation and my work of passion. As long as there's the understanding that it is how I make my living

I thought about making the game freely accessible using ouo.io, but it would take a long time for me to get a value that I can really work with. And I don't think F95 accepts intermediaries like ouo for links, only direct links.

In an ideal world there would be other avenues to bring the money in instead of needing to directly sell but due to prudes and stingy companies there's not many options

There are other ways, but we'd have to go dark. Go to crypto-based services like Geyser and being able to donate using SATS instead of money.

My website isn't a wix-based or wordpress.com, it's a fully custom, fully paid website and it costs quite some money yearly to keep it running.