I'm a game dev, Give me some feedback. Winthrop Academy

[Winthropdev]

A kinky management game called Winthrop Academy is currently in development, with a playable demo planned for release in a few months. There will be a Patreon once the demo goes live, but no money is being taken right now — this is simply a check to see if there’s real interest in this kind of game.

In the fictional Republic of Faraday, people don’t buy wedding rings — they buy high-end calligraphy as a symbol of love and status. Producing calligraphy is big business, and the academy is built around training girls to create sellable work.

Players take the role of Miss Thompson, head of a special reform school for young women aged 18 to 21, sentenced there instead of serving jail time. The goal is to turn them into productive calligraphy artists — but first, they have to be properly disciplined.

Discipline is handled through a Pokémon-style battle system, where different types of punishment — Thud, Sting, and Humiliation — are used to overcome each girl’s unique resistance traits and behavior patterns. It’s not a simple click-to-paddle loop — this is a strategy game with tactical combat mechanics, status effects, scaling damage, and win conditions.

As discipline levels increase, the girls become better workers, and the calligraphy they produce can be sold to fund the academy. That income allows for school upgrades, which are crucial not just for aesthetics but for unlocking progression and attracting better staff. High-tier staff won’t work under poor conditions — things like air conditioning, proper facilities, and staff quarters must be invested in to improve the academy’s performance.

This is a full-scale management sim with a kinky core, blending economic systems, staff management, progression mechanics, and tactical battles into a cohesive gameplay loop.

At present, there is a limited amount of finished art — enough to show a glimpse of the game’s style, but not enough to complete the full demo. That’s the main bottleneck. For those interested, there is an early build available that shows the existing art assets, along with a fully playable, sanitized demo used for public development work. The sanitized version demonstrates the game’s structure and systems clearly in 3D space, minus adult content.

Anyone curious about the concept is encouraged to reach out. Feedback, questions, or simple reactions are all appreciated.

[Ace231006]

Really interested to see it, would love to see the demo and the art

[SQWEK]

Sounds like it could be very interesting, we're rather lacking in full-on games as it were which could make this something of a stand out.

[OJotA]

Go ahead!! Sounds nice

[deadp]

thats sound good. i have to ask is it only discipline for the students? can you discipline the staff? can the Mc get discipline? just asking the questions before it is to late.

[bonemouth]

That sounds like a blast! Thanks for giving us a chance to provide feedback.

[Stost]

For a game like that, you will definitely need a good variety of punishment options. Obviously, there are implements which you could have everything revolve around (Paddles, Belts, Hairbrushes, Bath Brushes, Short Whips, Long Whips, Straps, Canes, Crops, Carpet Beaters, Bare Hands, Ect.), but there are other types of punishments you could add on too, if your goal is to have a lot of variety to the system. You could have wedgies, enemas, sodomization, genital spankings, corner-time, soaping out the mouth, diaper humiliation, writing lines, ect.

[Winthropdev]

Originally Posted by Ace231006

Really interested to see it, would love to see the demo and the art

Right now the game is in too "parts"

One has the art implemented but was when the intended scope of the game was smaller.

The other is a sanitized version that is more complete but has no art implemented so i can work on it at work.

Im supposedly getting some more art in tomorrow, ill implement the art so you can get a taste of the art with the 3d world present.

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Originally Posted by deadp

thats sound good. i have to ask is it only discipline for the students? can you discipline the staff? can the Mc get discipline? just asking the questions before it is to late.

So right now the idea is you spank the students.

However theres going to be a quest element similar to star dew valley.

There's a 30 day cycle where you can interact with characters to do quests while your doing your daily spankings and management.

Token example: The janitor will repair the schools pipes at half price if you get emilies panties.

resolutions: Team with the school bully to steal them

Spend authority points to coerce her.

Find three infractions against Emily unlocking a nude punishment and confiscate them.

So theoretically this system could involve teaching teachers how to do it by spanking them (like in the headmaster).

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Originally Posted by Stost

For a game like that, you will definitely need a good variety of punishment options. Obviously, there are implements which you could have everything revolve around (Paddles, Belts, Hairbrushes, Bath Brushes, Short Whips, Long Whips, Straps, Canes, Crops, Carpet Beaters, Bare Hands, Ect.), but there are other types of punishments you could add on too, if your goal is to have a lot of variety to the system. You could have wedgies, enemas, sodomization, genital spankings, corner-time, soaping out the mouth, diaper humiliation, writing lines, ect.

Thats the idea!

right now there is only a paddle, however the mechanics are implemented for stinging implements.

I have code for items:

healing items like stress ball and coffee heal Miss Thompsons (character) patience levels.

Figging is planned feature (burning ginger root in the ass)

Mouthsoaping is planned

Corner time is planned as part of a more meta system that isnt worked out yet.

Right now there is a system in game where you can spank the girls on any 90 degree wall and they can be ordered to go to any of them at any time.

I want to make a system where after there defeated they hold position skirts up, panties down/nude etc. and that this system has regional effects.

So if there punished women in the dorms X changes.

[Midnightdrag]

What engine are you using?

[Winthropdev]

Originally Posted by Midnightdrag

What engine are you using?

godot 4.2 is the engine im using.

I found this website by having chatgpt compile a list of potential places that would be interested in the game?

Does this community have spine rigging qualified artists cuz I am hireing