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Honestly I defer most of those questions to someone that understands the landscape better. It was an underserved market though and lots of people enjoy unrealis

Honestly I defer most of those questions to someone that understands the landscape better. It was an underserved market though and lots of people enjoy unrealistic depictions of sex so combining that with games is hardly rocket science. The bit I find interesting is despite the porn industry in the west being big on tech like streaming and VR it’s not really there on games. Too much reliance on real people or something? More generally I think it’s super interesting how puritanical the games market is in comparison with books or movies. Even within serious games.

GuB-42 6y ago
One problem, I think, is that making good porn games is difficult. Sex is all about contact, and just look how messed up physics can be, even simple physics in AAA games. If something like throwing a punch is difficult to do right, even thought there is a single point of contact, imagine how hard a sex position where the entire body is in contact can be to simulate. To make things worse, sex (usually) deals with human bodies, complex objects we are very familiar with, and therefore, small errors can get us right into the uncanny valley. A solution, of course, is to use prerecorded scenes. But if you lose interactivity, you might as well watch a movie, something there is no lack of and can be cheaply produced. So while the idea is not rocket science, the execution may very well be. Of course, there is always the solution of taking an existing game genre (visual novels are a common one) and add porn to it. But as good as the game might be and as hot as the porn can be, it isn't very interesting as a concept.
- ArtWomb 6y ago
  Not my area of expertise, but I've heard, through the proverbial grapevine, there is a popular mobile game making the rounds that allows thirsty players to "send nudez" in which the full image can only be unlocked via solving a classic N-puzzle sliding game. Reluctant to search for it myself, but shouldn't be too hard to find ;)

GuB-42 6y ago

One problem, I think, is that making good porn games is difficult. Sex is all about contact, and just look how messed up physics can be, even simple physics in AAA games. If something like throwing a punch is difficult to do right, even thought there is a single point of contact, imagine how hard a sex position where the entire body is in contact can be to simulate. To make things worse, sex (usually) deals with human bodies, complex objects we are very familiar with, and therefore, small errors can get us right into the uncanny valley. A solution, of course, is to use prerecorded scenes. But if you lose interactivity, you might as well watch a movie, something there is no lack of and can be cheaply produced. So while the idea is not rocket science, the execution may very well be. Of course, there is always the solution of taking an existing game genre (visual novels are a common one) and add porn to it. But as good as the game might be and as hot as the porn can be, it isn't very interesting as a concept.

ArtWomb 6y ago
Not my area of expertise, but I've heard, through the proverbial grapevine, there is a popular mobile game making the rounds that allows thirsty players to "send nudez" in which the full image can only be unlocked via solving a classic N-puzzle sliding game. Reluctant to search for it myself, but shouldn't be too hard to find ;)