discussion What sort of game idea do you think has been done to death? What genre do we need more of?

[TemperTempah34260923]

my thoughts on the issue is that :

1. some people prefer to jump straight into the action and not bother with the story.
assuming the above, a dev might not bother writing a detailed story - and therefore stick to the same basic tropes because it's quicker and easier to produce, and make your fans happy.

2. it takes time and effort to create a high quality story, setting, and characters. Some devs may not be willing to invest the time, effort, or even the money, into creating a product which might not even provide any sort of return on said investments.

3. Low effort cash grabs using default models + the same generic story tropes = quick and easy production, and easy money.

4. Devs are not award winning writers. while some can write something decent, i don't expect them to be novelists, have perfect grammar, or even speak English for that matter.

5. Experience and skill. Some devs are still learning. while it shouldn't be an excuse to push out a poor product, i do acknowledge and respect that most devs are trying - they're only capable of so much on their own.

6. As stated by my fellow lurkers, there are limitations to the assets, software, and hardware that people have access to.

so its a combination of many factors that has lead to this situation. just my 2 cents.

 

[nightstalks]

id have to say school setting

 

[moppel]

i like if the games allow me to customized my characters. big breast do nothing for me so i like it if i can set them to small or flat. and i noticed alot of games there i liked the character but they just had too big breasts for me. but there is nothing in there story there the brest since impacked them. so it would been rly easy to change them.

 

[Nastastic]

Making multiple sets of renders for each time a character appears in a scene is far too labor-intensive for devs, that's why they don't do it. Imagine a game with only three LIs in which each character could have small, medium or large breasts. That's three renders of every appearance of ONE character in a scene. Now imagine having to render scenes in which one, two or all three LIs might appear, with all possible combinations of breast sizes. Yeah, it's really not worth a dev's time to do that when they could be using those render cycles to advance the story and complete releases.

 

[Loliholic]

Well, for renpy games you are right, but i believe unity or other 3d engines could set proportion limits.

 

[moppel]

i would say depends on the game. yes for stuff there you have to render all this stuff in high grapics its definetly a problem. but for games there play a characters there you can run around and stuff its not as much of a problem.

 

[nothankyou]

Feel like for genres like incest, it's tough to not slightly alter the same concept over and over, I feel that the most creative thing for incest so far is My Family Farm, and another genre I feel has been done so much is the college kid lifestyle after the success of Being a DIK. I don't think I can narrow down what genre we need more of, I just want something that has a substantial story rather than just nice renders and baits into getting quick downloads and supporters.

 

[moppel]

yeah i agree alot i preffer a better story over nice renders.

 

[Arclight0]

I'd like to see more games that cater to multiple audiences. Like having super attractive women for advertisement, but also have options like traps and lolis available too

 

[Lancex36]

I don't like is that some “MILF” don't look like milf they look so young they look like the older sister or the same age as the MC.

 

[Skullpanda]

The problem as I see it, and I think we forget this, most people are normies. They want football on Sundays and bud light beer. There aren't many people who actually want "interesting' games. Take note of the amount of IRL porn VNs out there.

I want more text based games. Stuff like Free Cities, etc. They allow a massive amount of freedom to go hog-wild with themes and player choice that would be infeasible otherwise. That's more of a medium than a genre, i guess.

 

[JadedSkywalker]

I want more fantasy and sci fi games. They have to be good though. Not for cash grab or milking.

 

[Sinaster]

Wish I had the talent and time to make my own game. Of well back to browsing.

 

[StellarSolNova]

More Sci Fi. Ok ok I don't really know. I have not played enough yet but I have only seen aliens in like 2.

 

[stangnomez]

That coffee shop that has a basic limit definition of a derivative on it written in chalk, but then is cut to fit the wall, often through parts of the writing.

 

[Thorbjorn]

I wouldn't say it's over done because frankly there arent many to choose from but every time I have seen a game where the MC is a criminal he is somehow only involved in violent crime or prostitution.
How about one where he is your friendly neighbourhood drug dealer, or a cat burglar, or a white collar criminal. How about they don't use blackmail or coercion to get what they want.
Why does all crime in these games have to tie into how the MC gets his sex?

 

[User_58844]

Would love a game with dad corrupting and eventually abusing daughter, forcing her into action with other characters. The evil version of DMD basically.

 

[anyplay]

More than anything we need games with a bit more polish to them, a lot of games feel very overbloated with systems or things are a bit buggy everywhere, or there is next to no performance optimisation. Just things that a game with a proper design concept gets right

 

[perveldia]

It's not done to death, nor will it ever be, but I am wary of games with a high number of girls, each with multiple paths (it's ok, if they are just there to spice up existing paths). One the one hand it allows various interactions and keeps things fresh. On the other, it makes the game development extremely hard, updates progress very slowly and the developer is putting themselves at risk of burning out. Weirdly, trying to appeal to all tastes and kinks within the same game certainly lowers its quality. Even if the developer finishes the game, there is no way they can achieve the same depth and character development or get me involved in their stories, as they would be able to with a smaller cast.

Want to see more of: de facto lesbians or lesbian couples sleeping with males. For various reasons, wholesome to dark: curiosity, "oops money run out for artificial insemination, let's go natual", blackmail or more rapey settings, etc.

 

[zouxin]

Yes, 90% of male MCs don't have fathers, so why can't they share their girlfriends (wives) with their fathers