Spit ballin' Game Idea - Ai Shojou Overhaul

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Alright lets cut to the chase.

Instead of being stranded on an island with however many women you decide to mod in (before your CPU sets on fire -- thx unity), instead you come into ownership of a resort/hotel/hot springs/sex hotel/whatever. Depending on difficulty setting (soft, half-chub, hard), the starting building can be one of three tiers (struggling, new and established). End-game is essentially getting all the swanky expensive stuff to bling out your resort to however you see fit and the reputation that comes with running a 5-star sex-spot (or whatever.. more on that later).

Rather basic, but this is where the card-sharing comes into play; stealing a page from Dark Souls (then drawing crayon all over it), you as the player can visit other resorts and enjoy their services! You can even tag cards to either be workers at your resort (grounds keeper, maid, receptionist, etc), "customers" that use your resort and can also "travel" (card sharing), or both! I suppose if you wanna go the full 100 yards (or 91.44 meters for the weirdos) for the score, you could also enable "guest" reviews where guests can leave a review of your place and rate it depending on their given values. And yes, you can also rate someone else's guests too.

Of course, there will be a myriad of options to be able to filter out certain guests to cater to everybody's tastes and preferences.

Now to start off with already existing assets, the ruined island could be a functional community that serves as a single-player functional add-on. It has shops and other places to stock up on supplies. Maybe a fisher 'n farming family. But really, half dozen NPCs at most to keep CPU load to minimum? Retcon existing "high tech" infrastructure to something about company science output being shutdown and community needing the resort to replace the lost income? I suppose eventually you could choose between different areas to build your resort; ski-resort anyone?

From a business angle your resort/hotel/whatever could offer additional activities that you could either lead or let one of your workers run (so you can join in and/or take screen shots!); a "fishing trip" on a boat/yatch, scuba diving, a hike through the island to a resort spot (a pool or shrine or something)?

I suppose one way to share clothing cards and building cards would be to have a clothing store and general store that gives you the option to look at the newest trends and fashions through some new-fangled technology called The Internets.

Anyways, onto Reputation! So, uh.. long story short Reputation would replace the standard story progression. But it also comes in two parts; global and local reputation. Local reputation is how the local town views you; they like you they'll do you favors (ala shan) and possibly give discounts (and would enable you to import more expensive and larger goods). Global reputation would effect smaller things like worker morale, ability to attract guests outside of preferred destination, and most likely your personnel ego.

Now, how to strike a balance between resort management sim and sex game? Individual options and cheats of course. Point is to have fun! So you could literally just hire someone to run the entire resort itself (auto-pilot, no punishment or anything) and focus on banging all the sexy individuals that stay at your place, whatever it may be. Having a bunch of pre-made buildings of different variety for those un-interested in building to start off with is also a must. Wanna focus on running the business? Go ham, then take a vacation! :D

So yeah, thats 'bout it. Feel free to add anything else!
 

DuniX

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Custom Maid 3D is basically this.
The problem is the management gameplay still doesn't work.
You need something like Monster Girl Club Bifrost or Racettear mechanics with a Debt to make it work as a management game.
 
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I felt like AI Shoujo was so close to being a great game, but instead of fleshing it out into something amazing, they just decided to release the proof-of-concept demo as the full game and called it a day. In the end we got the standard character creator and Studio Neo v2 with an unfinished survival game concept attached. "Here ya go. That'll be $70."

Illusion starts with the porn, and the game is an afterthought. I wish they would look at Studio Neo as it's own thing, then use that tech to really focus on making a great game worth playing.
 

DuniX

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I felt like AI Shoujo was so close to being a great game, but instead of fleshing it out into something amazing, they just decided to release the proof-of-concept demo as the full game and called it a day.
People say that, but I don't believe that is really true.
There are many "indie survival" projects and how many go anywhere?
How many of our own Brothel Sims and Slave Trainers can be considered having "Good Gameplay Mechanics"?
I wish they would look at Studio Neo as it's own thing, then use that tech to really focus on making a great game worth playing.
This "Community" can already do that with Honey Select Content, how many are the same tired "VNs"?
 
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People say that, but I don't believe that is really true.
There are many "indie survival" projects and how many go anywhere?
How many of our own Brothel Sims and Slave Trainers can be considered having "Good Gameplay Mechanics"?

This "Community" can already do that with Honey Select Content, how many are the same tired "VNs"?
You're viewing the quality of AI Shoujo through the lens of adult games in general, which are almost universally poor to average with few exceptions. Through the lens of games in general, and even counting out the AAA titles with multi million dollar budgets, AI Shoujo is an awful game. There are about 5 total gameplay missions that typically involve grinding for a particular number of items dependent on RNG to acquire. Then it's the end, and you're left with a pretty shallow sandbox that you can populate with your robot girl harem. If you strip out all the sex, you aren't left with much of a game at all, and any game, adult or not, should be able to stand on it's own merits as a game.

And I know the "community" can utilize Studio Neo to make content for visual novels and such. I'm talking about what Illusion themselves should do. As of now they just re-release Studio Neo with some half-assed, unfinished excuse for a game attached. I would like to see them treat Studio Neo as it's own thing to be released and improved upon independent of any "game", but also really dig in to making an actual game worth playing.
 

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You're viewing the quality of AI Shoujo through the lens of adult games in general, which are almost universally poor to average with few exceptions. Through the lens of games in general, and even counting out the AAA titles with multi million dollar budgets, AI Shoujo is an awful game. There are about 5 total gameplay missions that typically involve grinding for a particular number of items dependent on RNG to acquire. Then it's the end, and you're left with a pretty shallow sandbox that you can populate with your robot girl harem. If you strip out all the sex, you aren't left with much of a game at all, and any game, adult or not, should be able to stand on it's own merits as a game.

And I know the "community" can utilize Studio Neo to make content for visual novels and such. I'm talking about what Illusion themselves should do. As of now they just re-release Studio Neo with some half-assed, unfinished excuse for a game attached. I would like to see them treat Studio Neo as it's own thing to be released and improved upon independent of any "game", but also really dig in to making an actual game worth playing.
Bruh....
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DuniX

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You're viewing the quality of AI Shoujo through the lens of adult games in general, which are almost universally poor to average with few exceptions.
Then give me some examples of Survival/Management Indie Games that do it right, no porn required.