Thinking of an idea for a game.

[badatnames]

I've been playing a few of the games on here, and I've enjoyed them! And playing them has given me my own idea for a sort of visual novel style game. I just wanted to ask a few things:

• How do you all feel about twine games? I could theoretically do an rpgmaker or other game engine, but since my idea feels mostly text based, I'm not sure how well that'll work in those engines.
• Is there any interest in solely spankee games? The idea I have doesn't really work with the player character giving out spankings. Would people still be interested?
• This is kind of the big one. I want to do my own art and such. Problem is, I want a lot of the game to be customizable. Would it even be feasible to do artwork for scenes when everything about the player character and the spanker is supposed to be up to player input? (Like gender, appearance, etc.)

[Xio]

Originally Posted by badatnames

I've been playing a few of the games on here, and I've enjoyed them! And playing them has given me my own idea for a sort of visual novel style game. I just wanted to ask a few things:

• How do you all feel about twine games? I could theoretically do an rpgmaker or other game engine, but since my idea feels mostly text based, I'm not sure how well that'll work in those engines.
• Is there any interest in solely spankee games? The idea I have doesn't really work with the player character giving out spankings. Would people still be interested?
• This is kind of the big one. I want to do my own art and such. Problem is, I want a lot of the game to be customizable. Would it even be feasible to do artwork for scenes when everything about the player character and the spanker is supposed to be up to player input? (Like gender, appearance, etc.)

For your first two points I like both twine and solely bottom games. As for the art you may be able to have the character as a ‘base’ and have the customizable parts added on top of the art. It would still take some time but that’s probably the easiest way to do it.

[Godspeak]

Originally Posted by badatnames

I've been playing a few of the games on here, and I've enjoyed them! And playing them has given me my own idea for a sort of visual novel style game. I just wanted to ask a few things:

• How do you all feel about twine games? I could theoretically do an rpgmaker or other game engine, but since my idea feels mostly text based, I'm not sure how well that'll work in those engines.
• Is there any interest in solely spankee games? The idea I have doesn't really work with the player character giving out spankings. Would people still be interested?
• This is kind of the big one. I want to do my own art and such. Problem is, I want a lot of the game to be customizable. Would it even be feasible to do artwork for scenes when everything about the player character and the spanker is supposed to be up to player input? (Like gender, appearance, etc.)

I can speak from experience that doing art for your game, even if it doesn't adapt to player choice, is a lot more extra work than it seems. For your game, I'd recommend starting with the intention of just doing art that doesn't adapt so that you can get a feel for how long it's going to take. Then, if you think you can handle the extra work load, do a few scenes with art that changes in easy to implement ways (color of underwear, implement used, etc.). Then, if all is well and you're still on board with the workload, go back and edit the first few spankings you did, the non-adapting ones, to adapt to player choice in your original intended ideal.

Looking forward to seeing what you end up making, regardless of your decision about the art!

[badatnames]

Thank you both for the advice! I think for now I'll keep most of the adaptability in text (which should be much easier to deal with), and see if I feel up to customizing the art to that level.


And there's always the option of those old school VN games, where the protag conspicuously has their face covered the entire time lol

[Mondy]

I approve of everything. as long as there are spanking