But wait, why, I don't have to. Nobody is telling me I have to.
I was thinking yesterday, I do that an awful lot, and realised I was just looking for some type of game that I didn't seem to be able to find. Something like Leisure Suit Larry; teasing, witty, sarcastic but a bit more modern. Not a remake, but something along those lines. I started searching for it and bumped into many adult or erotic or pornographic games but very few and far between were actually games. They are interfaces to get to the naughty. Many of them with atrocious graphics. Frequently the main challenge was to move your mouse in a certain speed to reach a certain level of excitement. In short, where adult content forms a big chunk of the internet and it's traffic and games form a big chunk or contemporary entertainment, where these meet seemed to be in it's infancy.
There were however two exceptions. There may be more but those two set me on this course because they were better but they weren't near what I was looking for, a more complete and challenging game with erotic undertones or full fledged adult content. One was more interesting, as a game but was using pictures and if I want to see Ukrainian chicks in compromising positions I know where to find them. The other had indeed fairly interesting art & graphics but a few plays showed the game was limited in challenges or scope. Bored rather quickly. Still, it was one of the better products I encountered in a quick search. And, more or equally important, none of it was something I couldn't do. That personal itch thing. Some people understand what I'm talking about: if you want something some way and it doesn't exist while you have the skills, you end up going out and hacking it together yourself.
And I thought that I couldn't be the only one who had been looking for this. One of the examples mentioned above, and my de facto inspiration to go out and do it (with some serious urgency, I might add) was making a little over £2.900 a month when I first checked his Patreon page. Two weeks later this was over £3.000.
I realised this could save my life. I don't want to sound desperate, but I am. And I could make similar at the very least and probably better, if not graphics (which is a matter of taste) then game-play; I've been playing around with partially random, interactive stories for years. I went at it with a vengeance, 18 hour days, coding or messing with The GIMP while CGI and animation was rendering in the background. Living on coffee. One week later the first demo was up, the website registered, the CMS installed. Another week later the second demo was up. The uncertainties about the technical feasibilities gone. One heroic individual had registered as a member. My first sponsor broke the ice.
And so Sunday I sat there, tired but happy that I met the (self imposed) deadlines and that, with that single first sponsor and member, the concept appeared not to be dead in the water. I went out to promote my game on Reddit, introduced myself and, on the spur of the moment, referred to Leisure Suit Larry with another post, 'Ken Sent Me', wondering how many people would remember this. But it also set me thinking.
Why porn? It wasn't necessarily porn I was looking for, even while I don't object to it. Or better, why only porn? I'm establishing a framework in which many stories, chapters or episodes can be developed. I'm putting up choices, implementing the twigs that can be branches and even sowing seeds that can grow into trees for future development. Why not also insert a PG option. Still sexy but not 'in your face', not explicit, hard core penetration and money shot. Tune it down a bit. So I've decided to insert that option which will be live in demo 3. You'll get to choose how low you want to go, or how deep, excuse these puns, with a PG or 18+ version.
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You can support development for as little as $1.99 / month on my Patreon page.
Demo 2 (still PG, Safe for work) is live here
Website (Safe for work, clean, no ads, banners, spam, no with adult material until you opt in for it and register) is here.
Enjoy!
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