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Really feels like American Politics ruining the whole world, creating arbitrary conflict / culture wars, to distract people from "real world Problem", like liveable wage, recession, etc.

The fact they can hv such heavy pull on DLsite, a Japanese platform that mainly for Japan, really shows.

Good luck, and take care of yourself.

Wow, that's very nice of you for doing so. Happy Holidays!

I see, thanks for makin' it crystal clear.

So will FBMA be a one-off, or an "ongoing dating sim" that you would eventually add more Characters from your other projects (or even collab with others) down the line?

It feels very Cheesy and Cringe, almost like a FanFic of  OIHS (or those Cheesy isekai school fantasies). Is it the premise of FBMA? 

Not saying it's wrong (who don't want to date sexy, furry men :P), but my expectation was quite different coming from OIHS: This can actually be canon if you choose so - since the OIHS Protagonist disappeared at the end, he can return later as another love interest or an antagonist.

That's why I'm asking where FBMA stands.

WoW, What a wild ride! Didn't expect you could pull it off just like that!

It's amazing How OIHS has improved overtime, and how you so brilliantly grow as a game developer (drawing, writing, plotting, etc. And your smutt never fall off). Love every bit of it.

Only complain: in the last few NFSW scenes where MC is raping the nobles, it feel so Forced just to fit into serving as "plot device", that break immersion greatly. Those doesn't vibe well with the whole premise of rest of the game. Maybe makes them more subtle in the future?

Anyway, can't wait to see what you craft next!

Excited at the possibility of another max dominate Baddie (Yes, Pyrrhus is my favorite)

Finally, THE Rou dating sim, Let's Goooooo~~~

Wow, that's a very neat Cover image. 

And it gives very strong Blackgate vibe (a game we all wanted but never finished).

Good luck on the development!

This project is so promising! Both Writing and Arts so far are of very high quality. And it reminds me of old [Underground Campaign] games.

Exited to see more! Good luck on the development.

I don't think "MC being dominant" and "YOU decide how things go" is feasible in most games, unless it's a CYOA (Choose Your Own Adventure) game, or the whole idea of the game is to dominant. Other times it'll just kill the flow or become some forced shenanigans, if not impossible to create. 

Tho players with strong preferences as yourself, should be able to make educated decisions, I think that's what Chellay is suggesting.

But not listed out right,  rather in some external documents that you can choose to see. 

I'm still not sold on Top/Bottom / Dom / Sub should be listed, TBH, I don't like how people stereotype "Dominant Top" or "Submissive Bottom", IMO it's too cliché and over-used. That's why "Small on Top" is high on my list (but it kinda goes to the opposite extreme XD)

But I like your idea of an "External documents" that list all the characters and their positions (or at least some hints). So people want can look into, others don't need to worry about being spoiled. IIRC, most Japanese games have this feature. And this will be more useful for WIPs and their backers.

There are few games even have a brief "Official walk-through" (For free, not those sell for more than the game itself), goes into more details about things you might wonder.

Does the game change name from "Something" to "Spookiness"? Or "The Curse of Spookiness" is a Halloween special version?

I see where you are coming from. Still, I think it's those people who have problems (about who to top / who to bottom) need to learn to deal with it.

• I'm not the developers so this is guess work: most ain't really clear if their game will heading toward one position, which makes it quite difficult to add such description.
• It's not about 50/50. You make some disappointed, but others will be happy that certain characters are top / bottom.
• If the dev can make a character to have both, it's great, but that's not easy and should not be considered "Mandatory".
• If it's not a role-play game, you don't necessarily have to self-insert as MC.

But, I was talking about Finished games, or free games that you can make educated decisions. Just saw one victim in this discussion because the dev ain't upfront of their crowd-funding campaign. In these cases I do think we need more regulations of the liabilities of the development's transparency, like "what their WIP projects offer", "what you pay money for".

OIHS does make a very strong first impression to save players further misunderstanding.

After those two it's not that forced anymore, but you got the idea already :p

Just my two cent. I don't really care who can bottom who can top. I also accepting all fetishes (bar those morally wrong). What's important is how they are delivered. 

