The Mount Rushmore of Game Developers?

[fauxplayer]

There's lots of Top 10 game lists out there, but I was curious as to how the community would comment on the "Mount Rushmore" of game developers.

In the US, the "Mount Rushmore of [fill in the blank]" is a common way to start a heated debate about the four or five BEST of anything (see the spoiler).

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1) Any Mount Rushmore discussion tends to prefer the originators over recent rising stars.
2) Only devs with COMPLETED games should be on the Mount Rushmore of developers... I would like to think this goes without saying.
3) I'm not familiar with many Japanese game developers that could (and should?) enter the discussion, so I hope to learn something!
4) Also, many LOP games and other titles like HunniePop don't cite one particular developer, so even if you think the game belongs on the mountain, there's no dev whose face can be carved in stone, so those games don't qualify for this discussion.

So.... Who is on your Mount Rushmore of Game Developers?

I'll go with

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Honorable mention to A Bomire, A Ninny, NewKid, and Pusooy.

There are a lot of devs out there with some amazing games still in progress! Maybe one day Mrdots or ICSTOR* or @Ptolemy* or @Pandelo or @Lewdlab or @Luxee or @Faerin will enter the discussion.

A side note: it's fascinating to me that two of the devs on my Mt Rushmore are women!

A second side note: yes, I know ICSTOR and Ptolemy have complete games along with games in progress, but they're not on my Mt. Rushmore yet. They could be on yours, which is why I hope this becomes an interesting thread!

 

[Vanaduke]

2) Only devs with COMPLETED games should be on the Mount Rushmore of developers...

I've stopped reading when I stumbled upon this. This is basically another Top 10 variant.

 

[DarthSeduction]

Yeah, the completed games thing kills this for me.

Under those circumstances the only one who deserves it from me is Flamecito, for I Love Daddy.

After that the developer's I'd be giving it to aren't my favourites in any sense of the word, and worse, the game I'd be giving it to them for isn't their complete ones, like, Palmer, who has two completes but the game I like is Daughter for Dessert. Or ICSTOR who has made plenty of games, but would get it for Milfy City, or Ptolemy who I'd give it to for Intimate relations.

That said, I don't thing any of these developers, except for Flamecito, is even in my top 10.

 

[mesoru]

1) Any Mount Rushmore discussion tends to prefer the originators over recent rising stars.
2) Only devs with COMPLETED games should be on the Mount Rushmore of developers... I would like to think this goes without saying.

- Akabur
Mount Rushmore of 2D trainer games. From time to time one new weg is created based on his trainer mechanics or art.
- Fenoxo
Mount Rushmore of text based games. From time to time one new weg is created based on Corruption of Champions design and mechanics.
- Vosmug
Mount Rushmore of side-scroller wegs. Dude already has two nice h-games finished. After him, i can only think of HentaiWriter (Future Fragments) and Anon42 (Crisis Point), but both still in progress.
- ICSTOR
Mount Rushmore of 3D incest games. From time to time one new weg is created based on his tropes and (unfortunately) gameplay.

You said to not mention japanese games, but i have to insist on including:
- Violated Heroine
Mount Rushmore of female protagonist corruption games. Simply the origin of them all, i'm pretty sure most fans of this genre started here or played it at least once. It's a classic.

 

[fauxplayer]

This is basically another Top 10 variant.

Yeah, the completed games thing kills this for me.

Sigh.... the internet is so depressing sometimes.....

The point of my post was to start a different conversation than the many myriad threads identifying favorite games that of course include games in development. I am hoping to learn about what other people consider to be the best devs of all time! That is the point of any "Mount Rushmore" debate. If the parameters of this question don't interest you, I totally understand. Feel free to move along. But why call it bullshit, or reply that it kills it for you?

If I asked "Who do you think are the best football/soccer players of all time, but you can only include retired players!", would you respond with "This is a dumb and worthless post--only current players should be considered!!!!"? Or would we have a fun and interesting and enlightening conversation where we probably agreed that Pele and Maradona are on Mount Rushmore, but then debate about whether Cruyff or Beckenbauer or Zidane or Müller or someone else belongs there, and then discuss how Messi and Renaldo already belong there even though they are still playing. It can be fun unless you make a conscious decision to be a wet blanket about it.

Can't we just have fun discussing who we think are the best game developers...?

PS I feel dumb for leaving Palmer off my list of Honorable Mentions because ESA is in my top 5 favorite games of all time.

 

[mesoru]

Can't we just have fun discussing who we think are the best game developers...?

