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Daring_Steel160 days ago (2 edits) (+1)(-4)

Just found this game and haven't actually played it yet, but I've seen that kind of "rebranding" backfire before - there's a certain type of person that goes "aha, that devious [liker of things I don't like] is trying to conceal their knavery, I will go into the comments of the new thing and warn everyone."

(Tangential linguistic pedantry: My only gripe with the "3YoV" title is that you tried to abbreviate "30" to "3," and numbers don't abbreviate like that, so it reads like "3-year-old virgin." Also, either both the Y and O should be capitalized, or neither - lowercase letters in abbreviations are usually reserved for prepositions, so it actually reads like "3 Years of Virgin." Which is definitely an improvement on "3-year-old virgin," but still not quite what you're looking for.)

Maybe make a new version titled "30 Year Old Virgin: NTR-Free Edition," put in a description that talks about how you've heard the feedback and removed all the NTR, and just have it be the same game?

Black Star Games158 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

Hey thanks for the candid reply.

The abbreviation choice does come up here and there. I did it that way solely because I like the way how 3YoV looks, ignore if you could read English, it makes its own design in a way. If that makes sense. 30Yov just doesn't have the same pizazz to me.

As for the rebranding statement, I my self don't recall knowing of any other lewd game doing something like that. I know there are a ton of 'enhanced editions' and what-nots but thats because they are re-rendering all their art (which is something I absolutely hate, since they are now spending all their time not making new content).

As for adding the 'ntr free editon' I think is a bit much since it was just one single scene that is skippable. It may sound like I'm joking or exaggerating but if/when you play the game you will see. 80% of any forum for my game is talking about ntr, its absurd. In a way, you do prove my concern on the issue. You are someone with fresh eyes that hasn't played my game but your impression is that a great proportion of the game is ntr so if you were someone that doesn't enjoy that, you will see the comments and say naw, its not for me.

The rebranding idea isn't about just changing the name and hoping everyone forgets, I've all ready remade a new scene to replace the one-singular scene that has been causing all this mess. Even with that scene removed I am still dealing with a scorched earth issue that all those comments are complaining about ntr.

Daring_Steel158 days ago (1 edit) (+1)(-3)

You're welcome, I hope it was helpful.

I don't know if there are any adult games specifically that tried that - the examples I'm familiar with are mostly things like fanfic and fan art, in the context of some very toxic internet spaces. Itch probably isn't as bad, but I recognize some of the same patterns happening in your comment sections.

My impression as a total newcomer is actually just what you describe - that the comment section ended up path-locked by people early on yelling about NTR, and none of them updated their models when you actually changed the game. But I'm an outlier who actually reads all the evidence before starting to form an opinion.

The "NTR-Free Edition" really was my rebranding suggestion - cut off the mess and start fresh, while making clear that you did hear the complaints and change the game in response. You wouldn't need to change anything about the actual game, because (as you pointed out) you already made that change.

Black Star Games157 days ago(+1)(-2)

>that the comment section ended up path-locked by people early on yelling about NTR, and none of them updated their models when you actually changed the game.

Haha you would think that but just one day after I posted complaining about all the pointless ntr complaints, I literally get some guy screaming about ntr.

Daring_Steel157 days ago(+1)(-1)

That's actually what I mean by "path-locked" - the initial reactions dominate the conversation, and everyone responds to those instead of what the game is actually like now. (See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_dependence)

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