Hmm... Maybe I'm wrong then. I've heard it somewhere on discord. I don't think our games which are created with monthly updates in mind fit well Gamejolt but new projects would be cool. Tho I doubt it's proper replacement for Patreon for now.
The biggest issue is that the developers need an income while they're developing. So either they'd need to charge a fuckton up front, turning people off, or they'd need a monthly sub system.
Honestly, never personally viewed the scene with the Syrina as one of sexual violence committed against her, as she really never puts up a fight and submits... I suppose it could be viewed that way by some if they wanted to really look hard enough at it, but for me... it is only a story that doesn't involve real people.
That moment when one of the best writers in porn gaming claims that this isn't even their best work...Honestly, never personally viewed the scene with the Syrina as one of sexual violence committed against her, as she really never puts up a fight and submits... I suppose it could be viewed that way by some if they wanted to really look hard enough at it, but for me... it is only a story that doesn't involve real people.
That would be like the main character pulling out a gun and shooting someone are they really accountable for murder when no one was really killed?
As for the implied bestiality, I've not really considered exploring it far enough to show it... I plan to have it mentioned and referenced, but haven't really thought much about showing it. Sometimes situations can have a far bigger impact on a reader or a player if you allow them the freedom to use their own imagination, giving them the ability to script the scene within their own heads and drawing their own conclusions can create a more personal event and a much more memorable experience for them than anything I could ever show them.
I am not sure that a more "accepting" platform exists out there... we still live in the "Dark Ages" where society continues to paints a stigmata on anything classified as "porn", so my work will always be subjected to criticism and lobbied for censorship.
"Wicked Choices" for me was and continues to be a castaway story for me... it was put together with the sole intention of seeing if people would be interested in a game utilizing my writing rather than using any of my much better and more developed stories and failing at independent game making.
While I think "Wicked Choices" is good, and I am extremely grateful and thankful that so many have accepted it as well as they have, it really isn't one of my better stories or work and look forward to completing "Wicked Choices" so that I can start showing off some of my much better stuff.
My goal is, as it always been when starting this venture, find out if there is a value in pursuing a place for myself in the independent game market and, if so, use the income to pull together a better and more professional team to form a company and business that will create a higher end product that currently isn't available on places like Patreon to share with people the worlds that exist in this noggin of mine.
Wow... *blushes* ...I am not really sure about that, but thank you for the compliment!!
Honesty, I stress a lot about the story as it was sort of created on the fly for me and not as developed as some of the other stories that I want to do... I only spent around a year or two of plotting out the story, whereas the other stories I long to really tell have been worked on between 10 to 20 years and is far, far more expansive in storytelling than what you see with "Wicked Choices".
I agree, we've come a long way as a society in the acceptance of sex and sex related products, but there is still a long way in which to go. As long as tight-wad, think-they-know-better-for-you groups continue to have a say and have people caving into their stupid demands things won't change.
Its really not though. More people need to take a step back and see the whole picture. If you want to address an issue, literally any issue, be it gay rights, black lives matter, the dreamers, censorship, whatever, you need to step back and look at the underlying causes. You need to see and accept the economic struggles and their effect on crime, you need to understand and fight the effects of religion in politics, you need to understand and see the effect of money in politics as well. Fixing any one issue is like putting duct tape on a cracked dam. It'll never hold and another leak is bound to spring up in its place. We need to fix the system itself.Wow... *blushes* ...I am not really sure about that, but thank you for the compliment!!
Honesty, I stress a lot about the story as it was sort of created on the fly for me and not as developed as some of the other stories that I want to do... I only spent around a year or two of plotting out the story, whereas the other stories I long to really tell have been worked on between 10 to 20 years and is far, far more expansive in storytelling than what you see with "Wicked Choices".
I agree, we've come a long way as a society in the acceptance of sex and sex related products, but there is still a long way in which to go. As long as tight-wad, think-they-know-better-for-you groups continue to have a say and have people caving into their stupid demands things won't change.
As long as today's wishy-washy, impressionable generation of "let's jump on the latest bandwagon" so we can raise our fists and pretend we know what we are doing exists and continues to choke on the "blue pill" that tight-wad, stuffy old people feed them to further their "let's save the world from themselves" agenda, the longer this society will continue to collapse and no longer be free from the restraints and shackles we willingly affix to ourselves... but hey, that is another discussion entirely!
You said it much better than I did and are right... people aren't stopping, taking a step back and looking at the whole picture... they just launch themselves full-tilt into something, without stopping to think about the impact as a whole, only looking for the cultural impact at the moment.
Yes and no, because you forgot a fact : Patreon host adult content since their start, but the creators of said content can use the subsidiary company of Paypal since only one and half a year. This mean that :
Actually, you are entitled to your opinion, however it isn't entirely correct... PayPal does care about their image and with the recent press that Patreon received over their botched idea of charging fees to customers rather than on the creators, put Patreon more fully on the radar of groups that are likely to create trouble when discovered that Patreon's content also include hardcore adult content and resulting pressure would likely cause PayPal to harden their stance and efforts to avoid public outcry.
Sorry, but it's a total none sense. Patreon changed their guideline at the end of October, and hardened their action slowly but surely since this date, while their failure with the fees was at the start of December.
Must be why, like I said, Patreon had to fought during three years to achieve it...
It would be right if Patreon ignored them, which isn't the case. For adult content, Patreon use Braintree, not directly Paypal, as stated by the agreement between Patreon and Paypal. That Patreon failed hard with their communication, alright. Stating that "creators with the Adult Content flag can accept payments from patrons using PayPal!", which isn't technically the truth, wasn't the best thing to do. And it's probably the same thing for their interface.
Rules which don't include restriction regarding the content. After all, BrainTree is here to let Paypal have a part of the high-risk transaction cake...
HIDE YO KIDS HIDE YO WIFE... oh... sorry replace those with incest and bestiality. I'd also avoid sexual assault but that's more just a personal choice. Best Advice I can give you if you do include incest, or bestiality, make your title clean and keep the words brother sister mother father aunt uncle grandma grandpa and any other iterration of those words or of familial ties ie twin, off of your page. Refer to your characters by their names. Name your characters. I love getting to name my characters as much as the next guy when I play, but when it comes to Patreon you need to be able to talk about a character by name.
That is entirely a possibility as well, or their investors are seeking that the site be cleaned up, contingent on them depositing the seed money...