Ooops... i must add then, that i don't consider pre-Milfy City ICSTOR one of best game developers. The only thing i liked about his games were the renders and animations. I only put him on my list because you asked for:

originators over recent rising stars.

Which he is for his genre.

I would put Sierra Lee on my personal Mount Rushmore, but i don't think she is a originator, just a very talented creator. She does female protag hrpgs, dramatic visual novels, serious rpgs. Fixes gameplay problems and brings quality writting to games in saturated genres.

 

[fauxplayer]

Ooops... i must add then, that i don't consider pre-Milfy City ICSTOR one of best game developers. The only thing i liked about his games were the renders and animations. I only put him on my list because you asked for:

Which he is for his genre.

I would put Sierra Lee on my personal Mount Rushmore, but i don't think she is a originator, just a very talented creator. She does female protag hrpgs, dramatic visual novels, serious rpgs. She fixes gameplay problems and brings quality writting to games in saturated genres.

I completely understand your "not an originator, but a talented creator" comment. As you alluded to in your first reply, yes, I can find talented creators by looking at many threads where people have posted their opinions on their favorite Top 10 games. I've read these threads and found several hidden gems of games in development that I now follow enthusiastically.

My original post was about soliciting opinions on which devs should be considered the "best of the best" in terms of developing and enhancing the "adult-game" genre to where it is today. Lots of people are asking for other people's favorite games; I'm asking about who should be considered among the best adult-game developers of all time.

Thanks for the Sierra Lee recommendation! If she's on your personal Mt Rushmore, then she's worth a look. I've seen her games, but I've never tried them, I guess only because the previews didn't interest me. But now that I'm reading your comment, I'm motivated to give those games a try, which is what my original post was all about .

 

[mesoru]

Thanks for the Sierra Lee recommendation! If she's on your personal Mt Rushmore, then she's worth a look. I've seen her games, but I've never tried them, I guess only because the previews didn't interest me. But now that I'm reading your comment, I'm motivated to give those games a try, which is what my original post was all about .

You're welcome!

Most people ignore it because she uses a hated engine: RPGM. But she manages to avoid the traditional traps: grinding, needless walking and makes the combat (somewhat) fun. Ouroboros and Desecration of Wings are both completed RPGM, but very good games, they may have slow start and look cliche at first, but... it's better not to spoil more. The games have pics, but it isn't the main point of her games, it's the writing of characters and the world.

She also has a visual novel on Renpy called Crimson Gray. Visually is nothing impressive, but it brings some heavy themes (madness, depression, paranoia) and try to construct a romance on it. It's weird, but also really good, there are tons of choices and bad endings, it's very low on sexual content though.

And there's The Last Sovereign, still in progress, no pics, tons of choices, investment options, characters, relationships, h-scenes and deep lore. Just awesome. I remember playing an older version and spending almost 3 days to finish it and there was still more content to explore.

Okay, it's better stop with my Sierra faggotry. If i could point out a "bad" thing about her, it would just be that she is still an indie dev, thus limited by common problems such as engine limitations and constant need of artwork.

 

[DownTheDrain]

The Last Sovereign

Best storytelling in RPGM games, bar none.
I wouldn't really put it on a Mount Rushmore of porn games though, since it doesn't really do much for me in that regard. It's just very well written in general.

 

[DarthSeduction]

Sigh.... the internet is so depressing sometimes.....

The point of my post was to start a different conversation than the many myriad threads identifying favorite games that of course include games in development. I am hoping to learn about what other people consider to be the best devs of all time! That is the point of any "Mount Rushmore" debate. If the parameters of this question don't interest you, I totally understand. Feel free to move along. But why call it bullshit, or reply that it kills it for you?

If I asked "Who do you think are the best football/soccer players of all time, but you can only include retired players!", would you respond with "This is a dumb and worthless post--only current players should be considered!!!!"? Or would we have a fun and interesting and enlightening conversation where we probably agreed that Pele and Maradona are on Mount Rushmore, but then debate about whether Cruyff or Beckenbauer or Zidane or Müller or someone else belongs there, and then discuss how Messi and Renaldo already belong there even though they are still playing. It can be fun unless you make a conscious decision to be a wet blanket about it.

Can't we just have fun discussing who we think are the best game developers...?

PS I feel dumb for leaving Palmer off my list of Honorable Mentions because ESA is in my top 5 favorite games of all time.

I did give you a Rushmore, I just feel it's seriously not as good as it could have been, considering, of completed games, I've played very few that I really like. Iccreations and whoever made Zoe's Temptations are other completed game devs who's games I've played, even enjoyed, but not enough to give them a trophy.

