First, many thanks to all the contributors and mods on here. Feel free to scroll down to read about THE GAME if that's what you're here for!
A particular thank you to Banjo, lasglipas, bagool, victormammoth, and t_rugen: I enjoyed your games the most and will try to comment (rather than lurk) in the future.
Thanks also sent out to Godspeak, aka, and CM_Zero for games that I hugely admired, although didn't quite meet my specifics spanko preferences. Godspeak and aka specifically had a ton of helpful comments in this forum on game-making in general.
With all that in mind, I downloaded Twine recently and have been converting a short story I wrote last year into a game. I took the advice to "write the book you want to read," except I wrote the spanking game that I want to play. It has characters and plot...and as many spankings as I can feasibly get in there!
One main issue I'm having is where to put this. Mediafire seems like the default, although I'd like the game to be playable online (like "Puttsdale"). I'm unsure where to host this thing, what with the spanking kink and all.
THE GAME:
The main character is a woman in her early 20s that undergoes an unusual type of trial and adventure in order to inherit her great uncle's cursed estate. She has to unlock each door in the entire estate and since you're reading this, you can assume how! I'm aware the "spanked heiress" is somewhat of a trope. I was actually inspired by a past writing contest theme at the Kilahara Library.
Most rooms have a different spirit NPC. The spankings will vary based on your choices, your "Naughty" level, and even how well-spanked your bottom is already!
I currently have a short, but functional, game with choices that affect your "Naughty" level, a "your bottom is" (how punished) status, several rooms, implements, and a story that still has room to grow, or end. More spankings = add more rooms, vs finish the game already = curse is broken/you win, you quit/fail/game over.
Coming soon: (stuff I have the code for, but still writing the story and choices)
- dialogue and reaction options that increase/decrease spanking severity
- option to request spankings
- random events
- a spanking machine with randomizer
In the plan: (stuff I know I can write/code, but obviously takes time)
- a potential romance with the lawyer's nephew
- more rooms, more implements
- a visual health bar/spank-o-meter - I've found code for this, but I'm a writer rather than a programmer and I'm having trouble implementing it
Maybe someday: (stuff that sounds cool, but my current skills are not there yet)
- implement preferences (ie, turn on cane, turn off ruler)
- MC gender and pronouns selection
- ability to change NPC gender
- adding rooms/implements by request
A huge thanks again to the gaming veterans!