Noted down, overall the last part!
They're generally the most sexually insecure fanbase around (or at least, the vocal ones are). Seemingly few would brook any perceived challenge to their self-insert's sexual primacy.
Depends. Can you write a worthwhile story where these two characters organically explore their feelings and desires for each other? Monogamy, harem, or swinging polycule; none of these are required features or black marks. I'm interested in experiencing interesting characters, and if you can do that in the context of two ladies who are a part of a shared harem, then so be it.
Depends, see above.
You sure about that chief? Typically, any perceived deviation from 'the entire world revolves around my cock, and my cock alone' is received with a lot of whinging. Again, see above.
Make the game you want to make. Be authentic. If you want to make content that involves ladies exploring their desires for each other, then go for it. Making content you don't enjoy is the quickest way to lose an audience, because the people who do like that content will pick up if you're being inauthentic. But if you're only interested in cynically pandering to the most common denominator, then just put up a poll and be done with it.
Adding my two cents here! I thought about this a lot before starting to write the game I'm currently developing, and my conclusion is: It’s all about how you do it.
My game is also a harem game, and when creating the LIs, their personalities, and roles in the world, it just made sense that some of them would be bisexual or at least bicurious. It wasn’t something I tried to force in, it just fits their place in the story.
Personally, I'm neutral on lesbian content, and sometimes enjoy it when it's done right. So I'd make sure that any lesbian content in my game serves a purpose rather than just being a fetish. It needs to feel natural. Before thinking about the lesbian sex itself, I thought of how I'm presenting the bisexual/lesbian characters to the players. What are their traits? Their role? Their struggles? The goal should be to make the player care about them first. (Unless your game is a fuckfest where players just skip to the sex, in that case romance doesn't matter. lol)
That said, one important thing to keep in mind is that harem players usually see themselves as the MC, since the story is told from their point of view. If two or more LIs are having fun without them, it can feel like they don’t matter there. Because of that, I personally would only include lesbian content during threesomes or group scenes where the MC IS the focus. (Since your game will have multiple MCs, that might be harder to achieve.)
Here's an example for a subplot in my game:
- The MC needs the help of LI(A) and LI(B) to overcome a problem.
- Both LIs are bisexual but also rivals. They each try to pull the MC to their side, but eventually, they realize they need to work together.
- Through their fights (and with the MC’s involvement), they start to open up to each other and maybe even develop attraction.
- After solving the problem, it will lead to a threesome scene.
But again, it's just how I believe lesbian content should be done in a harem AVN. I'm just developing my first actual project, so I guess we'll see if people like that approach or not.
There will be no ntr.Having to balance the harem fans, the lesbian fan, the ntr fan...
yeah, make the game you want, people that like it will like it people that don't won't.
just don't make a game with 256 route that's you'll never finish or nobody will be happy, especially you.
personally i'm thinking about making a game that explore the concept of polyamory and i'm pretty sure im about piss everyone off.
That's a good point of view to consider. Yeah, not forced stuff in general, is something important to remember.Adding my two cents here! I thought about this a lot before starting to write the game I'm currently developing, and my conclusion is: It’s all about how you do it.
My game is also a harem game, and when creating the LIs, their personalities, and roles in the world, it just made sense that some of them would be bisexual or at least bicurious. It wasn’t something I tried to force in, it just fits their place in the story.
Personally, I'm neutral on lesbian content, and sometimes enjoy it when it's done right. So I'd make sure that any lesbian content in my game serves a purpose rather than just being a fetish. It needs to feel natural. Before thinking about the lesbian sex itself, I thought of how I'm presenting the bisexual/lesbian characters to the players. What are their traits? Their role? Their struggles? The goal should be to make the player care about them first. (Unless your game is a fuckfest where players just skip to the sex, in that case romance doesn't matter. lol)
That said, one important thing to keep in mind is that harem players usually see themselves as the MC, since the story is told from their point of view. If two or more LIs are having fun without them, it can feel like they don’t matter there. Because of that, I personally would only include lesbian content during threesomes or group scenes where the MC IS the focus. (Since your game will have multiple MCs, that might be harder to achieve.)
Here's an example for a subplot in my game:
- The MC needs the help of LI(A) and LI(B) to overcome a problem.
- Both LIs are bisexual but also rivals. They each try to pull the MC to their side, but eventually, they realize they need to work together.
- Through their fights (and with the MC’s involvement), they start to open up to each other and maybe even develop attraction.
- After solving the problem, it will lead to a threesome scene.
But again, it's just how I believe lesbian content should be done in a harem AVN. I'm just developing my first actual project, so I guess we'll see if people like that approach or not.
It seems like you are writing two different games in a single one.
Maybe it is like that (but I want it that way). The first harem can work by his own but would lack something and the second one is good but would need a lot more to work alone.
Hmm then the main problem you are going to face is the content. The male protagonist would want their side get more content and female protagonist fans would demand the opposite.
You think? I see the first harem as the main and the other more like a compliment, is not as big in many senses. I like to think about it as a way to rest a bit from the first harem style/dates/etc. It's less boring this way.
Yeah, most guys doesn't mind but I see there is a niche that hates this.
yes.
absolutely yes I would, fuck that.
I dont play harems to see others fuck. I play them because I can get most of the content in a single playthrough of the mc doing the fucking.
that thread is harem players telling harem developers EXACTLY what they want from a harem game. it couldnt be clearer than that.
Yes, very much so.
Yes, very much so.
Sorry, I couldn't follow.
You saying, a harem game that centered around one person having sex with multiple others aren't need to be porn-brained or resolved around sex?
Thank you, that's a very good critic. I didn't know all this before entering the NSFW videogame development. I am still confused, "Harem hotel" isn't a harem game by these standarts and is a succes, even advertised as such.
If someone thinks, your game is a harem game and the stuff thinks so as well, your game will automatically get the Harem-Tag, no matter what you deem it yourself. And if you start ver. 0.1 with only two LIs, your game will probably not get the Harem-Tag as there is still no harem.
