Game jam 2025 theme!

[Breakfire]

Originally Posted by Ingen

"Past idea", according to the discussion that led to the thread, is meant to represent unused ideas from previous discussions, not previously used ones.

If we're going by discussions in the previous post for the definitions of the options, then it can be argued that changes the definition of role reversal as well.

Aside from the fact there was no suggestion that previous themes couldn't be used, winning or not, the role reversal option was suggested as an "Intermediary" by stickthatbuttout

Originally Posted by stickthatbuttout

One possible theme I would like to suggest is the intermediary role. What I mean by that is when someone is in a dominant position over some people but a submissive position under others. An example of this would be a school prefect, who has disciplinary powers but is also subject to discipline.

Another classic example (from fantasy rather than reality) is the idea of a teacher who can spank students but is herself also subject to being spanked by her superiors.

Which deadp pointed out as role reversal with a twist.

Originally Posted by deadp

So mean like a role reverse but no a true role reverse

And then Stost added upon with a more detailed suggestion of adding a hierarchy in which we could see more spankers become spankees.

Originally Posted by Stost

I'm not a game dev. So take all this with a grain of salt.
I like the idea of "the intermediary role," however I think that the theme could better be described by the title, "Risk vs Reward," which in my opinion also paints more of a picture for the game jam's theme as a whole.
Personally, I would love to see a game where you play as a school bully terrorizing the school with wedgies, swirlies, spankings, and all sorts of other methods of bullying while also trying to evade being caught/apprehended. You could have difficulty increase based off of what foe you face and/or a heat system like GTA (though likely only the former for a game jam). The order of difficulty for each foe in ascending order would go Nerds<Normies<Jocks<Bullies<Prefects<Teachers/Staff<The Headmistress. Ideally this would be in an RPG system where each bullying method is an ability with different effects and animation with the ability to replay punishments for defeated foes, but for a game jam it would probably just be a slimmed down list of scripted win/lose scenarios and a simpler method of escalating difficulty such a puzzle system that increases in complexity.

So again, while there are no rules presented that a previous winning theme can't be used again, you can still make the argument that Role Reversal in the sense that a spanker getting punished by someone other than who they spanked is still a novel idea as presented by stickthatbuttout and Stost.

Having this option split up into three ambiguous choices did the idea no favors as it split the vote as well, but still managed to be the most opted for choice.

Thank you for coming to my tedtalk

[sora666]

yea i imagine no matter what theme wins, there will be chances for the Player character to spank and be spanked, aka basically role reversal. Rarely theres games where its one sided. With D&D i can see some really cool games being made by people who know D&D really well.

If they did top 4, it would be Isekai, school, role reversal and D&D
Isekai and D&D work pretty well together, and "role reversal" would be bound to happen sometime

[otKus]

@BreakFire It's fine that you are promoting your personal preference, but I think having the same theme several times isn't really creative and being respectful towards the artists (which you are not, I presume). I think it's boring. And I expect next year will be the same again. So we need some fresh themes!

[deadp]

i wasn't saying put role reversal on poll. i agree with Sora666 any spank theme game can have role reversal in it.

[Breakfire]

Originally Posted by otKus

@BreakFire It's fine that you are promoting your personal preference, but I think having the same theme several times isn't really creative and being respectful towards the artists (which you are not, I presume). I think it's boring. And I expect next year will be the same again. So we need some fresh themes!

While I do dabble in the game making, I don't see how that's relevant to my points. Are you an artist or developer? Can I just write off your opinion if you're not? How many of the 300 users that voted either of those things? Can we ignore their votes?

Look, I'm not trying to debate or get into an argument on the internet with fellow spankos. This isn't a major life altering event of major importance. I'll try sum up my point here.

I am not just "promoting my personal preference". I'm pointing out we have a poll for a reason. Just because the poll didn't go the way some people wanted it, all of sudden we're changing rules, disqualifying options, or changing how the results will work. We're now getting people insulting other peoples tastes, calling it boring, or lame. I thought this was supposed to be about a shared fetish we all enjoy, regardless of the result.

It really sucks the fun out of it if we draw a line between ourselves like this, and honestly makes me not want to participate in general. It makes me not want to make a game if half the people here are upset it's not the one they wanted for, it makes me wish I didn't even vote if it's just going to make people upset it's not the same thing they voted for.

I'll leave it alone from here. I hope everyone somehow gets what they want.

[sora666]

i only supported the "top 4 winning themes" cause i see it as a benefit to game devs. It gives them more options to work with / more creative freedom.
Some devs might not want to work on a game thats just Role reversal, maybe they wanted to do one of the other ones, or add in something else. Of course this is just hypothetical.
At the end of the day i couldnt care less what theme wins, im just excited at the chance of more games

Also yea people really shouldnt be getting into arguments or shaming other interests/themes. We are all here for the same reason, spankings!

[stickthatbuttout]

Corporate is my personal choice, but I would also absolutely love to see a D&D spanking game. I don't think we've ever had something like that here before, have we?

[101557200]

Originally Posted by sora666

i only supported the "top 4 winning themes" cause i see it as a benefit to game devs. It gives them more options to work with / more creative freedom.
Some devs might not want to work on a game thats just Role reversal, maybe they wanted to do one of the other ones, or add in something else. Of course this is just hypothetical.
At the end of the day i couldnt care less what theme wins, im just excited at the chance of more games

Also yea people really shouldnt be getting into arguments or shaming other interests/themes. We are all here for the same reason, spankings!

I couldn't agree with you more. There's no need to attack each other. For people who come here, the only purpose is SPANKING, in any form!

[Inuiitti]

My two cents is that I have no animosity towards people who like role reversal. It is, however, unfortunate that I actively dislike the theme. Again, that's not on any of the many people who voted for the theme. I wish I enjoyed what you do, as it seems to be winning.
I also wish we don't get role reversal again next year as well. I'll just have to skip everything that comes out of this one, like I did the last time role reversal won. It's just my personal preference that I don't find it hot when tops get spanked. I enjoy it more when it happens to subby bottom type characters. No hate, it's just too bad that something that's an active turn-off for me ends up dominating (haha pun) the game jam not once, but twice. No hate to anyone. You're all lovely people.

[CaptainPlamnit]

I do sort of wish that the option that won the previous Jam hadn't been on the table this time around just to keep things varied (having the same theme multiple times feels a bit repetitive) but hey, that's just my input. I'd love to see some DnD-style games simply because I can't recall ever seeing that kind of thing on here before, but whatever wins wins. The numbers are looking close!