Q&A

Q&A

1. What's the main conflict? Is about Teri's efforts to become physically fit? Is it about her relationship with Mel develops? Something else?
The mail conflict is about Teri getting to grips with her own self-image, her confidence with her body and how her relationship with Mel and her other friends affect that, and vice versa. In fact, the relationships between Teri, Mel and the other characters are the focus of the story. The fitness angle is there, but it's not really emphasized. The real question is, with Teri's issues, would she really be happier if her body looked differently?

2. Where will you sell it?
For lack of alternatives, we will probably resort to DLSite. I originally thought about crowdfunding (and thus self-publishing) with the help of Offbeatr, but that site is mostly about real-life porn, not for drawn/written media. (I think I saw about four H manga projects there, and four or five games that would have fit into the category, which wasn't exactly encouraging.)

CtrIf you know of any good alternatives, though, I'm still more than open to suggestions.

3. Emphasis on story, gameplay, NSFW content... or somewhere in the middle?
Emphasis on story, mostly the comedic and relationship aspects, with NSFW content going a strong second. Erotic writing has always been one of my strengths, but it's really difficult describing sexual acts in length without becoming either corny or boring. There's only so many oohs and umphs you can string together, you know, and changing position eighteen times during one fuck reeks of bad gonzo porn.

I'll be going for two true NSFW scenes per chapter (except the first, that only has one climactic moment (pun intended)) and probably a lot more sticky situations where the comedy takes a turn for the lewd, though never explicit or even very stimulating. That's also going to be the only "gameplay aspect" of the whole thing - you get to choose between different variations of the NSFW. Don't expect the choices to have a great impact on the plot, though. This isn't Ever 17.

4. Are there any other important characters?
Oh yes, there are quite a few, and I'm going to introduce them one by one in the next few days. Just stay tuned for more info!

5. So this is a porn game?
Uh, no. It's a game about romantic and intimate relationships between young adults, some of which have issues with their appearance even though they shouldn't and some of which have no issues with their appearance even though they should have reason to. There will be explicit scenes because I don't think you can realistically show romantic relationships between consenting adults without also including their sexuality (unless you were showing adults who consent not to have sex, but from my experience, I find that much more far-fetched than the other way around). However, if it's seeing people have sex you want, you may not really want to wade though paragraphs and paragraphs of seeing these same people in amusing, embarrassing or romantically dramatic situations having no sex at all.

Think of it as of the Game of Thrones TV series, only with less blood and more comedy. It's certainly not porn, but you would probably not be comfortable having your 12-year-old daughter watching it.