discussion What unsolicited advice would you give to porn game devs?

[boobs54495]

Don’t just have paragraphs of text to read. If I have to scroll past several paragraphs to get to the next screen, on every screen, it gets annoying and I end up not reading it all and probably miss something important. If you need to give the player that much context, find a way to reduce the text or make it easier to consume. You’re making a porn game not a book. (That goes for visual novels too)

 

[Paradigminant]

Your intro is important. You need to make someone want to keep playing. This means GOOD content in the intro, not just rushing through a hackneyed setup so you can start introducing LI's. We need to know what to expect, graphically, thematically, kinks, etc.

 

[Lumi-dev]

Your intro is important. You need to make someone want to keep playing. This means GOOD content in the intro, not just rushing through a hackneyed setup so you can start introducing LI's. We need to know what to expect, graphically, thematically, kinks, etc.

Good one!

 

[Paradigminant]

Good one!

Yeah, however you do it. Flashback/forward, a side character just for that scene, a game mechanic being introduced well. I just don't want to hear someone's whole backstory/current life dump before I'm invested in any way. That kind of thing makes me start skimming or skipping through to actually get to "the game" to see if I want to play. And your intro is now pointless and ignored, I'm usually not gonna restart and sit through it again.

 

[kamikazejihad]

Planning! Plan how your game will look from start to finish First! It's easier to build around proper framework than have to tear down everything coz you forget 1 screw loose

 

[Deleted member 247200]

Don't grind too much and make it animated with reasonable amount of lewdness

 

[AnIllusion]

I appreciate good story in a porn game but like others have said, too much story in between scenes can get tiresome. Distinction between a story game with porn and a porn game with story. I find I tune out and start skipping the entire story when things get too wordy.