And I'll be in my grave before I tell @GDS he belongs on a mt Rushmore

 

[baneini]

Fuchur who made UAB
Mu soft who produced Hizashi no naka no riaru
Valine who wrote/created A Dance with Rogues
Alicesoft for Sengoku rance
Akabur

I suppose Illusion games should be up there but I never understood their appeal so.

 

[Aeilion]

- Tlaero for stories and dialogues: At its beginning in any case, it is a pity that there has been no significant improvement over time. Some of his games that are more than 5 years old are better than some are currently doing.

- Four Leaf Studios for depth and feelings: creators of Katawa Soujo, one of the rare games that really marked me and which I enjoyed to go through entirely. The lack of 18+ images can lead to the question of whether it's really a porn game but hey ...

- Flamecito for the script: With i love daddy, one of the rare game whose script really impressed me while offering quite important porn content. Too bad that graphically it is not very good.

- Gaweb studio for freedom of action: Glassix is one of the few games that can, in my opinion, accept the mention sandbox. And not a VN plated in a pseudo open word. There is a real freedom of action that I have not found elsewhere. All while maintaining acceptable story and graphism. It is not finished but I think it is not very far from a version that could be considered as 1.0 with real end and I will find it a shame not to mention it while it serves as a reference in his field for me. There may be better, but I do not know them.

- Dark silver for visual quality: I know I'm going to be banged on the fingers and not a little ... On one hand, the game I'm going to talk about is not completed and probably will not, and the game in itself is not so good. But for me Big brother remains a reference in terms of graphics (CGS and UI) when it was created, a kind of stepping stone for a new generation of quality games, even though everything else :script, dialogue, mechanism, etc... is clearly to be thrown out. There are many who are above now, in any case in visual level, but in its early days it was very strong.

All based on my meager knowledge in the field, do not hesitate to contradict me by talking about better games compared to those on my list.

 

[DownTheDrain]

Alicesoft for Sengoku rance

Oh Rance, everyone's favorite rapist.
Alicesoft has a number of very decent strategy titles that would be perfectly playable even without any sex (though I kind of prefer Eushully games) but they're an established company that has been around for almost 30 years. So it's a bit hard to compare them to your average Patreon dev.

 

[Nightcrawler]

Alice Soft for Rance series ( most notable Sengoku rance )

Innocent Grey For Cartagra And the Kara no Shojo series

Daniels K Zoe's Temptation

completed is a bind .Have listed those 3 (well around 11 really but who's counting lol )
as they are games that kept me engaged and wanting to come back to them to complete them

 

[D2K]

mt rushmore to me is more of an impact list than the best of.

goblin boy - made games faaaaaaaaaar ahead of his time. even now i don't feel that his cg is dated; but the his best asset was definitely his story telling and scene building. his branching was amazing. i remember a particular scene where you follow a character around the house daydreaming about her and then she eventually realizes and bangs you. good stuff and made you really explore the game.

leonizer and the lop crew - yes their games are terrible now. yes they've lost their edge. but they definitely put porn games on the map. they're probably one of the first porn games you've played and the the reason i ever knew about f95. i would always look for f95 on torrent sites because they would always be the best and fastest at releasing the lop games. i think they mainstreamed porn games.

icstor - also someone who has been around for a really long time. always extremely polished work. one of the best renderers in the game and i credit him to popularizing incest content. there were a lot of people that tried to clone his style.

jastusa - put a lot of japanese games on the map. i think a lot of the dating simulators style games being mainstream can be attributed to them.

 

[somebody28]

- Akabur
Mount Rushmore of 2D trainer games. From time to time one new weg is created based on his trainer mechanics or art.
- Fenoxo
Mount Rushmore of text based games. From time to time one new weg is created based on Corruption of Champions design and mechanics.

Really glad you mentioned these two.

Fenoxo specifically has been one of the longest-lasting, best-performing game devs I've known. CoC was great - quests to go on, actual characters, and (of course) huge amounts of smut. Let alone TiTs; no lie, I've spent hours just playing that game for fun. There's just so much to do. They feel like adult games, instead of porn games, if that makes sense.

Thinking back on it, maybe I wouldn't put Akabur on the list, to be honest. His games were iconic, but tbh never really had a huge depth of gameplay or that much variation from playthrough-to-playthrough. Projects like Witch Trainer Silver are starting to show just how much potential the games still had.[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]

 

[saintvermillion]

Daniels K, Innocent Grey, Akabur, Black Lilith, Icstor and PhillyGames come to mind.