For me it all started when I was in my teens, stumbling on some dress up flash games on Newgrounds, and then exploring the fascinating world of lewd games and toons that were mainly done in flash, though I wasn't heavy into them in those times. But as the production quality started to increase when games started using standalone engines like Unity I started paying more attention to them. I've been playing lewd games for more than 10 years. They're probably the most unique type of games out rn despite a lot of them these days following a similar formula but that is not necessarily a bad thing.