Question: Interest in games similar to SummertimeSage or TaffyTales

[faitfake]

Hi all,

I am very interested in making a lewd game and really liked the mechanics of Summertime Saga and Taffy Tales.
So my question for you peeps is: How interested are you guys in a game with similar mechanics? By this I mean a game that gives u the freedom to explore the entire map and interact with a bunch of different characters.

Offcourse storywise I want something completely different. I know Taffy Tales and Summertime Saga have a very similar story and I want something more unique.

Storywise I was thinking of two options: either a porn parody of the popular anime called Konosuba, OR an original story about a guy who's memories are connected with his ancestors. His entire family tree is known for being irressistable to the opposite sex, and that is something that didn't go unnoticed. As our MC tries to live a normal life, an evil company tries to get their hands on the young guy to figure out his and his ancestors secret.

So let me know! Any interest in a similar game as Summertime Saga and Taffy Tales? Konosuba parody or an original tale?

Every response is highly appreciated!

EDIT: a konosuba parody could also be made in the form of a 'trainer' game like for example Four Elements Trainer. So I suppose that is also an option ^^

 

[DawnCry]

Konosuba parody I guess it would be okay, it has everything a porn game usually have, crazy girls, perverted MC and the overall setting and side characters is really good so that the MC gets action.

Now, having said that, I don't think the trainer setting would be great for it, albeit people make trainer games out of everything.

Overall it's okay that you make a similar game to those but I do recommend that you try to analyze their weak points and try to solve them in some way. A few of them would be:

-Static feeling: With this I mean that nothing happens if the MC doesn't initiate it, this is a main issue because most of those games forget that you need overall a world advancing to give a feeling of being more "alive", in konosuba for example a world event could be related to the demon king forces and how they are developing/advancing in their conquest.

-Conflicts when trying to romance multiple characters: This is actually incredibly annoying and with this I mean that when you play games like summertime saga or Taffy Tales, you may find out that a character that you already corrupted/is in love with you, interacts as if nothing happened when you are seducing another character. It's okay to make a harem but at least don't ignore it as if the conflict doesn't exist.

-Build up outside of girl's interactions: The thing with many sandboxes is that they forget that the MC should have some objectives outside of sex, see for example Kazuma and how he becomes rich, gets a bigger house and things like that, even more how he trained to become stronger even with his severe limitations.

Konosuba has a really nice cast and it can be enjoyed if done well, the fetishes can be whatever you want as it has situations for everything (Darkness I'm seeing towards you!).

It could be interesting being able to attract interest towards the MC by circunstances and missions, for example Aqua trying to seduce Kazuma if he gets rich and things like that, overall this is my personal view over it.

 

[faitfake]

Konosuba parody I guess it would be okay, it has everything a porn game usually have, crazy girls, perverted MC and the overall setting and side characters is really good so that the MC gets action.

Now, having said that, I don't think the trainer setting would be great for it, albeit people make trainer games out of everything.

Overall it's okay that you make a similar game to those but I do recommend that you try to analyze their weak points and try to solve them in some way. A few of them would be:

-Static feeling: With this I mean that nothing happens if the MC doesn't initiate it, this is a main issue because most of those games forget that you need overall a world advancing to give a feeling of being more "alive", in konosuba for example a world event could be related to the demon king forces and how they are developing/advancing in their conquest.

-Conflicts when trying to romance multiple characters: This is actually incredibly annoying and with this I mean that when you play games like summertime saga or Taffy Tales, you may find out that a character that you already corrupted/is in love with you, interacts as if nothing happened when you are seducing another character. It's okay to make a harem but at least don't ignore it as if the conflict doesn't exist.

-Build up outside of girl's interactions: The thing with many sandboxes is that they forget that the MC should have some objectives outside of sex, see for example Kazuma and how he becomes rich, gets a bigger house and things like that, even more how he trained to become stronger even with his severe limitations.

Konosuba has a really nice cast and it can be enjoyed if done well, the fetishes can be whatever you want as it has situations for everything (Darkness I'm seeing towards you!).

It could be interesting being able to attract interest towards the MC by circunstances and missions, for example Aqua trying to seduce Kazuma if he gets rich and things like that, overall this is my personal view over it.

This is an amazing response! Thank you for adressing these issues as I didn't think about them yet! In a Konosuba parody I would def have to come up with ways to keep the main story going and make the world alive, in an original story I was planning for having the bad guys come for you from time to time and cause trouble.

I did notice that certain storylines had issues within Summertime Saga and Taffytales and was planning on having a workaround that from the start ^^

Thanks for the reply! Hoping to get some more replies to see what people's general interest is ^^