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Regarding partial nudity and other issues

A House for Alesa
A browser game made in HTML5

Okay, time to address the elephant in the room: partial nudity and sexualization.

I just wanted to represent how over the top the 80's horror films were because, as you can probably tell, this is supposed to be a homage to 80's B-horror films (and they certaintly had a good amount of unnecessary showers, lack of clothing, etc). But I also wanted to show that, despite being humilliated and how vulnerable she might have looked, Alesa was a very strong person determined to overcome all these obstacles and escape (that's why she gets a shotgun and kills her tormentors).

It seems some people feel offended by these issues. If that's the case, or if Alesa's sprites ruined your experience/made you feel uncomfortable, I apologize for that. Perhaps I should have added a SFW mode, a censorship option, a different costume option or something like that. I'll definitely keep that in mind for my future games. However, I also understand that everyone is entitled to their oppinion and their preferences and that it's impossible to please everyone. So I guess in the end it boils down to: if this is not (or you believe it might not be) your cup of tea, you shouldn't play it. And always pay attention to the content warnings. On the other hand, if this is the type of content you expected and you enjoyed it...that' great and I'm happy for that! Also, this game wasn't supposed to be taken seriously. I had a lot of laughs while I made it (it's too damn cheesy and some events don't make sense at all. And Alesa's legs look like chicken legs)

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