Would you be interested in a game with a 40-something protagonist?

[hammerface]

Personally I'd love an older MC.

A game where men are men , not boys - and women are women, not girls floats my boat tbh.

I'm tired of the MC being some adolescent prick who just needs a slap, and equally tired of the females all being 18 year old thunderjugs.

Give me grown ups FFS!
(Oh and a story; and options; and characterisation; and.....*shushes as she's probs getting greedy*)

Thunderjugs is my new favourite word! Someone get a hold of Mr Webster.

 

[Nottravis]

Thunderjugs is my new favourite word! Someone get a hold of Mr Webster.

*laughs!!!*

 

[hammerface]

*laughs!!!*

Seriously, it makes for an awesome super hero name! THUNDERJUGS TO THE RESCUE!

 

[Nottravis]

Seriously, it makes for an awesome super hero name! THUNDERJUGS TO THE RESCUE!

Oh God! It does too!!

 

[I'm Not Thea Lundgren!]

Oh God! It does too!!

Maybe have a baddie in SP called Thunderjugs?

 

[Nottravis]

Maybe have a baddie in SP called Thunderjugs?

*giggles then shushes as she really must stop de-railing any thread she peeks into*

 

[Akamari]

*giggles then shushes as she really must stop de-railing any thread she peeks into*

Always so kind to other threads!

...just as a 40-something protagonist would be, so yes, defo interested!

 

[alt_advancement]

Wouldn't bother me in the least as long as he's somewhat fit. Don't wanna see a dad-bod Bob (from Milfy City) type banging ultra hot chicks with his balding head and hairy beer belly gut hanging out!

edit... eek this is me assuming a male protagonist! My bad. Female protagonist 40 or over wouldn't bother me as I don't think I've ever seen a MILF in any game that hasn't been hot as fuck!

 

[83wulf]

There is a reason why I really don’t play many japanese games anymore, and that is their high-school/youth fixation.
Generally speaking, young men (ca. 18-24y.o.) are basically pupae, from which proper men may possibly emerge. Eventually. Maybe.
During this pupa stage, they are not only idiots, but dangerous idiots. Both to themselves and others.

There are very few young men who really deserve the respect they feel entitled to.
I’m in my mid-thirties now. If I were to meet the 20 y.o. me, I’d be tempted to punch myself in the face.

 

[Ataios]

There is a reason why I really don’t play many japanese games anymore, and that is their high-school/youth fixation.
Generally speaking, young men (ca. 18-24y.o.) are basically pupae, from which proper men may possibly emerge. Eventually. Maybe.
During this pupa stage, they are not only idiots, but dangerous idiots. Both to themselves and others.

There are very few young men who really deserve the respect they feel entitled to.
I’m in my mid-thirties now. If I were to meet the 20 y.o. me, I’d be tempted to punch myself in the face.

I'm 40 and I can't really disagree, but this may also be the reason, that they are the majority among porn game protagonists. Usually porn game protagonists are dangerous idiots to an exaggerated level. If someone behaved like an average porn game protagonist in real life, any sane and moral person would likely punch him in the face.

 

[Hadley]

I always like when the Protagonist isn't shown and has no specific age, like in DMD. That gives the Players the choice about it.

 

[Silver]

If the story is good, if models look good, if the graphics look good, then it's okay.

 

[zoneitorboneit]

It has been done before, I can't recall the name but there is that one popular game with the guy that has a moustache. He looks like a an average business guy in his early 40's
It's point and click with animation but for hte life of me, I can't find it or recall the name.
It is a popular game though

 

[Deleted member 494891]

Yeah. The game, Midlife Crisis has an older protag who is funny as hell. Not the best looking game as of yet, sure, but damn the dev has a sense of humor. I'd totally play a game with an older protag, just so long as its not "creepy simulator 9.0".

 

[I'm Not Thea Lundgren!]

Yeah. The game, Midlife Crisis has an older protag who is funny as hell. Not the best looking game as of yet, sure, but damn the dev has a sense of humor. I'd totally play a game with an older protag, just so long as its not "creepy simulator 9.0".

