Recommending Story-first games

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I personally feel that good description in a scene is a positive thing, but it doesn't constitute a story. For a story you need a plot that is interesting in its own right, separate from any individual scene.

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Better to have both, since we are looking for erotic games.
I love reading a good sexual description of any kind (well, from my preferences) well done and also original.


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bacienvu88

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I personally feel that good description in a scene is a positive thing, but it doesn't constitute a story. For a story you need a plot that is interesting in its own right, separate from any individual scene.

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Sounds like a challenge: Fit a good story within one sex scene. :D
 

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Better to have both, since we are looking for erotic games.
I love reading a good sexual description of any kind (well, from my preferences) well done and also original.


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Writing is a craft, right? It's something that can be studied and practiced just like any other art form. So, besides subjectively good or bad writing, there's also competent and less competent writing. Things like descriptions and storytelling are expressions of the writer's craftsmanship, while the plot and setting can be more about the taste of the audience.
Eroctic games are a special case, because the sex carries them hard, since it's a human need and not just a want. I'd like to say that good descriptions should probably be a given for any piece of writing, but it's easy to turn a blind eye, if a particular AVN still makes the white pee come out. After all masturbation makes you go blind. :illuminati:
 
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You know what? Let's put that on the fridge and with time you're gonna be amazed by your progress.
(Could use a busty landlady and a shy roommate, though.)
Nah, there's no hope for me=). Although, there was an artist once who sold packed poo, like literal poo, for tens of thousands of dollars... so everything is possible...
 
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I like corruption approached in an original way instead of blackmail and intimidation like most here.
When it comes to original approaches to corruption, I'd recommend Domestic Corruption (abandoned, but still worth playing).

The usual qualifiers apply: it's porny, troubling and weird.
It's also self-aware, funny*, lighthearted*, suprisingly sweet* and weird.
*for a corruption-centric title

Highlights: a maledom corruption game in which the one who actually gets corrupted is the MC. A flawed person struggling to overcome his pervy impulses, suddenly given carte blanche to indulge in them. Naturally, he freaks the fuck out, but is too intrigued to outright reject the chance.

The extended conversation between him and his aunt is a great scene (It's the 'be sure to play until you know why I recommended this' scene of the game. If it doesn't quite hit your sense of humor or kink, feel free drop it afterwards, but I think you'd miss out if you stopped before).

I like it for the sense of sweetness that comes with the "corruption". Also, it acknowledges the existence of safewords, which is surprisingly rare in non-bdsm stories.



Another corruption title worth giving a try is
Twisted Memories (previous disclaimer applies doubly so), mostly because it is so much more nuanced and well-written than it had (any right) to be, considering the kind of tags it features.

I'll refer to
Desmome's posts on why it's worth checking out (the strength of their recommendation being the only reason I gave it a try myself. I was pleasantly surprised.) and merely add that in addition to its interesting themes it also makes a good redemption story should you choose to play it that way. (in that it depicts how hard it is to struggle against bad habits, features frequent relapses, but also very rewarding scenes when MC manages to overcome the devil of his baser nature. A scene of him sitting on the sofa, watching a movie while cuddling with his family and being utterly overwhelmed by that simple happiness and affection almost made me tear up a little. Of course he pervs on his mom's milkers or somesuch three lines later for forced levity, but I take my heartfelt moments where I find them).
 
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bacienvu88

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When it comes to original approaches to corruption, I'd recommend Domestic Corruption (abandoned, but still worth playing).
Seems interesting. Thanks for the recommendation.
Another corruption title worth giving a try is Twisted Memories (previous disclaimer applies doubly so), mostly because it is so much more nuanced and well-written than it had (any right) to be, considering the kind of tags it features.
I think this is the one that use "X school", "Y school" and "Z school" as substitutes for Elemantary, Middle and High School where the MC and friends are in last year of Y/Middle school (some are younger though)? Plus the adults are significantly taller than MC and friends. I did find the game interesting, but I am too uncomfortable to play when the main characters are underage.
 

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I want to mention Confidence Man here. The highlight of the game is the classes that MC teach. MC becomes a teacher at an all girl's reform school. His subject is Human Sexuality. The classes consist of discussions on different topics concerning sex such as porn, fantasies, weaponization of sex and so on. The discussions are mainly between the 8 students in the class with MC giving prompts. These discussions are rather good. Lots of stuff discussed from different view points.

The rest of the game is pretty mediocre even if it has decent writing. A backstory that hasn't become relevant. A manipulative con man MC. All women on the island fall for MC like dominoes; the students are more resistant though. The teachers are having sex with MC within 1 or 2 encounters. It does have an interesting information gathering mechanic, but it is never really used, so can't count it.

