I would strongly consider adding it and as early in development as possible, there's a good chunk of people who don't mind playing female protagonists so long as they're female exclusive games, and whilst i could be wrong, i suspect most men that do enjoy that outnumber those who enjoy playing a woman who takes copious amounts of dick... at the very least it'd be close enough to warrant serious consideration as you'll be limiting your potential fanbase/supporterbase by ignoring it.
note: I'm replying/responding to your post because you're the most eloquent &/or reasonable person to comment on these things. Not just in this game thread, but in my experience across many many games/threads. That is to say, while I disagree with you, I hold your comments in high respect.
Anyway.
Personally, I prefer male & female antagonists &/or allies.
I would love to see the MC eating cunt as much as sucking cock.
That's just me. Maybe it's profitable. Maybe it's not.
OVERALL, what I've learned is that you should make the game the way you want.
The audience will follow... (or not.)
(I hope.)
note: I'm replying/responding to your post because you're the most eloquent &/or reasonable person to comment on these things. Not just in this game thread, but in my experience across many many games/threads. That is to say, while I disagree with you, I hold your comments in high respect.
Anyway.
Personally, I prefer male & female antagonists &/or allies.
I would love to see the MC eating cunt as much as sucking cock.
That's just me. Maybe it's profitable. Maybe it's not.
OVERALL, what I've learned is that you should make the game the way you want.
The audience will follow... (or not.)
(I hope.)
I pretty much completely agree with everything you've said, all i'd say in response is that since a lesbian route option would be a subtraction of content, it wouldn't/shouldn't be too much work to include it if done early enough in development, there will be people in both of our camps, the numbers are very hard to determine but i genuinely would expect them to not be overly far from around 50/50, 75/25 at the most extreme and i wouldn't place money on that bet, the truth most likely lies somewhere between with a lean towards 50/50.
With that being said, it can't exactly hurt and although no dev should be getting into AVN's for the money, it's not like it isn't a prevalent factor for most and so it's natural for it to act as a motivating force, making choices early on that increase flexibility and potential reach is a good way to fine tune what is almost always a steep learning curve for new devs.
Lastly, purely for myself, i will argue for an exclusively lesbian option, but never take that to mean i do not fully support both the original path and the concept of a dev sticking to what motivates them, telling their story, whatever shape it comes in. If the dev does not wish to provide one, i am not going to complain, a request is not a demand or an expectation, i think it's much more important for an author to tell the story they want to tell regardless of what anyone else thinks, i only ask as it might be something they are more than happy to tack on if someone would actually request it.
I could point out numerous extremely hot and very sexy games (Project Sage and Devin's Life come to mind) which featured female protagonists and male & female antagonists &/or love interests and which died (both of the above presumably for reasons having nothing to do with the game, but also never earning much as a game) so the above quote might be right.
I like female protagonist and enjoy both female & male antagonists. Right now it's more female focused because that's what I enjoy more. I can definitely see the appeal to a lesbian option and I wouldn't mind prioritizing one over the other if that's what everyone else wants but I do want my game to offer both. Maybe my game will be an exception and end up being profitable, maybe it won't. Either way I'm just going to wing it, have fun, and see where it goes. Ya know?
VelvetSins
" I didn't think anyone would actually play to 90 days so I'm sorry about not adding a cap or warning but the election isn't in yet and probably wont be for quite a while. "
oops.
I didn't mean to make you change the game or anything like that.
VelvetSins
" I didn't think anyone would actually play to 90 days so I'm sorry about not adding a cap or warning but the election isn't in yet and probably wont be for quite a while. "
oops.
I didn't mean to make you change the game or anything like that.
Really enjoyed what's there so far. I personally think authors should just make what interests them so they can stay motivated. Don't let people bully you into bending the game to their will.
I really like what you’ve got here—betrayal, bullying, humiliation—great elements. I hope no one discourages you from staying on track so you can fully finish this game
