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LLO, harem or poly focused
🕑 Added 2021-10-19 01:15:24 +0000 UTCBeen mulling an idea in my head over and wanted to get some feedback on it. This is kind of an extension of a question I have asked in the past, namely "does another male other than the main character existing and getting laid take away from the appeal of the story."
LLO started as a "harem" story, one guy getting a bunch of girls. It will remain that way for the foreseeable future. But I feel like that limits the story and the appeal in a lot of ways. I thinking about slowly adding more of a "Poly" or "everyone is just super open to sex" feel to the story.
As I get further into production of the game I need to think of giving players more options. I want the games story to be very character driven, where the player can pursue whatever relationships they wish and really use Loup as a stand in for themselves.
To put some context;
- Harem focused story are like those harem animes and Visual Novels. One guy getting all the girls
- Poly focused story are like Corruption of Champions and Cloud Meadow. Sex in these worlds are more casual and you are just as likely to get the main character having sex as side characters.
Which brings me to the reason for this poll and discussion. I don't want to be the kind of creator who inadvertently loses his core audience by making a drastic change. So what do you all think?
- Keep it Harem focused, Loup is the only guys getting all the girls
- Add some Poly, Loup is still having sex the most, but others are hooking up on the side here and there.
- Make it more Poly, characters are very comfortable with hooking up and having relationships with each other
- Super Poly, Loup is just one of the many horny characters in the story.
- Neutral, you could go either way
What are your thoughts? I would really love to hear it and discuss it in the comments below.
Comments
SpectralTime
It's a rough, complicated thing to think about, I admit. I think overall, I would lean towards at least some poly, as the game defines. It feels... fairer, if that makes sense? Like Loup, being a good guy, is mostly respecting their life choices and their freedom? It might be less wish-fulfillment-y, but it adds a bit of verisimilitude. Could even represent a nice shift in said heroines' relationships, if there's a point where they decide to take things a bit more seriously than a casual hookup. I also have some mixed feelings about the common compromise of the heroines only hooking up with each other, but I'm not sure that's in the spirit of the question. I do generally like it, even if I'm not super into lesbian stuff, just because I like the idea that it's a "family" rather than a "harem?" If that makes sense? But it also still feels a bit arbitrarily restricting towards their freedom.
Damienx247
Harem focused, but occasionally other guys are seen with their own harem of women, in many walks of life. For example, a Marshall of one the border towns might have might be in harem relationship with the women that forms his posse.
Outlander
I'm bi and like seeing both, wouldn't even mind seeing males together, though that might not even be to your tastes idk. Regardless, everyone being really horny does sound like it can help the story breathe instead of us repeating the same scenario over and over again.
Animeplayer
Tough choice for sure, especially with the amount of Poly you want. I will say Poly can increase replayability.
