Thank you, from the bottom of my heart💖 To be honest, I did have a feeling it could be because of a lack of NSFW in my games😵 I've been debating bringing that stuff more into my projects, but I was afraid it could scare away some potential future employers.... I was trying to play it more on the safer side.
Both the shallowness and average attention span of the audience really is an issue nowadays. I'm sure TikTok and social media in general is one of the biggest reasons for this mental change.
Although when it comes to VN, I like to experience romance instead of deep, complicated stories. I'm currently reading several long-running book series at once on and off.
What about you? What are your favorite (F)VN?
Sorry... but I don't think this many words to describe the shortening of attention spans was entirely necessary~
So basically what you're saying in a nutshell, is all the new inventions mankind makes cater to the requirement of using less brainpower, which results in a shorter attention span from generation to generation? And because a shorter attention span became more and more popular, companies began to take advantage of people in that way. For instance: ads, social media, comics/manga, your supermarket example to name a few. It sounds like an accute observation to me. Again, you're right, this is a fascinating subject to research and discuss. Maybe the natural order is us working toward inevitable decadence as well as complacenty, resulting in lowering our IQ/critical thinking bit by bit. If so, at least we're all in it together.
I'm currently working on revising the collections on my profile, meaning sorting all 500+ FVN & games into categories. One of my new main categories is COMPLETED FVN & FURRY GAMES. If what you say is true, incomplete and emotionally demanding FVN give you depression, perhaps you will make good use of that collection. Just know it's not exactly big (for now) or all that great, because my profile is like a hub for as many gay furry projects as possible, so not only FVN.
Sileo is one of the FVN I couldn't get into. None of the characters or love interests seem written in a compelling or rather unique way. Pass. I would like to know what dating the dragon would be like. You can't.
I've seen a lot about Minotaur Hotel, however, I'm not a fan of the protagonist being a bull (or minotaur?) I'm guessing I'll be trying Minotaur Hotel out at some point, until then there's many others to play. Have you tried Soulcreek, yet? Of course being new it's incomplete, but the story is pretty thrilling. Genre = post apocalyptic
In case you want to know which ones I enjoy, I've also made a list for them called "For those holding a special place in my heart". Once you open this collection, you will see an assortment of very different FVN, that's because sometimes only aspects of certain FVN are the reason why they made the list. Example: Password → Tyson
Thank you for recommending The King's Hound & The Bastard of Camelot. Will be looking into them! I'm an avid (actual) novel reader. No visuals doesn't turn me off. I could recommend you gay novels better written than any FVN on this website, if you are okay with emotionally devastating stories that already came to an end. One of them, a trilogy, has thousands of great reviews on Amazon.
You're perfectly fine, really. Your choice of words is much more eloquent than what I could ever come up with. Are you from an English speaking country? If not, I applaud to you, since to me you come across as a native. Furthermore, the way you carefully choose your words makes me think of a smart individual. (Although: than ≠then ;)
Get better soon, @HenderHibiscus!
Oh... Apologies, that is why you should never assume something you don't know for certain. In that regard we resemble each other a lot actually. Because I lack the necessary experience to quickly voice my words in a discussion, thanks to a lack of exposure, I too, tend to go overboard in text-form conversation. Which side on the autism spectrum are you on? I have ADHD or ADD/Asperger Syndrome. But although I'm generally confident in nature, not being able to express my thoughts properly gives me anxiety or at the very least embarrassment when I'm forced with facing people. Since you've looked at my profile there shouldn't be a need to tell you where I'm from~ Well, for what it's worth it took me quite a while to distinguish "than/then" correctly. However, talking to another American who(m?) I met on here – she uses her mother tongue quite elegantly and also accurately – for months greatly helped in polishing my English skills. She always used to point out inaccuracies, which I was grateful for.
Don't worry about it, it's of no concern to me. I wouldn't title myself as a curator, that's for absolute certain but thanks. When I got fed up with r/FurryVisualNovels and Discord I stopped playing FVN and engaging with other FVN enthusiasts. At least I continued updating my collection/now collections. Not gonna lie you're kind of raising my interest in Minotaur Hotel. Unfortunately I prefer (for the most part) – how should I say this – regular or common antropomorphized versions of animals as love interests for the protagonist in FVN...? While unusual and mythological creatures are perfectly fine in regular stories, my go-to are pretty much always anthro dogs/wolves and werewolves. Quite boring really~ There are few exceptions, either when the option is between humans and aliens/creatures, or beings such as Venom... who's an alien I guess. Yep, Venom is ho- AWSOME! (though really only the movie version appeals to me, maybe comics too I don't know yet)
Another element we have in common, wow... Again, I too, start reading or watching different series and then have trouble finishing them all. Right now I'm consuming 4 long-running novel series at once, read several FVN, and watch a couple of series. At the moment, however, the consumption has slowed down somewhat, so to speak. It also happens that I stop reading or watching a series for months, come back and simply continue where I left off. It can be a bit challenging but usually works out. Nobody forces you not to do the same. No?
If you were to trust my 'recommendation qualities', you seem to be happy with Soulcreek after all, I could refer to specific FVN you personally would enjoy. A few more hints on your part would also be helpful.
You're very welcome and thank you as well! I can definitely relate to that notion of wanting to over-compensate. It's always like I have to cover as much ground and be as adequate as possible with my answers, yet thinking deeply about your own answers is never a bad thing in text-form.
By the way, let me ask, again:
What are your favorite FVN, despite Sileo– "at this moment he knew he fucked up" I completely mistook Sileo for another FVN I forgot the name of! –and MH? Still, although the mystery of Sileo is very vague and therefore intriguing, the characters are just strange. Maybe they'll make sense soon I don't know.
I'm guessing you're not interested in gay novel recommendations? (Those are really good!)
Third question [Redacted] got too distracted
Don't worry I'll answer later. But right now I to share my frustration with itch.io's sorting system and the creators or developers using it. You know how there's all of these tags gay, bara, yaoi, queer, lgbt (probably bl) and every creator uses different combinations or sometimes none of them, even though it's clearly an element in the game?
I'm really trying to create the most complete collections on this website for the categories we enjoy, but it's quite literally impossible, unless you want to spend days looking through every single tag associated with "gay" (could even just be "romance" and no one would ever know). Theoretically I would have to go through both the queer and lgbt tag graveyard, because let's be honest there's tons of abandoned projects creators were too lazy to remove! The problem is everyone creates their profile at some point in time, very few in the beginning. You would have to go ALL the way back *sigh*
Remember that you shared with me both The King's Hound and The Bastard of Camelot? Well, one uses the "queer" tag while the other one decided to go for "lgbt"! Such a headache smh
PS: Does green work as text color on my profile or is standard red better?