HTML Using porn pics on Twine games

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I'm creating a Twine game, in which I would like to use porn pics as the image content. I've seen it done in other games, but do you know if there could be any consequences because of it? Like not being able to publish the game on f95zone or similar?
 

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I'm creating a Twine game, in which I would like to use porn pics as the image content. I've seen it done in other games, but do you know if there could be any consequences because of it? Like not being able to publish the game on f95zone or similar?
Plenty games on here, with real porn on HTML games.... I mean.... just search the Real Porn tag
 
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I'm creating a Twine game, in which I would like to use porn pics as the image content. I've seen it done in other games, but do you know if there could be any consequences because of it? Like not being able to publish the game on f95zone or similar?
It's possible that there could be consequences, but it's extremely unlikely. I've honestly never heard of it actually happening. Heck, it seems like most porn websites out there have porn they stole from other websites.

The main consequence is that some sites would be more reluctant to carry the content, due to both the lack of ownership of the visual content and the remote possibility that some of the nude photos are of underage people. You should, at the very least, make sure you know who the people are in any nude/sex scenes, and try to verify that they were of legal age when the images were created if possible. (Spreading underage image content, even unintentionally, will greatly increase the odds of consequences.)

That said, some Twine games, such as The Company by Westane, started out using porn images, and are transitioning towards replacing them all with art now that they're well funded. So it's not all that uncommon.

Good luck with your game! :)
 
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Let me throw a bit of caution to you here on US law and how it applies to real porn and anyone using real porn may want to get familiar with 18 U.S.C. 2257 a law that is enforced even if you do not live in the US.
 

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What about if we add the name of the creator in the Credit? I think if we don't earn money from the Hentai game itself it's ok to do so if you mention the Artist/Copyright or whatever (That what I was taught in my web dev boot camp...)

Otherwise, if you make money from the game, better you buy your CG from the artiste.
 

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Porn documentation is quite a bit different 18 U.S.C. 2257 requires you have legal documentation on the Actors age and copies of there ID. The law itself is designed to make sure you are checking that your actors are of legal age. a lot of website and game documentation you have to do
 
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I would not recommend it, and I noticed that in the vast majority of games with real porn images. they are created in Russia, so without really knowing the law, I think that in the rest of Europe and the USA it can be risky to use real porn.
 

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Russia pretty much ignores Internasional Copyright laws. between trying to start World War 3
 
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Spirox

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Porn documentation is quite a bit different 18 U.S.C. 2257 requires you have legal documentation on the Actors age and copies of there ID. The law itself is designed to make sure you are checking that your actors are of legal age. a lot of website and game documentation you have to do
My bad, I was more talking about content in general not just "real porn pics".
Thanks!
 

kraguto

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Russia pretty much ignores Internasional Copyright laws. between trying to start World War 3
that's why Russians can make games with real porn. we who live in the West, we do not have to play with our freedom. At the time I wanted to create a game with porn images ... but when I saw that only the Russians used these images. I decided to avoid it. I do not want to go to jail to take the soap from the floor.
 
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Let's see here. In case you don't own the pictures/GIFs or what not, then you shouldn't bundle your game with them. That is pretty hard to defend in court.

What you could do, is let your users add the pictures that they like themselves to the game separately. In Twine, we are talking about URLs to images, write a simple ReadMe.txt that explains where the pictures folder needs to be. You could even make a CVS sheet and map each image to a character or action and provide that as well, if people want different pictures in a certain location. It is of course extra gruntwork to index and describe each picture slot (index, supossed picture content, size, role etc.)

This way you can steer clear from the legal BS and provide a bit of customization for your players. While other players will curse you for not giving them the complete package, which , you can hopefully live with.

Once you get a nice income out of your game, you can start commissioning art for your game and start packaging your future releases with content that you own.