This was basically my design philosophy from the onset. I wasn't even planning on including a male MC option; you'd be Kylie, full stop. I added the choice of MC because I saw how easy(ish) it could be done with Bad Memories, and I saw so, so many players say they'd never even touch a game if they couldn't play as a male. Since sex is such a minor (and optional) part of the story it wouldn't really affect the plot if you chose to be a dude.
As far as more sex-focused adult games go, I was pretty put off by a lot of the female MC games. Most do lean heavily on pushing you toward hetero relationships, and far too many are very... abuse-focused. I don't mind those kinds of games existing, because I fully believe that so long as no real-world people are being negatively affected, you can indulge in whatever you like. It's just not to my taste. Hell, there was one female MC game I played that had the MC get sexually assaulted almost immediately after starting the game!
I probably rambled too long about this, but basically, I wanted to make a positive female MC game since they're so hard to come by (and the original novel had a female main character, anyway).
In the future, I may not even have gender choices, now that I think I have enough of an audience that likes the story... plus it'd give opportunities to switch MCs, like giving people a chance to play established characters.
From what I've seen (which is not everything to be sure), a lot of "female protagonist" games fall (for the most part) into three genres;
1) Female character written for male wish fulfillment who is at your command to whore out so that you can be the guy, not the protagonist.
2) Female protagonist in purely, or mostly, lesbian story.
3) Female protagonist written from FemDom/BSDM standpoint
I know that others are out there, but those are the bulk of the titles I've seen.
.....like this gem.....
As a guy, I started playing as "Kyle". I decided, after reading some of Nine's comments early on, to try out the "Kylie" route. To be honest, I enjoy the "Kylie" route more. It makes more sense somehow. This story is written so that any of the characters could be male or female and it wouldn't really matter. The story carries. I read a lot of Science Fiction and Fantasy with female leads. A well written female lead can be quite engaging. My mother was a strong woman, my wife is a strong woman, my sister......well, lets not get carried away
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If more female protagonist games were done like "Mythos", I'd play more of them. I'll play whatever Nine puts out however she puts it out (unless it sucks) because I enjoy the interaction between the characters.
BUT......
Kylie/Kyle is not the main character, they're just the protagonist. Tara is the main character - fight me!