Hey, I'd play the game based on your pitch. Seriously.
About the rest of your comment, I agree. I could take all my scripts and adapt them so they fit within the kind of premises that seem to work best financially. My problem is that I'm doing this mainly for fun and also to get to see all those scripts I've been writing become a finished product. I'm a little worried that the moment I start changing stuff so I can switch to Patreon to get more subscribers or building stories with money in mind, all of this (very) hard work suddenly becomes a chore, which is exactly what I don't want.
It really wasn't an idea that I was pitching. My point was that it is possible to do a unique game while still being financially viable. I started posting in this thread because one commenter jumped all over another commenter for expressing his opinion. I have an issue with that. Some believe that if a developer listens and takes into account the comments of players with more vanilla tastes, that all games will end up being the same. I understand why they believe that, it's because so many games are similar. It's not by necessity. It's because of the laziness or the lack of writing skills of the developers. Perhaps it's because the computer skills needed to create a game don't go hand in hand with the skills to write a game. I could write a good, original porn game story, but I have none of the other skills necessary to create a game. The reverse seems to be true all too often.
The thing that irks me, is when someone condemns a poster for making suggestions or stating opinions. If you don't agree with another poster's opinion, then debate it; don't suggest they don't have the right to express it. There are just too many people that believe that the discussion thread is here to stroke the developer's ego. If you don't like something about the story, then shut up and go play another game. With that sort of thinking, a developer might be unsuccessful and not know why. Here, players discuss the game, the developers can listen if they want (some developers stay out of their game's discussion thread), and can decide what changes, if any, they want to make given the feedback. Personally, I'm not sure why you encouraged feedback if you were not interested in making changes to your stories based on the comments you received.
The other thing that bothers me is when posters complain about developers that make changes to their stories based on comments they receive. Writers of screenplays have their stories changed by studios, editors, directors, actors, and sometimes test audience opinions. Prince created music for a Batman movie. Author's have their books changed by editors and publishers. I've commissioned two paintings in the past. No one is less of an artist just because they are trying to make a living off of their work. It's great that you don't need the money and can create the story that you want even if it means that it has limited appeal. Not every developer is in that situation. Some developers need this money to pay their bills. One developer wanted to reach his financial goal so he could pay his electric bill and to buy a pizza every once and awhile. When I joked with him about being able to order a pizza, he told me he wasn't looking to order a pizza; he just wanted to be able to buy a frozen pizza from the store to eat while he worked on his game. I'm just not sure how the porn game became the last bastion of artistic integrity.
Dr. F., my comments are not directed at you. I just included them in my response to your reply to my post. My comments are directed toward posters who chide other commenters for expressing an opinion or developers for listening to that opinion. Sorry about the rant in your discussion thread.