I like that game too, it's not too serious.

 

[RomanHume]

How would you feel about a game with a protagonist in their 40's? They've had life experiences, they're not sexually inexperienced or incompetent, and they have an actual life? Not like going after your own son/daughter (who is "18") but interacting with, and pursuing other adults with their own experiences and lives?

Is it a bridge too far? Or are there more grown men/women out there playing these games feeling a bit like something is missing from the protagonists?

Pardon my pandering for a moment, but I liked the idea so much I started making that game a year and a half ago. Took awhile for us to find our stride but the dust has settled and there's steam in the boiler now. I just have to continue working on content.

In short, you play a 40ish (I didn't bother settling on an age) year old professional who isn't a total dip shit and whose personality you influence through your choices. You can play the gentleman or the rake without narrative penalties, and only one of the seven primary love interests starts out a virgin. The others all have some kind of prior sexual experience prior to the start of the story. Variety of ages, body types and ethnicities.

If you get a chance to check it out, or already have, please let me know what you think. I love constructive feedback.
Cheers mate!

https://f95zone.to/threads/dr-amana-sexual-therapist-v1-0-7a-ianvs.7679/

 

[frap]

Pardon my pandering for a moment, but I liked the idea so much I started making that game a year and a half ago. Took awhile for us to find our stride but the dust has settled and there's steam in the boiler now. I just have to continue working on content.

In short, you play a 40ish (I didn't bother settling on an age) year old professional who isn't a total dip shit and whose personality you influence through your choices. You can play the gentleman or the rake without narrative penalties, and only one of the seven primary love interests starts out a virgin. The others all have some kind of prior sexual experience prior to the start of the story. Variety of ages, body types and ethnicities.

If you get a chance to check it out, or already have, please let me know what you think. I love constructive feedback.
Cheers mate!

https://f95zone.to/threads/dr-amana-sexual-therapist-v1-0-7a-ianvs.7679/

That's actually one of the games I follow, and I love where you've been going with it.

 

[RomanHume]

That's actually one of the games I follow, and I love where you've been going with it.

Thank you! I appreciate the compliment.

I'm not generally one to troll the forums and self promote so shamelessly. But your opening post just fit into my niche so well I felt I had to say something. Thank you for playing though! And I'll keep an eye on this thread for other gems in this genre because it's seriously under represented.

Salute mate!

 

[RomanHume]

I'm partly the other way round. I couldn't grow facial hair properly until well into my 20's, by then I was starting to go bald, so not a good look for me. I started shaving my head, because I thought, fuck it, why bother trying to hide it, let's just go all in!
Now I'm in my 40's and actually look like I'm in my 40's!

I feel ya brother.

Yeah my shit started receding in my late twenties and I too said the hell with this and shaved it off. But at near 40 myself I'm rocking the full beard and as soon as it goes all white, I intend to pull off the Jeff Bridges/Obadiah Stane look.

 

[RomanHume]

All good ideas. I think you may have the basis of your own game in there somewhere.

Just to be clear: I have already begun writing the game, and you can play as a male or a female...
The background is set, the character:

• has money, but isn't "wealthy" by a stretch
• has no children or siblings
• is not a secret agent, super scientist, special ops, etc etc
• has a solid degree and career history in tech
• is not trying to build a harem, just trying to pick up the pieces and build a life again

There are, currently in writing, waaaay too many romancable characters (ranging in ages from 23 to 40), and 26 planned endings (not all good, a few are just meh, a couple are bad.) There's the simple "find a waifu/husbandu" story, and it can be played as that. Deeper there is a plot of corporate espionage that the player may, or may not, want to uncover. (To get the whole story would require 4 playthroughs, one in each of the jobs you can pick from in the beginning.) If you really want, you can be a playboy/playgirl... sleep around and end up with no life partner. Or you could end up in a relationship that's casual. Or, you could go full monty and end up in a marriage. Your choices, (and the partner you choose - not everyone wants a forever someone) determines what kind of relationship you end up in.

It's not a grand story, but it is (or I think it is, at least) an engaging and human story.

I very much look forward to this!