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I'm currently taking a poll to see if my Patrons want me to continue working on Penny's game or focus on A Moment of Bliss. You're not wrong, it would be tricky to make Penny's game work in this market. Maybe even impossible. It's predominantly males who play these games, and female protagonist games don't tend to do as well. I've had some clever ideas, but I doubt they are clever enough to propel Penny's game to even moderate success. Still, I am very passionate about Penny and I would love to work with her more. 

You're welcome to join my Discord to chat more about it with me. I'm active there, and so is the community I've built. :-)

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I'm not sure if I haven't already joined your Discord.  If I haven't I will do so.

I think it's possible to make female protagonists work and I've read several that I really enjoyed.  Those that stand out are:

Good Girl Gone Bad
Our Red String - both by Eva KIss
Glamour by Dark Silver
Luna's Fall From Grace by Frozen Synapse

Each of these have different features that make them interesting and some share features in common that make them interesting.  Both Luna's and Girl Gone Bad allow the player to determine how corrupted, or uncorrupted, the MC becomes.  That can be fun for both extremes, the ones that want to turn the MC into a complete slut or, by contrast, want to develop the romantic interest of the MC.  Our Red String has that same aspect but not to the extreme that Good Girl Gone Bad does.  Glamour also shares that feature but with the MC there, Kate, it's pretty much an imperative that she must be corrupted.  I think this corrupt-ability factor is essential to female pro's because, regardless whether the player is male of female, facing the fact that people that play these games are essentially those with extreme sexual natures, it permits the player to be personally engaged in the process and development pf the MCssexually.  I think the issue with Penny is that she is basically, too good.  She is altruistic and righteous in her nature.  It is tough to parallel that with an aggressive sexual nature and make it believable.  Her character, as it is, is good for a novel but not so good for an AVN.  Or... at least... challenging for an AVN.  

However, if it were me, rather than abandon the story I'd try to find the route to develop her character so that she becomes an advocate for open sexuality.... permitting all of the popular excepted expressions of it.  She is in a lesbian (or at least bisexual relationship) and I think adding a more lascivious nature to her character and seeing her expand her own 'harem' would ad depth and appeal to her as an MC.  And paths could be developed that permit Penny to take positions relevant to the player's sexual interests.  

PS.... I'm not sure if this is where you're going with the Petal story.  But one of the most intriguing possibilities (for me at least) is that this story of the family harem is being driven, at least in large part, by Petal herself.  (Which in some way makes her a female protagonist.)  I am imagining that Petal has already had conversations with Bliss (has possibly even played sexually with Bliss) and together they have decided to corrupt dad, because of their own desires to have him included in their sexual fun, and they've decided to send Petal on the mission of being the first to draw dad in.  I'm also imagining that the backstory with mom is that she's already had some sort of incestuous relationship in her family, and due to the conflicted state she is in, therein lies the truth about how her sexual issues with dad are rooted.  So Bliss and Petal are also on a mission to see mom liberated from her conflict.  How Moon gets drawn into this family romp is a story with many possible hooks... all of which can be very stimulating in development.  Is she the conflicted older sister who has gone off because of her bisexual tendencies?  Is she the frigid older daughter that is wrestling with her basic incestuous desires as well consequent to experiences in her youth with mom?  Both?   Lots of possibilities there.

All good theories. There's going to be a lot going on in A Moment of Bliss. I won't spoil any of it. :-)

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Good... I don't want to be spoiled!!  I have confidence in your writing and I'm looking forward to Bliss! :)