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Taylor Applebrook1 day ago (1 edit) (+2)

It's a tricky one, as I want the consequences of pregnancy to exist and for the game to be somewhat realistic.

What I might do is make the mother unavailable for interaction when caring for her child, similar to what happens when she's at work. The free slots for dates would be when the child is at a nursery or with their grandparents. If the mother is, or becomes, too fat to care for the child, the child would be permanently moved to live with their grandparents. When the child reaches school age, I'd probably have them permanently sent away to a boarding school.

So instead of children being characters, they'd act as a second, temporary job for the mother.

I welcome any feedback or suggestions on this.

ShockWave196923 hours ago

I would like to know if you play as a woman & had a child would you have the option to raise the child? Would the game gain a SIM (from EA) like quality with taking care of your family.

feli500018 hours ago (3 edits) (-1)

Carefully weigh your options here so you do not run into ethic problems, which could upset the fanbase (and others) more then having less game content.

Im sure you are aware of what controversies "life sim" games can cause.

It is reasonable that you have decided that offspring will not be actual game characters. Even if you would let these characters age to adults immediately, you would have to block certain interactions with them anyway.

Make the consequences of pregnancy even more minimal?
Like: having a short story about parenthood, sleep deprevation, and that everything went well in the end ... years later ... the younger generation have grown to adults and live thier own lives ... you continue the game.

If you really want to have parenting included in the game then the player character should also have the chance to partake in that. Like losing a timeslot when your partner is not available for whatever reaason.
It is also clear that all family members have to always be cared for adequately.

Personally i could perfectly enjoy the game without the whole "pregnancy and its consequences" theme. Yes it means less content but also less problems.

Choose wisely on how to approach this!

Taylor Applebrook13 hours ago(+1)

Thank you for your feedback! I've thought it over, and I think the safest way forward might be to have a short scene of a couple of sentences at the end of the pregnancy, stating that the birth was a success, and it's been agreed that your son/daughter will be raised by their grandparents. Then they are never mentioned again, and the game carries on as normal.

Ultimately, Second Helpings is an erotic fetish game & I don't want children (or anyone under the age of 18) anywhere near that.

MeeperMooper8 hours ago(+1)

Yeah, I'm just not into pregnancy as a whole. The feederism fetish just doesn't overlap with it in my case.

I'm not so prudish as to request you not add it, but I would humbly request you make it toggleable on and off so I don't have to interact with it if I don't want to.

feli50003 hours ago (2 edits)

Agree and have no problem to say that i would not include the preg theme at all.

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Taylor Applebrook14 minutes ago

Not to worry, it'll be off by default and something you opt into when starting a new game.

ShockWave19696 hours ago

I don't see why have the option to have kids if you don't get to rise them in anyway. I not one of the peeps who wanted the sex & pregnancy update, I was down for the Personality & the Jobs update.

but I feel if you going to have an update to make sex more meaningful than the act of having a child & being able to rise them into adulthood would be the most fulling thing too those who want to roll play a happily ever after with their in-game wife.

Cause other wise just rollover the sex mini game over into the personality update as a way to enhance interactability with the women at that point.

feli50003 hours ago (1 edit)

The game has so much things to offer!

Most ppl could get over not having pregnancy. If someone exclusively follows that specific fetish the game might not be for them.

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Taylor Applebrook15 minutes ago

I completely get what you're saying, as it would make sense from a life simulation aspect. But my intent behind adding pregnancy was just to satisfy the breeding & pregnancy kinks, which are about the act of impregnation and the transformation of the body from pregnancy, respectively.

Pregnancy will be off by default and something players opt into when starting a new game. The good news is that if the sex update doesn't end up taking me too long, then I'll be able to get started working on the Personality update sooner.

feli50003 hours ago (2 edits)

Save and consensual sex only! - Would be the savest thing to do.
(Sure you followed what was going on here on itchio regarding adult themed games recently.)

As a dev i would not offer the theme in question at all, exactly bacause of the "age" restrictions you mentioned. If the update would be called "Improved Sex" only that would be perfectly fine and reasonable.

The game has so much things to offer:

Enjoy the food! Indulge! Date multiple characters at multiple locations! Have Girlfriends! Marriage! Differnt Jobs! Sculpt Bodies! Fatness and Fitness! Fun at your sweet home! Have fun at the beach! Watch a movie! Eating competitions! Travel to other towns! Have Save and Consensual sex!
.... the list goes on and on.

Thus: Most ppl could get over not having pregnancy. If someone exclusively follows that specific fetish the game might not be for them.

If added, pregnancy shoud absoluteley be toggleable. Even if enabeld there should be another switch in settings between save sex and try for impregnation.

To be clear: i will not even enable pregnancy for testing purposes. I am not into the theme at all.

Taylor Applebrook5 minutes ago

If added, pregnancy will definitely be off by default & something you enable when starting a new game. If enabled, there would be a birth control system that players can use to prevent unwanted pregnancies.

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