Note: It is an HTML real porn game. The game is abandoned and unlikely to be picked up again.
 

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Could you recommend me some games with branching main story? In other words, with multiple paths, where story changes drastically. Any engine except RPGM and RAGS. Preferably with female MC, male MC is ok as long his primary goal is not to fuck everything he sees.

The only game like this I have played is Luna's fall from grace, with hero and villain route and also some submissive routes. Good girl gone bad also fits but I find modern day setting without any supernatural elements and/or mystery very boring.
 

bacienvu88

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Could you recommend me some games with branching main story? In other words, with multiple paths, where story changes drastically. Any engine except RPGM and RAGS. Preferably with female MC, male MC is ok as long his primary goal is not to fuck everything he sees.

The only game like this I have played is Luna's fall from grace, with hero and villain route and also some submissive routes. Good girl gone bad also fits but I find modern day setting without any supernatural elements and/or mystery very boring.
Dog days of Summer is the most branching story I know of. It does have a bit of supernatural elements as well.

Also:
Nothing is Forever
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Could you recommend me some games with branching main story? In other words, with multiple paths, where story changes drastically. Any engine except RPGM and RAGS. Preferably with female MC, male MC is ok as long his primary goal is not to fuck everything he sees.
My game, Saving Chloe, is like that, but it's the 4th in a series, and the three before it are different. You don't have to play the previous games, but it would make more sense if you did.

If you're interested, the games are available in the Omnibus. https://f95zone.to/threads/elsaverse-omnibus-vol-1-tora-productions.90315/

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Dog days of Summer is the most branching story I know of. It does have a bit of supernatural elements as well.
This game is actually very good and with a lot of variations, but in the end MC is always a college student on her summer vacation. I haven't checked out other recommended games yet, but looking at their walkthroughs they look the same.

Meanwhile in Luna fall from grace MC can deal with her predicament in such ways:
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Keep in mind that is not the endings, said routes take like 30-40% of the game, and you have difference in scenes from the very start depending on MC stats. I know that I'm very spoiled by LffG variation, but I'll be happy with only two paths as long as they are different enough from each other, as in this example. It can't be that LffG is the only game that has branching like this.
 

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Could you recommend me some games with branching main story? In other words, with multiple paths, where story changes drastically. Any engine except RPGM and RAGS. Preferably with female MC, male MC is ok as long his primary goal is not to fuck everything he sees.

The only game like this I have played is Luna's fall from grace, with hero and villain route and also some submissive routes. Good girl gone bad also fits but I find modern day setting without any supernatural elements and/or mystery very boring.
I think that close to your preference is: https://f95zone.to/threads/the-survival-of-sarah-rose-v0-4-9-happydaedalus.105709/
 
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desmosome

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Question: If you want two paths that are quite different from each other, and the branch happens at the very start of the game, why not just play two different games?

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I don't think a lot of people actually advocate for complete branching routes, at least not those who understand game design to some degree.
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The first is basically like what you are saying. It will lead to two significantly different stories and would essentially require twice the resources to make if this branching occurs at the beginning. That's why games that do this type of thing places the branching somewhere in the middle or closer to the end.

The second example is more practical. It will follow the same general plot, which we could call the common nodes, and the routes diverge and converge as needed. The areas where it diverges can be as small as dialogue changes which puts an alternate spin on the event, or as big as totally different scenes.
 

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The first is basically like what you are saying. It will lead to two significantly different stories and would essentially require twice the resources to make if this branching occurs at the beginning. That's why games that do this type of thing places the branching somewhere in the middle or closer to the end.

The second example is more practical. It will follow the same general plot, which we could call the common nodes, and the routes diverge and converge as needed. The areas where it diverges can be as small as dialogue changes which puts an alternate spin on the event, or as big as totally different scenes.
I've written both of those games. The first is "Life Changes for Keeley" and the second is "Finding Miranda," and, to some extent, "Toro 7."

The first one literally makes the story on either branch half as long as it would be without the branch (or, alternatively, makes you wait twice as long for the developer to finish the game). In LCfK I made the two paths extremely different, but found that some people who wanted more story chose the "more sex" path and some people who wanted more sex chose the "more story" path. I generally felt that I underserved everyone and would have been better off with just one of the main paths and a longer story.

In Finding Miranda, people complained that they had to play the game multiple times to see all the content, and they didn't like replaying the parts that were the same to see the parts that were different.

I'm not convinced that the benefit from branches outweighs the costs.

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