And I Totally agree. Creators should list all the fetishes in their contents, and if possible made it so one can choose to avoid / skip certain kinks should they don't wish to see. 

But Top / Bottom are not fetishes are they? Unless it's centred around one premise, like "Small on Top", or "Only I have skills", most games don't really stay on one side. Also "For every bottom there's a top". And for VNs, the story is more important than who top who bottom. Less so for role playing games, but those are normally got both covered.

Some players do want it specific, but that's not what creators should be adjust to - it's the other way around: Content creators create, consumers then go to find what's for them. 

People ask stupid question without any research all the time, IMO these should just be ignored. Most of these answers are spoilers - remember different people have different "spoiler tolerance", these should be respected over those "Spoon Feeding".

I get it now. Thanks. And I totally agree! (Guess I was one of those who took it for granted XD)

Maybe I needn't stress over those terms that much. People have different preferences, especially for Sex Appeal, it's personal and specific. So we should embrace while respect the Variety - might took more effort to create / find the contents we are looking for, but we should be grateful that we can have these choices in the first place.

Also saw you mentioned Minotaur Hotel, I'm glad you ain't excluding Furry as part of it :P (Actually you already mentioned Nanoff's & Rausmutt's work in your main post XD)

Personally I consume these kind of contents for the NSFW part, so it's great when they go beyond sex (like your work :P)

Thx for the trouble. So they're actually not terms which agreed upon (is why I'm still confused)?

Your 'Bara' is more of fictional '筋肉男' (exaggerated muscular men), while it can still mean '薔薇' (aka 'Yaoi'), or just for fictional gay in general?
So when one see those terms used, one still needs to look into the context to know which they are referring to?

And it all boils down to if the targeted audiences are female or gay men?
There was a critique I used to determine:  "Love focused" is for the former; "Sex focused" is for the latter. 

But (not sure still waiting the TL:DR or hving time to read :P) what you try to do is generalising the use of "Bara" as a theme / type (just like 'bear'), that not necessarily means Erotic / Porn / Sex / NSFW contents?

Sorry, I'd appreciate an introduction / conclusion for this. I skimmed thru but didn't get what you are trying to convey. It'd be helpful for us who don't (yet) hav time to read the whole thing.

And is "Bara" really a widely used term for contents such as Tagame's work? For me "Bara" means the same as "YAOI".
But then I've no idea what terms to use other than "Gay" / "Gay focused". And you mentioned "Bara" ain't actually mean "Gay contents for gay audiences, often Muscular", since you differentiate "Bear" from "Bara". Now I'm all confused. >_<

Don't stress out too much, it looks great so far :P

TBH, nobody would really care as long as you can make your game standout enough and deliver a solid. (We are not dealing with academic plagiarism :P)

But one should always give credits where it's due, especially as an diligent content creator. It goes a long way.

It's good for you to come clean. Keep up the good work :D

Hi @rausmutt just tried your game and I love it! The game mechanics are interesting and creative! World building is top-notch! The art / nsfw scenes are so well made and blood pumping OwO! The details you put into dog anatomy is impressive *wink*! The whole doggo atmosphere is just so perfect! I can't get enough of the tail wagging <3 ! Awoo~!

BUT, there's one thing that bothers me this whole time: The "Forced Drama" between Luke & the pack.

• Luke tries desperately to become one of them, but it's not what he really want: he thinks the dogs as "Human companion substitute" which means he only want a place he belongs.   
• Luke can never become one of them (dogs) as he'll always be different (human) - unless you add-in transformations tho that'd lose the charm you've already built up
• But Luke does not need to become one of them to belong, He should acknowledge and respect the differences, then work on the bridges - which he did nothing toward
• For a community that encourages "Variety", This Forced Drama conveys quite troubling messages
• On that note I think you did Teak (the racist) right - it's only one extreme individual that doesn't represent the pack, and can still be a good boy

Thanks for spending time on this text wall, and keep up the good work! 

Awoo~!